Ready to steer the U.S. digital infra ship?

These visionary leaders will take the stage at Metro Connect Fall 2026 to share their insights into the most pressing topics across digital infrastructure

Reach out now if you’re interested in speaking or joining a panel.


 

The Crowd Clapping at Metro Connect Fall
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Speaker profile image for Kanan Joshi

Kanan Joshi

Partner, Co-head of North America & Head of Digital Infrastructure, CVC DIF
Speaker profile image for Clark O'Neil

Clark O'Neil

Managing Director and Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Speaker profile image for Trey Hayes

Trey Hayes

Grid Investment & Connectivity Director, Alabama Power
Speaker profile image for Andy Lipman

Andy Lipman

Partner, Morgan Lewis
Speaker profile image for Ankur Saxena

Ankur Saxena

Investment Director, TDK Ventures Inc.
Speaker profile image for Bryan Lubin

Bryan Lubin

Chief Data Center Officer, Moonshot Energy
Speaker profile image for William Smales

William Smales

Partner and Chief Investment Officer, Morrison
Speaker profile image for Bora Goekbora

Bora Goekbora

Managing Director & Partner, Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
Speaker profile image for Justin Melnikoff

Justin Melnikoff

Strategic Advisor & Member, Board of Directors, MOX Networks, LLC
Speaker profile image for Chad Crank

Chad Crank

Managing Director, Grain Management, LLC
Speaker profile image for Jeffrey ferry

Jeffrey ferry

partner-head of digital infra investing, Safanad capital
Speaker profile image for Paul Traut

Paul Traut

VP, Novacap
Speaker profile image for Thomas Tyler

Thomas Tyler

Founder, C207 PARTNERS LLC
Speaker profile image for Emilio Baez

Emilio Baez

Sr. Director, Verizon
Speaker profile image for Tricia Harvester

Tricia Harvester

Director of Network Planning, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
Speaker profile image for Carrie Charles

Carrie Charles

CEO, BROADSTAFF TALENT SOLUTIONS
Speaker profile image for Mike Maniscalco

Mike Maniscalco

Chief Executive Officer, QumulusAI
Speaker profile image for James Jun

James Jun

Chief Executive Officer, TOWARDEX
Speaker profile image for Hunter Newby

Hunter Newby

CEO, Newby Ventures
Speaker profile image for Eric Rajchel

Eric Rajchel

VP of Engineering, Vantage Point Solutions
Speaker profile image for Kevin Coyne

Kevin Coyne

President & COO, HyperLink Infrastructure, LLC
Speaker profile image for Joel Ogren

Joel Ogren

Chief Executive Officer, Assured Communications
Speaker profile image for Dave Schaeffer

Dave Schaeffer

Founder & CEO, Cogent Communications
Speaker profile image for Austin Bonner

Austin Bonner

Global Director, Talent Acquisition, EdgeConneX
Speaker profile image for Alejandro Batista

Alejandro Batista

MD, Searchlight Capital
Speaker profile image for Ariana Batori

Ariana Batori

Principal, Credit, Stonepeak
Speaker profile image for Brian Allenby

Brian Allenby

Director of State Solutions, CostQuest Associates
Speaker profile image for John White

John White

COO, US SIGNAL
Speaker profile image for Butch Brock

Butch Brock

CSO, Dragonfly Internet
Speaker profile image for Bryan Lubin

Bryan Lubin

MD of Digital & Compute Infrastructure, Moonshot
Speaker profile image for David Strauss

David Strauss

Principal & Co-Founder, BSP
Speaker profile image for Dan Davis

Dan Davis

CEO, Arcadian Infracom
Speaker profile image for Jack Waters

Jack Waters

CEO, Intrepid Fiber
Speaker profile image for Bob Thompson

Bob Thompson

Founder & CEO, Underline
Speaker profile image for Brent Legg

Brent Legg

EVP, Government Affairs, Connected Nation
Speaker profile image for Ben Edmond

Ben Edmond

CEO, CONNECTBASE
Speaker profile image for Kelly  Mellecker

Kelly  Mellecker

Partner, Kirkland Ellis
Speaker profile image for Bo Gresham

Bo Gresham

CRO, Dycom
Speaker profile image for Kemal Hawa

Kemal Hawa

Partner, Kirkland Ellis
Speaker profile image for Tom Spackman

Tom Spackman

CEO, Gigabit Fiber LLC
Speaker profile image for Andrew Lipman

Andrew Lipman

Partner, Morgan Lewis
Speaker profile image for Ilissa Miller

Ilissa Miller

Founder & CEO, iMiller PR
Speaker profile image for Marc Ganzi

Marc Ganzi

Chief Executive Officer, DigitalBridge