Industrial Advisory Board

Jerrold Heyman is a Software Engineer with the Systems Technology Group at IBM, currently focusing on High Performance Computing (HPC) with an emphasis on Blue Gene Supercomputers. His 26 year professional career (22 at IBM) has seen him apply his knowledge in product development, product testing, research and development projects, and software construction. He currently assists Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) port their code(s) to Blue Gene and aids IBM sales teams in running benchmarks as they answer Request For Proposals (RFPs).
Jerrold is a 1983 USC graduate in Computer Science, earned a Master's in Computer Science from Texas A&M University (1985), and his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Kennedy-Western University (2002). Jerrold was an Adjunct Faculty member in the Dept of Computer Science at St. Edward's University (Austin, TX) 1989-1996.

Terry M. Floyd is the Managing Partner of TM Floyd & Company (TMF), an information technology services firm that Terry founded in 1976. With previous experience as a software engineer working for aerospace and telecom companies, Terry understands the IT industry from the perspectives of an executive and an IT consultant. Much of TMF’s business is focused on providing IT services to healthcare payers. This industry-specific focus has led to the development of a portfolio of strategic consulting services. TMF’s service offerings range from IT strategic planning and system implementation and integration to regulation implementation and compliance. TMF currently has a team of experienced healthcare consultants dedicated to helping payers respond to federal regulatory issues, including HIPAA 5010 and ICD-10. TMF's success throughout its nearly 35-year history is a testament to Terry's business drive and his ability to keep TMF agile enough to quickly respond to changes impacting IT and to translate that quick response into an ability to keep TMF's clients ahead of the curve.

Dr. Mary K. Harris is the Director of Computational Sciences at the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL). She is also the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for SRNL. Her experience includes twenty-eight (28) years in scientific and environmental disciplines including technical and project management and research and development. Dr. Harris is experienced in leading and interfacing with multidisciplinary organizations within a task team or matrixed framework and fostering an atmosphere that promotes high performance work teams. She is a member of the National Laboratory Chief Information Officer (NLCIO) Council. Dr. Harris recived her Ph.D from the University of South Carolina and her MS from the University of Idaho.

Mr. Leicht most recently sold Collexis Holdings Inc., a semantic software business, to the Dutch conglomerate Reed Elsevier. Mr. Leicht acted as Chief Operating Officer and Co-Founder of the Collexis Business, as well as a Board Director and Chairman of Collexis BV in Geldermalsen Netherlands and founder and board member of Collexis Chile in Santiago, Chile. Prior to his role at Collexis, Mr. Leicht spent several years in management and executive roles with IBM. Prior to IBM, Mr. Leicht founded, ran, and sold International Telecommunication Distributors, Inc, a telecom distribution company for mid-market providers. Mr. Leicht has a Bachelors Degree in Business from Bucknell University and an MBA from The Pennsyvlania State University where he was the President of his class. Mr. Leicht is a Board member and advisor to several companies and non-profit groups, and he is a regular speaker on Semantic Technologies, Informatics, and the role of Social Media. He lives with his wife and two children in Columbia, SC.

Tim Murphy is an engineer with Duke Energy in Charlotte, NC where he has worked for over 34 years. He has held various positions in engineering, regulated and non-regulated generation and information technology responsible for numerous computer application teams. He is currently IT Manager for data acquisition and historian systems. Tim holds a BSEE, MSEE, and MBA from the University of South Carolina and is a licensed professional engineer in North and South Carolina.

Christopher Pierson, IT Manager, SCANA Corporation, has more than 20 years of progressively responsible experience in the I.T. industry including applications development, infrastructure support, project management and technical management. Chris has participated in and led large system implementations in a variety of utility related applications. He is currently responsible for more than 70 IT employees including several student interns. Chris is a part of SCANA’s educational and recruiting outreach program and works with universities and high schools to promote the IT industry among students and teachers. He has been a member of the IAB since 2000. Chris holds a BS and MBA from the University of South Carolina.

Dave Ramsey is Vice President, Research Services at the South Carolina Research Authority (SCRA). He received his BS and MS in Computer Science from Purdue University. Dave's current focus, with the Medical University of South Carolina, is to develop collaborative biomedical research projects for the purpose of economic development. Dave previously was Chair of the Computer Science and Engineering Industrial Advisory Board while working at NCR in West Columbia as Director of Research and Advanced Technology.

Christopher J Gintz (CS ’79) brings a formidable depth of strategic technology, business development and industrial commercialization experience from a global perspective. A highly respected engineer and computer technologist, he is experienced in matters concerning tactical marketing and technology development, offshore design and manufacturing and licensing of complex intellectual property. He has over thirty-five years start-up and established company experience in the United States and Asia. He has direct responsibility for the establishment of mutually beneficial technology and manufacturing ventures bringing innovative electronic solutions to the transportation, financial and consumer marketplaces.

Stephen M. Lariviere is the Tier One 5.0 Engineering Competency Deputy of Operations for Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Command (SSC) Atlantic (LANT). He has been in this roll since July 2010.

Prior to this role, Mr. Lariviere was the Cyber Defense and Cyber Security Systems Engineering Competency 5.8 Local Lead and was responsible for the operational and technical guidance providing Information Assurance, Security Systems Engineering, Network Systems Security, Cross Domain Solutions, Multi-Level Security Systems, Cryptographic Design & Development, Biometrics and Forensics, Information Security, Computer Network Defense, Certification and Accreditation, PKI, Identity and Key Management, and Cyber Security Systems Engineering. He held this position from July 2005 until July 2010.

Mr. Lariviere is a certified Six Sigma Master Black Belt; he began his civil service career in 2003 with SSC Charleston as a Senior Industrial Engineer, becoming SPAWAR Lean Six Sigma Deployment Champion, later becoming Information Assurance, Cyber Defense and Cyber Security Systems Competency Lead. Mr. Lariviere joined the Navy in 1973 and was assigned various Submarine Engineering Officer Duties until 1996 where he served as the base Facilities and Environmental Engineer, at Trident Refit Facility, Kings Bay Georgia. Following his Navy Career, Mr. Lariviere was the Engineering Manager and Production Manager before becoming the Production Plant Manager for Groupe Zodiac. Mr. Lariviere then became a Department Head for Michelin Tires at their Lexington, South Carolina facility before coming to SPAWAR.

He was instrumental and the key driver in setting up the Lean Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma Training Program for Team SPAWAR. SPAWAR’s Lean Six Sigma Green Belt Class was the genesis and adapted as the Navy’s Lean Six Sigma Training Class. He was instrumental in SPAWAR System Center Charleston receiving their ISO 9001:2000 certification and he was selected as a 2007 Malcolm Baldridge Award Auditor.

Lariviere has a Bachelor’s of Science Degree in Industrial Engineering. He subsequently earned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration, and has a Master’s of Science Degree in Environmental Engineering.

Gary is the Director for CSC’s MSS Americas Delivery Centers, which are based in Blythewood SC, Montreal, Dallas and Santiago Chili. Gary opened the Blythewood center Jan 2008 with a staff of three and over the past two years the staff has grown to over two hundred plus. The center primarily supports CSC’s A&D clients and other accounts that have on-shore or US citizenship requirements. Gary’s career with CSC spans over eighteen years and during that period he has held numerous managerial positions, (e.g.) Global Service Exec for SAP, Service Exec for the Dept of Ed and Deputy Dir for Systems Eng Office for IRS. Gary holds a BSBA from Univ of Texas and a MBA in Technology Management from Univ of Phoenix.

Mr. McElroy is a serial entrepreneur and experienced executive with a career split between Fortune 500 companies and venture-funded startups. His passion is the creation of excellent products that engage users and deliver outstanding user experiences. Currently, Mr. McElroy is serving as co-founder and principal at Bang! Technologies, Inc., an accelerator of high-tech startups. Prior to starting Bang!, Mr. McElroy was Director of Strategic Innovation at Avaya and CTO of Avaya’s Unified Communications Division. Mr. McElroy joined Avaya after the acquisition of Conita Technologies, Inc. , where Mr. McElroy was Chairman and CEO. Mr. McElroy developed the Personal Virtual Assistant(PVA) while at Conita. It was highly acclaimed as the best speech-based software for enterprise workers. Conita Technologies, Inc. was founded by Mr. McElroy and two others as a spin-off of General Magic, Inc.

Prior to Conita, Mr. McElroy was Vice President and General Manager at General Magic, Inc., where he was responsible for applications development and managing a multinational divison of the publicly-held firm (NASDAQ: GMGC). Mr. McElroy joined General Magic as a result of the acquisition of Conterra Software, Inc. – another company founded by Mr. McElroy to deliver mobile content to devices. Mr. McElroy spent nearly a decade in various management and development roles at NCR Corporation before starting and selling technology-based companies. At NCR he was a core member of a small team that launched the first X-Terminal (UNIX-based X-windows workstation) and later on the team developing NCR’s System 3000 computer systems. Mr. McElroy holds BS (Electrical and Computer Engineering 1986) and MS (EE 1988) degrees from the University of South Carolina. He resides in Columbia, SC.

Ted Tanner is a serial entrepreneur and has worked at some of the best software companies in the world.

As CTO and Co-Founder of BeliefNetworks, Inc., Tanner drives all technical architecture and intellectual property strategy as it relates to Semantic Intelligence, Semantic Security, Predictive Analytics and Distributed Computing.

With more than twenty years of technology experience, he has spent the past seven as an architect within Microsoft Corporation working on such products and technologies as the Windows Networking Stack, Vista Audio architecture, Metadata architectures, secure Audio-Video path, and Media Center edition. Before leaving Microsoft in 2007, Tanner supported IPv6 and RFID solutions, Trustworthy Computing, Emergency/DataFusion Enterprise Architecture and Media Architectures.

During his tenure at Microsoft, he represented the Microsoft Corporation on the Presidential National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee Research and Development Taskforce (NSTAC-RDTF) and the Next Generation Networks Taskforce.

Prior to Microsoft, he was CTO/VP of R&D for MongoMusic were he directed all aspects of knowledge discovery, machine learning, signal processing research, intellectual property management and venture capital assessment. The Microsoft Corporation purchased MongoMusic in 2000.

Prior to MongoMusic, Inc, Tanner was the Media Architect at Apple Computer Inc. where he worked on adaptive media processing architectures for OS9 and OSX underlying products such as iMovie, iTunes and GarageBand. In total, he has had instrumental roles in 4 start-ups, including Avid/digidesign, Crystal River Engineering and Spatializer, three tendered offers and one IPO.

Tanner has published numerous articles in leading technical magazines and holds several patents in the areas of signal processing and signal protection. He holds a Master of Science in Music Engineering from the University of Miami and has taken post graduate courses at various universities including Stanford, Berkeley, and UC Davis.

Tanner is an active public speaker on advanced technology issues in a variety of industry forums and conferences including; but not limited to, government sponsored events and hearings such as those held by the U.S. Dept. of Commerce.

In addition to having been active in all areas of venture capital technical due diligence, and acquisition due diligence he serves as a member of the advisory board for US / NC Capital Highways, providing technology expertise and connectivity to high profile technology regions.

Todd is the AERS Manager at Deloitte & Touche, where he leads the DoD Technology Risk (TR) service offering and Audit and Enterprise Risk Services (AERS) team. He is a cyber security professional with experience in Certification & Accreditation (C&A), vulnerability management, risk management, privacy and security assessments. He has led and conducted multiple security engagements in both DoD and civil government sectors, and is an Active Fully Qualified Navy Validator. Prior to this position, he was a Senior Associate at Booz Allen Hamilton and a Computer Security Analyst at Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC). He holds a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Information Security from James Madison University and a B.B.A. in Computer Information Systems, also from James Madison University.