Ron Vokoun | Director of Critical Facilities, OAC Services
Ron is a 33-year veteran of the construction industry with a primary focus on Digital Infrastructure. As Director of Critical Facilities for OAC Services, Ron leads a team of construction professionals representing multiple clients in the build out of their data centers. Ron focuses on scalable, energy efficient, water conscious, and sustainable data center solutions with the lowest Total Cost of Ownership. He is also an author and blogger writing about the intersection of data centers and sustainability.

Ron has successfully managed large projects and programs globally and has lived and worked in Nebraska, Texas, Oklahoma, California, Colorado, Japan, Washington, Arizona, Minnesota, and South Carolina. Ron has a B.S. in Construction Management from the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. Ron was awarded the certification of Designated Design-Build Professional by the Design-Build Institute of America and is a LEED Accredited Professional with a specialty in Building Design and Construction.

Bill Wininsinski | CEO & Co-Founder, Cofluence LLC | President, AFCOM Chicago Chapter
Bill is a Data Center Sales Executive 24 years of experience – Data Center Colocation, Cloud, Connectivity. He is CEO and Co-Founder of Cofluence LLC, which is a global IT Advisory Company with a focus on Data Center Mission Critical Sales Strategy. Cofluence LLC is headquartered in Chicago, IL.  

Bill began his career by spending five years in the United States Navy as a Search and Rescue Swimmer during operation Desert Shield working directly for the Admiral of the 6th Fleet and forward deployed in the Mediterranean Sea and Persian Gulf which provided experience with mission critical operations, quality controls and technology.  That background proved ideal in the eight years he spent with Imprint Data Center solutions, a data center design build company.  Bill served in a variety of capacities of increasing responsibility, culminating in vice president of sales.  He helped launch 365 Main Data Centers into 17 Markets and led teams across the country.  He then went on to Bytegrid Data Centers as VP of sales and GM leading the sales efforts and building a 400,000 sf data center in downtown Cleveland.  Most recently Bill was Director of Sales for QTS Data Centers where he was hired to pre-lease, staff and launch the new QTS Chicago Mega Data Center.

Bill is the founding member of ONLIGHT Aurora a community fiber services provider developed to help improve economic development and business climate in Aurora, IL.  He was he Chairman of the Board of the Aurora Chamber of Commerce.  He is currently President of the Chicago AFCOM Chapter and has been Communications Director of the 7x24 Lake Michigan Region Chapter for 4 years.  He is a proud Infrastructure Mason and a member of the Armed Service Committee.  He founded the Data Center Sellers Association, an organization to help data center sales professionals develop and integrate into their communities.  He is also the co-Founder of Escape the Cold Aisle, a warm weather event/networking company that specializes in helping freezing data center professionals build mutually beneficial business relationships while wearing shorts.

A California native, Bill is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, and lives in Geneva, Illinois with his wife Elizabeth and their 13 year-old twins Cameron and Caroline.

Amanda Abell | Senior Director - Sustainability, Vantage Data Centers
Serving as senior director, sustainability, Amanda Abell leads, defines and implements strategies to support Vantage’s global environmental stewardship and sustainability initiatives. Sutton is an accomplished sustainability professional with more than 16 years of experience in planning and program implementation.

Prior to Vantage, Abell was the sustainability manager at Denver International Airport where she led the design, development and implementation of sustainability projects and programs for the largest airport in North America. Throughout her career, she has developed and implemented policies and procedures to promote sustainability and greenhouse gas emission reductions.

Abell graduated from Colorado State University with a Bachelor of Science in environmental health. In addition, she holds a Master of Science in environmental policy and management from the University of Denver. In 2021, Abell was recognized on Data Centre Magazine's Top 10 Global Hyperscale Data Centre Sustainability Leaders list.