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Marc Pujda is Chief Information Officer of AstenJohnson, Inc., headquartered in Charleston, SC. AstenJohnson, Inc. is a privately held company providing products and services to the paper industry, and has operations throughout North America, Europe and Asia. Mr. Pujda joined AstenJohnson in 2003 as CIO. Mr. Pujda leads a team of IT and business professionals in the global deployment of IT solutions, architecture and shared services.
Prior to joining AstenJohnson, Mr. Pujda served numerous clients as a consultant with Deloitte Consulting and Human Age. In his 26 year career, Mr. Pujda has worked with clients in textile manufacturing, consumer products, mass merchandise, wholesale drug distribution, health care, and advanced electronics

Phil Yanov

Phil Yanov is a writer, columnist, accomplished speaker, and radio show personality who has spent a life time working in technology. For over 20 years he has worked with companies to use technology to improve their sales, marketing, and customer service operations. He has been an invited professor at the university level. He has spoken to and inspired packed auditoriums of technology professionals and is the founder and Executive Director of the GSA Technology Council, the founder and Executive Director of the IT Leadership Council. He discusses technology issues in his Tech Advantage newspaper column and may be heard on Clemson University's Your Day Radio Program which is carried statewide on the South Carolina Public Radio system.

Janet Claggett

Janet Claggett has over 20 years working in the field of Information Technology. About half of her experience has been in the public sector and about half in the private sector. She graduated Summa Cum Laude with a Bachelors degree in Mathematics and a double minor in Geography and Spanish. She received her MBA from the University of South Carolina. She is currently the Chief Information Officer for Richland County, SC. Under her tenure, the National Association of Counties has twice rated Richland County as number one in the nation for digital excellence in its population category, and the Chamber of Commerce has twice awarded Richland County first place in the prestigious Palmetto Pillar award for technological innovation. She is a former President of SC.GMIS and was the Educational Coordinator for the 2006 International GMIS conference held in Charleston, SC. She is an active member of the Metropolitan Information Exchange (MIX) whose membership is by invitation only and which has a membership cap of 60 IT leaders in the North American continent. She is also active in the SC county IT organization (SCCFT) and in her Toastmasters club. Most recently she was nominated by the South Carolina Association of Counties and appointed by the Governor to serve on the SC Broadband Technology and Communications Study Committee.