Steve Harris is vice president, Data Center Development, Forsythe Data Centers. He leads Forsythe’s newest business venture, a colocation data center of private suites. Forsythe Data Centers' Elk Grove Village, IL, facility will be ready for tenant occupancy in early 2015. Harris has more than 25 years of project management and 20 years of data center design/build, consolidation and assessment experience. His areas of expertise include data center design, project management, data center assessment & optimization, floor plan layout, and workflow analysis. He also has extensive experience in data center site selection and real estate lease/purchase negotiation and administration