Board of Advisors

45Drives
TBD

5ironCyber
Brian Prentice - Vice President

A Purpose Partnership
Chuck Hester - Managing Partner

Abrigo
Emily Larkin - Administrative Officer & CISO

Adobe
Nick Gatz - Senior Manager, Government Relations

AH Consulting, LLC
Anne Hartley - Startup and Transformation Leadership

AHEAD
Jim Molnar - Senior Client Director

Alex Brown, A Division of Raymond James
Phil Thomas - Director

Alfred Williams & Company
Jennifer Allen - Market President

Alpine Growth Partners
Mike Provance - Managing Partner

Aluminati
Ash Dellinger - Chief Revenue Officer

Amgen
Virmarie Zengotita - Director, Information Systems

APC Towers
Danny Agresta - President & CEO

Arista Networks
Cameron Moore - Account Manager

Artemis Immersive
Adam Isley - CEO

Atlantic Packaging
Trey Thompson - Director of Information Security

Atomic Object
Ryan Abel - Managing Partner

Avidex
Kevin Donahue - EVP Sales & Marketing

Axiom Path, Inc.
Sakib Kadak - CEO

BairesDev
Edward "E.B." Batten - Partner, Executive Vice President of Growth

Bandwidth
David Doolittle - Vice President of Global Communications

Banner Witcoff, Ltd.
Reilley Keane - Attorney and Shareholder

Bizcom Global
Mark Wiener - President

Beacon Technologies
Ryan Dirks - Director of Business Development

BlueAlly
Will Moncrief - Client Director

Blue Cross NC
Josh Bomba - CTO

BlueLena
Daniel Williams - CEO

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

Callibrity
Jake McSwain - Sr. Client Executive

CapTech
Reese Edgington - Managing Director, Public Sector

Carolina Cyber Network
Mark Sorrells - Executive Director

CAS Severn
Mark Belluz - Managing Director

CBD Accounting Group
Chris Daniels - Managing Director/Founder

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

CGI
Siri Swahari - Vice President

Cherry Bekaert
Ronnie Eubanks - Partner

Cisco Systems, Inc.
Liz McCormick - Regional Sales Manager

City of Charlotte - Innovation & Technology Department
Markell Storay - CIO

City of Raleigh - Department of IT
Beth Stagner - Assistant IT Director

Civic Federal Credit Union
Sandy Steward - EVP, Technology & Digital Services

Cloud Giants
Gay Thorne - Chief Revenue Officer

Coastal Credit Union
TJ Wyman - Chief Digital Services Officer

Coca-Cola Consolidated
Steve Mann - IT Director

Colorado State University Global
Samira Rao - Director of Strategic Partnerships

CommScope
Tony Rossi - Systems Engineer

Connection
Brian Chandler - Director, Business Development

Corebridge Financial
Amanda Barkus - SVP, IT Transformation, Strategy, Planning

Corning Optical Communications
Angela Haneklau - VP, Sales

Credit Karma
Kevin Jones -  Director of Engineering

CrossComm
Don Shin - President & CEO

CrushBank Technology
Dave Poole - Senior Consulting Director

Cloud Security Alliance Triangle Chapter
Shankar Chebrolu - President

CTI
Dan Lumsden - VP of Integration

CyberGlobal North Carolina
Dan Gizzi - Managing Director

Datadog
Matin Vahora - Strategic Enterprise Account Executive

DataStaff, Inc
Mark Prakke - SVP of Government Solutions

Dean Dorton 
Jason Miller - Business Consulting Director

Dell Technologies
Gregg Lumsden - Director of Production Operations

Deloitte Consulting
Sam Gibbs - Specialist Executive

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

Dexian
Sarah Norton - Managing Director (Raleigh)

Digital Realty
Steve Eanes - Senior Account Manager

Dogwood State Bank
Todd Boufford - Senior Vice President of Technology & Innovation

Dottie Rose Foundation
Jillian Klingberg - Executive Director

Dualboot Partners
Michelle Coviello - VP of Client Development

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

E2D
Ashley Smith - Director of Operations

Eagle Landing Solutions
Bradley Hilton - Founder, CEO

ECPI University - Raleigh Campus
Natalie Ocean - Business Development Manager, Raleigh Campus

Eliassen Group
Pascal de Hesselle - Vice President, Executive Client Partner

Enact
Christopher Smith - CIO

Enduring Financial Advice - Geoff Raynor
Geoff Raynor - Financial Advisor CFP

Equity Shift
Will Duckett - COO & Co Founder

EQV Strategic
Alexandra Warren - Lobbyist

ERC Broadband
Bradley Cain - General Manager

Everpure Inc.
Jim Weaver - National Strategy Advisor - Sled Team

Expedient
Cheryl Kleinman - Regional Vice President of Sales – East

Experis
Lily Scott-Settles - Managing Director

ExtraHop Network
Chris Hughes - RSM Enterprise

EY
Justin Hanke - Senior Manager, Technology Consulting

Fast Lane Consulting & Education
Mark Smith - Director, Strategic Accounts

Fayetteville Cumberland County EDC
Robert Van Geons - President + CEO

Fayetteville Public Works Commission
Mark Lawler - CIO

Fidelity Bank NC
Joe Zinger - Chief Information Technology Officer 

Fidelity Investments
Kathleen Bentley - VP, Cloud Engagement

First Citizens
Jerome Savage - IT Systems Integrator

Fortinet
Brent Collins - Regional Sales Director

Frazier & Deeter
Austin Miller - Partner, Advisory Services

Garfinkel Immigration Law Firm
Hannah F. Little - Managing Attorney, NC Board Certified Specialist in Immigration Law

Genesis10
Mark Parisi - Executive VP of Corporate Strategy & Strategic Programs

Google
Christopher Chesnutt - ABP, Google Data Center

Govincorp
Dan Govindasamy - Partner-Client Delivery

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

Hilb Group
Stewart Little - Technology Risks Regional Leader

Hornets Sports + Entertainment
Ronnie Bryant - SVP + CIO

Hylaine
Jenna Lazenby - Director of Client Engagement

IBM
Shikha Srivastava - Distinguished Engineer

IDA Ireland
Catherina Blewitt - VP, Technology & Business Services

IEM Inc.
TBD

IES Communications
Abe Fleming - Regional Sales Director, East Coast

Informatica
Joe Jones - US SLED Director

Infosys Limited
Lopamudra Mahapatra - Senior Director, Global Alliance

Instrata
Susan Knight - Strategic Account Executive

Integrated Information Systems
Tre Washington - CEO

Investors Title
Randy Moran - VP, Engineering

Island.io
Scott Ferguson - Strategic Sales

Jackrabbit Technologies
TBD

Jalasoft
Paige Hanlon - Sales Development Representative

JSCM Group
Bryan Jarvis - CTO

JLL
Ryan Lawrence - Executive Vice President

Kaufman & Canoles, P.C.
Joseph Dickinson - Attorney, of Counsel

Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
Dylan Frick - Government Relations Advisor

KirkpatrickPrice
Jonah Wisch - Account Executive

Kontek Systems
Marques Manning - President

KPMG LLP
Caitlin Walsh - Director, Health and Government Solutions

LabCorp
Bola Oyegunwa - Chief Information and Technology Officer

Latino Community Credit Union
Terry Phelps - COO 

LendingTree
Srinivas Madabushi - Vice President, Technology

Lightning Minds
Chari Kambara - Vice President

Logic Monitor
Dylan Harris - Account Manager

Marchon Partners
Gigi Issa, Managing Director – Southeast

Martin Marietta
Jason Flynn - SVP & Chief Information Officer

Maynard Nexsen, LLC
Sam Whitt - Shareholder

McGuireWoods Consulting
Bo Heath - Senior Vice President and Director

MCNC
James Nester - Sr. Director Marketing & Client Advocacy 

Microsoft Corporation
Scott Sample- Senior Client Director

Mindgrub
Todd Marks - CEO

Myriad360
Angela Brantley - Regional Sales Director - South

Nasdaq
Byron Loflin - VP and Global Head of Board of Advisory

National Black MBA Association - RDU Chapter
Bobby McNeil- Vice President of Development

Navigator LLC
Christopher Pittman - Director

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

NC Department of Health & Human Services
Vijay Ramanujam - CIO

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

NC State - University Communications and Marketing
Luis Chacon - Senior Director of Web and Digital Strategy

Next Level Technician
Ryan Eubank - Director of IT Staffing

NexusTek
Jay Cuthrell - Chief Product Officer

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

NOVACOMP
Dennis Cespedes - CSO

NP Strategy
Jordan Whichard - Vice President

NWM Technologies
Marcus Lindsay - Founder

ONEByte, LLC
Erica Emerson - CEO + Founder

Orange County Government
Robert Reynolds - Chief Information Officer

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein, LLP
Skip Lohmeyer - CIO

Peter Millar
Bob Bowling – VP, Technology

Plandek
Daisy Spencer - Sales Director

Presidio
Nathan Zinteck - Sales Director - Public, Southeast

Promantus Inc.
Elan Nagalingam - President

PS SOLUTIONS
Wayne Hippo - Owner/Managing Partner

PwC
Garret Tripp - Partner

Questco PEO
Dagan Nelson - Senior Business Development Manager

REEDS Jewelers
Kimberly Rose - Director of IT and E-commerce Technology

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

Revtech Labs
Sara Garces Roselli - Co-Founder & President

RightDirection Technology Solutions
Joey Hutchins - President + CEO 

RTI International
James Hunter - Vice President of Government Relations

Rubrik
Alex Neighbors - Account Executive, State and Local Government

Sandeep Sastry LLC
Sandeep Sastry - Director

SAS
Brady Terrents - Director, IT Technology

Scrip Labs LLC
Praneetha Poloju - Strategic Industry Advisor

SECU
John Cedillo - SVP IT Application & Support

SICK, Inc.
Mark Kennedy - Director – Strategy & Business Exploration

Silver Tree Consulting & Services
Richard Ricks - CEO

Sinjun AI
Jeff Torello - Founder & CTO

Slalom
Kelly Wallace - Director, Client Partner

Smart CellCo
Carroll Spencer II - President/Inventor

Smith Anderson
Darrell Fruth - Attorney/Partner

SoftPro
Joyce Weiland - President

Stearns Financial Group
Dennis Stearns - President

STEM PLUG
Rich Gilliam - Founder & CEO

StoneLaurel Consulting
George Williams - Chief Integration Officer

Synergy Technical
Dan Finn - VP, Sales

System Soft Technologies
Tony Clark - Regional Vice President

T-Mobile
Lesley McKendrick - Enterprise Account Executive

TARGAN
Ramin Karimpour - Founder & CEO

TeKnowledge
Robert Constantine - Sr. Director of Sales US

TEKsystems
Gabrielle Cappola - Account Manager

The Diversity Movement
Kurt Merriweather - Co-Founder, VP of Innovation

Thinc Strategy, Inc.
Joshua Rubin - Director of Managed Services

TierPoint
Meg MacNabb - Senior Client Executive

Tizbi
Sasha Birger - CIO

Town of Cary
Nicole Coughlin - CIO

Town of Zebulon
Tonya Easterwood - CIO

TowneBank
Brian Reid - Triangle President

TransImpact
Amy Nowell, Director of Marketing

Trend Micro
Jack Flynn - Regional Account Manager

TriNet HR
TBD

UBS
Alison Kiing - Director

UNC Health
Rachel Foppiano - VP: ISD - System Relations

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

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

Upper Coastal Plan Council of Governments
Robert Hiett - Executive Director

Veradigm
TBD

Visible Value
Chandra Storrusten - CEO

VMware by Broadcom
Henry Veloza - Account Director - NC & GA State Government

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

WGU North Carolina
Ben Coulter - Chancellor

Wireside Communications
Stephanie Styons - Executive Vice President

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP
Katie Ertmer - Attorney