Welcome to the
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Techtopia: The Future We Build Together
| Check-in opens | |
| Cocktail reception & silent auction | |
| Dinner & program with host Aisha Bowe | |
| Closing remarks & program concludes | |
| After-party featuring Yacht Rock Schooner | |
| After-party concludes | |
Entertainment
Meet Your Hosts
Digital Ball Co-Chair
Digital Ball Co-Chair
Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Presenter
Emcee & Auctioneer
Award Nominees
Bill Bolling Nonprofit Leader Award
Nonprofit Technology Innovator Award
2026 Digital Ball Sponsors
Event Sponsor
Diamond
Gold
Guests, including Karen Cramer, at The Digital Ball reception.
The Digital Ball guests: a couple pose for the photographer.
Guest pose in front of the step-and repeat.
Couple poses for the photographer.
The Digital Ball guests.
Bimal Bivek and "plus-one."
Shannon Johnston & guest at The Digital Ball
A couple at The Digital Ball.
Steve Linowes and "plus-one"
Two women pose at The Digital Ball
Paul Bierbusse and "plus-one"
Reliaquest (reception sponsor) sign
5 guests, including Marva Bailer, Clint Bailey, and Vish Narendra, at The Digital Ball reception,
Silver
Bronze
Partner
Special Thanks
Executive Planning Committee
Executive Ambassadors
- Jeff Afonso
- CIO, Federal Home Loan Bank of Atlanta
- Will Alexander
- CIO, Benevis
- Sameer Ali
- Global Dir. IT & Information Security, East West Manufacturing
- Leslie Anderson
- Global Dir. Ent. Architecture & Strategy, IHG Hotels & Resorts
- Nathaniel Arnold
- CIO Engineering & Future of Flight, G.E. Aerospace
- Patrick Arnold
- CTO, PatientPoint
- Matthew Ausman
- CIO, Zebra Technologies
- Steve Bakalar
- VP IT Digital Transformations, Georgia Pacific
- Jennifer Baker
- CTO, Arvest
- Dane Bamburry
- Sr. Dir. Ent. Architecture, Cox Enterprises
- Brian Benn
- CIO, Clark Atlanta
- Shoukat Ali Bhamani
- CIO, McLarens
- Anil Bhatt
- CIO, NOrfolk Southern
- Gautham Bhatt
- VP, Head of Data & AI, Saia Inc.
- Bimal Bivek
- VP Strategy & Planning, Elevance Health
- Angie Brown
- EVP & CIO, The Home Depot
- Tonya Bryant
- VP Technology, Southern Company
- Jeff Caplan
- CIO, Church’s Chicken
- Walt Carter
- Chief Transformation Officer, Visionographers
- Anil Cheriyan
- CIO & Founder, Phase IV Ventures
- Michael Chubb
- Divisional CTO, Deluxe Corp.
- Alicia Clarke
- CISO & Head of IT Security, PPC Partners Inc.
- Jonathan Cox
- SVP & CIO, Manhattan Assoc.
- Ross Creasy
- CIO, Ameris Bank
- Keith Credendino
- SVP Tech Product, Macy’s
- Chris Crist
- CIO, Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta Internat’l Airport
- Robby Cullens
- CIO, Georgia Pacific
- Nancy D’Amico
- CIO, Woodruff Arts
- Jason Devine
- Ent. Engineering Lead, Arvest
- Amala Duggirala
- EVP & Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Delta Airlines
- Julie Elmore
- SVP Technology, Inspire
- Ryan Esparza
- CIO, EspriGas
- Sheila Evans
- Chief Product & Solutions Officer, MagMutual
- Ngozi Eze
- CISO, Levi Strauss & Co.
- ZsaVette Eze
- VP Technology, Synchrony Financial
- Jamil Farshchi
- CIO & CISO, Equifax
- Jay Ferro
- CIO, Envision Pharma
- Robert Fraraccio
- SVP Technology Portfolio, Elavon Inc.
- Wendy Frazier
- SVP & Chief Technology Officer, Brightly Software
- Nandu Gandhi
- Founder & Principal Consultant, Transformation Outcome Services
- Praveen Gautam
- CIO, BlueLinx
- D’Lovely Gibson
- SVP Office of the CIO, Empower
- Andy Green
- VP Global Infrastructure, Chick-fil-A
- Mike Guhl
- CIO, Pulte Group
- Alok Gupta
- CIO, Ardurra
- Danielle Hall
- VP IT & Bus Enablement, Andmore
- Brodrick Hall
- EHR Health Informatics Consultant (independent)
- Scott Harris
- Head of AI & Transformation, One Inc.
- Elizabeth Hoemeke
- Former CIO, One Inc.
- Leo Howell
- CIO, Georgia Tech OIT
- Monika Hudson
- CTO, Barings
- Tim Huff
- President & CEO, Turknett Leadership Group
- Shaun Hunt
- CIO, McKenny’s Inc.
- Jason James
- CIO, Aptos Retail
- Keisha James
- Head of HR & DEI Communication, Cummins
- Yogs Jayaprakasam
- CIO, Deluxe Corp.
- Dustin Johnson
- CTO, UCB
- Russ Johnson
- Dir. Business Intelligence, Piedmont Healthcare
- Shannon Johnston
- CTO, Invesco
- Larisa Joiner
- SVP & CIO, Enpro Inc.
- Arun Kandel
- CIO, Southern Poverty Law Center
- Martin Kawecki
- Sr. Dir., NCR Atleos
- Trey Keisler
- CIO Power Service Operations, G.E. Vernova
- Mayur Khare
- Head of AI, Beazer Homes
- Eddie Kirkman
- Former VP Ent. Apps, PT Solutions
- Bryson Koehler
- CEO, Revinate
- Kal Krishnamurthi
- EVP IT, Insight Global
- Tom Lasswell
- Dir. IT, DC BLOX
- Scott Leazer
- Executive Dir. Ent. Apps, RaceTrac
- Lo Li
- Divisional CTO, Truist
- Phil Littlehales
- Executive Lead & CIO, Global Payments
- Ryan Loy
- CTO, Global Payments
- Jill Luber
- CTO, Elsevier
- Brian Mackay
- VP Technology Services, Floor & Decor Holdings Inc.
- Marianne McPeak–Johnson
- Chief Product Officer, Cox Automotive Inc.
- Steve McWilliams
- CIO, George Hospital Assoc.
- Cecilia Mao
- Global CPO, Equifax
- Joe Marroquin
- CISO, Vestis
- Jeremy Meller
- CIO, Children’s Healthcare
- Daniel Mikkelson
- EVP & CIO, Southern Company
- Heather Miller
- CIO, Randstad
- Jason Molfetas
- CIO, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- Monica Moore
- CTO, Alogent Corp.
- Kevin Morrison
- VP & Deputy CISO, Unum Group
- Ramesh Munamarty
- CIO Advisor & Managing Partner, Strategix Advisory
- Micheal Muncy
- CIO, Aveanna Healthcare Inc.
- Sheldon Mundle
- Former CIO & Consultant, EY
- Prakash Muthukrishnan
- CTO, Purchasing Power
- Pramesh Naik
- CIO, Troutman Pepper Locke
- Vish Narendra
- Retired
- Nikhil Narvekar
- CIO, Graphic Packaging
- Eric Norman
- Head of Infrastructure Architecture & Innovation, IHG Hotels & Resorts
- Rohan Pal
- CIO, NCR Atleos
- Jamshed Patel
- CTO, Ministry Brands
- Carl Patten
- CIO, Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta
- Renee Pearson
- CIO, Rollins, Inc.
- Hari Peruri
- CIO, AGCO Corp.
- Ben Pivar
- CIO, Fanatics
- James Prolizo
- CIO, Greenway Health
- Christie Pruett
- CIO, S.P. Richards Co.
- Jill Renfroe
- VP Global IT, H–E Parts International
- Jason Richmond
- Security Engineering & Operations, CONA Services
- Matt Ringer
- CIO, Kloeckner Metals
- Tom Ritter
- CIO, EIS Inc.
- Troy Robinson
- Sr. Dir. Software Engineering, Sam’s Club
- Kimberly Rometo
- CIO, Atlanta Hawks
- Tushar Sachdev
- CTO, Aptos Retail
- Jaspal Sagoo
- Executive in Residence, Georgia State University
- Manash Saha
- Head of IT, Kia Georgia
- Regina Salazar
- CIO, Dycom
- Jason Sankey
- CIO, City of Atlanta
- Mark Satterfield
- CTO, Elevance Health
- Scott Schemmel
- CIO, Construction Resources
- Joe Schleupner
- VP Ent. Technology Transformation & Strategic Lead for Ent. Digital Transformation, Southwire Co.
- Kember Seay
- CISO, Carter’s Inc.
- Imtiaz Shaikh
- Former CIO, Plumbing Distributors
- Ameet Shetty
- CIO, RaceTrac
- Krish Shetty
- SVP & CTO, AvidXchange
- Tim Silva
- CIO, Insight Global
- John Slaughter
- CIO, Atlanta Health Solutions
- Francis Solomon
- Mgr. Ent. Apps, Pilot
- David Stephens
- CTO, Revinate
- Dan Stuart
- SVP ITS, Southwire
- Anup Thomas
- EVP & CTO Payment Software, ACI Worldwide
- Marline Thomas
- Dir. IT Effectiveness, Yamaha Motor Corp. USA
- Irene Thong
- CIO, Oglethorpe Power Corp.
- John Trainor
- CEO, Four Technologies
- Trey Tunnell
- CISO, Floor & Decor Holdings Inc.
- Bates Turpen
- Former EVP & CIO, Travelport
- Brandon Van Orden
- CIO, Cousins Properties
- Bill VanCuren
- President, BVC Advisors LLC
- Ashok Vantipalli
- CIO, Primo Brands
- Bob Varnadoe
- VP Cybersecurity, Waystar
- Paula Wagner
- CIO, Mansfield Energy Corp.
- Scott Waid
- CIO, Atlanta Braves
- Chad Westfall
- VP Technology Platforms & Ent. Architecture, Macy’s
- Landon Williams
- EVP & CTO, Andmore
- Nick Yaitsky
- VP & Chief AI Officer & Head of Ent. Architecture, Wellstar Health System
- Mohammad Yassine
- Global Network Dir., IHG
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We’re a team of consultants, engineers, and community organizers with 25+ years of experience—and a belief that tech can solve society’s toughest challenges. Our mission is to break the cycle of generational poverty using technology and programming to address hunger, housing, social justice, and workforce challenges.
We do this by providing affordable, accessible solutions to nonprofits who share our mission, because cutting-edge technology isn’t always within reach for those prioritizing public good over profit.
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