Principal - SERES, LLC

jagil@seresdc.com

  • Entrepreneur, Researcher, and Technologist with 30+ years of experience in Information Technology, Telecommunications and Mission Critical Systems.

  • Author of Industry Metrics and Data Center trainings.

  • Instructor for Data Center Energy Practitioner (DCEP) program. DOE / Lawrence Berkeley Lab. https://datacenters.lbl.gov/dcep

  • ‍ Data Center Consultant in Energy Efficiency and Reliability

  • Founder - SERES, LLC (Alabama. USA) – Since 2009 ‍

Jorge A. Gil

Highlighted Achievements

  • Partner Training Org. (SERES, LLC) - Department of Energy / Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, USA.

  • Partner Training Org. (SERES, LLC) – Swiss Data Center Efficiency Association, Switzerland.

  • Instructor for DCEP Full Program (Data Center Energy Practitioner) – DOE / Berkeley Lab. USA.

  • Judge for Annual Top Tier Products Award 2023 – Mission Critical Magazine. USA.

  • Author/owner of ITRU ™ Metrics. Presented at Open Compute Project Conference and published by  7x24 Exchange Magazine.

  • Author/owner DSL ™ Metrics. Published by 7x24 Exchange Magazine.

  • Author of Site Location Risk Assessment Index. Presented at Disaster Recovery Journal Conference.

  • Author of Rack Densities categories in the Age of AI. Published by 7x24 Exchange Magazine.

  • Speaker at International Conferences: OCP (Open Compute Project), DRJ (Disaster Recovery Journal), Anixter Events, IBM events, Qnap events, etc.

Research Work

  • Investigations about methods to assess and improve Energy Efficiency , Sustainability and Reliability in Data Center facilities.

  • Developed new original metrics: IT Room Utilization (ITRU) ™, for controlling and potentially optimize the space and power utilization in Data Centers facilities; with potential impact on Site Infrastructure energy efficiency and PUE.

  • Authored Downtime Severity Levels (DSL)™. A unique system that measure the impact of Downtime in Data Centers, considering inherent and non inherent event/downtimes. DSL Article was selected as Cover for 7x24Exchange Magazine Spring’2023.

  • Another highlighted industry contribution, is the proposal for standardization of Rack Densities categories in the Data Center, published by 7x24Exchange Magazine Fall’2025.