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Steven foley

Steven foley

Ripponden,West Yorkshire

Summary

Seasoned professional with focus on identifying opportunities, creating tailored content and editorial strategies, shaping and crafting compelling editorial narratives, connecting AI datacenter operators with solution providers across the AI, Cloud and global datacenter sector. A strong focus on AI and the impact it has on society and how we scale to meet AI demand in the most sustainable and responsible way possible.

Overview

16
16
years of professional experience

Work history

Director

www.illuminaire.io
Ripponden, Calderdale
2025.01 - Current

AI is no longer defined by what it can do, but by what it changes.
Infrastructure decisions lock in energy demand for decades, model choices reshape labour, liability, and trust and deployment shortcuts create regulatory and reputational exposure. My focus is on the inflection points, where technology decisions become business, societal, and political decisions.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Engaging AI solution providers, AI infrastructure providers and operators across the AI cloud, Enterprise, Telco and Datacenter sector
  • Formulating content strategies, sourcing executives for interviews
  • Connecting infrastructure solution providers with Operators
  • Securing clients and speakers for AI Forums and technical briefings.

Freelance Consultant

w.media.com
Ripponden, Calderdale
2025.05 - Current
  • Providing consultancy services
  • Assist with building conference topics and agendas
  • Connecting infrastructure operators with technology providers
  • Brand advocacy
  • Making introductions to AI leaders
  • Sourcing high level speakers from across the AI Infrastructure space

Co-Founder

www.digitalinfranetwork.com
Ripponden, Calderdale
2019.04 - 2023.12
  • Launched a new media outlet and executive briefing forum for global datacentre and AI cloud community.
  • Conducted interviews with leaders in global AI infrastructure.
  • Helped perform market analysis to identify target audience effectively.
  • Managing company website and social media accounts.
  • Contributed to brand awareness by planning and attending trade shows and industry events.
  • Writing agendas and sourcing global speakers for AI forums.
  • Supported organisation and delivery of multiple events and forums.
  • Connected AI infrastructure solution providers with operators.
  • Managed Sales team

Advisor

Net Zero Professional
Ripponden, Calderdale
2022.08 - 2023.09
  • Facilitated understanding of net-zero transition for businesses and industries.
  • Supported collaboration with industry leaders to foster beneficial partnerships.
  • Assisted in securing partnerships with major industry operators to create new opportunities.
  • Provided consultancy to organisations on technology and software solutions for carbon footprint management.

Advisor

nzero.com
Ripponden, Calderdale
2022.02 - 2022.12
  • Introducing and connecting EMEA AI datacenter operators
  • Fostering collaboration between large energy consumers and the software team to baseline and accurately report scope emissions.
  • Assisted datacenter operators in accurately measuring their scope emissions through the use of software, ensuring the correct number of offsets were purchased,

Global sales director

DatacenterDynamics
Ripponden, Calderdale
2009.09 - 2014.09
  • Managed global sales team.
  • Set targets, managed staff, formulated event sales strategy globally, conducted appraisals
  • Negotiated and secured £8m + in revenue
  • Nurtured and developed global relationships with partners
  • Developed and launched a Global Awards programme
  • Represented company globally at events, awards and other forums
  • Speaking at events and awards programmes
  • Trained employees on effective sales techniques

Education

St James Catholic High School

Skills

  • Leadership influence
  • Thorough industry knowledge
  • Presentation excellence
  • Strong IT /AI infrastructure understanding
  • Market research proficiency
  • Business development
  • Client relationship building
  • Developing Content strategy
  • Bringing stakeholders together
  • Connecting solution providers with clients
  • Consultant for AI Infrastructure solution providers
  • Crafting engaging editorial narratives

Timeline

Freelance Consultant

w.media.com
2025.05 - Current

Director

www.illuminaire.io
2025.01 - Current

Advisor

Net Zero Professional
2022.08 - 2023.09

Advisor

nzero.com
2022.02 - 2022.12

Co-Founder

www.digitalinfranetwork.com
2019.04 - 2023.12

Global sales director

DatacenterDynamics
2009.09 - 2014.09

St James Catholic High School
Steven foley