Molly Rivera is the secretary for the Texas Advisory Board (TAB) for TASSCC. She works for iBridge Group, where she is the COO. iBridge Group was founded in February 2006 and is based in Austin, Texas. It is a WBE/WOSB certified Texas HUB digital transformation company that automates processes so that your staff is lean, work is enjoyable, and reduces carbon footprints.

Our partners include Kofax, ABBYY, Ephesoft, Adobe, Microsoft, TIBCO, Blackboard, AWS, Perservica, and IBM. Our services run the gamut from smart forms, learning management systems, alert messaging systems, capture (direct, distributed, and mobile), content management, records management, customer communication, call/contact centers, mailroom managed services, robotic process automation (RPA), case management, digital signatures, and workflow. We also provide maintenance and support services for all our partner platforms.

We design, create and support solutions for our customers. In some cases, we also provide managed services to run the day-to-day operations, including mailroom, print shop, and scanning operations, as well as IT, managed services for our customers.

Margie has been overseeing the growth and outreach efforts of the Texas Private Cloud, with a primary focus on cultivating strong customer connections within the existing Texas DIR contract. Her dedication is directed toward supporting strategic initiatives for both current and potential clients in the public sector. Margie has been an integral part of the Atos team since 2012, where her exclusive role has been centered on the Texas DIR account. Throughout her tenure, she has held positions such as Server Consolidation Director and PMO Director, demonstrating her ability to identify, define, and manage business relationships that contribute to the co-creation and achievement of successful business outcomes.

Before joining Atos, Margie had a remarkable 28-year career with IBM Corporation, where she progressively held more senior roles in Vendor Relations and Contract Management. Outside of her professional life, Margie enjoys hobbies like gardening, cooking, and reading.

Margie is also an active member of AWIT (Austin Women In Technology) and has recently become a board member on the TAB (TASSCC Advisory Board).

We are Tech Foundations – an Atos Group business line. We are a 52 000-strong team with a clear ambition: to apply digital technology to advance what matters for our clients and society at large in 69 countries. Every day, we work together to create reliable and responsive digital foundations for the world’s businesses, institutions and communities. With our passionate experts and world-class partners we design digital solutions from the everyday to the mission critical — in artificial intelligence, hybrid cloud, infrastructure management, decarbonization and employee experience. Our aim? To deliver a meaningful impact for our clients and society at large. It’s what we call the power of we. Advancing what matters.

Founded in 1976, CGI is among the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

We are insights-driven and outcomes-based to help accelerate returns on your investments. Across 21 industry sectors in 400 locations worldwide, our 88,500 professionals provide comprehensive, scalable and sustainable IT and business consulting services that are informed globally and delivered locally.

Locally, CGI operates through 8 regional Texas offices and 1,300+ Texas-based consultants, including an on-shore delivery center in Belton, Texas, with an emphasis on veteran hires. Our Texas Public Sector practice is based in Austin, TX and has been a trusted partner in Texas state and local government for 30+ years.

Meg Hare is a Managing Director with Accenture's Texas Public Sector practice. Meg has spent her career helping government organizations realize the value of their technology investments and deliver on their most strategic initiatives. Meg is a champion and advocate for supporting women and diversity in the workplace, believing organizations and teams are stronger when all voices are heard and appreciated. Along with her role on the Vendor Advisory Board for TASSCC, Meg also serves on the City of Austin Mayors Health and Fitness Council and is the Executive Sponsor for Accenture’s Austin office Health and Wellness Programs.

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in technology, digital, cloud, and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations Services, and Accenture Song—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Accenture has well-established roots and a rich history working with Texas Public Sector organizations—from providing services to help streamline operations and update back-office systems to building new systems to address extraordinary challenges brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. We support public sector and educational institutions with solutions that help keep the state running and perform essential services.

Melissa Watts is the Strategic Account Executive for Box, offering a cloud content platform for the digital age. In this role, she works with government agencies to solve simple and complex challenges, making it easier for organizations to securely share ideas, collaborate and get work done faster. Today’s digital-first world demands you work in an entirely new way. You have to securely collaborate with partners and customers, deliver innovation faster than the rest, and manage the content at the heart of it all. Box gives you a single platform to accelerate your business processes and increase employee productivity, all while protecting your most valuable information. It’s called Cloud Content Management, and it's the ultimate business advantage.

Deloitte is a proud 25-year supporter of the TASSCC mission. Deloitte’s Government & Public Services practice – our people, ideas, technology and outcomes – are all designed for impact. Our team of over 20,000+ professionals across the country bring fresh perspective to help anticipate disruption, reimagine the possible, and fulfill the mission promise. Whether at the crossroads of AI and workforce transformation, cyber and IT modernization or digital and citizen experience—we bring actionable insights to drive bold and lasting results. Our shared purpose and passion help make an impact and improve the lives of Texas citizens.

Jennifer Hickey is a Director in the State and Local Group at Guidehouse, focusing on our work in Texas. Guidehouse is the combination of the legacy PwC Public Sector business, which was divested by PwC in 2018, and Navigant Consulting Inc. which was acquired by Guidehouse in 2019. Although our branding may be new, Guidehouse is dedicated to supporting Texas and its state agencies in fulfilling their mission to create a better future for every Texan and has been supporting U.S. government agencies for more than 120 years.

Guidehouse is a leading global provider of consulting services to the public sector and commercial markets, with broad capabilities in management, technology, and risk consulting. By combining our public and private sector expertise, we help clients address their most complex challenges and navigate significant regulatory pressures focusing on transformational change, business resiliency, and technology-driven innovation. Across a range of advisory, consulting, outsourcing, and digital services, we create scalable, innovative solutions that help our clients outwit complexity and position them for future growth and success. We have more than 16,000 professionals in over 55 locations globally including Austin, Houston, Lewisville, and San Antonio (coming soon!).

LDS is a Texas certified Historically Underutilized Business (HUB) and a certified Women Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) member. With over 18 years of progressive growth in the technical staffing and consulting industry we have come to understand that our success is a direct result of our organizational mission, well established customer partnerships, strong candidate relationships, and our experienced internal team of professionals. Our mission is to LEARN our client’s unique technical needs, UTILIZE our strategic recruiting process and personal approach to identify the specific talent, NAVIGATE that specific talent to truly identify the best resource for a client’s need, and ACCOMODATE that need with our outstanding customer service team.

People-Focused. Results-Driven.

Neos Consulting Group (Neos) is an Austin, Texas based IT Consulting and Staffing firm. Founded in 2003, we specialize in state & local government, education and commercial vertical markets.

Neos was founded, and is led by career IT project consultants who know what it means to deliver high-impact results to customers. Our leadership team was forged in fires of successfully delivering high-profile, mission critical ERP projects with tight time lines and limited budgets. This provides a deep understanding of customer needs, mission and constraints. It also means we appreciate the demands of being an onsite consultant. We strive to provide delivery excellence to our customers and provide best in class support for our consulting staff.

Neos is a Texas HUB (Woman-owned), as well as a City of Austin MWBE. Our mission is to hire and nurture the best consulting staff and leadership team, build long-term relationships with our clients and our employees, and provide an unparalleled experience for our consulting staff. Neos holds both an ITSAC contract, as well as DBITS contracts in: application development, application maintenance and support, Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse, IT Assessment and Planning, Project Management, Enterprise Resource Planning, Technology Migration/Upgrade as well as Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V)

Neos was recognized by Inc. magazine in 2014 as the 839th fasted-growing company in America, racking up a 540% growth rate over four years. Neos was also noted as the 4th fasted-growing company in central Texas by the Austin Business Journal in 2013.

Proofpoint, Inc. is a leading cybersecurity and compliance company that protects organizations’ greatest assets and biggest risks: their people. With an integrated suite of cloud-based solutions, Proofpoint helps companies around the world stop targeted threats, safeguard their data, and make their users more resilient against cyber attacks. Leading organizations, including state agencies and universities of all sizes, including more than half of the Fortune 1000, Research Universities, and Government agencies rely on Proofpoint for people-centric security and compliance solutions that mitigate their most critical risks across email, the cloud, social media, and the web.

Born and raised in the State of Texas, Rackspace has been around for over 25 years. From humble beginning as an idea between three Trinity University classmates, we have grown to become a global company with business customers in over 120 countries. Our roots as well as our global headquarters remain in San Antonio Texas.

Hybrid multicloud solutions, including applications, data, security and AI, across every industry

Rackspace Technology is your trusted partner in cloud solutions, offering comprehensive management and support services across private, hybrid and hyperscale public cloud platforms. We’re committed to designing and delivering effective cloud strategies along with the application, data, security and AI solutions that empower your business.

We're more than cloud technology experts; we're the architects of your business advantage. From hybrid and multicloud solutions to AI integration, we here to optimize your operations today with future-ready, end-to-end services and solutions.

We deliver service and support for application, data, security and AI solutions across private, hybrid and all of the hyperscale public clouds. That makes it easier to place your workload in the cloud best suited for it, without the need for extensive hiring or upskilling of teams to manage your cloud infrastructure.

SHI Government Solutions (SHI) offers custom solutions for every aspect of your IT environment: from software and hardware Procurement to Deployment Planning, Configuration, Data Center Optimization, IT Asset Management and Cloud Computing.

Besides offering an extensive list of services, SHI currently represents hundreds of hardware and software manufacturers through more than 40 State of Texas DIR and other Cooperative Contract vehicles, delivering IT solutions that provide tangible business value to our customers. And SHI has provided IT solutions to Texas Government and Education customers for over 20 years – a solid legacy of the highest levels of quality and service. SHI has extensive experience throughout the U.S. in support of, and in partnership with, both public and private sector customers. As a result, we bring a tremendous perspective on technology trends and practices.

Privately-held and HUB-Certified, SHI has experienced tremendous growth in size and scope through neither merger nor acquisition. SHI's goal is to foster long-term and mutually-beneficial relationships with our customers and partners, every single day. The expertise, dedication and commitment to excellence of every member of your SHI account team (and the support organization that backs them) have made SHI into the industry-leading, complete IT solution provider we are today.

Sistema Technologies, Inc. is a Texas-based company established in 2002 with offices in Austin and San Antonio. Sistema is a provider of IT Staff Augmentation Services and IT Delivery where we believe in low overhead, streamlined operations, and a commitment to customer service.