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Former chair of the Strategic Advisory Board, Donald Thompson, Jr. speaking during a Fidelity Investments Speaker Series event.

A cornerstone of the computer science department's strategic planning efforts is our Strategic Advisory Board (SAB).


This dynamic group of industry executives and academic leaders provide input and guidance that is critical to helping shape our strategic direction.

The SAB meets annually on campus and continues to function as a virtual working team throughout the year through member involvement on subcommittees and executive panels.

The SAB chairperson for the 2019-20 academic year is Tracy Doaks and the vice-chair is Kim Calhoun.

Strategic Advisory Board Members

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Joe Bastante
Chief Technology Officer
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina
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Lance Berberian
SVP & Chief Information Officer
LabCorp
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Elizabeth 'Betsy' Brady
SVP, Global Information Security
Bank of America
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Kimberly Calhoun (Vice Chair) *
Founder & CEO
Guardinator
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Dan Corgan
SVP and Cyber Threat Intelligence Officer
BB&T
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Tracy Doaks (Chair) *
President & CEO
MCNC
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Jim Fletcher *
Strategy Partner
Momenta Partners
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Robert (Bob) Garrell
Senior Director, Software Engineering
Oracle
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David 'Dave' Gill
Executive Director, Global Information Security Officer
PRA Health Sciences
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William Gregory *
VP, Software Engineering
Fidelity Investments
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Anthony Grieco *
Sr Director, Security and Trust Organization
Cisco
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Steve Grobman *
Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
McAfee
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Bryan Harris
SVP of R&D Engineering
SAS
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Darrell Hubbard *
Founder & CIO
Yetta Corp.
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Brian Lora *
CTO
Live Oak Bank
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Jeff Pfeifer
Vice President – Product Management
LexisNexis
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Peggy Pranschke
Senior Director, Data Science and Advance AI
Advance Auto Parts
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Andy Rindos
Program Director for the Emerging Technology Institute
IBM
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Mark Risoldi
Executive Director, Global Head of Information Risk Management
Merck
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David Schmitt *
Engineering Director
NetApp
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Beth Smith *
GM, IBM Watson AI
IBM
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Chris Stanley *
GM & VP, Clinical Technology
LabCorp
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Deborah Stokes
Sr. Director of University Research
Dell Technologies
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Erik Troan *
Founder & CTO
Pendo
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David H. Whitley *
Senior Vice President of Development
Applied Systems, Inc.

Emeritus Members

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Wayne Clark
Retired CNS Architect
Cisco Systems
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Keith V. Collins *
Retired Sr. VP & CTO
SAS Institute
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Donald Thompson Jr.
CEO
WalkWest
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Steve Worth *
Director, SPO Global Engineering
EMC

Important Information

Membership Guidelines, Duties & Expectations [PDF]
Membership Nomination Form [PDF]

* NC State University Alumnus