Russ Anderson currently serves as the Senior Director of Sales focused on state, local, and education markets for the Verizon Business Group, part of Verizon Communications.
In this role, He leads an 11 state team responsible for delivering wireless, wireline, and above the network solutions to fulfill the needs of public sector agencies.
Previously Russ served as the Associate Director of SLED sales in the Verizon Business Group overseeing the state of Texas territory. He has over 15 years of industry experience (including consumer, national retail, medium business, and public sector channels), with the majority of his tenure serving in leadership roles.
Russ began his career in the consumer sector while simultaneously earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Northern Colorado.

Keith is a tenured IT professional with over 30 years experience working with and for public sector institutions. Today Keith is a Customer Engineer within the Google Public Sector division crafting solutions that address the challenges of institutional change while ensuring future sustainability, supportability, and adaptability.

Greg Brandenburg has over 20 years of experience as a technology leader in church, K-12, and higher-ed institutions. He is currently the Vice-President for Information Technology and CIO at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor where he is responsible for IT operations and infrastructure, data analytics, LMS support, and media services. He is a graduate of Dallas Baptist University, has a Master’s of Divinity from Western Seminary, a certificate from Johns Hopkins University in School Administration and Supervision, and an MBA from the University of Texas at Tyler.

Brian Cohen is the Vice President of the Center for Digital Government and Center Digital Education, a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government and education. Prior to joining the Center, Brian was Vice Chancellor and University CIO for the City University of New York (CUNY).
As the Vice-Chancellor and University CIO at CUNY, Brian directed the Office of Computing and Information Services (CIS), developed, and managed the enterprise IT vision, strategy and day-to-day technology operations of the University. His areas of focus included academic and business systems, cloud strategies, IT policies and procedures, Cybersecurity, project management, IT resiliency and disaster recovery, and network and telecommunications.
Brain also served in leadership roles with the City of New York. Among his many accomplishments, Brian developed the City of New York’s E-Government strategy, implemented the City’s award-winning nyc.gov website, and managed the City’s effort to address the Y2K technology challenge.

Frank Feagans is the Vice President of IT and Chief Information Officer for the University of Texas at Dallas. Prior to joining UT Dallas in 2015, Frank was the Executive Director of Central IT Services for the University of Arizona. Before his transition into Higher Education, Frank’s career was in private industry, where he held various senior IT leadership positions. His experience includes 15 years within the McDonald’s system, 8 years in IT consulting, and 2 years with US Cellular.
Frank has extensive experience leading all facets of IT, including research computing, application development, enterprise and solutions architecture, project management, infrastructure, operations, and client services. With a keen ability to mitigate systemic risks in complex systems, Frank champions IT as a transformational partner to the business. He emphasizes the importance of strong collaborative relationships with colleagues and service providers and fosters an IT culture rooted in caring and teamwork.
A native of Illinois, Frank holds a Master’s degree in Computer Science and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Nassos Galiopoulos leads the development of strengthened systems to support students, faculty, and staff in their academic, research, and administrative pursuits. Nassos has a proven record of success in enterprise service management and performance analytics, bringing two decades of experience in a myriad of industries to his role as CTO and Deputy CIO. As UTSA embarks on our digital transformation, Nassos’ ability to cultivate high-performing teams and drive innovation will play a crucial role.
Prior to coming to UTSA, Galiopoulos served the University of North Texas System (UNTS) as a service operations, analytics, and technology executive. There, he led and directed the enterprise information technology services for the UNT System while advancing partnerships with internal and external entities to optimize the institution’s value and the student experience. Galiopoulos has a passion for analytics and has demonstrated substantial success in using proven process models to provide end-to-end services to customers. Hailing from one of the first higher education institutions to implement ServiceNow’s Performance Analytics, he has presented at numerous conferences.
A first-generation college student and two-time UNT alumnus, Galiopoulos holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration and an M.B.A. in Information Technology.

Kendra Ketchum is the inaugural Vice President for Information Management and Technology at the University of Texas at San Antonio. In this launching role, she superintends the university’s overarching technology environment, including critical IT enablement for research and teaching activities of faculty and students, all information applications and infrastructure related to administrative information technology, information security, and technical services for faculty, staff and students. With the conviction that the success of any organization starts with its people, Ketchum cultivates leadership and teamwork to implement visionary IT strategies that have resulted in UTSA’s advancement as a Carnegie Classification R1 Research Institution.
Prior to joining UTSA, Ketchum served as Chief Technology Officer of IT Shared Services at the University of North Texas. She brings more than 25 years of technology experience in higher education and government organizations, including leadership roles at Texas Wesleyan University, the University of Northwestern Ohio, and Bowling Green State University.
In addition to her CIO and VP role, Ketchum is an active member of the community. She serves as Chair for the LEARN Board, is on the Leadership Board for CIOs in Higher Ed (LBCIO) as well as Dell’s Women in Action Leadership Program North America, serves on the Dell CIO Advisory Board, a member of Dell's IT Advisory Council (ITAC), volunteers for the Young Women’s Leadership Academy, is involved with EDUCAUSE Hawkins Leadership, and serves on the Microsoft Higher Education Customer Advisory Board and the Dell Higher Education Customer Advisory Board.

After earning his PhD at Stanford in '82, George Otte spent over 4 decades in higher education, most of that at the City University of New York. In 2001 he was named Director of Instructional Technology for CUNY; the title changed to University Director of Academic Technology in 2008, the same year he became chief academic officer of the CUNY School of Professional Studies, the home of the University's first online degrees. He oversaw the development of so many (by 2022 more than two dozen) that he gave up his position with CUNY Central (as AT director) in 2018. In 2022, he stepped down as the CAO of CUNY SPS.