2018 ConnectivIT® Ball & Event Series
2018 ConnectivIT® Ball
Presented by Microsoft, the 2018 ConnectivIT® Ball was held on Saturday, May 12, 2018 at Le Méridien Charlotte.
Approximately 550 guests, including 40 CIOs from Charlotte’s corporate IT community, raised $970,000 to empower local nonprofits through business and technology solutions. The event featured a “Come Fly With Me” theme.
With extensive business networking, fantastic entertainment, recognition of a nonprofit technology achievement, and an after party to get even a CIO dancing, the ConnectivIT® Ball is an evening on the “must list” for the technology community.
Charlotte Bilingual Preschool has won the 2018 Mission Possible Economic Opportunity Award (formerly the Technology Innovation Award), sponsored by Accenture.
2018 ConnectivIT® Ball Sponsors
Presenting Sponsor
Mission Possible Award Sponsor
Auction Raffle Sponsor
After Dinner Reception Sponsor
VIP Reception Sponsor
$20,000 Terabyte Sponsors
Amazon Web Services / Coca Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated / Compass Group North America / CPI Security Systems / Dell Technologies
$15,000 Gigabyte Sponsors
Appian / CapTech Consulting / CB5 Solutions / CDW / CGI / Equinix / EY / Hortonworks / Hylaine / Ingersoll Rand / The Intersect Group / Onepath / Spectrum Enterprise / Splunk / Tanium / Transmit Security / Veristor
$10,000 Megabyte Sponsors
AAA Carolinas / AIG / CSI Leasing / Deloitte / Flexential / Intellinet / Ironside / Katalyst / Meridian Technologies / MicroStrategy / One Source Communications / OneTeam Leadership / Pure Storage / Pyramid Consulting / RoundTower Technologies/ ROVE / SeedSpark / ServiceNow / Service Express / Sirius / Software AG / SPX FLOW, Inc. / Strategic Staffing Solutions / Sunbelt Rentals / t2B eXperts / TierPoint / Vaco
$7,500 Kilobyte Sponsors
AccruePartners / Barnhardt Manufacturing Company / Cardinal Innovations Healthcare / Cisco / Collabera/ CommScope / HireNetworks / North Highland / Novant Health / Perficient / PwC / Technocom Business Systems
CIO Host Sponsors
Dollar Tree / Extended Stay America / Rodgers Builders
ConnectivIT® Series 2018 Host Committee
Shawn Cherry, AAA Carolinas
Mike Laurenti, Ahold Delhaize
Suhas Yerra, AIG
Paul D. Cavnaugh, AvidXchange
Bill Pappas, Bank of America
Dave Matthews, Bank of America
Kevin O’Rourke, Barnhardt Manufacturing Company
Aaron Higley, Campus Crest
Pete Murphy, Cardinal Innovations Healthcare
Craig D. Richardville, Carolinas HealthCare System
Eric Goodwin, Carolinas HealthCare System
Eric Christian, Carolinas HealthCare System
Cam Faison, Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Company
Dr. Valerie Truesdale, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
Jeff Stovall, City of Charlotte
Kevin Ledford, CloudGenera
Darrell Thompson, Coca-Cola Bottling Consolidated
Walter Rowe, Colfax Corporation
Rob Watkins, Compass Group North America
Allen Kim, CPI Security Systems
Josh Jewett, Dollar Tree
Chris Heck, Duke Energy
Jakob From, Electrolux, North America
Mitch Elligton, Empowered Benefits
Ames Flynn, Extended Stay America
Deb Watt, Foundation For The Carolinas
Jim Clendenen, Harris Teeter
Steve Hagood, Ingersoll Rand
Scott Ross, Lowe’s Companies
Victor Fetter, LPL Financial
Dave Garrett, Novant Health
Detlef Dohmen, Polypore International
Dale Lancaster, Red Ventures
Michael Hitchins, North America Rentokil
Markus Hill, Rodgers Builders
Steve Ermish, ScentAir
Al Mele, SCOR Global Life Americas
Joe Topinka, SnapAV
Chris Maritato, Sonic Automotive
Michael Keating, Springs Global US
Rick Doody, SPX Corporation
Kevin Eamigh, SPX Flow
Kirby Miner, Sunbelt Rentals
Robert Barnhart, UTC Aerospace Systems
Brad Merlie, Utiligent
Theresa Wilson, Wells Fargo