Chicago Chapter

Rob Daly Bio

President
Mission Critical Solutions

Jen Hansen Bio

Executive Director of Sales - Illinois
Second City Power

Jenny brings 20 years of experience in the industry to her role as the Executive Director of Sales for Second City Power (2CP), a manufacturer’s representative in the greater Chicago area. Serving Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, and key clients nationally; 2CP helps businesses maximize reliability, availability, cost-efficiency of systems and applications in data centers, computer rooms, network closets, and other mission critical areas. 2CP partners with some of the best providers of power distribution in the industry as well as the most efficient and effective cooling options.

Throughout her career, Jenny has served on several boards in the commercial industry and has participated on committees as well as having been an active member of several associations. Currently she is actively involved on the local WIMCO committee, which is part of the 7x24 Lake Michigan Region Chapter, a Member of the Chicago Electrical Association, the EA Woman’s Division, and the Electrical Golf Club of Chicago.

Residing in Oswego with her husband and three children, Jenny is deeply engaged in her community and church Crossroad Community Church in Aurora, IL. She finds fulfillment in serving on the worship and tech team, mentoring women and middle school young ladies through small groups and participating annually in the Habitat for Humanity Women’s Build projects in DuPage and Chicago.

Shae Persico Bio

Social Media Specialist at OVERWATCH and the Data Center Revolution Podcast. Media and Communications Coordinator for the Data Center Anti Conference (DCAC). Proud University of Missouri-Columbia alumna, Class of 2020, with a BA in Communications focusing on marketing, social media, public relations, and American Sign Language. Former four-year member and ambassador of the University of Missouri Golden Girls dance team. Dedicated to self-improvement and leading with positivity.

Kevin Lynch Bio

Edge Team Operations Engineer, Data Center Engg Ops (DCEO)
Amazon Web Services

Kevin Lynch brings over 20 years of professional experience, specializing in energy efficiency program management, large mechanical/building automation systems, and DCIM implementations. He has managed engineering program management for data center and IT infrastructure ranging from tier 1 to enterprise / mega datacenter IT infrastructure projects through the program management life cycle (PMLC) in ComEd, AEP Ohio, and Center Point Energy territories. In this role, he has saved a total of $9,000,000 in incentives and rebates for large IT customers while coordinating between customers, engineers, and utilities to reduce project ROIs by an average of 33%.