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Board of Advisors

The Board of Advisors is comprised of business, technology, and public leaders dedicated to the development of North Carolina’s tech sector.  Advisors serve as a resource by providing guidance and feedback, assist with growing the membership and promoting NC TECH through their networks. 

Advisors range from those who have interest in eventual service on NC TECH’s governing Board of Directors, to those that appreciate the benefit of discounted event registrations, to those who seek a more visible level of engagement and more exclusive relationship building opportunities.

Learn more about the Benefits

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2023 ADVISOR BENEFITS

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Contact membership@nctech.org if you have questions about, or are ready to join, the NC TECH Board of Advisors.

members of the 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

Investment

$600 annually, billed at the time of your organization's NC TECH membership renewal (we'll pro-rate the amount for those joining outside of the annual dues cycle so that future billing will be aligned).

Each NC TECH member organization may have one (1) representative on the Board of Advisors.

Time Commitment

Service on the Board of Advisors is calendar friendly!  There are no meetings, per se.  We convene about once a quarter, most often in conjunction with existing events and meetings on our calendar, and communicate virtually with newsletters/special message and through an exclusive LinkedIn group.  We also give advisors first dibs on special offers that come our way (private suite at a sporting event, seats at the NC TECH table at business awards events, etc.).

For more information about serving on the Board of Advisors and/or to sign up to serve, contact membership@nctech.org

Board of Advisor benefits overview video

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