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Ron Cornelison. For more than 35 years, Ron Cornelison has consistently defined the bar by which others are measured in the corporate world. As an entrepreneur and chief executive with special expertise in government contracting, he has built multiple companies in the defense, technology and financial services sectors and has led them on a consistent path of unprecedented growth and industry leadership.
Most recently, Cornelison served for a decade as the CEO, and later chairman emeritus, of American Cadastre (AMCAD), an enterprise software developer that provides solutions and services to the public sector, namely an automated justice and records management ecosystem that includes courts, jails, prosecutors, probation, parole, county clerks and recorders offices. During Cornelison’s tenure, the company received the Fast 50 and Fast 500 awards from Deloitte, earning the title as one of the fastest growing technology firms in Virginia and North America, respectively. AMCAD was also a SmartCEO 100 Best-Run Company for 2012. Cornelison was a finalist in Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award.
Other companies founded and led by Cornelison include East3, a Web-enabled technology company focused on health and training solutions; FastShip Atlantic, a privately held transportation and logistics firm; Thornycroft, Giles and Co., an international transportation technology firm; Integrated Systems Analysts, a defense industry systems integration and engineering firm and listed as No. 20 on the Inc. 500 list; the George Washington Banking Corp., now a part of BB&T Bank of Virginia; and Sentry Investment, which owned and operated a mortgage company and a settlement and title company.
Cornelison’s career began with a decade of distinguished service in the United States Navy, including several tours in Vietnam. He has been an active leader within industry, civic and political organizations as well as a frequent speaker. He holds degrees from the U.S. Naval Academy, the University of Southern California and National University. |
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Doug Humphrey. Acclaimed technologist and speaker, as well as a major player during the early commercial years of the Internet, Doug Humphrey is widely recognized as the “Father of Managed Hosting.” In 1991, he founded DIGEX, an early national Internet services provider credited with creating the managed hosting business. The company was a very early — if not the earliest — provider of hosting services, which, in time, grew to dominate the company’s offerings. DIGEX was acquired by Intermedia Communications in July 1997.
Known in local technology and business circles for his wit and tell-it-like-it-is attitude, Humphrey founded several other companies, including Cidera Inc. (formerly SkyCache, Inc.), which WebUseNet acquired in 2003; and Coloco, which AiNET acquired in 2007. His roles in those companies ranged from chief executive officer and chief technology officer to president and chairman of the board.
Humphrey serves as a member of several technology and investment advisory boards. A frequent speaker at Internet conferences, business and law school seminars, and private investor forums, he seeks to provide others with the advice and wisdom of a seasoned entrepreneur. |
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Gaige B. Paulsen. A software entrepreneur and technologist for over 25 years, Paulsen began his work in the Internet in 1985 while attending the University of Illinois and working at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), one of five NSF-funded supercomputing centers established for research and collaboration. His co-development of NCSA Telnet led to his role as CTO and COO of InterCon Systems Corporation, an Internet software company that developed market-leading TCP/IP products for Macintosh computers.
For the past 25 years, he has led and advised technology companies on software architecture, development techniques and platforms in areas including embedded systems (Ascend Communications/Lucent), next-generation power and Internet distribution (Neutral Net), identity management (Trufina), and GIS (ClueTrust). |
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Natalie Robb. An expert in quantitative data analysis and modeling, Natalie Robb is the founder of WaveLength Market Analytics, a firm that has been responsible for managing industry-leading analytics and go-to-market teams for some of the world’s leading technology companies.
Robb has researched, reported, and created marketing programs for many technology and telecom markets, including cloud computing, data centers, IPTV, communications services, enterprise network equipment, carrier switches and routers, systems integrators, operational support systems, storage, security, wireless equipment and services. Her clients have included start-ups and industry leaders such as NetApp, Brocade Communications, Cisco, Juniper, Alcatel-Lucent, Microsoft, and VeriSign.
Robb’s analytical roots run deep. Prior to starting WaveLength in 2001, she worked at TeleChoice, conducting enterprise and service provider customer research packaged into marketing programs sponsored by Cisco, Nortel, Lucent, and Network World, as well as numerous service providers. Her first experience with an Internet service provider was at PSINet as analyst relations manager and market research analyst. In the early ‘90s, she gained her analytical depth by creating statistical models on very large government contracts with both Hay Group and SRA International.
Robb earned her undergraduate degree in international trade and relations from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and her MBA from the University of Texas at Austin. |
