Mike Meyer is the managing director of Portman Partners, a executive search business focussing on the leadership level in the data centre industry, and global partner to iMasons. Adelle Desouza is the founder of HireHigher, a company supporting that 'Adulting is a Work in Progress'. Adelle proposes dedicated programs to help the Digital infrastructure industry address the talent and skills shortage. Mike and Adelle are also board advisors to the Data centre alliance here in the UK. They have come to talk about the shift in the recruitment space for data centres and how innovation is both a tool and a beneficiary to those changes.

If you too want to feature on our Innovation Committee's podcast, you can either email us at innovation@imasons.org or submit your solution by filling in the Innovation Incubator Application Form.

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Lawrence Hooker is Operations Director for the data centre section at SES, a national design and build contractor, part of the Wates groups. He has agreed to take us through the practical aspects of designing, building and commissioning liquid cooled data centres. We will talk through the pitfalls and changes that are required to continue operating high resiliency environments.

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Tony Virr, Operations Director at Carbon-Z, is transitioning to new projects and programs at the end of January 2025. With extensive hands-on experience, Tony has designed, built, and operated a data center housing 100kW of immersion cooling. In this episode, Tony shares his insights, discussing the highs, lows, and challenges of working with liquid cooling. This podcast is part of our liquid cooling series, where we delve into all facets of this evolving and impactful technology.

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Jon Summers is the Scientific Lead in Data Centers at RISE – the Research Institutes of Sweden, Jon has agreed to talk to us about the different liquid cooling technologies available, its origination, performance, and typical use cases. This podcast is part of a liquid cooling series where we explore all aspects of this growing technology.

If you too want to feature on our Innovation Committee's podcast, you can either email us at innovation@imasons.org or submit your solution by filling in the Innovation Incubator Application Form.

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Duncan Ng is the Vice President of Solution Engineering for Vultr, a global infrastructure as a service provider delivering GPU and Cloud Computing while supporting complex compliance requirements. He has agreed to take us through the rise in density, why, how, when, and especially as a driver for liquid cooling requirements. This podcast is part of a liquid cooling series where we explore all aspects of this growing technology.

If you too want to feature on our Innovation Committee's podcast, you can either email us at innovation@imasons.org or submit your solution by filling in the Innovation Incubator Application Form.

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Obongofon Udombat is a Data Scientist and freelance project manager in the space of AI and Green Technologies - iLabs. Obongofon currently volunteers for the Google Developers Group, a non-profit organisation that supports the training of tech talents at grass roots level. He also contributes to the iMasons Innovation Committee through the liquid cooling survey and analysis of the results. Obongofon has agreed to talk with us about AI, what it is, what it can do, projects he has worked on, and the future of the technology.

If you too want to feature on our Innovation Committee's podcast, you can either email us at innovation@imasons.org or submit your solution by filling in the Innovation Incubator Application Form.

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Dr Dina Nassar has recently published her PhD results in the effectiveness of policies, best practices and certifications on sustainability. We deep dive on the applicability of the LEED certification to data centres, what you need to be aware of, and how the results can be interpreted.

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Thomas Verghese, business development manager at EnerSys. Tom has agreed to talk to us about how EnerSys is staying ahead of the changes, their efforts in carbon accounting for different battery technologies, and the importance of sustainable design and production of batteries.

If you too want to feature on our Innovation Committee's podcast, you can either email us at innovation@imasons.org or submit your solution by filling in the Innovation Incubator Application Form.

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