7x24 Exchange Metro NY Chapter

The 7×24 Exchange Metro New York Chapter serves as a vehicle to carry out the 7x24 Exchange’s mission at the local level through regional meetings and seminars. By providing an educational forum to IT and facility professionals, we aim to promote the sharing of experiences and facilitate a better understanding of the design, implementation and management issues involved in achieving high levels of uninterrupted infrastructure support.

Our Mission

Support the mission of 7×24 Exchange International and abide by its guidelines.
Advance the latest developments in infrastructure reliability by collecting and disseminating statistics, case studies, guidelines, practices, and standards for use by our members.
Serve as an open forum to present topics relevant to infrastructure reliability.
Keep membership abreast of related developments in allied professions and market sectors affecting end-to-end reliability of mission critical facilities, especially the total convergence of technology.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT

Brian Schafer

Principal

Highland Associates

(212) 681-0200

bschafer@ha-ny.com

CHAIRMAN

Joseph Ryan, Jr.

Ryan Real Estate & Technology Advisors, Inc (917) 744-6966

Jryanjr56@gmail.com

Heather Bacci

Regional Sales Manager, N.Amer.

USystems Inc.

(707) 239-1298

heather.bacci@legrand.com

Don Bachman

Head of Strategy - Russelectric, A Siemens Business

Siemens Industry

(908) 400-8252

don.bachman@siemens.com

William Beck

EVP Strategy

Chirisa Investments

beckwilliame@gmail.com

Michael Butkiewicz

Managing Director Corporate Services & Real Estate

Goldman Sachs

(917) 343-1470

michael.butkiewicz@gs.com

Michael Carron

Principal

TLM Group, LLC

(212) 239-7780

mcarron@tlmgroup.com

Bret Crossland

VP of Design

CoreWeave

(917) 776-8261

bcrossland@coreweave.com

Rob Ioanna

Senior Principal

Syska Hennessy Group

(516) 297-8683

rioanna@syska.com

Sudhir Kalra

SVP, Global Datacenters

Compass Datacenters

(916) 865-9397

skalra@compassdatacenters.com

Herb Tracy

Global Director of Critical Site Operations

BlackRock

(212) 810-5816

herb.tracy@blackrock.com

Robert Muir

Senior Sales Engineer

Kinsley Power Systems

(347) 215-0722

rmuir@kinsleypower.com

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Matt Perlow HO Penn

MEMBERSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR

mperlow@hopenn.com | (347) 386-5912

Kevin Powell AKF

EVENTS COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR

kpowell@akfgroup.com | (646) 872-3424

Justin Morrison Kohler

EVENTS COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR

justin.morrison@kohler.com | (862) 353-8614

Lexi Whitaker Digital Realty

MARKETING GROUP COMMITTEE CHAIR

awhitaker@digitalrealty.com | (415) 404-1330

Doug Dethmers East Penn

SPONSORSHIP COMMITTEE CHAIR

ddethmers@dekabatteries.com | (845) 591-5960

Ceren Bacinoglu Eaton

MENTORING GROUP COMMITTEE Co-CHAIR

cerenbacinoglu@eaton.com| (202) 253-9756

Diana Bilous AKF Group

MENTORING GROUP COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR

dbilous@akfgroup.com| (646)720-9856

Brian Matusiak Citi

EDUCATION COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR

Brian.Matusiak@citi.com | (732) 423-5352

John Viserto Cummins

EDUCATION COMMITTEE CO-CHAIR

john.viserto@cummins.com | (347) 266-1355

Anthony Romeo Wise Components

VETERANS GROUP COMMITTEE CHAIR

aromeo@wisecomponents.com | (917) 538-2010

Kate Thomas Rx Monitoring Services

WiMCO GROUP COMMITTEE CHAIR

kthomas@rxms.com | (603) 867-3880

Silvano Murljacic Manhattan College

YOUNG PROFESSIONALS COMMITTEE CHAIR

(Starting in Summer 2023)

7x24 Exchange Metro New York Chapter
34 Russet Lane
Huntington, NY 11743

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