For more than three decades, David Binch, director of the Vermont Information Technology Center, has been building bridges between Vermont's technology sector and the world.  He was president and CEO of Champlain Cable Corporation for 20 years, where, among his other duties, he was active in licensing Champlain Cable technology worldwide.  He worked with Swiss technology company, Huber+Suhner AG, to start up a division in the US, which was subsequently moved to Vermont.  He then worked out of Huber+Suhner's Swiss headquarters for two years before returning to Vermont.  In December 2003, he retired as Chairman of its North American group.

Binch holds a B.S in Electrical Engineering from Tufts University.  He is currently a Director of GBIC, Chair of its Technology Committee, on the Chittenden County Workforce Investment Board, and Chair of the Governor’s Institutes of Vermont.  Other positions he has held are Chair of the Vermont Arts Council and of the Jericho Economic Development Committee.  He is a past president of the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra.  Binch and his wife, Willa Harris, live in Jericho.

Gary C. Kessler is an Associate Professor, program director of the Computer Networking, Computer & Digital Forensics, and Information Security majors, and director of the Center for Digital Investigation at Champlain College in Burlington, VT. He is also a consultant specializing in issues related to computer and network forensics and security, and Internet and TCP/IP services and applications. He was formerly a Senior Network Security Analyst at SymQuest Group, a network integration consulting company in South Burlington, VT, and Director of Information Technology and Senior Member of Technical Staff at Hill Associates, an international telecommunications training firm in Colchester, VT.

Gary is a frequent speaker at industry conferences, and has written 2 books and over 60 articles on a variety of topics. Gary holds a B.A. in Mathematics and an M.S. in Computer Science. He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and a member of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association (HTCIA).

On the personal front, Gary is married, has two children and two step-children, and lives in Burlington. He is a member of the Green Mountain Critical Incident Stress Debriefing (CISD) team and a Life Member of the Colchester Rescue Squad. He enjoys boating, SCUBA diving, bicycling, hiking, and playing 1970s-80s folk music on guitar.

Jane Faust Madden is Program Administrator for the Vermont Information Technology Center. She oversees several grants that VITC is involved with.  She also maintains the VITC website, coordinates VITC events, and handles day-to-day operations of the organization.  Formerly, Jane worked in various media capacities in Chicago, IL.  She was Account Group Manager for Information Resources, Inc. (IRI), an international market research firm, and also spent several years as a Senior Media Planner for Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution.

Jane holds a B.A. in Journalism from the University of Wisconsin.  She lives in Shelburne with her husband and two children.