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
Roger Vogel, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Vante
Vice Chairmen
James Powers, M.D., Powers Investments
Bob Witwer, Vice President, Aerospace Advanced Technology, Honeywell
Secretary
Ray Harris, Director, Fennemore Craig
Treasurer
Kevin McHolland, Partner, Ernst & Young
President & Chief Executive Officer
Steven G. Zylstra, Arizona Technology Council
Chairmen Emeritus
Steve Phillips, Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Avnet
Charles A. Vermillion, Chief Executive Officer, OneNeck IT Services Corporation
Executive Committee Emeritus Members
Mark Goldstein, President, International Research Center
Dan Mazzola, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor and CABIT Director, Department of Information Systems, W. P. Carey School of Business, Arizona State University
Directors
Edward Aaronson, Director of Enterprise Sales, Cox Business - Arizona
David Allen, Executive Director of Tech Launch Arizona, The University of Arizona
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
Robert Dubberly, Partner, KPMG
Chad Eckes, Chief Information Officer, Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Eduardo Escobedo, Chief of Staff for the Chief Business Operating Officer, Apollo Group
Jerry Fuentes, President, AT&T Arizona/New Mexico
Michael Guggemos, Chief Information Officer, Insight Enterprises
Michael Hawksworth, President, MSS Technologies
Rich Hlavka, Senior Vice President of Business Development, Lumension
Chris Johnson, Chief Executive Officer, Terralever
William Koenig, Senior Vice President, Western Alliance Bancorporation
Charles Layne, President and Chief Executive Office, Signature Technology Group
Mario Martinez II, Chief Executive Officer, 360 Vantage
Clate Mask, Chief Executive Officer, Infusionsoft
Bernie Merwald, Vice President, RMS Engineering, The Raytheon Company
Gavin R. Miller, BBA, Vice President Marketing, Solutions and Sales Acceleration, Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas
Sethuraman Panchanathan, Senior Vice President, Office of Knowledge and Enterprise Development, Arizona State University
Clark Peterson, Chief Executive Officer, Telesphere
Tony Portela, IT Director, SunTron Corporation
Melissa Ray, Director, Office of Project Management, TGen
Steve Reinhart, MBA, Senior Vice President, Wells Fargo Bank
Hamid Shojaee, Chief Executive Officer, Axosoft
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
David Tuhy, General Manager, Intel Storage Group, Intel Corporation
Jeff Unruh, Managing Director, Alerion
Sangy Vatsa, Vice President Global Corporate Services Technologies and Global Business Travel Technologies, American Express
Anthony Wanger, President/Founder, IO Data Centers
Jacque N. Westling, Partner, Quarles & Brady
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, AFSI Technologies
Pat Stoner, SVP of Sales & Corporate Development, Tiempo Development
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