Jeffrey Springborn is the Chief Executive Officer of Colovore, bringing more than two decades of executive leadership experience across the technology and energy sectors. Prior to joining Colovore, Jeff was the CEO and Founder of Best Energy USA, where he focused on driving Net Zero initiatives and helping organizations reduce their energy footprint. He also previously served as President of LightEdge Solutions, where he led the company’s transformation into a leading enterprise cloud services provider and raised over $200 million in funding. Jeff has a proven track record of building high-performing teams, scaling businesses, and delivering strong investor returns.
Matt Pfile is the founder and CEO of Crane Data Centers Inc., a data center developer and operator with a strong commitment to sustainability, customer centricity, and innovation. He has over 25 years of experience in telecom engineering, critical infrastructure acquisition, corporate banking, management consulting, and commercial negotiations. Prior to Crane, he spent 12+ years at Google leading over $5B of global infrastructure acquisitions and led the entry of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) into Australia and Japan, data center site selection strategy, third-party data center leasing, utility interconnections, and land acquisitions across the Americas and Asia. He received a degree in finance from Georgetown University and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.
Rhea has over a decade of experience in the data center and infrastructure industry with a real estate development background. She has worked for several of the largest DC developers in the world including Digital Realty, NTT and Compass as a Vice President. She also sat on the buy side for Oracle focusing on new and existing public region growth in EMEA. As Co-Chair of the Americas for iMWomen she is passionate about driving more opportunity in our industry. Rhea is currently Co-Founder and CCO of E3, an innovative master development firm specializing in power self-generation for data centers and sustainable economic growth to communities.
Shanu Mathew is a Senior Vice President and Portfolio Manager/Analyst on US Sustainable Equity. He also serves as a research analyst on the US Equity team, focusing on companies’ sustainability and net zero efforts. He began working in the investment field in 2015. Prior to joining Lazard in 2021, Shanu was a Vice President and Head of ESG at First Eagle Alternative Credit. He has also worked at Expanse and started his career in investment banking at Evercore. Shanu has a BS in both Accounting and Finance from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is a member of the Investment Committee of Evergreen Climate Innovations, which provides capital and support to early-stage startups focused on climate solutions. Shanu has also been recurring guest on Wood Mackenzie’s ‘The Energy Gang’ podcast.