Board of Advisors

AAE Speakers Bureau
Jennifer Best - Vice President of Marketing

Abrigo
Emily Larkin - Chief Information Security Officer

Accenture
Ed Fody - Director

ACF Technologies, Inc.
Jan Opalka - CEO + President

Adobe
Nick Gatz - Manager, Government Relations

AHEAD
Jim Molnar - Senior Client Director

Aligned Technology Group
John Zemonek - Managing Director

Alliance of Professionals + Consultants
Troy Roberts - CEO

Ally Financial
Dan Lemont - Executive Director - Tech Strategy + Office of the CIO

American Greenz Inc.
Bob Holden - Recycling Specialist

APCO Worldwide
Travis Bullard - Senior Director

Appian
Matt Eguren - Account Executive 

Aprio
Patrick Coleman - Principal

AT&T North Carolina
Brian Smith - Account Executive

Atlantic Packaging
Ken Thompson - Software Development Manager

Atomic Robot
Sam Sontag - Director of Client Solutions

Attain Partners
Philip Agee - President & Chief Operating Officer

AvidXchange, Inc.
Mike Praeger - Co-Founder + CEO

Axiom Path, Inc.
Sakib Kadak - CEO/Principal

Bandwidth
David Doolittle - Vice President of Global Communications

Benekiva
Bobbie Shrivastav - Co-Founder + CEO

Bizcom Global
Mark Wiener - President

BJIT Corp.
S. Iqbal Ahamed, PhD - Technical Advisor

Blacks in Technology Association
Bobby McNeill - Chapter President, Raleigh/Durham

Blue Cross NC
Jo Abernathy - CIO

BlueLena
Daniel Williams - CEO

Blue Matrix
Chris Mock - Vice President of Account Management

Brighthouse Financial
Perry Pao - VP, Head of IT Operations + Infrastructure

Brightly
Ashley Berenson - Vice President, Product

Brightspeed
Paul Curlee - Enterprise Field Sales Director

Carolina Cyber Network
Mark Sorrells - Executive Director

CEM Corporation
Mark Raynard - Director of IT

Centri Business Consulting
Ryan Starkes - Partner

Cherry Bekaert
Megan Hutchinson - Partner

Cisco Systems, Inc.
Liz McCormick - Regional Sales Manager

City of Raleigh - Department of IT
Beth Stagner - Director, Enterprise Applications + Data

Clarkston Consulting
Michelle Tartalio - Associate Partner

Clean Energy Services
Brandon Zschokke - Chief Product Officer

CliniSpan Health
Dezbee McDaniel - Co-Founder & CEO

CloudWyze
Marty McDermott - COO

Coastal Credit Union
TJ Wyman - Chief Digital Services Officer

Coca-Cola Consolidated
Darrell Thompson - Sr. Vice President, CIO

CommScope
Tony Rossi - Field Applications Engineer

Connection
Brian Chandler - Director, Business Development

Corebridge Financial
David Ditillo - EVP Chief Information Officer

Corning Optical Communications
Angela Haneklau - VP of Sales

Corsica Technologies
Devin Martin - Account Executive II

Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED)
Brennan Barber - Head of Business Development

Credit Karma
Ashleigh Anderson - Global Head of Talent Acquisition

Credit Suisse
Alison Kiing - Director

CrossComm
Don Shin - Founder + CEO

CTI
Dan Lumsden - VP of Integration

DataCaliper
Ram Jeyaraman - CTO

DataStaff, Inc
Mark Prakke - Sr. VP of State + Local Government Solutions

Davis Moore
Matthew Cooke - Partner

Dean Dorton
Jason Miller - Business Consulting Director

Dell Technologies
Sean Hayes - Director of Product Operations

Deloitte
Sam Gibbs - Specialist Executive

Denodo Technologies
Marty Nelson - Sales Director

Deutsche Bank
Priyesh Patel - Director, Global Head of Post Trade Product & Production Engineering

Devo
Katherine Hostetler - Regional Sales Manager

Dexian | DISYS
Vern McDonald - Managing Director 

DH Griffin
Patrick Love - Director of IT

Digital Realty
Steve Eanes - Senior Account Manager

dmarcian
Shannon Draegen - COO

DoubleBlaze Consulting
Ron Boling - Partner

Dualboot Partners
Michelle Coviello - VP of Client Development

Duke Executive Education - Fuqua School of Business
Anita Stockmans - Director, Executive Education

Duke Tech Solutions
Sudheer Dharanikota - Managing Director

ECPI University - Raleigh Campus
Natalie Ocean - Business Development Manager

Edward Jones - Geoff Raynor
Geoff Raynor - Financial Advisor

Elevance Health
Amish Patel - CTO, Technology Platform + Cloud Enablement

Elon University - Office of the CIO
Pat Donohue - Assistant CIO + Director of Campus Technology Support

Embassy of Canada
Zachary Zimmerman - Trade Commissioner - FDI Promotion

Enact
George Reichert - CIO

Enitech
Antwine Jackson - President

Envestnet | Yodlee
Jillian Munro - Group Head, Data + Analytics Technology

Equinix
Hugo Canedo - Account Executive, Carolinas

ERC Broadband
Bradley Cain - General Manager

Estimand
Todd Moses - CEO

EthosLink LLC
Jeremy Holland - CEO

Expedient
David Saliba - Regional Vice President

EY
Justin Hanke - Senior Manager, Technology Consulting

Fayetteville Cumberland County EDC
Robert Van Geons - President + CEO

Fayetteville Public Works Commission
Mark Lawler - CIO

Fayetteville State University - Office of the CIO
Dr. Hector Molina - CIO

Fidelity Investments
Sterling Ingui - Product Area Leader - Next Gen Retirement

Fifth Third Bank
Preston Bergen - Triangle Market President

First Bank (FBNC)
Terrence A. Thomas - EVP & Chief Information Officer

First Citizens
Jerome Savage - IT Systems Integrator

Five Iron
Brian Prentice - Vice President

Flow Control Group
Tom McNany - VP of Information Technology

Fortinet
Pat Watkins - Sales Director

Fortuna BMC
Diana Potts - Chief Operating Officer

Future Farm AgriTech
Lisa York - Owner, Operator

Garrison Consulting Group
Lynne Garrison - President

Geographic Technologies Group, Inc
Curt Hinton - President

Get Spiffy, Inc.
Brad Schomber - CFO

Gilead Sciences
Marc Berson - SVP + CIO

Globant
Sabina Schneider - Chief Solutions Officer

GNC Holdings, LLC
Julia Ward - Digital Architect

Google
Christopher Chesnutt - ABP, Google Data Center

Govincorp
Dan Govindasamy - Partner-Client Delivery

Grace Federal Solutions, LLC
Esther Aguillon-LaBeur - Business Development Manager

Green for Life Environmental Inc. 
Hubert Barkley - Vice President, Information and Technology

Greene Resources, Inc.
Jason DeFreitas - VP + General Manager

GreerWalker LLP
Mark Haynes - Director of IT

Hays
Cindy Martinez - Senior Business Development Manager

HCL America Inc.
Rahul Singh - Senior Director + Head of Operations, Global Delivery Centers, Americas

Hornets Sports + Entertainment
Ronnie Bryant - SVP + CIO

Hylaine
Jenna Lazenby - Business Development Manager

IBM
Vishwani Dua - WW Delivery Migration Leader

ICAP - Intellectual Capitol
Barry Newkirk - Managing Partner

IEM Inc.
Theodore Lemcke - CTO

IES Communications
Gilbert Romo - VP of Sales + Marketing

Impact Fulfillment Services
Patrick Darke - CIO

Individual - Oita Coleman
Oita Coleman

Infosys Limited
Deverre Lierman - AVP, Delivery Head

Inmar Intelligence
Kevin Goode - Vice President of Information Technology

Internetwork Engineering
Sean Rollman - CTO

Invest Hong Kong
Dimitris Horiatis - Senior Manager, Innovation + Technology

Investors Title
Randy Moran - VP, Engineering

ITG Commerce
Stephen Stark - CEO

iWhereTo
Melissa Wittner - President

Jackrabbit Technologies
Darin Soll - COO

JLL
Ryan Lawrence - Executive Vice President

JumpCloud
Becky Scott - Sr. Manager, Technology Community 

Kilpatrick Townsend + Stockton LLP
Carl Sanders - Partner

KPMG
Caitlin Walsh - Director

KTL Solutions
Stephen Reid - VP Sales + Marketing

LabCorp
Bola Oyegunwa - CIO, Labcorp Drug Development

Lenovo (United States) Inc.
Lisa Marie Ferrell - NA Events & Communications Director

Macro Integration Services, Inc.
Terry Morgan - President

Marsh McLennan Agency
Ned Archer - Business Insurance Consultant

Maynard Nexsen, LLC
Sam Whitt - Shareholder

MAXX Potential
John Spauls - Principal Technologist

McGough
Dave Rahe - Vice President Technology, Life Sciences & Strategic Growth

McGuireWoods Consulting
Tommy Sevier - SVP for State Government Relations

MCNC
James Nester - Sr. Director Marketing & Client Advocacy 

MetLife
Shayesteh Sims - VP, End User Technology

Michael, Best & Friedrich
Mallorie Moore - Director of Market Development

Microsoft
Scott Sample - Sr. Client Director

Mindgrub
Todd Marks - CEO

Momentum Telecom
Ahmed Diallo - Major Account Executive

MVA Public Affairs
Bradford Sneeden - Director of Public Affairs

Myriad360
Angela Brantley - Regional Sales Director - South

National Institute of Minority Economic Development
Linda Hughes - Technology and Innovation Manager

Navigator LLC
Christopher Pittman - Director

NC Community College System
Patrick Fleming - Sr. VP + CIO

NC Department of Health + Human Services
Reese Edgington - Chief of Technology Services

NC Department of Information Technology
Glenn Poplawski - Deputy State CIO/Chief Solutions Officer

NetApp
Duncan Moore, VP Object Storage, Storage Grid

New College Institute
Kenneth E. Russell, PhD - Chief Information + Innovation Officer

Next DLP
Jonathan Martz - Account Executive

North Carolina Independent Colleges + Universities
Vicki Humphreys - Director of Information Technology

Novacomp
Elizabeth Arroyave Rojas - Marketing Director

NPower
Kendra Parlock, Vice President, Partnership Development

Nutanix
Scott Abbott, Enterprise Account Manager

ONEByte, LLC
Erica Emerson - CEO + Founder

OnLogic
Sean Larkin - CEO

OnTarget Group, Inc.
Steven Dmiszewicki - CEO

Pacific Western Bank
Tony Brill - VP, Application Development

Parker Hannifin
Michael Lubak - Director, Business + Information Technology

Participate
Julie Keane - Chief Academic Officer

PassionIT Group, Inc.
Scott Rose - Managing Partner

Peter Millar
Bob Bowling – VP, Technology

Pfizer, Inc.
Melissa Bishop-Murphy - Senior Director

PharmHand Consulting
Zack Miller - CEO

Pinnacle Financial Partners
Greg Winkler - Commercial Banking Manager

Pondurance
Mark Mormann - MDR Solutions Executive

Premier Research
Brian Kachel - VP, IT and Corporation Administration

Project Kitty Hawk
Erin Neuhardt - Senior Strategic Outreach Manager

PS SOLUTIONS
Wayne Hippo - Owner/Managing Partner

PwC
Garret Tripp - Partner

Pyramid Consulting
Montae Monroe - Market Sales Account Manager

Quinsite
Jeff Maze - Founder / CEO

Racepoint Global
Bob Osmond - President

RapidScale
Alden Blake - Cloud Solutions Consultant

Red Canary
Brennan Manion - Regional Director of Sales

Red Hat, Inc.
TBD

REEDS Jewelers
Arthur Phidd - Chief Information Officer

Relias
Kay Krafft - CEO

Research Triangle Foundation (RTF) of North Carolina
Kevin Patterson - Director of IT

Research Triangle High School
Cornelius Klein-Gloria - Director of Technology

Resolvit, LLC
Craig Scates - Partner

Revtech Labs
Sara Garces - Managing Partner

Richie Knows
Rich Melcombe - Founder & CEO

RightDirection Technology Solutions
Joey Hutchins - President + CEO 

RTI International
Bernice Bond - VP + CISO

Rubrik
Jennifer Rendon - Account Executive

SalesForce
Patty Hager - VP, Solutions Engineering

SAS
Brady Terrents - Senior IT Manager

Satva Softech
Poojan Gajera - Digital Solutions Architect

Securis
Pryor Davis - N.C. V.P.

Segra Communications
Rose Chambers - CIO

Seneca Resources
Harold Zeishner - Managing Director of NC

Silver Tree Consulting + Services
Lauren Holt - CFO

Slalom
Todd Christy - General Manager

Smart CellCo
Carroll Spencer II - President

Smith Anderson
TBD

SoftPro
Joyce Weiland - President

Spectrum Enterprise
John Moore - Regional Sales Manager, Government + Education

Spotit
Colin Kiser - Director of Business Development

Spreedly Inc.
Christopher Hudel - CISO

Stearns Financial Group
Dennis Stearns - President

StoneLaurel Consulting
George Williams - Chief Integration Officer

Successive Technologies
Mark Bavisotto - Founder

Sumo Logic
Zachary Willow - Key Account Executive

Supply Chain Partner
Chimae Goncalves - CEO

Syneos Health
Stephen Rayada, EVP Enterprise Shared Services Technologies 

Synergis
Stephen Stringer - Senior Vice President, Enterprise Development

Synergy Technical
Dan Finn - Southeast Sales Manager

Syngenta Crop Protection
Christopher Langley - Global Head of IT, Seeds R&D

Sysdig
Joy Cao - Senior Director Customer Success

System Soft Technologies
Tony Clark - Regional Vice President

TARGAN
Ramin Karimpour - Founder & CEO

Tech Elevator
Cody Charland - Market Lead

Tego
Nolan Smith - CEO

Tharseo IT
TBD

The Diversity Movement
Kurt Merriweather - Head of Products

The Hardy Financial Group
Andrea C. Hardy - Financial Planner

The Wall Printer
Paul Baron - Founder & CEO

TierPoint
Meg MacNabb - Senior Account Manager

Ting Internet
Patrick Mulhearn - Director of Public Policy & Community Engagement

TimelyText
Ronnie Duncan - CEO

Tizbi
Sasha Birger - CIO

Town of Cary
Nicole Raimundo Coughlin - CIO

Town of Morrisville
Steve Rao - Council Member

TransImpact
To Be Announced

Trend Micro
Lou Karwoski - Regional Account Manager, NC

Triangle Esports Academy
Caleb Smith - CEO

Tricom Technology Solutions
Steve Chandler - Vice President

Trident America
Pallavi Pardesi - Managing Partner

TriNet HR
Heather Shaffer - Director of Sales

Truist
Jason Pedone - SVP, Engineering - Head of Digital Channels

UNC Charlotte - College of Computing and Informatics

Ahmed Helmy - Associate Dean for Research

UNC Health
Rachel Foppiano - HCS Exec. Director: IT - System Relations

UNC Kenan Flagler
Sandra Chandler - Associate Director, Employer Engagement + Recruiting

UNC Pembroke
Katina Blue - Associate VC of Information Resources/CIO

Vaco, LLC
Kara Heine - Business Development, Technology

Veradigm
Lisa Hammond - CHRO

Verily Life Sciences
Stephanie Wey - Chief of Staff

Veristor
Jim Olevano - Principal Architect

Visible Value
Chandra Storrusten - CEO

VMware
Henry Veloza - Sr. Client Executive NC

Wade Associates
Kevin Flowers - AAI, Advisor, Innovation Risk Division

Wake Tech Community College
Ryan Schwiebert - VP/CIO of Information Services

Walk West
Abha Bowers - CEO

WGU North Carolina
Ben Coulter - Chancellor

Wireless Research Center of North Carolina
Gerry Hayes - President + CEO

WorkSmart IT
Jim Rappl - Director of Business Development

XenTegra
Les Roach - VP of Sales