Past Meetings

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Thank you to the 220+ people who attended our Winter Meeting in Greenville, SC. This marked one of the largest Meetings in Chapter history. We wish to thank our founding members, board members, committee members and all of the participants who supported us during our event in Greenville, Data Center Emerging Design & Trends. 

At 2 p.m. on Thursday we had a breakout session on Unforeseen Risks and Opportunities in Data Center Transformation by Michael Orell, President of Figure 8. Next, Terry Rodgers, VP/National Leader Commissioning & Building Analytics, spoke on Embedding O&M in CF Design and Construction. 

Lastly, we heard from Amy Landis and Robin Daly with WiMCO successes and "What's Next". Melinda Parrish Brumfield, Vice President, Director of Development - Privates Markets and Leah Farlow, Director of Marketing - Infrapros joined them with 2 WOW Moments to wrap up the session. 

We had a great Networking Reception sponsored by Generex to end day one. 

After breakfast Friday morning, Vali Sorrel, 7X24 Carolina's President, let us know the "State of the Chapter". Robin Daly was recognized for her over 10 years of service to the Chapter as Executive Director. Chad Martin assumed the duties at the beginning of the year.

Our Keynote speaker, Steve Lerch of Story Arc Consulting  gave us something to think about with a presentation entitled “Innovation Leadership -Inspiring Your People to Think Differently.”  Ryan Kennedy, Atom Power closed out our presentation showing us “How a Technology Platform Can Unify an Industry."

Mark Lewis ended our successful Meeting with a fun twist! The winners had to dance their way up to claim their prize. 

We are grateful for our Sponsors who made this Winter Meeting possible as well as Amy Landis and our Programs Committee for all of their hard work. Thank you to our President, Vali Sorrell for leading our Chapter Meeting. 

To get involved with our active committees, please contact us at 7X24carolina@gmail.com. 

Our next event will be our Golf Outing at Piper Glen in Charlotte, NC on May 13th. Sponsorships will open in March. 

We look forward to seeing you at one of our next events!

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7x24 Exchange Carolinas Chapter and SERBCA hosted the 13th Annual Tech Summit at Topgolf in Charlotte on Thursday, October 26, 2023. Thank you to all of our amazing sponsors and speakers who participated in our event.  

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Thank you all for an amazing day at TPC Piper Glen.  We are grateful for our 26 sponsors, and to the 140 golfers who participated.  We raised over $500 dollars for our chapter, thanks to Stephanie from BackSwing and her amazing Beat The Pro skills on hole 17.  Check out more photos from our event here. 

If you are interested in learning more about 7x24 Carolinas, maybe this was your first event with us, please check out our website.  

If you are interested in sponsoring our Summer Meeting in Charleston on August 10th-11th, sponsorships opened yesterday, Wednesday, May 10th.  Sponsor here. 

We are grateful for our sponsors who made this event possible. Thank you to all who attended. We send out a special thank you to our programs committee; Chad Martin, Amy Landis and Ben Rojahn.  Thank you to Mark Lewis for being our MC and helping keep the flow moving throughout the day.  

I hope all enjoyed and learned from the diverse presentations and took advantage of the fun and networking opportunities. We encourage all to get involved with the Chapter by participating in our active Committees. You may contact us via 7x24carolinas@gmail.com to get connected with the Committee Chairs. 

Our summer golf tournament will be on June 20th at NorthStone Country Club, Sponsorships for this event will be opening soon.  

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A message from James Faccone, 7x24 Carolinas Executive Vice President

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2019 marked our Chapter's 10th anniversary, and the Summer Meeting added another great event to our success story. Our sponsors, speakers, and all who attended deserve a very warm thank you from the Board.

235 participants hailing from the Carolinas and Atlanta area were treated to several exciting speakers. The WiMCO event speaker, Dr. Dawn Chanland from Queens University, provided details on career development and how to confidently approach the industries challenges. Our keynote presenter, Sara Ross, touched on the importance of being authentic to yourself and using the power of the mind to manage through difficult situations while maintaining excellent performance. Her presentation included several videos that drew out great laughs from us all. Check out the It's Not About the Nail video here.

The conference also included Mission Critical discussions, led by Matt Stansberry of Uptime Institute, highlighting the effects of outages and other data center industry trends. A panel discussion covered a broad spectrum of topics connecting many industries and technologies. Highlights included how labor, regulation, and the changing security demands for data affect our industry.

The event was attended by several new to our industry interns and first-timers, which allowed them to network and benefit from the considerable talents of all participants.

Closing remarks noted several important upcoming events such as the Technical Summit on October 15th and the first ever industry event International Data Center Day to be held on October 29, 2019.

Stay tuned for upcoming changes to the Chapter website, the schedule for the year 2020 events, and other important work by the chapter board to ensure another ten years of chapter success.

- James

Presentations & PDH Credits:

Panorama - Data Center Events, Trends & Outages - PDH Credit
Matt Stansberry - VP North America, Uptime Institute

Panel Discussion - Top 10 Areas for Industry Attention in 2019 - PDH Credit
Rhett Bailey - Sr. Vice President, Mission Critical, BB&T
Jennifer Lauria Clark, CPIP - Executive Director, Strategic Development, CAI
Dr. Dennis Cronin - CEO, Resilient Solutions, LLC
Scott Blackman - Principal, SRK Innovations
Matt Stansberry - VP North America, Uptime Institute (Moderator)

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A message from Vali Sorell, Chapter President

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Thank you to the 218 people who attended our 2019 Winter Meeting in Raleigh. This meeting marked our 10^thanniversary as a chapter. We are all very proud of the success this chapter has experienced, and we wish to thank the founding members, board members,  and all participants who have supported us over the years.

On Monday afternoon, the WiMCO event was attended by over 50 people. The keynote speaker for this meetingwas Michelle Gessner who spoke about the legal issues around the #MeToo movement.

The Keynote Speaker for Tuesday’s event was Eric Termuende, Co-Founder of NoW Innovations. Eric is a thought leader who gave an insightful view of optimizing the workplace culture.

Colby Synesael, Managing Director, Senior Equity Research Analyst at Cowen and Company, gave an overview of the data center market.

Carrie Goetz, Global Director of Technology, Paige Datacom Solutions, spoke about the supply chain in the data center market.

Ed Gazzola, CEO at Bennett & Pless, Inc., presented on the structural issues unique to data center design and construction.

Nick Shanley, Data Center Sales Manager, Saft America, gave an introduction to the use of lithium-ion batteries.

PDH credits are available for attendance at these presentations below. 

We are grateful for our sponsors who made this event possible. Thank you to all who attended. We send out a special thank you to Paul Marcoux, who also attended on the occasion of this anniversary. Paul recognized the need for trained professionals to work in the Mission Critical field, and through his vision,  jump-started the CMCO program by obtaining the funding and the support of the local community colleges.

I hope all enjoyed and learned from the diverse presentations and took advantage of the fun and networking opportunities. We encourage all to get involved with the Chapter by participating in our active Committees. You may contact us via info@7x24carolinas.org to get connected with the Committee Chairs. 

Don’t forget to mark these dates in your calendar - our Summer Meeting is in Charleston, SC on August 8-9.

Presentations:

ANSI/ASHRAE 90.4 Energy Standard for Data Centers Update

The Future of Our Workforce - PDH
Eric Termuende - Co-Founder, NoW Innovations

Data Centers: An Industry Overview - PDH
Colby Synesael - Managing Director, Senior Equity Research Analyst, Cowen and Company

How to Use Your Supply Chain as an Extension of Your Team in 2019 - PDH
Carrie Goetz - Global Director of Technology, Paige DataCom Solutions

From the Edge to the Hyperscale Data Center Case Study - PDH
Ed Gazzola - CEO, Bennett & Pless, Inc.

An Introduction to Lithium-ion Batteries - PDH
Nick Shanley - Data Center Sales Manager, Saft America

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