Advisory Council

Biography coming soon

Romil Bahl serves as CEO of KORE, which is a pioneer in the Internet of Things (IoT) space, delivering transformative business performance for its customers, while simplifying the complexities of IoT and M2M (Machine-to-Machine). KORE was founded over 15 years ago with a focus on M2M connectivity and has grown to become the largest independent IoT wireless connectivity enabler, with a subscriber base only exceeded by five of the very largest carriers (MNOs). Having joined the company in the fourth quarter of 2017, Romil is taking the company on a growth path that includes enhancing and expanding the company’s trusted advisory position to span more of the IoT Solution stack, including edge device lifecycle management and professional services.

Romil brings over 25 years of executive leadership experience across the information technology, tech-enabled services and IoT/Connected Car areas and has expertise in both high-growth and turnaround environments. Throughout his career, Romil has been instrumental in enabling breakthrough growth. He has risen to complex challenges where he has crafted growth strategies, tapped new emerging markets and energized global teams. His leadership approach reflects a hands-on style and leading from the front in developing strong client relationships and creating teams that are driven to innovate and excel.

Prior to KORE, Romil served as President and CEO of Lochbridge, a leading technology and solutions provider in the IoT and connected car space. Lochbridge was sold to a strategic buyer in May 2017. Before that, he was EVP and GM of Global Industries for CSC (now DXC), leading the industry go-to-market dimension across the entire ~$9 billion commercial business unit, creating global growth strategies and expanding CSC’s global footprint into offerings such as cloud, cybersecurity and big data. Earlier, Romil was CEO of a data analytics-focused public company, PRGX Global, and also held leadership roles at A.T. Kearney, Infosys and Deloitte Consulting.

Romil earned an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and a Bachelor of Engineering degree from the Directorate of Marine Engineering & Technology in Kolkata, West Bengal, India.

Kimberly Boone is currently General Manager of Chevron Energy Technology Company, Technical Computing Department, located in Houston, Texas. In this role, Boone leads Chevron’s Information Technology (IT) investments in Exploration, Reservoir Management, Drilling & Completions and Operations. She is accountable for lifecycle management of Exploration and Reservoir Management data and information management systems as well as high performance computing infrastructure for Boone also spearheads Chevron’s IT R&D practice, ensuring the company strategically harnesses the potential of emerging information technologies to fuel competitive advantage. As part of these efforts, she serves on the internal advisory board for Chevron Technology Ventures, a Chevron subsidiary that champions the innovation, commercialization and integration of emerging technologies across the company. Throughout her decade at Chevron, Boone has served in multiple business and IT leadership roles with vast experience spanning business planning, decision analysis, information management, governance, benchmarking, process monitoring and optimization, application design and deployment, and Major Capital Project management. Prior to joining Chevron, Boone worked as a Civil/Structural engineer at FluorDaniel and as a manager in the Energy Practice at Accenture. Boone holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil Engineering from Texas A&M University.

Tim Brown is an Assistant Vice President of Information Technology Services at USAA, a leading financial services company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with offices throughout the United States and Europe. The association has been serving military families since 1922 and has become well known for its exceptional service, offering its more than 10 million members a full range of insurance, banking and investment products, financial advice and planning, and other services designed to help them meet their financial needs.

Tim leads the IT Innovation Advanced Research team who excels in researching innovations, evaluating business and technical applicability and feasibility, conducts business and market assessments, and delivers emerging innovative capabilities into the company in close partnership with business stakeholders. Tim brings a unique blend of entrepreneur, marketer, technologist, strategist and business developer to the role.

Joining USAA in 1988 Tim has held many leadership positions during his tenure, culminating with his appointment to Vice President in August 2014.

Tim earned a bachelor’s degree in Business Analysis from Texas A&M University and a MBA from St. Mary's University.

Hob is responsible for Cloud, IoT and Data Services at Dover Fueling Solutions. He has spent more than 20 years working in downstream oil and gas, delivering enterprise and SaaS solutions. These solutions have primarily focused on managing the sale and distribution of refined products, as well as connecting devices such as plant equipment, terminal automation systems, truck on-board computers, tank gauges, and dispensing units. Hob has worked as a consultant at Accenture and IBM, has run IT and engineering for an energy company, and has led engineering, product management and architecture teams for software companies. Hob did his undergraduate work at The University of Texas and his graduate work at The University of Houston.

Alex Jones works for EOG Resources as a Data Scientist. He is a member of the 2017-2018 MSBA Advisory Council.

Biography coming soon

Biography coming soon

Jason is currently VP of Engineering and Data Science at Volusion.

Jason previously was Chief Technology Officer at RealMassive, Jason Vertrees, Ph.D, and led the company’s team of scientists and engineers to ensure that RealMassive’s commercial real estate customers were receiving best-of-breed technology solutions customized to their specific business needs. Prior to joining RealMassive, Dr. Vertrees was Director of Core Modeling Products at Schrodinger. 

Dr. Vertrees graduated from the University of Texas with two Bachelor of Arts: one in Computer Science and one in Japanese. He received his Ph.D. in Theoretical Biophysics from the University of Texas Medical Branch. Dr. Vertrees spent a year as a postdoctoral researcher, shared between Dartmouth College and Boston University, researching machine learning applications for the prediction of protein function annotation.