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ABOUT US

Direction From Our Leaders.

Our board of directors, a veritable who’s who of the Pittsburgh region, provides strategic organizational leadership to the Council and works hard to establish the PTC as the leading trade association in southwestern Pennsylvania. Always with our members in mind, our board provides sound advice and guidance towards building a strong voice of the region’s tech sector.

Officers and Executive Committee

Friel, John

President and Chief Executive Officer

MEDRAD, Inc.


Babe, Gregory

Head, NAFTA Region-President and Chief Executive Officer

Bayer Corporation


Liken, James

Chief Executive Officer

J.W. Liken Holdings


Myers, Marlee

Managing Partner

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP


Lunak, Richard

President and Chief Executive Officer

Innovation Works


Sebastian, Sean,

Partner

Birchmere Ventures


Klasnick, David,

Executive Vice President, PNC Wealth Management

PNC Bank, NA Pittsburgh


Cashman, James,

President and Chief Executive Officer

ANSYS, Inc.


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Board of Directors

Babe, Gregory

Head, NAFTA Region-President and Chief Executive Officer

Bayer Corporation


Bianchini, Ron

President & Chief Executive Officer

Arriad Inc.


Bonidy, Tony

President and Chief Executive Officer

CombineNet, Inc.


Bridge, Anthony

Vice President Engineering and Technology

United States Steel Corporation


Brown IV, W.S.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Lucas Systems, Inc.


Bruce, J. Eric

Chief Executive Officer

TriLogic Corporation


Buchanan, Thomas

Attorney

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC


Cashman, James

President and Chief Executive Officer

ANSYS, Inc.


Close, Eric

President and Chief Executive Officer

RedZone Robotics, Inc.


Coraluppi, Giorgio

President

Compunetix, Inc.


DeComo, Peter

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Renal Solutions, Inc.


Emerson, S.

Director

Donald H. Jones Center for Entrepreneurship


Ferguson, Sanford

Partner

K&L Gates


Friel, John

President and Chief Executive Officer

MEDRAD, Inc.


Glyptis, Theodore

Partner-in-Charge, Technology Practice

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP


Horrell, Lynette

Pittsburgh Office Managing Partner

Ernst & Young LLP


Kampmeinert, Robert

Chairman

Janney Montgomery Scott LLC


Katarincic, Joseph

Partner

Draper Triangle Ventures


Khosla, Pradeep

Dean, College of Engineering

Carnegie Mellon University, CIT Dean's Office


Kiliany, Gary

President

iKnowthat.com Inc.


Klasnick, David

Executive Vice President, PNC Wealth Management

PNC Bank, NA Pittsburgh


Kurtzrock, Mark


Liken, James

Chief Executive Officer

J.W. Liken Holdings


Livorio, Frank

Senior Vice President, Commercial Banking

Citizens Bank


Lunak, Richard

President and Chief Executive Officer

Innovation Works


Maher, James

Senior Vice Chancellor and Provost

University of Pittsburgh, Office of Technology Management


Manzetti, John

President and Chief Executive Officer

Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse


McDonald, Sean

President and Chief Executive Officer

Precision Therapeutics, Inc.


Moorehead, Robert

Executive Vice President Corporate Banking

National City


Myers, Marlee

Managing Partner

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP


Nelsen, David

Founder and CEO

TalkShoe


Re, Mark

Senior Vice President of Research and Director, Seagate Pittsburgh

Seagate Technology LLC


Rock, James

Co-Founder, President and CEO

Akustica, Inc.


Sebastian, Sean

Partner

Birchmere Ventures


Souerwine, David

President

McKesson Automation Inc.


Teller, Astro

Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer

BodyMedia, Inc.


Wadhwani, Sunil

Co-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

iGATE Corporation




Emeritus Board Members

Aldridge, Jay

Principal


Chatfield, Glen

President

OPTIMUM Power Technology, Inc.


Colker, James


Jones, Donald

Principal

Draper Triangle Ventures


Jordan, Angel

U. Prof. of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Robotics, Emeritus

Carnegie Mellon University, Center for Technology Transfer