Advanced Manufacturing Roundtable
CIO Connections
Start-up CEO Roundtable
Sales Leadership Roundtable

Community & Leadership Group meetings deliver relevant content to professionals at WTIA industry member companies, while providing a comfortable environment for networking, peer mentoring and the sharing of ideas.

Leadership Groups are invitation-only and are formed around a role (i.e. Startup CEO, CIO) or a business sector (i.e. Advanced Manufacturing, Gaming).

current leadership groups:

Advanced Manufacturing Roundtable
The Manufacturing Roundtable is organized to involve principal officers and senior executives of WTIA member companies in a cooperative effort to create a favorable environment for the growth of high-technology manufacturing firms in Washington State.
Meeting Frequency: Quarterly
Leadership Committee: Fred Hume, Data I/O; Mark Johnson, Physio-Control; Richard Gaevert, Sonosite; John Lowell, Allied Panels; and John Vicklund, Impact Washington


CIO Connections
The WTIA CIO Roundtable is a community of peers and provides CIOs and organization’s Senior-most IT Practitioner a safe environment to meet in an informal setting to network, learn, solve problems and discuss shared topics of interest. Requirements to participate in the WTIA CIO Roundtable include:

1. Must be a CIO or Senior-Most IT Executive located in Washington State (CIO, VP of IT or IT Director).
2. Primary responsibility for the performance of the company as it relates to IT infrastructure and/or software applications.
3. May not have a business development role as a part of job function.

Non-members who meet the criteria for participation may attend the CIO Roundtable as a guest of an existing member or through advance approval and registration. Once you have attended three Roundtable meetings as a non-member, you or your company are expected to join our organization.
Meeting Frequency: 4-6 times per year
Leadership Committee: Luke Friang, Drugstores.com; John Hughes, Growth Wave; Jim Kensock, Avista; Darryl Lemecha, Vertafore; John Matthews, F5 Networks


Start-up CEO Roundtable
This series is about bringing start-up CEO's of leading Seattle companies together in small groups so that each can learn from the other. These events are by invitation only to a select group of CEOs who both have the need to gain insights from these startup veterans and who can also share valuable insights with the entire group. By participating, you will learn from, network with and be entertained by the best technology startup CEOs in our region.
Meeting Frequency: 4-6 times per year
Leadership Committee: Bill Baxter, Cozi; Dan Shapiro, Photobucket; Kelly Smith, Curious Office

Sales Leadership Roundtable
WTIA's Sales Leadership Roundtable is a committed, engaged, and trusted peer network of sales leaders, sharing common goals and challenges as "head of sales" in their technology companies. Team members connect with one another to exchange current ideas, leverage best-in-class approaches, and to share revenue maximization successes for our dynamic, ever-changing technology market place. The SLR meets 6 times per year and is led by professional facilitator Lori Richardson.

Non-members who meet the criteria for participation may attend the Roundtable as a guest of an existing member or through advance approval and registration. Once you have attended three Roundtable meetings as a non-member, you or your company are expected to join our organization.

Leadership groups are invitation only. Some require a per-meeting fee and others have annual dues to be involved. If you meet the above criteria listed for the group of your interest, and would like to participate, please contact events@washingtontechnology.org for further information.