Advisory Board
Advisory Board Members
The J. Warren McClure School of Emerging Communication Techologies has an active Advisory Board who represent the following companies. Partnerships with these companies result in internships, job opportunities for graduates, equipment and software donations, and curriculum review. Other highly successful endeavors include the Thomas Lonsbury Scholarship Fundraiser, Innovation Fund, Mentor Program (student application for Mentor Program), and the Accenture Challenge.
- Accenture
- CapGemini
- Bread Financial
- AT&T
- Ballou Consultants
- Cisco
- City of Columbus
- E.W. Scripps Company
- Health Carousel
- Hylant
- JG Consulting
- Atlanta Hawks
- Nationwide Insurance
- Progressive Insurance
- Spectrum
- Verizon
- ATC
- Rivian
- Guesswork VR
Barry Spurlock, ITS BSC '03, Secretary
Business Relationship Manager
Progressive Insurance
300 North Commons Blvd.
Mayfield Village, OH 44143
E-mail: barry_spurlock@progressive.com
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Ron Minto, ITS BSC '98, Chairman of the Advisory Board
Sales Engineering Manager
Rubrik, Inc.
Columbus, OH
E-mail: ron.minto@gmail.com
Nick Lathrop, ITS BSC '07, Chairman of the Tom Lonsbury Scholarship Golf Tournament
Collaboration Product Sales Specialist - Enterprise
Cisco
Columbus, OH
Douglas Ballou
President
Ballou Consultants, Inc.
2204 Pleasantview Drive NE
Lancaster, OH 43130
E-mail: ballou@ballouconsultants.com
Leah Beltz, ITS BSC '00
Account Manager
Google
Chicago, IL
leahbeltz@gmail.com
Tod Bickley, ITS BSC '96
Associate VP, Infrastructure and Operations
Nationwide Insurance
Columbus, OH 43215
E-mail: Tod.Bickley@nationwide.com
David Blum, ITS BSC '00
Chief Innovation Officer
Hylant
565 Metro Place S
Suite 450
Dublin, OH 43017
E-mail: david.blum@hylant.com
Tyler Blust
Guesswork VR, Founder
Columbus, OH
Sean Davidson
Senior-Service Program Manager
Verizon Enterprise Solutions
8600 Governors Hill Drive, Suite 190
Cincinnati, OH 45249
E-mail: sean.davidson@verizon.com
Juan Echeverry
Client Group Lead, Partner
Accenture
St. Louis, MO
Jim Gay, Vice Chair of the McClure School Advisory Board
Vice President, Infrastructure Delivery (Retired)
Nationwide Insurance
One Nationwide Plaza, Mailcode: 3-16-302
Columbus, OH 43215
E-mail: james.m.gay@gmail.com
Garon Gentzel – OU Class of 1991
National Account Manager
Spectrum (TWC)
2810 Walter Road
Westlake, OH 44145
E-mail: ggentzel@gmail.com
Dave George
Fiber Project Manager
City of Columbus
E-mail: rdg@cnx.io
Michael Herrmann, ITS '93
Regional VP
Cisco
Loveland, OH 45140
E-mail: m_d_herrmann@yahoo.com
Bryan Ireton
COO Americas SBU, Capgemini
Atlanta, GA
E-mail: bryan.m.ireton@accenture.com
Michael R. Jenkins
Signature Client, VP (Retired)
AT&T
Dublin, OH 43017
E-mail: mj2471@att.com
Mike Kelley
CISO
The E.W. Scripps Company
Cincinnati, OH
E-mail: mike.kelley@scripps.com
Kristin Lowery, ITS BSC '95
Chief Security Officer
Bread Financial
Columbus, OH
E-mail: Loweryk29@hushmail.com
Lori Meierdiercks, ITS BSC '11
Territory Account Manager
Cisco
Cincinnati, OH 45249
E-mail: LMEIERDI@cisco.com
Neil Okonak, ITS BSC '02
VP of Support Services and Compliance
Health Carousel
Cincinnati, OH
E-mail: neil@okonak.net
Kimberly Rometo, ITS BSC '04 and MITS '13
VP, CIO
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta, GA
E-mail: kimberlyrometo@gmail.com
Doug Neiheisel, ITS BSC '16
Lead Digital Team
Advanced Technology Consultant
Cincinnati, OH
E-mail: dneiheisel@4atc.com
Riley Engle, ITS BSC '17 and MITS '18
Senior Network Engineer
Rivian
Normal, IL
E-mail: rengle@rivian.com