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Jeff Stovall is a past-President of the Charlotte Region SIM Chapter and was host co-chair of the 2015 SIMposium. Jeff is a founding member of the Charlotte SIM Chapter and initiated the chapter’s Member-In-Transition program in 2016. In 2015, Jeff was named a SIM Leader of the Year. Jeff served as Chief Information Officer for the City of Charlotte, NC from 2008 to 2018. Under his leadership, the City of Charlotte achieved five consecutive “Top Ten Digital City” awards and managed the technology preparations for the successful 2012 Democratic National Convention. Jeff was recognized as one of Government Technology Magazine’s 2018 “Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers”, the NCTA Public Sector CIO of the Year in 2017 and 2014, and 2017 InspireCIO (“Orbie”) Charlotte Nonprofit/Public Sector CIO of the Year. Jeff was cited as one of the “50 Most Important African Americans in Technology” from 2009 to 2012 by eAccess Corporation and is a member of the IT Senior Management Forum, having been on its membership committee since 2010. He is also the Chairman of the Board of Advisors for the UNC Charlotte College of Computing and Informatics, a position he has held since 2016. Currently, Jeff works with the Oracle State/Local Government Applications Strategy & Development team where he has responsibility for business development and go-to-market solutions for the CX SaaS applications team. Prior to the City of Charlotte, Jeff worked within the manufacturing and telecommunications industries in multiple executive and management functions. Jeff received his MBA from the Darden School at the University of Virginia, and his Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is an alumnus of the Senior Executive Institute at the Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, University of Virginia.