Jim Crowl is Vice President for Parts, Customer Support and Training Services for ABB Process Automation Service. He is responsible for aftermarket parts & repair services. He is also responsible for ABB Call Centers, Technical Support, SolutionsBank, Remote Support Services, and ABB University. He was instrumental in the development of ABB's call center network, including processes and tools for global product support. Jim has an Electrical Engineering degree from the University of Akron, and an MBA from John Carroll University.

Jason Pitstick, 41, graduated from The Ohio State University in 1991 with a degree in Marketing. He was a member and President of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity.

Pitstick became involved in the industrial safety and environmental business in 1993 and currently own BSA, which represents manufacturers of products in that category.

Pitstick is married to Kathy, they have two children Gus (6) Noa (3) and reside in Bexley. He enjoys hunting, fishing, boating and anything else that takes him outside.

Craig Stephens, CAS Vice President, Sales, joined CAS in 1994. Before assuming his current position at CAS, he served the organization as Director, Worldwide Sales.

He is responsibility for the sales, customer service, and training functions for CAS worldwide and the same functions for STN InternationalSM in North America.

Mr. Stephens' prior experience includes working at Mead Data Central, Inc. (Lexis-Nexis) in a variety of sales and management positions. He currently serves as a board member for the Columbus Council on World Affairs. Mr. Stephens received a B.S. degree from Ball State University and an M.B.A. from The Ohio State University.

Elaine Roberts, President & CEO, of the Columbus Regional Airport Authority, is an Accredited Airport Executive, and has overseen the operations of Port Columbus and Bolton Field since December 2000 and, since January 1, 2003, added Rickenbacker International to the airports she oversees. Elaine began her airport management career with the Indianapolis Airport Authority beginning in 1983 through 1994 and for the next six years was Executive Director of the Rhode Island Corporation which operates the T.F. Green (Providence) Airport and five other state-owned airports.

Elaine sits on the Boards of Experience Columbus, Columbus Chamber, and State Auto Financial Corporation. She is Past Chair of the American Association of Airport Executives-National Board and serves on the Board of the International Association of Airport Executives. Elaine holds a Bachelor’s degree in English and Sociology from Western Kentucky University, a Master’s degree in urban planning from the University of Louisville, and a law degree from the Indiana University School of Law in Indianapolis.

Rod Borden began his aviation career in 1986 at Rickenbacker airport, an industrial airpark and air cargo hub, where he became Airport Manager in 1989. He was appointed Managing Director of Finance and Administration for the Columbus Airport Authority in October of 1991. Borden was named Senior Vice President/Chief Operating Officer on January 1, 2003 when the Columbus Airport Authority acquired Rickenbacker International Airport. He now oversees all operations of Port Columbus International, Rickenbacker, and Bolton Field Airports.

Mr. Borden is an accredited Airport Executive (A.A.E.). He holds a bachelors degree from Penn State University and a juris doctor degree from the Ohio State University. He is a licensed attorney and CPA in the states of Pennsylvania and Ohio. Mr. Borden also holds a commercial pilot and flight instructor certificates.

Greg Ubert founded Crimson Cup Coffee & Tea in 1991 on the principals of L.Y.F&E. & L.O.V.E.

L.Y.F.E. stands for Leave Yourself Feeling Energized: Crimson Cup strives to energize everyone through awesome products, customer service, and coffee expertise and training.

L.O.V.E. stands for Leave Others Very Energized: Crimson Cup does this through positive interactions and by giving back to the community.

In 2003, Greg published the book Seven Steps to Success which documents his passion for teaching others & his proven business philosophy.

Greg is a member of the Rotary Club of Clintonville and serves on the advisory boards for OSU Hospitality Management, and IMS.

Greg holds a B.A. in economics from Harvard University. He currently resides in Columbus with wife Laura and their three children.

John is the Managing Partner of the Columbus office. In this role John is responsible for all of our services in the Central Ohio area. John was most recently the partner in charge of the Columbus Audit Practice. He has over 26 years of experience serving some of the firms most valued clients, primarily in the financial services and manufacturing industries.

John currently also serves as the Lead Client Service Partner for the Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company and Scotts Miracle-Gro companies and has extensive experience with large consulting engagements, mergers and acquisitions, multinational issues and SEC matters. John also leads the Firm’s relationship at The Ohio State University.

Randall T. Gerber (Randy) founded Gerber Financial Advisors, LLC, a Registered Investment Advisory firm, in 1999 and remains the principal owner. He currently employs a staff of capable individuals, introduced below. In addition, he is the owner and registered principal of a Columbus, Ohio-based Raymond James Financial Services branch office since January 1999.

After graduating from The Ohio State University Fisher College of Business in 1990, Randy began his career as a registered representative with Lincoln Financial Advisors. From the onset he has assisted families, executives and business owners achieve their financial and life goals. Randy has been consistently recognized as one of the outstanding financial advisors in the Raymond James system since joining the firm in 1999.

His success, with the help of his qualified staff, revolves around his ability to provide an advice-driven, not product-driven, brand of financial planning as well as consulting and implementation services to privately-held companies regarding their qualified retirement plans.

Randy is a Founding Board Member of Creative Integration Center of the Columbus College of Art & Design. Randy is on the Small Business Advisory Council for Initiative for Managing Services at the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business and is past President of the Columbus Chapter of the Entrepreneurs Organization (EO). Randy is also on the Leader’s Council of Raymond James Financial Services and is a member of the Financial Planning Association.

Randy has a wife and three children and lives in Upper Arlington, Ohio. He enjoys downhill skiing, golf, squash, platform tennis, and, of course, rooting for the Ohio State Buckeyes.

Jane Ramsey is Executive Vice President, Human Resources of Limited Brands. Prior to her role as Executive Vice President, Ms. Ramsey was Senior Vice President, Enterprise Integration for Limited Brands.

Ms. Ramsey joined Limited Brands in 1994 as Vice President of Human Resources for Abercrombie & Fitch. Three years later, she left the business to become Senior Vice President of Human Resources for Coach. Ms. Ramsey rejoined Limited Brands in 1999 as Human Resources Senior Vice President with Intimate Beauty Corporation and then became Senior Vice President Human Resources for all brands and functions in the enterprise. Prior to Limited Brands, Ms. Ramsey held several HR positions of increasing responsibility with Inland Steel Company, Peabody Coal Company, The May Department Stores Company and Lord & Taylor.

In addition to her professional accomplishments, Ms. Ramsey has been a past board member on the Community Shelter Board, the FIT Advisory Council and Thurber House. Ms. Ramsey is currently a member of the Board of Trustees for Columbus College of Art and Design.

Ms. Ramsey received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of Missouri and an MBA from Southern Illinois University. She and her husband, Richard Ramsey reside in New Albany, Ohio.

Kathy Bickel, Vice President of The Ohio State University Alumni Association earned two degrees from The Ohio State University- a bachelor's degree in business administration and a Masters Degree in labor and human resource management, both from Fisher College of Business. She has worked at Ohio State for 18 years first with the Registrar's Office and the last nine years with the Alumni Association.

Kathy is responsible for the operation, budgeting and strategic planning of the student recruitment, club, society, reunion, tour and student programs areas. She coordinates the activities of over 200 world-wide alumni clubs, 60 societies and a network of 2,500 volunteer leaders.

Kathy has presented workshops to a variety of groups on creativity, humor, networking, and team-building. Kathy recently authored four articles that were published in a professional journal. Kathy has won the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) award for her public presentations and the Alumni Forman Fellowship for her work in alumni relations. Kathy was a CASE National board trustee and has also authored a chapter in a CASE book.

Currently Mark serves as the senior director of finance and membership. This role includes serving as the senior fiscal officer for the alumni association as well as oversight of accounting and finance functions. Additionally, Mark oversees for the customer service center which includes processing membership payments, event registrations, administering the annual football ticket lottery and answering any alum or fan's question about The Ohio State University.

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin with degrees in Finance and Marketing in 1997, Mark moved to Columbus for his first job at PPG Industries and has remained in Columbus since that time. Between that first job and the Alumni Association, Mark held mostly a variety of positions mostly focused on finance at large companies including: Bath & Body Works, Exel and Abbott Labs.

Mark resides in Upper Arlington and is married to Chrystin with two daughters ages 7 and 4-years-old.

Kathy R. Matney has been named to the newly created position of executive director of service excellence at Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center. Ohio State is one of only a few academic medical centers to utilize a fulltime professional to reinforce and strengthen its commitment to the customer experience.

Matney has more than 20 years experience assisting corporate leadership teams in the broadening and building of highly effective patient satisfaction programs. Much of her work in the past nine years has been with academic medical centers through the consulting firm Studer Group.

Matney leads Ohio State’s Wexner Medical Center in practices that will build a culture of high quality service and overall excellence. She also leads employee recognition and volunteer teams.

Matney has more than 16 years of administrative experience from Parkland Health & Hospital System and the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, both in Dallas. She has a master’s degree in health administration and is on the board of numerous health and community organizations.

Mr. Trafford concentrates his practice in the area of complex business litigation, at both the trial and appellate levels, including securities fraud, director and officer liability and other corporate governance matters, attorney and accountant liability, trade secrets and consumer class actions.

A Fellow in the American College of Trial lawyers, Mr. Trafford is listed in The Best Lawyers in America® in the categories of Bet-the Company Litigation and Business Litigation. In 2009, he was named "Lawyer of the Year" in Columbus by The Best Lawyers in America® in the Bet-the-Company category. Mr. Trafford has also been recognized by clients and peers in Chambers USA as one of the leading General Commercial Litigation attorneys in Ohio and is recognized by the publishers of Law & Politics and Cincinnati Magazine as an Ohio Super Lawyer®.

In addition to his active litigation practice, Mr. Trafford serves as the Firm's Managing Partner.

Mr. Trafford holds a Bachelor Degree in Economics and a JD from Ohio State. He also has served as chair of the board and a member of the board of trustees for the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, the director of Columbus Chamber of Commerce, president of the board and a trustee for the Legal Aid Society of Columbus, a member of the Ohio Business Roundtable and an honorary trustee of the Columbus Council on World Affairs.

Mr. Terapak has chaired the firm's Health Care Practice Group since 1997. Although he possesses an in-depth knowledge of commercial transactions gained while Senior Counsel with Bank One, and state and federal compliance issues through his directorship of the Ohio Ethics Commission, he currently devotes his practice to the health care industry.

Now, along with representing several local hospitals ambulatory surgery centers and physician organizations in a variety of legal matters, Mr. Terapak also closely monitors federal and state enforcement efforts as they affect the entire health care industry. Mr. Terapak also serves the firm as Partner-in-Charge of Community Relations.

Mr. Terapak holds a bachelor and a JD from Ohio State. He is an amateur chef, a cooking instructor and serves as WOSU's restaurant critic. He is also a past president of the Columbus Museum of Art's Session Society, a past trustee of Opera Columbus and a member of advisory committee for Ohio State's College of Behavioral Science, Advisory Committee.

Mary Gros is a director of business relations at Teradata Corporation. She has over 20 years of experience in technology and business solutions, including sales and national account management developing new markets and international management assignments in the area of public relations and marketing communications.

In her current role, Mary is responsible for championing a network of innovative relationships and business school partnerships that heighten Teradata's trusted advisor status and accelerate new revenue growth opportunities.

She is also the founding director of the Teradata University Network, a free and premier learning portal for teaching data warehouse, BI/DSS, and database used by faculty in over 60 countries.

Dr. David Schrader is one of the Marketing Directors for the Teradata Solutions group. He is responsible for marketing the Active Enterprise Intelligence initiative, intended to help customers derive more value from their Enterprise Data Warehouse by writing new applications for front-line employees and systems.

As one of the division’s leading thought leaders, he presents often on topics such as Service Oriented Architecture and Web Services, composite application construction from reusable analytic components, and the Teradata Application Platform.

He joined NCR in 1991 and held various positions in Engineering - Advanced Development until 1998 when he moved into Marketing. Schrader holds a Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from Purdue University.