Clinton Eppleman, Systems Engineer, Morefield Communications

Clinton Eppleman of Morefield Communications

Clinton Eppleman is a Senior Systems Engineer at Morefield Communications, where he helps organizations make smart cybersecurity decisions. He started his career in higher education with a focus on networking and network security. He broadened his understanding of security appliances as a Product Expert for Cisco Systems, in San Francisco, California. These experiences have helped shaped his approach to refining an organization’s cybersecurity program and understanding the real-world impact of a poorly designed or implemented approach. More recently, he has been focused on designing systems and cybersecurity solutions for the greater central PA area.

Clinton holds a BS in physics from Lycoming College and is a certified CISSP professional.
In his spare time, you can find Clinton running through the Civil War battlefields in Gettysburg, traveling throughout the country with his wife, or in the research rooms of local historical societies researching family history.

Anthony Cartolaro, Jr., Vice President of Digital Platforms, Weidenhammer

Tony Cartolaro of Weidenhammer

Anthony (Tony) is Vice President of Weidenhammer’s Digital Platforms Division and brings over 25 years of Technology leadership experience.

Tony works with non-profit, education, and for-profit enterprises and manages a team that provides those clients with industry-leading technology processes and solutions that are specifically focused for their unique business requirements.

Tony is a true Digital Disruptor and evangelist for Transformational Technology by helping organizations enhance their technology investments. Tony’s goals are to help organizations overcome business challenges and to ensure they provide a superior client experience to their customers and staff.

In his career, Tony has consulted on many projects for a wide variety of clients. Some examples include: Strategic Technology Planning, Infrastructure Design Planning, IT Support Desk and Service Delivery Enhancements and Improvements, IT Governance and Process Improvement, ERP/CRM Selection, Mobile Workforce Enablement, and interim IT Leadership services.

Tony’s familiarity with IT Governance extends into compliance and regulatory requirements; he is familiar with many compliance, regulatory, and domestic and international technology frameworks. Some examples include, HIPAA, FERPA, GLBA, CIPA, GDPR, NIST, ISO, and others.

Tony is an active member of the International Society of Technology in Education (ISTE), which helps educators leverage technology to improve their student’s academic experience. In addition, Tony is a member of two prestigious business organizations – first, Beacon, which is a group of Philadelphia area senior executives who come together regularly to share experiences and lessons learned, and second, he is a member of the Harvard Square Leaders of Excellence group. This group is internationally recognized as one of the top leadership networking and learning groups in the world.

Within the community, Tony serves on the Board of Directors for the Valley Day School, a suburban, Philadelphia-based, K12 school serving students with cognitive and emotional disabilities through a brain-based and trauma-informed care focused educational environment. In addition, Tony serves as a member of the Board of Directors for Service and Access Management, Inc. (SAM). Based in Reading, Pennsylvania, SAM provides health and human services along with management services throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey.

Tony and his wife, Christen, reside in Doylestown, Bucks County with their 2-year-old puppy, Bella.

Michael Hawkins, President and CEO, Netizen Corporation

Michael W. Hawkins, PMP, CISSP

Named one of the U.S. Army’s “most proficient and capable leaders” during his military service, Michael also earned a degree with honors in Computer Science from the University of Maryland and then managed large scale federal government and Department of Defense software engineering and cybersecurity programs at executive levels for nearly a decade prior to founding Netizen, which was America’s fastest-growing Cybersecurity company and 2^nd fastest-growing Veteran-owned company in 2019 according to the Inc. 5000 list of the nation’s most successful businesses. He holds PMP, CISSP, and other industry certifications.

Travis Lenker, Director of Managed Services, BlackCSI

Travis Lenker, BlackCSI

Travis is Director of Managed Services at BlackCSI and brings with over 11 years of Managed Services expertise serving small and medium-sized business and educational clients in Central Pennsylvania.

Travis and the entire team at BlackCSI are dedicated to learning about their client’s business goals and challenges to provide technology solutions to enhance the client’s business operations and bottom line.  Most recently Travis worked with a local school district to help pave their way to remote learning before COVID hit.  This forward-thinking approach provided the school district with a leg up on the other districts in the area. Travis takes a proactive approach to refining a client’s cybersecurity plan by focusing on technological solutions such as monitoring, maintenance and backups as well as providing the client with the knowledge and education needed to mitigate security threats.

Travis and his wife Melanie, reside in Mechanicsburg, Cumberland County with their daughter, Octavia.