TechBirmingham Board of Directors

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.

Officers

Deon Gordon, President
CEO, TechBirmingham

Waymond Jackson, Chairman
Vice President, Workforce Development, Birmingham Business Alliance

Steve Sebastian, Vice Chairman
IT Director, Viva Health

India Vincent, Vice President and Past Immediate Chair
Partner, Burr & Forman

Matt Hottle, Treasurer
Founder & CEO, Redhawk

Larry Pirkle, Assistant Treasurer
Partner, Warren Averett

Lisa Kianoff, Secretary
Consultant

Mike Girouard, Assistant Secretary
Aesto Health, Executive VP of Sales

Board of Directors

(*) bold indicates an executive committee member

Ashlee Ammons
Mixtroz
Co-Founder

Ben Branch
ITAC Solutions
Partner & Director, IT Solutions

Chase Morrow
Fetch
CEO

Deon Gordon
TechBirmingham
CEO

India Vincent
Burr & Forman
Partner

James Childs
Maynard Cooper
Partner

Jay Brandrup
Kinetic
Principal

Kim Lee
Forge
Founder

Leigh Jordan
IBM
Client Executive, Financial Services

Lisa Kianoff
(Consultant)

Matt Hottle
Redhawk
Founder & CEO

Mike Girouard

Sri Karra
Jefferson County
CIO

Steve Sebastian
Viva Health
IT Director

Waymond Jackson
Birmingham Business Alliance
Vice President, Workforce Development

Allison Stephens
CGI Business
Development Manager

Britney Summerville
Shipt
VP of Community Engagement

Britt McCall
Regions
Senior Credit Officer

Christopher Kramer
Brasfield & Gorrie
CIO

Curt Carver
UAB
CIO

Dave Gray
Biso Collective
Founder & CEO

David Gottlieb
Terane
CTO

Donnie Garvich
Two Ravens
Managing Partner

Dustin Dew
Lakeshore Foundation
Director of Research Operations

Felicia Fortune
Concert Care
Chief Marketing Officer

Grant Woolwine
KEYSYS
Chief Commercial Officer

Hannah Wallace
BBVA
VP of Workforce Management

Jeff Liles
Harbert Management Corporation
CIO

Joe Dunsmore
BCBS of Alabama
Deputy CIO

Josh Carpenter
City of Birmingham Director
Dept. of Innovation & Economic Opportunity

Larry Pirkle
Warren Averett
Partner

Lauren Sturdivant
Case Status
Founder & CEO

Libby Romano
Alabama Power
Digital Strategy Manager

Matt Cowell
QuantHub
CEO

Matthew Kohler
Protective
SVP & CTO

Mike Gibson
Creature
Chief Design Officer

Mike Shaw
City of Hoover
City Councilor (Place 4)

Molly LaBorde
Innovation Depot
Interim CEO

Neill Wright
Bronze Valley
Executive Director

Taffye Clayton, Ph.D.
Auburn University
Associate Provost and Vice President for Inclusion and Diversity

Will Choat
Aruba Networks
Commercial Account Manager