TechFest 2019
Business and Artificial Intelligence

David Kuenzel, Vice President/General Manager, Teradata Government Systems, LLC

Dave Kuenzel is a seasoned professional who has worked for some of the leading IT companies over the past 30 years, including Teradata, SAP, Lucent Technologies, and Digital Equipment Corporation. Most of Dave’s 30 + year career has been focused in the Government Sector.

Currently, Dave is Vice President/General Manager of Teradata Government Systems, where he is responsible for managing all of Teradata’s US Government Business, which includes customers across Federal Civilian, Department of Defense, Intelligence, and State and Local Government.

Prior to joining Teradata, Dave managed SAP’s Public Sector CRM business, where he worked with many Government clients around how to best manage their key customer relationships.

Before joining SAP, Dave worked for Visalign, a Microsoft Gold Partner out of West Chester, PA, where he was an Executive Vice President -managing the sales and professional services teams.

Prior to Visalign, Dave was a National Account Director at Lucent Technologies Government Systems, where he managed the sales and professional services team supporting the Department of Treasury account.

Dave started his career at Digital Equipment Corporation, now HP, where he spent 13 years as an account executive managing customer accounts across all facets of the Government Sector.

Dave was born and raised in the MD/DC area and is a Graduate of University of Maryland/University College where he holds a BS in Business Management.

Tom Iler, Chief Product Officer, Catalyte

Tom Iler is passionate about unleashing human potential and creating teams that accomplish amazing things. Having managed technology, data science and product teams for the last 20 years, he has experienced the convergence of creativity with big data and the powerful results it can produce. Born in Florida, Tom moved to Maryland 30 years ago where he continues to reside with his wife and two sons.

Prior to Catalyte, Tom was chief technology officer at Integral Ad Science. Tom has also served in technology, data science and product management executive roles at technology companies such as Advertising.com, Aol and Billtrust.

Title: AI, TALENT AND BIAS: CHANGING HOW WE HIRE

Abstract:

Catalyte is a technology workforce development company founded and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland committed to addressing the technology workforce needs of the business community and providing a path for underemployed individuals into high-paying technology career. We believe that the innate ability to become a high performing software developer is abundant and evenly distributed across the population, however, opportunity is not. Barriers to acquire the necessary education and experience have stood in the way of linking large segments of our population into highly valued jobs in the digital economy. Catalyte seeks out these individuals who have the ability to become amazing technologists and gives them the training and experience required to become a software developer. We do this by using cognitive science and AI/machine learning to identify the ability in individuals and transform it into skills and experience. Individuals who have completed our program and gone off to work in technology jobs in other organizations have increased their average compensation by over $65,000 per year – from $25,000 to $91,000 over a five-year period.  Over 25% of those who have completed our program have seen an increase in their earnings of over $100,000 per year. These waiters, baristas, valets, teachers, construction workers and others from all walks of life have fundamentally changed the trajectory of their family’s future.

Maggie (Kiely) Chinn, Senior Associate, KPMG LLP

Maggie Chinn is the UMD Campus Development Manager with a history of working in the public accounting industry. Maggie rejoined KPMG in August 2018 from EAB Global in Washington DC, where she served as a Senior Analyst in Financial Reporting for a year and a half. Prior to her time at EAB, Maggie worked at KPMG for nearly four years in the Commercial Audit practice in Tysons Corner, VA supporting clients across industries. Maggie is skilled in Microsoft excel, management, strategic planning, and auditing. She participated in KPMG’s Global Internship Program in the Summer of 2012 spending four weeks working for KPMG’s member firm in Auckland, New Zealand. Maggie is a CPA and has her Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Accounting from James Madison University in Virginia.