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Phil Ventimiglia, Tiffany Green-Abdullah and Annette Owusu with GSU Digital Learners to Leaders

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As Georgia State University’s first Chief Innovation Officer, Phil Ventimiglia is helping shape Georgia State University’s exploration of new ideas for teaching and learning.

Phil has nearly two decades of experience in new technology development and strategy, working internationally and across industries, to foster the growth of new technologies, encourage entrepreneurship and help grow educational opportunity.

Phil currently serves on the advisory board for the Educause Learning Initiative (ELI) and as a mentor in Georgia Institute of Technology’s Flashpoint startup incubation program. Before joining Georgia State University, Phil was Vice President for Innovation and New Product Development at NCR Corporation, where he led a global team that acted as an innovation catalyst and development accelerator. Phil also held the position of Vice President & General Manager for the NCR Hyderabad Development Center in India. In Hyderabad, Phil was responsible for leading the creation of an independent, emerging-market development center with end-to-end, in-market product development capabilities, including engineering and product management. Also, while in Hyderabad, Phil helped facilitate the introduction of a new international school in order to improve educational options in the area.

Prior to NCR, Phil worked at Dell for over 10 years, helping to build and lead Dell’s entry into new lines of business, including Inspiron notebooks, Dell Printers, Dell Flat Panel Monitors, Dell TVs and Dell Projectors. In addition, he spent over three years in Singapore, helping to lead and build Dell’s Singapore Design Center.

Phil began his career as a product marketing manager with the IBM Consumer Division and held various engineering positions at Lockheed Sanders. He holds a Master’s of Public and Private Management from the Yale School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Connecticut.

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Tiffany Green-Abdullah, M.Ed., PMP, is a visionary leader in learning technologies, design education as well as community development. She is a doctoral student in the Instructional Technology program. She was the first recipient of the Master of Education in Education and Technology from Peabody School of Education at Vanderbilt University. As a first-generation student, she received a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Vanderbilt. Tiffany began her career at GSU as a Project Manager in Information Technology in 2011. Tiffany is the Assistant Director of Learning Community Development at Georgia State University within the Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning and the Director of Digital Learners to Leaders, an interdisciplinary project based co-curricular program that develops students’ digital literacy and leadership skills.

Tiffany is a philanthropist and the Co-Founder of The Community Academy for Architecture and Design aka TCAAD (t-cad). TCAAD is the first elementary school for architecture and design thinking school in the nation and will open Fall 2020 in Stone Mountain Georgia with grades K-4. Tiffany has a strong efficacy in designing technology education programs that are cutting edge and culturally responsive leading to STEAM career pathways.

Tiffany is the founding advisor to PantherHackers, a large active student organization at Georgia State focused on developing a culture of problem-solving using technology. Tiffany has produced the Teaching for Social Justice and Democracy speaker series at CETL since 2016 as well as numerous other programs including a gaming industries talent training program, a youth and technology television show, a hardware fund for students, and numerous partnerships to enhance the student experience at Georgia State University.

Tiffany presents on a variety of topics including culturally relevant pedagogy, Hip-Hop in Education, developing socially conscious digital leaders, creating STEAM career pathways and innovating as an intrapreneur.

Tiffany lives in Stone Mountain with her husband Tariq Abdullah, an architect and social entrepreneur, and their 3 children. If Tiffany could do anything else, she would be spreading love and
black heritage with her bean pies and producing television and movies that show the world the beauty of marginalized cultures and communities.

Connect with Tiffany on LinkedIn and Facebook, and follow Digital Learners to Leaders on LinkedIn and Facebook.

Annette Owusu is currently a senior at Georgia State University majoring in Computer Information Systems. Her campus involvement includes Women in Technology, African Student Association, and Digital Learners to Leaders. Annette held the position of Digital Team Lead for DLL. During her time in DLL, she partook in the creation of a Virtual Reality simulation that helped grade school kids and young adults with financial literacy.

In the next cohort, she lead a team in developing an application that helps young adults and young professionals’ complete tasks while staying motivated. These experiences gave Annette the opportunity to intern with the Coca-Cola Company as a Digital Marketing Intern and FOCUS Brands as an IT Project Management Intern.

Connect with Annette on LinkedIn.

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Jackie Davis with GSU, Brian Moore with Canis Major Digital and Queen Anaeki with Entrepreneurship Alumni Network

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Jackie Davis is the Associate Director for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (ENI) at Georgia State University where she contributes to the Institute’s vision, strategy, marketing and co-curricular efforts.

In her tenure, Jackie has helped to grow Georgia State’s entrepreneurship programs beyond the classroom. She established and oversees the planning and facilitation of 60+ events a year including: co-curricular workshops, guest speakers, business consultations, university-wide competitions, and several co-sponsored events with notable industry partners. Today, with a Major, Minor and MBA Concentration in Entrepreneurship, as well as three interdisciplinary degree programs (Social Entrepreneurship, Media Entrepreneurship and Biomedical Enterprise) ENI enrolls 600+ students a semester.

Jackie is also the advisor for the Collegiate Entrepreneurs’ Organization (Georgia State Chapter) and the E-House Living Learning Community. She also assisted in the development of the LaunchGSU Student Incubator, a 3,000 sq. ft., idea-stage incubator designed to foster an entrepreneurial and innovative culture across campus.

Prior to her role with ENI, Ms. Davis supported the development of signature experience programs including, the WomenLead Center and the Advancement of Women – Women’s Mentoring Program. As an intrapreneur, Jackie enjoys building signature programs that support entrepreneurship, women, and economic empowerment.

Ms. Davis holds a Master of Business Administration with a concentration in Marketing, a Master of Education, and a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and International Business, all from Georgia State University.

Connect with Jackie on LinkedIn and follow GSU ENI and Georgia State Alumni on Facebook.

Brian Moore is a native of Atlanta, GA and the CEO and Founder of Canis Major Digital, a music tech startup, project manager for Home Depot Corporate, and the co-chair for GSU’s Entrepreneurship Network. Brian’s biggest passion is bridging the gap between creatives and business in the digital marketplace.

Connect with Brian on LinkedIn and follow Canis Major Digital on Facebook.

Queen Anaeki is a Senior Media Planner at one of the largest marketing and communications companies in the world – Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising company headquartered in Paris. Queen manages social accounts, campaigns, and advertising strategies for major international brands.

Queen has also started her own Marketing Consulting Firm where she has focused on growth and marketing strategies for brands, startups and small businesses in the U.S., France, Canada, Nigeria, and Ghana.

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Musaddeq Khan with GSU ENI

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MK is a serial tech entrepreneur. He has taken ideas and transformed them into full blown revenue generating businesses. MK has started a number of software companies. He founded Prominus in 2002 to help small hospitals manage their outstanding receivables. In 2008, MK founded Verdeeco, a cloud based analytics platform that energy utilities used to manage and analyze data to gain operational efficiencies. Verdeeco was acquired in 2014 by Sensus, the company that helps Georgia Power measure our electricity consumption and produce a bill. Verdeeco was dubbed iTunes of the Smart Grid.

MK is also a startup mentor and works with startups and entrepreneurs nationwide. He is also a mentor at the Atlanta Tech Village. MK is a soccer aficionado. He loves watching Premier League, and is a Manchester United fan. But he is most excited about the Atlanta United. Please don’t get him started.

Connect with MK on Twitter and follow GSU ENI on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook.

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Noelle London with Invest Atlanta and Diane Bloodworth and Shailesh Kumar Jha with Competitive Sports Analysis

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Noelle London is Assistant Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Invest Atlanta.

Connect with Noelle on LinkedIn.

Diane Bloodworth founded Competitive Sports Analysis (CSA) and serves as the CEO. CSA’s mission is to help sports teams win by leveraging predictive analytics. She is responsible for company and product strategy and manages the day-to-day operations. Diane is a serial entrepreneur and previous founder of an IT process improvement consulting firm (BIT) that was acquired in 2003. She has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry, including nine years at IBM. Diane’s IT consulting experience has included assignments with Fortune 500 companies, government, and small businesses.

Through CSA and the company’s scoutSMART brand, Diane is able to combine her love of sports and expert knowledge of analytics and technology.  Diane has a degree in Finance from the University of Georgia Terry College of Business and an MBA from the University of Miami. Diane has participated on sports analytics panels for the Technology Association of Georgia, Titans of Sports Tech, Great Lakes Analytics in Sports Conference, Georgia Institute of Technology Big Data Forum, Georgetown and FC Barcelona Soccer Leadership Summit, UMASS – Using Data to Win, and Ohio State University, Alternate Careers in Sports.

Connect with Diane on LinkedIn and follow CSA on LinkedIn.

Shailesh Kumar Jha is from India and currently pursuing master’s in computer science from Georgia State University specializing in Data Science and Data Analytics. He has previous consulting experience of close to ten years with companies like IBM and Infosys. He is currently interning at Competitive Sports Analysis as a Data Analytics intern helping the company provide more accurate and robust data to college football coaches.

Connect with Shailesh on LinkedIn.