Dustin Crossfield started his career in the telecommunications field working for an engineering consulting firm where he had a front row seat to the internet revolution that was changing everything. During his career, Dustin's passion for technology has led him to work for consulting firms, Fortune 100 companies and founding two startup companies before landing in his current role as Director of Technology Services for the State of Oklahoma. Dustin manages the state's consolidated infrastructure team including responsibility for all voice and data networks, data center services and most recently, is leading the state's newest program — Innovate Oklahoma. The goal of this new program is to leverage Oklahoma's entrepreneurial spirit to change the way citizen services are delivered while also growing the state's tech economy.

Lynnetta Eyachabbe is the Cyber Security Awareness & Outreach coordinator for the University of Oklahoma Information Technology department. She has worked for OU IT for 10 years and has held several positions within the organization. In her current role, Lynnetta has been developing a Security Awareness program for campus that targets all users - students, faculty, and staff. The program aims to educate and engage users as they use technology in all areas of their life. As part of the program, Lynnetta has performed phishing assessments, provided training, informational talks, gathered data, and engaged multiple departments in security efforts. She is an alumni of the OU Price College of Business and is a chair for the Oklahoma Women in Technology organization.

Mark Gower is an established Information Security, Compliance and Continuity of Operations senior professional for a large government agency, and has held multiple IT management roles in small and large corporations throughout the United States. Mark has over 20 years in Information Technology and IT Management. Mark provides senior information security advisory services with a focus to deliver enterprise security services that are a combination of his talents and expertise. Mark holds a record of accomplishment in creating and delivering enterprise information security practices, policies, procedures, and creating organizational change that incorporates information security principles and management of organizational risk.
For the last 10 years Mark has worked in the public sector for the State of Oklahoma in IT, Information Security, Business Continuity, and Emergency Preparedness and Response. Mark Gower currently holds the position as the State of Oklahoma’s Chief Information Security Officer and State Cyber Command Director.

Wade Lance has been productizing new technologies in Education, Healthcare and Cyber Security for over 18 years. As Chief Information Officer at A.C.E.C, Wade managed the development of the first completely online university platform. He then co-founded Linqware and served as VP, Product Management for their groundbreaking secure business instant messaging system.
In 2005 Wade partnered with the Washington Health Foundation and the Washington State Governor’s office to develop the online infrastructure for the Healthiest State in the Nation Campaign. By 2008 it was the largest health-based civic engagement program in the United States. In 2009 Wade joined NeuralIQ/CounterTack where he had executive roles in Product Management, Sales Engineering, Business Development and Global Channel Development. Wade was VP, Solution Architect at Acalvio Technologies, and currently serves as Chief Solutions Officer at CYBERPROOF. Prior to his career in information technology, Wade was a professional mountain guide. As Program Director at Appalachian Mountaineering he developed a new method for technical rock and ice climbing instruction that is still used today to teach advanced climbing skills for the most dangerous environments.

Rich Lay joined the FBI in July 1997. After attending the FBI Academy, he was assigned to the Houston Division of the FBI, where he worked White Collar Crime and Cyber Crime. In 2003 he transferred to the FBI's Engineering Research Facility in Quantico, where he managed a variety of technical support programs. In 2007 he transferred to his home state of Oklahoma. He served as the supervisor of the Cyber Squad in the Oklahoma City Division of the FBI for 5 1/2 years. In 2013 he returned to investigative duties as a Cyber Agent, focusing on computer intrusion investigations.

My time in the Information Security industry has been spent helping companies refine and standardize documentation, policies, and procedures. In addition, I have extensive experience with Infrastructure Design, and Team Leadership. I’ve been granted opportunities to deploy VMWare in a multi-million dollar data center, while obtaining HHS ST&E authorization to operate. It is through the natural hard knocks of infrastructure design and management that I came to appreciate the need for policy and procedure, while meeting industry best practices to protect customer and company data. My infrastructure experience coupled with my knowledge of security best practices allow me to apply thorough sound and sensible solutions that accommodate the business, the risk, and long term success and maturity of the solution. I hold several professional certifications such as CISSP, Microsoft, CompTIA, and ITIL v3 Foundations.

Gena Nelson started her career in IT ready to take on the world of data and prove it fun! Using everything her imagination could dream up, from bribery with home-baked brownies to hosting Data Paloozas and Data Quality Haunted Houses, she has found success in this endeavor. Gena has been on several Enterprise Architecture teams over the past 25 years, as the lead for Data Architecture, including 25+ years in Telecommunications and more recently in the Energy sector. Having worked in both large scale international companies as well as local utilities, she has a vision as well as a proven pragmatic approach to jumpstarting a Data Governance “community” to right-size a program for any company or business sector to learn to appreciate their data for the asset it is. Gena is passionate about data and life in general!

Patel is an IoT industry veteran of 8 years. As a Senior. Manager of Product Management for US Cellular IoT products, Patel is responsible for driving innovation and developing an extensive IoT product portfolio and building a solid IoT business. In this role, he manages the overall IoT business, product portfolio and building an eco-system to deliver innovative customer solutions
Prior to joining US Cellular in 2015, Patel held a variety of executive, technical and leadership positions with industry pioneers that included Sixnet, Redlion, ADC, Motorola, T-Systems, and Lucent Technologies. In these positions, he managed large teams who worked closely with customers and product divisions to define business needs and requirements, resulting in the development of new business initiatives, revenues and markets via end-to-end customer solutions and broader market leading product portfolios.
Patel holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology from DeVry Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in Computer Science degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and an MBA from DePaul University.

Brandy graduated from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in journalism, and now has over fifteen years of management experience in various fields with a strong grounding in internet, data center operations and business management strategies. In addition, she also holds a MBA from Oklahoma City University, with an emphasis in project management and is PMP certified with the Project Management Institute
Brandy is dedicated to coaching others in managing successful projects, regardless of one’s background or training, as seen from her blog articles Project Success: Six Factors. She is also an advocate for equal pay and equal opportunity for women working in technology, currently serving as the volunteer President and Executive Director for Oklahoma Women in Technology (OKWIT), which she co-founded in March 2016. Since its inception, OKWIT has attained over 1,000 members state wide. For more information on OKWIT, please visit www.okwomenintech.org, and www.pbswnow.com to learn more about PBS.

Shawn is a Public Sector Systems Engineer at ForeScout Technologies. He has 20 years’ experience in designing, architecting and evangelizing solutions across a wide spectrum of technology areas including Biometrics and Identity Management, IT Operations, Service, IT Asset Management and Data Management. Shawn has previously worked for BMC Software, Delphix and CA Technologies. He holds an ITIL® Foundation Certification and received a BA in Economics from University of Maryland, College Park.

For more than 15 years, Alan Vanderburg has had the opportunity to lead, coach and develop teams and individuals in the U.S., Europe and China. His work experience includes HR consulting, organizational and talent development, process improvement, manufacturing, finance, and distribution. Alan has many years of experience using tools such as the Edward Deming methodology, Six Sigma, strategic planning, emotional intelligence and neuroscience leadership. Alan has a Master’s Degree in Human Relations from the University of Oklahoma as well as a Bachelor’s Degree in Organizational Behavior from Southern Nazarene University.

Throughout his career at Oklahoma Interactive, Bret has helped streamline and innovate ways to deliver eGovernment services to the citizens of Oklahoma. Whether through online payment processing, Content Management Systems or custom web applications for Oklahoma State agencies, Bret has led the Oklahoma Interactive team in assisting partners to ensure that products and feature sets are delivered on time, within budget and exceed expectations. Bret is a graduate of the University of Central Oklahoma, where he earned a Bachelor’s Degree in International Business.

Tom Wavering is an accomplished executive, leading technology from conception to commercialization through license, OEM, product, or spin-off across a wide range of markets. Mr. Wavering joined the University of Oklahoma (OU) in September 2016 as the founding Executive Director of the OU Innovation Hub. The OU Innovation Hub is a 20,000+ sq. ft. facility opened in September 2016 to increase invention and entrepreneurship at the university and broader community through programs, resources, and collaboration. Prior to founding the OU Innovation Hub, Mr. Wavering was Vice President, Strategic Technologies for Intelligent Automation, Inc. (IAI) working to shift organizational culture toward a product/transition focus. Mr. Wavering led IAI’s business development and technology transition efforts (e.g. license, product, spin-off, etc), grew IAI’s technology portfolio, and identified new growth areas. Mr. Wavering supported IAI staff in developing proposals, managing programs, identifying transition opportunities, understanding market potential, defining business strategies, building partnerships, protecting IP, and securing funding. Before IAI, Mr. Wavering was Vice President, Technology Development for Luna Innovations and held various technology management positions as the company grew from 15 to more than 220 employees and went public. Mr. Wavering was second in command of Luna’s Technology Development Division and its 135 personnel across 5 locations. Mr. Wavering worked with President and corporate officers on operations, P&L, business development, investment strategy, commercialization and led Luna’s activities as a national leader in the SBIR program. Mr. Wavering started with Luna Innovations as a Principal Investigator on more than 30 programs and has six patents. Mr. Wavering received his B.S. and M.S. Electrical Engineering degrees, as well as a minor in Creative Writing, from Virginia Tech.

Jeralyn Woodall is the Assistant Vice-President for Business Planning, Fiscal Management, and Talent and serves as the Chief Talent Officer for Information Technology at the University of Oklahoma. Her responsibilities include leading Business Operations as well as the Project Portfolio, Resource Management, and Professional and Career Development Teams. Jeralyn has 15 years of experience in strategic workforce planning, talent sourcing, talent recruiting, on-boarding, leadership development, career development, student internship programs, and customer service programs. Jeralyn works closely with the Vice-President for Information Technology and CIO as well as the Executive Leadership Team to strategically prepare OU IT's workforce for current and future business challenges and to establish a dynamic, collaborative environment that promotes the organization's core values of generosity, respect, enthusiasm, adaptability, and truthfulness. A graduate of the University of Oklahoma, Jeralyn earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science and is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Administrative Leadership. She has worked for the University for 29 years and during her tenure, has served in a variety of roles including Director of Enterprise Applications, Director of Operations and Director of Talent and Organizational Programs.

Shelley Zumwalt has worked for the State of Oklahoma for a total of eight years, six of which have been with the Office of Management and Enterprise Services and, most recently, the Office of Governor Mary Fallin. During her tenure with OMES, she has worked for multiple divisions within the agency, starting as a budget analyst and rising to her current dual role position as director of Public Affairs for the governor’s office and OMES.
She brings 15+ years of experience in a variety of disciplines to the Public Affairs director position. As director, she serves as a media spokesperson and press contact for OMES and the governor’s office. Additionally, she oversees a team of communications professionals and web designers who provide both print and digital publications and information tools for all OMES divisions.
Shelley began her career in television broadcasting and worked in corporate communications, public relations and marketing before her time with the state.
She attended St. Gregory’s University on a soccer and leadership scholarship before receiving her bachelor’s degree in Broadcast Communications from the University of Central Oklahoma. She is a member of a number of professional groups in the communications field and civic associations in the metro area.
Shelley resides in Oklahoma City with her husband John and daughter Lilly. In her spare time, she likes to run, travel with her family and read historical fiction and sci-fi novels.