XIG is a unique partnership of companies accelerating the adoption of innovative emerging technologies in support of regional economic development, workforce training, retraining and professionalization, IP translation and commercialization in targeted technology areas.

The Open Research Cloud Alliance (ORCA) is a collaboration of the international community supporting scientific research computing aimed at identifying and working collectively to mitigate and resolve those impediments, whether driven by technology choice, regulatory obligation or historical practice. ORCA works in partnership with other national, regional and global organizations, including NIST in the development of standards and toolsets that support the federation of research clouds. http://www.openresearchcloud.org/

Experienced executive level consulting, business development and strategic planning for research & education institutions and advising technology companies and service providers supporting the research community, teaching and learning at the higher education and the education vertical.

Working with the research and education community and cloud service providers to develop new and innovative services offerings that meet the needs of R&E institutions, leverage cloud scale economies to enhance services and lower the costs of adopting and consuming cloud services.

Business and strategic partnership development focused on cloud infrastructure, platform and application services delivered through Internet2 NET+ Services.

Bringing two decades of practical experience in higher education to bear on the strategic IT challenges facing executive leadership, educational institutions and technology companies. Providing support facilitation and coaching to CIOs and CEOs in the evaluation of strategic initiatives, tactical direction and operational management. Independent evaluation and validation of institutional readiness for change initiatives targeting the streamlining of business process, enhancing organizational effectiveness and pursuing potential cost savings. Providing insight and guidance to support the development of data gathering and business intelligence tools to enhance management's effectiveness in driving to value-added quality outcomes.