Maria is a product and innovation expert with over 15 years of energy & utility industry experience. Maria started her career in the generation space working in nuclear, solar, and gas power plants before migrating to work on energy demand management and optimization. Over the years she has relished digging into the details of energy and her passion lies in the interconnection between supply and demand and creating solutions for a flexible energy future. At PADO Maria works closely with clients, stakeholders, and the internal team to create a vision and path to enable data centers to maximize compute per megawatt.

Mark Ardire is a senior leader with over 20 years of experience in technology and HVAC. Leveraging his experience with product launches and market introduction, he spearheads the efforts at LG to roll out their HVAC solutions for the mission critical sector in North America. Building on LG's many successful deployments of these thermal management solutions for data centers throughout EMEA, Mark leads a team to deliver and further develop these advanced solutions to LG’s hyperscale and colocation clients. 

With over 25 years of tech experience, Jun has helped create innovative solutions in biotech and energy. For Pado, Jun is building a proprietary data orchestration platform that will help the grid adapt to the growing demands of AI. Trained as a theoretical scientist, Jun is excited to bring his passion for AI/ML and high performance computing to Pado. Prior to joining Pado, Jun founded ThinkEco in 2008, an award-winning demand response company. ThinkEco's patented technology was the basis of commercial partnerships with leading companies, including Con Edison, GE Appliances, LG Electronics, and Rakuten. Jun has a BA, MA, and PhD (Chemical Physics) from Harvard, and a Professional Certificate in AI from Stanford.