Technical Advisory Board

Allison Boen is director at Immersion Edge. She has been working with enterprise data centers for over 25 years. Over the past few years, she switched her focus from design and build services to energy efficient solutions — specifically immersion cooling. Boen is a member and speaker for the Telecommunications Industry Association, the Edge Data Center working group, and the Smart Buildings working group. She is also a member of the Industrial Internet Consortium. She can be reached at allison@immersionedge.com.

Melissa Chambal — CTPM, CDCTP, CDCDP, CDCMP, CDCEP, CDCAP, CDCSP — is the U.S., LATAM, and Canada technical manager for CNet. She is also a 7x24 Exchange Intl. career development mentor, the only full-time female technical Instructor in the world for the digital infrastructure industry, and she was named one of the Top 25 Women in Technology. Chambal joined CNet Training with over 20 years of data center and network infrastructure experience and five years of teaching data center design and network design programs. She has taught at the Top Gun Marine base in California and performed a data centre audit on Department of Defense facilities. After working in New York City on million-dollar Wall Street projects, her expertise in implementating IT infrastructure was sought after for a civil litigation case in the state of Connecticut.

Dennis Cronin is CEO of DCIRN for the Americas. He has been in the mission critical industry for more than 30 years. He is a founder of 7x24Exchange, a member of AFCOM, and an advisory board member of Mission Critical magazine.

Chris Crosby is a recognized visionary and leader in the data center space. Before founding Compass Datacenters in 2011 and taking on the role of CEO, he was a senior executive and founding member of Digital Realty Trust. Crosby has over 25 years of technology experience and over 15 years of real estate and investment experience. He serves as the vice chair of the board for the Masters in Datacenter Systems Engineering degree program at Southern Methodist University, and he is also active in the Lonestar chapter of YPO. Crosby holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer sciences from the University of Texas at Austin.

Peter Curtis has over three decades of experience working in the mission critical engineering industry, overseeing critical systems design, construction, operations, energy, and budgets for multi-megawatt infrastructures. Curtis is the founder of the PMC Group One LLC, an engineering, technology, and research company. He has been at the forefront of developing new technology innovations, such as M.C. Access, GreenBUS, and SmartWALK®, along with the development of various learning management systems, all to reduce human error, mitigate risk, and improve energy security. He serves as an industry educator at the New York Institute of Technology, Marist College, the Association of Facilities Engineers, and the International Building Engineers Union. Curtis is also the author of “Maintaining Mission Critical Systems in a 24/7 Environment” — an imperative guide to designing, operating, and maintaining mission critical equipment and systems.

Josh Fluecke serves as a practice area director and project manager for Syska Hennessy. Over the last 20 years, he has managed numerous hyperscale, colocation, and critical facility projects throughout all stages of design, construction, testing and commissioning, and completion. Fluecke also serves as board director for Chicagoland’s Electric Association and chairman for the Electric Association’s Consulting Electrical Engineers Division. He holds a BS in Electrical Engineering from The University of Illinois at Chicago.

Carrie Goetz, Principal/CTO, StrategITcom, personifies over 35 years of global experience designing, running and auditing IT departments, data centers and working with intelligent building infrastructures. Fostering women in Tech, StrategITcom is founded with a charter to assure that 50% of employees are women and 50% of all partner referrals will go to women owned enterprises of all ethnicities. She is an international keynote speaker and is published in 69 countries in over 250 publications. She holds an honorary doctorate in Mission Critical Operations, MBA, RCDD/NTS, CNID, CDCP, CSM-Agile, AWS CCP and is a 2nd degree Master Infrastructure Mason with over 40 certifications throughout her career. She is on the WIMCO national education committee and a long-time participant in 7x24 Exchange, AFCOM and Data Center Institute board of advisors, Mission Critical Advisory Board, Cnet Technical Curriculum Advisory Board, Vice Chairwoman and Liaison for STEM for AATCU, a member of WIMCO, BICSI and champions women in STEM. She holds one telecommunications patent and has submitted 2 others.

Scott Good is senior consultant for Uptime Institute. Over the course of his 30-year career, he has become an expert in the electrical and mechanical aspects of mission critical facilities as well as in the network, infrastructure, and operations side. He conducts Tier certifications globally as well as instructing the Uptime Institute Accredited Tier Specialist courses. Other design and operations experience includes data center real estate development, corporate data center design and build programs, and facilities operations analysis and development.

Archna Haylock is the director of community and projects at the Open Compute Project Foundation. She has more than 25 years of executive leadership experience surpassing quota sales, increasing team revenue, and discovering new markets. She is passionate about people, relationships, and making connections. Her leadership and management skills have helped to increase global corporate membership, community participation, contributions, and the number of projects.

Dr. Magnus Herrlin is an energy technology researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. He has been the program lead for the U.S. Department of Energy's Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) certificate training program since 2010. Prior to his current position, he was working in academia, consulting, and telecom research and development. Throughout his career, Herrlin has developed energy modeling tools and modeled energy use in electronic equipment facilities. He has published numerous papers, reports, and standards chiefly concerning thermal management, energy management, mechanical system design and operation, and IT equipment reliability for data centers and telecom central offices.

Dennis Julian is director of design at Digital Realty Trust He has designed certified Tier III and IV facilities. He has also presented as a keynote speaker for multiple organizations, served on industry panels, and published articles for 7x24 Exchange Intl., BICSI, and more. Julian contributed to the development of ANSI/BICSI 002 Data Center Design and Best Practices standard. Contact him at djulian@digitalrealty.com.

Kirk Killian is president of Partners National Mission Critical Facilities and has advised enterprises in procuring data center facilities worldwide since 1999. He assists clients in project scoping, site selection, contract negotiation, and facility procurement for self-operated and colocation data centers. He can be reached with any questions or to request a scoping template at kkillian@pnmcf.com.

Keith Lane has over 20 years of experience in the design and implementation of mission-critical facilities. He is a professional electrical engineer licensed in thirteen states, a licensed general electrical administrator, a registered communications distribution designer, a network transport system specialist, a registered telecommunications project manager, a lighting certified qualified professional, and a LEED-accredited professional. Keith is the president/CEO and chief engineer of Lane Coburn & Associates.

Bill is currently senior vice president and the chief engineer at Rosendin Electric, one of the nation’s leading electrical contractors and design/ build firms. He oversees over 60 employees in the firm’s engineering, modeling, and design process operations.

Julius is the CTO and founder of North American Access Technologies, Inc. (NAAT). based in Westchester NY, and has been designing and implementing Data Center Infrastructure and related technology projects for over 20 years. NAAT’s clients include Fortune 500 firms and government agencies.

Julius is a member of ASHRAE, BICSI, IEEE and The Green Grid, as well as a Certified Data Center Design Professional “CDCDP” designer and instructor.  He is also an instructor for the US Department of Energy’s Data Center Energy Practitioner “DCEP” program.

Julius has written numerous articles, whitepapers and webinars for various IT and Data Center publications on data center power, cooling and efficiency, and writes his “Hot Aisle Insight’ blog here at Mission Critical Magazine

Wayne Pacheco, power systems product support manager at Wheeler machinery Co., has more than 20 years of experience working in the power generation industry. Most of that time has been spent working for Fortune 500 companies that support mission critical customers by providing sales and service of standby power generation, electrical switchgear, and other products.

Vivek Prasad, lead estimator for datacenters at Microsoft, brings an eight-year track record in mission critical construction, encompassing life sciences, pharmaceuticals, data centers, and hospitals. His expertise spans both general contractor and owner roles, with a keen focus on managing preconstruction for colocation and hyperscale projects. An avid researcher, Prasad has contributed to the body of knowledge on water and stormwater infrastructure through published journal and conference papers. His commitment extends beyond his professional endeavors, as he dedicates time to mentor up-and-coming talent in the construction workforce and advises construction tech startups. He holds a master’s degree in civil engineering.

Terry L. Rodgers, CPE, CPMP is the vice president and national leader for the Commissioning and Building Analytics business unit at Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL). He has over 40 years of experience in critical facilities operations and management.

Rodgers is an ASHRAE distinguished lecturer and a voting member of ASHRAE TC9.9 "Mission Critical Facilities, Data Centers, Technology Spaces, & Electronic Equipment," ASHRAE SSPC 90.4 "Energy Standard for Data Centers,” ASHRAE SPC-127 "Method of Testing for Rating Computer Room Air Conditioners,” and GPC-1.6P “Commissioning Process for Data Centers.” He is on the board of directors of the 7x24 Exchange Carolinas Chapter as well as the Building Commissioning Association’s Southeast Region.

Henry is senior staff technologist focused on energy efficient performance technologies at Intel. The technologies cover the full vertical computing hardware stack from silicon and component level power and thermal technologies to system power distribution to power and thermal management architectures. Henry is responsible for developing and gaining industry and internal technology roadmaps on energy efficient performance technologies. The technologist drives both the internal product development process, leading technical teams integrating energy efficient performance technologies, as well as the external technology developments for energy efficient performance, such as metrics, technology protocols, and environmental standards.