MISSION-CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE • COMMISSIONING AUTHORITY

Tristan

15+ years directing hyperscale MEP engineering, high-density AI direct-to-chip liquid cooling verification (NVL72 / H100), and mission-critical operations. Author of the 9-volume Data Center Field Guides collection.

🏛️ Uptime Institute ATS 🎓 EPI CDFOS® Instructor 🏆 EPI CDFOM® Manager ⚙️ EPI CDFOS® Specialist 💼 ITIL® Expert 📊 ISACA COBIT®

Professional Certifications & Accreditations

Global reliability benchmarks, facilities operations management standards, and operational governance frameworks.

EPI / EXIN Certification

Certified Operations Manager (CDFOM®)

Certified Data Centre Facilities Operations Manager. Validates executive expertise in multi-megawatt data center operations, safety governance, vendor SLA management, risk mitigation, preventive maintenance strategies, and capacity lifecycle management.

EPI / EXIN Certification

Operations Specialist (CDFOS®)

Certified Data Centre Facilities Operations Specialist. Covers day-to-day electrical and mechanical plant operations, chilled-water hydraulics, UPS transfer sequences, SOP/MOP/EOP execution, and mission-critical shift handover protocol enforcement.

AXELOS / PeopleCert

ITIL® Expert (ITSM Governance)

Mastery of critical facility service operations: change management back-out plans, MOP/SOP protocol enforcement, incident severity escalation, and multi-tier SLAs to ensure zero unscheduled downtime.

ISACA

COBIT® Framework Certification

Certified in enterprise IT and infrastructure governance. Focuses on auditable control objectives, risk mitigation strategies, compliance frameworks, and shift handover accountability.

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Signature Completed Projects

Field-tested track record across hyperscale AI clusters, global financial data centers, and multi-facility portfolios.

Global AI Hyperscale Liquid Cooling Commissioning (Tokyo NRT10 & High-Density Whitespaces)

Senior Commissioning Authority / Lead Test Director
Sites:Tokyo NRT10 & Global AI Whitespaces Architectures:H100 & NVL72 High-Density Racks Framework:ASHRAE Guideline 0 & Levels 1-5 Cx

Led full-scope Level 1 through Level 5 commissioning and verification for multi-megawatt AI whitespace clusters deploying direct-to-chip liquid cooling architectures.

  • Engineered and witnessed liquid load bank interface testing, validating CDU hydraulic curves, Danfoss FD83 quick-disconnect pressure drops, and supply temperature stability.
  • Established 1-second telemetry pipelines to audit polling gaps, sensor stale flags, and heat balance verification ($P_{\text{load}} = \rho \cdot C_p \cdot Q \cdot \Delta T$).
  • Formulated auditable 7-sheet closeout binders and signed refusal matrices to separate true technical performance from contractor marketing claims.

Global Financial Services Hyperscale Data Center (Turnkey Facilities Delivery)

Lead Critical Facilities Director & Turnkey PM
Capital Investment:$45M+ USD Footprint:160,000 sq ft (15,000 m²) Power Capacity:13 MW Reliability:Tier III / IV Fault Tolerant Redundancy

Directed the turnkey engineering, construction, and commissioning of a 13 MW flagship critical financial data center. Designed in strict compliance with Uptime Institute Tier III guidelines, with core power and chiller plant redundancies elevated to Tier IV specifications (annual design downtime under 0.5 hours).

  • Supervised specialized facilities management contractors benchmarking Uptime, EPI, and TÜV operational reliability standards.
  • Instituted an ITIL/COBIT-compliant operational framework, delivering 100% continuous uptime throughout critical financial transaction runs.
  • Directed physical security, dual-substation integration, redundant chilled-water loops, and emergency generator load-bank acceptance testing.

Autonomous Hyperscale DCIM & BMS/EPMS Campus Deployments

Smart Infrastructure Systems & DCIM Project Manager
Deployments:Carrier-Neutral Mega-Campuses & Multi-Facility IDCs Domain:Intelligent DCIM & Autonomous BMS/EPMS Telemetry

Directed deployment of intelligent DCIM and building management automation platforms across carrier-neutral hyperscale campuses.

  • Delivered autonomous telemetry monitoring, high-latitude climate energy optimization, and dynamic whitespace cooling controls.
  • Engineered alarm storm suppression filters, sequence-of-events (SOE) timestamp synchronization, and multi-facility dashboard telemetry.
  • Standardized daily operations SOP/MOP/EOP documentation and shift handover procedures across national multi-tenant sites.

Multi-Region Retail Banking Core Facility Modernization

Engineering Project Director
Scope:11 Regional Core Operations Centers Sector:Mission-Critical Tier-1 Banking Infrastructure

Directed comprehensive MEP modernization, precision cooling expansion, and critical facilities commissioning across 11 regional financial data centers.

  • Standardized power distribution, precision cooling, clean-agent fire suppression, and environmental monitoring across all 11 regional sites.
  • Directed live electrical cutover procedures and disaster recovery simulations with zero transaction disruption.

Institutional Critical Infrastructure Technical Due Diligence (TDD) & M&A Risk Audits

Lead Technical Due Diligence Auditor & Facility Assessor
Domain:Technical Due Diligence (TDD) & M&A Evaluation Focus:Substation Diversity, Hydrology & Defect Classification

Authored comprehensive facility health evaluations and Technical Due Diligence (TDD) red-flag reports for institutional critical infrastructure acquisitions.

  • Audited dual-utility feed GIS diversity, 500-year flood plain hydrology elevations, structural slab loading limits for high-density AI compute, and generator fuel autonomy.
  • Created defect retainage escrow clauses, risk scoring models, and conditional acceptance criteria for asset transfer protection.

High-Density Silicon Micro-Climate Aerodynamic Research

Lead Test Engineer & Micro-Climate Specialist
Facility:Independent National Metrology Research Laboratory Scope:Micro-Climate Thermodynamics & Extreme Compute Loads

Engineered independent laboratory and whitespace field testing protocols for high-performance silicon compute clusters, measuring micro-environment air velocity, containment airflow bypass, and thermal boundary limits.

The Philosophy Behind Data Center Field Guides

"On the raised floor of a live data center, vendor marketing brochures and contractor promises evaporate. The only thing standing between an engineering director and a catastrophic outage is an auditable calculation, an unforgiving physical boundary, and a signed refusal template. I wrote these guides to give shift leads, test directors, and commissioning authorities the exact equations, checklists, and legal retainage tools they need to protect their facilities."