Mike Abrashoff, Former Commander of U.S.S. Benfold and Experiend Entrepreneur 9:10 a.m. - 9:50 a.m.

At the age of 36, Mike Abrashoff was selected to become Commander of U.S.S.
Benfold, at the time he was the most junior commanding officer in the Pacific Fleet. The
challenges were staggering with exceptionally low morale and poor performance results.
Few thought that this ship could improve, but Mike only became more resolved. By
instilling a sense of urgency and by creating an atmosphere of commitment to excellence,
Benfold became the best ship in the Pacific Fleet.

“A lot of people do whatever it takes to secure the next promotion. All I ever
wanted to do in the navy was to command a ship. I did not care if I ever got promoted
again. And that attitude enabled me to focus solely on results instead of doing the right
things for my career. Along the way, it was my people that created the results that ensured
my next promotion.”

The solution was a system of beliefs that Mike calls GrassRoots Leadership. A
process of replacing command and control with commitment and cohesion, by engaging the
hearts, minds, and loyalties of workers – a belief that Mike achieves with conviction and
humility. “The most important thing that a captain can do is to see the ship through the
eyes of the crew.” This meant interviewing every single person on his ship, from the most
senior officer to the lowest recruit. It was an experience that began to generate invaluable
ideas, often from unexpected sources.

Tim Crawford is an internationally renowned thought leader in the areas of Cloud Computing and IT Optimization Strategies. Tim has over 20-years of Information Technology experience in Operations, Infrastructure, Information Security and Core Applications. Areas of focus include Cloud Computing, Infrastructure Optimization and key game-changing strategies for IT organizations. Tim has held senior IT leadership roles with global organizations such as Stanford University, Knight-Ridder, Philips Electronics, and National Semiconductor.

Tim speaks at industry conferences and has written for leading publications including InfoWorld, PC Magazine and VAR Business. Tim also serves on a number of boards including the Society for Information Management (SIM) San Francisco Bay Area Chapter, the Golden Gate University Alumni Association and Data Center Pulse.

Tim received an MBA in International Business with Honors and a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems both from Golden Gate University.

Indu Kodukula, EVP Products, CTO at SunGard 10:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

As Executive Vice President Products and Chief Technology Officer, Indu Kodukula runs the product organization at SunGard Availability Services, with overall responsibility for development and delivery of new products that contribute to top-line revenue. Among other things, the Product organization uses technological innovation to spearhead new service development, evaluates technology platforms, defines requirements for new products, engineers them and supports the delivery of these products to the operations organization. Indu joins SunGard Availability Services from Oracle where he was Vice President of Service Delivery Platform Products within Oracle Communications and ran product management and development for the Oracle Communications Service Delivery Platform. In this role, he was responsible for end-to-end product strategy and delivery of the Oracle Service Delivery Platform set of products. Prior to joining Oracle, Indu was Senior Director of Product Management at BEA for the WebLogic Communications Platform (WLCP) where he co-created the overall vision and product strategy that resulted in an entirely new business within BEA. Indu’s earlier work experience at BEA included business development for the WebLogic Workshop team where as part of the Workshop management team, he helped grow the presence of WebLogic Workshop from zero to adoption by several hundred thousand developers over 24 months.

Prior to joining BEA in 2001, Indu was an Engagement Manager at McKinsey and Company where he advised senior management at Telecommunications and software clients. Indu’s work at McKinsey included several high-profile engagements including advising the Department of Justice on a key anti-trust trial.

Mark Thiele, VP of Data Center Strategy at ServiceMesh and Founder of Data Center Pulse 11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.

Mr. Thiele has spent the last 20 years building and managing IT infrastructure and data centers for companies like HP, Gilead, & VMware. Mark’s day job is helping ServiceMesh with their internal IT needs and providing support to large enterprise customers for their cloud, data center and infrastructure strategies. His night job is helping develop Data Center Pulse into a globally recognized forum for data center owner/operators.

Recently KC Mares led Yahoo!’s worldwide data center strategy, development and construction, lowering energy consumption to achieve Yahoo!’s carbon neutrality. He managed performance-based energy contracts for Johnson Controls and Honeywell, and developed co-generation and renewable energy plants.

His work has earned numerous awards, including twice EnergyStar Partner of the Year. He has crafted legislation for energy solutions and is a pundit of longterm energy solutions that improve the quality of life, environment and sustained economic vitality.

Prior to joining eBay, Mr. Nelson was the Senior Director of Global Lab & Data Center Design Services (GDS) of Sun Microsystems, where he enjoyed a 17-year career in a variety of roles.

Henry ML Wong is a senior power technologist at Intel Corporation, enabling and evangelizing energy efficient power and thermal technologies. Mr. Wong is a 24+ year Intel veteran, with over 16 years of industry experience in digital and mixed signal processor development, including the first Intel® Mobile Chipset (360SL), the first mobile Intel® Pentium® Processor (P54LM/P55C), and advanced mobile package technologies. Mr. Wong then spent 5+ years leading technology development and enablement of high-efficiency and high-reliability power-conversion techniques, component thermal solutions, and system clocking networks for the Intel® Itanium®, Itanium® 2, and Intel® Xeon® processor platforms. Mr. Wong authored and enabled key technologies such as Adaptive Voltage Positioning, Modular Direct Power Connect, Server Component High Impingement Mode Cooling, and Programmable Geared Differential Clocking for Multi-Time Domain Architectures. He is currently leading Intel’s support of the enterprise industry energy-efficiency initiatives and technologies, with organizations such as the US EPA, US DOE, Lawrence Berkley National Labs, and The Green Grid. Mr. Wong is a 1984 graduate of Yale University with a degree in semiconductor physics and econometric modeling.

Scott Noteboom, VP of Data Center Engineering and Operations at Yahoo!
3:30 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.

Scott Noteboom serves as Yahoo!'s Head of Global Data Center Infrastructure. Since joining Yahoo! in 2005, he has served as chief design architect and a founder of the companies data center self construct / operate initiatives. He also managed over 10x growth of the companies data center / compute operating footprint, leading teams that installed and support multi hundred thousand hosts. Scott's duties include managing all aspects of the data center lifecycle-- from design, construction, operations, to de-commissions.

His passion centers on shaping, understanding and managing initiatives related to large scale data center / compute platforms, and shaping more efficiency into those platforms.

Scott has published numerous papers and articles, innovated multiple award winning technology patents and has been a speaker on the subjects of high performance, efficient large scale data center / compute platforms. He has more than 15 years experience in the engineering and design of data centers and internet platforms.

Prior to joining Yahoo!, Scott was Director of Data Centers at AboveNet, leading operations of the world's 2nd largest data center collocation footprint at the time. He also founded several companies in the Internet Service Provider (ISP,) and Voice over IP (VOIP) space-- one that sailed and one that failed. He began developing published software and running a dial-up bulletin board service (BBS) in his teens.

Alex Victor, Data Center Manager at Robert Half International 10:00 a.m. - 10:40 a.m.

Alex Victor has over 15 years of data center management and operations experience. Currently he manages the Data Center Operations for Robert Half International, a global leader in professional staffing, and consulting services. Mr. Victor’s responsibilities include global data center operations, capacity planning, enterprise monitoring, SAN/NAS storage/backups, job scheduling, and database management. Prior to joining RHI, Alex managed data center operations and systems engineering teams for large software technology companies including PeopleSoft and Oracle, as well as fully managed hosting providers including Xuma Inc.

Deborah Grove, CEO at Grove Associates 11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.

Deborah Grove brings 24 years of entrepreneurship, global channel strategies, market research, and innovation consulting.

She graduated from UCLA and the American Graduate School of International Management. Deborah founded Asia's first office automation consultancy in Asia with offices in Hong Kong, Singapore and Korea and was known as an expert on technology adoption throughout the region. Deborah negotiated the sale her company to International Data Corporation and continued on as Managing Director, IDC Asia until relocating to Silicon Valley. She was CEO and Founder at Introplus, a web services company offering social networking solutions that was awarded a patent. Today, her business model focuses on gotomarket strategies for service providers in the data center energy efficiency niche.

Joyce Dickerson, Director, Sustainable IT at Stanford University 11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.

Joyce Dickerson leads Sustainable IT at Stanford University. Her position is a joint appointment between Facilities and IT Services, which enables her to bring resources from both organizations to tackle projects across all elements of IT infrastructure. Many of her projects have focused on reducing energy use, which lowers both carbon emissions and operating costs for the university.

Joyce has developed and led sustainability programs that cover Datacenters, Server Rooms, High Performance Computing, Personal Computing and Office Equipment. Additionally, she meets with faculty across the campus in an effort to identify areas where University staff and faculty can work together to tackle some of the most challenging issues related to global warming and energy usage reduction.

Previously, Joyce was Director of Project Management for IT Services at Stanford, where she created and led the Project Management Office. Her team of project managers led initiatives that launched new technology products & services across the University.

Prior to joining Stanford, Joyce spent 15 years leading business development and product management for technology firms in Silicon Valley. Earlier in her career, she was a specialist at McKinsey and Company, where she advised major technology clients on strategic and operational issues. Joyce holds an MBA and BS Industrial Engineering, both from Stanford University.

Ralph Renne, CFM Director of Site Operations Workplace Resources at NetApp
11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.

Ralph Renne is the Director of Site Operations-Workplace Resources for NetApp. Mr. Renne is currently the Director of Site Operations for NetApp, responsible for the energy budget and critical infrastructures of their Data Centers located at their Sunnyvale Headquarters site. Previously, Mr. Renne served as the Director of Facilities for Exar Corporation. Prior to employment at Exar, he worked for the Experimental Facilities Department at the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - SLAC. Mr. Renne is a Certified Facilities Manager (CFM). He is a licensed C10 Contractor and a principal partner/co-founder of Facilities Dynamics, Inc. Mr. Renne has over 25 years of Facilities industry experience, having a wide range of experience that includes new corporate campus development to major energy and data center projects.

John Rodgers, Director, IT Infrastructure Program – Data Center Strategy Kaiser Permanente
11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.

John Rodgers currently leads the Data Center Strategy work track in Kaiser Permanente’s Information Technology organization. Comprised of three other work tracks, the IT Infrastructure Program is - a multi-year initiative that is transforming the organization’s technology capacity and capability, including its compute space, networks and utilities.

Before joining the Infrastructure Program, John led Kaiser Permanente’s National Solution Center and Wintel/Citrix support groups. These teams provided several levels of technical expertise related to desktop, email, mobile, provisioning, software solutions and operational support of the Windows server environment. Prior to joining Kaiser Permanente, John was the Perot Systems IT Delivery Manager at the St. Joseph Healthcare System where he was responsible for the outsourced IT services provided across the account’s ten hospitals and healthcare delivery sites throughout California and west Texas. John has more than twenty-five years of experience in delivering IT products and services across multiple industries.

Prior to his roles in healthcare he held successive management roles in financial, pharma, medical device and telecom companies within the United States, Belgium and Bermuda. John holds a Bachelor degree in Economics and Computer and Information Science from the University of California, Irvine, and certificates in ITIL v3 Foundation, Project Management Professional (PMP), and is a Six Sigma Black Belt.

Greg Dumas is Chief Technical Officer of DST Controls, which has automated and monitored continuous and discrete process plants for 30 years. Greg's background is information systems engineer; he has 25 years experience in interfacing real time systems to data bases at ROLM, IBM and Siemens. Greg has four patents, five publications and taught at UC-Extension. Greg graduated from NYU/Polytechnic Institute of New York.

Nishi has over 17 years of business experience devoted to Information Systems development, deployment and operations. For the last 10 years Nishi has worked as Data Center Architect for Intel Corporation in number of roles from high density computing, Data Center Migration/Optimization, Performance Engineering to Consolidation. Nishi’s current focus is developing and productizing Intel IP for datacenter innovation, Datacenter optimization engagements, influencing platform technologies through key learning’s on customer engagements and creating industry mindshare/awareness for Intel Architecture. Before joining Intel Nishi has another 7 years experience, working for DaimlerChrysler as a Senior Specialist. At EDS, She was a software developer. Nishi also have BS in Electronics and Electrical Communication engineering and MS in Computer Science

Akhil is a senior engineer at Future Facilities where he manages all engineering activities related to applications, consulting and technical support in North America. Prior to joining Future Facilities, Akhil had worked at Flomerics, Inc. as an applications engineer where he was responsible for pre-sales, Technical Account Management and business development. Prior to Flomerics, Akhil had worked at Dell, Inc. as a Product Thermal Engineer, where designed and deployed thermal solutions for Small Form Factor (SFF) desktops.

Julie O'Loughlin is the Senior Director of Facilities, Operations and Emergency Management for Fenwick and West LLP, a law firm specializing in technology, life sciences and cleantech, with offices in Silicon Valley, San Francisco, Seattle and Boise. Ms. O'Loughlin is located in Silicon Valley Center, headquarters for the Firm.

As a Senior Audiovisual Consultant with over 15 years of experience in Audiovisual industry, Brian draws from his experiences as a design consultant, control systems programmer, systems engineer, and audiovisual integrator to help his clients navigate the rapidly changing technological landscape. Always striving to balance complex technological requirements with the human and financial considerations, his driving goal is to provide comprehensive solutions and educate his clients. Specializing in Audiovisual and Control Systems integration, Brian has helped to plan, budget, design and commission systems for numerous vertical markets; Government, Education, Utilites, Petrochemical, Transportation, Health Care, and Technology, as well as for the private estates of extreme high net worth individuals.

Brian holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of San Francisco, an InfoComm CTS-D certification (an ANSI accredited technical audiovisual design certification), is a member of the Audio Engineering Society, and holds numerous industry certifications.  He specializes in strategic planning, coordination, technical design, management, infrastructure development, and room assessment with a focus on Corporate AV, Digital Signage, Network Operations/Command/Control Centers, Sound Reinforcement, Control Systems Integration, Paging, Teleconferencing/Telepresence and Unified Collaboration.

In 1999, Jedidiah Yueh founded Avamar, a software company that pioneered data de-duplication and shipped a billion-dollar product in the backup and recovery industry, with over 20,000 current customers. Today, de-duplication is a high priority for enterprise data centers, and the technology has become a must-have feature or product for major storage and software vendors. Data de-duplication strips away redundant data to make disks more cost effective than tape media for storing a wide variety of data types, such as daily, repeated backup sets. EMC acquired Avamar in November 2006 for $165 million. EMC executives have stated that Avamar is the best performing investment for EMC since VMware. Yueh has demonstrated a successful track record for identifying new market opportunities and staying ahead of industry trends. As VP of Product Management at EMC, Yueh helped launch the Avamar Data Store and the Avamar Virtual Edition in 2007, two innovative and successful products that have helped EMC maintain a leadership position in the industry. Prior to Avamar, Yueh served as Chief Operating Officer for NTD, an optical storage startup. He brings over a decade of experience in the software and data storage industries and has more than 6 patents or patents pending. Yueh graduated Phi Beta Kappa, magna cum laude with an AB from Harvard University. Under former President George H. Bush, he was designated a USPresidential Scholar, one of the highest academic achievements awarded nationally.

Kelly Shea, Global Sustainability Program Manager at Symantec 11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.

Kelly Shea is the Global Sustainability Program Manager at Symantec Corporation. She is responsible for Sustainability within Workplace Solutions and the companies global carbon accounting. Her responsibilities include creation, development, research, policies, leadership, process improvement, program oversight, strategy, education, internal/external communications and reporting of all global sustainability initiatives within Workplace solutions. Kelly engages in cross-functional program work with Global Facilities Management, Real Estate, Security, Business Continuity/ Disaster Recovery, Governance, Corporate Social Responsibility, Information Technology, Transportation/ Travel, Communications, Branding, Marketing, Human Resources, Legal, Sales, Finance, Accounting, sourcing, Green Teams and external environmental reporting focused companies.

Jose Igelesias, Vice President, Education and Enablement Services at Symantec
11:00 a.m. - 11:40 a.m.

Jose Iglesias is vice president of education and enablement services at Symantec Corporation (SYMC). In his role Iglesias oversees Symantec's worldwide customer, employee, and partner education organizations. This team of product training experts helps customers maximize the value of their investment in Symantec products. The focus of this global organization also includes responsibilities for Green IT, knowledge management, virtual labs, and other collaboration and enablement services and technologies. By combining these services together Symantec leverages technology to better support sales, customers, employees, and partners.

Previously, Iglesias was the vice president of global solutions at Symantec. He led the efforts for integrating availability and security, into solutions of value, to customers worldwide. One of these solutions is Green IT, having significant value in delivering software that saves energy without compromising effectiveness. This includes the next generation, Green IT 2.0, encompassing protecting the Smart Grid, an approach to significantly increase energy efficiency and reliability of the delivery process, while reducing consumption. Additionally, Iglesias led the Symantec initiative to promote significant growth in China and Japan, by heading up the local engineering laboratories in the region, and identifying solutions in those local markets. Iglesias joined Symantec at the time of its merger with VERITAS Software Corporation. Prior to that, Iglesias headed the storage foundation business at VERITAS by managing its core components such as: VERITAS Storage Foundation, VERITAS File System, VERITAS Volume Manager, and advanced features including off-host virtualization, quality of storage service, and application aware infrastructure. Furthermore, Iglesias oversaw the development of joint storage foundation technology capabilities with the company's strategic partners. During his tenure at VERITAS, Iglesias was responsible for all of the company's product management, including defining and expanding the company's product portfolio into new markets.

Before joining VERITAS, Iglesias spent 23 years at IBM where he was responsible for IBM's Tivoli Storage business, architecture, development, and advance technology research. In addition, Iglesias managed the delivery of high-performance UNIX File Server software, as well as the development of disk drive technology and micro code programming.

Iglesias holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics and a master's degree in computer science, both from Stanford University. He is a member of the Board of Directors for the Sustainable Silicon Valley (SSV) organization, as well as a member of: Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, IEEE, and Stanford Alumni.

Mark Bramfitt, Utilities and IT Industry Consultant 1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.

Under Mark's leadership, PG&E developed a utility industry-leading program portfolio for data centers and information technology infrastructure, including training and education, technical support, and financial incentives and rebates. For 2010 through 2012, the programs for data centers alone are expected to deliver over 25 megawatts of peak energy demand reduction, with a program budget of over $50 million. Mark also led the Utility IT Energy Efficiency Coalition, promoting the adoption of PG&E's program and service models by over forty-five utilities throughout North America. Mark is politically active in the Sonoma Valley, serving as an elected Director of the Valley of the Moon Water District, the chair of the Sonoma Valley Groundwater Basin Advisory Panel, and on several other community boards.

Lee Cooper, Manager, Electronics and IT Efficiency Products at PG&E
1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.

Lee Cooper’s team is responsible for developing new energy efficiency products and programs in the areas of consumer electronics and information technology. Previously, he led the Emerging Technologies team and represented PG&E on the California statewide Emerging Technologies Coordinating Council. Prior to joining PG&E, Lee worked for over 15 years developing new products for the IT industry at Oracle, SAP, SmartAge.com, and AlterEgo Networks in a variety of management and technical roles. Lee holds a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and a Master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Northeastern University.

Derek Schwartz, Founder at The Green Data Center Alliance 1:40 p.m. - 2:10 p.m.

Derek Schwartz has created strategic cost reduction programs for Fortune 100 firms for the last 15 years.  His ability to see across business units, whether IT, Facilities, Real Estate or Finance has saved his clients millions in operating and capital expenses.  Derek started his career in information technology ultimately designing the service portfolio for a large IT solution provider.  He then worked on data center design, build, and relocation projects.  Derek also created a national fixed fee program for technology infrastructure for one of the largest corporate real estate departments in the world.       

Mr. Schwartz saw a rising demand for a more comprehensive energy efficiency strategy inside the data center and started the Green Data Center Alliance (GDCA).  The GDCA boasts nearly 6,500 members globally but more importantly recently won NYSERDA Industrial Innovation Grant.  This grant will be used to design and field test a comprehensive framework that enables energy efficiency for data centers of any size, shape or complexity against a maturity model.