Marvin Harris Jr., an engineering senior manager at Qorvo, has been elected chair of the Tech Titans board of directors, which has also added 16 new board members.
“Marvin Harris is the ideal person to chair the Tech Titans board,” said Paul Bendel, executive director of Tech Titans. “He has more than 25 years of professional experience and has provided tremendous guidance as vice chair of our STEM program. We’re also grateful to our new and returning board members who are committed to providing guidance to Tech Titans as we work to grow and bring value to our members.”
Tech Titans said that during Harris’s career, he was a foundry engineer for TriQuint Semiconductor for 17 years until it merged with Qorvo where he has served for nearly nine years. Harris served as vice chair of the Tech Titans STEM program largely because, as a young student, it was a STEM program that influenced him to pursue an engineering career.
Joining the board for 2025 are:
- Zach Barnes, managing director of Audit & Assurance for Deloitte
- Meagan Chaddick, senior vice president of Data and Technology Solutions for RESPEC
- Chris Cox, head of Global Strategy and Portfolio Planning, Photonics Solutions for Fujitsu
- Sumeet Deshpande, leader of Public Sector for NTT Data
- Larry Frauenheim, president of VLSIP Technologies
- Charles Jones, chief operating officer of SilverXis
- Chris Myers, professor of marketing and business analytics at Texas A&M Commerce
- Dice Nakamura, executive director of Technology and Venture Banking for Wells Fargo
- Vic Peram, founder and chief executive officer of Veritis Group
- Eric Peters, president of the Professional Services Division for BGSF
- Sanchin Raj, founder and managing partner of HIF Analytics
- Chris Rohde, founder and president of Worlds
- Sashieka Seneviratne, director of Cloud RAN Solutions – AT&T GCU CTO office for Ericsson
- Rob Stogsdill, technology director for State Farm
- Gustavo Vasconcelos, founder and CEO of Asinpa
- Kimberly Wright, director of Career Development in Technology for Uplift Education.
Returning board members are Barbara Baffer, chairwoman for Tech Titans Foundation; Richard Benson, president of The University of Texas at Dallas; Chris Bradford, president of Newline Interactive; Joel Buys, solutions security expert; Kay Eggleston, president, Richland Campus for Dallas College; Charlie Fell, senior vice president – Technology & Life Sciences Division for Comerica Bank; Robert Jackson, executive vice president and general counsel at CyrusOne; Ben Kazora, business development manager for SMS InfoComm; Chris MacFarland, chief development officer for Comcast Business; Betty Manetta, president and chief executive officer of Argent Associates; Vance McCullough, partner at Moss Adams; Tad McIntosh, president of HumCap; Mary Elizabeth McNeely, president of McNeely Technology Solutions; Lisette Mendez, vice president of finance and Latin American controller AT&T; Riyaz Muhammad, senior manager for Corporate Tech and Innovations for MuRata Electronics; Shanthi Rajaram, founder and chief executive officer of Amazech; Deborah Sawyer, CEO mentor and strategist for Vistage; Arek Skuza, U.S. consulting and principal AI strategist for Skuza AI; Amy Wheelus, chief technology and information officer for Gigapower; Clint Wilkins, partner and IP attorney for Haynes & Boone; and David Yalovsky, vice president of Products for Ziosk.
Tech Titans said that each new board member is elected for a two-year term, joining a board of up to 40 individuals representing all sectors of the North Texas technology industry.
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