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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
  • Google
  • 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

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Leah Beltz, ITS BSC '00
Account Manager
Google
Chicago, IL
leahbeltz@gmail.com

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Tod Bickley, ITS BSC '96
Associate VP, Infrastructure and Operations
Nationwide Insurance
Columbus, OH 43215
E-mail: Tod.Bickley@nationwide.com

 

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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

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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
 

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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