Ralph Szygenda, Chairman & CEO, RJS Solutions, is a private investor, consultant, and advisor to corporations, governments, and universities around the world, with more than 50 years of information technology leadership. Szygenda spent two decades at Texas Instruments, where he designed computer systems for defense systems before assuming the role of Chief Information Officer. He also held the role as Group Vice President and Chief Information Officer at General Motors and served on business and advisory boards for UST Global, iRise, Compuware, Covisint, Handleman, Sodalia, Elastic Outreach, NSA, Department of Defense, Carnegie Mellon University, University of Texas, American University, and Missouri School of Science and Technology.