"What qualifies under Cloud First? How do agencies get credit? How is it being scored? Is there a difference between one program that saves $100 million and three that save $5 million each? Is public cloud worth more?"

Sheng Liang

Sheng Liang is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Cloud Platforms Group at Citrix following the acquisition of Cloud.com. Previously as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and founder of Cloud.com, Liang drove the vision and overall direction for the company as it transforms the way business can harness the power of their own cloud. He is a recognized expert in virtualization technologies as the lead developer on the original Java Virtual Machine team at Sun Microsystems. Liang was co-founder and CTO of Teros (acquired by Citrix), a leader in perimeter and network security solutions for enterprises and service providers. He has also held technology leadership roles at SEVEN Networks and Openwave systems where he developed software products for leading service providers and operators around the globe. Liang holds a Ph.D in Computer Science from Yale University and Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Science and Technology of China.

Avi Bender

Avi Bender is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at the U.S. Census Bureau. Bender was appointed to this newly created position in 2010 to provide strategic leadership in IT enabled process innovation, governance, and enterprise architecture. Prior to joining the Census, he served as the Director for Enterprise Architecture (EA) at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). At the IRS, Bender transformed the EA organization into a business driven function that delivered strategic value and was recognized by a number of industry awards. Prior to his four-year appointment at the IRS, he held executive positions IBM, Price Waterhouse, and GTE where he led global teams in delivering professional services in IT strategy and organizational change management. He also started a software company to deliver service oriented architecture (SOA) middleware solutions. Bender holds two master's degrees, and when he is not doing IT, he is passionate about photography.

John Teeter

John Teeter is the Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO) and former Chief Enterprise Architect for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). In this role, Teeter is responsible for all aspects of information resources management including several enterprise programs which include Information Technology (IT) strategic planning and performance management; IT capital planning and investment control; enterprise security; IT project management; and the development, maintenance, and use of the HHS enterprise architecture.

Teeter has served HHS for more than 27 years in various capacities. He has held many positions in the areas of IT project and program management but has focused his attention for the last several years on enterprise information resources management programs and enterprise architecture endeavors.

Teeter began his career at the Social Security Administration (SSA), followed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), where he was the CDC Chief Enterprise Architect. Teeter's degree in biology, coupled with his study and experience in IT, has allowed him to serve effectively in support of HHS' health-related goals and as a participant in the broader Federal IT community.

Fred Whiteside

Fred Whiteside serves as Project Manager, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Cloud Computing program overseeing the Target Business Use Case Development project and Co-chair of the Cloud Computing Security Working Group. Whiteside is responsible for the development of business use cases aimed at identifying technology gaps and priorities for Federal cloud computing adoption. Since 2002, he has also served as Manager, Cybersecurity Operations and Critical Infrastructure, at the Department of Commerce and Chief, Security Operations Division and Acting Director of the Information Technology (IT) Security Program Office and the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Prior to joining Federal civil service, Whiteside served as Project Manager in various capacities at Booz Allen Hamilton focused on IT Security and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) and Lockheed Martin in support of the Federal Census Bureau overseeing Network and Security Operations support staff.

"For the last decade, we've been focused on information sharing as the 21st Century minute man. WikiLeaks has put the cat among the pigeons. In this changed landscape, how do we ensure that the stovepipes don't go back up? How do we determine 'need to know' and 'need to share?'"

Gal Shpantzer

Gal Shpantzer has been a part of the information security community for more than a decade, advising chief security officers (CSOs) of major corporations, universities, and security vendors. Shpantzer's contributions to the community began with multiple SANS Institute projects, including co-editing the SANS Newsbites from 2002-2008, revising the E-Warfare course and presenting SANS@Night talks on cyberstalking, CAPTCHAs, and endpoint security. In 2009, he founded the privacy subgroup of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Smart Grid cybersecurity task group, resulting in the privacy chapter of NIST IR7628.

Shpantzer is a co-author of the Managing Mobile Device Security chapter in the Information Security Management Handbook (2010). Most recently, Shpantzer collaborated with Dr. Christophe Veltsos to present the Security Outliers project, focusing on the importance of leadership development in the security community.

Michael Howell

Michael Howell became the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE) in December 2010. The Program Manager has government-wide authority to plan, oversee the build-out, and manage use of the ISE to implement the President's terrorism-related information sharing priorities. Howell's work focuses on assisting the Program Manager in the development of policies, procedures, guidelines, rules, and standards to foster the development and proper operation of the ISE while assisting, monitoring, and assessing implementation of the ISE by departments and agencies.

Prior to joining PM-ISE, Howell served as the Deputy Administrator for Electronic Government and Information Technology at the Office of Management and Budget. In that role, he was responsible for overseeing information technology (IT) policy, management, and budget for the Federal government's $80 billion a year IT investment portfolio. Howell supported the 2008 Presidential transition and the implementation of management reforms and new initiatives to improve IT investment management and the efficiency and effectiveness of Federal IT, open the government by enhancing transparency and citizen engagement, and improve cybersecurity.

Howell was the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department of the Interior from May 2007 to September 2008 providing leadership to the Department and its bureaus in all areas of information management and technology. He served as the CIO for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service from 2004 to 2007. Previously, Howell was the Portfolio Management Division Chief in Interior’s CIO's Office, where he was responsible for overseeing management of the Department's $900 million a year IT portfolio. Howell served two years as the Acting CIO and Deputy CIO for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and five years in BLM's headquarters budget office.

Howell spent four years in BLM's Oregon State Office as a Branch Chief, responsible for software development, geographic information systems, and data and records management programs. He spent seven years in BLM's Eugene District on forest inventory, land use planning, and environmental analysis. Howell worked five years in a variety of forest management jobs in the Medford District in southwest Oregon. His career began in 1978 with the U.S. Forest Service in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest in Idaho and the Olympic National Forest in Washington.

A native of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Howell graduated in 1977 from Pennsylvania State University with a bachelor of science degree in Forest Science with a minor in Wildlife Management. In 2005, Howell completed the Chief Information Officer certification program at the National Defense University IRM College and in 2008 obtained the Certified Information System Security Professional certificate.

Dr. Peter Levin

Peter L. Levin was appointed Senior Advisor and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) in June 2009. His primary role is to identify opportunities and implement improvements of Veteran health and benefit services by promoting a deeply collaborative culture, renovating business processes, and leading the development of new technology platforms. Peter is the executive sponsor of the Blue Button personal health record, of the Fast Track electronic claims processing system, and of the VA's Open Government initiatives - especially its social media platform - all of which have been institutionalized by the agency as part of its ongoing transformation.

Peter was a National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator (G.H.W. Bush), a White House Fellow (Clinton), and an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (TU Darmstadt). He is the co-author of more than 50 articles ranging from global positioning and cybersecurity to high performance computer simulations. Peter was also a co-author the technology chapter of the 1997 Biennial Presidential Report to Congress on Science and Technology. Just before joining the Obama administration, he co-founded and led an award-winning semiconductor design software firm, was a venture partner at Dusseldorf-based venture firm Ventizz Capital Partners, and was an executive director of Astaro A.G.

Peter studied Electrical and Computer Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, and he subsequently enjoyed post-doctoral training at the Technical University of Munich. His first academic appointment was at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and he was later the associate dean for research in the College of Engineering at Boston University. Today he maintains his academic affiliation as Consulting Professor of Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering at Stanford University.

Roberta Stempfley

Roberta Stempfley currently serves as the Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Office of Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C) at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), where she plays a leading role in developing the strategic direction for all of CS&C and its components, consisting of the National Cyber Security Division (NCSD), the Office of Emergency Communications (OEC), and the National Communications System (NCS).

Stempfley also serves as the Director of the National Cyber Security Division at the Department. This division works collaboratively with public, private, and international entities to secure cyberspace and America's cyber assets.

Prior to assuming this position, Stempfley served as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) where she was responsible for supporting the Director in decision making; strategy development and internal and external strategy communication; aligning DISA program execution with Department of Defense (DoD) strategy for planning, engineering, acquiring, fielding, and supporting global-net-centric solutions; operating the Global Information Grid (GIG); information assurance; and management of DISA information technology resources.

Stempfly has received signiciant awards and honors from InformationWeek, Top 50 Government CIOs, 2002 DISA Technical Team of the Year for DOD-CERT Nominee, Women-in Technology Leadership in the Government, and Director's Special Act Award for Service during Quadrennial Defense review.

Stempfly has a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Mathematics from the University of Arizona, a Master of Science in Computer Science from James Madison University, and a National Security Management Certification, Acquisition for Senior Leaders.

"Sure, I'm open to consolidate into another agency's facility, but nobody has any space. How do I see what space is available – and what incentive is there for agencies to admit they have space?"

Dale Wickizer

Dale Wickizer is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the U. S. Public Sector at NetApp, Inc. Wickizer is also part of the Office of the CTO for all of NetApp, Inc, and his responsibilities include setting future technology and product directions for the Public Sector group and managing key customer relationships.

Before starting at NetApp, Wickizer was an Associate Partner and IT Infrastructure Architect at Accenture, where he was responsible for helping Fortune 500 and Global 1000 companies plan and execute IT transformations, data center consolidations, and rollouts of large enterprise applications and storage infrastructures with the goal of reducing costs and increasing competitiveness in the marketplace. Wickizer played a fundamental role in establishing strong alliances between Accenture and key storage vendors (such as EMC and NetApp), and he was viewed across the firm as a storage expert.

Prior to Accenture, Wickizer was a Senior Systems Analyst for GRC International, where he was involved in the design of high-resolution acquisition, tracking, and pointing systems for the Strategic Defense Initiative. In addition, he served as the Flight Operations Manager for the Earth Observing System during his time as a contractor at NASA headquarters, and he developed and built a desktop shuttle simulator for the Manned Space Flight Program. Before leaving GRC International, Wickizer gained IT experience by helping design their corporate-wide network and managing one of their data centers.

Prior to GRCI, Wickizer served in the U. S. Navy, where he worked at Naval Reactors for Admiral Rickover and led the design of fault tolerant reactor protection systems for nuclear submarines.

Wickizer holds both a Bachelors and Masters Degree in Electrical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. Wickizer also completed Reactor Design School at Bettis Atomic Power Laboratory as part of his Navy training.

Richard Boe

Richard Boe is currently the manager of IT operations at the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), where he manages non-NAS IT infrastructure and operations for the Air Traffic Organization (ATO). Boe has been with FAA since 1998 where he managed the Acquisition and Research LOB's Y2K program and was responsible for IT-user support at headquarters, the FAA messaging system consolidation initiative, and the FOB-10B infrastructure consolidation.

Boe has a wide range of experiences in both the private sector and the government. He has designed and built advanced microwave system components for the U.S. Navy surface to air, air-to-air, and ground attack weapon systems. Boe was also responsible for test and acceptance of heavy-weight torpedoes for the U.S. Navy and lifecycle management of several versions of shipboard antisubmarine warfare combat systems. In addition, Boe has provided consulting services to government and industry on electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and nuclear weapon effects on electronics (EMP).

Boe holds three U.S. patents in electromechanical devices for the marine industry, and he was given a FCW 100 Award by Federal Computer Week in 2009. The same year, Boe also received the Network Professionals Association "Professional Excellence and Innovation in Government" Award.

Boe graduated from Cal Poly University, with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Physics. Boe received his Masters in Information Technology from Syracuse University, and his CIO and Information Security Certificates from the National Defense University, IRM College, Washington, D.C.

Noah Nason

Noah Nason is currently the Chief Technology Officer for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF). He is responsible for enterprise architecture, IT governance, IT security, and long-range planning and budgeting. Nason has a broad experience at the Federal agency level (ATF and National Aeronautical and Space Association), major command level (U.S. Army Europe), state chief information officer (CIO) level (Kentucky and Georgia), major commercial level (National Association of Securities Dealers), and as a government contractor at EDS and PriceWaterhouseCoopers.

Nason has spoken at numerous conferences including: the American Psychological Association at the national, state, and local level on IT security for the private practice; the Telework Exchange and the U.S. LAW/GOV Sec Conference on the mobile workforce; Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) on digital forensics; and Fidelity Investments on contracting. He is a member of the International Society for Mental Health On-Line where he is a blogger on IT security.

Nason is married to Dr. Suanne Shocket and two sons. He is an avid competitive runner and works for Mastiff Rescue. He has 3 relevant masters' degrees and has taught 31 graduate and undergraduate college courses.

John Rucker

John Rucker has served as the Acting Executive Director of Corporate Data Center Operations (CDCO) with the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) since August 2007. Rucker has been with VA for 30 years.

As Acting Executive Director, Rucker manages the VA's five national data centers, which are responsible for nearly $100 billion in veterans' benefits, payments, and payroll processing for the Department as well as national health and benefits systems. He was named Program Director for the National Data Center Program in December 2009 and is responsible for data center consolidation efforts for the Department. Rucker also represents VA on the Federal Data Center Consolidation Initiative task force.

Rucker began his service at the Austin Automation Center (now the Austin Information Technology Center). When VA launched its highly regarded VistA medical information system program, he joined the project as one of the original "site managers" tasked with implementing hospital computer systems virtually from scratch. Rucker served in several management positions within the VistA program, eventually becoming the Operations Manager for the national VistA support and deployment program, and he was a key player in consolidating regional support teams into national ones. Over this time, Rucker managed operations in several locations, including Salt Lake City, Utah; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and Martinsburg, West Virginia.

After the successful deployment of VistA, Rucker joined the Austin Information Technology Center in 2001, serving as the Deputy and later Chief of the Technical Infrastructure Division, which was charged with running national VA systems. When the national VA data centers were combined into a single Corporate Data Center organization, Rucker was named the Chief Technology Officer.

Rucker graduated from the University of New Mexico and did graduate study at the University of Arizona.

A self-described air force brat, Rucker lived in a number of states as a child and considers Albuquerque, New Mexico home.

"How can open source enhance agencies' bottom lines? What are the case study examples?"

Alexander B. Howard

Alexander B. Howard is Radar's Government 2.0 Correspondent for O'Reilly Media, where he reports on technology, open government, and online civics. In addition to corresponding for O'Reilly Radar, Howard contributes to the Huffington Post, Govfresh, Mashable, ReadWriteWeb, National Journal, CBS News, and Forbes. Howard is a resident of the District of Columbia, where he lives with his greyhound, fiancee, power tools, plants, and growing collection of cast iron pans, many of which are frequently used to pursue his passion for good cooking.

Greg Elin

Greg Elin is the Federal Communication Commission's Chief Data Officer where his role is to turn data into an asset for daily use. As part of the agency's Data Innovation Initiative, he launched the FCC's first web service APIs and hosted the agency's first Open Developer Day in November 2010.

Previous to the FCC, he worked with United Cerebral Palsy as their Chief Technology Officer exploring the opportunities of a technology-fueled future for extreme users; was at the Sunlight Foundation in various roles, including Chief Evangelist and creating the Sunlight Labs; created Fotonotes, an open source Web-based image annotation tool that has been widely adopted and copied and led to a consultancy with Naval Research Laboratory.

Mr. Elin's Bachelors in Communication from the University of Pennsylvania and Masters from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Program provides him a background in Media and Telecommunications policy. His enterprise experience includes two years working on broadband and video dialtone at NYNEX's internal New Media Lab and several years consulting with NYU's Telecommunications IT group.

Tiffany Smith Licciardi

Tiffany Smith Licciardi is the Knowledge Leadership Team Coordinator at the Department of State's Office of eDiplomacy. Her team develops and supports projects that help personnel throughout the Department to find and share information and collaborate effectively, including Corridor, Diplopedia, Communities @ State, and Search. She previously served as Collaboration Policy Advisor for The Sounding Board and project lead for Diplopedia, and she led the development and launch of the Virtual Student Foreign Service. A graduate of Fordham University and The Catholic University of America's School of Library and Information Science, her research interests include collaborative sensemaking, information retrieval, and online community behavior. Tiffany joined the State Department in 2007 as a Presidential Management Fellow; she was the recipient of a 2010 NextGov Award for innovative uses of technology in the US Government, and she has also received Superior and Meritorious Honor Awards for her work in the Office of eDiplomacy and in support of the 2010 Nuclear Security Summit.

Dr. David A. Wheeler

Dr. David A. Wheeler is an expert on developing secure software and on open source software. Dr. Wheeler's works include Secure Programming for Linux and Unix HOWTO, Why Open Source Software /Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at the Numbers, and How to Evaluate OSS/FS Programs.

As Federal bosses mandate consolidation and cloud migration, IT managers are stuck with a game changing decision - and not much time for homework. Fortunately, open source platforms are making these decisions more like a first step, and less like a leap of faith. In this session we will take an in-depth look at how Linux on the mainframe is enabling a smarter approach to IT infrastructure, and the efficiencies and cost savings that result.

Jean Staten Healy

Jean Staten Healy manages a marketing and business development organization with the responsibility for IBM Linux strategy across all company brands. In this role, Staten Healy coordinates the cross-company strategy for Linux including the achievement of revenue goals, ensures rapid response to changes in the market environment and acts as the IBM spokesperson in the Linux space.

Prior to her current position, Staten Healy was the Director of Marketing Strategy in the IBM Software Group, Director of Business Development and Regulatory Affairs in the IBM Systems and Technology Group, Director of Innovation Initiatives at IBM Corporate Headquarters, and the IBM Customer Advocate in the Office of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO). In addition, she has held management positions in the IBM Global Services Group.

Staten Healy holds a master's degree in theoretical linguistics and a J.D. with a certificate of concentration in International Law. Staten Healy is licensed to practice law in the States of New York and Connecticut and is a published author on various legal topics.

Joe Clabby

Joe Clabby has more than 32 years experience in the information technology (IT) industry in positions of sales, marketing, and research, and analysis. In sales, Clabby sold systems as well as application reengineering services. In marketing, he managed programs and projects. In research and analysis, Clabby produced in-depth technical reports on various technologies.

Clabby's strengths are systems/storage design, infrastructure, and integrated service management. With this background, Clabby provides guidance on a variety of topics including virtualization, provisioning, cloud computing, and application design.

Terry Farley

Terry Farley started his Federal employment with the Navy Ships Parts Control Center (SPCC) in November 1976 as a GS-0334-5/7/9 Computer Systems Analyst trainee. He left the systems analyst field, and went to work for the SPCC Data Center in December 1979 as a systems programmer. Farley then spent a two-year period away from the data center, during which he worked for the Navy Fleet Material Support Office (FMSO), a Central Design Agency (CDA). He returned to the data center in 1984, and has served in various capacities to date. Farley worked as a Systems Programmer on UNIVAC and IBM mainframes, with a particular interest in computer measurement and performance tuning. He served as Technical Support Director for the DECC from May 1997 until March 2005. In March 2005, Farley assumed the position of Deputy Commander, DECC Mechanicsburg. He is currently a member of the Computer Measurement Group.

Farley is a former soccer coach for his son and daughter and a synchronized swimmer dad. He is also an avid tennis player who has competed in national events, and is an occasional jogger. Farley holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Urban Studies from Shippensburg State College and a Master of Science degree in Computer Science from Shippensburg University.

Jason Kirby

Jason Kirby is an IBM System z consultant working with a Federal department. Kirby has six years of experience working with customers running IT workloads on z196 and Linux along with various IBM and open source software. Kirby is also an experienced UNIX consultant.

Leonard J. Santalucia

Leonard J. Santalucia has been in the IT industry since 1973. Santalucia is currently the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and the Business Development Manager for Vicom Infinity, Inc. He is also a 27-year IBM veteran. Santalucia was a Senior Consulting Certified Sales Specialist for IBM Americas Linux Impact Team and a Certified IBM eServer Systems and IT Specialist. He was also the first member of the elite IBM Linux Impact Team formed in 2000. In this role, Santalucia specialized in Linux, Open Systems, Large Scale Virtualization, Object Oriented, Local Area Network (LAN), and Web 2.0 technologies for the Financial Services and Banking Sector. He is a key liaison in providing IBM customer requirements into the IBM STG hardware lab and IBM Software Group. Santalucia is also frequently sought after for presenting IBM's STG Hardware, Software, Linux, Virtualization, and Open Source Software Strategy and Directions at the IBM Executive Briefing Centers, IBM Linux Center of Competence, IBM Palisades Conference Center, IBM Hawthorne Research Center, IBM Top Gun Classes, Technical Conferences, Consultant Conferences, as well as to individual customers all over the world.

"Agencies are starting to jump to the cloud for e-mail and collaboration services. What's the difference between Google, Microsoft, and IBM offerings? How much do they cost? What do I do if my customers are married to the look and feel of Outlook? How painful is the transition?"

Dan Israel

Dan Israel heads product marketing for Google's government group, which adapts Google's innovative consumer applications for use by government organizations. In this role, Dan's responsibilities include building market awareness and highlighting the successful use of Google technology by hundreds of government customers.

Dan has 15 years of experience developing and marketing innovative technologies for government customers. He began his career in the federal government, working for six years as a spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Treasury and the U.S. Agency for International Development. Dan holds a Masters in Business Administration from U.C. Berkeley and a Bachelors degree in political communication from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Joseph Klimavicz

Joseph F. Klimavicz was named National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Director, High Performance Computing and Communications in January 2007. In this position, Klimavicz is responsible for implementing statutory requirements regarding the acquisition, management, and use of NOAA's information and information technology (IT) resources, to include NOAA's high performance computing and communications infrastructure. He is also responsible for NOAA's Homeland Security Program to ensure business continuity in event of a terrorist attack, major disaster, or other emergency. Klimavicz also serves as the Department of Commerce Senior Agency Official for Geospatial Information (SAOGI), and as the Senior Executive responsible for the Department's use of the radio frequency spectrum. Klimavicz previously served in the Department of Defense (DOD) as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Deputy CIO, and as the DOD SAOGI.

Klimavicz has served more than 25 years in the Federal government. He began his career with the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) as an imagery scientist, developing photogrammetric math models in the National Photographic Interpretation Center, and subsequently served in line management positions within the CIA and the DOD, leading IT operations and acquisitions.

Klimavicz received his Bachelor of Science and Master of Engineering degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. Major areas of study included geodesy, photogrammetry, and imaging systems. Klimavicz lives in Vienna, Va., with his wife, Brenda and their three daughters.

Henry J. Sienkiewicz

Henry J. Sienkiewicz is the Chief Information Officer for the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). Sienkiewicz graduated in 1985 from the University of Notre Dame with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Government and International Studies. He spent his second year of university at the National Taiwan University. Sienkiewicz was awarded a Master of Science Degree from the Johns Hopkins University in 1996.

Upon graduating from Notre Dame, Sienkiewicz was commissioned an Infantry Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. As a Lieutenant, he served at Camp Greave, Republic of Korea and Fort Dix New Jersey. Sienkiewicz served as Company Commander during this period. Upon promotion to Captain, his branch transferred in the Signal Corps. As a Signal Officer, Sienkiewicz served at Camps Greaves and Casey, Republic of Korea and at Fort Ritchie, Maryland. Sienkiewicz served 11 years of active service.

In 1996, Sienkiewicz left active duty and joined OAO Corporation as its Director for Corporate Information Systems. He focused on corporate metrics, technology standardization, and business development. In 1998, Sienkiewicz joined User Technology Associates as its Director, Corporate Information. He focused on corporate metrics and developing a commercial outsourcing practice. In 1999, Sienkiewicz left government contracting to enter the travel industry as the Vice President for Computing Services for the Airline Tariff Publishing Company (ATPCO). During this period, Sienkiewicz remained a member of the U.S. Army Reserve, initially serving with the 78th Regiment, Baltimore, Maryland, and subsequently with DISA.

In 2004, Sienkiewicz was mobilized and returned to active duty. During his mobilization tour, Sienkiewicz served with U.S. Central Command J6 as the Chief, Business Management Branch. He returned to DISA in 2005 as a reservist. Sienkiewicz retired from the U.S. Army Reserves in July 2008, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.

In 2005, Sienkiewicz left APTCO to found and run Open Travel Software, an award winning open source, open standards software company focused on small and medium providers within the global travel community. He is a founding member of George Washington University's technology transfer council and was an Entrepreneur-in-Residence for the University. In 2006, Sienkiewicz completed and published his first book, Centerlined, which focused on organizational and interpersonal dynamics.

In 2008, Sienkiewicz joined the Senior Executive Service, as the Technical Program Director for DISA's Computing Services. In this capacity, he focused on technical standardization and the development of the DISA's cloud computing environment. Sienkiewicz retains professional memberships in numerous organizations including the National Association of Corporate Directors, the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), MindshareDC, and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Enterprise Forum. Sienkiewicz resides in Alexandria, Virginia.

"So what's the new mandate of the day? America's cyber security protocol shifts and changes almost as frequently as the threats from which we're trying to protect our networks. If it's not a new policy, its a new portal, or a new process. But in the end, when has any agency ever been fully compliant? How do I manage effort in this ever-changing landscape? What protocols should I pay attention to – which are 'here today, gone tomorrow' fads, and which, if any, are actually securing our networks?"

David W. Stender

David Stender currently serves as the Associate Chief Information Officer for Cybersecurity and Chief Information Security Officer for the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Stender has more than 23 years of government, military, and business experience developing and implementing policy to support technical Internal Affairs (IA) operations in telecommunications management and leadership, strategic and crisis planning, signals intelligence, and information technology (IT).

A Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), Stender has extensive experience leading cutting-edge vulnerability assessments and penetration tests against U.S. government national security-related networks and managing IA testing laboratories and complex networks at multiple classification levels. He is also a recognized expert on his government's implementation of Public Key Infrastructure and "Red Team" operations.

Stender holds a Bachelor of Science Degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and a Master of Science Degree in Telecommunications from the University of Maryland University College. Stender and his wife Margaret live happily in Great Falls, Va., with their ever expanding family of seven children.

Joe Jarzombek

As the Director for Software Assurance for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Joe Jarzombek leads government interagency public/private collaboration efforts with industry, academia, and standards organizations to shift the security paradigm away from patch management by addressing security needs in work force education and training, comprehensive diagnostic capabilities, software security automation, and security-enhanced development and acquisition practices.

Jarzombek served in the U.S. Air Force as a Lieutenant Colonel in program management. After retiring from the Air Force, he worked in the cyber security industry as Vice President for Product and Process Engineering. Jarzombek also served in two software-related positions within the Office of the Secretary of Defense prior to accepting his current position with DHS.

Peter Mell

Peter Mell is a senior computer scientist in the Computer Security Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). He is the NIST lead on joint agency work creating a continuous security monitoring reference model for the U.S. government. His past work includes creating the U.S. National Vulnerability Database, co-founding the NIST Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP), and creating the SCAP product validation program. He was also the lead author of the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) vulnerability metrics used to secure credit card systems worldwide. In cloud computing, he wrote the U.S. government definition that is now being submitted to the International Standards Organization. He also started the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) initiative for enabling government-wide risk management of cloud computing systems. His recent research experience includes the areas of cloud computing, security metrics, security automation, and vulnerability databases.

Tony Sager

Tony Sager is the Chief Operating Officer for the Information Assurance Directorate at the National Security Agency. During his more than 33 year NSA career, Sager has held several technical and managerial positions in computer/network security and software organizations. His career-long focus has been on the identifying, analyzing, and mitigating vulnerabilities in technology and operations.

Sager holds a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Western Maryland College and a Master of Science in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University. Sager is also a civilian graduate of the U.S. Army Signal Officer Basic Course and the National Security Leadership Course.

"Data center consolidation is complex and difficult. It's not just about consolidation, it starts with discovery and we cannot overlook the importance of modernization. What are the best practices from agencies that have achieved success – is there a cookbook to share?"

Jim Porell

Jim Porell is an IBM Distinguished Engineer and Deputy Chief Technology Officer for Federal Sales. In this role, Porell consults with U.S. government agencies to assist them in removing costs, reducing risk, and improving security and resilience, while satisfying new business proposals. Most recently, he directed the business development activities for the mainframe. Prior to that role, Porell was the Chief Architect for the System z Software Brand and the Chairperson of the System z Software Design council which includes all IBM mainframe operating systems and middleware, and examines synergy across servers and the evolution of each of IBM's server platforms and operating systems.

Porrell has been a security consultant to customers and the U.S. government for more than 10 years and has co-authored several books on security. Porrell has been with IBM for 30 years in a variety of management and technical positions across the test, development, and brand organizations in the Hudson Valley region of New York.

Walter Bigelow

Walter Bigelow is the Acting Chief for the Information Technology (IT) Systems Management Division, Office of Science and Technology for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, & Explosives (ATF&E). Bigelow has full operational responsibility for all facets of ATF&E information technology (IT) projects, specifically all IT operations around data centers, networks, desktops/laptops, printers, phones, cell phones, tactical radios, help desk, end-user services, visual information services, and all major IT outsourcing contracts.

Bigelow has more than 20 years of IT industry experience across the private sector, higher education, state, local, and Federal governments. He led the consolidation and virtualization initiative of more than 50 percent of ATF's server infrastructure and a highly successful hardware refresh. Bigelow is leading a joint effort with the U.S. Marshalls Service for a new $500 million primary IT support contract for both organizations, from inception to development through contract award and execution.

Bigelow holds a bachelor's degree from Pennsylvania State University in Business Administration and a master' degree from Johns Hopkins University in Information Technology Management.

Margaret H. Graves

Margaret H. Graves was selected in September, 2008, to serve as the U. S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Deputy Chief Information Officer (CIO). As the Deputy CIO, Graves oversees an IT portfolio of $5.4 billion in programs. In addition, Graves manages the operations of the Office of the Chief Information Officer, which covers the functional areas of applied technology, enterprise architecture, data management, IT security, infrastructure operations, IT accessibility, and budget and acquisition.

Prior to her selection as Deputy Chief Information Officer, Graves served as the Executive Director of the Enterprise Business Management Office within the DHS Office of the CIO. She developed and executed IT Portfolio strategies in alignment with the DHS Enterprise Architecture and established business processes for Capital Planning and Investment Control, departmental IT budget reviews, and acquisition reviews. Graves also served as the Deputy Program manager for the Border and Transportation Security IT Integration Program. This program established the business case and the operational foundation for the current Infrastructure Transformation Program which is the DHS roadmap for consolidating and securing the IT Infrastructure including networks, data centers, e-mail, wireless services, desktop services, and help desk services.

Graves has 20 years of experience in the management consulting industry where she held executive positions and also performed consulting engagements for clients. She has experience in the areas of systems engineering, business process reengineering, strategic planning, financial management, mergers and acquisitions, and venture capital planning. Graves worked for several firms in the National Capital Region such as Technology Applications, Inc., Advanced Technology, Inc., and Planning and Research Corporation. She dedicated 10 years with A.T. Kearney, Inc. working for clients in the chemical, utility, and medical services industries as well as holding positions in financial and administrative management.

Graves holds a Master's in Business Administration (M.B.A.) from the University of Virginia Colgate Darden Graduate School of Business Administration and a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry, also from the University of Virginia.

Anil Karmel

Anil Karmel is a Solutions Architect working in the Network and Infrastructure Engineering Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). He has been in the information technology (IT) industry for more than 10 years, working with various Fortune 500 companies and government agencies in the areas of enterprise virtualization, messaging, and collaboration. As the architect of LANL's virtualization and collaboration solutions, Karmel deployed the laboratory's first private cloud, "Infrastructure on Demand", and leads the lab's enterprise mobility efforts beginning with its' Blackberry deployment. Karmel has been invited to speak at numerous IT conferences and is frequently quoted in Federal IT publications.

Bernard Mazer

On June 7, 2010, Bernard J. Mazer was selected as the Department of the Interior (DOI) Chief Information Officer (CIO), assuming oversight responsibility for the department's estimated $1 billion information technology (IT) portfolio. The Interior Department with an annual $15.8 billion budget is considered a large, decentralized cabinet agency with over 67,000 employees and 236,000 volunteers located in approximately 2,400 locations across the United States, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories, and Native American Lands.

As the CIO, Mazer is responsible for providing strategic leadership and advice to the Secretary of the Interior on the effective use of IT assets. He is focused on infrastructure modernization and ensuring that IT investments are cost-effective, scalable, and aligned to DOI's mission and strategic direction. Further, Mazer is responsible for ensuring compliance with the Clinger-Cohen Act of 1996, the e-Government Act of 2002, and all other applicable laws, regulations, and directives. Before accepting this position, he served as the CIO for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. There, Mazer also served as the Acting Deputy Director for unified communications services on behalf of the department.

Prior to his tenure at DOI in 2008, Mazer served as Deputy Director and Chief of Information Communications and Technology team within the Infrastructure and Engineering Office in the Economic Growth Agriculture and Trade Bureau in the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). His last two years in USAID were devoted to working with various U.S. government entities on reconstruction and stabilization efforts in post conflict countries on infrastructure and governance issues. Mazer supported and provided technical leadership and field support to USAID missions in the areas of energy, information communications technology, and engineering services related to the development and effective use of critical economic infrastructure. He supported the USAID field missions largely through programs designed to strengthen the legal, regulatory, and institutional environment to promote private investment; promote the adoption of innovative technologies and approaches such as wireless broadband to increase access to infrastructure services by the underserved; and promote and strengthen public participation in decision-making to improve the governance of infrastructure services. Mazer also worked in the e-Government area building in various countries and within the agency, which included development of workforce planning, IT capital planning and investment management, enterprise architecture, information security, last mile initiatives, and strategic planning.

Mazer also worked on the design to implement public-private partnership activities (often in conjunction with the USAID Global Development Alliance Program) with private sector partners, including the U.S. Telecommunication Training Institute, private corporations, and specialized Non-Government Organizations (NGOs). Previously, he worked in the Department of Defense in information management and telecommunications in the U.S., Europe, and Southwest Asia. Mazer served as a Community Director of Information in Europe where he was responsible for automation, communications, IT security and privacy, records management, and Freedom of Information Act. Prior his role at the Department of Defense, he was an instructor for the University of Maryland, European Division, where he taught information management courses on relational databases, operating systems, and business process design. Mazer also worked in the deployment of standardized installation support systems for the U.S. Army.

Mazer is a certified Project Management Professional, holds a Master's Degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California, and a Master's Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University. Mazer has more than 25 years experience in IT and communications, including 16 years of project management and more than 10 years in program development.

As agency staff grow more comfortable using open source software, they inevitably begin to experiment with creating open source projects, and contributing to the communities that they rely on. This "second stage" of open source adoption brings the promise of even greater efficiency, better interagency collaboration, and better citizen engagement, it also brings new questions about licensing, collaboration rules, staff training, and community-building best practices. In this panel, we explore some recent successes in this field, as well as some up-and-coming projects who are feeling their way through this important and exciting new tool in the CIO's toolbox.

Wayne Moses Burke

Wayne Moses Burke is the Executive Director of the Open Forum Foundation, which was founded to build communities around government services and activities. Last April, Moses Burke designed and facilitated the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Open Source Summit, bringing government employees together with open source experts from corporations, non-profits, academia, and the general public to discuss how NASA's policies can be modified to enable more effective use, development, and release of open source software.

Prior to the Open Forum Foundation, Moses Burke gained entrepreneurial experience in manufacturing, computers, Web technologies, and electoral reform. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Engineering from the University of Michigan and a Master of Science in Global Affairs from New York University. Moses Burke lives in Washington, D.C. and is excited to become a father in November.

Matthew Burton

Matthew Burton has been developing the technology infrastructure at the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (http://cfpb.gov) since December 2010. He was previously a private consultant to the U.S. Intelligence Community, where he advised agencies on web-based collaboration and information sharing; and an intelligence analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency, where he was an early advocate for the creation of collaborative services such as Intellipedia. He has written extensively on the need for government agencies to adopt new technologies, software development practices, and recruitment strategies.

Scott Goodwin

Scott Goodwin is the chief information officer for NASA's Space Operations Mission Directorate, a role he has held since December of 2008. He works with Space Shuttle, International Space Station, Launch Services, and Space Communications and Navigation Programs as a representative to the Centers and at the Agency level with respect to IT policies, security, implementation issues, and other IT-related areas. Mr. Goodwin graduated from the Florida Institute of Technology with a degree in computer engineering. He spent the first 15 years of his career with the Department of Defense (DOD)/U.S. Air Force (USAF) managing Unix-based systems as well as designing, developing, implementing, and managing system and network infrastructure and software. While at DOD/USAF, he helped create some of the first Web applications at their location to manage system accounts and
credentials in the early 1990s. He also participated in open-source projects and wrote software to integrate DOD's Common Access Card with Web server infrastructure for authentication and authorization. Scott came to NASA Headquarters in 2003.

Dr. Douglas Maughan

Dr. Douglas Maughan is a Branch Chief in Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA) within the Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Doug is directing the Cyber Security Research and Development activities at HSARPA. Prior to his appointment at DHS, Doug was a Program Manager in the Advanced Technology Office (ATO) of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Virginia. His research interests and related programs were in the areas of networking and information assurance. Prior to his appointment at DARPA, Doug worked for the National Security Agency (NSA) as a senior computer scientist and led several research teams performing network security research. Doug received bachelors degrees in Computer Science and Applied Statistics from Utah State University, a master's degree in Computer Science from Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC).