A recognized leader in the industry, Christian Belady is Microsoft�s Principal Power and Cooling Architect for Global Foundation Services where his role is to improve both efficiency and cost in their online services infrastructure. In addition, his responsibilities included driving initiatives for sustainability in the data center and infrastructure space.
Prior to joining Microsoft, Christian was a Distinguished Technologist for HP where his responsibilities included driving the technology direction in HP's server products and their environments as well as driving industry data center initiatives. In addition, his earlier employers include; Convex Computers (acquired by HP), TI and IBM.
With over 60 US patents, Christian is an ASME Fellow, an IMAPS Fellow and a founding member of ASHRAE's TC9.9, which is responsible for developing data center guidelines. He was one of the early architects of the Green Grid, and continues to participate actively with the group. He also works closely with government agencies globally to define efficiency metrics for data centers and servers.
for sustainability in the data center and infrastructure space.
Christian has published several dozen papers and has a featured speaker on power and cooling trends at events across the industry. Since the late 90s, the focus of his publications has been on data centers and the industry�s need for engineering efficient computing environments. Christian has engineering degrees from Cornell University (BS) and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (MS) and a business degree from the University of Texas at Dallas (MA).
