Michael founded Impact Makers in 2006. Before establishing Virginia’s first benefit corporation, he spent the early years of his career as a Senior Consultant with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in France. His tenure allowed him to consult, with increasingly complex engagements, throughout the EMEAI (Europe, Middle East, Africa, and India) region. As a result, Michael has lived or worked in seven countries and spent significant time in over 25 nations. Later, while an independent consultant, Michael completed an MBA from Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. After returning to the States, he accepted a position as the Manager of Application Development at Health Management Corporation (HMC), a subsidiary of WellPoint Blue Cross / Blue Shield. Prior to launching Impact Makers, Michael was the Director of Product Development at First Health Services Corporation.

Joe Pugh is the former Deputy CIO for Chesterfield County local government and helped lead them to a top 10 finish in the NACo digital counties survey ten years in a row finishing first 3 times. He has extensive leadership experience building teams and championing innovation. Joe managed technical teams for Enterprise Architecture, Application Development, Customer Relationship Management, Portfolio Management, GIS, eGovernment Services and Data & Analytics. He collaborated with Infrastructure Services, Security Management, and the Project Management Office, to ensure all cloud initiatives were deployed securely at the lowest operational cost to the county. Joe excelled at working with business units to plan and budget for capital funding requests for large technology initiatives. Joe also served as the IT assistant director while a VDOT from 1999 until 2012 where he led the data management and enterprise application development teams.   Joe was awarded the commissioner’s award for excellence for his work on the asset management system.  His teams won numerous COVITS awards over the years. Joe was a guest speaker at the 2017 Microsoft Cloud Forum for the Federal government where he shared innovative solutions developed by local government utilizing Microsoft Dynamics. This presentation was featured in the keynote address to all participants. Joe also served on the client advisory boards for Microsoft Dynamics and CivicPlus.

Scott has over 35 years of experience in state and local government, higher education, nonprofit, financial services, retail, and manufacturing industries. He has a record of enabling clients to achieve transformational results as a leader and as an individual contributor and in both tactical and strategic roles. Scott’s expertise includes strategy, procurement, information security, risk management, organizational assessment, and change management.

Prior to joining Impact Makers, Scott was a Principal with The North Highland Company, where he also worked closely with the Commonwealth of Virginia. He is a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), Certified in Risk and Information System Controls (CRISC), and Project Management Professional (PMP).

Tony Fung served as Deputy Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia. In this capacity, Tony served as a senior advisor to the Commonwealth on technology matters including data analytics, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, innovation, and entrepreneurship, and oversaw Virginia’s technology agency which supports technology governance and needs for over one hundred thousand commonwealth employees. Tony is a proven executive with over 25 years of experience in information technology management, strategic planning, and operations management. Before joining the Governor’s Cabinet, Tony was the CEO of a professional consulting firm, which serviced Federal focused clients such as DoD, HHS, DHS, and GSA. Tony also served as a SCORE counselor, providing advice to small businesses on start-up best practices, business operations, and strategy. Tony has been recognized as one of Washington’s top business leaders, a recipient of Washington Business Journal’s Award, SmartCEO Top 100 CEOs, and named Top 40 Under 40 Business Leader.

Chris joined Impact Makers in 2020 as the leader of the extremely fast paced recruiting team. He is an innovative, driven, and articulate team player/leader with 12+ years of best in class, full cycle recruiting. He specializes in hard to fill positions at all levels, in highly competitive industries such as Information Technology, Consulting, and Research/Data Analytics. Impact Makers’ focus on Data Architecture, Data Engineering, Data Governance, and Project Management, in both the Public and Private sectors, have proven to be both challenging and rewarding. The chance to bring the top subject matter experts to our clients is the driving force for Chris, each day. The key to bringing the top candidates to the forefront is a direct result of years spent developing a strong network of trusted advisors as well as, active and passive market leaders and candidates.

As a Data Architect at Impact Makers, I design and deliver data architecture focused projects for various clients, leveraging my expertise in Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing, and Data Engineering. I have over 20 years of experience in this field, working with different technologies and platforms, such as Azure, Hadoop, Python, Snowflake, dbt and Data Vault. My goal is to make every customer self-sufficient and satisfied with the solutions I provide, so that they can achieve their business objectives and gain insights from their data. I collaborate with stakeholders at all levels, from executives to developers, to gain consensus and support for the projects. I am also a leader and a mentor, who builds, manages, trains, and coaches teams of high-performing IT professionals. I am pragmatic, results-oriented, and certified in Project Management, Snowflake, and Data Vault.

A specialist in Digital Strategy, Transformation, Cloud/SaaS Modernization, Data/AI and Execution, Fil drives digital transformation and success through product, data/AI services, and cloud technology innovation and taking advantage of new market opportunities.   Prior to Impact Makers, Fil led product management for platform services at startup Covu. Fil also led Digital Transformation at IBM for cloud modernization, data and AI.  Before that, Fil led Product Management for Digital Engagement and SaaS Cloud Solutions for Duck Creek Technologies,  AgencyPort (acquired by Duck Creek), and startup Motus. After beginning his career at Accenture, Fil then spent several years at Epsilon and Fidelity Investments focused on customer engagement, CRM, and AI/predictive analytics. Fil went on to hold executive management consulting positions at several early and late-stage startups including BBT (now KPMG), BusinessEdge Solutions (now Dell), and netNumina-Keane (now NTT Data). Fil earned his bachelor's degree at Boston College and Oxford University and holds an MBA from Bentley University.   Fil has been a thought Leader and speaker at several conferences and webinars on topics ranging from Digital Transformation, SaaS/Cloud solutions, Automaton and Data for Predictive Analytics/AI.

Brian Fones is an accomplished technology leader with a proven track record of success in the financial services industry. His expertise spans Product Management, End User Experience, Organizational Design, Strategy, Operational Excellence, and Talent Acquisition. As an inclusive and transformational leader, Brian has consistently delivered strategic outcomes through his visionary approach. Brian excels at developing and executing strategies that align with organizational goals. His forward-thinking mindset drives innovation and growth. His a knack for attracting and developing top-tier talent and his inclusive leadership style fosters a collaborative and high-performing work environment. His ability to influence and drive organizational change sets him apart. He has led transformative initiatives with remarkable outcomes.