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Meet the 2025 DTECH Data Centers & AI keynote speakers!

Chris Womack

Chairman, President and CEO, Southern Company

Chris Womack is chairman, president, and CEO of Southern Company, serving 9 million customers nationwide. Previously, he led Georgia Power and held leadership roles in external affairs, generation, HR, and corporate services at Southern Company. Before joining in 1988, he worked on Capitol Hill as a legislative aide and subcommittee staff director. Womack chairs the Metro Atlanta Chamber and serves on boards including EPRI and Invesco Ltd. He holds degrees from Western Michigan University and The American University and completed Stanford's Executive Program.

Chris Womack
Chairman, President and CEO
Southern Company

Cindy Crane

CEO, PacifiCorp

 

Cindy oversees electricity service for 2 million customers across six states. Joining PacifiCorp in 1990, she has held leadership roles in mergers, operations, transmission projects, and as CEO of Rocky Mountain Power. Cindy has driven advancements in renewable energy, emissions controls, and grid modernization. After retiring in 2018, she led Enchant Energy Corporation and contributed to energy research at the University of Wyoming. Returning to PacifiCorp in 2023, she focuses on adapting to industry challenges while delivering results for customers and communities.

Cindy Crane
CEO
PacifiCorp

Matt Mahan

Mayor, City of San Jose

vMatt Mahan, the 66th Mayor of San José, leads Northern California's largest city and the Capital of Silicon Valley. First elected to City Council in 2020, he championed transparency, homelessness solutions, and mental health reform. In 2022, he became Mayor, focusing on economic opportunity and quality of life. Previously, he co-founded civic tech startups like Causes and Brigade. A Harvard graduate and former Teach for America teacher, Matt remains deeply engaged in community initiatives and lives in San José with his wife, Silvia, and their children, Nina and Luke.

Matt Mahan
Mayor
City of San José

Maeve Allsup

Climate Tech Reporter, Latitude Media

 

Maeve Allsup is a San Francisco-based reporter for Latitude Media, where she writes about the new frontiers of climate technology. She previously covered tech policy and work trends with a focus on the EV industry for Morning Brew, and reported on litigation and legislation in California for Bloomberg Industries.

Maeve Allsup
Climate Tech Reporter
Latitude Media

Maria Pope

President & CEO, PGE

Maria Pope is president and chief executive officer of Portland General Electric. As CEO, Pope leads PGE in delivering safe, reliable, affordable, and clean energy for Oregonians. Under her leadership, PGE is accelerating the transition to a clean energy future by adding significant amounts of renewable energy, hardening the grid through investments in transmission and distribution assets and technology, as well as collaborating with customers and policy makers to advance supportive energy policy.

Maria Pope
President & CEO
PGE

Mike Medeiros

VP, South Bay Delivery, PG&E

Mike Medeiros
VP
South Bay Delivery, PG&E

Nabeel Mahmood

CEO, Nomad Futurist

Nabeel Mahmood is a globally recognized thought leader and top 10 global influencer in the data infrastructure and technology industries. As the co-founder of Nomad Futurist, a 501(c)(3) organization, Nabeel is dedicated to making education and career opportunities accessible, while promoting diversity, equity, inclusion, and growth in STEM fields.

He serves on several boards for companies globally, including publicly traded firms and organizations involved in Finance, Banking, AI, NLP, ML, Robotics, Automation, Security, and Data centers. With over two and a half decades of experience, Nabeel is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences globally, where he addresses topics such as Industry 5.0+, AI, quantum, sustainability, and the future of data centers. His presentations are known for their disruptive, inspirational, and data-driven content, resonating with industry leaders and innovators.

In addition to his work with Nomad Futurist, Nabeel collaborates with the International Data Center Authority (IDCA), the Open Compute Project (OCP), and Data Center Frontier, Structure Research, W.Media and others, advocating for accessible education and sustainable practices across the global digital infrastructure landscape. His career is driven by a mission to mentor the next generation of leaders and shape a future where technology evolves responsibly and equitably.

Nabeel Mahmood
CEO
Nomad Futurist

Nick Meyers

Vice Chairman, Arizona Corporation Commission

Vice Chairman Myers was elected to the Arizona Corporation Commission in 2022 and began his work as Commissioner in January of 2023. Nick ran a campaign on wanting to bring back regulatory stability, keeping rates low, and keeping our utilities resilient and reliable. This can be accomplished by removing unnecessary mandates and subsidies, modifying rules before forcing policy on utilities (in other words, stop changing the rules in the middle of the game), and putting statewide policy making back into the legislature where it belongs.


Nick spent almost 20 years in the software engineering industry. He then branched out into small business where he and his family started and sold several businesses. Nick's involvement with the commission started when he had a major dispute with a utility. This led to Nick being a community advocate in a multi-year process that was very successful. Following that, he became a Policy Advisor for Commissioner Justin Olson until being elected as a Commissioner himself. Nick's engineering mindset, technical background, utility and policy work, and business experience bring a rare combination of skills to the commission.

Nick Myers
Vice Chairman
Arizona Corporation Commission

Ted N. Geisler

Chairman, President & CEO, Pinnacle West and APS

Ted Geisler is President of Arizona Public Service Company (APS), which is Arizona’s largest electric company and serves approximately 1.4 million customers across the state.

Geisler began his career at APS in 2001 in operations and has served in a variety of roles throughout the company, including as chief financial officer.

A Phoenix native, Geisler values giving back to his hometown and is actively engaged in the community. He currently serves on the boards of the Arizona Chamber of Commerce and Greater Phoenix Economic Council (GPEC). Geisler earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Colorado State University and an MBA with an emphasis on strategy from Arizona State University.


Geisler will assume the roles of Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Pinnacle West and APS on April 1, 2025.

Ted N Geisler
Chairman, President, & CEO
Pinnacle West and APS

Raymond Hawkins

Chief Customer Officer, Compass Datacenters

Raymond Hawkins serves as Compass Datacenters’ Chief Customer Officer. In this role, Mr. Hawkins is responsible for all of the company’s sales, sales channels, and marketing. Before joining Compass, Raymond served as the Senior Vice President of Global Solutions Sales for Digital Reality. In this position, Mr. Hawkins was responsible for the company’s sales in North America, South America, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific, as well as its Global Sales Engineering team. Prior to Digital Reality, Raymond held the position of Southwest Region General Manager for systems integrator Sirius Computer Solutions. Mr. Hawkins also served in the United States Marine Corps and holds a B.S. in Finance from Auburn University. He’s also the host of “Not Your Father’s Data Center,” a podcast that doesn’t only talk about data centers, but anything and everything of interest in our industry.

Raymond Hawkins
Chief Customer Officer
Compass Datacenters

Ignacio Stearns

Data Center Energy Strategy, Americas, Google

Ignacio Stearns
Data Center Energy, Americas
Google

Mark G. Lauby

Senior Vice President and Chief Engineer, NERC

Mark G. Lauby
Senior Vice President and Chief Engineer
NERC

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3:45 PM
  1. Keynote: Utility Executives on Load Growth, Reliability, and Equitable Data Center Expansion
    Imperial Ballroom
    60 mins
    In this keynote, utility executives will share their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities presented by the rapid growth in data center energy demand. Panelists will discuss how utilities a …
    Speakers
    Chris Womack
    Chris Womack, Chairman, President and CEO - Southern Company
    Mike Medeiros
    Mike Medeiros, VP, South Bay Delivery - PG&E
    Ted N. Geisler
    Ted N. Geisler, Chairman, President & CEO - Pinnacle West and APS
    Cindy Crane
    Cindy Crane, CEO - PacifiCorp
    Maria Pope
    Maria Pope, President and CEO - PGE
9:00 AM
  1. Keynote: Catalysts of Change: Data Centers and the New Energy Landscape
    Imperial Ballroom
    60 mins
    In this Keynote, hyperscalers and leading data center developers will share their experiences with utilities, power procurement and the evolving expectations around data center energy use. Insights fr …
    Speakers
    Ignacio Stearns
    Ignacio Stearns, Data Center Energy Strategy, Americas - Google
    Raymond Hawkins
    Raymond Hawkins, Chief Customer Officer - Compass Datacenters
1:15 PM
  1. Keynote: The Role of Policy and Regulation in Supporting Data Center Growth and Energy Sustainability
    Imperial Ballroom
    60 mins
    In this keynote, regulatory leaders will explore the critical role of policy and regulation in addressing the surging energy demands of data centers. Panelists will discuss how evolving regulations ca …
    Speakers
    Nick Myers
    Nick Myers, Vice Chairman - Arizona Corporation Commission
    Matt Mahan
    Matt Mahan, Mayor - City of San José
    Maeve Allsup
    Maeve Allsup, Climate Tech Reporter - Latitude Media
    Mark G. Lauby
    Mark G. Lauby, Senior Vice President and Chief Engineer - NERC
9:00 AM
  1. Keynote: The AI Revolution: Building Bridges Between Technology, Data Centers, and Utilities
    Imperial Ballroom
    60 mins
    In a world driven by exponential advancements in artificial intelligence, the collaboration between technology companies, data centers, and utilities is more critical than ever. Join renowned global i …
    Speakers
    Nabeel Mahmood
    Nabeel Mahmood, CEO - Nomad Futurist
3:15 PM
  1. Closing Keynote
    Imperial Ballroom
    60 mins