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24 TABLE of EXPERTS <br />ADVERTISING SUPPLEMENT TO THE MINNEAPOLIS /ST. PAUL BUSINESS JOURNAL <br />DATA CENTERS <br />SPONSORED BY <br />COMMSCUE® mclrc <br />COIOg iR "iHNGE. <br />MODERATOR <br />PANELISTS <br />Amanda Othoudt <br />City of Elk River <br />Amanda Othoudt is economic development director for the <br />city of Elk River, focusing on business retention, attraction and <br />expansion. Prior to Elk River was community development <br />coordinator for the city of Becker, where she was responsible <br />for planning, zoning, community development and economic <br />development activities. She also was a land development <br />assistant at Lyon Contracting Inc. and Trident Development. She <br />graduated magna cum laude from St. Cloud State University <br />with a Bachelor of Arts degree in planning and community <br />development and a double minor in economics and heritage <br />preservation. She is certified as an economic development <br />finance professional through the National Development Council. <br />Stave Knutson <br />Marco <br />Steve Knutson is chief technology officer at St. Cloud -based <br />Marco, where he has led the charge in its strategic growth and <br />technology implementation. He graduated from the University <br />of New Mexico in 1991 with a bachelor's degree in computer <br />science. He developed and helped lead the deployment of <br />large -scale IT networks for the United States Department <br />of Defense and served as a computer analyst for BDM Inc. <br />before joining Marco in 1999. Knutson put the pieces in place <br />to launch Marco's hosted voice and UCaaS solutions, built its <br />cloud infrastructure, consolidated the data center from six to <br />three, and migrated customers while building the architecture <br />of Marco's data center. <br />Kam Patel <br />Commscope <br />Kam Patel is director of global data center solutions at <br />CommScope. He has been with the company for 25 years <br />in a variety of strategy, business development, product line <br />management, marketing, engineering and operations roles, <br />and has authored numerous articles, white papers and <br />presentations on the design of telecommunications and <br />data networks. Patel holds and Bachelor of Science degree <br />in electrical engineering from the University of Vermont, and <br />holds more than 20 patents for network equipment. <br />Graham Williams <br />Co10gix <br />Graham Williams is chief operating officer for Cologix, <br />responsible for operations, construction, commercial <br />management, marketing and strategy. In his time at Cologix, he <br />also has led the development and sales organizations. He has <br />over iS years of experience in the data center, communication, <br />i nternet, content delivery and video industries. Prior to Cologix, <br />Williams held product management and strategy positions at <br />Charter Communications and Level 3 Communications. He has <br />an MBA and a bachelor's degree in political science. <br />Ernest Sampera <br />vXchnge <br />Ernest Sampera is responsible for sales, product management, <br />marketing communications, corporate communications and <br />business development at vXchnge. He brings over 25 years of <br />marketing, sales, distribution channels, program management, <br />strategic alliances /business development and financial <br />management experience to the company. Prior to joining <br />vXchnge, he was senior vice president and chief marketing <br />officer at Switch & Data. Prior to that, he served as vice <br />president of channel marketing for AT &T Business Services. He <br />also has held executive marketing and development positions <br />with IBM, UNISYS and the American Medical Association. <br />