David Humphrey is a Senior Consultant with Uptime Institute Professional Services. He performs audits,
custom strategic-level consulting engagements, and Operational Sustainability Certifications.
Mr. Humphrey's work in critical facilities includes responsibilities ranging from Program Manager of a
major facility infrastructure service contract for a data center, Project Manager for the design/construct
for several large data centers, Chief of maintenance for a major industrial complex, and the Chief of an
engineering branch. As a consultant for the Department of Defense, Mr. Humphrey has provided
planning, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of world-wide mission critical facilities.
Mr. Humphrey's 29-year career includes 16 years as a U.S. Air Force Officer, 10 years managing data
centers, and 3 years as a consultant.
Before joining Uptime Institute Professional Services, Mr. Humphrey was a Senior Consultant to the U.S.
Government for Welkin Associates. He provided facilities consulting services to a government customer
on a System Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA) contract for five data centers located around
the world. Mr. Humphrey developed business cases for several major data center upgrades and supported
the customer in briefing these projects to high-ranking government officials for approval. He created
procedures and a database to track and prioritize projects through the planning, programming, design, and
construction process.
Mr. Humphrey worked as a Program Manager for Lockheed Martin from 2001 to 2006 managing a
contract which provided facilities infrastructure services for a large government data facility. He was
responsible for approximately 170 employees who provide the facilities engineering and maintenance,
logistics, ESH, property control, janitorial, and 24/7 site protection to the facility.
Working for Lockheed Martin from 1997 to 2000, Mr. Humphrey was a Facilities Engineering Manager.
He managed 54 personnel responsible for the facility engineering, maintenance, and space allocation for a
750,000-ft2 computer facility.
From 1993 to 1996, Mr. Humphrey was a Project Manager for the U.S. Air Force. He served as the Air
Force Project Manager for over $80 million of critical data center design/construction projects. Projects
consisted of 360,000 ft2 of highly reliable and complex computer facilities with increases in the chiller
plant capacity from 4,000 to 8,000 tons and the power plant from 15 to 25 mega watts.
Mr. Humphrey's holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the Virginia Military
Institute and a Master of Science in Engineering Management from the Air Force Institute of Technology
