HERB ZIEN

Chairman

Having cofounded and built the largest privately held district energy company in the US, nobody knows the challenges of power and cooling better than Herb Zien. Herb brings a wealth of knowledge in engineering, power generation, and energy conservation. Herb is a recognized expert in data center cooling technologies and immersion cooling, and is a frequent author and speaker on cooling technologies.

Published articles include Energy Star Data Center: A Missed Opportunity (Mission Critical – Nov-Dec 2010); PUE’s Shortcomings, (Mission Critical – Mar-Apr 2011); Liquid Cooled Data Centers Have Finally Arrived (BICSI News Magazine – Sep-Oct 2011); Submersion and directed flow cooling solution for oil, gas (E&P – Jul 2014); Submersion and Directed Flow Cooling Technology for Military Applications (Aerospace & Defense Technology, Oct 2014); Look Ma, No Fans! (Data Center Knowledge – Feb 2015); Why Data Centers Look the Way They Do (Data Center Knowledge – Apr 2015); What is your Problem with Liquid Cooling? (ITInfraworld, January 2016); and Is a Liquid Cooled Data Center in Your Future? (The Data Center Journal, June 2016); Liquid Technology Cools Servers While Simultaneously Heating Water (Data Center Post, September 1, 2016).

Herb has a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Thermal Engineering from Cornell University and a Master of Science in Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.