Board of Directors and Staff

Staff

Leann Jacobson
President
515-280-7700
leann@technologyiowa.org 		Jennifer O'Connor
Director of Programs and Events
515-280-7702
jennifer@technologyiowa.org

 

Media Contacts
Tamara Kenworthy, PCM, PRC
On Point Strategies
President
515.314.6568
tamara@on-pointstrategies.com 		David Splivalo
Freestyle Public Relations
President
515-223-4343
david@freestylepr.com

 

Officers
John-Paul Besong
CHAIR
Senior Vice President of e-Business and Lean Electronics, Rockwell Collins 		Dawn Ainger
SECRETARY/TREASURER
President, Genova Technologies
Doug Gumm
VICE CHAIRMAN
Vice President - Information Technology - FBL Financial Group 		Mark Kittrell
PAST CHAIR
CEO and President, Team Technologies

 

Board of Directors
Michael Bird
President, Spindustry Systems, Inc. 		Brad Brayton
Territory Manager - Iowa, IBM Corporation
Elisabeth Buck
Director, Iowa Workforce Development 		Jeff Cash Vice President & CIO - Mercy Medical Center
Todd Cione
District General Manager, Microsoft Corporation 		Wade DeWald
Senior Vice President, Sogeti
Scot Eberle
President, Fiberutilities Group 		Chuck Fritz
Vice President of Business Development - Source Allies Inc.
Al Hagaman Area Vice President - EMC Irving Hahn President, QCI
Wayne Hansen
President, CI3 		Judy Jeffrey Director, Iowa Department of Education

Terri Jensen
CIO, The Weitz Company

 R. Scott Johnson
Attorney - McKee, Voorhees & Sease, PLC
Paul Juffer
CPA and Partner, LWBJ

Eduardo Malamut
Manager of Business Application Systems in e-Business Operations, Rockwell Collins

Jim Masterson
CEO, LightEdge Solutions

Paul Melde
Vice President, Technology, Dice Holdings, Inc.

Matt Miller
President, MobileDemand

Steve Morrison
Executive Vice President and General Manager, Net Direct Systems, LLC

Brian Naaden
Chief Information Officer and Vice President, Iowa Telecom 		Sheldon Ohringer
CEO, Caleris
James Oliver
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Director of the Virtual Reality Applications Center and Cyber Innovation Institute, Iowa State University 		Steve Ovel
Executive Director, Kirkwood Community College
Art Peters Vice President - Information Technologies, ACT Max Phillips President - Iowa, Qwest
Steve Printz CIO and VP Supply Chain Management, Pella Corporation Brad Rasmussen
Senior Manager - Performance Engineering, GeoLearning
Gary Scholten Executive VP and CIO, Principal Financial Group Thomas Sharpe Associate Vice President for Economic Development, University of Iowa
Steve Waite
Chief Information Officer - Pioneer Hi-Bred International

Aaron Warner
CIO, Integrated DNA Technologies
Iacovos Zachariades
President and CEO, Global Reach Internet Productions