The WTIA Community Events deliver relevant content to professionals at WTIA industry member companies, while providing a comfortable environment for networking, peer mentoring, and the sharing of ideas.
Community Groups are separated into Executive Groups which are exclusive invite only groups and Special Interest Groups which open to the public and are formed around a function with our technology member base.
Content for each Community Event meeting is determined by a committee comprised of members of the WTIA. If you would like to join a community or volunteer for a committee, please email Aaron Eggers, Community Relations Manager at aeggers@washingtontechnology.org.
To join or subscribe to a Community email list, which will provide you with email updates on upcoming meetings,
please login to your profile to sign up for WTIA email lists. You can also join the different community sub-groups under the WTIA LinkedIn page.
Special Interest Communities (Open to all WTIA members):
Finance & Legal Community
Meeting Frequency: Three times yearly
Leadership Committee: Taft Kortus, Moss Adams, LLP; Joe Wallin, Davis Wright Tremaine; Mike Monroe, WTIA
Marketing Community
Meeting Frequency: Three times yearly
Leadership Committee: Steve Stratz, Illuminate PR; Michael Elliott, RocketDog Communications; Peter Hamilton, HasOffers; Eric Webster, Doyenz; Jamie Steven, SEOmoz; Annie Eissler, Mixtur
Human Resources Community
Meeting Frequency: Three times yearly
Leadership Committee: Ruth Alstadt, Data I/O; Minh Ngo, Davis Wright Tremaine; Angela Barnes, Medtronic; Danika Dreslin, Moss Adams, Casey Ryan, HasOffers
Gaming Community
Meeting Frequency: Three times yearly
Leadership Committee: Kraig Baker, Davis Wright Tremaine; John Holland, Big Fish Games; Ian Fliflet, GameHouse; Wanda Gregory, UW- Bothell; Ray Yan, DigiPen Institute of Technology; Kristina Hudson, Washington Interactive Network/enterpriseSeattle
IT Security Community
Meeting Frequency: Three times yearly
Leadership Committee: Aaron Weller, Concise Consulting; Seaton Daly, Seaton Daly Law Firm; Eric Raisters, Attachmate
Government Affairs Community
Meeting Frequency: Three times yearly
Leadership Committee : Joe Wallin, Davis Wright Tremaine; Rick Meeder, Intel; Lew McMurran, WTIA; John Raffetto, RH Strategic Communications; Kelly Snyder, UW-Bothell
Executive Communities:
CFO Community
Meeting Frequency: Three times yearly
Group Eligibility Requirements: The prospective attendee must have at least a Director of Finance up to CFO within a company in the technology industry and not have a business development function to their role.
Leadership Committee: Mark Richardson, Valve; Bill Richter, Isilon; Mike Vernon, Zulily; Jeff deCillia, INRIX; Leila Kirske, Varolii; Mark Tranter, CFO Selections
CIO Community
Meeting Frequency: Three times yearly
Group Eligibility Requirements: The prospective attendee must be a CIO or Director of IT and also not have a business development function to their role.
Leadership Committee: John Hughes, GrowthWave; CJ Venkataraman, Washington Dental Service; Jim Kensok, Avista; John Matthews, F5 Networks
CTO Community
Meeting Frequency: Three times yearly
Group Eligibility Requirements: The prospective attendee must be a CTO or or a senior level Software Engineer and also not have a business development function to their role.
Leadership Committee: Vance Huntley, Vertafore; Jennifer Shettleroe, Attachmate; Steve Knox, IvyCorp; Mark Cassidy, All Star Directories; Carey Butler, Coinstar
Sales Leadership Community
Meeting Frequency: Three times yearly
Group Eligibility Requirements: The prospective attendee must be at least a Director level on a sales team.
Leadership Committee: Lori Richardson, scoremoresales.com; Bill Thomas, Intellectual Ventures; Michael Koidahl, Internap; Candace Grisdale, Symform; James Alberson, Sandler Training
Mobile Community
Meeting Frequency: Three times yearly
Group Eligibility Requirements: The prospective attendee must have at least a Director level position within a Mobile company or a company interested in the Mobile industry.
Leadership Committee: Martin Fichter, HTC; Chetan Sharma, Chetan Sharma Consulting; Mike Woodward, AT&T; Tom Huseby, Voyager Capital; Scott Charlston, Verizon Wireless
Executive Women in Tech ("EWIT") Community
Meeting Frequency: Three times yearly
Group Eligibility Requirements: The prospective attendee must be an executive women in an operating role for a company in the technology industry. There are opportunities for service provider firms to be sponsors of EWIT. Please contact Jessica Cookson at jcookson@washingtontechnology.org for more information. EWIT will have one event a year that will be open to all executive women in the technology community.
Leadership Committee: Janis Machala, Managing Partner of Paladin Partners; Ellen O'Hara, CEO of Zetron; Mary Jesse, CEO & Founder of Ivy Corp; Gail DeGiulio, CMO of Exponential Entertainment; Susan Sigl, President & CEO of WTIA
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