CompTIA Board of Directors

Tracy Pound

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

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 2017 and is passionate about diversity and raising the bar in professionalism and skills with tech professionals.

Tracy has over 38 years of tech experience working in programming, 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 SMEs, 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&I 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. In addition, Tracy started RedQor with 3 colleagues in 2021 to offer a unique IT, cybersecurity and software development talent acquisition solution for MSPs or MSSPs.

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

Scott Barlow

Vice President of Global MSP, Sophos, Inc.

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.

With 20 years of channel experience, he is most recently working with MSPs around the globe, leveraging his 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. He serves as Vice Chair of the Board of Directors for CompTIA.

As Vice President, Global MSP, 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.

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

Scott holds a MBA and a Master's of Science in Geophysics from Boston College.

Quy "Q" Nguyen

CEO, Allyance Communications Inc.

Quy was featured as a 2022 Technology Advisor winner alongside industry luminaries in Channel Futures publications. He has also 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. 

Quy is deeply committed to giving back to his community through his involvement with various charities, including 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 Camp Footprints. His passion for philanthropy is further evidenced by his active participation in fundraising committees and the board of directors.

He serves as Vice Chair on the Board of Directors for CompTIA and the Advisory Board for CerraCap Ventures. Previously, Quy has served on the Board of Directors and/or Advisory Board for Wescom Credit Union, Wescom Holdings, The Channel Company, Level3 Communications, Indi.com, Kaleo Software, USC Marshall Partners, and UCI Athletic Dept.

As the founder and CEO of Allyance Communications Inc., Quy is dedicated to delivering top-notch IT, connectivity, data center, and cloud computing solutions that help his clients improve their business efficiency and profitability.

Quy is also a savvy investor, with a portfolio that includes Liquid Death mountain water, Lime Micromobility, Joah Love (fine kids clothing), Force10 Networks (acq by Dell), Capella Photonics (acq by Alcatel), and Consumer Brands (acq by Centerfield).

Steven Capper

Chief Information Officer, SNC Lavalin Group

Steven has won many awards including 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

From shop floor to executive suite, print room to boardroom, Steven embarked on a Margaret Thatcher-inspired Youth Training Scheme in 1980s Britain.

Over the next 30 years, he  propelled through a succession of exalted job titles and on to the higher echelons of the corporate world. His career in IT has spanned the globe, living and working in Leeds, London, Dubai, Los Angeles, Netherlands and Montreal.

Steven has a proven ability to recruit, develop and lead large, successful IT teams. He is well-networked with a solid track record in creating and delivering ingenious business transformational projects that exceed stakeholder expectations.

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 highflyers.

Steven he also led IT for the largest merger and acquisition in the AEC space involving 100,000 personnel. He has been a driving force across large-scale innovation projects with the potential to unlock revenue of 120Bn+.

Toni Clayton-Hine

Chief Marketing Officer, EY Americas

Toni 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 analytics to unlock opportunities in highly competitive markets. She has been named one of Brand Innovator’s Top 100 Women in Brand Marketing.

She 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 as a member of CompTIA’s Audit, Finance and 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.

As the Chief Marketing Officer for EY Americas, the $15bn professional services firm globally known as Ernst & Young LLP, 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. Toni was also the Vice President of Global Marketing for their $3 billion division dedicated to growing profitable revenue through indirect channels. She was responsible for 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. 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.

Jabu Dayton

CEO and Founder, Jabu HR

Jabu builds people operations for her clients  adding 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.

She has 25+ years of experience 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 United States she moved into the founding HR role at Airbnb, propelling her 12-year career with tech companies in Silicon Valley and global markets.

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. Jabu thrives in complicated spaces, and enjoys the challenges and freedoms often found in the startup markets

As CEO and Founder of Jabu HR, she is widely known as an advocate and mentor for underrepresented communities in tech, a voice for those without power in those spaces and is relentless about leading discussions about equity wherever her work takes her.

Through her consulting firm launched in 2014, Jabu has worked as an interim Chief People Officer for over 24 companies to date. She consults with notable startups spanning software technology, green energy, healthcare, consumer, eCommerce, retail, agriculture, and food, and beverage industries.

Jabu is a graduate of The Evergreen State College with a dual BA in Liberal Arts and African American Studies.

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.

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

Jason has spent his career immersed in the world of MSPs and VARs. With 20+ years of technology, sales channel management and IT market experience, he has built industry-leading programs, partner incentives and vendor initiatives.

Prior to becoming CEO, Jason served as President and Chief Operating Officer at 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. He 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.

Jason was named CEO in February 2019, succeeding co-founder Arnie Bellini.

Before joining ConnectWise, Jason held director-level positions at CA Technologies, managing teams, channel partners, strategic alliances and marketing budgets. He previously spent 5 years gaining industry and channel experience at reseller company, Interactive Futures and Global Computers, where he held sales, marketing and product management positions.

Jason grew up in New York and has an MBA from Clarkson University.

John C. Malonson

Senior Cybersecurity Manager, Raytheon Technologies

John has 20+ years of combined experience in information technology and security risk management within a Fortune 100 company.

As a Senior Cybersecurity Manager for Raytheon Technologies’ Intelligence & Space division, he is a lifelong learner holding multiple certifications, including: CompTIA Security+, CompTIA Cybersecurity Analyst (CySA+), CompTIA PenTest+, PMI Project Management Professional (PMP), ISC2 Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and SAFe Scrum Master and Product Owner.

With a heart for service; John volunteers his time and serves as a board member for multiple non-profits including CompTIA Spark, Blacks United in Leading Technology (BUiLT), 100 Black Men LA and has helped establish youth technology programs with STEAM:Coders.

Kevin O’Loughlin

CEO and Founder, Nostra

Kevin is a thought leader in the MSP space. He regularly contributes to debates and is a go-to commentator for national media platforms. He is the CEO and Founder of Nostra, an MSP headquartered in  Ireland.

MSP Nostra supports the IT requirements of 300 global clients with a team of 200+ people. Nostra is one of the fastest growing MSPs in Europe. Kevin has led 5 acquisitions over the past 5 years.

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

With a personal goal to help 1 million people in his lifetime, Kevin is making progress via his work at MSP Nostra.

Rob Rae

Corporate Vice President of Communities and Ecosystem, Pax8

Rob has been the recipient of extensive awards and recognition in the channel including 9 years running CRN Channel Chief. An award-winning speaker, Rob has also been recognized on many top industry lists as a top executive, influencer and mid-market executive.

With 25+ years of sales and B2B experience, Rob has extensive knowledge in IT hardware and software sales. His industry experience includes work with channel-focused organizations supporting VARs, solution providers and MSPs to help them achieve their business goals.

Rob serves on several industry advisory boards, including the Board of Directors for CompTIA.

As Corporate Vice President of Community and Ecosystems at Pax8, Rob leverages his decades of channel, vendor and MSP experience to build upon many different Pax8 programs including Beyond – Pax8’s partner conference, to help partners grow across the globe. He has also been instrumental in developing Pax8’s go-to-market strategy.

Prior to joining Pax8, Rob built successful sales and channel teams in a variety of industries including Datto (acquired by Kaseya), Level Platforms (acquired by AVG) and Compaq Computers (acquired by HP).

Joanna Riley

CEO and Founder, Censia

Joanna Riley is an entrepreneur, investor and mentor for diversity in technology. She is a repeat entrepreneur, having led multiple companies through both public and private exits.

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.

Early in Joanna’s career, she was part of the International Training Unit for the FBI. She is part of the President's Program at Harvard Business School, and 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.

Joanna earned her BA in Foreign Affairs from the University of Virginia.

John Scola

Global Vice President, Software Partners, SAP

John brings 20+ years of experience to the SAP channel business. He thrives on new challenges designed to accelerate business, simplify the complex and allows for both strategic and tactical action. He serves as the AFIC Chair on the Board of Directors for CompTIA. 

John joined SAP to lead the early stages of demand generation for the SAP channel business. From there, he 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. He took over the Global Platinum Reseller program in 2014 and grew this business to represent 25% of SAP’s total indirect revenue. Today, as Global Vice President, he leads the Global Cloud Channels business and Software Partners team for SAP. John is always looking for new ways to drive partner profitability in the Cloud.

Previously, John successfully fulfilled 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.

In addition to work, John has been actively fundraising for Multiple Sclerosis for the past 12 years. An active fisherman, he serves as 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.

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).