J.R. Simmons has over 30 years’ experience as a full-services independent consultant providing planning, design, and implementation management in both hosted/cloud and on-premises environments for complex networks, work-stream collaboration solutions, and multi-media call centers. He has taught college level telecommunications classes, is a frequent public speaker, and a regular contributor to No Jitter and BC Strategies. He is a Principal Consultant for COMgroup, a division of Ross & Baruzzini.
Anca Pop-Charles has over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity and worked in cybersecurity for large corporations such as Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) and Change Healthcare (Emdeon at the time). She has consulted on cybersecurity with companies in the private sector such as healthcare, financial, and mobility entities, and public-sector entities such as local municipalities, state governments, and federal governments. She frequently speaks on cyber topics, and she has taught college-level courses on cybersecurity and healthcare Information Technology (IT). Anca is a graduate of Vanderbilt Owen Graduate School of Management. She is the Cybersecurity Principal In Charge at Ross & Baruzzini.