Mark Hardy - Founder, Peak Trails Consulting
Mark is a technology leader and Founder of Peak Trails Consulting, with three decades of experience helping organizations bridge the gap between complex engineering and business strategy. He specializes in Gemini enablement, helping SLED clients replace unmanaged "Shadow AI" with secure, centralized enterprise capabilities. By leveraging his background in patented AI and IoT innovations, Mark builds the governed architectures and "Agentic" workflows required to turn fragmented tools into institutional assets. His focus is on providing a clear path from unmanaged risk to scalable, high-value Google Cloud solutions.
Chris Garyet - Google AI Strategic Director - State, Local, and Education
Chris Garyet serves as an AI Strategic Sales Director for Google Public Sector, focusing on enabling Gemini Enterprise and advanced AI solutions across State, Local, and Education (SLED) customers. With a proven track record of guiding complex enterprise deals, he brings deep expertise in Generative AI, High-Performance Computing, and Google Cloud infrastructure. His diverse background spans the full technology value chain, from seed-stage startups to late-stage enterprise businesses. A Texas native and proud father of two, Chris holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Georgia Tech
Cassidy Bowman Suarez - Google Cloud Account Executive, Texas Higher Education
Cassidy Bowman Suarez, has spent the last 10 years serving customers in the public sector with the best of innovation that technology has to offer. From beginning her career at Oracle and then transitioning to AWS (Amazon Web Services) where she helped build out their GovTech practice under the State and Local umbrella, Cassidy has always had a passion for building and delivering AI-enabled solutions that "just work" for higher education institutions.
Cassidy now proudly serves as the Google Cloud Account Manager for The Texas A&M University System, partnering closely with educators, researchers and administrators across Texas A&M enabling them with AI- tools that ultimately drive to deliver faster, more robust impact to the students, research and missions they mutually serve.
David Wixson - New Tech Solutions-SLED Sr. Account Executive
David Wixson is a technology sales leader with over 20 years of experience helping SLED organizations modernize through AI, cloud, cybersecurity, networking and other IT solutions. He has been working with Texas A&M University System for two decades and resides in the Brazos Valley. He’s known for building strong executive relationships, navigating complex use cases, and has a passion for delivering results. Starting his IT career with Hewlett-Packard, he made stops at NWN, Splunk and SHI. David holds a B.B.A. from Sam Houston State University with a minor in Computer Science and advanced certifications from University of Houston.
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