Industry Leadership Council

Gary Agness

Synetic Technologies Inc., Vice President

Brian Anderson

Chairperson of the KCTC Board of Directors

NIC, Chief Technology Officer

Patricia Bergman

University of Kansas Edwards Campus, Director of Strategic Partnerships

Jeremy Bonnesen

Summit Technology Academy, Director/Principal

Dan Bower

Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, AVP

Josh Brewster

Trozzolo, VP Public Relations

George Brooks

Member of the KCTC Board of Directors

Crema, Founder CEO

John Chawana

Metropolitan Community College, Vice Chancellor | Institutional Effectiveness, Research & Technology

Nickolette Cole

Member of the KCTC Board of Directors

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

Tom Collins

Dimensional Innovations, President + CFO

Chris Cooley

Fortinet

Brent Coonrod

Cboe Global Markets

Steve Cosentino

Stinson LLP, Attorney

Daniel Cross

Slalom, General Manager

Fred Ellermeier

Member of the KCTC Board of Directors

Black & Veatch, Vice President, Connected Communities

Greg Elliott

Member of the KCTC Board of Directors

1623 Farnam, LLC, Vice President, Business Development

John Felton

UMB Bank, CTO

Michael Graber

Treasurer of the KCTC Board of Directors

RSM US LLP, Partner

Bill Graff

Vice-Chairperson of the KCTC Board of Directors

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

Kurt Hadermann

BlueScope Buildings North America, VP Technology

Michael Hannan

Member of the KCTC Board of Directors

LightEdge Solutions, Chief Security Officer

Michael Hanska

Oracle Cerner, SVP of Engineering

Karen Hornig

Immediate Past Chairperson of the KCTC Board of Directors

NIPR, CEO

Angela Hurt

Veracity Consulting, Inc, CEO

Andrea Jones

Secretary & Nominations Chairperson of the KCTC Board of Directors

Diode Ventures, Director of Digital Orientation

John Kmetz

Forvis, Partner

Kanon Cozad

Pomerol Partners

Gregory Kratofil

Member of the KCTC Board of Directors

Polsinelli PC, Shareholder

Nathan Lagergren

SS&C Technologies, Sr. Director Software Engineering

Josh Maxfield

Policy Committee Chairperson of the KCTC Board of Directors

Garmin International Inc., Associate General Counsel - Corporate

Jill McCarthy

Kansas City Area Development Council, SVP | Corporate Attraction

Trish Merz

Tanium, RVP

Sarah Meuli

Verizon, State Government Affairs

David Mitchell

VMLY&R, Chief Technology Officer

Xavier Montes de Oca

VMware Tanzu

Scott Morris

Member of the KCTC Board of Directors

National Association of Insurance Commissioners, CTO

Chris Newlin

Netrality - 1102 Grand, Director of Strategic Accounts

Doug Oliveira

Caliber Financial Services, CIO

Terry Owens

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

Neelima Parasker

SnapIT Solutions, CEO

Ravi Peru

CommunityAmerica Credit Union, Chief Information Officer

Tonya Phillips

Zerto, Inc., Enterprise Sales Representative

Jeff Portsche

American Century Investments, Vice President Client Technology

Jeanette Prenger

ECCO Select Corporation, President & CEO

Scott Ramon

NBKC Bank, Chief Technology Officer

Kevin Ruel

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

Kevin Sears

JE Dunn Construction

Stephanie Seger

Meta Platforms Inc., Community Development Regional Manager

Ash Siebecker

Ascend Learning, CTO

Matthew Simmons

Unite Private Networks, Vice President of Enterprise Sales North Region/Central Region

Chris Underwood

Burns & McDonnell, General Manager, Business & Technology Solutions

Lana Veytia

Wesco, Sales Manager

Dale Werts

Lathrop GPM LLP, Attorney

Shane Westrup

Eversana

Richard Wilbanks

Tata America International Corporation

Scott Woodward

MarksNelson LLC, Partner

Mike Zimmerman

Viagio Technologies, CEO