BTB offers the advice, counsel and expertise of the city's top technology experts in its Technology Thursday podcasts. Our experts include:

Patrick Clements, CEO, bigWebApps, co-founded the company in 2001. He leads business development, partner relations, operations and investor relations at bigWebApps. His expertise lies in user interface (UI) development for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) delivered applications. Prior to starting bigWebApps, he was senior VP of business development at Micajah ITS. He is a member of the Technology Executive Roundtable and an active philanthropist. Clements received a bachelor’s degree in business and administration from the University of Georgia.

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As CEO of Brand Velocity, Inc., Jack Bergstrand leads the firm’s thought leadership on knowledge work productivity. He has more than 25 years of experience in corporate change leadership and cross-functional management. While at Brand Velocity, Bergstrand has led a number of large strategy and strategic change projects in the marketing, sales, technology, supply chain and corporate communications areas.  Prior to joining Brand Velocity, he was vice president of business systems for The Coca-Cola Company and senior vice president and CFO of Coca-Cola Beverages Ltd., the publicly traded bottler of Coca-Cola soft drink products in Canada.
 
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Dr. Steve Vicinanza is founder and CEO of BlueWave Computing. A noted IT expert with more than 27 years of IT industry experience, he formerly was director of technology planning at EDS, a $20 billion global technology outsourcing company. Steve has served as an adjunct professor at Georgia Tech's School of Computer Science. He received a doctorate in management and information systems from the business school at Carnegie Mellon University. He is frequently quoted by trade and business publications and is a published author of both academic articles as well as a book on computer programming.