Board
Dean Nelson
Chairman & Founder, 3rd Degree Master
Dean Nelson is the Founder and Chairman of Infrastructure Masons, a professional association of industry executives and technology professionals entrusted…
Eddie Schutter
Chief Technology Officer, Switch, 3rd Degree Master
Eddie Schutter is the Chief Technology Officer for Switch. Eddie is responsible for technical and operational leadership, optimization of production…
Julie M. Albright, Ph. D.
Director, Member at Large
Dr. Julie Albright is a Sociologist specializing in digital culture and communications; She has a Masters Degree in Social and…
Maricel Cerruti
Treasurer, 1st Degree Journey
Maricel Cerruti is a principal and Director of Marketing and Business Development for Teladata, a California based consulting firm specializing…
Oliver Jones
Secretary , 1st Degree Master
Oliver Jones is the co-founder and Chief Executive of Chayora, an international infrastructure investor, developer and operator of hyperscale data…
Advisory Council
Agostinho Villela
CTO & Engineering VP, Scala Data Centers, AC Member: 2022-Present
Graduated in Electronic Engineering from the Pontifical Catholic University (PUC) of Rio de Janeiro, Agostinho Villela is Scala Data Centers’…
Amber Caramella
Chief Revenue Officer, Netrality Data Centers, IM Women Global Executive Sponsor, Member at Large, AC Member: 2019-Present
Amber Caramella is the Chief Revenue Officer at Netrality Data Centers. She is responsible for Netrality’s revenue generation strategy and…
Andrew Jay
Head of Data Centre Solutions, CBRE, Member at Large, AC Member: 2018-2020
Andrew is an Executive Director within the Global Corporate Services division of CBRE based in London. He is head of…
Brian Cox
Chief Executive Officer, STACK Infrastructure, AC Member: 2020-Present
Brian Cox is a founder, scaler and leader of organizations tackling the most challenging elements of the digital economy. Brian…
Brian Jabeck
Vice President, Data Center Sector Sales, Enchanted Rock, AC Member: 2023-Present
Brian Jabeck joined the Enchanted Rock team in 2021 and is responsible for the sales and customer support strategy for…
Chris Malone
Engineer, Meta, AC Member: 2022-Present
Chris works with multi-disciplinary teams across Meta to develop integrated next-generation data center, hardware and software solutions and associated R&D…
Christian Belady
Vice President, Datacenter Advanced Development, Microsoft, 3rd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
Christian Belady is a seasoned veteran in managing Datacenter/Infrastructure Development at global scale. He has developed one of the largest…
Curt Belusar
Hardware Engineering Leader, Hyperscale IT Development, 1st Degree Fellow, AC Member: 2018-Present
Curt moved to the San Francisco Bay Area in 2017 to head a hyperscale engineering organization that develops server and…
Daniel Kennedy
General Manager, Tate, AC Member: 2022-present
As Tate’s General Manager, Daniel Kennedy leads the company’s day-to-day North American operations, as well as leading Tate’s product development…
Dave Wildman
Global Head of Facilities Operations & Infrastructure, Bloomberg, AC Member: 2021-Present, New York Local Chapter Lead
Dave Wildman leads the Facilities and Sustainability teams at Bloomberg – namely the teams managing the operational aspects of Bloomberg’s…
Dustin Wertheimer
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer, Cumulus Data, AC Member: 2022-Present
Dustin Wertheimer is Cumulus Data’s Chief Financial Officer, responsible for direction and oversight of all aspects of its financial activities.…
Éanna Murphy
COO, Global Design & Construction and Americas, Yondr Group, AC Member: 2023-Present
Éanna Murphy is a builder. He builds successful organisations, lasting relationships, and builds the foundation of the digital future. He…
Emma Fryer
Associate Director Data Centres, techUK, AC Member: 2021-Present
Emma leads the data centre programme for technology sector trade body techUK, representing the interests of operators to Government and…
Frederic Xerri
Executive VP Europe, Legrand, AC Member: 2019-Present
Frederic Xerri joined Legrand in 1992, holding various positions in marketing in Germany and France until 1999, when he took…
Heather Dooley
Advisory Council Member: 2021-Present, IM Women US MRG Chair
Heather brings over 20 years of experience in everything from international business development to organizational change management, strategy, learning/development, and…
Jeff Dorr
Co-Founder, President, and Chief Financial Officer, EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure, AC Member: 2022-Present
Jeff is a co-founder of the Company and is based in our Denver office. He is responsible for EdgeCore’s financial…
Jim Smith
Former CTO, Data Center Executive, 3rd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
For over 11 years, Jim served in various leadership roles at Digital Realty Trust including CTO with responsibilities spanning the…
Joe Kava
VP of Data Centers, Google, 4th Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
Joe Kava is vice president of Data Centers at Google. His current responsibilities include engineering, construction management and delivery, critical…
John Schmidt
Vice President of Global Data Center Solutions, Commscope, 1st Degree Fellow, AC Member: 2017-Present
John Schmidt is CommScope’s Vice President of Global Data Center Solutions where he leads a team of Solution Architects and…
Johnson Agogbua
Johnson Agogbua, Founder & CEO, Kasi Cloud, AC Member: 2022-Present
Johnson Agogbua is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Kasi Cloud Datacenters. Johnson is a seasoned global operating executive,…
Jose Ruiz
Senior Technical Director xScale, Equinix, AC Member: 2021-Present
Jose serves as the senior technical director for xScale at Equinix. He is responsible for the technical strategy and execution…
Josh Maes
COO, Netrality Properties, AC Member: 2022-Present
Josh Maes is Chief Operating Officer at Netrality Data Centers. He is responsible for acquisitions, financing activities, and asset management–including…
Judy Priest
Distinguished Engineer, VP/GM, Microsoft, AC Member: 2022-Present
When microprocessor architectures moved to reduced instruction set (RISC), Judy worked on circuit and power design and packaging that enabled…
Lee Kirby
Chairman, Salute Inc., Veterans MRG Chair, Member at Large, AC Member: 2019-Present
Lee has more than 40 years of experience in all aspects of information systems, strategic business development, finance, planning, human…
Lex Coors
Chief Data Center Technology and Engineering Officer of InterXion, a Digital Realty Company, AC Member: 2021-Present
Over the past 30 years of his career, Lex has built exceptionally strong credentials in the design of versatile, cost-effective…
Lynn Smullen
Senior Vice President, Strategic Client Industry Leader, Communications, Oracle, AC Member: 2023-Present
Lynn Smullen serves as Senior Vice President & Strategic Client Industry Leader for Communications at Oracle where she leads the…
Marian Croak
VP of Engineering, Google, AC Member: 2022-Present
Marian Croak is the Vice President of Responsible AI and Human Centered Technologies at Google, She was formerly a VP…
Mark Bidinger
Segment President, Cloud and Service Providers, Schneider Electric, AC Member: 2022-Present
Mark Bidinger is the President of the Cloud & Service Provider Segment for Schneider Electric. Leading a global team, he…
Mark Monroe
Principle Engineer, Datacenter Advanced Development Group, Microsoft, 2nd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
Mark Monroe is a Principle Engineer in the Datacenter Advanced Development Group at Microsoft, working on issues in energy and…
Martin Bach
VP of Global Marketing and Business Development, Rahi, AC Member: 2022-Present
Martin Bach is the Vice President of Global Marketing and Business Development at Rahi, a global data center, cloud, IT…
Martin Lynch
Chief Executive Officer, Pure Data Centres Group, AC Member: 2019-Present
Martin has over 30 years’ experience leading mission-critical and development projects and businesses in the IT, Telecoms and outsourcing sectors.…
Michael Lahoud
Chief Operating Officer and Partner, Stream Data Centers, 1st Degree Journey, AC Member: 2017-Present
Michael drives and implements Stream’s overall business strategies and technical go-to-market offerings, with responsibility for site development, design and construction,…
Michael Tobin
Founder and Executive Chairman, Crystal Peak Acquisition, AC Member: 2022-Present
Michael is a serial technology entrepreneur & pioneer with over 30 years’ experience in the telecoms & technology sector. As…
Morgan Snyder
Technology Executive, Cato, AC Member: 2023-Present
A 25+ year veteran of the telecommunications & data center industries, Mr. Snyder’s career highlights include being an original team…
Nancy Novak
Chief Innovation Officer, Compass Datacenters, Member at Large, AC Member: 2020-Present
Nancy Novak, Compass Datacenters’ Chief Innovation Officer, has over 25 years of construction experience and has overseen the delivery of…
Peter Gross
Managing Partner, PMG Associates, 2nd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
Peter is the Managing Partner at PMG Associates. Prior to his role at PMG Associates, Peter lead the Mission Critical…
Rachel Peterson
Vice President, Data Center Strategy at Facebook, AC Member: 2021-Present
As Vice President for Data Center Strategy at Facebook, Rachel oversees Facebook’s global infrastructure expansion and strategy. Rachel is responsible…
Randy Brouckman
CEO, EdgeConneX, 2nd Degree Master, AC Member: 2017-Present
Mr. Brouckman has over 30 years of experience in telecommunications, software and data centers. Prior to leading EdgeConneX, Randy served…
Santiago Suinaga
Managing Director, KIO Networks, AC Member: 2020-Present
Santiago, Managing Director of KIO Data Center Services Business Unit, has more than 15 years of experience in the Data…
Scott Armul
Vice President, Global DC Power & Outside Plant, Vertiv, AC Member: 2022-Present
Scott Armul is VP of Global Strategic Accounts at Vertiv, which brings together critical infrastructure, software, analytics and ongoing services…
Scott Hanna
Chief Revenue Officer, Cumulus Data, AC Member: 20222-Present
Scott Hanna is the Chief Revenue Officer for Cumulus Data. In this role, Mr. Hanna leads revenue generation and data…
Sean Farney
Executive Director, Data Center Strategy & Innovation, JLL, AC Member: 2022-Present
Sean built and managed Microsoft’s 120MW Chicago Data Center, deploying IT compute in Containers for the first time at commercial…
Shawn Novak
Chief Revenue Officer, nZero, AC Member: 2022-present
Chief Revenue Officer of nZero, Shawn Novak, brings 20 years of sales leadership in the technology world from Infrastructure Architecture,…
Thomas Furlong
VP Infrastructure Data Centers, Facebook, 3rd Degree Master, AC Member: 2016-Present
As the Vice President of Infrastructure Data Centers at Facebook, Thomas Furlong has responsibility for the creation and execution of…
Tommy Fitzpatrick
Senior Managing Director, Datacentre Solutions Americas at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) EMEA, AC Member: 2020-Present
Tommy Fitzpatrick is the Senior Managing Director, Datacentre Solutions Americas at CBRE Global Workplace Solutions (GWS) EMEA
Varoon Raghavan
Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer, Princeton Digital Group, AC Member: 2023-Present
Varoon Raghavan is co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of Princeton Digital Group (PDG). He is responsible for operational execution of…
Yuval Bachar
Founder & CEO at EdgeCloudLink Inc., AC Member: 2021-Present
Yuval Bachar recently started a startup company (ECL). ECL defines a new data center category by democratizing the high-end data…
Committee Chairs
Dawn Childs
Chief Executive Officer Operations, Pure Data Centres GroupDiversity & Inclusion Committee Chair
Dawn Childs is the CEO of Pure Data Centres (Operations), responsible for the construction and operation of a global portfolio…
Dennis Cronin
CEO-Americas, DCIRN, Education Committee Chair
Having built and operated mission critical facilities across the United States, Dr. Cronin has over 40 years of mission critical…
Lovisa Hagelberg
Business Development Director, CBRE, Sustainability Committee Vice Chair
Bio pending.
Maile Kaiser
Senior Vice President of Sales, Coresite, Marketing and Awareness Committee Chair
Maile Kaiser is CoreSite’s Senior Vice President of Sales. As a member of the Senior Leadership Team, she is responsible…
Svein Hagaseth
Sustainability Committee Chair, Chief Sales Officer, Green Mountain AS
Svein Atle Hagaseth has a 20+ yearlong sales, sales management and executive experience in the IT and Financial Services markets…
Member Resource Group Leaders
Amber Caramella
Chief Revenue Officer, Netrality Data Centers, IM Women Global Executive Sponsor, Member at Large, AC Member: 2019-Present
Amber Caramella is the Chief Revenue Officer at Netrality Data Centers. She is responsible for Netrality’s revenue generation strategy and…
Bill Kleyman
Industy Analyst, Board Advisory Member, Millenials/Gen-Z MRG Chair, Member at Large, AC Member: 2019-2022
Bill Kleyman is a data center, cloud, and digital infrastructure leader. He was ranked globally by an Onalytica Study as…
Claudia Massey
Global Vice President of Business Operations for the Cloud & Service Provider Segment, Schneider Electric, LatinX MRG Co-Chair
Claudia Massey is the Global Vice President of Business Operations for the Cloud & Service Provider Segment for Schneider Electric. …
Cyre Mercedes Denny
Global Program Director, Schneider Electric, LatinX MRG Co-Chair
Cyre Mercedes Denny is a Global Program Director for the Cloud & Service Provider Segment of Schneider Electric. She works…
Heather Dooley
Advisory Council Member: 2021-Present, IM Women US MRG Chair
Heather brings over 20 years of experience in everything from international business development to organizational change management, strategy, learning/development, and…
Jaime Leverton
Chief Executive Officer, Hut 8, IM Women Canada MRG Chair
A transformational leader with a proven track record for accelerating growth, Jaime Leverton has served as the driving force behind the operational…
Kacey Armstrong
Senior Project Manager, Vertiv, Millenials/Gen-Z MRG Co-Chair
Kacey Armstrong is a Senior Project Manager with Vertiv, where she manages the complete project lifecycle for fully loaded and…
Lee Kirby
Chairman, Salute Inc., Veterans MRG Chair, Member at Large, AC Member: 2019-Present
Lee has more than 40 years of experience in all aspects of information systems, strategic business development, finance, planning, human…
Liz Raven
Head of Management Systems, Yondr, EMEA Lead Millennials-GenZ MRG
Liz Raven is the Head of Management Systems at Yondr, where she manages the Audit Programme, ensures Yondr stays compliant…
Nicole K. Henley
Operations Manager, Google, Veterans MRG Vice Chair
Dr. Nicole K. Henley has worked in information technology for the past 20 years. She is an Operations Manager for…
Local Chapter Leaders
Annika Svensson
Project Manager, Datacenter Innovation Region, Nordics Local Chapter Lead
With 25+ years’ experience from the IT and telecom industry, Annika Svensson’s expertise spans from leading roles in business and product development through project management to corporate management.
Aurelie Doye
Head of Marketing, Supernap Thailand, Thailand Local Chapter Lead
Aurelie Doye is the Head of Marketing for SUPERNAP (Thailand), the most advanced Tier IV, carrier-neutral data center in Asia.…
Beth Gentle
Australia Local Chapter Lead
Beth is the Leader of iMasons’ Australian Chapter, which she and the Australian Team officially launched at ADAPT’S CCDC Conference…
Dave Wildman
Global Head of Facilities Operations & Infrastructure, Bloomberg, AC Member: 2021-Present, New York Local Chapter Lead
Dave Wildman leads the Facilities and Sustainability teams at Bloomberg – namely the teams managing the operational aspects of Bloomberg’s…
Narendra Sen
Founder and CEO, RackBank Datacenters, India Local Chapter Lead
Narendra Sen is the founder and CEO of RackBank Datacenters Pvt Ltd, which is solving the digital infrastructure challenges of…
Patricia Rodríguez Henríquez
Spanish Local Chapter Lead
Patricia has been leading the iMasons Spanish Chapter since 2018. Under Patricia’s leadership The Spanish Chapter has been very productive…
Scott Payton
Chairman, Global Data Center Engineering, Japan Local Chapter Lead
Scott Payton is a senior technical leader with a proven global record of accomplishment, delivering large capital projects to global…
Stephane Duproz
CEO, Africa Data Centres, Africa Local Chapter Lead
Stephane Duproz is CEO at Africa Data Centres, where he oversees the commercial and operational development of the pan-African network…
Executive Directors
Ifeanyi Akosionu
Africa Regional Director
Ifeanyi is a thorough all-in industry professional. He’s an amiable corporate leader that straddles the telco, digital, and innovation spaces.…
Jeff Omelchuck
Executive Director
Working closely with the iMasons Board of Directors and staff, Jeff is responsible for overall strategy and execution to meet…