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Jim Kerrigan SIOR
Managing Principal
North American Data Centers

Jim Kerrigan founded NADC in 2014 as the first real estate company focused on acquiring, leasing, and selling data centers throughout the United States and Canada. Since 2015, he has sold more than 3.5 million square feet of data centers, mostly in Northern Virginia; completed the sales of 23 properties worth over $1.5 billion; initiated edge data centers by advising on 22 leases throughout the United States (between 2014 and 2016); and negotiated numerous lease renewals totaling more than 100MW on behalf of tenants and licensees.

Jim is a proud member of one of the most respected organization within the commercial real estate industry, the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR), a distinction earned by less than 1% of the world’s commercial real estate professionals. He has also received SIOR’s two biggest awards: Largest Dollar Volume Transaction and Top Investment Transaction in 2016 and 2019.

Prior to starting NADC, Jim had a 23-year career in commercial real estate, during which he led data center practices for some of the largest companies in the world, including Staubach (JLL), Grubb & Ellis (Newmark), and Avison Young. He was consistently recognized as one of those companies’ top producers.

Brian Medina
Director of Strategy & Development
STACK Infrastructure

Brian Medina is a Director of Strategy & Development for STACK Infrastructure with over a decade of experience designing and executing mission critical projects for a range of colocation, enterprise, and hyperscale users. Aside from touting a strong technical acumen in various building systems, Brian is primarily responsible for data center site location efforts, negotiating land transactions, managing diligence and permitting efforts, optimizing utility and network interconnections, and developing budgets to support financial underwriting. Brian is active in all phases of the project lifecycle from inception through to full occupancy. He is a registered Professional Engineer (IL) and has earned a BSME from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and an MBA from Benedictine University.

Ed Sitar
Senior Manager of Economic Development
ComEd

Ed Sitar (pronounced “sitter”) is the Senior Manager of Economic Development at ComEd, where he oversees the company’s strategy and efforts to recruit and retain large business customers and grow jobs and investment in key industries across northern Illinois. Ed is a 28-year veteran of the company, where he has worked closely with municipalities, regional economic development organizations, and the state of Illinois to leverage ComEd’s reliable and affordable energy services to secure major business investment wins for the region. During his tenure with ComEd, he has been a part of the company’s competitive business attraction efforts, helping prospective customers’ to navigate a decision to expand or grow in Illinois amid a changing regulatory climate (prior to the industry’s de-regulation in 1997, and on to today’s nation-leading CEJA law). He has also shaped commercial energy efficiency policies and programs to serve the needs of ComEd’s large customers and helped support development projects with commitments to create 240,000 jobs over the last decade.

Gordon Kellerman
Senior Vice President
Skybox Datacenters

Gordon Kellerman is Senior Vice President, Skybox Datacenters. He enables customers' digital infrastructure needs delivering sustainable, bespoke solutions ahead of the curve; solving challenges of today, adaptable for the densities and needs of tomorrow. He is a Southern Methodist University grad based in Texas and an active board member for SMU’s Folsom School of Real Estate and EVP of 7x24's Texas South Chapter.