Rohit Kinra
Rohit joined Iron Mountain in 2019 to establish and build out the Account Management function for our North American data center business. His current role is SVP & GM, Hyperscale, for Iron Mountain’s Data Center Business Unit. Rohit is responsible for IMDC’s global hyperscale business, including all commercial activities: sales, delivery, and account management, strategic direction for this business, operational oversight, and financial management in order to maximize customer satisfaction, deepen executive-level relationships, and develop and own our growth strategy.
Rohit has held previous roles within Iron Mountain, including VP & Global Head of Hyperscale Implementation & Account Management, where he was responsible for the successful onboarding and the overall customer experience for our hyperscale customers. Prior to that, he was VP, Sales & Customer Success, North America, where he was responsible for our commercial activities for retail & enterprise customers, including new logo acquisition, growth within existing accounts, customer satisfaction, and renewals of existing customers. Prior to that, he was VP, Account Management & Customer Success, North America, where he was responsible for the overall customer relationships for our enterprise and retail customers, including customer satisfaction and renewals of existing customers. Prior to Iron Mountain, Rohit held senior level positions with Verisign at their Security Services business unit and America Online/Time Warner.
Rohit represents Iron Mountain on the boards of the Data Center Coalition and Clean Energy Buyers Association. Rohit is also a board member of the Little Folks School in Washington, DC.
Chris Crosby
After years of working at the intersection of tech and real estate development, Chris Crosby set out in 2011 to take a new approach to data center development. His vision was to focus on greenfield projects and deliver customizable, scalable, sustainable, and low-cost data centers in an expedited time frame.
A testament to Chris’ bold vision and a solid culture centered around four core convictions from which the company has never wavered, Compass has grown at a remarkable rate. From completing its first 1.2 MW data center in 2012 to serving the campus-level hyperscale market with developments underway across the globe less than a decade later, Compass’s success is the result of Chris’ vision, a strong foundation, and a talented team of innovative thinkers.
In 2023, Compass was recognized as one of Inc. Magazine’s 5000 fastest-growing companies. In the same year, Chris was named EY’s southwest area Entrepreneur of The Year®. Compass continues to drive industry-leading sustainability practices under Chris’ leadership, creating a lasting impact on the data center industry.
Laura Ortman
Laura was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Cologix in 2022 after serving as the company’s President and Chief Revenue Officer since 2018. Laura has over 25 years of experience in cloud and technology global leadership focused on GTM strategy, revenue growth, global customer success, sales and account management, and revenue and client relationship management. Laura was EVP and Chief Customer Officer at Equinix, and prior she spent nine years at VMware, overseeing the Cloud Services business as co-General Manager and Vice President. Laura held global IT and technical support teams for Jeppesen, a Boeing Company, and served various technical and global leadership positions at Lockheed Martin. Laura is also on the board of Digital Edge DC. Laura holds an MBA in Information Systems from Regis University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration (BSBA) in Marketing from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, where she played collegiate tennis.