Expert Speaker Faculty

Take a look at the esteemed speaker faculty for the Inaugural Advancing Data Center Cooling Innovation Conference 2026

Hyperscalers, Colocators & Developers
Design & Construction Partners
Supporting Voices

Hyperscalers, Colocators & Developers

Pooya Navid

Senior Mechanical Engineer
Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Matthew Haight

Mechanical subject matter expert
CleanArc Data Centers

Gordon Carrie

design director
Equinix, Inc.

Maryam Zahedi

Mechanical CFD Engineer Senior Associate
Equinix, Inc.

Duane Warren

Senior Director - Engineering & RCx Engineer
Jones Lang LaSalle

Aakash Patel

Data Center Mechanical Engineer
Microsoft

Amine Benbourenane

Sr. Mechanical Engineer
NTT DATA Italia

Hunter Bercow

Mechanical Engineer
NTT Global Data Centers

Mason McPike

Executive Director Data Center Development and Delivery
Provident Data Centers

Waqar Rizvi

Sr. Critical Facilities Engineer
Salute Inc.

Design & Construction Partners

Rajat Bhagat

Senior Mechanical Engineer
ARCADIS U.S.

Nissim Gore-Datar

Water Engineer
ARCADIS U.S.

Dr. Curtis Breville

CEO - Founder
IPE Solutions

Noah Poe

Vice President - Engineering
Menlo Equities

R. Stephen Spinazzola

Director
Shumate Engineering, PLLC

Steven Straus

President
TETRA Technologies

Kushal Pandit

Sr Mechanical Engineer
WSP Group

Supporting Voices

Bradley Whitney

Product Director & Vice President, Thermal
Boyd & Co.

Ryan Smrekar

Business Development Executive - Data Center & Colocation
Boyd & Co.

Joe Capes

Chief Executive Officer
Liquid Stack

Paul Heapy

Vice President - Mission Critical Heat Rejection
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