Kelley Mullick

Kelley Mullick is Founder and CEO of Avayla, a consulting company focused on the design of AI datacenters that incorporate the latest advancements in liquid cooling.  Previously, she was Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Business Development at Iceotope Technologies Ltd, where she drove strategic initiatives and fostered key partnerships within the IT industry. Her work emphasized the importance of liquid cooling for the sustainability of edge and cloud datacenters, demonstrating its ability to deliver superior Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) for end customers.

Before joining Iceotope, Dr. Mullick was a leader in Intel’s Datacenter and AI group, where she played a pivotal role in shaping the company’s liquid cooling strategy and, alongside her team, developed the warranty strategy for immersive cooling solutions. With nearly 20 years of experience, Dr. Mullick’s career spans systems engineering, business development, and technical leadership, with a focus on building platforms for sustainable datacenters, optimizing cloud workloads, and creating software-defined infrastructure and innovative business models that generate revenue.

A passionate advocate for diversity in technology, Dr. Mullick has championed initiatives to support women and underrepresented minorities in tech, developing programs that have benefited over 3,000 women in advancing their careers. She is actively involved in the Open Compute Project (OCP), and chairs the Industry Liaison team, focused on advancing standards for immersion cooling.