Michael Schneck

Mike Schneck is the Pro-Bowl long snapper of the Buffalo Bills. Mike joined the Bills in 2005 after 6 successful seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He holds a degree in Finance from the University of Wisconsin and is currently attending classes at Harvard University through a select program with the NFL Players Association.

Mike is working hard to build his business life along with his football career. His business interests include the worlds of Finance, Real Estate and Technology. He has worked with PNC Advisors, Grubb & Ellis and Champion Properties and he joined the Executive Advisory Board of the Whiteboard Group in 2006. Mike is still active in many philanthropic activities and he and his family still live in the North Hills of Pittsburgh.

Kris Brown

Kris, the former Pittsburgh Steelers place kicker is currently entering his 5th season with the Houston Texans. His professional career has followed an outstanding college career and still ranks 7th in NCAA history in scoring as a kicker. Kris holds a degree in Business from the University of Nebraska.

Kris is very active in the Houston community and created the "Kris Brown Kick Club" raising money for the Texas Children's hospital Charity Care Program. He has numerous business and real estate interest and became a member of the Whiteboard Group Executive Advisory Board in 2006. Kris, his wife and two children make their home in the Houston area.

James Genaro

Jim is President and co-founder of Water Environmental Technologies located in Warren Ohio. The company operates both is manufacturing and operations from this location and was founded in 2005. Jim holds a degree in Business Administration from Youngstown State University.

He began his very successful business career in banking and moved in to IT Professional Services. Jim was a founder of North American Consulting Services in Clearwater Florida and served as the companies President until the company was sold to AccuStaff/Modis in 1996. Jim left Florida in 2004 and returned to the Youngstown Ohio area where he currently resides.

Steven J. Schmitt

Steve is CEO of SureLogic, Inc., located in Pittsburgh, Pa. SureLogic is a software product company providing leading-edge technology to the code assurance/software quality space. Steve holds a Masters Degree from Carnegie Mellon University and did his undergraduate work at Robert Morris University.

Steve is the former CEO of SimMedical, CIO of Crown Castle International, CIO of Fore Systems and CIO of the City of Pittsburgh. Steve, his wife and four children make their home in the south hills of Pittsburgh.

Anthony F. Bernard
Senior Program Manager
Microsoft Corporation

Mr. Bernard currently serves as a Senior Program Manager in the Connected Systems Division of Microsoft’s Server and Tools Business. In this role he is responsible for driving the business-to-business (B2B) strategy and feature set for BizTalk Server, Microsoft’s enterprise integration platform. Prior to joining Microsoft, Mr. Bernard served as the Vice President of Technology for TrueCommerce. In this role he was responsible for all software product development, information systems management and technical operations at the company.

Prior to joining TrueCommerce, Mr. Bernard served as Senior Director of Systems Architecture for FreeMarkets, Inc. In this role, he was responsible for the overall application, data, and technical architecture of FreeMarkets’ customer-facing software products. Mr. Bernard was an early member of the FreeMarkets team and was with the company for over six and half years helping to guide them through three consecutive years of 300% headcount and revenue growth. During that time he has held several development, architecture, research and development, and technical management roles. He is also listed as a co-inventor on several patents in the FreeMarkets intellectual property portfolio and, prior to his departure was a member of the FreeMarkets/Ariba merger integration team.

Prior to joining FreeMarkets, Mr. Bernard was employed as a Senior Manager at Ernst and Young LLP, where, as a member of the Information Technology consulting practice he assisted Fortune 500 companies with all aspects of designing, developing, and deploying information technology solutions to meet their business needs. Prior to that, Mr. Bernard held several other technology-related positions including Systems Coordinator for the Securities Lending group of Mellon Bank; Project Manager for CIScorp, a systems integration firm; and Senior Consultant for Accenture.

Mr. Bernard holds a B.S. in Applied Mathematics with a concentration in Operations Research and Management Science from Carnegie Mellon University. He has also guest lectured at Duquesne University, The Katz School of Business at the University of Pittsburgh, and The Heinz School at Carnegie Mellon University.