The Dermody Team

Madeliene Zimmerman is the Vice President, Strategic Investments for Dermody, where she plays a lead role in growing the company’s data center business by sourcing and executing projects nationwide.

Ms. Zimmerman most recently led data center site acquisition and development strategy for Amazon Web Services (AWS) as Senior Real Estate Development Manager, directing land and build-to-suit lease program that secured 4,012 acres supporting 6.2 gigawatts of capacity across Ohio and driving the delivery of three gigawatts across three campuses in Indiana. She owned AWS’s regional GenAI capacity strategy, shaping land, power and infrastructure priorities presented directly to senior-level leadership, and pioneered the company’s first Development Agreement, which became the standard template adopted across its U.S. real estate organization.

Prior to AWS, Ms. Zimmerman held asset management and real estate leadership roles with Tiff’s Treats, Dickey’s Barbecue and Cresa Global. Earlier in her career, she held audit, risk and portfolio consulting roles with Invesco, PNC, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, Capital One and Deloitte.

Ms. Zimmerman holds a Bachelor of Science in International Trade and Finance from Louisiana State University. She previously held FINRA Series 7, 63 and 65 securities licenses and is a licensed Illinois Real Estate Broker. She is a member of CoreNet Global and the Alzheimer’s Association.