Advisory Council

Utah State University

Order from left to right

Top Row: Brandon Brown, Skip Bailey, Steve Welker, Leston Drake, Michael Allred, Carl Allen, David Lewis, David Berg, Dennis Phillips, Benjamin Wilson
Bottom Row: John Johnson, Rob Clyde, Steven John, Darwin John, Cliff Higbee, Joe Wood


Steve Welker
Chair – Management Information Systems Advisory Council

Name Title Company
Carl F. Allen Manager, Corporate IS Security Intermountain Health Care
Michael Allred Chief Information Security Officer State of Utah
Clain Anderson Director, ThinkVantage Technologies IBM
Dr. Gregg D. Bailey CIO Tobacco Alcohol Firearms and Explosives
Alex Bell Vice President, Marketing & Bus. Dev Blackwell Consulting Services
David Berg Senior Vice President & CIO O.C. Tanner Recognition Company
Brandon Brown Enterprise Risk Services Deloitte & Touche LLP
Rob Clyde VP of Technology Symantec Corp.
Linda Criddle    
Leston Drake President & CEO Letterpress Software, Inc.
Cliff Higbee Director of Membership The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Darwin John Former CIO FBI and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Steven John CIO AgRiliance
David Lewis CIO Deseret Mutual Benefit Administrators
Ivan Lumala ADE Regional Lead/Ed Solutions Group Microsoft Corporation
Ted Peck Executive VP and CIO Educators Mutual Insurance Association
Dennis Phillips CEO Gold Systems, Inc.
Richard Spillman Chairman Spillman Technologies, Inc.
Mark Sunday Chief Information Officer Oracle
Steve Welker Director IT Questar Corporation
Benjamin Wilson Principal Consultant Xcera Consulting, Inc.
Joseph Wood Customer Services Director Rapidigm
Rick L. Velasquez Lead Program Manager The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints