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

The Metro Connect Fall 2026 speaker line-up is currently in development, and it's set to be our most exciting one yet! You can explore last year's speakers below. 

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


 

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Tricia Harvester

Director of Network Planning - Cloud Infrastructure, OCI
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Chris Gatch

Executive Vice President, Sales and Business Development, DC BLOX
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Joe Kava

VP Data Centers, Google
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Justin Dustzadeh

Chief Technology Officer, EQUINIX
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Susanna Kass

Energy Fellow, Stanford University Data Center Advisor, UN SDG-EP
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Jonathan Atkin

Managing Director, RBC CAPITAL MARKETS
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Steven Carlini

Vice President of Innovation and Data Center, SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC
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Jessica Lang

Senior Account Manager, Datacloud
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Rhea Williams

Chief Commercial Officer, E3 Platforms
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Miranda Gardiner

Executive Director, iMasons Climate Accord
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Lottie Westerling

Senior Product Developer, Datacloud
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Petter Tommeraas

MD Data Center Services
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Amber Caramella

Chief Revenue Officer, NETRALITY DATA CENTERS
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Leanne Starace

SVP Global Technical Sales, EQUINIX
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Kevin Mammel

Chief Financial Officer, ROWAN DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURE
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Rangu Salgame

Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and Co-founder, PRINCETON DIGITAL GROUP
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Kemal Hawa

Corporate Partner, Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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Brad Moline

President and CEO, Allo Communications
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Anthony Hatzenbuehler

Senior Vice President, Operations, CORESITE
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Agee Springer

 Senior Manager, Grid Interconnections, ERCOT
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Jennifer Fritzsche

Co-Head of North American Telecom and Digital Infrastructure, Greenhill
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Jason Hill

Managing Director, Global Co-Head TMT, Houlihan Lokey
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Alex Gellman

Executive Chairman, Vertical Bridge
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Steve Smith

CEO, ZAYO
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Andrew Lipman

Partner, Morgan Lewis
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Hunter Newby

Founder, Newby Ventures
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Jan Vesely

Partner, EQT Partners
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Marc Ganzi

CEO, DigitalBridge
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Chad Crank

Managing Director, Private Equity, GRAIN MANAGEMENT
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Nina Sadighi

Founder, Eradeh Power
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Ross Barrows

Head of Technology Equity Research, Wilsons Advisory
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Matt Coffel

Chief Commercial and Innovation Officer, Mission Critical Group
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Bob Kinscherf

Vice President, National Accounts, Constellation
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Mehdi Khalili

Investment Manager, Legal & General
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Mitch Fonseca

Chief Operating Officer, Edged
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Ronald J. Mudry

SVP & CRO, Uniti
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Mark Gusakov

Chief Certification Officer, IDCA
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James Grice

Chair, Data Center and Digital Infrastructure Practice, Akerman LLP
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Joe Scattereggia

CRO, Windstream
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Carrie Charles

Chief Executive Officer, Broadstaff
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John Chesser

Chief Executive Officer, Quantica Infrastructure
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Meghan Griffiths

Partner, Austin, Jackson Walker
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Buddy Rizer

Executive Director, Loudoun County
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Chris Pumphrey

President, Elevate Douglas Economic Partnership
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Diana Liebmann

Partner, Haynes and Boone
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Charlie Beecherl

Chief Executive Officer, WTG
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Aidan Walker

Managing Director, Expand Group
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Brian Gitt

Senior Vice President, Head of Business Development, Oklo
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Reed Clay

President, Texas Nuclear Alliance
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Colby Cox

Managing Director - Americas, DC BYTE
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Derek Garnier

Chief Executive Officer, Evocative
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Nabeel Mahmood

Managing Director, Nomad Futurist
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David Kamphuis

VP Carrier Sales, Segra
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David Dorman

Director of Commercial Operations, APR Energy
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Doug Recker

Founder/President, Duos Edge AI
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Adam Gibson

Director, Baxtel
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Eric Wilcox

Executive Vice President - Engineering, Construction and Operations, Fleet Data Centers
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Ilissa Miller

Founder & CEO, iMiller PR
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Brad Alexander

Chief Technology Officer, DartPoints
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Thomas Jones

SVP West, Primoris Services Corporation
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Steve Kundich

Senior Vice President, Head of Global Design and Innovation, ADA INFRASTRUCTURE
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Kyle Kropf

Associate Vice President, Data Center Portfolio Solutions Leader, Black & Veatch
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Piotr Pikul

Partner, McKinsey & Company
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Joshua Forman

Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig
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Josh Timberlake

Senior Vice President, Site Selection, Stack Infrastructure
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Srikanth Manthena

Senior Solutions Manager, Singtel
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Corban Tillemann-Dick

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Maybell Quantum Industries
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Felix Seda

CRO, NJFX
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John Golden

AVP Product Strategy & Development Business Fiber Products, AT&T
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Martin Antunez

CEO, LATAM Entry
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Dan Caruso

Founder, Caruso Ventures
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Thierry Pellegrino

Global Head of Advanced Computing, AWS
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Pranav Gokhale

Chief Technology Officer, Infleqtion
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Erik Hunsinger

President and COO, GOLDENSTATENET
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Mike Turner

Vice Chair and Ashburn District Supervisor, Loudoun County
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Sam Stanwyck

Group Product Manager, Quantum Computing, Nvidia
Speaker profile image for Todd Zabelle

Todd Zabelle

Founder, Strategic Project Solutions
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Alessandro Lombardi

President, ELEA DATA CENTERS
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Randy Kinsey

Project Director, BSP
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Alex Hernandez

Chief Executive Officer, POWERBRIDGE
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Felix Zhang

Partner, Ares
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Vibhu Kaushik

Global Head of Energy, AWS
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John Hanahan

Sr Director, Interconnection Product Management, EQUINIX
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Ihab Chaaban

Data Centers and Hydrogen Commercialization Director, GE Vernova
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Jason Black

Director of Cloud and Edge Data Center Engineering, Nvidia
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Thomas Seeber

Managing Director – Data Center Power Solutions, Innio Jenbacher
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Allison Boen

President, Alcatex
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Joan Hutchinson

Managing Director & Head of Offtake Advisory, Marathon Capital
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Pui-Yee So

VP of Design, Beale Infrastructure
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Jack Pearce

Chief Executive Officer, Bergen Engines Inc.
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Greg Parker

Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Data Center Construction, Projects & Assets, FTI Consulting
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Cynthia Thompson

Co-Founder, Director, and Executive Chairperson, CLOUDBURST DATA CENTERS
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Stacy Osmond

Partner, DLA Piper
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David Blank

Director of Distributed Sales for North America, Siemens Energy
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Ning Lin

Chief Economist, Bureau of Economic Geology at the University of Texas at Austin
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Santiago Suinaga

Chief Executive Officer, iMASONS
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Travis Ewert

Global Head of Platform Development, Digital Realty
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Scott Charter

Director AI & Cloud Strategy, Oracle
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Colm Fagan

Chief Development Officer, Echelon Data Centres
Speaker profile image for Guy Cohen

Guy Cohen

Senior Research Associate, Sightline Climate
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Mercy Manning

Senior Vice President, Hyperscale and AI Strategy, Aligned Data Centers
Speaker profile image for Chris Wissemann

Chris Wissemann

Chief Executive Officer, New Power Solutions
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Chris Torto

CEO, ASCENTY
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Preet Gill

Executive Vice President, LOCKTON
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Jonathan Hatzor

Chief Executive Officer, Parametrix
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Marcus Gibson

Vice President, Strategy and Investments, Stream Data Centers
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Nelson Abramson

Chief Executive Officer, Verrus
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Brian Marrs

Senior Director, Energy Markets, MICROSOFT
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Ron Mann

Vice President, Compu Dynamics Modular
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Shelby Shaw

Vice President, Business Development, Target Hospitality
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Scott John

Senior Vice President, Marketing, Target Hospitality
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Jason MacDowell

Senior Director, Technology, Strategy & Policy, GE Vernova
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Logan Payne

Senior Vice President, Global Technology Risk Practice, LOCKTON
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Greg Stover

Global Director, Hi-Tech Development, VERTIV
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Tsafrir Oranski

Vice President, Business Development and Digital infrastructure
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Horace Zona

Managing Director - Credit, DigitalBridge
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Brian Pryor

Managing Director, Houlihan Lokey
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Bo Gresham

Vice President, Strategy, DYCOM INDUSTRIES
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Tom Spackman

Chief Executive Officer, Gigabit Fiber
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Scott Bergs

CEO, DF&I
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David Rothenstein

Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, Ciena Corporation
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John Bonczek

Chief Revenue Officer, 1547 CRITICAL SYSTEMS REALTY
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Greg Ortyl

President, Wholesale & Strategic Accounts, Uniti Wholesale
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Arnab Ghosal

VP & COO, SOUTHERN TELECOM
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Dan Davis

Chief Executive Officer, Arcadian Infracom
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Ben Gonyea

Network Site Investments, META
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Mike Krza

CEO, Radius DC
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Rob Ward

SVP Network Engineering, LUMEN
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Troy Lupe

Chief Networking Officer, ZAYO
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Warren Roll

Managing Director, Head of Digital Infrastructure, Fengate Asset Management.