Tracy Pound

Managing Director, Maximity Limited. Director, Prizm Solutions Ltd.

Tracy was voted PCR’S Woman of the Year 2016 and one of the top 50 women in technology in 2014 and 2015. She was awarded CompTIA’s Member of the Year in March 2017 and is passionate about diversity and raising the bar in professionalism and skills with tech professionals.

Tracy has over 36 years’ experience working in tech from programming to training, service delivery and management, as well as working to run and implement business systems in automotive manufacturing. As a tech mentor, Tracy has worked with both men and women around the world to help advance their businesses.

She has taken part in several funded initiatives to deliver IT advice to SME’s, has been a part of the Police run Staffordshire Online Fraud Forum, is an Advisory Board member of one of the UK’s Cyber Resilience Centres, and was one of the authors of a business standard for IT companies called Accredit UK.

An active member of the UK Business of Technology Community, Tracy is also a member of the Education Faculty delivering training, webinars and talks for CompTIA members around the world. Her duties as a Board director have included chairing the Governance Committee followed by the Audit, Finance and Investment Committee, as well as sitting on the Executive Committee.

She founded Maximity, an IT training and consulting business specializing in end user education and awareness, in 2000 and co-founded Prizm Solutions, an insurance brokerage, with her husband in 2006.

Tracy is a member of the Chartered Management Institute, a Fellow of the Institute of Consulting, a PRINCE 2 practitioner and a member of the Federation of Small Businesses and Chamber of Commerce.

Scott Barlow

Vice President of Global MSP, Sophos, Inc.

Scott Barlow is Vice President, Global MSP, at Sophos, a leader in network and endpoint security products, services and technologies. He oversees all MSP strategy, business direction and sales worldwide, with an emphasis on building revenue, marketing programs and relationships with partners. Scott has 20 years of channel experience, most recently working with MSPs around the globe, and has extensive channel sales achievements and strong technical expertise in hosted services (SaaS) and managed services markets. Scott has also been a thought leader presenting on many panels and keynotes educating partners on how to add security services to MSP and CSP offerings.

Prior to Sophos, Barlow was vice president of sales and marketing at Reflexion Networks, Inc., which Sophos acquired in 2015.

He is a CompTIA board member, and a member of the Creating IT Futures Foundation board, the philanthropic arm of CompTIA. Scott is an industry recognized CRN Channel Chief, Top 50 Midmarket Channel Executive and IPED Channel Master, and recently selected as an inaugural Channel Partners Circle of Excellence Award winner.

Scott holds a Masters of Business Administration and a Master's of Science in Geophysics from Boston College.

Quy "Q" Nguyen

CEO, Allyance Communications Inc.

Quy "Q" Nguyen is the founder and CEO of Allyance Communications. Allyance delivers the best possible IT, Connectivity, Data Center, and Cloud Computing solutions to help our clients improve IT efficiency and business profitability.

As an active philanthropist, Quy has volunteered, supported and served at various capacity from fundraising committee to board of directors for the following charities: The Angels’ Tim Salmon Foundation, Festival of Children, Hoag Hospital Foundation, Down Syndrome of OC, Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation, SAVICE, Orangewood Foundation, Miracles for Kids and most importantly, Camp Footprints.

Besides community outreach, Quy is an investor in Joah Love (fine kids clothing), Force10 Networks (acq by Dell), Capella Photonics (acq by Alcatel) and Consumer Brands. He actively serves on the Board of Directors for CompTIA and Gen Next. On top of that, Quy is also on the Advisory Board for Indi.com, Lucy Survey, and Kaleo Software. Quy previously served on the Board of Directors and/or Advisory Board for Wescom Credit Union, Wescom Holdings, The Channel Company, Level3 Channel, USC Marshall Partners and UCI Athletic Director’s Advisory Board.

Quy has been featured alongside key telecom luminaries in industry publications. Quy has been featured in Dr. Julie Miller's best-seller "Secrets of Self-Starters", Southern California 25 Most Influential People, OCRegister.com: CEO Urges Philanthropy in Business and Life, Irvine Chamber: Building Business by Giving Back, OC Register’s 40under40 and CRN publications.

Steven Capper

Chief Information Officer, SNC Lavalin Group

From shop floor to executive suite, printroom to boardroom. Steven Capper’s rags-to-riches style rise from a coal mining village in Yorkshire he embarked on a Margaret Thatcher-inspired Youth Training Scheme in 1980s Britain. Over the next 30 years, Steven has propelled through a succession of exalted job titles and on to the higher echelons of the corporate world. Steven’s career in IT has spanned the Globe, living and working in Leeds, London, Dubai, Los Angeles, Netherlands and Montreal.

He is the Chief information Officer of SNC Lavalin Group a large Engineering and Professional Services company with a turnover of 6Bn and 53,000 employees. To coin a business phrase, he is one of life’s high flyers. Steven has won many awards including the CIO of the Year with Computing UK and ‘3x Silver Medal CIO of the Year’ in the prestigious UK IT Industry Awards. He has a track record of delivering complex transformations for large enterprises including Fortune 150 companies. He has a Proven ability to recruit, develop and lead large, successful IT teams. Well networked with a solid track record in creating and delivering ingenious business transformational projects that exceed stakeholder expectations, he also led IT for the largest Merger and Acquisition in the AEC space including 100,000 personnel. On top of all this, Steven has been a driving force across large scale innovation projects with the potential to unlock revenue of 120Bn+. When he actually has the time, he is a keen golfer and working hard to lower his handicap.

Toni Clayton-Hine

Chief Marketing Officer, EY Americas

Toni Clayton-Hine is the Chief Marketing Officer for EY Americas, the $15bn professional services firm globally known as Ernst & Young LLP. She is a seasoned B2B global marketing executive who has helped companies of all sizes create new revenue streams from new markets, new offerings, and new channels of distribution by combining creative ideas with data and analytics to unlock opportunities in highly competitive markets.

Joining EY in Jan 2019, she is responsible for defining and implementing a strategic marketing vision across industry sectors, geographies and service lines to drive revenue, relationships and reputation for the firm. This includes creating and executing an integrated marketing strategy that encompasses branding, media, experiential and digital marketing.

Prior to EY, Toni was the Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Xerox, responsible for creating a holistic strategy, from brand to demand, to deliver profitable growth in untapped B2B and B2B2C market segments. Her work at Xerox earned her a spot as one of Brand Innovator’s Top 100 Women in Brand Marketing by creating the 7x award-winning Set the Page Free rebranding campaign that improved brand perception by 20%, while capturing tens of thousands of prospects for demand generation.

Prior to her CMO role at Xerox, Toni was the Vice President of Global Marketing for their $3 billion division dedicated to growing profitable revenue through indirect channels. She was responsible all marketing and communications, including redefining the go-to-market strategy, building a relevant brand for small and midsize business, creating segment specific offerings, and driving demand generation for 10 million customers in over 40 countries.

Before joining Xerox, Toni served as the Divisional CMO and Vice President of Worldwide Marketing for the Data Management division of CA Technologies, which now operate as Erwin, Inc. and Arcserve, Inc.

Toni spent the first half of her career in B2B media sales, progressing from an individual contributor to Associate Publisher for CRN, formerly Computer Reseller News. As the print publishing business shifted in favor of digital, she co-founded The Institute for Partner Education & Development (IPED), creating a new multi-million-dollar revenue stream for United Business Media in channel consulting, research, and training.

Toni serves on the Board of Directors for CompTIA, the Computing Technology Industry Association, and is a member of their Audit, Finance & Investment Committee. She was also the Chair of the 2018 B2B Advertising Awards for the American Marketing Association and sits on the Board of Experts for Glilot Capital, a VC firm that funds early-stage technology start-ups.

The daughter of an expat, Toni grew up overseas in Europe and the Middle East before returning to the United States to attend Babson College. Today, she lives in New York with her husband and two daughters and enjoys tennis, big mountain skiing, international travel and any opportunity to broaden her perspective on life and the world.

Jabu Dayton

CEO and Founder, Jabu HR

Jabu Dayton, the founder, and CEO of the consulting firm Jabu HR, has a 25+ year career of guiding and scaling companies, with a start-up and a corporate lens. After 13 years of progressive HR leadership experience at Nordstrom Inc., Jabu moved to South Africa to launch her own company.

Upon returning to the US, in 2011 she moved into the founding HR role at Airbnb, propelling her 12-year career with tech companies in Silicon Valley and global markets. Jabu thrives in complicated spaces, she enjoys the challenges and freedoms often found in the startup markets. Driven and creative, while she builds people operations for her clients or companies, she adds immediate value by advocating for employees, coaching executives, designing strategies to mitigate risk, and helping companies articulate a compelling employer brand. She is known for building loyal relationships and positive, thriving cultures. In her years of experience, she has typically been responsible for Payroll, HRIS, Compliance, Compensation Leveling, DEI strategies while also leading international HR, compliance, hiring, immigration, recruiting, and relocation processes. She is widely known as an advocate for underrepresented communities in tech, a voice for those without power in those spaces, is relentless about leading discussions about equity wherever her work takes her, and is a mentor to many in her community.

Through her consulting firm launched in 2014, JabuHR, Jabu has worked as an interim Chief People Officer for over 24 companies to date. Consulting with notable startups spanning software technology, green energy, healthcare, consumer, eCommerce, retail, agriculture, food, and beverage industries. You can find her on Instagram @jabulile and Twitter @jabulilesaidso and she is an avid traveler, yogi and dog wrangler. Jabu is a graduate of The Evergreen State College with a dual degree in Bachelor of Arts in Liberal Arts and African American Studies, 1993.

Courtney Fong

Chief Operating Officer, CompTIA

Courtney Fong is the chief operating officer for CompTIA, the leading non-profit trade association for the global technology industry and workforce. As a former computer consultant and system administrator, he combines his industry knowledge with business and legal expertise to serve CompTIA.

Mr. Fong is also the CEO of the CompTIA Tech Career Academy, a non-profit subsidiary that trains and prepares adults for training, education and certification and the establish a foundation in the global technology workforce.

Prior to joining CompTIA, Mr. Fong was the general counsel, chief compliance officer and chief privacy officer for a number of leading companies within the financial services industry in the US and UK. He is a regular speaker at industry and legal events, including being a past TEDx speaker, and served as an adjunct professor of law at Chicago-Kent College of Law for nine years. He received the Top General Counsel award in 2016, the FALA Chicago Trailblazer Award in 2019, and was previously named a Notable General Counsel by Crain’s Chicago Business.

Mr. Fong graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Communication Systems and a Certificate in Network Systems. He earned his Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law and his MBA from the Illinois Institute of Technology. He holds designations as NACD Board Leadership Fellow and IAPP Certified Information Privacy Manager and has obtained the CERT Certificate in Cybersecurity Oversight from Carnegie Mellon University. You can follow him on Twitter @courtfong.

Georgette Fraser-Moore

President and CEO, Transformation Lead, LLC

President and CEO, Transformation Lead, LLC

Dr. Georgette Fraser-Moore is the Founder and CEO of Transformation Lead, a global technology consulting firm that helps businesses leverage innovation, research, and technology to disrupt basic business standards, think outside of the box, and color outside of the lines to transform and implement extraordinary innovation. Dr. Georgette is a passionate, motivational, and thought-provoking visionary that holds expertise in leadership, transformation, business, and technology. She thrives on the kind of change that rewrites the rules and takes a common-sense approach to solutions.

With over 20 years of business leadership and technology experience, including work across industries in Fortune 500 enterprise companies, international consulting, financial services, non-profit, and start-up companies, Dr. Georgette brings a wealth of knowledge and a diverse background into the room.

She holds a Doctorate in Education from the University of Southern California in Organizational Change and Leadership, a Masters of Business Administration Degree with a Concentration in Information Systems Management, and a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Information Systems and Database Administration.

Dr. Georgette is an active member in her global community and serves on the Board of Directors and in an advisory capacity for several nonprofit, civic, University and educational organizations including her recent position on CompTIA’s Association of IT Professionals (AITP) Advisory Council.

In addition to her professional work, Dr. Georgette is an international award-winning speaker, researcher, equity advocate, mentor, missionary, and philanthropist. She has dedicated her life to aid in the development of the next generation and provide opportunities to underrepresented groups across the world. She is an advocate for STEM and youth enrichment and has a focused mission to aid in the advancement of local businesses, the communities, and the youth within those communities.

A native of the island of Jamaica, Georgette is a wife and proud mother of three sons, Davon, Jonathan and Jordan. If Georgette isn’t working on her next transformational project, you can find her on the Golf Course, or bumming it on the beach.

Brian Laffey

Chief Financial Officer, CompTIA

Brian Laffey is the chief financial officer for CompTIA, responsible for monitoring, controlling, and reporting on the Association’s financial results and investment portfolio. He also manages CompTIA's Operations Department.

Prior to joining CompTIA in September 2015, Laffey worked for the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago, where he served as associate vice president for finance and as Controller. In these roles he was responsible for the financial stewardship of the university’s assets totaling $596 million and the financial stewardship of revenues and expenses.

Laffey also has experience as the director of financial reporting and systems for the American Bar Association; and as assistant controlled for Loyola University Chicago. He is a graduate of Kent State University, where he earned a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting; and Loyola University Chicago, where he received Master of Science degree in Accountancy. Laffey is a Certified Public Accountant in the State of Illinois.

Jason Magee

Chief Executive Officer, ConnectWise

With more than 20 years of technology, sales channel management and IT market experience, Jason Magee has spent his career immersed in the world of MSPs and VARs. He joined ConnectWise in 2011 and was named CEO in February 2019, succeeding co-founder Arnie Bellini.

Prior to becoming CEO, Jason served as President and Chief Operating Officer of ConnectWise, overseeing corporate strategy, operations, and procurement, as well as the product, customer success and IT Nation teams. Jason’s track record at ConnectWise includes launching its international expansion into the UK and Australia and its highly successful EcoSystems business. Jason oversaw several key acquisitions, including ScreenConnect -- now known as ConnectWise Control™ -- and HTG Peer Groups, now known as IT Nation Evolve, as well as HashInclude, Sienna Group and an investment in Perch Security.

Before joining ConnectWise, Jason held director-level positions at CA Technologies, managing teams, channel partners, strategic alliances and marketing budgets. There he built and launched industry-leading programs, partner incentives, and vendor initiatives. Earlier on, Jason spent 5 years gaining industry and channel experience at reseller companies Interactive Futures and Global Computers, where he held sales, marketing, and product management positions.

Jason is serving his second consecutive year on CompTIAs board of directors, after joining in February 2018. He grew up in New York and has an MBA from Clarkson University.

Kevin O’Loughlin

CEO and Founder, MSP Nostra

Kevin is founder and CEO of Irish Headquartered MSP Nostra.

Nostra support the IT requirement of their 300 clients globally with a team over 200 people. Nostra is one of the fastest growing MSP's in Europe. Kevin has led 5 acquisitions over the past 5 years.

Kevin is a thought leader in the MSP space and regularly contributes to debates and is a go to commentator for national media platforms.

Kevin was a finalist of EY Entrepreneur of the year programme in 2017 and is currently a board member of the EOY alumni.

Kevin is also a technical advisor to ISPCC (Irish Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Children) and Childline and is a mentor to the IRFU professional rugby players.

Kevin has a personal goal to help 1 million people in his lifetime and this is a goal with is represented within the purpose of Nostra.

Kevin lives in Dublin with his wife Lisa and three children, Alex, Harry and Jake and has a passion for classic and rare motor cars.

Rob Rae

Senior Vice President of Business Development, Datto, Inc.

As Senior Vice President of Business Development at Datto, Rob's role is to oversee many different aspects of Datto's programs including Community, Events, Marketing Development Funds, Vendor Management and Partner Advisory Board, all with the goal of helping our partners grow. Rob is instrumental in developing Datto’s go to market strategy.

With over 25 years of sales and B2B activities, Rob has extensive experience in IT hardware and software sales. All of Rob’s industry experience has been working with 100% channel focused organizations and working directly with Channel VAR’s, Solution Providers and Managed Service Providers in achieving their goals.

Prior to working with Datto, Rob has built successful sales and channel teams in a variety of industries including Level Platforms (acquired by AVG), Compaq (acquired by HP).

Rob has extensive awards and recognition within the channel including being Datto’s CRN Channel Chief every year since joining Datto. Rob is an award-winning speaker and has also been recognized on many industry top executive, influencer and mid-market executive lists. Rob also sits on a number of industry advisory boards, including the Board of Directors for CompTIA and xChange Vendor Advisory Board.

Joanna Riley

CEO and Founder, Censia

Joanna Riley is an entrepreneur, investor, and mentor for diversity in technology. She is the CEO and Founder of Censia, a Talent Intelligence Platform that enables enterprises to hire, keep, and grow the best leaders in the world. Joanna is a repeat entrepreneur, having led multiple companies through both public and private exits and having raised over $200M. Early in Joanna’s career, she was part of the International Training Unit for the FBI, was a national rower, and earned her BA degree in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia. She is part of the President's Program at Harvard Business School. Joanna is an active member of the entrepreneurship community as an early-stage investor and a member of the Board of Young Presidents Organization as part of the Global Membership Council.

John Scola

GVP, Cloud Channels & Strategy Lead, SAP

John is a Global Vice President and leads the Global Cloud Channel and strategy team. John brings over twenty years of experience to the SAP channel business. John has been with SAP since 2003 after successfully fulfilling marketing roles with Compaq, Digital Equipment Corporation and Monster.com. He brings a unique blend of technology manufacturer and marketing agency background to his position. John champions the customer and the partner when creating and driving initiatives.

John joined SAP to lead the early stages of demand generation for the SAP channel business. From there, John led the rapid growth of the SAP reselling ecosystem globally by increasing the channel partner count from 500 to 3000, in addition to developing and launching a formalized partner to partner framework that grew an extended ecosystem of 2,000. In 2013, John signed up as the COO for the Indirect Channel business, which accounts for 1BEuros of revenue. John took over the Global Platinum Reseller program in 2014 and grew this business to represent 25% of SAP’s total indirect revenue. Today, John leads the Global Cloud Channels business for SAP and is always looking for new ways to drive partner profitability in the Cloud.

John thrives on new challenges designed to accelerate business, simplify the complex and allows for both strategic and tactical action.

In addition to work, John has been actively fundraising for Multiple Sclerosis for the past 12 years, and as an active fisherman is an Executive Officer of a community-based fishing organization, Maddies Anglers in Marblehead, MA. Additionally, John volunteers time to support KIPP Academy, Rosie’s Place and My Brothers Table in Lynn, MA.

John has an MBA from Boston University and a BA from the University of Richmond, where he majored in Economics.

Louis Stewart

Head of Strategic Initiatives, Developer Ecosystem, NVIDIA Corporation

Louis Stewart currently is the Head of Strategic Initiatives for NVIDIA's global Developer Ecosystem. In his role, he is responsible for working with minority serving institutions, government entities, industry partners and a variety of affinity groups to build relationships that enable an increase in tech preparedness, grow the overall developer base and foster a more inclusive AI community. 

Mr. Stewart served as the City of Sacramento's first Chief Innovation Officer before joining NVIDIA. His role within the City was to promote and drive long term economic growth and job creation through innovation. Mr. Stewart was focused on bridging the public-private divide, reducing process, and growing a strong and vibrant business community. He also encouraged an innovation-driven economy by supporting entrepreneurs, revenue-generating businesses and the creation of high quality jobs. 

Prior to his role with the City of Sacramento, he spent 7 years serving as California's Deputy Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development. In that capacity he oversaw the coordination and promotion of innovative programs, activities, and emerging technologies throughout the State. He managed a robust statewide innovation-based economic development support network of regional innovation clusters called the California Innovation Hubs (iHubs). Mr. Stewart has served in various public sector roles for the past 13 years. His professional experience also includes 17 years in the private sector in sales, marketing, business diversity and information technology.

Mr. Stewart is a service based leader who embodies the belief that he cannot be a success without helping others be successful.

Mr. Stewart grew up in France and Italy, and played professional basketball in Peru and Belgium. Mr. Stewart is a Nehemiah Sr. Fellow for Innovation & Entrepreneurship and received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Santa Clara University.

Find him on Twitter and Instagram as @MeetMrStewart or at meetmrstewart.com

Todd Thibodeaux

President and Chief Executive Officer, CompTIA

Todd Thibodeaux is the president and chief executive officer of CompTIA, the leading non-profit trade association for the global technology industry and workforce. CompTIA represents more than 2,000 member companies and 3,500 business partners spanning the worldwide technology industry. Directly and through its partners CompTIA connects with millions of people each year with training, education and certification opportunities to help them start and advance in careers in the tech workforce.

Since joining the organization in 2008, Mr. Thibodeaux has led the expansion of CompTIA’s commitment to advancing industry growth through education and training programs, market intelligence and research, networking events, professional certifications and public advocacy. During his tenure CompTIA has made several strategic investments, including recent acquisitions of the Digital Film Academy, provider of state-of-the-industry higher education and training in digital film and media, and TestOut, a market leader in career training, courseware, labs and other resources to build “career-ready IT skills.”

Mr. Thibodeaux is a frequent commentator and source quoted in news coverage of the technology industry and workforce, including the Associated Press, Bloomberg News, CNBC, Entrepreneur, Forbes, Fortune, USA Today and the Wall Street Journal.

Mr. Thibodeaux is a life-long IT and tech enthusiast dating back to his very early years. The son of an electrical and mechanical engineer, his love of technology continues to this day. He has infused CompTIA with a renewed sense of enthusiasm for the industry the organization represents.

Before joining CompTIA in July 2008, Mr. Thibodeaux spent more than 17 years with the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), where he served in a wide range of roles culminating as its senior vice president of industry relations. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington (Bachelor of Science, economics, 1988) and George Mason University (Master’s degree, economics, 1997).

John C. Malonson

Sr. Cybersecurity Manager, Raytheon Technologies

John Malonson currently serves as a Sr. Cybersecurity Manager for Raytheon Technologies’ Intelligence & Space division with over 20 years of combined experience in Information Technology and Security Risk Management within a Fortune 100 company.As a lifelong learner, John holds multiple certifications including:
CompTIA’s Security+, CySA+, PenTest+; PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), and SAFe Scrum Master.

With a heart for service; John also volunteers his time and serves as a board member for multiple non-profits including Creating IT Futures Foundation, Blacks United in Leading Technology (BUiLT), 100 Black Men LA, and has helped establish youth technology programs with STEAM:Coders.For more information or to connect, please visit him on LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnmalonson/