BILL KLEYMAN

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As the Millenials/Gen-Z Group Chairperson for Infrastructure Masons, few know more about communicating with the next generation of data centre talent than Bill Kleyman

Bill Kleyman is an award-winning data centre, cloud, and digital infrastructure leader, with a passion for showcasing new technologies through education and thought leadership.

He is currently a Board Member and Investor at Neu.ro, Chair of AFCOM Data Center World Program, and Advisory Council Member and Millenials/Gen-Z Group Chairperson for Infrastructure Masons. He also lectures at the USC School of Engineering and at the iMasons Graduate Capstone Programs, alongside his work as a freelance analyst, advisor, speaker, and author.

Recently, Onalytica ranked him as 16th in its global review of the top 100 most influential individuals in the cloud landscape, and 4th in a study examining the industry’s top Data Security Experts.

Kleyman sums himself up: “I love technology. And not just the cool aspects of a new gadget; I love empowering people and changing lives.”

Sustainability within business

Kleyman is passionate about sustainable growth within technology, and he currently sits as Board Member and Investor for Ukrainian company Neu.ro, a technology company using state-of-the-art Machine Learning (ML) and Deep Learning (DL) to solve real-world problems for business and science.

“What makes Neu.ro special is that we do data modelling sustainably,” Kleyman explains.

“Built on 100% green and sustainable infrastructure, Neu.ro is the only data model training solution with built-in sustainability reporting and intelligent training scheduling to optimise data modelling and lower costs”.

Alongside Neu.ro, within his role as AFCOM Data Center World Program Chair, he works with speakers, keynote sessions, and MCs at the AFCOM Data Center World conference, promoting technology at a conference level.

A leader at the forefront of industry Kleyman’s 15-year journey in technology started at a small IT firm, where he was a systems consultant and “learned the language of the business”, building an understanding of “the alignment between tech and the goals of an organisation”.

Since then, his roles have included Executive Vice President of Digital Solutions of the American technology infrastructure ecosystem corporation Switch, where he