Priscilla Tate, Executive Director and Founder, Technology Managers Forum Priscilla Tate is the founder and president of Technology Managers Forum (TechForum), a professional association founded in 1994 with a membership base of over 750 IT managers in the New York area who work for some of the largest enterprise organizations in the world. Ms. Tate produces Security Forum twice a year, as well as two annual TechForum Roundtables that focus on emerging trends in enterprise technology such as Virtualization & Storage and Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity. Ms. Tate also founded TechForum's Best Practice Awards program, now in its 15th year. In August, 2008, Ms. Tate launched her own blog, TechForumTrends.com. Since 2005, Ms. Tate has been the host and program director of TechForum LIVE!, a webcast streamed live and available as a podcast on iTunes. Ms. Tate is a sought-after industry analyst and has been quoted in numerous publications including the New York Times and Computerworld. In addition to moderating panels at all TechForum events, Ms. Tate has moderated panels at other industry events, including the Computerworld Premier 100 and RSA Conference in San Francisco. Prior to TechForum, Ms. Tate was a technology manager at Citibank, EF Hutton and Manufacturers Hanover Trust.. Ms. Tate graduated from Duke University with a BA in History and an MA in Art History. She also studied at the Freie Universitat in Berlin with a scholarship administered by the Fulbright commission. She was a Columbia Fellow and did graduate work at Columbia University. Contact Us Home