2026 Annual Meeting Information

  • Friday, February 20th in the Montana Room, NAH 359 (tentative)
  • 2025 Remote Attendees: Ananya Chowdhury (Data and AI Architect at Microsoft, Guest), Devin Gray, Bruce McGaughy (Director of Engineering, Kevin McGibben (CEO, xurrent), Penny Porterfield, Ambika Sharma, Daniel Smith, Jason Taylor, Mike Woodring
  • 2025 In-Person Attendees: Phillip Brittan, Chris Conlon, Lindsey Hanna, Rob Irizarry, Margaret Mitchell, Chris Omland, Tony Rosanova, Andreas Scherer, David Vap
  • 2025 In-Person Guests: Fletcher Phillips (Product Manager, Land ID)
  • 2025 Regrets: Lee Cook, Laura Orvidas, Owen Samuels (CTO, onXmaps), Chris Walch

2025 Agenda (2026 coming soon)

  • 9:30 a.m. - Informal Meet and Greet
  • 10:00 a.m. - School of Computing News and Discussion
  • 11:30 a.m. - Gianforte Hall Viewing
  • Noon - Catered Lunch
  • 1:00 p.m. - Discussion with Data Science Students (Owen Cool, Alex Ellingsen, Henry Jacobson, Zach Reller, Yves Vernooy, Cooper Wollschlager)
  • 2:00 p.m. - College of Engineering News and Discussion
  • 3:00 p.m. - Job Seeking Advice for Students Struggling in the Current Market (Josh Aney, Leah Becker, Talia Clarke, Owen Cool, Alex Kunesh, Connor Munson, Ari Osmun, Matthew Vandeberg)
  • 4:00 p.m. - Wrap-Up (30 minutes)

Advisory Board Members

Member Name Affiliation Title
Philip Brittan

The Innovation Ranch

 General Partner
Ananya Chowdhury

Microsoft

 Data and AI Architect
Chris Conlon

wolfSSL

 Engineering Manager
Lee Cook

Tadpull

 Director of Data Science
Chris Dull

Zoot Enterprises

 VP of Enablement
Devin Gray

Figure

 Director of Engineering

Lindsey Hanna

 Women Techmakers Bozeman WTM Ambassador,
Bozeman Chapter Founder

Rob Irizarry

 Oracle Senior Director,
Customer Experience Optimization

Margaret Mitchell

 Resonea, Inc. CIO

Chris Omland

 workiva VP Product Management

Laura Orvidas

 onX CEO

Penny Porterfield

 ZaneRay Group VP Operations & Business Development
Tony Rosanova

Retired

 Former President and CTO,
Zoot Enterprises
Andreas Scherer

Golden Helix

 President and CEO
Ambika Sharma

U.S. Bank

 Global Product Manager

Daniel Smith

 CSL Head of Technology
Jason Taylor

Washington Post

 Director, Security and Technology

David Vap

 Founding Partner Yellowstone Growth Partners

Matthew West

 Quig VP of Software Engineering
Mike Woodring CodePath.org Technical Advisor