Organization Leadership
Organization Leadership
We are an independent organization motivated by individual efforts. Our intention is to avoid overarching sponsorship by any single corporation and political partisanship: We aim to remain highly pragmatic, nonpartisan, and true to our original mission.
Executive Leadership
CEO - Andriy KHOMENKO
Much of Andriy Khomenko’s worldview has been shaped by bridging gratitude to resilient communities he grew up in within 60 miles of Chernobyl (USSR) and his direct experience with the inner workings of democracy during his multiple tenures at the House of Commons of Canada.
In his professional career, Andriy’s pronounced pragmatism and emphasis on results combined with experience at top consumer goods marketing companies, education in big data, IT systems, as well as aeronautical autonomous systems, robotics, and communications allowed teams that Andriy worked with to launch projects currently generating over $10B in annual revenues.
Andriy has over 20 years of experience in the telecommunications industry having participated in core teams standing up ecosystems and customer use cases based on WiMAX, LTE, and 5G. Currently, Andriy is leading an Innovation and R&D team at MOKA Technology Group and is a CEO of a stealth start-up focused on next generation wireless and machine learning software.
Off duty, Andriy is a dedicated Cub Scout leader serving his community as Committee Chairman of Pack 135 and a Senior Member at a local squadron of Civil Air Patrol. He enjoys obstacle course racing, martial arts, advanced yoga, and spending time with his friends and family.
CFO and Secretary - Larryi Ding
Larryi Ding has over twenty years of experience in technology including IoT, mobility, cloud/edge, SaaS, mobile payment, management consulting and semiconductor. Currently Larryi is the CEO of ABLELIFE Biotech, an Atlanta-based healthcare technology startup focusing on solutions for clean water and air.
Larryi also advises companies in the areas of AI/ML. IoT, Edge computing, and 5G. He sits on the board of Datasee.ai and advisory boards of HEAL and GameCloud.
Previously Larryi was AVP of Global Alliance Business Development at AT&T leading major cloud partnerships, global enterprise strategy and incubating its AR/VR and Network Edge Computing practices. During his time at AT&T Larryi also established the company’s global IoT platform and international enterprise mobility business covering over 100 carriers in 70+ countries.
Prior to AT&T, Larryi took a series of leadership roles at Alcatel-Lucent, Booz Allen Hamilton and Mitsubishi Electric.
Widely respected in the global technology community, Larryi is known for his calm demeanor, openness and ability to synthesize. In 2018 he was featured by “CEO Today” magazine as one of the most connected people in the Silicon Valley ecosystem. From 1999 to 2000, Larryi had several start-ups in eCommerce and international consulting.
A Chinese native, Larryi is fluent in Mandarin and Japanese. He holds an MBA from Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University and a BS in Engineering with Highest Honors from University of California at Berkeley.
Board of Advisers
Benita Cotton-Orr
Benita Cotton-Orr is a journalism graduate of Rhodes University in Grahamstown, South Africa, who immigrated to the United States in 1986. The Cobb County resident was an editorial writer and columnist for The Atlanta Journal Editorial Board and an editorial writer for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Editorial Board before joining the Georgia Public Policy Foundation as vice president in 2003. She leads the Foundation’s Environmental Initiative and communications.
She is a member of the 2007 class of Leadership Georgia, a member of the American Enterprise Institute’s Leadership Network (class of 2015), and was a faculty member of the Leadership Institute of Virginia. She serves on the Political Science Advisory Board at Kennesaw State University, on the Board of Governors for the Georgia Charter Schools Association, on the Georgia Advisory Committee to the U.S. Civil Rights Commission, and as a Policy Advisor for the Heartland Institute. She served on the Board of Common Cause Georgia on the Board of Advisors for America’s Future Foundation Georgia.
She addresses civic and leadership groups across Georgia on current issues and free-market solutions. She is a frequent contributor to newspapers, television and radio programs around the state, and spent seven years providing free-market perspectives as a commentator on a weekly Atlanta Radio Korea program.