Meet Our Team
About the Arizona Technology Council
The Council was established in 2002 after the Arizona High Tech Industry Cluster merged with the Arizona Software & Industry Association. We have since grown to over 800 members and counting. In 2016, the Arizona Optics Industry Association merged with the Council and now serves as our Optics Valley Committee.
Our Team
Steven G. Zylstra
President + CEO
Laura DeGeorge
Chief of Staff
Deborah Zack
Vice President, Membership
Karla Morales
Vice President, Southern Arizona
Jamie Neilson
Director of Operations, Southern Arizona
Bianca Buliga
Director, Marketing + Communications
Darryle Emerson
Director, Programs + Events
Ron Schott
Executive Emeritus
Don Ruedy
Executive Emeritus, Tucson
Don Rodriguez
Editor, TechConnect
Board Of Directors
AZTC’s 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.
Board Chair
Eric Miller, Principal, PADT Inc.
Board Vice-Chair
Alex Iuorio, Senior Vice President, Supplier Development, Avnet
Secretary
Jon Talcott, Attorney, Ballard Spahr
President + Chief Executive Officer
Steven G. Zylstra, Arizona Technology Council
Treasurer
Eric Lewis, CPA, Partner, EY
Executive Committee Members
Executive Committee Members-at-Large
- Christine Boles, Vice President, Industrial Solutions Division, Intel
- Rebecca Clyde, Co-Founder, Ideas Collide and CEO and Co-Founder, Botco.ai
- Michael Hawksworth, President, MSS Business Transformation Advisory
Executive Committee Emeritus Members
- Mark Goldstein, President, International Research Center
- Dan Mazzola, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor – Information Systems, W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University
- Robert Witwer, (Retired), Aerospace Advanced Technology, Honeywell
Board of Directors
Directors
- Mary Bailey, President, Rincon Research
- Amit Bhandari, VP of Strategic Relationships, Solugenix
- Rajesh Bhatia, Chief Technology Officer, Keap
- Christine Boles, Vice President, Industrial Solutions Division (ISD), Intel
- David Bolman, Ph.D., Provost, University of Advancing Technology
- Aric Bopp, Executive Director, Economic Development-Knowledge Enterprise Development, ASU
- Rebecca Clyde, Co-Founder, Ideas Collide and CEO and Co-Founder, Botco.ai
- Rick Crutchley, VP, General Manager, Iron Mountain Data Centers
- Michael Curley, Partner, Quarles & Brady LLP
- Anne Dougherty, Founder & Co-Owner, Illume Advising
- Hector Garcia, CTO – Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) & Urban Air Mobility (UAM), Honeywell
- Matt Grant, VP of Cloud Ops and Site Reliability Engineering, American Express
- Austin Harris, VP, Commercial Banking, Alliance Bank of Arizona
- Michael Hawksworth, President, MSS Business Transformation Advisory
- Wes Hummel, Vice President of Site Reliability Engineering, PayPal
- Jan Janick, Chief Technology Officer and VP of Global Engineering, Benchmark
- Chris Johnson, CEO, Lane Terralever
- Sheila Kloefkorn, CEO, KEO Marketing Inc.
- Drena Kusari, Regional Director, Lyft
- Timothy McDaniel, Ph.D., Senior Vice President, TGen
- Calline Sanchez, Vice President, IBM Systems Services & Technical, IBM
- Ray Schey, Publisher, Phoenix Business Journal
- Sanjay Srinivasan, VP & Chief Technology Architect, Vonage
- Carol A. Stewart, Associate VP, Tech Park Arizona, University of Arizona
- Jon Talcott, Attorney, Ballard Spahr LLP
- Jeff Unruh, Founding Principal, Alerion Capital Group
- Chuck Vermillion, CEO, AccountabilIT
- Sandra Watson, President and CEO, Arizona Commerce Authority
Emeritus Directors
- Todd Bankofier, CEO, Audio Eye
- David Beauchamp, Partner, Clark Hill PLC
- 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
- Stephen Fleming, UArizona Interim Administrative Director Center for Quantum Networks
- Mark Goldstein, President, International Research Center
- Ray Harris, Director, Fennemore Craig
- Don Henninger, Executive Director, SCOTT – Scottsdale Coalition of Today and Tomorrow
- Charles Jirauch, Esq., Partner, Global Southwest Capital
- Noah Kroloff, Deputy Chief of Staff, Department of Homeland Security
- Rod Lenniger, Executive Coach & Consultant, RAL Advisory Services
- Dan Mazzola, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor – Information Systems, ASU W.P. Carey School of Business
- Jon McGarity, Chief Executive Officer, Ethix Associates
- Kevin McHolland, Partner, EY
- James Powers, Chairman and CEO, Calibrus Call Center Services, LLC
- Mark Schonau, CPA, Chief Financial Officer, Matrix Medical Network
- Pat Stoner, SVP of Sales, Encora
- Sandra Watson, President & CEO, Arizona Commerce Authority
- Quinn Williams, Esq., Shareholder, Greenberg Traurig, LLP
- Robert Witwer, (Retired), Aerospace Advanced Technology, Honeywell