Jesse Carrillo is responsible for directing all corporate technology, strategy and standards for Hines worldwide. Jesse joined Hines in 1994 as a consultant to assist in the implementation of the firm\’s accounting and property management software. After being made a full-time employee in 1995, he was promoted to Director of Application Development in 2001, where he held the lead role in the implementation of Hines¹ ERP system. He took over the responsibility for Hines IT as CTO in 2007 and later promoted to CIO in 2009. Mr. Carrillo completed undergraduate studies at Trinity University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science, and received his Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio.

Mr. Carrillo is a member of the National Society of Hispanic MBA’s (NSHMBA), CIO Executive Council, Greater Houston Partnership’s Cybersecurity Task Force, Houston Society of Information Management (SIM) and serves on the Realcomm International Advisory Council after having served as co-chair in 2010. He was a featured writer for the book, Building a Green IT Team, part of the Inside the Minds series from Aspatore Publishers. He is also a strong supporter of promoting Youth In IT through his involvement with the Genesys Works (http://www.genesysworks.org) and Citizen Schools (http://www.citizenschools.org) programs.

Joe is responsible over all of CITGO’s Information Technology and Security operations.  Joe has over 35 years of IT experience supporting the Oil and Gas Industry.   Prior to being named CIO Joe has held multiple positions in IT with responsibilities over application teams that support Finance, HR, Hydrocarbon Supply Chain, Mid-Office, Marketing, and various other business units.  Joe was also responsible for CITGO’s ERP System.  Joe also has managed the Technical Infrastructure and Operations teams with responsibilities including the Enterprise Network, Servers & Storage, Workstations and Strategic planning over IT Infrastructure and Cloud based applications. 

Joe is a member of the Computer Science Industry Advisory Board at Oklahoma State University and a Board Member of the Gutierrez Energy Management Institute for the University of Houston.  Joe is the past Chair for the American’s SAP User Group Oil & Gas Special Interest Group.   Joe is a member of the Society of Information Management, Houston Chapter.   Joe holds a BS in Computer Science from Oklahoma State University and a MBA from the C.T. Bauer College of Business at the University of Houston. 

With over twenty eight years in the information technology field, Myra Davis is the Sr. Vice President at Texas Children\’s Hospital. Currently as the Sr.VP of Information Services, Myra has the responsibility to enhance the operation and services of the IS department by maintaining on-going emphasis on customer values, project management, teamwork and implementation of successful operational practices. Her responsibilities include leading a management team of 5 and a staff of 350. Myra is involved with IS Project Management Office, IS Internal Controls, Enterprise Applications both Clinical and Epic Support, Enterprise Business Systems, Infrastructure Technology Solutions, Customer Support and Health Information Management (HIM).

Myra is innovative and accustomed to a heavy workload while possessing strong communication and leadership skills. In addition, she has the ability to successfully work with Senior Management and Executives and is skilled in project planning, team building and an adept negotiator. She has proven ability to produce project results that meet or exceed client’s expectations.

Myra is on the Strategic Advisory Board for HDI – Help Desk Institute; CHIME – College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and the Health Information Exchange Advisory Committee (HIE).

Prior to joining A&M, Ms. Day was the Chief Information Officer for Sysco Corp., a Fortune 100 company. There, she focused on IT strategic planning efforts that led to a business transformation which included a centralized, standard approach across business processes with a shared-services objective.

She also led strategic change initiatives to develop Sysco\’s first mobile applications, consolidation and hosting of infrastructure, as well as staff augmentation and managed service delivery models. Ms. Day served as a member of the executive risk management committee and the executive risk owner for data protection, cyber security and information technology availability.

Other areas of focus included vendor management / contract negotiation, software selection, enterprise data warehouse strategy, organization design and movement from decentralized to centralized IT delivery / management, as well as migration of custom applications to best-of-breed application model and to SAP as the foundational ERP.

Ms. Day currently holds leadership positions on two non-profit boards, Women and Foodservice Forum and Genesys Works Houston. Both organizations represent her commitment to the development of youth and women.

Ms. Day earned a bachelor\’s degree in business management from Our Lady of the Lake University.

Gene Janiszewski founded the Paradigm Group Inc.in November of 2003 after a 27-year track record in information Systems. Paradigm Group, Inc. is a Professional and Executive Technology Search Firm focusing on finding qualified technology resources primarily for the Texas market. Prior to starting the Paradigm group, Mr. Janiszewski held positions as IT Partner/CIO with Sirius Solutions, Senior Director of Technical Services with Sysco Foods, IT Director of Vericenter, and SAP Worldwide, Director/CIO/Vice President of Information systems with Radisys/Texas Micro. Gene is the current President of the SIM (Society of Information Managers) Houston Chapter; Past President of the AITP(Association of Information Technology Professionals) Houston Chapter and Region 3 AITP Director of Conferences and 6 years Student Chapter Liaison. He also served as Board Member of the MIT Enterprise forum, member of the GHP and HTC Economic development committees, Co-Chair of the HTC Tech Champs Group, as well as Director and speaker for the Senior Managers Central Job Ministry group.

As Chief Information Officer, Melanie Kirkwood Ruiz is responsible for several critical areas of ABM’s business, including the optimization of ABM’s IT infrastructure to enable greater business innovation; enhancement of service delivery through client-facing technology and data-driven insights; modernizing IT organizations and operating models; Intelligent Automation; Data and Analytics; and development and execution of technology strategy that supports ABM’s business transformation at both the enterprise and line-of-business levels.

Melanie is a progressive technology leader with 20 years of experience across diverse industries, including technology, commercial real estate, manufacturing, healthcare and aviation. She joins ABM from Cushman & Wakefield technology group, where she was responsible for developing and executing the technology strategy in the Americas. She has an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management and both a Master’s and Bachelor’s in Engineering from Cornell University

Paul Krueger has been a Vice President/Chief Information Officer for over 20 years responsible for the Information Technology (IT) at a number of large multi-billion dollar manufacturing companies or divisions. These include JB Poindexter, Inc; Stewart & Stevenson; GE Oil & Gas; Vetco International; and ABB Oil & Gas. Earlier in his career, he also held senior IT management positions at AlliedSignal Filters & Spark Plugs (Autolite & FRAM) and TRW Automotive. Paul has a Master\’s Degree in Information Systems from DePaul University and a Bachelor\’s Degree in Business Administration from the University of Iowa

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McNeil is responsible for enhancing and overseeing McKesson’s information and operational technology security strategy program, as well managing information security governance. He will also ensure the execution of McKesson’s cybersecurity strategy across the enterprise.

McNeil has an extensive background in cybersecurity and significant experience in the healthcare industry. Most recently, he served as the Global Product & Security Officer for Royal Philips where he deployed consistent processes across the entire portfolio of healthcare products and services. He has also held senior leadership positions at Medtronic, Liberty Mutual Group, Pitney Bowes, and Reynolds & Reynolds.

Michael holds several board and executive member positions, including the Healthcare and Public Health Sector Coordinating Council (HSCC) Executive Committee, the Health Information Sharing and Analysis Center (H-ISAC), the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) and the Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI). He has also provided expert testimony before Congress on matters concerning cybersecurity and data privacy.

In October 2020, Michael joined the Board of Directors for Medcrypt.

Michael holds an MBA from Northwestern University, J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Illinois.

Michael and his wife, Devita, are the proud parents of two children and are doting grandparents. Michael is an avid listener of Smooth Jazz and he loves traveling to jazz festivals in his spare time.

Tom leads the Sysco Technologies organization. Before joining Sysco, Tom served as Executive Vice President, Chief Information and Digital Officer, at Ingram Micro, a global leader in technology distribution, supply chain services and cloud solutions. 

With more than 20 years of technology leadership experience, Tom’s background includes leading enterprise information technology strategy, services, operations, risk and cybersecurity for large global enterprises, including transformation and digital commerce strategy focused on the use of data, advanced analytics and emerging technologies to enhance the customer and associate experience.

Prior to Ingram Micro, Tom held similar information technology leadership positions with AECOM, Levi Strauss & Co., MGM Resorts (formally MGM MIRAGE) and General Electric-owned NBC Universal’s global entertainment business unit. He began his career in the U.S. Marine Corps after graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy. Tom served as a Captain and Financial Management Officer.

Anup Sharma currently serves as executive group director, Information and Digital Delivery for the Worley Group. In this role, he is responsible for leading an integrated and connected information, cybersecurity, data and applied intelligence, and technology group dedicated to delivering Worley\’s data-centric and technology enabled future.

Prior to this position, he was senior vice president, Global Business Services for LyondellBasell, one of the world’s largest plastics, chemicals, and refining companies. In this role he was responsible for leading the company’s digital strategy as well as the company’s information technology and procurement functions. Before LyondellBasell, Anup spent over 20 years at General Electric (GE) in several leadership assignments including Vice President and GE Officer, Digital; Global Chief Information Officer, Oil and Gas; and GM of Digital Productivity, where he implemented digital capabilities across all of GE’s industrial businesses.

Anup holds a Bachelor of Science degree in computer information science and business management from Huntington University in Indiana, is a graduate of GE’s Information Technology Leadership Program (ITLP) and is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt. He serves on the Board of Advisors at Rice University’s Jones Graduate School of Business and is on the board of directors for the March of Dimes, Houston.

Diego Fonseca de Souza, is currently the Cummins Inc. Executive Director and Global Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, he is strategic thought leader adept at safeguarding the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of company data, information systems, and operational technology (OT). He also has a proven aptitude for aligning Cyber Security hardware, software, and policies with corporate strategy. Skilled at planning, delivering, and managing global information security initiatives designed to thwart internal and external threats, Diego is Collaborative team mentor with the ability to build the best talent and inspire people through his leadership.

Diego also served as United Airline\’s Managing Director, responsible for United\’s global core security technologies where he focused on developing world-class security strategies and standards across the technology and digital organization. He has also served as a Senior Director for GE Oil & Gas, where he was responsible for leading the global IT security team in charge of driving efforts to maintain security controls around global GE Oil & Gas sites while also looking to new technologies and opportunities to enhance the business\’s security aspects. 

While in Brazil Diego has served as the Brazilian IT manager for Dresser business, leading the IT department in South America, joining GE through an acquisition in 2011 and has subsequently held several strategic roles, including participation in the honored GE leadership and career acceleration program called Corporate Audit Staff (CAS). Diego started his career at Hitechno, a family-based company in Brazil as the network administrator; subsequently, in 2003, he joined INPE (Brazilian government department) working on network security and as an administrator, providing incident response and security management to that organization. Diego is married with his wife Flavia and they have an adorable daughter, Lara, they are located in Houston, Texas.

Clif Triplett most recently completed his assignment in the Obama Administration where he was recruited to the Federal Government to address the cybersecurity challenges brought to light by the US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) breach of 21.5M individuals background investigation records.  Clif served as one of eight Presidential Executive Fellows brought in from industry to assist in the remediation of significant government issues, in this case, Clif was tasked with cybersecurity.

Prior to his service with the US Government, Clif worked in many major US companies to include General Motors, Motorola and Baker Hughes in a variety of senior leadership positions. In each case, he was asked to assist those organizations in major transformations.

He was brought into General Motors by the CEO and CIO to standardize manufacturing processes and systems, and concurrently those associated with all aspects of quality across GM’s 600 manufacturing facilities.  At Motorola he was once again brought in by the CEO. He served as the General Manager for Global Services and was tasked to create the global service organization and market identity not previously existing.  At Baker Hughes, he was brought into the company by the CEO and COO to facilitate the transformation of the company from a collection of company entities across the globe operating in a holding company fashion, to a single corporation with a single face to the customer.  Also led the evolution of remote digital service operations, and within his organization, led the team responsible all remote horizontal drilling and well monitoring.

Clif is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point and earned a Masters in Computer Information Systems from Boston University.

Aakrati is a Director of Identity and Access Management, Cyber Security at Baker Hughes. She started her career as a consultant and held various roles in increasing responsibility for Acquisitions & Integrations, ERP, Sales and Operations, Finance and Cyber Security. She has over 20 years of experience in building global high-performance teams focused on strategy, execution, and customer experience. She is exceptional at driving change in complex organizations, connecting business needs with technology. She won a “Women and Technology award in Manufacturing Process Excellence”, “Excellence award for significant impact on business operations” and is Six Sigma Green Belt certified. Originally from India, she holds a master’s degree in computer engineering from Cleveland State University, is PMP Certified, CISM certified, a certification from Stanford University in IT Benchmarking and currently resides with her family in Houston.

Trent Aulbaugh is based in the Houston Office and is a core member of Egon Zehnder’s Global Industrial Practice Group where he focuses on senior management roles across the energy and broader industrial sector. Trent also leads the firm’s CIO Practice for the Industrial Group in North America. Prior to joining Egon Zehnder International, Trent was a Director with Alvarez and Marsal Business Consulting where he led strategy engagements. Prior to joining Alvarez and Marsal, Trent founded and led the Strategy and Transformation Service-line for BearingPoint’s Global Energy Practice. Earlier in his career, Trent was a Senior Manager with Arthur Andersen, Global Strategy Manager for Compaq’s Desktop Division and a Senior Analyst with First Data.

Sean is a seasoned cross-functional leader with over 20 years of progressive experience in Digital Strategy, Leadership Development, Operational Excellence, HR, HSE, and ESG.

Over the past 15 years, Sean has had the opportunity to lead and be a part of the acquisition and integration of close to 50 companies as well as going through two initial public offerings of oilfield services companies.

His passion and desire to blend aspects of Leadership Development with service execution to ensure optimal outcomes has empowered individuals and teams to consistently deliver far above expectations.

Keith Bethel has worked for Fairfield Geotechnologies since 2017, joining the company as the Chief Information Officer. He has worked in information technology for over 20 years in increasing levels of responsibility and scope covering systems, development, quality assurance, network engineering, security, process improvement, team building, and IT leadership. Beginning in 2019, he has assumed the role of Chief Information & Administrative Officer where he oversees IT, HR, compliance, and all administrative functions. He has a BS in management and marketing from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and an MBA from the Haslam School of Business at the University of Tennessee.

Edward Block has over 20 years of experience as an information security professional, primarily focused on the effects of emerging law on personal privacy at the state, federal and international level. Edward has assisted and managed technical teams performing all aspects of information security, including credentialing functions, firewall and IDS deployment and monitoring, and penetration testing. Edward has also developed information security policies, standards and guidelines that balance protection of information assets with legal and functional requirements. 

As an attorney, Edward uses his security knowledge to ensure clients are in compliance with state, federal and international regulations. He also counsels clients to ensure they are prepared in the event of a security breach and provides guidance on their cyber insurance needs.  

As the former chief information security officer for the state of Texas, Edward understands the challenges that organizations face as they address emerging cybersecurity threats.

Edward holds numerous certifications in the security and privacy community, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM), Certified Information Privacy Professional/Government (CIPP/G), Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) and Certified Ethical Hacker (CEH).

Mike Coogan is the Director of Information Security for Waste Management Inc., North America\’s leading provider of integrated environmental solutions.  Mike joined Waste Management in 2012, bringing over 20 years of broad experience to drive all aspects of the information security program at WM.  In this role, he has international responsibility for security strategy, architecture, policy and standards, awareness, GRC, compliance and all of the underlying IT systems such as identity management, information protection, and threat management. 

Mike has earned a Master\’s of Science degree from the University of California at Irvine, and an MBA from the University of Illinois at Chicago.  He is certified as a CISSP and a CISM.

Winner of the 2020 Houston CIO of the Year® ORBIE® Award, George Crawford is responsible for directing all technology, innovation & transformation, strategy, merger/acquisition integration, and cyber security for Catapult Energy Services portfolio companies. He joined Catapult in 2013 as Partner and CIO/CISO helping create the shared services platform company that was the foundation for the five OFS companies he helped start. Mr. Crawford was interim President and COO for Roywell LLC from 2018 – 2020, a Catapult acquisition. He has been consulting with and helping Private Equity groups create shared services foundation companies for over 20 years.  

Mr. Crawford grew up in Houston and completed undergraduate studies at University of Houston where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in Management Information Systems with honors. He has served on many boards and advisory councils and currently serves as BOD President Emeritus for Houston Chapter of Society of Information Management (SIM), VP for ISACA Houston Chapter, Board Member for Hint Global Investments, member of LSC-UP’s President’s Community Advisory Council and on advisory boards for HBU, U of H, Lone Star College, Genesys Works, Cyber Houston and the NSF. As a member of the Greater Houston Cybersecurity Council, he works with C-Suites and BODs to help their companies and organizations ensure cyber preparedness.

He believes that we all have the ability to help others change their stars and is a strong supporter of our youth’s STEM based education, serves as a mentor for multiple education groups and agencies, and as a Co-Chair of SIM’s Golf Charity event and Outreach committees. George is an active speaker and panelist, and has been recognized for his achievements by being named 2016 and 2019 Leader of the Year by Society for Information Management.

Jamey Cummings was formerly Senior Client Partner in Korn Ferry’s Global Technology Practice. He co-lead’s the Firm’s Global Cybersecurity Practice and is also a member of the Firm’s Information Officers Practice.

Mr. Cummings is a recognized leader in advising organizations on the recruitment, assessment, development, and retention of information technology as well as information security & risk management talent at all levels, including the Board of Directors. His clients range from large global corporations to high growth entrepreneurial companies, spanning all industries. In addition to Chief Information Officers, Chief Information Security Officers, and their key leaders, he also recruits cybersecurity consultants for leading professional services firms as well as top executives for cybersecurity technology companies and managed security services providers. He is based in the Firm’s Dallas office.

Prior to Korn Ferry, Mr. Cummings served as an associate principal in the industrial, supply chain, and transportation & logistics practices of another leading executive search firm, where he executed senior executive search assignments for both public and private equity-backed companies. He also served clients in the consumer & retail, technology, government & defense, biotechnology, and education sectors.

Prior to his career in executive search, Mr. Cummings was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in Dallas, where he worked on a wide variety of projects with clients in the aerospace & defense, consumer finance, telecommunications, oil & gas, pharmaceuticals, healthcare and education industries.
Earlier in his career, he served nine years with distinction as an officer in the U.S. Navy\’s SEAL teams.

He earned a master’s degree in business administration from Stanford University, and graduated with merit with a bachelor of science in aeronautical engineering from The United States Naval Academy.

Robyn Doughtie serves as the Director of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for Fort Bend County. Since assuming this role, Robyn has led a comprehensive organizational restructuring to make the department more customer-focused, strategically aligned, and responsive to the County’s growing technology needs. She oversees a dedicated and diverse team responsible for delivering services across Application Development and System Support, Project Management, IT Infrastructure, Information Security, Desktop Support, and Server Operations.

Robyn is a strong advocate for strategic planning and has implemented forward-looking initiatives that support innovation, operational efficiency, and long-term technology growth. She is equally passionate about leadership development and empowering employees at every level, fostering a culture of continuous learning, accountability, and professional growth throughout the department.

With more than 25 years of experience across local government, oil field services, and software consulting, Robyn brings deep technical expertise and a collaborative leadership style. Her career began in 1999 as a Programmer/Analyst at Harris County Central Technology Center. She joined Fort Bend County in 2009, advancing to Software Developer/Technical Lead, and was promoted in 2016 to Applications and Systems Programming Manager, overseeing all software applications used across County departments.

Robyn is a graduate of Oklahoma State University with a degree in Management Information Systems and a minor in Human Resource Management.  She also holds a Master’s degree in Engineering and Technology Management also from Oklahoma State University.

In 2023, Robyn was honored with the Houston CIO of the Year ORBIE Award – Enterprise, recognizing her excellence in technology leadership. She is also committed to youth empowerment and STEM advocacy and serves as a member of the Houston CIO Advisory Board, working alongside industry peers to shape the future of IT leadership.

Trusted IT strategic leader with over 20 years of experience adapting and innovating technologies to improve operational excellence. A passion to modernize and transform current operations with next generation functionality. Confident in balancing technical skill with business strategic initiatives to deliver value. Industry experience in manufacturing, financial, logistics, higher education, and service-oriented organizations.

Stephanie Franklin-Thomas is a senior information technology executive with over 24 years of experience assisting public and privately held companies in a variety of industries transform and protect their businesses worldwide. Stephanie’s career reflects a demonstrated track record in leading successful large-scale technology focused transformation initiatives, optimizing technology enablement to support business initiatives in complex, global business environments, and executing M&A transactions across the deal lifecycle in domestic and global markets. She also brings deep corporate governance experience through her work with corporate boards, including audit, risk and compliance committees and is qualified to serve on audit committees as a regulatory compliance expert.

Currently Stephanie is the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer of ABM Industries, a leading provider of facilities solutions with revenues of over $6B and over 130,000 employees in 300+ offices deployed throughout the United States and various international locations. As ABM’s first CISO Stephanie is credited with driving security strategy and transformation with a specific emphasis on the development of a risk based fit-for-purpose program. 

Prior to joining ABM, Stephanie has held various executive level positions at multibillion dollar firms.  She is the former Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer of Motiva Enterprises, a Downstream oil and gas company that is the fully owned affiliate of Saudi Aramco with over $33B in sales revenue and the former IT Controller, Digital Technology at BakerHughes, a GE company, Oilfield services company with $12B annual revenue where she was responsible for all aspects of the IT Controllership/Governance function.  Within these roles she led several enterprise-wide transformation initiatives focused on strengthening the organizational security posture to adapt to changing cybersecurity threats.  She was a key member of internal management committees including Cybersecurity, Enterprise Risk Management, and Information Technology and is a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DE&I) champion holding positions board seats on the Corporate Women’s council and diversity network to elevate diversity and women’s issues and foster an inclusive work environment during her tenure at both organizations.

Stephanie spent the bulk of her career in advisory consulting at Pricewaterhouse and EY, where she spent over 10 years with increasing responsibility. She provided professional services to public and privately held companies on regulatory compliance, business transformation, cybersecurity incident and response preparation, and merger and acquisition IT integration.

She is a member of the St. Luke’s Hospital board of directors, and previously Stephanie served as the former vice chair of the of the Cybersecurity Committee of the Operational Planning, Control & Automation Technologies (OPCAT) division of the American Fuel and Petrochemical Manufacturers board. the NAACP\’s Afro-Academic, Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics (ACT-SO) board of directors where she chaired the Finance and Accounting Committee.  Due to the fluidity of the technology space Stephanie is also affiliated with numerous professional and industry associations.

Stephanie attended University of Texas at Austin and received both her bachelors and Master of Business Administration degrees in Management/Finance from Our Lady of Lake University.  Additionally, she received her doctoral degree from the University of Northcentral Arizona in Organizational Development and Leadership. She is a published author, and frequent speaker on Cybersecurity and D&I topics, a Certified Information Systems Auditor, and a lifetime member of the National Black MBA Association.  

As the Global ERP Leader for Power & Water, Jorge is responsible for building and leading the execution of the global ERP portfolio across all business units, a significant business transformation focused on creating the next generation of Digital capabilities. 
Jorge brings significant global IT leadership experience and an excellent track record of success in the areas of revenue-generating solutions, processes and operational excellence, business process improvement and acquisition integration.

Jorge joined GE in 1998 as Project Engineer in Mexico and has held multiple IT leadership roles with increasing responsibility, in different countries, at GE Transportation, GE Aviation, GE Oil & Gas and GE Power. In his most recent role, he served as CIO for Drilling & Surface in Oil & Gas, where he led the team through multiple acquisitions integrations, ERP simplification, services digitization, and customer-facing programs. In addition, Jorge led Global Supply Chain IT and the Brilliant Factories initiative across the entire business. He also served as Board Member at the OFS-Portal, an organization in charge of advancing electronic commerce standards in the Upstream Oil & Gas industry.

Jorge earned his bachelor of engineering degree in Computer Science, with minors in Telecommunications and Mathematics, at the Institute of Technology in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. He is a graduate of the Experience Information Management Program (EIMP) and he is an active member of the GE Hispanic Forum.

Terry Janis has over 20 years of experience in providing vision, leadership and development of strong talent to support IT systems, telecommunications and business operations within Healthcare, Oil & Gas, and ecommerce industries. For the past four years working for Dell Services, Terry is responsible for heading up the IT operations of the four Tenet Healthcare hospitals in Houston covering the implementation of multi-million dollar projects meeting the \”meaningful use\” criteria for the ARRA HITECH Act.

Russell Jukes, vice president of Application Development, oversees the strategic delivery of all IT projects and business applications of DXC Technology’s IT global function. Utilizing his long history of experience-driven processes and innovative techniques, he drives DXC IT’s digital footprint across the organization. Mr. Jukes is responsible for managing the world-class delivery of applications to provide our people with the technology and simplified processes that are digitally changing how DXC runs its business. Driven by automation and agile techniques, these applications enable a more productive workforce by offering leading edge, consumer grade technologies to make it easier to work at DXC. These services help strengthen DXC’s position as the world’s largest provider of information technology services and solutions to organizations of all sizes. With more than 20 years of experience, Mr. Jukes is a globally experienced IT executive with a history of delivering results. He is exceptionally strong in core IT principles and financials, digital transformations, mergers and acquisitions, end user experience, project management, and C-suite business relationship management. Mr. Jukes has a history of proven leadership in driving large scale strategic change initiatives and optimizing IT costs, while building high performing teams. Mr. Jukes has a passion for collaborative strategic planning and problem solving utilizing advanced IT solutions. Prior to DXC, Mr. Jukes worked as senior director of IT Infrastructure and Operations for Hewlett-Packard Enterprise (HPE). Prior to HPE, he held numerous positions in global IT service management and transformation, and data center and application consolidation. Mr. Jukes serves on the Board of Advisors for Adapt Ideations – a leading asset intelligent management company developing solutions for high value and temperature sensitive assets within the global supply chain. Mr. Jukes now resides in Houston, Texas with his wife and three kids. Mr. Jukes earned a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Liverpool, UK

Steve Kendrick is President of KER Partners, LLC.  His background includes over 25 years of successful retained executive search industry and corporate recruitment professional experience. This experience includes leading successful search engagements and client relationships across commercial industry segments including financial services, payment systems, consumer retail, online-eCommerce, logistics-transportation, industrial, pharmaceutical and healthcare.  He has served industry leading clients including global Fortune 500 multinationals, mid-cap-mid-market public/private firms, as well as private equity backed portfolio companies.

Prior to KER Partners, Steve was a partner at Heidrick & Struggles’ Dallas office and a key member of the firm’s global Information Technology Officers Practice.  He was also a Principal at Spencer Stuart and an Executive Director at Russell Reynolds Associates previously. He also served as president of a Dallas-based retained executive search boutique specializing in recruiting IT executive leaders and CIOs.

Prior to entering executive search, Steve spent six years with EDS Corporation, performing both technical and professional recruiting, as well as providing recruitment training and counsel on employment-related issues.  He began his career as a district manager with PepsiCo’s Frito-Lay, where he was responsible for sales management and operations.

Steve is an active speaker and panelist at key industry forums on topics including executive IT leadership development, career management and succession planning.  He is a member of the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC) and the Society for Information Management (SIM).

Steve earned his undergraduate degree in business from Jacksonville State University in Alabama, along with graduate studies at the University of Texas in Dallas.

Murshid is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer. Mr. Khan joined the Agency in 2016. His responsibilities include managing the development, maintenance and support of the Agency’s information systems, data processing, technology infrastructure, and operations. Prior to joining the Agency, Mr. Khan was the President and CIO at RealTek Holdings and the CIO for Stewart Information Services Corporation for 8 years where he led a large-scale IT transformation. Mr. Khan also held executive level IT positions at Disney and other public companies. Mr. Khan holds an Electrical Engineering degree from the Florida Institute of Technology.

Keith Landau is a Managing Director in Information Technology Services at Deloitte.  As a Chief Technology Director he leads the Relationship Management Group supporting the FSS in the US MF.   

Prior to joining Deloitte, Keith held senior IT roles with a number of organizations including Waste Management, Monster Worldwide, and Ernst & Young LLP.  Keith has led large, distributed global teams and is passionate about team building, mentoring and leadership. 

As a community leader, Keith contributes actively to the Boy Scouts of America.  He is the Scoutmaster of Troop 89 and is a founder and assistant scoutmaster of the first Scouts BSA Troop for girls in his town, The Woodlands, TX.  He also holds district level roles and leads events at the Houston Council level. Keith volunteers his free time mentoring youth in leadership and life skills using the outdoors as the classroom.

Sindhu Menon joined City of College Station as the Chief Information Office in March 2018. She heads the Information Technology Department at the City, the central IT organization, and provides leadership to technology initiatives at the City. Sindhu is a trusted advisor to City Council, City Manager and City leadership on all technology matters.

Sindhu brings more than 25 years of business transformation experience to the position. She has spent her career helping organizations transform their business operations, first as a business analyst and then leading multidisciplinary teams that re-engineered business operations, implemented enabling technologies, and transformed core culture. She is considered an expert in digital strategy and major technology implementations including but not limited to ERP such as SAP.  She has worked on multiple initiatives including digital transformation projects, building a sustainable Cyber Security Program, IOT & SMART City initiatives, and robust Data Science/Intelligence programs.

Sindhu has an extensive background in IT and Public Sector. Prior to joining City of College Station, Sindhu served as Director of ERP and as Enterprise Data Officer for City of Houston. Sindhu also held leadership positions at City of Dallas, TX and Government of Ontario, Canada.

Before starting her career in public sector, Sindhu worked in the private sector for more than 12 years, as consultant for customers in the manufacturing, energy, insurance and banking industries.

As a business technology leader with a passion for forming high-performing teams, Hellmut’s key strength is addressing concurrently the organizational, business and technology challenges resulting from business transformation and IT department turn-around projects. As Director, Global Data Center and Solution Engineering Services for Intertek PLC, a global leader in the quality and safety services industry, he manages hybrid cloud delivery services for 170 global applications supporting Intertek\’s Assurance, Testing, Inspection and Certification business, and leads IT solution engineering for cloud services, standardized IT solutions as well as digitalization, business intelligence, application consolidation, security and mobility projects. At FMC Technologies, Hellmut implemented and operated a IT partnership model with Western Hemisphere business units to drive IT business value; he and his team were accountable for all business process support, application and infrastructure services and, using Lean techniques, Hellmut improved throughput and on-time delivery while reducing backlog, quality escapes and cost per user. At BJ Services, Hellmut formed and led the Enterprise Infrastructure organization to provide cost-effective, dynamic, follow-the-sun support of oil field services operations, critical business systems and IT incidents. He and his team realized 25% in IT cost savings without affecting service levels. At Cooper Industries, Hellmut led the Enterprise Business Systems (EBS) technology and operations function including consumption-based outsourcing services with SAPHosting. He was responsible for global application and infrastructure architecture, services and standards supporting a global business transformation based on SAP solutions. Hellmut started his technology career with Cap Gemini in the SAP practice and completed 25 SAP project cycles including early adoptions of SAPMarkets, SAP BW and BI Accellerator, SAP Portals, SAP CRM, SAP Retail and IS/Steel.

Vikas Parikh was formerly the Chief Architect at LyondellBasell where he ran enterprise architecture, emerging technologies, IT strategy and IT finance for LyondellBasell worldwide. He joined LyondellBasell in Dec 2019, prior to which he was a Sr Director in the Mergers & Acquisitions and transformation practice at EY advising clients on strategy, execution and transformation on all facets of M&A and turnarounds. Prior to that, Vikas worked at GE Oil & Gas where he was responsible for defining & executing strategy to successfully integrate over $13B in acquisitions (including Baker Hughes), divestitures & JVs over 16 transactions ranging $10m – $9B in revenues, bringing over 50K employees globally. He also held infrastructure, operations & applications responsibilities for two product lines with $7B revenue.

He has previously held the following positions:

CIO – Public Investments, GE Asset Management

Program Manager – Alternative Investments & Finance ERP Systems, GE Asset Management

Progressive roles – Software Engineer, Project Manager, Account Manager, Syntel Inc

Vikas is a seasoned thought leader with an entrepreneurial spirit & over 25 years of progressive leadership roles across M&A, IT strategy, operations, process transformation & application development.

Vikas graduated with a B.S. degree in electronics engineering from Mumbai university & MBA from NC State in MIS and eCommerce.

In 2015, Computerworld & IDG honored Vikas as one of the Premier 100 IT global leaders for his accomplishments.

Nick Parrotta is the President of Digital Transformation Solutions and the Chief Digital and Information Officer at HARMAN, a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.  Nick is a member of the Senior Leadership Committee (SLC).?

As the President, Nick is responsible for leading the day-to-day operations and financial performance of HARMAN\’s DTS (Digital Transformation Solutions) business which focuses on building IP platforms, end to end customized outsourced solutions and product engineering services.

DTS employees over 7000+ diverse workforce and partners with Enterprises, Telco’s, OEMs, Chipset Vendors, and Technology partners across the globe. Leading with its design led solutions, deep domain expertise and superior delivery capabilities, DTS works with over 200 customers from a variety of industries across Industrial, Healthcare and Communications.

As CDIO, Nick is responsible for building diverse digital talent, driving strategic vision, speed of innovation, operational excellence, benefits realization, and cyber protection across HARMAN.

Nick is a recognized digital thought leader and serves on several boards including HARMAN’s Experiences Per Mile Advisory Council , Cisco Global Customer Advisory Board, Qlik Executive Advisory Board, and as awards chairman for NYCIO (InspireCIO chapter). 

Nick has been named “Global Technology Executive Who Matters” by HMG Strategy, Constellation Research Business Transformation 150, awarded the Drexel Lebow Top 50 Analytics , and named winner of the New York Global CIO of the Year ORBIE Award.

Nick joined HARMAN in 2017 with over 20 years of digital leadership experience, including with General Electric Company, Kaiser Permanente, IBM, and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Nick is a strong ally and supporter in all areas of diversity and inclusion and was recognized in 2020 and 2021 as one of the Nation’s Top 50 CIO/CTO by the National Diversity Council.

Nick is an active leader in giving back to his community and philanthropic charities.  He has been an executive sponsor and supporter for many important causes including the United Way, Local Food Banks, and Habitat for Humanity.

Nick earned his MBA from Southern Methodist University in Dallas and holds a Bachelor of Arts in psychology from St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y.

Greg Percival joined Carrizo Oil & Gas in early 2014 as the Vice President and Chief Information Officer.  Mr. Percival brings over 25 years of advanced technology and business management experience to Carrizo, with the past 10 years in executive management roles. He was with W&T Offshore, Inc. for the past eight years as their Vice President of Information Technologies where he directed several major strategic IT initiatives.  Prior to that, he was with Kraton Polymers as the Chief Information Officer and Clearsource, Inc. as their Director of Information Systems. Greg has a Masters of Administration in Technology Management from University of Phoenix and a Bachelors of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from University of Houston.

Mark has extensively recruited chief information officers, chief technology officers, chief information security officers and other senior IT leadership talent across varied vertical sectors including Industrial, Consumer, Life Sciences and Higher Education. His consultative approach to search encompasses talent strategy, organization design, search process and diversity recruiting. Mark ’s clients range from the Fortune 100 (McKesson, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, Boeing) to smaller high-growth companies (Under Armour, Regeneron, DirecTV) as well as prestigious public and private universities (Harvard, Rockefeller, University of Florida).

Before entering the search field, Mark developed and marketed information systems within the Financial Services and Higher Education sectors. He currently serves on the Advisory Committee for Columbia University\’s executive graduate program in Information Technology Management.

Mark frequently addresses conferences and writes on information technology and career management topics. He is the creator of the “Executive Career Counsel” column in CIO Magazine and on CIO.com. He is a member of the Society for Information Management (SIM) and has served as President of the New York Chapter. He sits on the Advisory Boards of The Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF), the national organization dedicated to fostering executive talent among African-American IT professionals, and HITEC, the Hispanic Information Technology Executive Council.

Mark holds a master’s degree in Computer Science from Pratt Institute and a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and Electrical Engineering from Union College.

Lenny Schad has been in the technology field for 25 years. During that time period, his career has taken him into many business sectors where he has established a very successful leadership and management track record. His range of business sector experience includes hospitality, government, oil & gas, investment banking, and education. Highlights of his career include managing and leading technology departments for the 1991 Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations and the 1992 Republican National Convention, as well as creating and managing technology departments for joint ventures and global organizations. He is a recognized leader whose innovative and process oriented management styles have led to highly effective Information Technology departments.

For the past 11 years, Mr. Schad has worked in the K-12 Education space and is currently CTIO for the nation’s 7th largest school district, Houston ISD. His recognitions include:
• National School Board Association\’s \”20 to Watch\” educators for 2008
• The Consortium of School Networking (CoSN) Volunteer Hall of Fame 
• CoSN 2011 National School District Team Award 
• CIO Leadership Forum “2011 Next Level Leadership Award” 
• CoSN 2013 Withrow Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Award Honorable Mention
Mr. Schad’s first book, Bring Your Own Learning: Transform Instruction with any Device, is scheduled to be published in February. 

Mark Seale joins the advisory board with more than 24 years of Information Technology experience culminating in being named a finalist for 2020 Corporate CIO of the Year in Houston.  Known as a hands on problem solver and leader of high performing teams, Mark has led IT Operations spanning specialized technology teams in the largest corporate environments to designing, implementing, and supporting full IT solutions for start-ups and PE backed M&A ventures.  Over the past dozen years Mark has specialized in healthcare with a focus on the security and compliance needs when dealing with the most precious asset, customer\’s private information.

Mr. Tayeh’ s career spans over 30 years of international business covering several industries: Oil & Gas; Manufacturing; and Aerospace. Recognized in the industry as a leader with the ability to analyze, simplify and transform businesses through information technology.

Experience in IT and business transformation at key market leaders in senior positions in charge of key decisions on innovation and new technology solutions. Recognized in the Oil & Gas / Engineering & Construction (EPC) industry as a leader with the ability to analyze, simplify and transform businesses through digital and information technology.For the past 20 years, Maurice have served as CIO for major international and Fortune 500 companies leading the charge of key decisions on innovation and new technology solutions. Maurice has led worldwide IT organizations of several hundred people with annual budgets of several hundred million Dollars.

In his current role at Hatch, Maurice lead the IT and Digital teams in major internal digital transformation initiatives. Among Maurice’s main responsibilities is the development and deployment of a major digital strategic initiative called “Digital Project Delivery”.

Prior to Hatch, Maurice held several positions in the Engineering & Construction Industry including the Global CIO at McDermott as well as the Group CIO at Technip (TechnipFMC now). Maurice began his career in the Aerospace industry where he held several positions at Loral Space & Communications; and Lockheed Martin. Maurice’s work in the Aerospace and Manufacturing industries was focused on Artificial Intelligence & Robotics.

Maurice is a regular speaker at global technology conferences.As a true global leader, Maurice is fluent in English, French and Arabic. He has lived and worked in various cities around the world including N. America, Europe, Middle East and Africa.

With over twenty years in the information technology field, Teresa Tonthat is the vice president of Information Services and also serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Texas Children’s, the largest pediatric hospital in the nation. She leads a team of over 230 technologists that deliver a resilient foundation enabling digital experiences while maintaining availability, reliability and security.

Teresa serves on multiple industry and technology advisory committees and is a faculty member of College of Healthcare Information Management Executives. 

A business-minded technology executive and change agent with over 20 years of success in Financial Services, including in the Fortune 100, I’m known for boldly exploring new frontiers to deliver swift, secure, and significant business transformation. A catalyst for introducing innovation to enable rapid growth, maximize value, and create competitive advantage, I was honored with the CIO of the Year ORBIE Award in 2022. As a trusted business partner, I enjoy building winning relationships with all stakeholders, aligning IT with business needs, and building consensus to orchestrate critical changes and position companies for multimillion-dollar growth opportunities. Adaptive and intuitive, I’m energized when developing individuals and teams so that they may break out of the norm, be creative and empowered, and produce astounding results.

As a lawyer for more than 25 years, Peter combines his technical and business background with his legal expertise to help companies with IT, Cyber intrusion, and Internet litigation, dispute resolution, and contract negotiation. Peter has been involved with the IT industry, Internet, and electronic data for his entire career. Prior to practicing law he worked as a mainframe programmer, systems analyst, and management consultant for companies acquiring IT and related services, and received a Masters’ in Computer Science.

Peter has clients in healthcare, international manufacturing, state & local government, utilities, blockchain, and eCommerce who often seek his advice about practical business issues relating to IT and the Internet, which often include cyber intrusions, colo sites, cloud solutions, ERP implementation projects, website business management, outsourcing, software patents, copyrights, and trade secret protection. Because he is a seasoned IT professional with an accounting and marketing background, Peter also often advises clients about financial and marketing issues regarding IT and the Internet. His experience as an Adjunct Professor in the Law of eCommerce keeps him current on the fast moving evolution of the cyber intrusions and the Internet. He writes a legal column for www.eCommerceTimes.com, and is often quoted in the media about Internet issues and crises. Peter’s blog on the Internet, IT, and eDiscovery is widely recognized for timely topics and thought-provoking ideas: www.vogelitlawblog.com

Peter guides clients through the legal, technology and business mazes of electronic evidence, cyber security & insurance, intellectual property, contracts, government regulation, and litigation. He assists many clients with ESI (Electronically Stored Information) issues and related creation, development and implementation of records retention policies.

Because of his unique background and knowledge, Peter is often appointed as a Special Master to assist Courts throughout the US with eDiscovery & ESI, Internet, eCommerce, Intellectual Property, and IT matters. Peter is a Co-Founder of the American College of e-Neutrals and a Board Member and Fellow of the Academy of Court Appointed Masters. The Judges in the US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania appointed Peter to the E-Discovery Special Master Panel. He also serves as a court ordered Mediator in eDiscovery & ESI, Internet, eCommerce, intellectual property, and computer technology litigation. For more than 30 years Peter has served as an Arbitrator for technology disputes and serves on the Board of Directors and is a TechList Member of the Silicon Valley Arbitration & Mediation Center.

Peter has also devoted a substantial amount of time and energy serving government agencies and non-profit organizations by addressing their computer, Social Media, and Internet issues. Peter served as Founding Chair for 12 years of the TEXAS SUPREME COURT Judicial Committee on Information Technology whose mission is to put Internet on the desktops of all 3,200 judges in Texas and implement state eFiling (txcourts.gov/jcit).

In 1994 Peter was President of the DALLAS BAR ASSOCIATION and also served on the Board of Directors of the STATE BAR OF TEXAS, where he served as Founding Chair of the Computer & Technology Section. Peter teaches courses on eDiscovery and the Law of eCommerce as an Adjunct Professor at the SMU DEDMAN LAW SCHOOL, and is on the founding Board of Advisors of the SMU Computer Law Review and Technology Journal.

The STATE BAR OF TEXAS gave Peter the Gene Cavin Award for Excellence in Continuing Legal Education in 2013, and a Lifetime Achievement Award for Promoting Technology in the Law in 2004. In addition, Peter is regularly recognized as one of America’s Leading Business Lawyers in CHAMBERS, a Best Lawyer in America, a Top Lawyer in Dallas, and a Texas Super Lawyer.

Management Consultant | Transforming Business Through Technology Houston Summary, Kathy works with companies to transform and optimize IT service delivery. She has an extensive experience leading complex business transformation and technology integration programs and serve as a director in A&M’s Technology Services practice. Her passion is building trusted relationships and collaborative teams to drive innovation and create business value.

Rob Zelinka is VP & Chief Information Officer for Jack Henry & Associates. Mr. Zelinka is a member of Jack Henry and Associates’ Corporate leadership team and is responsible for technology strategy, operations, processes, and leading a team of technology professionals at one of Forbes best places to work. He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of cloud operations, maintaining internal systems, data management strategy, and analytics across the reach of the company and for supporting the growth of Jack Henry and Associates’ business by partnering with the company\’s business units on technology and analytics-related revenue generating programs. During his 30 years in the Information Technology arena, Mr. Zelinka has served in a variety of leadership positions responsible for the delivery of information technology services to support business needs across the corporate enterprise. In his prior role as Director, Enterprise Infrastructure and Operations for TechnipFMC, a multi-billion-dollar company serving the energy sector, Mr. Zelinka led a global transformation of the IT operation which included the rationalization of human capital, technology, and applications supporting the creation of a globalized technology function. Previously, he was the former Head of Information Technology and Security for PROS, a data analytics software company located in Houston, TX. He managed the delivery of global technology refresh initiatives, digital transformation, and day-to-day operations for the company’s technology and external facing cloud operations teams. Rob is a member of the Society for Information Management (SIM) and holds several industry recognized certifications and accreditations