Board of Directors
The Board of Directors drives the strategy behind our mission and sets the stage for Colorado tech’s future – collectively representing almost half of all tech employees in the state. Their work help shapes programming, initiatives and goals for the organization and the advancement of Colorado’s tech ecosystem.
Officers of the Board
David Roberts
(Board Chair)
Kristin Russell
Global President of Intelligent Systems, Arrow Electronics
(Past Chair)
Carl Fitch
CEO, Statera (Chair Elect)
Keith Berets
Partner, Cooley
(Secretary)
Darin Kreimeyer
Partner, Ernst & Young
Board of Directors
Shawn Adamson
VP, Comcast Business
Dave Anderson
CTO, DTN
Betty Arkell
Partner, Dorsey & Whitney
Tore Berg
Managing Director, Accenture
Scott Burt
President, Integro
Alan Cullop
CIO, Davita
Frank Daidone
COO, Nurse-Family Partnership
Andre Durand
CEO, Ping Identity
Lyle Ekdahl
SVP of Product Development, Oracle
Steve Foster
Chairman & Co-Founder, Convercent
James Gaulke
VP of Information Technology, PDC Energy
Jeffrey Grayson
SVP & CIO, Intrawest
Sherri Hammons
CTO, IQN/Beeline
Vernon Irvin
President of Government, Education, Medium & Small Enterprise, CenturyLink
Aleta Jeffress
CIO, City of Aurora
Albert Kendrick
CIO, FirstBank
Patrick Jehu
Principal, Deloitte
John Leonard
Director, Fairfield and Woods
Michael Marcotte
CEO, acumen digital
(Nominating Chair)
Frannie Matthews
Rockies Enterprise Sales Unit Executive, IBM
Tom Melaragno
Founder & CEO, Compri Consulting
Vin Melvin
EVP & CIO, Arrow Electronics
Erik Mitisek
Chief Innovation Officer, State of Colorado
William Mueldener
Denver Partner in Charge, Moss Adams
Suma Nallapati
Secretary of Technology & CIO, Governor’s Office of IT – State of Colorado
John Oechsle
CEO, Swiftpage
Annette Quintana
Chairman & Co-Founder, Istonish
Molly Rauzi
CIO, Gagen MacDonald
Roberta Robinette
President, AT&T Colorado
Kirby Slunaker
President & CEO, REColorado
John Swieringa
COO, Dish Network
Joe Thurman
Founder & CEO, Jobber Group
Robert Urwiler
CIO, Vail Resorts
Robert Ward
Partner, PwC
Jack Waters
CTO & President of Network Solutions, Zayo
Board Members Emeritus
Bob Newman
Co-Founder, JD Edwards
Don McCubbrey
Professor, Daniels School of Business – University of Denver
Bob Ogdon
Chairman & Founder, Swiftpage
Nancy Phillips
CEO & Co-Founder, ViaWest
J.B. Holston
Dean, Daniel F. Ritchie School of Engineering & Computer Science – University of Denver
