Featured Keynotes
Mike Dunleavy
Governor, State of Alaska
Governor Mike Dunleavy arrived in Alaska in 1983 as a young man looking for opportunity, and he found it. His first job was working in a logging camp in Southeast Alaska. Later on, Governor Dunleavy pursued his dream of becoming a teacher. He earned his teacher's certificate, and then a Master of Education degree from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He spent nearly two decades in northwest Arctic communities working as a teacher, principal, and superintendent.
Governor Dunleavy and his family moved to Wasilla in 2004, where he owned an educational consulting firm and worked on several statewide education projects. Dunleavy served on the Mat-Su Borough School Board, with two years as Board President, and then as a state senator for five years.
Dunleavy was first elected Governor in 2018 and then again in 2022, making him the first Republican Governor in Alaska to win re-election since 1978. Governor Dunleavy has kept the health of the economy and jobs at the forefront of his Administration’s policy setting initiatives and has been a true champion for the Alaskan business community.
Governor Dunleavy’s wife Rose is from the Kobuk River Valley community of Noorvik. Together, they have three children – Maggie, Catherine, and Ceil – who were raised in both rural and urban Alaska. The Dunleavy’s enjoy spending time together as a family, often in Alaska’s great outdoors. Hunting, fishing, snowmachining, and camping are all favorite activities.
Governor Dunleavy is focused on moving Alaska forward and believes that our greatest years are yet to come if we work together to maximize our potential.
Michael McNamara
Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Lancium
Michael McNamara is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lancium, where he leads the company’s mission to deliver innovative infrastructure solutions that meet the rapidly growing power demands of AI data centers. Since co-founding Lancium in 2017, Michael has played a central role in defining the company’s strategic direction and positioning it at the forefront of the next generation of data center development.
Under his leadership, Lancium is actively designing and developing Clean Campuses in West Texas—highly scalable, intelligently orchestrated facilities purpose-built to support gigawatt-scale AI data centers. These campuses are engineered to optimize energy use, enable fast interconnection, and bring large flexible load to the grid, helping meet the needs of both operators and power systems.
Before founding Lancium, Michael built a successful career in finance and energy investment. He founded ROR Capital in 2012, working with private equity firms to restructure several multi-billion-dollar natural resource companies. He also held senior investment and research roles at Talpion Fund Management LP, One East Partners, and Twin Capital Management, where he specialized in natural resources and event-driven strategies across North America and Europe.
Michael earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting and Finance, Magna Cum Laude, from Georgetown University. Drawing on his deep experience in both capital markets and the energy sector, Michael continues to lead Lancium’s efforts to meet the power infrastructure needs of tomorrow’s most demanding technologies.
Chris Crosby
Chief Executive Officer, Compass
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 and, therefore, established Compass.
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 2024, Compass was recognized as one of Inc. Magazine’s 5000 fastest-growing companies. In Dallas, Compass ranked second for fastest growth, and the Dallas Business Journal named Compass as one of the city’s best places to work. Chris has also been named as an EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
Compass continues to drive industry-leading sustainability practices under Chris’ leadership, creating a lasting impact on the data center industry.