Executive Director at TechMGM

Serving as president of Tidal IT Solutions, LLC, Charisse D. Stokes supports government and commercial industry clients providing tech, innovation and business development consulting services. Charisse currently leads TechMGM, supporting tech and innovation initiatives in Montgomery, Alabama as well as The Alabama Collective, a nonprofit organization focused on elevating minority tech talent and entrepreneurs across the state of Alabama. Charisse previously served in a variety of leadership roles in the United States Air Force as well as for small business information technology firms where she managed multiple, large scale IT projects worldwide. Currently, she is on the board of Alabama Power Company; in addition to roles on the Business Council of Alabama, Alabama STEM Advisory Council, Computer Science Task Force, and the Armed Forces Communication and Electronics Association (AFCEA) International, AUM College of Business, Trenholm State Community College Computer Information Systems and Saint James School Boards. As the past Director of the Education Foundation for the Montgomery AFCEA Chapter which provided STEM initiatives to the local community, she founded EduWerx, a nonprofit organization exposing minorities and young women to STEM. Charisse holds a bachelor of science degree in Ceramic Engineering from Clemson University and a master of business administration in Finance from Auburn University Montgomery.