Board of Directors

Dave DeBruine, President

Dave DeBruine is co-founder of the WI BADD^® event and inaugural President of the WI BADD^® Board of Directors. Along with Roxanne Miller, he created the event in 2007 and been involved in the planning of the event ever since. Dave is the founding President of the IIBA^® Southeast Wisconsin Chapter and finished his service as Past President at the end of 2011.

Dave has over 22 years of experience in the Information Technology field. He has been a Business Analyst for over 20 years, and has a passion for performing and promoting the role. Dave has consulted as a Business Analyst for the last 13 years for a variety of clients throughout Southern Wisconsin in the investment, insurance, healthcare and manufacturing industries. In 2007, Dave founded DeBruine & Associates, LLC and has been serving as an independent consultant since. In his free time he volunteers for Compassion International, a Christian child sponsorship organization serving the world’s poor children and travels the world to spend time with them.

Chad Wege, Secretary

Chad has several years of experience in the information technology field within the telecommunications, regulatory compliance and health insurance industries. He has served in a number of capacities including business analysis, project management, and system support and application development management. Most recently employed with UnitedHealth Group as a business analyst consultant, he works with a dedicated program team to develop an enterprise-wide customer service application to support more than 25,000 users.

Chad holds three undergraduate degrees in the areas of computer science and business, as well as two management certificates from the American Management Association and University of Wisconsin - Madison, School of Business. In his spare time, he participates in two other non-profit associations serving minority groups locally and throughout the state. 

Currently he serves as President of the IIBA^® Northeast Wisconsin Chapter and has since its inception in 2008.

Cheri Schettl, Treasurer

Cheri is a Senior Business Analyst at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. She has been in that role for six years and has supported numerous projects by eliciting, analyzing and documenting both business requirements and rules. While at Thrivent, the majority of Cheri's tenure was in Financial Analysis and Expense Management. Prior to joining Thrivent in 1991, Cheri worked six years in public accounting. Cheri has an interest in business architecture, metrics and cost benefit analysis and hopes to capitalize on these interests within her role as a business analyst.

Cheri is a Certified Public Accountant and is a member of the Wisconsin Institute of Public Accountants (WICPA). In addition to being a CPA, Cheri is a CumLaude graduate of the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh with an undergraduate degree in Finance. In prior years, Cheri has volunteered by serving as both a Director and Treasurer for the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh-College of Business Alumni Association and serving as a member of the Financial and Audit Review Committee of the United Way Fox Cities.

Currently she serves as Vice President of Finance of the IIBA^® Northeast Wisconsin Chapter and has since its inception in 2008.

Scott Sybert

Susan Rose-Adametz

Kathy Shields