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NC Tech Talk by NCTA: SAS and IBM

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NCTA staffer Marc Montoro was live on location for NCTA’s 2015 State of Technology, and managed to grab interviews with a couple featured speakers.

Keith Collins, Executive Vice President & Chief Information Officer – SAS

Keith Collins, Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer (CIO) at SAS, serves as a member of the executive team. He is responsible for leading the Information

Technology Division. As CIO, Collins leads a focused effort on our cloud infrastructure and strategy. Prior to Collins being named CIO he served as Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at SAS where led Research and Development. He has been instrumental in leading SAS’ evolution as a provider of industry-specific solutions that deliver the benefits of powerful analytic technologies into the hands of users. Collins led the effort to develop the company’s breakthrough SAS Business Analytics Framework that is redefining business intelligence as it is known today.

Collins is a graduate of North Carolina State University in computer science. He is the founding member of the strategic advisory board of the department of computer science. In 2003, the university named him a Distinguished Engineering Alumnus. Collins also serves as an advisor for Bull City Venture Partners.

John Kelly, SVP of Solutions Portfolio & Research – IBM

As IBM senior vice president, solutions portfolio and research, Dr. John E. Kelly III is focused on the company’s investments in several of the fastest-growing and most strategic parts of the information technology market. His portfolio includes IBM Analytics, IBM Commerce, IBM Security and IBM Watson, as well as IBM Research and the company’s Intellectual Property team. He will also oversee the development of future units devoted to serving clients in specific industries, beginning with IBM Healthcare later this year.

In this role, Dr. Kelly’s top priorities are to stimulate innovation in key areas of information technology and to bring those innovations into the marketplace quickly; to apply these innovations to help IBM clients succeed; and to identify and nurture new and future areas for investment and growth. He works closely with the leaders of these new units to drive business development, accelerate technology transfer and invest for the future.

Carolina Connections

SAS, Silicon Valley Bank, nCino, and Workplace Options

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Paula Henderson, Vice President of State and Local Government Practice, SAS

As Vice President of the State & Local Government practice at SAS, Paula Henderson is responsible for leading an $80 million business that brings the power of SAS analytics to all 50 states as well as many counties and municipalities across the U.S. Under her leadership the business unit has sustained double digit growth each year for five years.

Henderson is known for her hands-on selling and management approach, her ability to affect state legislature and government policy, and her 20 years of success as a sales leader. In her role as vice president, she oversees SAS’ commitment to helping state and local government organizations provide high-quality services to their constituents, while maximizing resources and budgets.

Henderson is a founding member of North Carolina Women in Science and Technology, co-chair of the North Carolina Information Technology Roundtable and chair of the North Carolina Beautiful Foundation. She holds a master’s degree in business administration from Meredith College in Raleigh, North Carolina, and bachelor’s degree in business management from North Carolina State University.

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Chris Stoecker, Managing Director – Carolina Region, Silicon Valley Bank

Chris Stoecker is responsible for business development and portfolio management at an industry leading technology bank for the North & South Carolina region. He specializes in lending and comprehensive banking services to early stage (typically venture or angel backed), growth stage and publicly traded technology and life science companies. Chris’s activities include account acquisition, credit evaluation, term sheet negotiations, loan closings, and active networking with venture capitalists, CPAs, & attorneys.

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Martin Barbee, SVP of Strategic Accounts, nCino

Martin is responsible for sales and business development within the community and regional bank spaces throughout the United States. Martin started his career in the technology space and then spent 11 years in mortgage lending prior to joining nCino.

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Alan King, President and Chief Operating Officer, Workplace Options

As President and COO, Alan brings more than 20 years of employee assistance and work-life experience to Workplace Options. He was VP at the Ceridian LifeWorks EAP, where he oversaw international resource and referral, provider relations, external training, quality control, and customer service. Prior to that, he managed resource and referral and central database operations at work-life consulting firm Work Family Directions.

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