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 (opens in a new window)
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/barry-spurlock/10/6a4/6b6/
Ron Minto, ITS BSC '98, Chairman of the Advisory Board
Sales Engineering Manager
Rubrik, Inc.
Columbus, OH
E-mail: ron.minto@gmail.com (opens in a new window)
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 (opens in a new window)
Leah Beltz, ITS BSC '00
Account Manager
Google
Chicago, IL
leahbeltz@gmail.com (opens in a new window)
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 (opens in a new window)
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 (opens in a new window)
garon.m.gentzel@ouitsboard.com
Dave George
Fiber Project Manager
City of Columbus
E-mail: rdg@cnx.io (opens in a new window)
Michael Herrmann, ITS '93
Regional VP
Cisco
Loveland, OH 45140
E-mail: m_d_herrmann@yahoo.com (opens in a new window)
Bryan Ireton
COO Americas SBU, Capgemini
Atlanta, GA
E-mail: bryan.m.ireton@accenture.com (opens in a new window)
Michael R. Jenkins
Signature Client, VP (Retired)
AT&T
Dublin, OH 43017
E-mail: mj2471@att.com (opens in a new window)
Mike Kelley
CISO
The E.W. Scripps Company
Cincinnati, OH
E-mail: m (opens in a new window)ike.kelley@scripps.com
Kristin Lowery, ITS BSC '95
Chief Security Officer
Bread Financial
Columbus, OH
E-mail: Loweryk29@hushmail.com (opens in a new window)
Lori Meierdiercks, ITS BSC '11
Territory Account Manager
Cisco
Cincinnati, OH 45249
E-mail: LMEIERDI@cisco.com (opens in a new window)
Neil Okonak, ITS BSC '02
VP of Support Services and Compliance
Health Carousel
Cincinnati, OH
E-mail: neil@okonak.net (opens in a new window)
Kimberly Rometo, ITS BSC '04 and MITS '13
VP, CIO
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta, GA
E-mail: kimberlyrometo@gmail.com (opens in a new window)
Doug Neiheisel, ITS BSC '16
Lead Digital Team
Advanced Technology Consultant
Cincinnati, OH
E-mail: dneiheisel@4atc.com (opens in a new window)
Riley Engle, ITS BSC '17 and MITS '18
Senior Network Engineer
Rivian
Normal, IL
E-mail: rengle@rivian.com