Two new team members have joined the staff of the Arizona Technology Council.
Chris O’Neal serves as chief of staff, responsible for partnering with the president and CEO to represent the Council with external constituency groups and the board of directors. As a member of the executive team, he provides resources and support with an emphasis on strategy, operations and finance, in addition to the management of facilities, IT services, vendor management, payroll and human resource management.
O’Neal most recently was head of accounts receivables operations in finance core services at Discount Tire headquarters in Scottsdale. Previously, he was director of administration and business operations at Rose Immigration Law Firm in Tennessee.
Leslie Marquez is director of marketing and communications, which allows her to lead, coordinate and participate in the development of marketing strategies and services. She brings broad-based marketing, public relations and advertising experience in both in-house and agency environments across diverse sectors, including nonprofit performing arts, legal marketing, mortgage technology and residential mortgage marketing.
Marquez joins the Council from mortgage technology firm focusIT, where she served as marketing director. Previously, she served as the director of marketing for Ballet Arizona.
