Tech Alpharetta’s Board of Directors

Tech Alpharetta is run by its CEO, Karen Cashion. Felipe Smolka, EVP and Transformation Officer for LeasePlan USA, is Chairman of the Tech Alpharetta Board.

The Tech Alpharetta Board is comprised of c-suite and senior executives from some of the leading, local technology companies, including emerging, mid-market, and enterprise companies, along with community partner organizations. The Board makes tech infrastructure recommendations to the City of Alpharetta, and helps guide Tech Alpharetta’s mission of growing technology and innovation in Alpharetta. The Board’s recommendations have led to significant local initiatives, including the opening of Tech Alpharetta’s Innovation Center, the development of the City’s economic development website at www.growalpharetta.com, the adoption of the City App, and many other initiatives.

For Board-related inquiries, please email us at info@techalpharetta.com.

Members of Tech Alpharetta’s 2020 Board of Directors

Jim Gilvin

Mayor, City of Alpharetta

Ben Burnett

Councilman, City of Alpharetta

Matthew Thomas

Economic Development Manager, City of Alpharetta

Felipe Smolka

Chairman of the Board of Tech Alpharetta and EVP & Transformation Officer of LeasePlan USA

Dave Albano

President & CEO. RestorePoint, Inc.

Garfield Anderson

Dean of Computer Science at Gwinnett Technical College

Ben Andrews

Statewide Program Manager at ATDC

Romil Bahl

CEO, KORE Wireless

Jessica Banks

Technology Consulting Leader at Equifax

Kali Boatright

CEO of Greater North Fulton Chamber of Commerce

Scott Carter

Chief Technology Officer, TSYS/Global Payments

Scott Davis

VP, Customer Experience, Aptum

Vince DeSilva

EVP Chief Revenue Officer – Technology Association of Georgia

Ryan Esparza

Chief Information Officer at Jackson Healthcare

Julie Haley

CEO of Edge Solutions

Todd Harris

Founder and CEO, Skillshot Media

Mike Hutchinson

SVP, Professional Services, Verint Customer Engagement Solutions

Rich Johnson

Assistant Vice President External & Legislative Affairs AT&T Georgia

Adwait Joshi

Chief Seer, DataSeers

Sean Kiewiet

CIO/CTO at Priority Payment Systems

Cheryl Kleiman

Regional Vice President of Sales, Flexential

Bob Klein

CEO of Digital Scientists

Ken Kurzweil

VP, Back Office and IT Business Operations- LexisNexis Risk Solutions

Deborah Lanham

President & CEO, Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce

Chris Larson

COO of Hi-Rez Studios

Tino Mantella

Partner at Tier4 Advisors

Ramesh Maturu

President of Pyramid Consulting

James "Mac" McAnally

Vice President of the Adaptive Management Services organization HPE Pointnext

Jason Moccia

CEO at OneSpring LLC

Marie Mouchet

VP, CIO Colonial Pipeline

Karyn Mullins

President of Healthcare Staffing Technologies

Rachael Nagrowksi

Director – SouthEast SMB Sales at Verizon Wireless

Allen Nelson

Co-Founder, t|e General Counsel at Taylor English Duma LLP

Gopal Nagappan

VP, UPS Supply Chain Solutions IT

Stephen Pair

Cofounder, President and CEO of BitPay

Bill Pierson

Director of the Microsoft Technology Center

A. Faisal Siddiqui

Founder & CEO of Park Avenue Gaming

Marcia Shipman

VP, Results Management- Lottery, Scientific Games

Mackenzie Thompkins

Vice President | Sr. Relationship Manager Global Banking & Markets – Business Banking, Bank of America N.A

Ashok Vantipalli

Chief Information Officer at TireHub

Grant Wainscott

Kanyatta Walker

VP, Digital Transformation Portfolio Management, ADP

Tech Alpharetta’s CEO

Karen Cashion