2025 Speaker List
- Teena Piccione | Secretary & State CIO| N.C. Department of Information Technology
- Dr. Nan Zhang | Senior Customer Insights Manager | Instinct Science
Speakers are continuously updated upon confirmation.
Teena Piccione | Secretary & State CIO| N.C. Department of Information Technology
Keynote Speaker
9:00 am Ballroom B
Teena Piccione (pronounced pitch-OWN-ee) joined the N.C. Department of Information Technology in January 2025.
As Secretary and State Chief Information Officer, she leads the agency responsible for strategic IT planning and the procurement and delivery of IT services and solutions as well as cybersecurity and efforts to expand broadband access and affordability across North Carolina.
Prior to NCDIT, Piccione was the managing director for Cloud and Customer Engineering over Telecommunications, Media, Entertainment and Gaming at Google. She has also worked at RTI International as executive vice president and chief technology officer, at Fidelity Investments as senior vice president and chief operating officer, and at AT&T as vice president and leader of the Big Data Center of Excellence.
Piccione has also served on the N.C. Information Technology Strategy Board’s Digital Transformation Committee where she advised NCDIT on vision, mission and goals for digital transformation and helped develop a digital transformation roadmap for the state.
10:00 am Balloom A
Dr. Nan Zhang holds a Ph.D. in Marketing and over 15 years of experience driving data-led transformation. She has led high-impact analytics teams across SaaS, EdTech, research institutions, finance, and marketing to deliver strategic business value. Her expertise spans predictive modeling, executive reporting, and customer intelligence. She is passionate about empowering organizations through data leadership and insight-driven decision-making.
2024 Speaker List
- Mary Willis | President & CEO, Fidelity Bank
- Melanie Regner | SVP & Financial Advisor RHO Group, Morgan Stanley
- Kevin Mills | Wealth Planner, First Citizens Bank
- Matt Brubaker | President, Greenfield Communities
- Amanda Hoyle | Director of Land Acquisition, Tri Point Homes
- Phillip Neuhart | SVP Director of Market & Economic Research, First Citizens Bank
- Phillip Strickland | Executive Director Trust & Fiduciary Services & SVP, First Citizens Bank
- Ron Duffer | Business Advisor, NC Small Business & Technology Development Center
- Tyler Britton | Professor of Trust & Wealth Management, Campbell University
- Michelle Osborne | Director of the Risk Management Institute, Campbell University
2023 Speaker List
- Teena Piccione | C-Suite Executive | Global Transformation & Operations Executive at Google
- Paul Levering | Certified EOS Implementer
- Dr. Katherine Spradley | Partner, K. Cradley & Co.
- Aaron Lympany | Owner, Rhymes Video
- Dr. Michael Rodriguez | Associate Professor of Marketing
- Lisa Bamford | Director of Global Marketing and Sales, Sciencix
- Dr. Amanda Parker | Associate Professor of Homeland Security and Cybersecurity
- Dr. Sherri Yerk-Zwickl | Vice President of Information Technology, CIO at Campbell University
2022 Speaker List
- Jenny Hofler | Recruiting Manager, Amazon
- Doug Stewart | Author of 5 1/2 MENTORS, TEDx Speaker and certified Dale Carnegie Coach
- Chris Deshazor | Director of Talent and Organizational Development, Harness.io
- Dr. Michelle Osborne | Chair of Business Administration and
Economics, Campbell University - Lindsay Wrege | Co-founder and CEO, 321 Coffee
- Dr. Patricia J. Carter | CEO of Breakpoint Coaching, LLC
- Rebecca Brock | Senior Vice President and Fiduciary Director, Truist Wealth
2021 Speaker List
- Bryan McGann | Clinical Professor of Law and Director of Start-Up Ventures Clinic, Duke University
- Coach Mike Minter | Football Head Coach, Campbell University and CEO of Minter Enterprises
- Alison Sikes | President and CEO, Strategy Performance Business Solutions
- Dr. Laura Lunsford | Professor and Chair of Psychology Department, Campbell University
- Vicky Ismail | Co-founder, Carroll’s Kitchen
- Chris Bingham | Entrepreneur in Residence at Campbell University and Owner, Ship Simply
- Dr. Jenna Carpenter | Dean and Professor of Engineering, Campbell University
- Dr. Sherri Yerk-Zwickl | Vice President for Information Technology and CIO, Campbell University
- Sandy Connolly | Vice President for Business and Chief Financial Officer, Campbell University
- Dr. Faithe Beam | Vice President for Student Life and Christian Mission, Campbell University