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The area's leading companies and executives shape the future of the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council through our Board of Directors. Our members supply the vision, knowledge and support that enables the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council to continue to grow and prosper.
President: Kevin Lancaster , Winvale Group
 Mr. Lancaster is a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of The Winvale Group, a prominent government contract and GSA Schedule consulting firm. Presently Kevin heads up Winvale’s subsidiary Network Federal, one of the Nation’s fastest growing government technology resellers. Before co-founding The Winvale Group, Kevin served as an Officer with SunTrust Bank where gained significant experience in solving the critical financial challenges government contractors face entering and competing in the public sector.
A life long resident of Anne Arundel County, Kevin’s interest in entrepreneurship and assisting businesses build solid government sales practices took shape at the University of Maryland, where he worked at the Dingman Center for Entrepreneurship. a world-class entrepreneurship forum. Today, Kevin has been a featured speaker at several industry seminars and events, including NetworkGOV, HrGOV, SecureGOV and MobileGOV. Kevin has also taught courses on the GSA Schedule in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida; Boston, Massachusetts; Washington, DC; and Annapolis, Maryland.
Vice President: Finley B. Foster, American Systems
 Since March 2006, Mr. Foster has been responsible for the development of the Business Development Systems and Processes at AMERICAN SYSTEMS, where he serves as Executive Vice-President and General Manager of Business Development. Mr. Foster has been the leader of development and implementation of change and strategy to grow and increase shareholder value at a variety of companies. These companies included both public and private firms focused on providing services and products to Government and Commercial customers. Mr. Foster was a founder of United Energy Services Corporation, and led the growth of this consulting and IT services company through several phases as it grew into a wholly-owned subsidiary of publicly traded Gilbert Associates, Inc. Earlier, Mr. Foster was Plant Manager at Arkansas Nuclear One, and an officer in the U.S. Navy serving aboard a Nuclear Fast Attack Submarine. He graduated with Merit from the U.S. Naval Academy with a B.S. in Control Systems Engineering.
Secretary: Dan Buan, Buan Consulting
 Dan Buan is the President/CEO and founder of Buan Consulting, an enterprise solutions provider focusing on knowledge management and CRM solutions to improve federal government efficiencies while offering world-class customer service. In his current capacity, Mr. Buan concentrates on providing CRM solutions to government that provide better service to the citizen at lower costs. He has more than 20 years experience successfully implementing new technology solutions to the federal government at such notable companies as IBM, Kodak and Autonomy.
Previously, Mr. Buan pioneered the document imaging market. He was the past NCC-AIIM vice president and programs chair, where he published several papers on the future of message-based systems and was on the advisory committee for the FedImaging Conference. Mr. Buan won a successful campaign to win the $100 million NIH ImageWorld contract and more recently started his own consulting firm, specializing in knowledge management and CRM solutions. Mr. Buan has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology and an MBA from George Washington University in marketing.
Treasurer: John Elstner, VentureShack
 John has a passion for technology commercialization, product development and strategic management of fast-growth, mission-oriented organizations. He has demonstrated successful leadership in fostering the corporate development and growth of dozens of companies competing in the “clean technology,” renewable energy, and national security sectors. John marshals extensive local, national and international people networks to assist companies in developing strategic partnerships, cash-positive marketing, and creating and harvesting business value. During his entrepreneurial career in national security and environment, he has developed successful customer relationships with federal agencies, Fortune 100 technology integrators, large and small service and product providers, equity and debt capital sources, human capital pools and a portfolio of more than three dozen early-stage technology companies. He was the Founding CEO of the Chesapeake Innovation Center in Annapolis for which he received a National Achievement Award and a senior executive at ISSI, a federal services firm distinguished as an Inc. 500 during his tenure . He was nominated as Annapolis Entrepreneur of the Year in 2005, Greater Baltimore Innovator of the Year in 2004, and Baltimore Business Journal’s 40 under 40 in 2003. John earned his B.S in environmental Science at Allegheny College and his MBA in Entrepreneurship from Babson College.
President Emeritus: Michael Ryan, South River Technologies
Michael J. Ryan is the CEO and Co-founder of South River Technologies (SRT), a software company that focuses on Managed File Transfer and Basic Content Services software products. SRT was formed in 2001 by the merger of Mr. Ryan’s company KnoWare.com and SRT co-founder John Glavin’s company Riverfront Software. SRT currently has over 50,000 customers in 112 countries and a reseller channel of 250 resellers in 39 countries.
Mr. Ryan has previously served on the startup teams of two companies: OTG Software and Xdrive. In 1992, he was a member of the initial startup team of Maryland based OTG Software, a company specializing in document management software. OTG went public and was acquired by Legato Systems for a reported 9.2 times revenue, a deal valued at $400 million. In 1999, Mr. Ryan joined California based online storage startup Xdrive as Vice President, Client Architecture. During his tenure, Xdrive grew to over 200 employees and raised over $100 million in venture financing. Xdrive was acquired by AOL.
Mr. Ryan also serves on the Board of Directors for Sonum Technologies, a Maryland based artificial intelligence firm that specializes in the development and application of natural language processing technology. Mr. Ryan holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from Loyola College in Maryland.
Rob Collins, Collins Technology Law, LLC.
Rob Collins, owner and founder of Collins Technology Law, LLC, counsels privately held technology companies on all aspects of technology commercialization and protection as well as on the full-range of corporate governance, transactional, financing, and operational issues. Rob is also Chief Executive Officer and co-founder of Suspension Orthopaedic Solutions, an orthopaedic device start-up commercializing shoulder, knee and elbow implants. Prior to forming Collins Technology Law, Rob was an equity partner with Whiteford, Taylor & Preston in Baltimore and a partner with the intellectual property boutique law firm of Gordon & Glickson, LLC in Chicago.
Rob is a member of the Maryland Bar Association and the DC Bar. He also regularly participates in activities with the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council, the Greater Baltimore Tech Council, Mid-Atlantic Venture Association, and many other technology-oriented groups. He is a frequent lecturer and author in numerous areas of interest to technology-oriented companies.
In addition to serving on the Board of the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council, Rob also serves on the Board of Directors of the Severna Park Community Center. He is a 2007 graduate of Leadership Anne Arundel. Rob received his J.D., with high honors, from George Washington University and his B.A., with honors, from Wesleyan University.
Robert L. Hannon, Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation
 Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold appointed Robert L. Hannon to the position of President and Chief Executive Officer of the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation (AAEDC) effective January 4, 2007.
At AAEDC, Robert leads a professional staff of 14 providing economic development services to the diverse businesses and residents of Anne Arundel County. The AAEDC mission is to serve Anne Arundel County’s business needs and increase the County’s economic base through business investment and job growth. Robert is also responsible for Anne Arundel County’s homeland security focused business incubator, the Chesapeake Innovation Center (CIC). The CIC has a staff of three, 8 member companies, and partnerships with key government agencies, institutions and leading corporations in the industry.
Prior to his AAEDC appointment, Robert served as the Assistant Secretary for the Baltimore Region at the Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development. In this position, he supervised a staff of 16 and was responsible for supporting the economic health and growth of the business communities within Baltimore City and Anne Arundel, Baltimore, Carroll, Harford, and Howard counties. His accomplishments in business development include the location of Toyota Financial Services, East Coast and T. Rowe Price Regional Operations Center to the region, the expansion of Dreyer’s Ice Cream Plant, and the redevelopment of Towson Town Center and the GM-Broening Highway Plant.
Other work experience includes: Executive Director, Baltimore County Department of Economic Development, 1995-2003; Executive Vice President, Baltimore Development Corporation, 1994-1995; Senior Vice President, MacKenzie and Associates, 1987-1994; Director, Baltimore County Office of Economic Development, 1983-1987; Director, Baltimore County Occupational Training Administration, 1984-1987; Coordinator, Baltimore County Revitalization Programs, 1980-1983; Senior Analyst, Larry Smith and Company, 1978-1980.
Robert has been appointed by Anne Arundel County Executive John Leopold to serve on the Fort George G. Meade Regional Growth Management Committee, the Anne Arundel County BRAC Task Force, the Anne Arundel County Workforce Investment Board, the University of Maryland Technology Extension Service Board, and the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corporation Board of Directors. He is an active member and former president of the Maryland Economic Development Association.
Robert earned both his Bachelor of Science Degree in Regional Geography and his Masters in Economic/Environmental Geography from Towson State University. He resides in Annapolis, Maryland.
Christine Johnson, AmDyne
 Christine Johnson is owner and Chief Executive Officer of AmDyne Corporation, a multi-disciplined engineering firm specializing in areas of construction management/inspection, environmental engineering and planning, industrial hygiene, engineering and information technologies. Chris is responsible of daily procedures including program management, financial management, contract management and business development. Chris has been with AmDyne Corporation since 2002 with over 20 years of experience in the management and operation of small businesses.
Prior to AmDyne, Chris was part owner of a small business that provided national consultation and distribution of health and fitness products. She also has prior experience in the medical profession. Chris has BS from Towson University.
Bill Karpovich, Zenoss
 Since co-founding Zenoss in 2005, Bill has established the company as a leader in commercial open source software. Bill conceived the company's disruptively innovative strategy, raised over $18 million in capital to-date to fund its growth and has successfully guided the company from start-up to a category leader. As an IT management visionary, Bill has been featured on the cover of InformationWeek Magazine and is frequently consulted by the media and industry analysts for his insights on IT management and the broader open source software market.
Prior to Zenoss, Bill held leadership positions with several successful IT startups including USinternetworking, Inc. and Digex Inc., both of which had successful IPOs on the NASDAQ. Before entering the start-up domain, Bill spent 5 years with Accenture, Inc. (formally Andersen Consulting).
Bill is a member of Phi Beta Kappa and graduated with high distinction from Duke University, where he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering and played Varsity Soccer. Bill sits on the Boards of Era Corporation, a subsidiary of SRA, and the Open Management Consortium; and is a member of the Chesapeake Regional Tech Council’s Strategic Advisory Board.
Kelly Koermer, Anne Arundel Community College
 Kelly Koermer is a tenured full professor and Director of Computer Technologies Instructional Programs at Anne Arundel Community College. She also serves as the Special Assistant to the Vice President of Learning for the Honors Program. In this capacity she has redesigned and now manages the Honors Program at AACC. In addition to her academic responsibilities, has also served for three (3) years as the Federal Compliance Officer for AACC, handling diversity and federal compliance issues for the college. She received her associates in arts and baccalaureate degrees in paralegal studies from Villa Julie College and her juris doctorate degree from University of Baltimore School of Law. Ms. Koermer is admitted to practice law in the State of Maryland and before the United States District Court for the District of Maryland and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. She is also of counsel with the law firm of Bodie, Nagle, Dolina, Smith & Hobbs, P.A., where she represents clients in employment, assisted reproduction, personal injury, and appellate matters. Ms. Koermer has appeared before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, the Court of Appeals of Maryland and the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland on briefs and has presented oral arguments before the Court of Appeals of Maryland and the Court of Special Appeals of Maryland. Also, Ms. Koermer has authored a textbook, the Guide to Criminal Law for Maryland, published by Wadsworth Group in 2001, and co-authored with Robyn Brown Criminal Law in Maryland:Cases, Concepts & Critical Analysis, published by Kendall Hunt in 2006.
Tim Lorello, TeleCommunication Systems
 As Senior Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Mr. Lorello has responsibility for the sale, strategic partnerships and distribution channels of the company’s messaging, location, applications and emergency 9-1-1 portfolio of products and services to operators around the world. He is also responsible for corporate and marketing communications, branding activities, and product strategy for all TCS products and services.
When Mr. Lorello joined the company more than 12 years ago, he was tasked with the creation of TCS' commercial division. Responsible for the development, marketing and sales of TCS' messaging product and services portfolio, he led the newly established Network Intelligence Division and built the current base of commercial customers. He has over twenty-eight years experience in the computer industry, with twenty-three of those years in the telecommunication industry. Prior to joining TCS in 1995, Mr. Lorello was employed by AT&T/Bell Laboratories (now Alcatel-Lucent) specializing in intelligent networks, and providing market support for the cellular, PCS, independent and broadband intelligent network industry segments. Mr. Lorello has a B.S. degree in Physics from the University of Chicago, a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering from Northwestern University, and holds five patents.
Owen Meeks, UltraVision Security Systems, Inc.
 Owen Meeks is a Regional Sales Manager for UltraVision Security Systems (UVSS), where he is responsible for sales channel development and management in the Mid-Atlantic region. UVSS develops unique and innovative through-wall motion detection technology based on ultra wideband (UWB) radar for use in search and rescue, facility and asset security, and law enforcement.
Prior to his regional sales manager role, Owen served as a Business Development Director for the Anne Arundel Economic Development Corporation (AAEDC), where he specialized in technology-orientated business attraction, retention, and expansion. During the search for a new Executive Director of the Chesapeake Innovation Center (CIC), America’s first homeland and national security business incubator and accelerator, Owen served as the Interim Assistant Executive Director in conjunction with his business development role. Owen also served as Chief Information Officer of both the AAEDC and the CIC where he managed all aspects of each organization’s information technology, including strategic IT planning, implementation, and oversight. After joining AAEDC in 2000, he gained over 8 years of experience managing information technology. Owen earned his M.B.A. from the University of Maryland’s Robert H. Smith School of Business and a B.A. in Economics from St. Mary’s College of Maryland.
Richard Perrin, AdvanTech
 Mr. Perrin is the President and founder of AdvanTech, Inc., and has served on the Board of Directors for the Chesapeake Regional Technology Council for the past two years. He has more than 30 years of operations management and consulting experience in all aspects of information systems design, development and implementation for logistics and supply chain management. Prior to forming AdvanTech, he was President and founder of Healthcare Concepts, Inc., Director of Materials Management for the Massachusetts General Hospital, and a faculty member at Northeastern University in Business Administration for Management Information Systems.
Prior to forming AdvanTech, Mr. Perrin was President and co-founder of Healthcare Concepts, Inc. In addition to managing his growing information systems company, Mr. Perrin is an internationally known speaker. He has lectured frequently on materials management, quality and productivity improvement and information systems. He has published several articles and served as a member of the Editorial Board for the Hospital Material Management Quarterly. Mr. Perrin is an honorary lifetime member of the Association for Healthcare Resource & Materials Management (AHRMM), a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association (HFMA), and actively supports several committees of the Healthcare Information Management Systems Society (HIMSS). Mr. Perrin received a B.A. degree in life sciences from Indiana University and a Masters in Business Administration in Health Care with honors from Boston University.
Gregory Stone, Whiteford, Taylor & Preston
 Gregory Stone, a partner within Whiteford, Taylor & Preston LLP's Technology and Intellectual Property and Corporate sections, focuses on patent prosecution, patent infringement & validity, intellectual property infringement and licensing, software licensing and E-commerce issues. Gregory is a former U.S. Patent Examiner in general mechanical and biomedical arts, and a mechanical engineer for the Department of the Army.
Mr. Stone has been a guest lecturer at the Silver Spring Innovation Center and also the Maryland Technology Development Center. He is an active member of the American Bar Association and the Maryland Bar Association; the American Intellectual Property Law Association and the Intellectual Property Owners Association. Greg received his J.D., cum laude, from the University of Baltimore School of Law and is B.S. from University of Maryland.
Dave Troy, Roundhouse Technologies
 David Troy is a technology entrepreneur. He founded a mail-order computer sales firm at age 14 in 1986, and transitioned into the Internet Service Provider market when he founded ToadNet, a prominent ISP in the mid-Atlantic area. He was an initial investor in Core Communications, a profitable telecoms firm based in Annapolis, Maryland. In 2004, he sold ToadNet to Landmark Communications (parent company of the Weather Channel, Trader Publications, and several other media properties) in an all-cash deal.
David is the founder and CEO of Popvox, LLC, an global VoIP consultancy providing design and operations support to emerging carriers in Europe, South America, Canada, and the United States. He lives in Arnold Maryland with his wife and two children, and is a certificated private pilot.
Jason Silva, Sidus Group
 Jason Silva has over 15 years experience in program and logistics management. His experience includes the management and implementation of web, ecommerce, content management and intranet systems in the retail, travel, automotive, government, and technology sectors. As a Founding Partner and the Chief Operating Officer of Sidus Group, Mr. Silva has played a pivotal role in achieving the more than 40% annual growth that Sidus has sustained since 1999.
Under a decade of Mr. Silva’s leadership, Sidus has grown from a small local hosting company to one of the region’s preeminent players in the Colocation and Managed Hosting field. He has also been a driving force behind the adoption of hosting technologies that has provided value to Sidus clients while simplifying management duties for the Sidus Team. From the construction of the Sidus Annapolis Datacenter in 2005, to the adoption of ultra-efficient blade technology, to our current VMware Cloud Hosting initiative, Mr Silva has ensured Sidus has stayed at the forefront of data technology.
Mr. Silva holds a Bachelors of Arts from the University of Maryland, College Park and multiple industry- based certifications. He is a native of Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.
Brian Sailer, Dutko Worldwide
 Brian Sailer serves as Senior Vice-President at Dutko Worldwide, and helps to lead the Dutko Government Markets business division. Brian specializes in working with clients in the government IT, homeland security and defense industries. Brian provides clients domain expertise, strong relationships at the federal, state and local levels, and a comprehensive understanding of the state and federal intergovernmental affairs and funding processes, as well as federal and state procurement and acquisition processes. Brian also helps clients successfully develop demonstration pilots and establish research, development, test and evaluation programs (RDT&E). Brian also brings significant foreign affairs experience to Dutko’s Global Advisors practice, having represented foreign nations in their bilateral relations with the U.S., foreign corporations entering the U.S. market, as well as U.S. companies that are attempting to expand business oversees.
Brian graduated from the University of New Hampshire with a BA in Political Science, and also focused much of his studies on Resource Economics with significant emphasis on Marine Fisheries. Brian is an active member of the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA-Maryland Chapter), a non profit organization, comprises 17 coastal state chapters spanning the Gulf of Mexico, Atlantic and Pacific coasts. Brian is an avid fisherman, and is active in research and conservation efforts via lending his time and resources to support blue fin tagging for the Large Pelagics Research Center, Dept. of Zoology University of New Hampshire Durham, NH.
Steve Kolbe, ANALYSYS
 Steve Kolbe founded ANALYSYS in 1995, growing the company form a small start-up. Under his leadership, ANALYSYS has become a regionally recognized leader in the field of business information technology consulting. A Microsoft and Cisco accredited professional and 2009 winner of both the Smart CEO Smart 100 and Circle of Excellence awards,Mr. Kolbe directs ANALYSYS’ strategic vision and development providing years of executive IT consulting experience.
Mr. Kolbe has served as an advisor on various technology, educational, and local boards and committees, including The Baltimore County Executive Advisory Board for Higher Education and has served as a technology advisor for Hon. Representatives Robert Ehrlich and Elijah Cummings. His volunteerism and service to local charitable organizations has earned various recognitions and awards such as Revisions' ReVisionary award for charity and dedication to people with developmental disabilities. A lifelong Marylander, Mr. Kolbe attended the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.
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