Speakers
William Marion II
Air Combat Command CTO, U.S. Air Force
Mr. Marion is the Headquarters Air Combat Command Communications and Information Chief Technical Officer, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. In this capacity, he responsible for providing senior technical guidance, architectures, and strategic planning for 9,300 communications professionals, providing information technology services to 79,000 active-duty military and civilian members at 40 major installations in the United States and overseas. Read More
Gwynne Kostin
Director, Mobile, Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies, GSA
Gwynne Kostin is Director, Mobile in the Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies at the U.S. General Services Administration. She is working with federal agencies to clear a citizen-centric path for mobile access to government. Read More
Neil Bonner
Program Manager, Applications Development, TSA, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Neil Bonner works in the information technology field as program manager for applications development at the Transportation Security Administration. His focus is on mobile, Rapid Applications Development, Social Media and collaboration platforms. Read More
Darren Ash
Deputy Executive Director for Corporate Management
Executive Director’s Office of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
Mr. Darren B. Ash is the Deputy Executive Director for Corporate Management who provides policy direction, leadership and oversight for information technology (IT), information management, information systems security, space planning and facilities management, rulemaking, acquisition management, centralized administrative service activities, and human capital planning and human resources planning, policy, and program development at the NRC. He also serves as the Agency’s Chief Information Officer, Chief Freedom of Information Act Officer, and Senior Accountable Official for Data Quality. Read More
Robert Carey
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense Deputy Chief Information Officer, DOD
Mr. Robert J. Carey serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Information Management, Integration and Technology) / Department of Defense Deputy Chief Information Officer. Selected to this position after a brief tour as Director of Strategy and Policy for the US TENTH FLEET / FLEET CYBER COMMAND his principle roles will be to help lead the consolidation of Defense information technology enterprise as well as align, strengthen and manage the office of the DoD Chief Information Officer to have it better serve the Department’s mission. Read More
Michael Krieger
Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Army
Mike Krieger became Army Chief Information Officer/G-6 in November 2010. CIO/G-6 provides architecture, governance, portfolio management, strategy, C4IT acquisition oversight and operational capabilities to enable joint expeditionary net-centric information dominance for the Army. Read More
Pete Tseronis
CTO, Department of Energy
Pete Tseronis is the Department of Energy’s (DOE) first Chief Technology Officer (CTO), is responsible for providing strategic direction and vision and is charged with establishing a formal, sustainable federal technology deployment program for bringing innovative solutions to tough challenges. Read More
Richard Holgate
CIO, ATF
Richard Holgate was appointed as Assistant Director for Science & Technology and Chief Information Officer on August 3, 2009. In that role, he is responsible for strategy, planning, management, and delivery of information technology and information services; financial investigative services; and laboratory services, in support of ATF’s mission. Read More
Tim Hoechst
CTO, Agilex
Tim Hoechst leads the company’s Technology Innovation Center – Agilex’s in-house research & product development organization – and is a member of the company’s senior management team. In addition, he serves as the executive sponsor for many of the company’s most strategic client engagements. For his leadership on federal IT issues, Hoechst was named the 2011 Government Contracting CTO Innovator of the Year in the small business category and he is also a recipient of the 2011 Federal 100 Award. Read More
Chris Smith
CIO, USDA
Chris Smith serves as the Chief Information Officer for USDA with executive leadership responsibility for all USDA Information Technology Investments, Operations and Management. Mr. Smith provides leadership for USDA’s IT Architecture, IT Policy, Cyber Security Operations and the Department’s operational portfolio including Network, Enterprise Data Centers, International Technology Services, and Innovations group. Read More
Nigel Ballard
Director, Federal Marketing, Intel
Nigel Ballard is Intel’s Director of Federal Marketing. He is on the Board of Advisors of Fedscoop and is Chairman of their Federal Marketing Executive Board. Nigel is also a Delegate of The Intelligent Cities Project. He was awarded the Homeland Defense top award for his wireless technology and leadership during the Katrina disaster. When the 2010 Haiti earthquake struck he was asked by The White House to assist in the relief and recovery effort. He is also a Fed 100 winner. Read More
James Craft
Deputy Director, C4/Deputy CIO, USMC
Mr. Craft was selected to serve as the Deputy Director, C4 in September 2006. Prior to selection as Deputy Director, C-4, Mr. Craft served as Senior Telecommunications Advisor, Afghanistan Reconstruction Group, US Department of State. In this role, Mr. Craft led all US government reconstruction and development activities for the Afghan Information Communications Technology (ICT) Sector (telecommunications and information technology). Read More
Henning Schulzrinne
CTO, FCC
Schulzrinne is Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Mathematical Methods and Computer Science and Professor of Engineering at The Fu Foundation School of Engineering at Columbia University. He has been an Engineering Fellow at the FCC since 2010. Read More
Bryan Coapstick
USPS Mobility Leader, HP Enterprise Services, Global Business Unit
Bryan Coapstick is the USPS Mobility Leader for HP Enterprise Services Global Business Unit. HP is the world’s largest provider of information technology infrastructure, software, services, and solutions to individuals and organizations of all sizes.
Roger Baker
CIO, Veterans Affairs
Roger W. Baker was nominated by President Obama to serve as the Assistant Secretary for Information and Technology for the Department of Veterans Affairs and subsequently confirmed by the Senate on May 18, 2009. As Assistant Secretary, Mr. Baker serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department, directly managing an organization of over 6,500 information technology (IT) professionals and a budget of over $2.5 billion. Read More
Susie Adams
CTO, Microsoft
Susie Adams is the Chief Technology Officer for Microsoft Federal’s Civilian business. She has over 25 years experience in IT and Computer Science and has held numerous leadership positions at Microsoft as well as several Washington area IT consulting organizations. Read More
John Bordwine
Public Sector CTO, Symantec
With over a decade of experience in the security industry, John Bordwine is widely recognized as an expert in his field. John is currently the Public Sector Chief Technology Officer at Symantec where he is focusing on the specific requirements and certifications to ensure security solution compliance to the US federal and state/ local agencies.. Read More