Victoria manages FOCUS Broadband’s media relations, government relations, social media, and community engagement efforts. She has led FOCUS Broadband’s work to enhance digital access and inclusion in several counties in eastern North Carolina. She also played a critical role in the team that applied for and won more than $120 million in state and federal broadband grants. Prior to joining FOCUS Broadband, Victoria helped lead community engagement efforts for Novant Health in the coastal market. Victoria holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and a Master of Arts in Integrated Marketing Communication from the University of North Carolina at Wilmington. Victoria served on the Board of Directors for Communities in Schools of Brunswick County and on the Board of Directors for the Brunswick County Chamber of Commerce from 2016-2022. In 2022, Victoria was named one of the StarNews and the Wilmington Chamber of Commerce’s 40 under 40 recipients.

Nicole Coughlin is an award-winning technology executive who serves as the chief information officer for Cary, North Carolina. She is the principal strategist and architect for information technology and digital marketing across the organization. Raimundo is at the forefront of the smart cities movement, creating a connected community through piloting and implementing IoT technologies in the public sector. By fostering partnerships both locally and nationally, she leverages her private-sector background to fuel civic innovation in ways not previously seen in local government.
A self-described government rebel, Raimundo participates in numerous conferences and summits as a keynote speaker and panelist, and her work has been profiled in case studies as she continuously pursues new models of digital transformation for collaborative citizen-facing projects. Prior to her work in government, she spent more than 15 years in various IT leadership positions in the private sector, leading development teams in the U.S. and internationally.

Jeff Crume is a Distinguished Engineer, Master Inventor and CTO for IBM Security Americas with 40 years’ experience in the IT industry. He has a PhD in Cybersecurity and serves as an Adjunct Professor at NC State University. Jeff is the author of a book entitled “Inside Internet Security: What Hackers Don’t Want You To Know” as well as a contributing author to the “Information Security Management Handbook.” He is a member of the inaugural class of the NC State University Computer Science Alumni Hall of Fame where he has served on the school’s Strategic Advisory Board. He also serves on the editorial board for the “Information and Computer Security” research journal and is a member of the IBM Academy of Technology. He holds CISSP and ISSAP professional IT Security certifications as well as Distinguished Chief IT Architect credentials from The Open Group. Jeff lived in Beijing on assignment in 2006 and has worked with clients in 50 countries.

Nate Denny is the deputy secretary for broadband and digital equity with the N.C. Department of Information Technology Division of Broadband and Digital Equity. Previously, he was chief of staff and legislative liaison for NCDIT. Before joining NCDIT in 2017, Denny was a presidential appointee at the U.S. General Services Administration in Washington, D.C., where he served as deputy chief of staff, director of intergovernmental affairs and senior advisor for congressional affairs. Denny graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill with a degree in English. He received a Juris Doctor from the University of Richmond School of Law.

Tony is a senior solution consultant at Adobe and has extensive experience supporting complex solution applications. His contributions have helped Federal, State and Local governments maximize their technology to help their citizens live better lives. Prior to joining Adobe, Tony was a solution architect with Accenture.

Tamara Dukes, current Vice President, Strategy and Growth at Tyler Technologies, uses her past experience from Imagitas (a marketing services company where she managed a $150M strategic alliance with the US Postal Service), along with her 12 years of Tyler experience (establishing a state portal in Maine and managing seven state portals as a Regional Manager) to influence her current role with Tyler in developing an enterprise approach to digital government while enhancing the citizen experience.

Michael Euliss is the Director of Communications, Government Relations, and Training for the North Carolina Office of the State Controller. Mr. Euliss is also a motivational teacher and holds numerous nationally-recognized certifications in training, teaching, and organizational health. He has provided educational events to hundreds of governmental, church, corporate, and civic groups across North America to help them develop a culture of servant leadership and displace ineffective and autocratic leadership practices.
He is internationally recognized for practical but powerful motivational and inspirational learning experiences. His expertise is in leadership development, public and interpersonal communication skills, strategic direction, and group dynamics. He uses a variety of methods to equip today's leaders with the tools they need to become peak performers as well as make others around them better.
Mr. Euliss has experience in the corporate world as well as the public sector. He served in local government for 20 years and served in executive management in the private sector for 10 years before founding a non-profit organization focused on servant leadership development where he served for 7 years.
He has been married since 1984, is the father of three children, and grandfather of six. He resides with his family in North Carolina.

Jonathan Feldman is an award-winning Chief Information Officer, speaker, and writer. He has been recognized for his positive impact on the communities he serves by the Frost & Sullivan CIO Impact Award and inclusion in Government Technology’s Top 25 Dreamers, Doers, and Drivers, and he is frequently listed among top CIO and IT practitioners. Jonathan is widely acknowledged as a pioneer of cloud computing, digital transformation, and civic tech, with Forbes calling his efforts “IT done right.”
Jonathan’s success leading government technology led him to co-author Code for America’s book, “Beyond Transparency” with Tim O’Reilly and others. His column with InformationWeek magazine, which won an American Society of Business Publication Editors award, started many industry conversations about positive IT transformation. He has spoken all over the world about civic technology, the future of work, talent management, leadership, and digital transformation, and is often quoted in the media about these topics. He is active on social media both to learn and to share and tweets at @_jfeldman.

Raju is an IT executive with 25 years of professional experience in the information technology field. Raju joined the Division of Employment Security, NC Department of Commerce in July 2016 as their Chief Information Officer. Raju works with the assistant secretary, senior executives and directors to set business priorities and develop the supporting IT strategy at NCDES.
Prior to joining at NCDES, Raju worked at Oxford University Press for approximately six years. He held the position of US IT Director, served as the Head of Software Development and Content Systems for Global Academic business unit. Prior to that, Raju worked as the VP and CIO of a technology services company in Morrisville, NC. Raju graduated with a master’s degree in Computer Science from Alabama A&M University in Huntsville, AL. For more information on his professional experience, please refer to his LinkedIn profile at

Dr. Gant was the founding director for the UIUC Center for Digital Inclusion and has worked as a policy researcher for over 20 years. Dr. Gant has an extensive history of grantsmanship in addition to his extensive record of mentoring, teaching and service.
Dr. Gant Joined the NCCU SLIS in the Fall of 2016., after serving on the faculty of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign since 2007.

Kevin E. Greene is an experienced leader, champion and advocate for advancing the state of art in cybersecurity. He has successfully led multiple federally funded R&D projects in his career that were commercialized and transitioned into practice.
Kevin is currently the Public Sector CTO for CyberRes, a Micro Focus line of business. Leveraging his innovative and strategic expertise, he drives customer engagement around cyber capabilities in federal agencies for digital transformation, software supply chain, zero trust and evolving threat defense.
Prior to joining CyberRes, he worked at the MITRE Corporation supporting DevSecOps and cyber defense initiatives. Kevin also spent time serving our nation as a federal employee at the Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Directorate, Cyber Security division.
He holds a Master of Science and Bachelor of Science in Information Systems from the New Jersey Institute of Technology and supports several external advisory boards in formalizing cybersecurity curriculum and initiatives.

As chief operating officer, Torre Jessup oversees the N.C. Department of Information Technology’s administrative functions, which include human resources, legislative affairs, internal audit, procurement, communications, and facilities.
He most recently served more than four years as commissioner of the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles, where he oversaw daily operations and provided strategic direction for the division’s key functions, including vehicle registration, driver license issuance, vehicle safety and emissions inspections as well as activities to halt vehicle theft and identity fraud. Under his leadership, NCDMV relocated its headquarters from Raleigh to Rocky Mount, made significant process improvements and expanded online services.
Jessup’s experience also includes director of the Office of Small Disadvantaged Business Utilization for the U.S. Department of Transportation and regional administrator for the U.S. General Services Administration's Southeast Sunbelt Region.
He also spent 20 years in the office of North Carolina Rep. Mel Watt as district director and in various liaison roles. During his tenure, Jessup set policy objectives, oversaw district-level strategy and operations and managed outreach and constituent affairs.
He also served appointments on the Board of Directors for the American Association for Motor Vehicle Administrators and North Carolina Criminal Justice Information Network, as well as the North Carolina Human Relations Commission and the Charlotte Metropolitan Transit Finance Working Group.
Jessup is a graduate of Morehouse College, where he received a Bachelor of Arts in sociology with a concentration in criminal justice.

Kevin is the Executive Director of the North Carolina Association of County Commissioners (NCACC), which represents all 100 North Carolina Counties. Kevin has worked with the NCACC since 2009 serving in multiple roles including: Legislative Coordinator, Director of Government Relations, and Deputy Director. Previously, Kevin was Senior Government Relations Manager at Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice; Director of Government Affairs for the North Carolina Department of Labor; Chief of Staff for a member of the North Carolina General Assembly; Legislative Assistant for a Member of the United States House of Representatives; and Production Assistant with C-SPAN.

Jeff Malec is the Lifecycle Subject Matter Expert and Technology Evangelist for HP. After a 21+ year career with Microsoft, Jeff joined HP and is driving adoption of the modern workplace, Windows 11, and the related lifecycle elements.
Managing the Microsoft and HP relationship for several years, Jeff is an expert in go to market plans and customer adoption strategies.
Jeff holds multiple technical certifications from Microsoft.

Robert Reynolds is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the City of Raleigh, North Carolina. With over 25 years of diverse experience in Information Technology, Robert has held senior leadership positions in corporate, State and Local Government organizations with extensive IT operations and security experience in law enforcement and military high value mission critical environments. Robert specializes in leading IT organizations in both the public and private sector. He has consulted for the federal government and corporate clients as Advisory CIO helping them to improve IT operations, achieve better outcomes, and accelerate their strategic and business plan objectives. Robert also served in the United States Navy.
Robert holds an MBA and a Master of Science in Cybersecurity from the University of Maryland. He also holds the CISSP, GCFA, MCSE and Certified Government Chief Information Officer (CGCIO) certifications. Robert is an active member of FBI InfraGard, and ISSA Raleigh Chapter.

Beth C. Stagner currently serves as an Assistant Director within the City of Raleigh’s Information Technology department. Beth has served in numerous roles within the department over her tenure with the City which started in the geographic information services section in 1993. She now oversees the Enterprise Applications and Data Division. The Enterprise Application and Data division manages enterprise software platforms and integrations across the City’s technology portfolio. She has spent her entire career working across all city departments on various projects and continues to leverage enterprise solutions to help city staff work more efficiently to inform and engage citizens and City stakeholders.
Beth received a B.S. in Architecture from University of Virginia. She received certifications in GIS, FEMA NIMS and ITIL.
She is married to Ryan, a captain in the City of Raleigh Fire Department. Beth enjoys spending time outdoors with her husband, their 12-year-old son, Ethan, and Rocket, their German Sheperd. She enjoys running and ultimate Frisbee to relax and take a break from technology.

With 17 years of experience solving complex workforce issues, Crystal specializes in employee experience design and strategy. The future of work has arrived, and value propositions must adapt accordingly as flexibility and choice are more in demand than ever. The world is uncertain and ambiguous, and the multi-generational, socially conscious workforce is more consumer-minded, virtual, demanding and discerning. Underpinned by organizational culture and values alignment, Crystal will partner with clients to deliver tailored solutions that bolster workforce effectiveness and deepen employee engagement across diverse talent populations.

As National Conference Director for Government Technology magazine, Zachary produces, manages and emcees government IT conferences throughout the country.