Archives: Speakers

Demetri Mavrikis

Demetri Mavrikis is a qualified Civil Engineer who has over 7 years experience in the construction industry and sales environment. He is currently a Project Manager at Hilti for Data Centres. His time working with consultants, contractors and owners across the African continent has given him the insight to understand the real challenges of our… Read more »

Nikki Blake

Nikki Blake is an experienced data centre professional with a passion for innovation and technology. She works at Bergvik Southern Africa as the Business Development Manager for Africa and is a member of the Women in Technology Forum and the General Secretary for the ADCA (Africa Data Centre Association). With over a decade of industry… Read more »

Adv. Mtho Xulu

Adv. Mtho Xulu holds a Bachelor of Laws (LLB) degree and a Master of Laws (LLM) degree at UNISA. His areas of specialization include Commercial Law and Corporate Governance. After completing his LLB degree, Adv. Xulu was admitted as an Advocate of the High Court of South Africa in 2011.  As a National Business leader,… Read more »

Tertius Swart

Tertius Swart is registered professional engineer with Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) and has passion for business and entrepreneurship. He has over 10 years experience in construction and sales environments. As the Director of the Technical Division at Hilti South Africa, he currently leads team of professionals and engineers at Hilti which contribute to… Read more »

Ed Ansett

Ed Ansett is a pioneer of the mission-critical facilities industry specializing in data centre high availability power systems. He is a recipient of the DatacenterDynamics Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Industry and founder of i3 Solutions Group – a specialist data centre MEP consulting engineering firm globally recognised for its design expertise, future thinking and… Read more »