Our board of directors provides strategic organizational leadership and works hard to establish the Arizona Technology Council as the leading trade association in the state. From overseeing the Council’s annual budget to strategically planning for the future, our board is committed to enhancing the tech sector’s presence in Arizona.
Officers & Executive Committee
Chairman of the Board
Charles A. Vermillion, Chief Executive Officer, OneNeck IT Services Corporation
Vice Chairman
James Powers, M.D., Powers Investments
Secretary
Ray Harris, Director, Fennemore Craig
Treasurer
Kevin McHolland, Partner, Ernst & Young
President & Chief Executive Officer
Steven G. Zylstra, Arizona Technology Council
Executive Committee Member-at-Large
Roger Vogel, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Office, Vante
Chairman Emeritus
Steve Phillips, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Avnet
Executive Committee Emeritus Members
Mark Goldstein, President, International Research Center
Dan Mazzola, Dan Mazzola, Ph.D., Senior Architect, Datalink
Directors
David Aires, MBA, Factory Automation Manager, Intel Corporation
David Beauchamp, Esq., Partner, Bryan Cave LLP
Fredric D. Bellamy, Esq., Shareholder, Ryley, Carlock & Applewhite
Tyler Bryson, General Manager, Enterprise and Partners Group Southwest District, Microsoft Corporation
Kathy Collins, Mesa Functional Chief Engineer, The Boeing Company
David Crowe, President, CEO, Tucson Embedded Systems
John Cummerford, Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig LLP
Hana Deiter, Senior Vice President, JPMorgan Chase Bank
Joe Drazek, Esq., Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP
Eduardo Escobedo, Vice President, Business Operations and Chief of Staff, Apollo Group
Joseph Ferro, Director, Network Technologies, Cox Communications
Jerry Fuentes, President, AT&T Arizona/New Mexico
Harry George, Managing General Partner, Solstice Capital
Jim Harris, Vice President Business Development, TGen
Rich Hlavka, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Lumension
William Koenig, Senior Vice President, Western Alliance Bancorporation
Charles Layne, Chief Executive Office, Signature Technologies, Inc.
Bob Lepore, Vice President Engineering, Raytheon
Clate Mask, Chief Executive Officer, Infusionsoft
Steve Reinhart, MBA, Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank
Rick Shangraw, PhD, Senior VP for Knowledge Enterprise Development, Arizona State University
Susan Shultz, Chief Executive Officer, The Board Institute
Leslie Tolbert, Ph.D., Vice President for Research, Graduate Studies, and Economic Development, The University of Arizona
Bob Witwer, Vice President, Aerospace Advanced Technology, Honeywell
Emeritus Directors
Todd Bankofier, Principal, Fairmont Capital Group
Michael Berens, M.D., Director, Cancer and Cell Biology Division and Senior Investigator, TGen
Paul Burns, Esq., Shareholder, Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves & Savitch, LLP
Joanne Carthey, Chief Operating Officer, Namescape
Don Henninger, Publisher, The Business Journal
Charles Jirauch, Esq., Partner, Global Southwest Capital
Noah Kroloff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of Homeland Security
Rod Lenniger, Executive Vice President of Corporate Development, iCrossing
Jon McGarity, Chief Executive Officer, Ethix Associates
Mark Schonau, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, GlobalTranz
Pat Stoner, Vice President of Sales, Flypaper Studio, Inc.
Sandra Watson, Senior Director, Workforce and Business Development, Arizona Department of Commerce
Quinn Williams, Esq., Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Board Advisory Committee
Jerry Proctor, Deputy to the Commanding General, United States Army Intelligence Center of Excellence and Ft. Huachuca