Speakers

Keith Taylor leads the company’s global finance organization, including accounting, business assurance, financial planning and analysis, finance transformation, investor relations, payroll and stock services, procurement and strategic sourcing, corporate real estate, risk and security, tax and treasury.

During his 25+ year tenure, Keith has stewarded the company through a period of exceptional growth, delivering more than $8 billion in annual revenue. He has completed over 29 acquisitions and $50 billion in capital market activities, deploying nearly $40 billion of capital to help fund the growth. Keith also oversees the company’s commitment to sustainability leadership, including developing a Green Finance Framework to benefit the communities where Equinix operates as well as its employees and stakeholders.

Keith joined Equinix in 1999 after holding a number of finance roles at International Wireless Communications and Becton Dickinson & Company. He has been recognized as “Best CFO” on Institutional Investor’s prestigious list and serves on the Board of Directors at Invitation Homes, Frozen Logistics and Yumpingo Ltd. Keith holds a B.B.A. from Bishop's University in Quebec, is a member of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants and is a founding member of the U.S. Chapter of His Majesty, King Charles’ sponsored global Accounting for Sustainability (A4S) CFO Leadership Network.

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Rachel Stack joined Lightpath in August of 2024 as its Chief Financial Officer and oversees the Company’s corporate finance, including accounting, financial planning and budgeting, treasury, tax and internal audit.  In addition, she is responsible for corporate development, strategy and capital markets planning and execution.  Prior to Lightpath, she served as the Chief Financial Officer of Cologix from 2020 to 2024.  Cologix is a data center company that owns and operates more than 40 data centers in North America.  During her time at Cologix, Rachel was responsible for four acquisitions, including one acquisition which enabled Cologix’s presence in Silicon Valley.  Ms. Stack led the Company’s inaugural US Asset Backed Securitization (ABS) in December 2021, and the industry’s first Canadian data center ABS in February 2022. In April 2022, Cologix completed a recapitalization that valued the Company at approximately $5 billion.  Following the Company’s recapitalization, Ms. Stack was responsible for the capital spend related to Cologix’s $1BN capital deployment plan.  Prior to Cologix, Ms. Stack was the SVP, Corporate Development and Strategy at Zayo Group from 2016-2020.  During her time at Zayo, she was responsible for all corporate development and treasury activities, including the acquisitions of Electric Lightwave, Spread Networks, Optic Zoo and Neutral Path.  She also led the execution of the take private transaction by Digital Bridge and EQT in 2020.  In addition to corporate development, she was responsible for revenue strategy, corporate real estate, compensation and ESG.  Prior to Zayo, Ms. Stack was an investment banker at RBC Capital Markets focusing on the data infrastructure and fiber industries.  Ms. Stack received her BA from Columbia University and her MBA from Columbia Business School.   She enjoys running and traveling with her husband and two daughters.

Bill Stein | Executive Managing Director & Chief Investment Officer, Primary Digital Infrastructure

Bill Stein is Executive Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer at Primary Digital Infrastructure, where he leads the firm’s investment strategy and oversees key relationships across the digital infrastructure ecosystem. With over two decades of industry leadership, Bill is widely recognized for his visionary role in shaping the modern data center landscape.

As former CEO of Digital Realty Trust (2014–2022), Bill oversaw the company’s transformation into a global platform for digital infrastructure, expanding its market capitalization from $700 million to $50 billion. Under his leadership, Digital Realty advanced its AI-readiness through strategic acquisitions, hyperscale development, and global interconnection services—establishing the critical foundations powering today’s AI and data-driven technologies.

Bill’s background spans private equity, real estate investment, and law, giving him a multidimensional perspective on the evolving infrastructure demands of AI. He holds a master’s degree from Carnegie Mellon University (with distinction) and a JD from the University of Pittsburgh.

Alex Gellman is the Executive Chairman and Co-Founder of Vertical Bridge, the largest private owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure in the U.S.

Mr. Gellman is also a Senior Advisor and Co-Founder of DigitalBridge (NYSE: DBRG), a leading global alternative asset manager dedicated to investing in digital infrastructure.

He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Wireless Infrastructure Association, and on the Boards of EdgePoint Infrastructure and Highline do Brasil, leading private tower companies serving Southeast Asia and Latin America, respectively.

Prior to co-founding Vertical Bridge, Mr. Gellman was President and COO of Global Tower Partners and was instrumental in growing the company into the largest privately-held tower company in the U.S. at the time of its sale to American Tower Corporation in 2013. Previously, Mr. Gellman served as President and COO of Sonitrol Corporation, a leading provider of verified electronic security solutions in North America, which sold to Stanley Works (NYSE: SWK) in 2008.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Gellman co-founded Apex Site Management, the largest third-party manager of wireless and wireline communications sites in the U.S., which merged with SpectraSite Communications in 2000 to create the largest telecommunications site portfolio in the country. He also co-founded and served as VP of Development of Horizon Cellular Group, a McCaw Cellular-backed company that acquired, developed and operated rural cellular franchises across the eastern U.S.

For his decades of service to the wireless industry, Mr. Gellman was named as a 2023 inductee into the Wireless History Foundation’s Wireless Hall of Fame.

Mr. Gellman is a graduate of The Wharton School of Business with a Master of Business Administration degree in Finance and Accounting and holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from Tufts University.

Andrew is a Senior Managing Director with Stonepeak and is Head of Communications, Global ex-Europe. Prior to joining Stonepeak, Andrew worked at Pacific Equity Partners and McKinsey & Company.

Andrew received a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School, as well as a Bachelor of Economics (First Class Honors and University Medal) and Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honors) from the University of Sydney.

Allan Samson is Senior Vice President and Chief Broadband Officer at T-Mobile.  He leads all aspects of T-Mobile’s Broadband Internet services, including fiber and fixed wireless expansion, brand development, and customer acquisition and retention. Allan and his team are charged with making T-Mobile a top-tier broadband provider to both consumers and businesses nationwide, providing value-leading connectivity solutions to single family homes, multiple-dwelling units, and offices.    

Laura Fazio joined Huntington Bank & Securities Company in February 2021 as a cornerstone member of the team building out a new national Technology & Telecom industry vertical.  Fazio came to Huntington from Santander Bank, where she led the buildout of their commercial bank’s TMT business since 2018.  Fazio came to Santander from Twin Oaks Advisors, a boutique advisory firm she founded in 2010.  As the managing principal she advised small cap and middle market technology, media & telecom companies seeking strategic advisory solutions as well as structured capital investments from institutional investors.  Prior to Twin Oaks Advisors, she headed Aladdin Capital Management’s TMT advisory business after leading Deutsche Bank’s media & entertainment  structured products arm.  Fazio spent 9 years at Dresdner Kleinwort(now Commerzbank), running TMT capital markets and corporate finance  where she led over $5bn in structured debt and equity transactions for the TMT industry. 

Fazio earned a BA from American University and a MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management (now part of Arizona State University). 

Raul Martynek is CEO of DataBank and a 25+ year veteran of the telecom and Internet Infrastructure sector. Prior to DataBank, Raul served as CEO of data center operator Net Access (acquired by Cologix), as CEO of global managed hosting company Voxel (acquired by Internap), as the Chief Restructuring Officer of fiber carrier Smart Telecom (acquired by Digiweb) and CEO of telecom and Internet provider InfoHighway (acquired by Broadview Networks).  Raul has served in industry-related asset management roles, most recently as a Senior Advisor for Digital Bridge Holdings LLC (which invested in DataBank), and prior to that, as a Senior Advisor at Plainfield Asset Management, a $4B hedge fund that evaluated investment opportunities in the telecommunications and Internet sector. Mr. Martynek earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Binghamton University and received a Master Degree in International Affairs from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

Mr. Lukaj has nearly 30 years of investment banking experience having originated, structured and executed hundreds of deals totaling over $100 billion of transaction value. Mr. Lukaj is a founder and Managing Partner of Bank Street and aspires, with his colleagues, to create a premier investment banking franchise focused on growth sectors of the global economy. Mr. Lukaj has executed transactions over the course of his successful investment banking career, ranging in variety from mergers and acquisitions, underwriting of debt, equity and derivative securities, restructurings, exclusive sales, and other financial advisory mandates. Although heavily weighted towards the Media, Communications and Technology industries, he also has a very broad industry experience in Industrial, Consumer, Retailing, Energy, Aerospace, Specialty Finance, Real Estate and Natural Resources arenas.

Having held top leadership positions at Vantage Data Centers, Digital Reality Trust and CoreSite, James has been at the forefront of developing the practices of modularization, campus scale and integration of power assets, and ultra-efficient application of green power technologies and controls. Companies and investments that James has directly led have generated profits for limited partners in excess of $1B.

James combines an innate understanding of real estate, capital markets, technology, and people to found and lead profitable enterprises focused on sustainability. James founded and served as CEO and CTO of Vantage Data Centers and had full enterprise-wide responsibility for Portfolio Management and Technical Operations at Digital Realty Trust, one of the largest publicly traded data center providers. He also founded CoreSite, establishing a foundation for network access management and standardizations further adopted throughout the data center industry. Earlier in his career, James founded a data center joint venture with Ross Perot, Jr., pioneering digital infrastructure that preceded hyperscale development in Dallas Ft. Worth. James has also held the role of Vice President of ProLogis, the world’s largest publicly traded integrated operator of industrial and logistics facilities globally.

James founded CleanArc Data Centers to be an innovative provider of first-of-its-kind, sustainability-focused data center development and operation solutions. James holds a BS in Chemical & Materials Engineering from California State Polytechnic University and an MBA in Finance and Real Estate from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Quynh Tran is Deputy Head of Structured Finance, Americas at SMBC, with over 20 years of experience in the infrastructure sector, covering digital infrastructure, transportation, airports, water, power and social infrastructure. Quynh focuses on expanding SMBC’s infrastructure platform through serving the financing needs of sponsors and developers for investments in North American assets.

Quynh has led the build out of SMBC’s coverage of the digital infrastructure sector, with a focus on developing the liquidity pool for this asset class. SMBC is a leading bank in the sector, structuring transactions for greenfield development, portfolio financing, securitizations, JV financing and acquisition financing across product platforms.

Prior to SMBC, Quynh was an investment banker at Robertson Stephens where she specialized in the “e-tail” and “e-finance” sectors, providing M&A advisory, equity underwriting and equity private placements.

Quynh earned a BA from Columbia University and an MBA from Columbia Business School.

Andrew Peisch joined KKR in 2014 and focuses on investing in digital infrastructure businesses and assets. He has been involved with several of KKR’s Infrastructure investments, including CyrusOne, MetroNet, Global Technical Realty and Altitude Aviation. Prior to KKR, Mr. Peisch worked at Clayton Dubilier & Rice and Deutsche Bank. He holds a degree in economics from Dartmouth College. 

Igor Leprince is Group Chief Executive Officer of Boldyn Networks, one of the largest shared communications infrastructure companies in the world. He joined the former BAI Communications in May 2020 as Group CEO and led the company through a transformational journey to what is today Boldyn Networks.

Under Igor’s leadership Boldyn Networks has rapidly grown its operations across the US, UK, and Europe through strategic acquisitions, significant deals struck, and the integration of nine companies into one. All with a single purpose of unlocking the power of an interconnected future, which is at the top of Igor’s agenda.

Remarkable deals include Boldyn’s multi-year agreements with Transport for London and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s New York City Subway system for connected transport, and with the city of Sunderland for an ambitious smart city project. Above the ground networks for connected communities like LinkNYC, the largest free public outdoors Wi-Fi network in the US, and hundreds of major connected venues like Crypto.com Arena in L.A. and first direct arena in the UK. Igor has also been responsible for Boldyn’s expansion into new markets like Italy and Germany and into mobile private networks.

Igor’s knowledge and experience includes business growth, large-scale turnaround and transformation, mergers and acquisitions, and integration, as well as entering new and diverse environments for listed, entrepreneurial and mid-size companies.

Before joining Boldyn, Igor was an executive in Nokia between 2007 and 2019 where he was part of the turnaround of the company, the merger between Nokia & Siemens Networks, and the acquisitions of Motorola (2011) and Alcatel-Lucent (2015). His last role was President - Global Services, a 25,000 people and 6bn P&L business unit, where he was a member of the Nokia Group Executive Board. He was previously president of the MEA region (1.5bn P&L), Global head of Care BU (2bn P&L) & Global head of Network planning and Optimisation BU (1bn P&L).

During his time between Nokia and Boldyn Networks, Igor was the Chairman of WM5G and AWTG and a senior advisor for Bain & Company. He is also an angel investor in several technology companies.

Prior to Nokia, Igor was the Managing Director of EMEA for WFI (sold to LCC/Tech Mahindra). He has also held various management roles for telecom operators including Bouygues Telecom, Orange and Western Wireless in the UK, France, Ireland, Switzerland, and Bolivia.

He holds a Master’s degree in Telecommunications from E.N.S.T. Paris and a Master’s degree in Computer Science, Systems and Networks from University Paris 7.

Igor is married and has four children. In his spare time, Igor is enthusiastic about sports including tennis and wakeboarding. He has a passion for champagne and wine in which he also invests. He is French and lives in the UK.

Gaurav Juneja is Chief Operating Officer at Consolidated Communications and oversees the Fidium Fiber business including market development, product management, marketing, sales, call centers, customer experience, base management as well as field operations and Information Technology, which support the enterprise. Gaurav joined the Company in 2023 as President of Consolidated’s consumer and small business organization.

Prior to joining the Company, Juneja served as Executive Vice President & General Manager for Consumer at MetroNet, where he was responsible for building all consumer sales, marketing, product management, market expansion, MDU, customer care and sales operations. Juneja also held leadership positions at Rise Broadband, DISH Network and Arjay Group of Companies (Retailer for T-Mobile & Sprint), where he led consumer and SMB sales channels, field marketing and overall go-to-market strategies.

Gaurav has an MBA from Cornell University, Johnson Graduate School of Management and a B.A. degree from Trinity College.

Matthew DeNezza brings decades of financial and strategic leadership to Crusoe, where he plays a key role in financing and building a new paradigm for ESG-forward energy and computing services. Since joining the company, Matt has helped lead more than $1 billion in fundraising across venture, project, and credit capital.

Before Crusoe, Matt served as CFO of Meritage Midstream, a private equity–backed midstream operator in Wyoming’s Powder River Basin. Prior to that, he was CFO of Eclipse Resources, an early leader in the Utica Shale. He joined Eclipse in 2013, guiding its rapid growth, IPO in 2014, and eventual merger into Montage Resources Corp. in 2018.

Earlier in his career, Matt spent over a decade as an energy-focused investment banker, primarily with Deutsche Bank in New York. From 2002 to 2013, he advised upstream, midstream, and downstream clients—both public and private—on billions of dollars in M&A, equity, and debt transactions.

Matt began his professional journey as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Navy, serving aboard the USS Boise, a fast-attack nuclear submarine, from 1993 to 1998. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Harvard University and an MBA from the NYU Stern School of Business. He lives in Denver, Colorado, with his wife and children.

Serving as chief financial officer at Vantage Data Centers, Sharif Metwalli is responsible for driving Vantage’s strategic financing solutions for organic growth and market expansion globally. He oversees finance, accounting, financial planning and analysis, capital markets planning, and corporate administration. With more than 20 years of experience, Metwalli is essential to accelerating Vantage’s growth, profitability and shareholder value.

With expertise in navigating strong capital markets and complex M&A transactions, Metwalli has been instrumental in the execution of Vantage’s growth and was the architect of the successful 10-figure debt and equity financing needed to fund the development of multiple hyperscale data center campuses in different markets simultaneously.

Prior to joining Vantage, Metwalli served as managing director at SunTrust Robinson Humphrey with clients in the data center and communications sectors. He focused on executing debt and equity financings as well as M&A transactions totaling over $37.5 billion in value between 2015 and 2017. Before SunTrust, Metwalli served as a director at Wells Fargo Securities.

Metwalli received his MBA from Duke University and his Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Michigan. He also holds Series 7 and Series 63 licenses.

Richard Knowlton is a Senior Advisor for PMP Strategy, with 30 years’ experience providing innovative approaches in the Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) sectors. Most recently, he held the role of Managing Director and Chairman of TMT Americas at Société Générale New York. While there, Richard spearheaded the development of a comprehensive TMT sector strategy, integrating large-cap coverage, financial sponsor engagement, digital infrastructure, M&A, securitization, and distribution.

Richard’s experience in digital infrastructure started with financing wireless and cable overbuilders. He structured and executed and helped syndicate a greenfield FTTH transaction with no minimum volume commitment, structured OpCo/HoldCo financings in metro enterprise fiber, and pioneered Société Générale's first datacenter transaction in the early 2000s.

Throughout his career, Richard delivered innovative approaches to complex financial transactions. He formed an internal joint venture with the infrastructure team to deliver groundbreaking hybrid financing structures for digital infrastructure, including data centers and fiber networks. His strategic insights were pivotal in executing the first successfully syndicated cell tower ground lease transaction and a multi-layer, investment-grade financing for digital cinema rollouts. His structures secured first-time issuer ratings with a focus on deconsolidation and insulated subsidiary status.

Richard holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Stanford University and a Master of Business Administration from Pepperdine University's Graziadio School of Business

Patrick Fleury is the Chief Financial Officer of TeraWulf Inc., where he is responsible for directing and overseeing the financial activities of the Company, including investment of funds and additional capital for expansion. Mr. Fleury brings 24 years of finance experience, comprising of capital markets, principal investing, and advisory roles. Most recently, Mr. Fleury served as a founding member of the credit team at Platinum Equity, where he was responsible for public and private credit investments. Before that, he was a Managing Director at Blackstone’s global credit platform, GSO Capital Partners. Mr. Fleury began his career in the Global Energy & Power Investment Banking Group at Banc of America Securities, LLC.

Colby is a Managing Director in Investment Banking at TD Securities (TD). Before joining TD, he was at IHS Towers (IHS) where he was the EVP of Communications and Head of their U.S. Corporate Office. As a member of the executive leadership team, Colby at various times was responsible for the Commercial, Communications, ESG reporting, Investor Relations and M&A teams. Before joining IHS, Colby spent 12 years as a Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst specializing in the digital infrastructure and telecom services sectors at the investment bank Cowen. Colby was regarded as one of the leading analysts in digital infrastructure and was ranked in the top three of Institutional Investor’s annual sell-side poll in each of his last five years at Cowen. He began his career in equity research at Thomas Weisel Partners.

Shawn Ronda focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactions and digital infrastructure transactions. Shawn guides clients through virtually all aspects of real estate acquisitions and dispositions, real estate and data center leasing, finance, and real estate development, with an emphasis on development and operations for data center, student housing, mixed-use, and retail projects in the Chicago area, throughout the United States, and beyond. Shawn regularly represents developers, operators, institutional clients, private equity companies, investors, and joint venture partners.

Shawn regularly advises clients on portfolio transactions across a wide variety of asset classes. He also advises clients with respect to the real estate and digital infrastructure related aspects of mergers and acquisitions, as well as joint ventures, regularly handling the negotiation of asset purchase agreements and merger documents, joint venture agreements, and the implementation of related due diligence strategies and activities.

As TierPoint’s President and CFO, Mary Meduski has broad responsibility for the corporate development and strategy, financial operations, accounting, information technology, and human resource functions, and is a member of the company's Board of Directors. She also serves as President and Chief Financial Officer of Cequel III, TierPoint's management company. Ms. Meduski has more than 35 years of financial and operating experience in the media, telecommunications and technology industries. 

Prior to TierPoint, Ms. Meduski served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Suddenlink Communications, a cable broadband provider serving residential and business customers in 17 states. She joined Suddenlink in 2006 and was named to that company's Board of Directors in 2012. 

Before joining Suddenlink, Ms. Meduski served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AAT Communications Corp., the largest privately owned wireless tower company in the United States at the time. Prior to joining AAT, she was a Managing Director in the Media and Communications Investment Banking Groups of TD Securities and BankBoston Securities. 

Ms. Meduski has received a number of professional recognitions, including the cable industry's highest honor, the Distinguished Vanguard Award for Leadership. In addition, Ms. Meduski was named a Multichannel News Wonder Woman and was included on CableFAX's list of Most Powerful Women in Cable for 10 consecutive years. She served in several industry leadership roles, including Chair of the National Board for Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT). Ms. Meduski has been named among the St. Louis Business Journal's Most Influential Business Women. 

Ms. Meduski currently serves as Lead Independent Director of CableOne, Inc. She is also Chair of the Nomination and Governance Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of CableOne, Inc. 

For Cornell University, her alma mater, Ms. Meduski is a member of the College of Arts & Sciences Advisory Council; the President's Council of Cornell Women (PCCW); the Cornell Campaign Cabinet; and National Chair of the Cornell Annual Funds. Ms. Meduski began her second term as a member of the Cornell University Board of Trustees on July 1, 2023, where she serves as Co-Chair of the Finance Committee and is a member of the Executive Committee, the Audit, Risk and Compliance Committee, and the Development Committee.

Octavio Camera is CEO of KIO. His passion for entrepreneurship and technology allowed him to leave far behind the initial restlessness of taking his professional path towards economics and politics.

Octavio Camarena joined KIO in 2013 and has been leading the company's technological infrastructure services in recent years as well as Data Center Services. With over 22 years of experience in the IT services industry.

He took his first step as an entrepreneur in the mid-1990s when he co-founded "Mexico Analytica," a real-time financial information company on the web. In 2000, he founded Masnegocio, to become a pioneer in "Software as a Service" (SaaS) industry worldwide with the first ERP SaaS offering. He transformed the way business technology applications were consumed from an acquisition model to a rental model.

He participates and has participated in several boards in profit and nonprofit companies including the Dean's Council of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and The Mexican Red Cross. Octavio is also active in the Venture Capital Industry, supporting investors and entrepreneurs as member of  Angel Ventures Investment committee and AC Ventures, the Corporate C of Arca Continental.  He has also been a mentor in Endeavor for several years.

He has been recognized with the Ernst & Young "Entrepreneur of the Year" award, as well as the "New Entrepreneurs" award from "Líderes Mexicanos" (Top Business Magazine). He has also been acknowledged as one of the 30 promises under 30 years old, according to the Mexican business magazine Expansión.
 
He has a BA in Economics by Lawrence University (Magna Cum Laude) and a Master in Public Policy by Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
 
Octavio defines entrepreneurship as “the chance to switch from a zero sum game to an incremental one; making the pie bigger as opposed to competing for the same slices”.  Generating new sources of employment and generating incremental wealth.

Chris Vonderhaar is the President of Fleet Data Centers. Chris joined Fleet in 2024. He is responsible for data center development and operations. Chris brings more than 25 years of experience planning, building and operating digital infrastructure assets.

Chris is a member of the Fleet Investment Committee and a senior team member of Tract Capital.

Prior to joining Fleet, Chris was Vice President Demand and Supply Management for Google Cloud. He was responsible for Google’s Technical Infrastructure and Cloud server hardware capacity planning, supply chain, data center operations and supply chain operating system development.

From 2010-2023, Chris led several infrastructure planning, development and operations organizations for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Over his tenure, Chris led large, global multi-discipline engineering and operations teams that launched 30 new AWS regions and deployed more than 4 GW of data center capacity globally. As Vice President, AWS Global Data Centers, he led a team of 15,000 employees and had end-to-end accountability for the AWS global data center fleet including forecasting, planning, design, engineering, construction, operations, sustainability and community engagement, as well as procuring and managing all of AWS’ real estate, colocation and utility assets (energy, water, renewables). In addition, he launched and led AWS Infrastructure Workforce Development that hired ~40% of Data Center employees globally, including 53% diverse hires, over 4 years.

Chris’ relationships with several other members of the Tract Capital team date back to Level 3 Communications. While at Level 3, Chris held various IT, planning, build and operations roles during the buildout of Level 3’s global backbone and metro networks and as an operations leader serving transport, colocation, internet access and content distribution network customers.

Roger Timmerman has served as Executive Director of UTOPIA Fiber since 2016, bringing over 20 years of experience in telecommunications and information technology leadership. A recognized expert in network architecture and broadband infrastructure, Roger has led efforts to design and deploy open-access fiber networks that serve communities across the western United States. His previous roles include Vice President of Engineering at Vivint Wireless, Chief Technology Officer at UTOPIA Fiber, Network Engineer at iProvo, and Network Product Manager at Brigham Young University. He holds both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Information Technology from Brigham Young University

John Wilson is in his first year as CFO of Sabey Data Centers. Prior to joining Sabey, John served as CFO for a private equity real estate firm based in Portland, Oregon. Previously, he held multiple senior positions at Intel. John has a track record for helping businesses achieve rapid growth and improve profitability and has been tasked with the same mandate at Sabey where he’ll leverage the company’s already strong foundation to continue growth. John earned his MBA from Purdue University and has a BA from Brigham Young University.  He currently lives with his wife Crystal in the Seattle, Washington area. 

Sachit Ahuja is President of Tillman Global Holdings, responsible for the firm’s strategy and investments.

In his role, Sachit is responsible for capital allocation, strategy, and mergers and acquisitions for TGH, which takes an owner-operator approach to building market-leading platforms focused on long-term value creation. Sachit joined TGH in 2015, where he launched its US tower company, Tillman Infrastructure.

Previously, Sachit worked at the Raine Group, a merchant bank focused on TMT, Sports and Entertainment. Sachit also serves on the board of the US - India Strategic Partnership Forum and is a Founding Trustee of Plaksha University. Sachit received his MBA from Harvard Business School and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics with concentrations in Management and Finance from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

As President of STACK Americas, Matt VanderZanden leads STACK's efforts to deliver scalable, client-focused digital infrastructure solutions. In this role, Matt is responsible for commercial, financial, development, design and construction, facility management, power, and legal operations, ensuring the company continues to meet the evolving needs of hyperscale and enterprise clients. Since joining STACK, he has played a critical role in driving strategic initiatives and fostering responsible growth, positioning STACK as a trusted global leader in the digital infrastructure industry. Before STACK, Matt spent nearly a decade at Meta, where he was Director of Global Data Center Site Selection, responsible for scaling the company's global infrastructure footprint. Earlier in his career, Matt practiced real estate law at the international law firm Paul Hastings. He holds a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and a B.S. in Economics, with distinction, from the University of Washington.

Casey is a founding partner at Juvo Energy, where she focuses on developing sites for large load. She has a long history running development companies for energy (wind, solar, natural gas, battery storage) projects. At various points in her career, she has run divisions for various tradinghouses and energy companies, including stints for such companies as Caerus Commodities, Engie, and Sumitomo. Her roles have spanned development, construction, origination and commodities trading. Her extensive experience has allowed her and her team at Juvo to amass a 10GW portfolio of data centers sites across the U.S. Juvo’s rapid growth has garnered it much success in both selling sites and partnering with long term owners to build out the data centers and powered land.

Adam Waltz is a Managing Director in BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Fund focused on investments in digital infrastructure opportunities across fiber networks, data centers, and wireless infrastructure. He serves as a Board Director at Gigapower, BlackRock’s joint venture with AT&T to develop a commercial wholesale open access platform on a state-of-the-art fiber network.

With a background in real estate and corporate development, Paul has worked in the mobile tower industry for over 25 years. Paul was the founder and CEO of Neutral Connect Networks and Acquired Connectivity Wireless in 2019, and company was rebranded to Connectivity Wireless in 2019 Previously, he served as President of Corporate Development at Vertical Bridge, and CEO of CiG Wireless Corporation before successfully merging CiG into Vertical Bridge. Prior to CiG, he founded and led TCP Communications as its CEO, bringing it to a successful sale with a portfolio of over 250 towers. In the early years, he worked for SBA Communication as Director of Acquisitions. As an entrepreneur and business leader, Paul has successfully built and developed numerous businesses in the real estate and retail arena before making the wireless industry the focus of his career.

Ed, located in the Delray Beach, FL office, has been involved in the wireless services industry and the wireless infrastructure industry for more than twenty-five years. He is experienced in all aspects of the wireless industry including tower ownership, colocations, tower development, tower and site management, and land and tower acquisitions. Prior to founding Diamond in 2006, Mr. Farscht was a senior executive at AAT Communications. Prior to AAT, he was a Managing Director at Bear Stearns and held positions with CIBC World Markets and Citibank in investment banking with a focus on principal transactions. He is a graduate of Rutgers University and received his MBA at Columbia Business School. Currently, Mr. Farscht is a Board Member of the Wireless Infrastructure Association (WIA)

Luke Laumann is a partner in Weil’s Private Equity practice and is based in New York. Luke represents domestic and international private equity sponsors and strategic clients in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and private investments in a broad range of industries.

Luke was recognized as a “Next Generation Partner” for Private Equity Buyouts by Legal 500 US in 2023 and a “Leading Lawyer” for Private Equity in the United States by Euromoney in 2022. He was also the recipient of the "40 under 40 Emerging Leaders Award" by The M&A Advisor in 2018.

Jack Waters has over 30 years of experience in the telecommunications and Internet industries. Throughout his career, he has held numerous executive positions in business, engineering, and operations roles. He has led construction projects for both terrestrial and subsea fiber networks totaling millions of fiber miles deployed in North America, Europe, and Asia.

Brad Moline President, and CEO, founded ALLO Communications in 2003 in Imperial, Nebraska. ALLO is a telecommunications company offering FTTH in 44 cities across Nebraska, Colorado, Arizona, and Missouri totaling over 1.2+ million in population. In 2015, ALLO became a subsidiary of Nelnet (NYSE: NNI) further diversifying Nelnet’s revenue outside of education. In 2020, SDC Capital Partners, LLC, a private investment firm focused on IT and communications infrastructure, invested in ALLO. ALLO, and its investor group, share a commitment to providing an exceptional customer experience and world-class technology. 

Previously, Moline, held several senior positions with organizations across the U.S. before returning home to Nebraska with his wife to raise their family. Among those positions, Moline was the Senior Vice President of Finance, Chief Financial Officer, and a driving force behind the exponential growth of Birch Telecom, Inc. in Kansas City. From 1994 to 1997 Moline took a large national transportation company public and was retained as a valued board member serving on the audit committee. Moline also serves on the board of his family’s grocery operations in Nebraska and Colorado. He holds a degree in business administration, with distinction, from the University of Nebraska and is formerly a certified public accountant with Ernest & Young.

Jonathan Bullock is the Chief Strategy Officer at Hotwire Communications where he leads corporate strategy, development and finance, strategic partnerships, M&A, and government affairs. With over 18 years of experience in the telecommunications and technology sectors, Jonathan drives Hotwire’s strategic vision.

Andrej leads the Americas Digital Infrastructure practice at AlixPartners. He specializes in driving value creation across the digital infrastructure landscape, with a focus on fiber, towers, and data centers. He helps clients optimize fiber deployment, maximize asset monetization, and enhance operational efficiency to unlock long-term growth. His expertise extends to M&A strategy, guiding companies through due diligence and post-transaction value realization. In data centers, he focuses on executional excellence for new DCs, driving timely project execution and delivery through robust supply chain strategies and sourcing optimization, as well as margin improvement and value creation for traditional DCs. 

A recognized thought leader, Andrej is a frequent speaker and panelist at premier industry conferences, where he shares insights on the evolving telecommunications landscape, the future of digital infrastructure, and the disruptive impact of emerging technologies.  

Before joining AlixPartners, Andrej held leadership roles at Deutsche Telekom and T-Systems. He holds a dual PhD in economics and law. 

Garrett Baker is the Global Co-Head of Telecom & Digital Infrastructure at Lazard, and a member of the North American Management Committee.

Mr. Baker has more than 25 years of experience advising TMT companies, having personally led more than 125 M&A transactions. He has specific expertise with broadband, telecom infrastructure, mobile and digital media companies.

Mr. Baker was named as a “Top 50 Dealmaker in North America” by Global M&A Network and one of the broadband industry’s top “40 Under 40″ executives by MultiChannel News. He advised Wave Broadband on its sale to Oak Hill and GI Partners, which was awarded “Deal of the Year” by M&A Advisor for TMT deals over $500 million. He is also a member of the Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO).

Prior to joining Lazard in 2016, Mr. Baker was President of Waller Capital Partners, where he led mergers and acquisitions for cable, telecom and digital media clients and managed day-to-day operations of the firm. He joined Waller Capital in 1998 and was named President in 2009. He began his

 career in the M&A Group at Bear Stearns. Mr. Baker graduated with honors from Wake Forest University with a BS in Analytical Finance.

Emily Goergen Azer is a Director of GI Partners.  She currently serves on the boards of DRFortress and Rise Broadband.  Prior to joining GI Partners, Mrs. Azer was a Vice President at Stonepeak Partners in New York where she focused on infrastructure investments in the Communications sector.  Earlier in her carrier, Emily worked in the North America Private Equity and Global Infrastructure groups at KKR in New York and was an investment banking analyst with the Blackstone Group in New York.  Mrs. Azer received her B.S. from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.

Mark Morrison is a Managing Director with Truist and leads Digital Infrastructure Investment Banking coverage within the firm’s TMT group. Prior to Truist, Mark was with RBC Capital Markets for 12 years where he provided advisory and capital markets services to companies across the Digital Infrastructure space.

Mark has robust experience advising public and private operators and investors on a wide range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, minority investments, private and public capital raises, valuations and restructurings.

Mark received a Master of Business Administration from NYU Stern School of Business and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond.

James Henry has been actively involved in the internet and telecom industry for more than two decades. His extensive and multi-disciplined knowledge of the industry is the product of his roles as an equity research analyst following the telecom and internet services sectors, as a portfolio manager responsible for investing in the telecom and media sectors, and as an investment banker executing capital markets and strategic transactions.

Mr. Henry co-founded Bank Street Holdings LLC and has been a driving force in the growth and development of the firm's investment banking practice. Prior to Bank Street, Mr. Henry was a Senior Managing Director at Bear, Stearns & Co. Inc. where he served as the senior research analyst responsible for following the telecommunications and internet service and infrastructure sectors. Mr. Henry led a team of 5 dedicated associates and he was named the youngest Senior Managing Director in the history of Bear Stearns in 1999.

Mr. Henry's work and industry expertise has been broadly recognized. He was ranked 2nd by Institutional Investor Magazine's All American Research Team Survey in 1999 and 2000. Mr. Henry has spoken at major telecom industry conferences, testified before Congress on telecom industry matters, and been quoted in national publications such as Business Week and The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Henry has a Bachelor of Arts Degree from Connecticut College.

Tim Shaheen is responsible for driving execution for certain of the Firm’s digital assets, as well as ensuring the successful buildout of the TA Digital Group team and the allocation of appropriate resources to ensure financial, operational and cultural alignment with TA Realty.

Kemal Hawa is a corporate partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Kemal represents many of the world’s largest private equity firms, infrastructure funds, real estate investors and lenders across a broad range of transactions in the digital infrastructure sector domestically and internationally, including mergers and acquisitions, investments, financing arrangements, joint ventures and development projects.

Kemal counsels clients in complex transactions across the digital infrastructure and telecommunications, media and technology industries. This includes many of the world’s largest data center operators, telecommunications carriers, tower companies, cloud providers, fiber providers, media companies, submarine cable operators, fintech companies, wireless and international carriers, internet service providers, satellite companies, equipment manufacturers and electric utilities.

In addition to M&A and financing transactions, Kemal represents companies in connection with the full spectrum of digital infrastructure transactions globally, including the negotiation of data center leases and colocation agreements, telecommunications master service agreements, licensing deals and other commercial transactions.

Rich became the President and permanent Chief Executive Officer in December 2021, after being named interim Chief Executive Officer in July 2021 and Chief Operations Officer (COO) since December 2018.

As the COO, Rich was focused on designing and implementing business operations to support the strategic direction of a customer-centered organization. Under his leadership, Extenet cemented its position as the leading private owner and operator of small cells and fiber networks by delivering three consecutive years of distributed network infrastructure growth. Rich has always focused on promoting company culture and vision, with a goal of building diversity, equity and inclusiveness across the organization. 

Prior to Extenet, Rich served as an Operating Partner at Digital Bridge Holdings LLC. Previously, Rich has also held leadership roles at fiber infrastructure companies, including Wilcon and Zayo Group. Over his twenty years in the industry, including telecom and utility companies, Rich has focused on growing and improving the operational, financial and market position of the companies. Rich has an accomplished record of developing strategic and tactical initiatives to maximize long-term growth and enterprise value through a combination of streamlined operations, cost reductions, efficient capital investment and financial structuring. Rich has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the City University of New York— Queens College. He is a recognized public speaker and participates in various thoughtleadership
events. 

Beyond Extenet
Rich and his wife Dawn have been married since 1993. They have two adult children, Steven and Megan. In his leisure time, Rich enjoys traveling and spending time with his family. In addition, he enjoys playing racquetball and golf.

gaiia co-founder and CEO Marc-André Campagna previously co-founded and led Oxio, the fastest growing Canadian-based internet service provider (ISP). During his time at Oxio, Campagna saw the challenges of managing ISP operations effectively firsthand, from manual processes to the complexity of integrating multiple software solutions. To address this issue and support Oxio’s expansion, Marc began building gaiia.

Between 2019 and 2022, Marc-André grew the oxio business from 0 to 50,000 subscribers, while becoming Canada’s best-loved ISP. However, the secret sauce was gaiia - which generated significant interest from ISPs from around the world that were inspired by oxio’s growth story. In March 2023, Marc sold oxio for $100M and reinvested the proceeds into scaling gaiia as a commercial product, which he humbly believes is the best-in-class solution for forward-thinking ISPs.

Adam Post is the SVP of Finance and Corporate Development at CoreSite and brings more than 20 years of real estate experience to the company. In his role, Mr. Post is responsible for the execution of the company’s financial planning and strategy, acquisitions, power and energy solutions, and procurement. Mr. Post joined CoreSite in 2014 overseeing its financial planning and analysis functions and as Treasurer with responsibility for the company’s capitalization strategy, capital markets transactions, and treasury management.

Prior to joining CoreSite, Mr. Post spent nine years at Prologis where he helped lead global strategic finance initiatives and held various other roles within the finance and accounting teams. Mr. Post holds an M.B.A. from the University of Denver and a B.S.B.A. in Finance from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.

Mr. Hadar, CFA, is a seasoned finance, corporate development and alternative investments executive driving all aspects of ECL’s financing strategy and corporate development efforts including cultivating partnerships across the hydrogen ecosystem. ECL is the first off-grid, hydrogen-powered, highly efficient, modular data center-as a-service provider. Prior to joining ECL, Uzi led investment strategies as a private equity sponsor and advisor mainly across the TMT space, as well as having a background in investment banking. Throughout his career, Uzi advised and collaborated with investors and companies on strategic, corporate development and financial initiatives, and has broad industry relationships with emerging growth companies, industry leaders, alternative investment firms, family offices, institutional and strategic investors. 

Mr. Hadar is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and earned his MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia.

Brian Stading is the Chief Executive Officer at Lumos. Reporting to Lumos’ Board of Directors, he joins the Lumos executive team with a bold growth plan to expand the company’s 100% Fiber Internet network to over one million homes in the next five years. Brian has a track record of proven leadership and success that spans over 30 years of experience at telecommunications companies, including Ziply, CenturyLink and Qwest. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Aurora University and a master’s from the Kellogg Graduate School of Business at Northwestern University.

Kanishk is a leader in the Americas Digital Infrastructure practice at AlixPartners. Kanishk has over 12 years of experience working in M&A and operational improvement advisory.  

Kanishk has supported clients across the transaction lifecycle—from diligence through integration— driving synergies, developing go-to-market strategies, and implementing EBITDA and cash flow improvement initiatives. He specializes in complex consolidation efforts and unlocking long-term value in capital-intensive environments. 

Kanishk has also authored multiple papers on the key drivers of fiber M&A, industry consolidation trends, and strategies for improving fiber monetization. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Waterloo. 

Rahul Mewawalla has held leadership roles with leading global technology companies, including Yahoo!, General Electric Company, and Nokia Corporation. Rahul is currently CEO and President of Mawson Infrastructure Group, a publicly-traded technology company focused on digital infrastructure platforms, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and High-Performance Computing (HPC) markets. Rahul has served as Chairman of two NASDAQ-listed public companies and on the boards of six NASDAQ-listed public companies. He has been an Advisor to Stanford University's Persuasive Technology Lab, Senior Advisor to the San Francisco Mayor’s Office on Innovation, Chair of the Venture Capital Task Force Committee on Services and Systems, SGE at the United States Department of Defense, and advised the MIT-Stanford Venture Lab. Mr. Mewawalla has received numerous awards and honors, including “Top 40 under 40” in San Francisco. He received his MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Bob Thompson is the Founder & CEO of Underline, a company focused on deploying intelligent infrastructure for U.S. communities. Prior to founding Underline, Bob served as SVP & Head of Corporate Finance Solutions for Guardian Life, where his mandate ranged from Treasury & Liquidity Risk Management, to Capital Markets Strategy and Balance Sheet Optimization, Corporate Development, M&A, and Strategic Investments. During his tenure with Guardian, Bob led a number of strategic initiatives, including serving as Chairman and President of Guardian Investor Services and Guardian Strategic Ventures. Over the years, Bob has led multiple efforts including acting as Head of Capital Markets for a boutique insurance bank and Group Head of the Special Transactions Group at CIBC World Markets, working with the UBS Global Structured Products Group, and executing various first-of-their-kind derivative/concentrated risk transactions. In 2009, Bob and his wife founded One Life Missions, operating in the U.S. and internationally; as a result, Bob has worked in various missions and relief capacities in the U.S., Haiti, and Guatemala. Bob attended Georgetown University’s School of Foreign Service, earning a Bachelors in Science of Foreign Service.

As Senior Vice President, Matt plays a critical role in identifying data center growth opportunities, market trends, and operator partnerships while optimizing asset performance and maximizing the value of PowerHouse Data Center investments through strategic planning, effective management, and development initiatives.

At his core, Matt’s greatest skills lie in navigating the tradeoffs between growth and yield, short-term and long-term needs, and the different phases of a data center lifecycle. Matt’s approach involves building, developing, and inspiring data-driven teams that prioritize customer success, continuous improvement, and inclusivity. His development acumen offers critical prescience, enabling efficient deployments with immediate power and connectivity with the capacity to grow unimpeded to gigawatt-scale.

He leverages over 20 years of strategic management expertise in critical international and domestic markets, most recently serving as global head of asset management at Equinix, where he oversaw rapid growth in an $8 billion portfolio while maintaining ROIC (Return on Invested Capital) of +26%. By leveraging this experience, Matt supports PowerHouse’s extraordinary growth strategy, identifying and developing the most advantageous sites to help define the future of hyperscalers and large operators’ most advanced use cases.

Matt holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of North Carolina at Asheville and a Master of Science in Management from the London School of Economics & Political Science in the UK.

Melissa D. Kalka is an M&A/private equity partner in the Dallas office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Melissa's practice focuses on representing private equity firms and public and private companies in connection with domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, carve-outs, joint ventures and other complex equity holder arrangements. She also represents clients in connection with general corporate governance matters. She has worked with clients in a wide range of industries and sectors, including consumer products, healthcare, manufacturing, technology and infrastructure with extensive experience advising on complex data center and digital infrastructure transactions.

Michael is a Senior Managing Director with Stonepeak. Before joining Stonepeak, Michael was Co-Head of BlackRock’s Direct Lending and Special Situations investment practice, and prior to its acquisition by Blackrock, Michael was a Managing Partner at Tennenbaum Capital Partners (TCP), a specialist private performing credit and special situations manager with $9 billion of committed client capital. Before joining TCP, Michael was an executive and manager at several leading technology and communication infrastructure firms including WilTel, GlobeNet, 360Networks, and Microsoft.

Michael received a Master of Business Administration from the University of Michigan and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Chris is the founder and CEO of Ascenty Data Centers, the largest data center company in Latin America. Prior to Ascenty, he was the founder and CEO of Vivax, the second largest cable television company in Brazil. Chris took Vivax public and then subsequently sold the company for $1.2 billion. Prior to Vivax, Chris was the CEO of Voyager Inc., an Internet company that went public in 1999 on the NASDAQ stock exchange and subsequently acquired in 2000 for $550 million. Chris holds a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Maine and an MBA from Harvard University.

Julie leads EdgeCore’s finance organization, including strategic financial planning, capital markets, accounting, procurement, treasury, and investor relations. She is based in EdgeCore’s Denver office.

Julie brings to EdgeCore deep experience in finance and asset management within the data center industry. Prior to joining EdgeCore, Julie held roles of progressive accountability at CoreSite Realty Corporation, most recently as Vice President, General Management, of CoreSite’s Los Angeles and Denver markets. In that role, Julie was accountable for revenue generation, profitability, strategic planning, and capital allocation across a $2 billion portfolio of data center assets. Before joining the general management team, Julie was a member of CoreSite’s finance organization, focusing on mergers and acquisitions, capital structure, investor reporting, and underwriting.

Julie earned her BS in Commerce from the University of Virginia.

Todd Coleman is the President and CEO of eStruxture. Todd brings more than 25 years experience in the IT, data center and telecommunications industries. Most recently, Todd was the Chief Operating Officer and co-founder of Cologix. Todd has also held several senior positions at Level 3 Communications, a global telecommunications company, including Senior Vice President of Data Centers, Senior Vice President of Media Operations and President of Level 3 Communications Europe.

Todd holds a juris doctorate and a bachelor’s degree in computer information systems.

Nathan Ough has an extensive background in natural gas fuel technology and generation deployment across North America. Prior to VoltaGrid, Nathan co-founded Certarus Ltd and its associated USA business unit, which included the development and expansion of the organization over the last decade to one of the leading low-carbon energy solutions providers. Nathan was an executive for Certarus since its foundation and was instrumental in expanding the USA platform from no presence in 2014 to now one of the leading natural gas fuel companies nationwide.

Prior to Certarus, Nathan worked on Macquarie Capital’s Global Energy Investment Banking Team, covering the energy capital markets. Nathan holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance and Economics from the University of New Brunswick.

Maisie Clarke is Editor, Head of Financing Coverage at TMT Finance. Her beat covers digital infrastructure debt and project financing transactions across the Americas and EMEA and includes a focus on deals in the fibre and broadband, datacentres, tower and subsea cable space. She joined TMT Finance in April 2023, having previously worked as a project finance journalist.