1:30 PM – 2:30 PM
PANEL: Fostering the Next Generation of Talent (session)
Tamara Budec is VP Services at Digital Realty where she runs Implementation Services which includes execution of firm’s service delivery for colocation and enterprise product offering and management of post-acquisition asset and service delivery integration. In her prior roles as VP Design & Construction and VP Portfolio Operations Ms. Budec was responsible for construction delivery, portfolio operations and management of enterprise software platforms including proprietary DCIM. Prior to Digital Realty, Ms. Budec was VP Critical Systems and Engineering with Goldman Sachs & Co where she was responsible for risk management of the firm’s business critical environments and held various roles supporting service fulfilment including provisioning of compute and network infrastructure. Prior to Goldman Sachs, Ms. Budec held various positions in data center and financial services industry with CB Richard Ellis, Jones Lang LaSalle, Citigroup, etc. Ms. Budec has BS (Dipl. Eng.) from Zagreb University, Croatia and Masters AAP from Cornell University.