2026 Expert Speaker Faculty

Take a look at the globally recognised speaker faculty who joined us for the Advancing Data Center Construction Texas 2026 .

Hyperscalers, Colocators & Owners
General Contractors & EPCs
MEPs
Supporting Voices

Hyperscalers, Colocators & Owners

Gregg Poole

VP, Platform Execution
Aligned Data Centers

Brad Barton

Senior Vice President of Construction Procurement
Applied Digital

Brittany Taylor

Vice President of Future Workforce Strategy & Innovation
CBRE

Matthew Haight

Mechanical SME
CleanArc Data Centers

Sam Contreras

Superintendent
Compu Dynamics

Alex Bastine

Senior Manager
Crusoe

Hani I Noshi

Principal Program Manager
Microsoft

Johnny Miles

Director of Customer Solutions
Sabey Data Centers

Brian Pate

Vice President - Construction Sales
T5 Data Centers

Scott Meier

Director of Construction
Vantage Data Centers

Jim Courts

Director of Construction
Yondr

General Contractors & EPCs

Anu Russell Tharanath

Vice President - Mission Critical Market Leader
Clayco Construction Company

Ben Carnell

President NexGen
Gray Construction

Cam Thrutchley

Vice President Mission Critical
Satterfield & Pontikes Construction

Chamblee Shirley

Director, Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
Gray Construction

Chris Bennett

Senior Manager, Preconstruction Mission Critical
Rogers-O'Brien Construction
Drew Thompson - Speaker

Drew Thompson

AVP - Data Center & Mission Critical Facilities
Black & Veatch

Elizabeth Regnier

Vice President Compute Market Leader
Clayco Construction Company

Ian Bramson

Vice President, Global Industrial Cybersecurity
Black & Veatch

James Reinhardt

Director of Safety
HITT Contracting

Lex Kondratyk

Regional Manager, Community Impact & Investment
Turner Construction Company

Mitchell Osborne

Director MEP
Adolfson & Peterson Construction

Phil Fischer

Data Center / Mission Critical Solutions
Black & Veatch

Philip Sturgill

Senior Project Manager
Gray Construction

Sagar Kanchi

Associate Principal - Mechanical Engineer
Clayco Construction Company

Tamaka Thornton

Corporate & Community Engagement Director
Turner Construction Company

MEPs

Joshua Shelton

President
Enterprise Electrical

Billy Gordon

Director Data Center Construction
Enterprise Electrical
Aaron - Speaker

Aaron Seymour

Project Executive
McKinstry

Thomas Tellefson

Vice President - Mechanical
McKinstry

David Pickett

Senior Project Manager
Southland Industries

Supporting Voices

Rob Shogren

PE, MBA, Ph.D., Vice President Quality and Product Performance
Amrize

Jay Saldana

PE, Principal Building Scientist
Amrize

Jason Steele

VDC Manager
Cerris Systems

Adrienne Williams

Director of Operations
CJM Security Consultants

David Levin

Director, Strategic Accounts
Foresight Works Ltd

Jason Strand

President
FORGE25

Lance Medrano

Vice President of Sales
Milford Companies

Josh Durham

Founder & Chief Executive Officer
NLS

Emma Forcier

Customer Success Manager
Planera, Inc

Scotland Foss

Head of Sales
Planera, Inc

Jim Chilinski

VP Strategic Projects & Accounts
Sika USA

Trent Leinenbach

VP of Customer Solutions
Stratus

Patrick McCary

Business Development Representative
The RK Group
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