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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Board Officers

Chair

Michael Fowler
Vice President of IT, Florida Power & Light

Vice Chair

Deana Pizzo
CEO
IT Solutions of South Florida

Secretary

James Stepan
Managing Shareholder, Law Offices of James A. Stepan, P.A.

Treasurer

Rich Viens
CFO, PeakActivity

Executive Committee

Louis Balbirer
Principal, Kaufman, Rossin & Co.

Executive Committee

Tony Casciotta
CIO & VP of IT, Broward College

Executive Committee

David Coddington
Sr. VP of Business Development, Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance & TechGateway

Talent Chair

Mihai Fonoage
VP, Engineering
Modernizing Medicine

CEO (non voting)

Nikki Cabus
CEO, Tech Hub

Gender Diversity

  • Male
  • Female

Ethnic Diversity

  • Caucasian
  • Asian / Indian
  • Hispanic
  • African American

Geographic Representation

  • Palm Beach
  • Broward
  • Miami-Dade
  • Treasure Coast

Board Members

Glen Benjamin
Community Account Manager, LAN InfoTech

Kelly Boyle
Financial Advisor, Ameriprise Financial Services

Mike Conway
CTOBidtellect

Michael Corbit
Vice President
CareerSource Palm Beach

Andrew Duffell
President & CEO
Research Park at FAU

Cristina Escalante
COOThe SilverLogic

Rob Evans
Director of Business Development
CareerSource Broward

Chris Fleck
VP, Emerging Solutions, Citrix

Allie Hernandez
Partner Manager, Pure Storage

Howard Gitten
ShareholderLocke Lord

John Igoe
Shareholder
Locke Lord

Tammy Kennedy
PEO Senior Sales Specialist, Gallagher

Andrew Koenig
CEO, CITY Furniture

Grace Kurian
Senior Director, NextEra Energy

John Machado
CTO
United Kronos Group

John McLaughlin
Principal Field Engineer
Tintri

Robert Morcos
CEO
Social Mobile

Andy Parry
Vice President, IT
Office Depot

Martha Poulter
CIO
Royal Caribbean Cruises

Jeff Sturman
Senior Vice President
Memorial Healthcare System

Sheela VanHoose
Partner
The Southern Group

Christine Vanderpool
CISO
Florida Crystals

Rhys Williams
Co-Founder
MedicSmart

Jonathan Wolfe
Senior Director
AutoNation

Board Committees

Talent

Community

Startup

Membership

Founding Board of Directors

Board Members serving at least one year through 2015-2017

Aaron Wormus | Member
Alan Murphy Jr. | Chairman
Alyson Seligman | Member
AJ Ripin | Committee Chair
Brian Cartland | Ex-Officio Member
Bryan Conklin | Startup Council Chair
Chris Cook | Treasurer

Chris Nielson | Member
Clay Williams | Member
David Bates | Member
Frank Barbato | Member
Gabriel Goldstein | Vice Chairman
Gregg Weiss | Member
Henry Tavarez | Member

Jacqueline Grellinger | Member
Jim York | Member
John Studdard | Member
Kevin Hutchinson | Member
Michael Fowler | Committee Chair
Ryan Boylston | Member
Shawn Rowan | Ex-Officio Member