The QTS Experience

Using Technology To Regrow Decimated Forests with Jad Daley

What do data centers and forests have in common? In this episode, I sit down with CEO of American Forest, Jad Daley. I was amazed at how relevant our conversation was for today. Bringing together science and technology through big data and analytics with a heart for managing our natural resources in a smart and bi partisan way – you will love this conversation – on the next QTS experience.

About American Forests: "We have worked longer than any national nonprofit conservation organization in the United States to protect and restore the country’s forests. Since our founding in 1875, we have been the pathfinders for the forest conservation movement. In the early 1900s, for example, we rallied forest advocates to champion creation of the U.S. Forest Service. In 2018, we won a decade-long campaign persuading Congress to provide stable funding for preventing and fighting forest fires. Now we are focused on building a reforestation movement in America, from cities to large, rural landscapes. We all rely on forests in order to survive and thrive, given the power they have to filter our air and water, provide jobs, mitigate climate change and more. But our forests are being degraded and destroyed at a rapid pace and large scale. If we take care of our forests, they will take care of us." https://www.americanforests.org

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Big Data: Changing the World, One Soccer Club at a Time with Dr. Bret Myers Part 2

How are athletes becoming so much stronger, training more efficiently, healing faster? With data of course. Dr Bret Myers Professor of Data Analytics at Villanova and consultant to the professional soccer team the Columbus Crew joins me this week to discuss how big data is transforming the world in general and athletics in particular.

About our guest: Bret has served as a University professor since 2006 teaching courses in analytics and operations management at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. As of 2020, he was appointed Faculty Academic Director of Sports Initiatives at Villanova School of Business. His area of research is in the use of analytics to improve decision processes for sports businesses, both in the delivery of a product on the field, and the management of operations to meet other strategic objectives. He is active in publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals, attending and presenting at sports analytics related conferences, and consulting with professional organizations. Bret’s past consulting roles were with the Philadelphia Union (2013), and Toronto FC (2014-2019), and now he has taken on a role with Columbus Crew SC as of June 2019.

 

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Big Data: Changing the World, One Soccer Club at a Time with Dr. Bret Myers - Part 1

How are athletes becoming so much stronger, training more efficiently, healing faster? With data of course. Dr Bret Myers Professor of Data Analytics at Villanova and consultant to the professional soccer team the Columbus Crew joins me this week to discuss how big data is transforming the world in general and athletics in particular.

About our guest: Bret has served as a University professor since 2006 teaching courses in analytics and operations management at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. As of 2020, he was appointed Faculty Academic Director of Sports Initiatives at Villanova School of Business. His area of research is in the use of analytics to improve decision processes for sports businesses, both in the delivery of a product on the field, and the management of operations to meet other strategic objectives. He is active in publishing papers in peer-reviewed journals, attending and presenting at sports analytics related conferences, and consulting with professional organizations. Bret’s past consulting roles were with the Philadelphia Union (2013), and Toronto FC (2014-2019), and now he has taken on a role with Columbus Crew SC as of June 2019.

 

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Data Centers are the Lifeline to the World with Rich Miller

Virtually every single part of our world requires collaboration tools that live in a Data Center. Business, Education, Healthcare, Governance, Banking, Social Media, Entertainment, it is all being knit together in a data center. Rich Miller and David McCall talk through how successful data centers are innovating in response to this incredible need on The QTS Experience.

About our guest:

Rich Miller Data Center Frontier https://datacenterfrontier.com/ "Data Center Frontier charts the future of data centers and cloud computing. We write about what’s next for the Internet, and the innovations that will take us there. The data center is our prism. We tell the story of the digital economy through the facilities that power the cloud and the people who build them. In writing about data centers and thought leaders, we explain the importance of how and where these facilities are built, how they are powered, and their impact on the Internet and the communities around them."

 

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Redefining Innovation and Technology in the Banking Sector with Elizabeth Hoemeke

Instant speed, digital transactions are no longer a science fiction idea. They have been well integrated into our society. But the banking industry is an old industry, and can be difficult to turn toward new innovation. This week's guest, U.S. Bank's Elizabeth Hoemeke, Sr. VP of IT Strategy and Global Business Services, introduces to Dave the ideas, concepts, and strategies of how she and her team push U.S. Bank to the front of the banking sector's innovation, beyond just an online customer portal or small POS devices. Join Dave and Elizabeth dive into the high stakes world of digital banking and their push for new technology, this week, on the QTS Experience.

 

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Keeping the World Connected Through Data Centers with Tim Huffman

Right now, almost all of our public facilities are empty; schools, office buildings, shopping malls, etc. All of that activity has shifted online. In this Post-COVID reality, data centers are facilitating how the whole world stays connected. This week I’m joined by Tim Huffman from CB Richard Ellis. Tim is a data center and telecom market expert who is bringing his expertise to explain how the data center community is pivoting and accelerating to meet the connectivity challenges and also the new emerging trends around data privacy and security. All this and more on this week's the QTS Experience.

 

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Just-In-Time Data Centers with Chris McLean

Imagine having to build a 30 year facility to host infrastructure that changes every 5 years. Yeah, that’s a data center. Chris McLean articulates that making parts of the data center modular actually solves a lot of the challenges in that scenario – on this week's episode of the QTS Experience.

 

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Data Centers Are The New Factories and Data Is Their Widget with Garry Connolly

Data Centers are the new factories and data is their widget. Data is, at the heart, of all technology change today. Every generation thinks they invented music – and yet there are only 32 sounds. 16 years ago, Social Media wasn’t a phrase in our lexicon nor was data privacy. We used to think carbon offsetting was good enough and now trillion-dollar companies are declaring they will be carbon free in 20 years, in some cases retroactively. In the center of this maelstrom of change – is people. Remarkable people, talented people that are using data to change their world, our world. In an era where we decry finding talent, the talent is there – but it’s looking for purpose. On this episode, we welcome Garry Connolly, President and Founder of Host in Ireland. Garry joins David McCall in a thought-provoking discussion about digitization, people, and purpose on The QTS Experience.

 

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The Power of Green: Energy, Water, Waste with Travis Wright

3% of the Earth’s produced energy is used by data centers; QTS consumes as much power as the entire country of Belize. In order to be more green, QTS decided to go all in on sustainability. On a mission to convert every QTS data center to 100% renewable power, QTS uses the 3 pillars of sustainability--power, water, waste--as a guide and made monumental changes while setting long term goals to maintain environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) to better local communities and the planet. At the forefront of this endeavor is our guest, Travis Wright.

Travis is the Vice President of Energy and Sustainability at QTS and is facilitating the move to utilizing 100% renewable energy. He explains the obstacles and challenges that arise in and out of the data center as well as the benefits that come with prioritizing sustainability. Being in charge of energy procurement and energy efficiency, Travis’s passion for energy and sustainability is apparent in his work. Spearheading the movement toward the human element of ESG, QTS plans to plant trees, build wells and libraries, sponsor children in need, and more to help build a better future. No company or quarterly goal is more important than the safety of our planet and those that inhabit it. Join industry expert David McCall and Travis Wright as they dive deep into sustainability and energy on this week’s episode of the QTS Experience.

 

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How Data Shapes the Film Industry with Mark Hofmeyer; Part 2

The digital revolution has had a profound impact on our society. Its influence on the arts, business, social interaction, and how we elect our leaders has changed our culture and how business is done. All you need to do is press buttons on a screen to go grocery shopping and have food brought to your door. Digital technologies enable new go-to-market approaches and product/service combinations. All you need to do is press buttons on a screen and you can do almost anything, even talk to someone across the planet. We have discovered that there are many ways to communicate with one another. Despite the recent innovations opened up by this digital explosion, there is one method of communication that will never go out of style.

Human beings communicate with stories. Whether on cave walls, in a novel, on vinyl, or on the screen – we connect with each other through our stories. Mark Hofmeyer (Writer, Blogger, Podcaster, Producer) joins me to talk about how the world of movie making and consumption, is being changed by data. What happens when AI starts writing scripts, how is data used to enhance, or manipulate the user experience. These are some of the threads we discuss on The QTS Experience.

About Our Guest: Mark Hofmeyer is the founder/editor of Movies, Films, and Flix. Freelance Film Contractor, and Freelance Writer. His Rotten Tomatoes freelance work has been featured such publications as Wired, Vanity Fair, CNET, Nerdist, LADbible, Entertainment Weekly, and many more. https://moviesfilmsandflix.com/

 

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