TechBirmingham’s board of directors is a who’s who list of technology executives and decision makers in all areas of the technology ecosystem. You can also view our full time team here.
Deon Gordon, President
CEO, TechBirmingham
Steve Sebastian, Chairman
Executive Director of IT/IS, Viva Health
Waymond Jackson, Vice President and Past Immediate Chair
Vice President, Workforce Development, Ed Farm
Matt Hottle, Treasurer
Founder & CEO, Redhawk
Lisa Kianoff, Secretary
Consultant
Mike Girouard, Assistant Secretary
Aesto Health, Executive VP of Sales
(*) bold indicates an executive committee member
Ben Branch
ITAC Solutions; Partner & Director, IT Solutions
Chase Morrow
Good Job; Cofounder
Deon Gordon
TechBirmingham; CEO
Kim Lee
Forge; Founder
Lisa Kianoff
(Consultant)
Martha Underwood
PNC; Head of Retail Software Engineering
Matt Hottle
Redhawk; Founder & CEO
Mike Girouard
Aesto Health; Executive Vice President of Sales
Sri Karra
Jefferson County; CIO
Steve Sebastian
Viva Health; Executive Director of IT/IS
Waymond Jackson
Ed Farm; CEO
Will Choat
Aruba Networks; Commercial Account Manager
Abby Guerin
Venture for America; Director of Birmingham at Venture for America
Ashlee Ammons
Mixtroz; Co-Founder
Cecilia Pearson
Babypalooza; CEO & Founder
Christopher Kramer
Brasfield & Gorrie; CIO
Curt Carver
UAB; CIO
David Gottlieb
Terane; CTO
Donnie Garvich
Shipt; Engineering Manager
Drew Honeycutt
Innovation Depot; CEO
Dustin Dew
Lakeshore Foundation; Director of Research Operations
Felicia Fortune
Your Kids Urgent Care; VP of Operations
Grant Woolwine
KEYSYS; Chief Commercial Officer
Hannah Wallace
Silicon Valley Bank; Director, Enterprise Agile Adoption and Evangelism
India Vincent
Burr & Forman; Partner
James Childs
Maynard Cooper; Partner
Jay Brandrup
Kinetic; Principal
Jeff Liles
Harbert Management Corporation; CIO
Joe Dunsmore
BCBS of Alabama; Deputy CIO
Josh Carpenter
Southern Research; President & CEO
Julie Stein
CGI; Vice President Corporate Services at CGI
Justin Tanner
Verizon; Director, State & Local Government Affairs
Keith Owens
CSpire; Vice President, Enterprise Sales for Alabama
Larry Pirkle
Warren Averett; Partner
Libby Romano
Alabama Power; Digital Strategy Manager
Maria Underwood
Fundrage; Nonprofit Executive
Matt Cowell
QuantHub; CEO
Matthew Kohler
Protective; SVP & CTO
Michael Landes
Contrast Security; Global Serverless Sales Manager
Mike Shaw
City of Hoover; City Councilor (Place 4)
Neill Wright
Bronze Valley; Executive Director
Patrick McLendon
City of Birmingham; CTO
Patrick Murphy
UAB Collat School of Business; Goodrich Endowed Chair of Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Ron Houston
Houston Resource Group; Founder
Russ Dorsey
Kassouf & Co.; Manager of Information Services
Taffye Clayton, Ph.D.
Auburn University; Associate Provost and Vice President for Inclusion and Diversity
Tom Lamkin
Phone Restore; Owner
Victor Brown
BBA; Vice President of Business Development