Industry Leadership Council

Michael Graber
Michael Graber
RSM US LLP, Partner
John Estus
John Estus
Amazon.com Services LLC, Govt. Affairs
Scott Morris
Scott Morris
National Association of Insurance Commissioners, Chief Technology Officer
Jeff Portsche
Jeff Portsche
American Century Investments, Vice President Client Technology
Michael Hannan
Michael Hannan
Lightedge Solutions, Chief Information Security Officer
George Brooks
George Brooks
Crema, Founder & CEO
Ash Siebecker
Ash Siebecker
Ascend Learning, CTO
Terry Owens
Terry Owens
Kansas City National Security Campus, managed by Honeywell FM&T, Chief Information Officer
Bill Graff
Bill Graff
Clarivate Analytics (US) LLC, SVP & Chief Information Officer
John Michael Handley
John Michael Handley
Beale Infrastructure , Manager, Development
Chris Underwood
Chris Underwood
Burns & McDonnell , Vice President, 1898 & Co. | Part of Burns & McDonnell
Greg Elliott
Greg Elliott
Zerto-HPE, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Specialist
Jordan McGarrigle
Jordan McGarrigle
Diode Ventures
Amber Mustard
Amber Mustard
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City, Chief Technology Officer
Doug Oliveira
Doug Oliveira
Caliber Financial Services, CIO
Alex Koval
Alex Koval
Savion Energy, Director, Portfolio Strategy & Execution
Justin Axtell
Justin Axtell
Caliber Financial Services, VP of Software Development
Neal Schwartz
Neal Schwartz
MERGE, EVP, Enterprise Operations
Shelly Brown
Shelly Brown
Clarivate Analytics (US) LLC, VP, Enterprise Applications
Andrea Jones
Andrea Jones
Beacon Data Centers, Director
Tom Krewson
Tom Krewson
Comcast, Vice President of State Government Relations for MO, KS and AZ
Kevin Knapp
Kevin Knapp
Cboe Global Markets, Senior Director, Software Engineering
Jay Campbell
Jay Campbell
Kansas City Area Development Council, Director, Business Development
Rebecca Gannon
Rebecca Gannon
Nebius
John Sutter
John Sutter
Nebius, VP of U.S. Public Affairs
Mandy Nickell
Mandy Nickell
Google LLC, Community and Workforce Development Manager
Scott O'Hare
Scott O'Hare
ECCO Select Corporation, Senior Vice President
Justin Baker
Justin Baker
Foley Equipment, Vice President-Energy Sales
Chris Hann
Chris Hann
United Rentals, Business Dev Mgr-Data Centers & Semiconductors
Steve Hengeli
Steve Hengeli
Garmin International Inc., Privacy & Corporate Counsel
Brian Tuell
Brian Tuell
Google LLC, Data Center Engineer & Opertations
Matt Sexton
Matt Sexton
Meta Platforms Inc.
Matthew Lathrom
Matthew Lathrom
GEHA, CIO
Jake Akehurst
Jake Akehurst
Panasonic Corporation of North America, Senior Program Manager - Community Affairs
Matt Biegacki
Matt Biegacki
Lightedge Solutions, Chief Marketing Officer
Paul Willson
Paul Willson
Grant Thornton, Partner
Andrea Jones
Andrea Jones
Beacon AI Centers, Director of Business Development
Kristy Saul
Kristy Saul
Hallmark, Director of Information Security
Nickolette Cole
Nickolette Cole
Delta Dental of Kansas, Chief Information Officer
Thomas Luebbering
Thomas Luebbering
Hovey Williams LLP, Partner
Erica Froelich
Erica Froelich
JE Dunn Construction, Client Solutions Manager
Kevin Sears
Kevin Sears
JE Dunn Construction, Vice President
Shawn Geib
Shawn Geib
Kansas City National Security Campus, managed by Honeywell FM&T, Chief Information Security Officer
Scott Woodward
Scott Woodward
Springline Advisory, Partner
Chris Newlin
Chris Newlin
Netrality - 1102 Grand, Director of Business Development and Strategic Accounts
Eric Saul
Eric Saul
NIPR, Chief Technology Officer
Grace Ahn
Grace Ahn
NvisionKC LLC, CEO
Reece Clark
Reece Clark
Polsinelli PC, Attorney
Eric Wasson
Eric Wasson
QTS Data Centers, Senior Director, Project Executive Growth & Dev.
Steve Cosentino
Steve Cosentino
Stinson LLP, Partner
Jeremy Bonnesen
Jeremy Bonnesen
Summit Technology Academy, Director/Principal
Josh Brewster
Josh Brewster
Trozzolo, Chief Marketing Officer
April Garlington
April Garlington
Turnberry Solutions, Regional Partner
David Adiutori
David Adiutori
TreviPay, VP of Technology and Engineering
John Felton
John Felton
UMB Bank, CTO
Carolyn McKnight
Carolyn McKnight
University of Kansas, Director of Community Relations & Business Development
Patricia Bergman
Patricia Bergman
University of Kansas, Director of Strategic Partnerships
Jane New
Jane New
University of Kansas, Director of Industry Partnerships
Jason Bedell
Jason Bedell
VML, Chief Architect
Ray Perry
Ray Perry
Zerto-HPE, Sales Engineer
Gregory Kratofil
Gregory Kratofil
Polsinelli PC, Office Managing Partner | Technology Transactions & Data Privacy Chair
Shelly Brown
Shelly Brown
Performance Contracting Inc., Chief Technology & Information Officer

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Industry Sponsors

Beale Infrastructure
Ascend Learning
Panasonic Corporation of North America
QTS Data Centers
Diode Ventures
GEHA
American Century Investments
NIPR
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
SS&C Technologies
Clarivate Analytics(US) LLC
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Burns & McDonnell
Savion
WellSky
UMB Bank
ECCO Select Corporation
GBA Mission Critical
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Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City
Hallmark
Netrality Data Centers
Arista Networks
nvision KC
Kansas City National Security Campus
TreviPay
Turnberry Solutions
Comcast
United Rentals
Kansas City Area Development Council
Nebius
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