Industry Leadership Council

Jeff Portsche

American Century Investments, Vice President Client Technology

John Schwendeman

Arista Networks, Regional Sales Manager

Ash Siebecker

Ascend Learning, CTO

Kevin Ruel

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, DVP, Infrastructure Cloud Computing

Kurt Hadermann

BlueScope Buildings North America, VP Technology

Chris Underwood

Burns & McDonnell, General Manager, Business & Technology Solutions

Doug Oliveira

Caliber Financial Services, CIO

Trevor Martin

Capstone IT, Director, Kansas City Branch

Tim Lipscomb

Cboe Global Markets, CTO

Bill Graff

Vice-Chairperson of the KCTC Board of Directors

Clarivate Analytics(US) LLC, SVP & Chief Information Officer

Ravi Peru

CommunityAmerica Credit Union, Chief Information Officer

George Brooks

Member of the KCTC Board of Directors

Crema, Founder CEO

Andrea Jones

Secretary & Nominations Chairperson of the KCTC Board of Directors

Diode Ventures, Director of Digital Orientation

Jeanette Prenger

ECCO Select Corporation, President & CEO

Dan Bower

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, Assistant Vice Preseident

Drew Tenbrink

Forvis Mazars, Partner

Josh Maxfield

Policy Committee Chairperson of the KCTC Board of Directors

Garmin International Inc., General Counsel

Graham Jones

GBA Mission Critical, Senior Project Manager

Nickolette Cole

Member of the KCTC Board of Directors

H&R Block, VP of Technology-Small Business & Financial Servic

Kevin Sears

JE Dunn Construction, Vice President

Jill McCarthy

Kansas City Area Development Council, SVP | Corporate Attraction

Terry Owens

Kansas City National Security Campus, managed by Honeywell FM&T, Chief Information Officer

Michael Hannan

Member of the KCTC Board of Directors

LightEdge Solutions, Chief Security Officer

Scott Woodward

MarksNelson Advisory, LLC, Partner

Stephanie Seger

Meta Platforms Inc., Community Development Regional Manager

Scott Morris

Member of the KCTC Board of Directors

National Association of Insurance Commissioners, CTO

Chris Newlin

Netrality - 1102 Grand, Director of Strategic Accounts

Karen Hornig

Immediate Past Chairperson of the KCTC Board of Directors

NIPR, CEO

Michael Hanska

Oracle Cerner, SVP of Engineering

Julie Sailors

Panasonic Corporation of North America, Community Affairs Manager

Gregory Kratofil

Member of the KCTC Board of Directors

Polsinelli PC, Shareholder

Kanon Cozad

Pomerol Partners

Michael Graber

Treasurer of the KCTC Board of Directors

RSM US LLP, Partner

Daniel Cross

Slalom, General Manager

John Senger

SS&C Technologies, Director of Software Engineering

Steve Cosentino

Stinson LLP, Attorney

Jeremy Bonnesen

Summit Technology Academy, Director/Principal

Rachel Spear

TreviPay, Communications and Public Relations

Josh Brewster

Trozzolo, VP Public Relations

April Garlington

Turnberry Solutions, Regional Partner

Brian Anderson

Chairperson of the KCTC Board of Directors

Tyler Technologies, Chief Technology Officer

John Felton

UMB Bank, CTO

Patricia Bergman

University of Kansas Edwards Campus, Director of Strategic Partnerships

Carolyn McKnight

University of Kansas Edwards Campus, Director of Community Relations & Business Development

Josh Miller

Verizon, Municipal Affairs and Community Engagement

Jason Bedell

VML, Chief Architect

Neal Schwartz

WellSky, Chief Information Officer

Lana Veytia

Wesco, Sales Manager

Ray Perry

Zerto, Inc., Sales Engineer

Greg Elliott

Zerto, Inc.

Matthew Lathrom

GEHA, CIO