Chris Faerber Email & Phone Number

Salt Lake City, UT, US

Herndon, VA, US

• — Responsibilities —
• Provide technical guidance, review floorplans, and assess capacity during pre-sales activities.
• Analyze existing site capacities and recommend solutions for expansion projects.
• Oversee and track test-fit activities, including power evaluation (requirements and availability) to ensure project feasibility for site selection.
• Collaborate and coordinate with project partners (design firms, contractors, consultants, local authorities), and internal departments to address project challenges and deliver timely resolutions.
• Support the CAPEX process for engineering, including scope review, budget development and evaluations, and business case formulation with MarketDev.

• — Responsibilities — As an independent consultant/contractor, I specialize in providing control vendors with cost-effective solutions for their support needs. I focus on assisting dealers in implementing complex HVAC.
• Produce Hardware Hardware (Submittals) and Software (Programs/Graphics) Engineering
• Troubleshoot and perform Root Cause Analysis or Corrective Action for BMS/EPMS/SCADA/DCIM related issues.
• Review BMS/EPMS/SCADA/DCIM project scope of work and code to assure reliable operations and secondarily optimized operations in building MEP systems.
• Drive the basis of design for BMS/EPMS/SCADA/DCIM control systems.
• Assist in procurement related activities including request for quotation/proposals, responding to request for information, review of vendors proposal and issuance of purchase orders.

Edison, New Jersey, US

• — Responsibilities — To develop intelligent datacenter systems by standardizing designs architectures that optimize energy consumption, monitor critical infrastructure, and ensure seamless operation to address business.
• Develop custom solutions for automation, control, and monitoring of mission critical systems.
• Understand customer context, process and needs, as well as technical complexity introduced by the integration of numerous interconnected components and sub-systems.
• Mentor a team of sales account managers, providing technical guidance, setting customer objectives, and driving successful integration designs.
• Collaborate with various engineering disciplines, such as electrical, mechanical, and IT teams, to seamlessly integrate solutions into datacenter infrastructure.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the client to help develop datacenter metrics, identifying opportunities for energy optimization/power quality and implementing strategies to improve efficiency and data center performance.

Menlo Park, CA, US

• — Responsibilities — A Technical Program Manager / Engineering role.The New Site Startup team’s goal is to ensure a smooth transition of the data center from the construction phase to the operation phase.— West Region.
• Establish and manage global startup programs for new construction & retrofit data center projects.
• Initiate escalations to reinforce deliverables for Meta, general contractors (GC), and engineer of record (EOR).
• Lead cross-functional team alignment for data center handover between internal teams, GCs, and landlords.
• Coordinate cross-functional kickoffs and reviews for design, procurement, construction, and operations teams.
• Review agreements and project scope delineation within Meta and strategic data center partners.

Coral Gables, FL, US

• Directed operational excellence across Cyxtera data centers through superior engineering, planning, maintenance, commissioning, and documentation of automation systems and mission critical infrastructures. Managed.
• Provided 24x7 technical support and subject matter expertise for the local data center teams and collaborated with sales, project management, and data center management on customer support and the optimization of the.
• Conducted site inspections and surveys while developing recommendations to improve, repair, or modify physical plants and built systems to the highest operational integrity and energy efficiency.
• Key contributor in the change management review and approval process.— System Improvements —
• $3.7 million annual saved by improving maintenance contracts, reducing operational headcount with 24x7 remote support, and by completing in-house engineering projects and break fixes.
• Interfaced directly with outside engineer consultants, field installers, and in-house staff.

Coral Gables, FL, US

• — Responsibilities —
• Accountable for driving operational excellence across all Cyxtera Data Centers through engineering, planning, maintenance, commissioning and documentation of Data Center automation systems and associated mission.
• Manage Controls Engineering resources globally.
• Lead controls team in the design, business case creation, and project planning/implementation.
• Conduct site inspections, surveys and develop recommendations and specifications to improve, repair or modify physical plants and building systems toward the highest operational integrity and energy efficiency.
• Participate in change management review and approval process.

Coral Gables, FL, US

• — Programming / Engineering Duties —
• Interpret control sequences and create programming language.
• Work directly with outside engineer consultants, field installers, and ALL in house staff (project managers/engineers).
• Review / Coordinates specifications, scope, SOO and control drawings with assigned engineer and/or project manager to ensure proper project procedures.
• Assists the successful transition of the project from installation to Facility Operations Staff.
• Debug and troubleshoot system operations while making documented improvements so that we can apply solutions to revision controlled standards.

Coral Gables, FL, US

• — Programming / Engineering Duties —
• Interpret control sequences and create programming language.
• Work directly with outside engineer consultants, field installers, and ALL in house staff (project managers/engineers).
• Review / Coordinates specifications, scope, SOO and control drawings with assigned engineer and/or project manager to ensure proper project procedures.
• Assists the successful transition of the project from installation to Facility Operations Staff.
• Debug and troubleshoot system operations while making documented improvements so that we can apply solutions to revision controlled standards.

• Automated Logic - 9.5 years
• DVL Automation (2004-2005)
• Island Controls (2005-2006)
• DVL Automation (2007-2010)
• Radius Systems (2010-2011)
• Control Solutions Group (2011-2013)Schneider Electric - 1.5 years

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Building Automation And Critical Systems Technology

Associate Of Science - (A.S.), Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning And Refrigeration Engineering Technology