Tech Alpharetta’s Board of Directors

Tech Alpharetta is run by its CEO, Karen Cashion. Felipe Smolka, Partner at EY, 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

Lance Morsell

City of Alpharetta Economic Development Manager

Felipe Smolka

Chairman of the Board of Tech Alpharetta and Partner, EY

Paul Nagrowski

Vice Chairman of the Board for Tech Alpharetta and CFO, Siemens Financial Services, Inc & CFO, SFS Project & Structured Debt, -Americas

Dave Albano

Tech Alpharetta Treasurer and 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

Greg Buckland

CIO, LeasePlan USA

Rich Cannon

CEO, Rali

Scott Carter

Chief Technology Officer, TSYS/Global Payments, Issuer Solutions

Arjuna Chala

Sr. Director of Emerging Technology, HPCC Systems

Stew Chisam

CEO, Hi-Rez Studios

Chris Davis

Sr. Director Product Development, Next Gen Payroll & Workforce Management, ADP

David Fisher

Executive Director, Morgan Stanley

Celia Fleischaker

CMO of Verint

Julie Haley

CEO of Edge Solutions

Todd Harris

Founder and CEO, Skillshot Media

Marcia Hayward

VP, Results Management- Lottery, Scientific Games

Wesley Hull

CTO, Park Avenue Gaming

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

Deborah Lanham

President & CEO, Alpharetta Chamber of Commerce

Valarie Mackey

CEO, WrightNow Solutions

Tino Mantella

Partner at Tier4 Advisors

Kiran Manchikanti

VP of IT, UPS Supply Chain Solutions

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

Stephen Pair

Cofounder, President and CEO of BitPay

Bill Pierson

Director of the Microsoft Technology Center

Sanjay Subramanian

Vice President, Corporate Systems, CIOX Health

Mackenzie Thompkins

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

Bob Toupin

CIO at Jackson Healthcare

Ashok Vantipalli

Chief Information Officer at TireHub

Grant Wainscott

Vice President, Ecosystem Expansion, MACOC

Tech Alpharetta’s CEO

Karen Cashion