Wendell Layne

Board Member

Wendell is a forward-thinking public interest technologist with a passion for scaling social impact and business transformation. With a broad background in the technology sector, supporting large-scale, multimillion-dollar, enterprise deployments across the globe, Wendell is now focused on creating complex solutions in the social sector.
 
Reporting directly to the Executive Director, Wendell manages the Foundation’s annual operating budget and ensures resources are allocated properly for the Foundation to fulfill its mission and vision. Additionally, Wendell is responsible the creation and execution of technical strategy, in support of all Fund II Foundation programs.
 
Wendell previously worked for World Wide Technology (WWT) where he spent most of his tenure on the management and leadership teams in Business Development and Professional Services. Most recently, Wendell managed the global partnership and go-to market strategy with Microsoft and was largely responsible for WWT becoming a nationally recognized Microsoft US public sector Partner of the Year. Prior to that Wendell managed the engineering and software development teams supporting WWT’s first in-house developed software platform.
 
Wendell serves on the advisory board for The Hip Hop Architecture Camp, a national program that positions Hip Hop culture as a catalyst to introduce underrepresented youth to architecture, urban planning, and design. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy, where he served onboard the USS Harry S. Truman, supporting radar and navigational equipment within the combat systems division. Wendell received a B.S. in Business from Saint Louis University’s Cook School of Business, has one son, Wendell IV, and is an avid music-lover, reader, and amateur photographer.