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Technology Association of Georgia

2017 Committee and Task Force Assignments

** Not on the BOD

Executive Committee

1. Chair – John Trainor*

2. Immediate Past Chair – Stacie

Hagan*

3. Vice Chair – Chris Lindner*

4. Vice Chair – David Dabbiere*

5. Treasurer – Dawn Patrick *

6. Secretary - Nigel Zelcer*

7. Board Development Chair – Mike

Morris

8. Leadership Council Chair – Kyle

Tothill

9. Leadership Council Rep – Steve

Hassett

10. Strategic Direction Chair – Robert

Hendricks

11. TAG Education Collaborative Chair –

Phil Regnault

12. Member at Large – Jeff Buzzelli

13. Member at Large – Andrew

Hamilton

14. Member at Large – Mike Neumeier

15. Member at Large – Julie Talbot-

Hubbard

16. Member at Large – Mark Taylor

17. Member at Large –Sanjeev Tirath

Staff – Larry Williams, Mary Hutson, Michael

Robertson, Heather Maxfield, Michael Bosarge

& Tony Cooper

*Officers

Board Development Committee

1. Chair – Mike Morris

2. Don Addington

3. Yum Arnold

4. John Baumstark

5. Nancy Williams

6. Mike Neumeier

7. Martin Tilson

Staff – Larry Williams, Cara Snow and

Angelic Jno-Charles

Compensation Committee

1. Chair – John Trainor

2. Stacie Hagan

3. Dawn Patrick

Staff – Larry Williams

Finance Committee

1. Chair – Dawn Patrick

2. Kelly Gay**

3. Sandeep Gauba

4. David Hammond

5. Paul Isle**

6. Sig Mosley

7. Mike Reidenbach

8. Andy Rico

Staff – Larry Williams, COO, and Michael

Bosarge



** Not on the BOD

Strategic Direction Committee

1. Chair – Robert Hendricks

2. Andy Bodea

3. Ravi Damodaram

4. Chris Downing

5. Sandeep Gauba

6. David Hammond

7. David Hartnett

8. Erika James

9. Gary May

10. Allen Moseley

11. Leigh Segall

12. Susan Shows

13. Martin Tilson

14. Sanjeev Tirath

15. John Yates

16. Nigel Zelcer

Staff – Larry Williams and Crystal

Bradshaw, and COO

Task Forces

Celebrate & Recognize

Excalibur

1. Chair – Chris Lindner

2. Frank Baia**

3. Billy Cutshaw

4. Simone Harrison

5. Kevin McDearis

6. John Minutaglio

7. Mike Morris

8. Senour Reed**

9. Brian Sondergaard

10. Mark Taylor

11. Bill VanCuren

12. Nigel Zelcer

13. Jason Wellman

14. Nancy Williams

Staff –Larry Williams, Crystal Bradshaw,

Barbara Martin,



** Not on the BOD

GTS

1. Chair – Robert Hendricks

2. Yum Arnold

3. Ben Balsley

4. Nathan Briesemeister**

5. Scott Eason

6. Justin Eggart

7. Jane Elliot

8. Jay Ferro**

9. Patrick Gaul

10. Barry McCarthy

11. Dawn Patrick

12. Senour Reed**

13. Sanjeev Tirath

14. John Trainor

15. Dennis Zakas

16. Nigel Zelcer

Staff –Larry Williams, Crystal Bradshaw,

COO, Barbara Martin

TAGit

1. Chair – Jeff Buzzelli

2. Don Addington

3. Bryson Koehler

4. Scott Eason

5. Bart Wood

6. Staff – COO and Larry Williams

Techie 5/10k

This group is in the process of being

formed

Staff – Crystal Bradshaw and COO



** Not on the BOD

Business Launch Competition (Name change under consideration)

1. Chair – Sig Mosley, Mosley

Ventures

2. Allyson Eman, Venture Atlanta** 3. Jennifer Sherer, Metro Atlanta

Chamber** 4. Jacqui Chew, iFusion Marketing* 5. Jeff McConnell, Whisper

Communications ** 6. Blake Patton, Tech Square

Ventures**

7. Michael Price, CEO Ventures** 8. Judy Vitale, Vitale CFO** 9. Bill Jones, TechOperators** 10. Martin Tilson, Southeast Investor

Group 11. Leigh Segall, InnerWorkings 12. Deborah Cox, Abraxas** 13. Andrew Hamilton, Cardlytics Staff – COO

Building a High Growth Industry

Joan Herbig, ControlScan

Allen Moseley, Noro-Moseley Partners

Martin Tilson, Southeast Investor Group

Leigh Segall, InnerWorkings

Glenn Bachman*

Andrew Hamilton, Cardlytics Staff – COO



** Not on the BOD

Operational Excellence

This will be a staff driven group with requests to BOD for support, as needed

Premier Member Growth and Retention*

1. Chair – Nigel Zelcer

2. Staff – Cara Snow and Emily Cook

*New strategy to engage BOD

Promote Georgia’s Technology Industry across the Globe

1. Chair – Mike Neumeier

2. Kwiyoung Baumgarten**

3. Paul Carmody

4. Patrick Gaul

5. Julie Bryant Fisher**

6. Delaine Gray**

7. David Hartnett

8. LaRhonda Jackson**

9. Julie Preiss**

10. Traci Strom**

11. Alison Tyrer **

12. Sasha Ugi**

13. Raj Verma**

14. Jennifer Zeller**

TAG Staff – Tony Cooper & Larry Williams



** Not on the BOD

State Government Relations

1. Chairman – Michael Wall **

2. Vice-Chair – Elizabeth Wharton**

3. BOD Rep – Bryson Koehler

4. Casey Aultman**

5. Brandi Bazemore**

6. Jon Burton**

7. Chris Carpenter**

8. Justin Clay**

9. Kevin Curtin**

10. Robert Davis**

11. Megan Douglas**

12. Jim Flowers**

13. Zel Gilbert**

14. Slade Gulledge**

15. Elizabeth Harwood**

16. Brandon Hembree**

17. Robert Hendricks

18. Deron Hicks**

19. Sam Hill**

20. Brian Hudson**

21. Nathan Humphrey**

22. Mitch Hunter**

23. Cosby Johnson**

24. Tyler J. Kaplan**

25. Terry Lawler**

26. Loretta Lepore**

27. Michele Madison**

28. Jeff McCord**

29. Kelly McCutchen**

30. Amol Naik**

31. Jason Newman**

32. Kapil Sharma**

33. Nicolas Stowell**

34. Graham Thompson**

35. Christopher Vaughn**

36. Pat Williams**

37. Robb Willis**

38. Maria Zack**

Staff – Heather Maxfield and Joseph

Santoro



** Not on the BOD

NTSC

1. Chair – Andrew Hamilton

2. Ben Balsley

3. Steve Bachman

4. David Dabbiere

5. Gina Gallo

6. Alexandra Gobbi

7. Joan Herbig

8. Mike Morris

9. Leigh Segall

10. Fred Tanzella

11. Richard Warner

12. John Yates

13. Staff – Patrick Gaul, Kimberly Steele, Larry Williams



** Not on the BOD

ATHENS CHAPTER

** No TAG BOD serve on this Task Force

Paul Chambers ATT

[email protected]

Jim Hopkins Member Technology Ventures

Dr. Charles Davis Dean UGA, Henry W. Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communications T: 706.542.4989 [email protected]

Dr. Don Leo Dean UGA, Engineering [email protected]

Nancy Denson Athens Mayor [email protected]

Mr. Jeremy Peacock North GA RESA [email protected]

Mr. Jim Flannery Project Director Four Athens, Inc T: 415.385.5611 [email protected]

Mr. Tom Robertson Associate Professor UGA, College of Veterinary Medicine T: 706.542.3014

[email protected]

Dr. Keith Herndon Professor UGA, Henry W. Grady College of Journalism & Mass Communications T: 404.643.2924 [email protected]

Gregory Schutz USG IT Department

[email protected]

Bobby Holland Bipper Media [email protected]

Melissa Smith The PVA

[email protected]

David Kennedy Quantum Aviation Solutions, Inc. [email protected]

Mike Stonecipher Georgia Tech [email protected]

mailto:[email protected]















** Not on the BOD

AUGUSTA CHAPTER

*** No TAG BOD serve on this Task Force

Greg Baker CEO CMA Technology T: 706.396.3401 [email protected] Grace Belangia TheClubhou.se T: 706.877.8707 [email protected] Robbie Bennett Executive Director Development Authority of Columbia County T: +1 706.312.1371 [email protected] Ms. Karyn Nixon Government Affairs Augusta University T: 706.821.1833 [email protected] Mr. Eric Parker Founder/President TheClubhou.se T: 650.714.4894 [email protected] Mr. Scott Poag Augusta Economic Development Authority Project Manager T: 706.821.1321 ext. 4 [email protected] Mr. Elliot Price Regional Manager Georgia Tech Enterprise Innovation Inst T: 706.721.4522 [email protected]

Dr. Tony Robinson Assistant Professor Management, Marketing, and Entrepreneurship Augusta University T: 706.737.1455 [email protected] Ms. Kim Romaner Transworld Business Advisors T: 803.426.1726 [email protected] Mr. Joshua Bolin CEO VanderMorgan Group T: 706.799.1275 [email protected] Ms. Susan Caldwell [email protected] John D. Cates Vice President of Development & General Counsel Meybohm Companies T: 706.736.3375 Ext. 2332 [email protected] Ms. Gloria Dunbar Chief Executive Officer Hybrid Health IT T: 706.955.7557 [email protected] Erich Frazier Business Development Angelo Group T: 706.228.3035 [email protected]



** Not on the BOD

Tonia Gibbons Office of Mayor Hardie Davis T: 706.821.1831 [email protected] Doug Haines Development Center Director, CSM RSI T: 706-250-5403 [email protected] Dr. Bill Hamilton Principal Consultant Bill Hamilton & Associates LLC T: 706.631.9164 [email protected] Jessica Hayes Deputy Chief of Staff Congressman Jody Hice, GA10 T: 706.564.1286 [email protected] Howard Merry President NEBA Health, LLC. T: 706-736-5864 [email protected]

Mr. Will McGee Chief Information Officer EDTS, LLC 706.722.6604 [email protected] Dr. Chris McKinney Associate Vice President, Innovation Commercialization Augusta University T: 706.721.4062 [email protected] Mr. Scott Monnig Development Center Manager Rural Sourcing, Inc T: 706.733.3305 [email protected] Ms. Carolyn Rahn Newsome Barracuda Networks, Inc. [email protected] Kevin Wade President IntelliSystems T: 706-722-2024 [email protected]



** Not on the BOD

Middle Georgia Chapter

*** No TAG BOD serve on this Task Force

Mr. Robert Betzel President Infinity Network Solutions, Inc T: 478.335.4727 [email protected] Lori Brewer CEO LBAWare T: 478.787.6700 [email protected] Mr. John Cozart IT Manager Robins FCU T: 478.923.3773 ext.2687 [email protected] Mr. Billy Cutshaw [email protected] Dr. Tanya Goette Chair, Dept of Information Systems Georgia College & State University T: 478.445.5721 [email protected] Mr. Brent Lanford Deputy Director Middle Georgia Regional Commission T: 478.751.6160 [email protected] Kelley Martins Marketing Manager LBAWare T: 478.845.7825 [email protected]

Mr. Charles Melvin CTO Mercer Engineering Research Center T: 478.227.2113 [email protected] Ms. Nadia Osman Director of Revitalization & Business Initiatives, College Hill Alliance T: 478.361.1313 [email protected] Mr. Terry Smith Regional Director AT&T T: 478.741.7865 [email protected] Ms. Jackie Turner Department Head Information Technology Central Georgia Technical College T: 478.757.3443 [email protected] Mr. Josh Walton Area Director The University of Georgia SBDC T: 478.757.3609 [email protected] Dr. Myungjae Kwak Assistant Professor School of Information Technology Middle Georgia State University T: 478.757.6682 [email protected]



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TASK FORCE MEMBERS

Task Force Chair Mike Neumeier, APR Principal Arketi Group

FinTech Cindi Kurczewski Director – Global Communications/ Network and Security Solutions First Data Corporation Amy Corn Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Communications Global Payments Julie Nixon Vice President, EIS Corporate Communications Relationship Manager SunTrust Bank Steve Hamilton Sales Governance Leader Equifax Dani Cushion Chief Marketing Officer Cardlytics

Health IT Robin M. Hackney Chief Marketing Officer Greenway Health



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Cynthia Porter MBA President Porter Research, a Billian Company Jen Martin Hall

VP, Communications Sharecare, Inc.

Information Security Justin Grimsley Public Relations AirWatch Inc.

Information Technology Alexandra Gobbi Senior Vice President Corporate Marketing & Communications EarthLink Amol S. Naik Public Affairs & Government Relations Manager, SE Google Inc. Bob L. Miller Global Client Director IBM Mandira Mehra SVP Marketing INTERNAP® Kim Sergent Marketing for the Americas & Global Marketing Operations Manhattan Associates Michelle Scobie Consultative Marketing Manager EMC

Digital Media /Entertainment



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Melisa Medori Public Relations Manager The Weather Company

Communications Services Stephany Van Alstyne Sr. Director, Channel Marketing Comcast Business Central Division

Gregory Morrison SVP and CIO Cox Enterprises, Inc.

Interactive Marketing Robert L. McNeil President & Chief Executive Officer ImagesUSA/Grow Now LLC

Smart Energy Kristie Swink Benson* Manager, PR Media Relations Corporate Communications AGL Resources

Jennifer Zeller, CCR Director of Research, Georgia Power/Southern Company Sophia Marshall Global Communications Leader GE Energy Connections Industrial Solutions

Transportation Tech Lars N. Minns Head of HR Operations & Talent Acquisition Mercedes-Benz USA



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Tina Dyer Director of Marketing Parkmobile, LLC Erin Hadaway Sr. Director, Corporate Communications Travelport John Hernandez Senior Marketing Manager New Product Development UPS

Misc Rob Amberg Director of Marketing Jabian Consulting Daren Mallard Manager-Marketing and Business Development Service Provider Video Tech Group Cisco Systems

TRADE GROUPS

Lauri Strauss Executive Director Atlanta Press Club

Bob Houghton President Georgia Association of Broadcasters Jacque Plair-Rushin Head of N.A. Operations QMatic



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Government/Econ Development Groups

Julie Ralston Director, Center for Strategic Relations Atlanta Regional Commission (ARC) Anne Torres Director of Communications City of Atlanta Keisha N. Hines Senior Vice President, External Affairs Georgia Chamber of Commerce

Terrilyn Simmons Communications Manager Metro Atlanta Chamber



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TAG Savannah 2017



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2017 Georgia Awareness Task Force

As of this writing, the Task Force Roster includes more than 30 representatives from the

following organizations:



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Strategic Communications Quarterly Overview – 11-15-16 Media Relations:

Executive Interviews- Locally, TAG initiated more than 150 media interviews and appearances for

TAG Member companies and their C-level executives in 2016. We are ending the year with a flurry

of Executive interviews for outgoing TAG CEO, Tino Mantella for a total of 6 TV and radio interviews

with most occurring in October-November. CEO also received press in Georgia Trend, The Green

Sheet (a FinTech Publication) and is scheduled to appear Crain’s Atlanta Newsletter.

Press Events- After the successful inaugural Tic Tec Kno event, TAG’s Georgia Awareness Task Force

and Hub Media are beginning plans for Tic Tec Kno 2017. Tic Tec Kno is a mixer for Tech Marketers

and the media that covers the sector. The highlight of the event is a “Hollywood Squares” type

game made up of local media and marketing professional who compete in front of a studio

audience.

Member Engagement Comms- 2016 marks the first year of our BOD Engagement YouTube series.

TAG ALONG is a series of video shorts that invites viewers to "TAG along" with select BOD members

as they present their favorite tech innovation or initiative and share how it impacts their personal

lives. A total of four TAG BOD members have been featured in the shorts in 2016.

Media Impressions- TAG is on track to meet its goal of but fell just below its record breaking 1

billion media impressions in 2013 and 2014. Coverage was comprised of local, regional and national

media including print, broadcast and digital media outlets. Media impressions are based on media

outlet's circulation numbers, listenership, viewership, audience, or number of subscribers or

members.

Media Properties

Hub is TAG’s multimedia brand encompassing the web and print/digital publications. TAG has successfully

expanded the line of Hub Media properties with beta launches of two email newsletter products:

HubWorthy-A twice weekly recap of the top news stories posted on Hubga.com

Bytes- A weekly look at the news and trends at the intersection of Food, Hospitality and Technology

Both email newsletters have proven to be successful enough for an expanded launch in 2017.

The TAG Comms Team has once again secured the Georgia Department of Labor as the printing partner for

Hub Magazine in 2017. This will reduce our production costs while continuing our ability to reach more

people with hard copies.

The last issue which was released early last month (October) focused on the state’s Digital Media and

Entertainment Tech Sector. Ad sales for the issue was just below last issue with more than (4) paying

sponsors including Arketi, Comcast, Cobb Galleria Center, and Clark Atlanta University. Hub reaches a

combined 35,000 TAG Members (electronically) and an additional 17,000 people with the digital version of

the magazine achieving an average 7,000 monthly views last year.



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Strategic Communications Quarterly Overview – 11-15-16 Hub Magazine will focus on the following sectors in 2017: • Diversity in Technology • Financial Technology • Green Technology • Health& Wellness Technology • Sports & Entertainment Innovation • Transportation Technology The Hub news wire service, HubWire continues to grow and currently averages 70-85 press release submissions per week. TAG has initiated a campaign to get affiliate partners and websites to utilize the RSS Feeds generated from the wire. TAG now has a growing roster of tech and innovation focused sites that are using tech news feeds from Hub:

Atlanta Tech Edge-WXIA-TV Biz 1190-WAFS-AM Wireless Wednesdays Live Advanced Technology Development Center covello FinTech Atlanta Georgia Innovation Crescent National Security Technology Coalition State of the Industry: Technology in Georgia TAG Education Collaborative Where Georgia Leads (WGL)

COMING SOON:

Georgia Game Developers Association

Georgia Research Alliance (GRA)

Invest Atlanta

Startup Atlanta

Venture Lab

TechSquare Labs

TechSquare Ventures Overall, the Hub website (www.hubga.com) has grown to more than 9.0K Unique Global visitors/views per month. We are seeing major improvements each month in this area.

http://atlantatechedge.com/

http://biz1190.com/danabarrett

http://www.wirelesswednesday.live/

x-msg://393/atdc.org

http://www.covello.co/

http://www.fintechatlanta.org/

http://georgiainnovationcrescent.com/

http://www.ntsc.org/

http://tagstateoftheindustry.com/2016/

https://www.tagedonline.org/about-us/press/

http://www.wheregeorgialeads.com/

http://www.hubga.com/



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Strategic Communications Quarterly Overview – 11-15-16 Community Initiatives

The TAG Georgia Awareness Task Force has opted to focus on 4 area heading into 2016:

Narratives The Narratives Work Group has decided on the following objectives/recommendations for 2016:

o WGL- Multimedia Campaign-Strategy/Budgeting

Needs The Needs Work Group has decided on the following objectives/recommendations for 2016:

o Hub Media Expansion Plan

Numbers The Numbers Work Group has decided on the following objectives/recommendations for 2016:

o Compile list Identifying Industry Rankings/Stats in WGL Categories o Develop Outreach to partners/affiliates with their own industry reports

Noisebusters The Noisebusters Work Group has decided on the following objectives/recommendations for 2016:

o Develop Tic Tec Kno-Media/Marketing Mixer

Strategic Alliances

TAG Communications established several successful alliances in 2016 with organizations and to help promote Georgia’s innovation economy:

Excalibur Awards- Atlanta Tech Edge, WXIA-TV

Mobility Live Hackback Invitational- Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce

Hub Magazine/Joint Mkting- Atlanta Tech Edge, WXIA-TV

Hub Magazine//Joint Mkting- The Dana Barrett Show, WAFS-AM

Where Georgia Leads//Trade- Definition 6

Bytes// Trade- Moxie Media & Marketing

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