Leadership
South Florida Tech Hub is governed by a volunteer leadership structure representing technology companies, startups, investors, educational institutions, professional service providers, and community organizations throughout the region.
Together, our leaders provide strategic direction, fiduciary oversight, and regional representation to ensure the organization advances the needs of the broader innovation ecosystem.
Executive Committee
Grace Kurian
Chair
VP of IT, NextEra Energy Inc.
Manish Hirapara
Communications Chair
Founder & CEO, PeakActivity
Deana Pizzo
Immediate Past Chair
CEO, IT Solutions of South Florida
Louis Balbirer
Executive Committee
Principal, Kaufman, Rossin & Co.
Michael Mittleman
Executive Committee
CEO, PivotPoint Strategies
James Stepan
Executive Committee
Managing Shareholder, Law Offices of James A. Stepan, P.A.
Lonnie Maier
Membership Chair
Managing Director, Zayo
Richard Viens
Executive Committee
CEO, EnergyIQ
Adam Fetterman
General Counsel
Managing Partner, Fetterman Law
Board of Directors
Michelle Bakels
Member-At-Large
Program Director, G2i
Lenny Chesal
Broward Chair
Chief Evangelist & Head of Go-To-Market, Tier4
Michael Corbit
Member-At-Large
VP of Business Development, CareerSource Palm Beach
Randall Deich
Member-At-Large
Director of Talent and Attaction
The Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance
Maria Dominguez
Special Events Chair
Chief Growth Officer, Anderson Group
Andrew Fay
Of Counsel, Greenberg Traurig
Adam Fetterman
Member-At-Large
Managing Partner, Fetterman Law
Mihai Fonoage
Talent Committee Co-Chair
CTO, Empower Community Care
David Hartmann
Member-At-Large
CEO, The SilverLogic
Manish Hirapara
Marketing Committee Chair & Broward County Leadership Council Vice Chair
CEO, PeakActivity
Saif Ishoof
Member-At-Large
CEO, Lab 22c
Lonnie Maier
Membership Committee Chair
Managing Director, South Region at Crown Castle
John McLaughlin
Member-At-Large
Editor In Chief, IT Tech News and Events, LLC.
Kevin Ruiz
Miami-Dade Chair
Miami Ecosystem & Impact, Hut8
Rory Sanchez
CXO Committee Chair
CEO, Forthright Technology Partners
