Colo Atl has announced that Tim Kiser, owner and founder, will speak at IMN’s 3^rd Annual Spring Forum on Financing, Investing & Real Estate Development for Data Centerson May 30-31, 2013 at the Conrad Hotel in New York City. Mr. Kiser will offer his expertise on a Q&A panel titled, “Services: Build vs. Buy vs. Acquire,” taking place on Thursday, May 30^th at 11:40 AM.

Mr. Kiser will join four other C-Level executives on the panel, including Carl Strang III, Managing Member 6/10 Corp.; Paul Schlattman, Vice President Mission Critical Facilities ESD; Bo Bond, Managing Director Jones Lang LaSalle; and Erik Levitt, CEO Open Data Centers. The panelists will discuss key issues regarding data center services, such as cost and capital expenditures of partnership approach, joint ventures, value-add services, the cloud, acquiring software partners, managed services, and more.  

“The upcoming IMN conference is poised to be an interesting and productive event for Colo Atl and other key organizations in the data center, financial and real estate industry,” comments Mr. Kiser. “I am excited to offer my expertise on data center and colocation services, and to be part of an engaging discussion with fellow executives on the vast options regarding building, purchasing, or acquiring services related to the data center.”

This year’s IMN conference will also feature popular industry topics that include the Marcroeconomy and Data Centers; mergers and private equity, scalability, data center real estate, and the highly anticipated panel, “The President/CEO Wholesale Panel: What is the Right Formula for Organic vs. Inorganic Growth?” View full conference agenda at http://www.imn.org/conference/Financing-Investing--Real-Estate-Development-for-Data-Centers/Agenda.html.