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

AT&T North Carolina
Brian Smith - Account Executive

Atlantic Packaging
Ken Thompson - Software Development Manager

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

Blue Acorn iCi
Mark Kelley - VP of Digital Engagement

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 Saled Director

CarGurus
Asaf Gendler - Director of Product Management

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

CloudWyze
Marty McDermott - COO

CNP Technologies
Faye Postma - Director of Marketing

Coastal Credit Union
TJ Wyman - Chief Digital Services Officer

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

CommScope
Tony Rossi - Field Applications Engineer

Confianz Global Inc
Anoop Menon - President & CEO

Corebridge Financial
David Ditillo - EVP Chief Information Officer

Corning Optical Communications
Angela Haneklau - VP of Sales

Credit Karma
Ashleigh Anderson - Global Head of Talent Acquisition

Credit Suisse
Alison Kiing - Director

Cross Impact Coaching
Betsy Kauffman - Founder + CEO

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

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

DH Griffin
Patrick Love - Director of IT

Digital Realty
Steve Eanes - Senior Account Manager

DISYS
Vern McDonald - Managing Director 

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

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 - Vice President

Expedient
Kevin Lareau - Sr. Enterprise Account Executive

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

Fike + Co.
Anessa Fike - CEO

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

First Citizens
Jerome Savage - IT Systems Integrator

Flexential
TBD

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

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

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

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

INTech Foundation
Jerika Jones - Executive Director

Internetwork Engineering
Sean Rollman - CTO

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

Investors Title
Randy Moran - VP, Engineering

iWhereTo
Melissa Wittner - President

Jackrabbit Technologies
Darin Soll - COO

JLL
Ryan Lawrence - Executive Vice President

JumpCloud
Becky Scott - Sr. Manager, Technology Community

JupiterOne
Erkang Zheng - CEO

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

Lobby CRE
Anne Hollander - CEO

Lumen
TBD

Macro Integration Services, Inc.
Terry Morgan - President

Marsh McLennan Agency
Ned Archer - Business Insurance Consultant

MAXX Potential
John Spauls - Principal Technologist

McGuireWoods Consulting
Tommy Sevier - SVP for State Government Relations

MCNC
Todd Broucksou - Senior Director of Community Support

MetLife
Shayesteh Sims - VP, End User Technology

Microsoft
Scott Sample - Sr. Client Director

Mindgrub
Todd Marks - CEO

MiSource Staffing
TBD

Momentum Telecom
Ahmed Diallo - Major Account Executive

MVA Public Affairs
Bradford Sneeden - Director of Public Affairs

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

NC Department of Health + Human Services
Charles Carter - Assistant Secretary for Technology Services

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

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

Nexsen Pruet, LLC
Joe Dickinson - Member

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

Novacomp
Elizabeth Arroyave Rojas - Marketing Director

ONEByte, LLC
Erica Emerson - CEO + Founder

OnLogic
Sean Larkin - CEO

OnTarget Group, Inc.
Steven Dmiszewicki - CEO

Optimizely
Michael Thompson - Enterprise Account Executive

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

PC Matic
Eric Moore - Territory Account Executive

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

Pitt Community College
Ernest Simmons - AVP Information Technology and Services

Pondurance
Mark Mormann - MDR Solutions Executive

PS SOLUTIONS
Wayne Hippo - Owner/Managing Partner

PwC
Lennie Austin - Partner

Pyramid Consulting
Montae Monroe - Market Sales Account Manager

Quinsite
Jeff Maze - Founder / CEO

Racepoint Global
Stephanie Styons - Senior Vice President

RBC Bank
Richard White - Head of Technology 

Red Canary
Brennan Manion - Regional Director of Sales

Red Hat, Inc.
TBD

REEDS Jewelers
Arthur Phidd - Chief Information Officer

Relias
Kay Krafft - CEO

RENCI
Amanda Miller - Associate Director for the National Consortium for Data Science

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

Resolvit, LLC
Craig Scates - Partner

Retail Business Services LLC
Marty Wolfe - CTO

Revtech Labs
Sara Garces - Managing Partner

RightDirection Technology Solutions
Joey Hutchins - President + CEO

RoleModel Software
Doug Meeker - Director of Business Development

RTI International
Bernice Bond - VP + CISO

Rubrik
Jennifer Rendon - Account Executive

SAS
Brady Terrents - Senior IT Manager

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
Lori Fuller - Attorney

SoftPro
Joyce Weiland - President

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

Spoonflower
TBD

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

Summit Leadership Partners
Nancy McNelis - VP Strategic Partnerships

Sumo Logic
Zachary Willow - Key Account Executive

Syneos Health
Stephen Rayada, EVP Enterprise Shared Services Technologies 

Synergis
Jeremy Holland - RVP Enterprise Solutions

Synergy Technical
Dan Finn - Southeast Sales Manager

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

System Soft Technologies
Tony Clark - Regional Vice President

Tech Elevator
Cody Charland - Market Lead

Tego
Nolan Smith - CEO

Telit
Steve Canterbury - Director of Finance

Tharseo IT
Naji Jawabreh - VP, Sales and Strategic Initiatives

The Diversity Movement
Kurt Merriweather - Head of Products

The Hardy Financial Group
Andrea C. Hardy - Financial Planner

TimelyText
Ronnie Duncan - CEO

Town of Cary
Nicole Raimundo Coughlin - CIO

Town of Morrisville
Steve Rao - Council Member

TransImpact
Sammie Ammons - Business Development Manager

Trend Micro
Lou Karwoski - Regional Account Manager, NC

Triangle Esports Academy
Caleb Smith - CEO

TriNet HR
Heather Shaffer - Director of Sales

Truist
Jaye Anna Hill - Vice President, Cyber Security Manager

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