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Speaker Bios

Alan Kravitz

Enterprise Architect, US Telco/Service Provider Area, NetApp

Andrew Jackson

President, BravoTECH

Andrew S Pardue

VP Information Services, Dynamex, Inc.

Anne Lacey Holmes

Partner, TELLUS International

Austin Hutton

CISA, CISM, CGEIT,– Hutton Consulting

BJ Fineman

Personal and Executive Coach. Organizational Effectiveness Practice Lead, Slalom Consulting

Blake Holman

SVP & CIO, Ryan, LLC

Bob Zurek

Senior Vice President of Products, Epsilon

Brian Bonner

Vice President and Chief Information Officer, Texas Instruments Incorporated

Chris Boult

Vice President of Infrastructure & Data Services, Sabre Holdings

Chris Davis

Cloud Security and Compliance Product Manager, VCE

Chris Dill

Former CIO, Portland Trail Blazers

Christopher Rourk

Partner, Dallas Office, Jackson Walker, LLP

David Smith

Chief Executive Officer, HBMG Inc.

Derek Martin

Solution Architect – SharePoint and Cloud, Slalom Consulting

Diana Hennel

VP of Technology, Argo Data Resources Corp.

Diane Schwarz

Chief Technology Officer,Textron

Dora Cortinas

Senior Vice President and CIO, Brinker International

Dr. Mike Armour

SLDI Founder & President

Dwayne Melançon

Chief Technology Officer, Tripwire

Elizabeth Lions

Elizabeth Lions Consulting LLC Author of Recession Proof Yourself! and I Quit! Working For You Isn't Working For Me

Eric Russell

Director of Mobile Alchemy, a division of Catapult Systems

Heidi Collins

Author, Corporate Portals

Henry Yu

Sr Director, Network Technology and Chief Security Architect, tw telecom

Jack Becker

Associate Professor of Management Information Systems, Information Technology and Decision Sciences Department, College of Business, University of North Texas

Jake Sagehorn

Managing Director, Strategic Consulting & Analytics Inc. (SCA)

James Treadaway

Senior Security Engineer, South Central US, Imperva

Janet DeBerardinis

CIO, Caliber Collision Centers

Jason McEachern

Vice President of Technology, Wingstop

Jeff Shaffer

Senior Special Agent, U.S. Secret Service

Jeremy Tillman

CEO and Founder, TrainUp.com

Jerry Dake

Executive Director: Center for Decision & Information Technologies at University of North Texas

Jonathan Overton

Director, ITS Governance, Texas Health Resources

Justin Taylor

Business Intelligence Manager, StatSlice Systems

Karl Wachs

CIO, Haas Group International

Kevin Christ

Senior Director, Alvarez & Marsal Business Consulting, LLC

Kevin Dunn

Vice President - Infrastructure & Operations, First Command Financial Services, Inc.

Kris Rinne

Senior Vice President of Network Technologies, AT&T Labs

Kyle Maxwell

Senior Network Security Analyst, Verizon Business

Linda Myers

IT Management Consultant, Consolidated Electrical Distributors

Marc Hoppers

Founder & Managing Partner, Cogent Company, and Member, Center for Decision and Information Technology, University of North Texas

Maria Casanova

President, Maximum Learning & Consulting LLC

Mark BeMent

Chief Information Officer, Jackson Walker L.L.P.

Mark Hampton

Sr. Manager, Mobility, PepsiCo, Inc.

Mark Vaughn

Consulting Principal, Data Center Virtualization

Mary Sparks

Director of Compliance, ViaWest, Inc.

Nick Ockwell

Executive Vice-President & Chief Information Officer, Exeter Finance Corp

Pete Walsh

Principal Architect - Sports and Entertainment, AT&T Network Integrations (Former CIO, Dallas Cowboys)

Preston Doster

Practice Area Lead – Application Development, Slalom Consulting

Relle Howard

Vice President, IT Business Operations, Flowserve Corporation

Renee Baker Arrington

Senior Vice President, Pearson Partners International, Inc.

Rick Hellman

Sales Engineer, Nimble Storage

Sheri Jenkinson

Professional Coach / Change Agent, Ipseity Coaching & Consulting

Tracy Harris

Assistant Vice President of Technology, Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART)

Trent Sutton

Vice President & Partner, Credera

Trina Sauber

Director Mobility Center of Excellence, PepsiCo Global

Trude Van Horn

CIO, NCH Corporation

Valerie Freeman

Founder & CEO, Imprimis Group

Vicki Laurie

CIO, MedSynergies

Vivek Dixit

Partner & Global Practice Leader - IT Strategy & Innovation, Gartner for Enterprise Leaders

William R. Whitney III

Cyber Security and Compliance Manager, Garland Power & Light Operations