Speakers
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Keynote Speaker
ABC News Political Analyst and NPR Senior News AnalystOpen Government 20/20 – The Vision of Transparency Today and TomorrowCokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News, providing analysis for all network news programming. From 1996-2002 she and Sam Donaldson co-anchored the weekly ABC interview program This Week. Ms. Roberts also serves as Senior News Analyst for National Public Radio. In her more than forty years in broadcasting, she has won countless awards, including three Emmys. She has been inducted into the Broadcasting and Cable Hall of Fame, and was cited by the American Women in Radio and Television as one of the fifty greatest women in the history of broadcasting.
In addition to her appearances on the airwaves, Ms. Roberts, along with her husband, Steven V. Roberts, writes a weekly column syndicated in newspapers around the country by United Media. The Roberts are also contributing editors to USA Weekend Magazine, and together they wrote From this Day Forward, an account of their more than forty year marriage and other marriages in American history. The book immediately went onto The New York Times Bestseller list, following Cokie Roberts' number one bestseller, We Are Our Mothers' Daughters, an account of women's roles and relationships throughout American history. Ms. Roberts' histories of women in America's founding era--Founding Mothers, published in 2004 and Ladies of Liberty in 2008, also became instant bestsellers.
Cokie Roberts holds more than twenty honorary degrees, serves on the boards of several non-profit institutions and on the President's Commission on Service and Civic Participation. This year the Library of Congress named her a "Living Legend," one of the very few Americans to have attained that honor. She is the mother of two and grandmother of six.
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Thomas Boyce
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Thomas Boyce is the Deputy CIO, and Director, Office of Information Systems, at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. In this position, he has oversight responsibilities of an IT program with a $60+ million/yr budget, and a government staff of nearly 200. Boyce began his career in private industry as a Computer System Engineer, and joined the Federal government in 1986. Since that time he has held a series of Information Technology management positions in the Federal government.
Immediately prior to joining the NRC, Boyce managed one of the largest electronic grants management systems in the federal government for the Electronic Research Administration Program at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), which is used to manage $30 billion a year in grant payments. From 2002 to 2005, he was the Chief Information Officer for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Boyce received his Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Management from the University of Maryland, University College in College Park, Maryland and is a Senior Fellow of the Council for Excellence in Government.
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Tina Cariola
Program Manager, IdeaFactory, Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security
Tina Cariola is the Program Manager for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA)’s IdeaFactory. Cariola leads the efforts for IdeaFactory, TSA’s social media tool that leverages employee wisdom to improve security for the traveling public and enhance job satisfaction within the workplace. She has been with TSA for six years, and has focused on internal stakeholder relations for the majority of her career. Before the IdeaFactory, Cariola was involved with TSA’s eGov office, where she helped with TSA’s effort to streamline IT platforms for multiple uses, focusing on application for end-users to make sure they had appropriate tools to meet their needs. Prior to TSA, she was a consultant specializing in customer relationship management. Ms. Cariola holds a B.S. from the University of Notre Dame, and an M.B.A from the University of Maryland. -
Bobby Caudill
Solution Architect, Adobe Systems Inc.
Bobby Caudill brings more than 25 years of technology and business experience to his role as solution architect for Adobe's global government practice. In this role, Caudill is responsible for the identification and development of repeatable, high-value solutions for the government marketplace.
Starting in 1994, as CTO for VCampus Corporation, Caudill worked to pioneer a number of techniques for delivering education and training content via the Worldwide Web. Becoming an expert in the field of developing and delivering internet-based services, his next opportunity allowed him to lead the creation of an internet-based service designed to help organizations collaborate and respond to rapidly changing requirements in real-time.
Caudill's blend of technology and business experience gives him a unique perspective to the application of Adobe technologies to government business problems.
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Alan Cohn
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Strategic Plans, Department of Homeland Security
Alan D. Cohn is Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy (Strategic Plans) at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Cohn is responsible for directing the Department’s strategic planning activities, including the Quadrennial Homeland Security Review, DHS Strategic Plan, Strategic Requirements Planning Process, and other related activities. He also represents DHS on a number of interagency strategy reviews. Cohn is a member of the career Senior Executive Service and served as the Office of Policy’s Senior Transition Officer for the 2008-2009 Presidential transition.
Cohn previously served as Director of Emergency Preparedness and Response Policy in the DHS Office of Policy Development from June 2006 to December 2007. During that time, he was responsible for developing and coordinating Department-wide policies regarding the Department’s preparedness, response, and recovery missions. Cohn received the Secretary’s Silver Medal in 2007 for his work in that position.
Prior to joining DHS in June 2006, Cohn was counsel at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP in Washington, D.C. He practiced labor and employment law and counseled clients with respect to homeland security issues.
Cohn is an Adjunct Professor at Georgetown University Law Center, where he teaches a course he developed on domestic preparedness law and policy. He authored chapters on mutual aid agreements and federal preparedness grant funding in A Legal Guide to Homeland Security and Emergency Management for State and Local Governments (American Bar Association 2005), and has written and spoken on a variety of homeland security and emergency management-related issues.
Cohn has been a certified emergency medical technician (EMT) since 1990, and has been associated with FEMA’s National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) Response System since 1995. He was a Planning Officer on the Fairfax County US&R Task Force (VATF-1) from 1998 to 2006. Cohn served as a US&R officer in the Joint Field Office in Austin, Texas for Hurricane Rita in 2005, and in the National Response Coordination Center during the initial FEMA US&R response to the attacks of September 11, 2001, as well as during the 1995 and 1996 hurricane seasons. He responded to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing as an EMT with the New York City emergency medical services system.
Cohn received his bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and his law degree cum laude from Georgetown Law.
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Price Floyd
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs, Department of Defense
Price B. Floyd was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs on 8 June, 2009. He serves as staff advisor and assistant to the Secretary of Defense and Deputy Secretary of Defense for public information, internal information, and community relations as well as information training and audiovisual matters in support of DoD activities, leading a worldwide public affairs community of some 3,800 military and civilian personnel.
Prior to joining the Defense Department, Floyd was the Director of External Relations for the Center for New American Security (CNAS). CNAS was an unheard of start-up national security think tank when Floyd joined their staff in 2007 and by the time he left in June 2009, it had become one of the preeminent national security think tanks in the country.
Floyd also served at the U.S. Department of State from 1989 until 2007. He brings more than 15 years of communications and diplomatic experience with the U.S. Department of State, most recently as the Director of Media Affairs. There he developed and implemented media strategies to promote the foreign policy agenda of the Department, from elections in Afghanistan and Iraq to the responses to the tsunami in Indonesia and the earthquake in Pakistan. From 1998 to 2000 Floyd served as Executive Assistant to State Department Spokesman James P. Rubin, where he prepared the spokesman for daily press briefings, coordinated media appearances, and was chief interlocutor for the spokesman throughout the department. He served on the staff of Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright from 1997 to 1998, traveling to over 50 countries to coordinate meetings and public events, including visits to North Korea in 1999, and trips to the Middle East, Europe, Africa, South America, and Asia. From 1995 to 1997, Floyd served in the Economics Section and the office of the Ambassador at the U.S. Embassy in Bonn, Germany. Prior to serving in Germany, he was seconded to the United Nations International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia (ICFY) where he served as Deputy Envoy to the government in Montenegro and reported on their compliance with U.N. Security Council resolutions to halt the import of banned weapons and material to the Bosnian Serb-controlled areas of Bosnia. Floyd also served as the first Bosnia Desk officer from 1993 to 1994, working on the War Crimes Tribunal and negotiations for the signing of the Bosnian constitution. He began his career at the State Department assisting the Assistant Secretary of State for European Affairs from 1990-1993.
Floyd has received numerous awards for his service including the State Departments Superior Honor Award for his work during the Bosnia War, Superior Honor Award for service during the Pakistan Earthquake Relief Effort, and the Service Medal from the United Nations and European Union for work in Montenegro as part of the International Conference on the Former Yugoslavia.
Floyd is a native of Ft. Worth, Texas and received a B.A. in political science from Texas Wesleyan University. Floyd and his wife Elizabeth Waters live in Chevy Chase, Maryland with their three extremely active children, Matthew, Sabine, and Benjamin.
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Robert Foster
Program Executive Officer, J-62, Defense Logistics Agency
Effective October 20, 2008, Mr. Robert (Bob) Foster, Senior Executive Service, was appointed as the Program Executive Officer (PEO) for the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). In this role, Mr. Foster oversees the acquisition and life cycle management of major automated information systems that support DLA's mission of providing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and other federal agencies with a variety of logistics, acquisition and technical services in peace and war, as well as emergency preparedness and humanitarian missions. Mr. Foster is a native of Tennessee, and attended high school in the small rural town of Oneida. Graduating in 1971, he enrolled at Tennessee Technological University and graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor's Degree in Chemistry. Choosing to continue his formal education at Tennessee Technological University, in 1977, he earned a Master of Science Degree in Biology. In 1986, the U.S. Army-Baylor University accepted Mr. Foster into the Healthcare Administration Graduate Program, where he was awarded a Master of Healthcare Administration Degree in 1988.
In 1977, Mr. Foster began a military career in the United States Army that spanned over 20 years of service. Highlights included assignments as the Chief Information Officer for the North Atlantic Regional Medical Command, Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, D.C.; Deputy Commander for Administration at Ireland Army Community Hospital, Fort Knox, KY; and Human Resources Manager for the Medical Service Branch, United States Army Personnel Command, Alexandria, VA. Mr. Foster also served with the 47th Field Hospital during Desert Shield and Desert Storm. His military awards and decorations included the Legion of Merit, Bronze Star, Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal and the Army Achievement Medal.
After retiring from the military in 1999, Mr. Foster supported the Directorate of Information Management, Office of The Surgeon General, Falls Church, VA, as a Senior Systems Analyst. In November of 2000, he transitioned to supporting the Military Health System (MHS) working for the Joint Medical Information Systems Office, Falls Church, VA. In March of 2002, Mr. Foster was selected to serve under an Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement, serving as the Certifying Authority for MHS central IT systems, the Director of the Advanced Technology Innovation Center, and the Director of Integration and Security. Mr. Foster was selected to fill a civil service position as the Deputy PEO in January of 2005. Effective April 29, 2005, he was appointed to the Senior Executive Service (SES) and was assigned as the Program Executive Officer (PEO) for the MHS, where he oversaw the deployment of enterprise medical systems that supported the provision of medical care to Warfighters, families and retirees around the world. On October 1, 2007, Mr. Foster was also appointed as the Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO) for the MHS.
Mr. Foster is a Level III Certified Acquisition Professional in Program Management and recognized as a Project Management Professional by the Project Management Institute.
- Lieutenant Colonel Kenneth Fritzsche
Chief of Operations, Army Knowledge Online, U.S. Army - Laura Glass
Director, National/Federal Government, Oracle -
Eric Hoffman
Management Consultant, EJH Associates; Technical Director, FoodSHIELD
Eric J. Hoffman, Managing Partner at EJH & Associates, has been involved with innovative infrastructure projects for the majority of his IT career. Currently serving as Technical Director for FoodSHIELD, a national secure food defense infrastructure, he has been challenged to develop a cohesive ground-breaking system capable of pulling together various Federal, state, local, industry, and academic institutions to better protect the nation’s food supply.
Hoffman strongly believes in bringing the promise of IT to fruition. True collaboration, data sharing, and empowerment while reshaping antiquated IT management rules best suited for a non-connected world.
Accomplishments- Engineered new workflow and developed systems to automate fund raising activities for political party. Resulted in highest amount of donations and support in the history of the state for an election cycle.
- Managed the first ever paperless Federal court trial in the new Federal Courthouse in Minneapolis, MN. The entire case was conducted paperless, along with critical trial activities over the 6 week, $1 Billion dollar Intellectual Property case.
- Delivered an early intranet in the late 90's for a large law firm in Minneapolis that centralized firm resources and knowledge to provide efficiencies for staff and management. Also included first-time collaboration scenarios live from trial back to support resources at the firm.
- Individually developed Copernicus, a complete infrastructure application that powers the entire national distribution for hard products for the Heinz Corporation from front line customer service to automated order fulfillment to receivables and collections. Connects with other warehouses for drop shipping and reduces significantly the amount of product loss, increases profits and receivables, and reduced critical component time-to-delivery to restaurants.
- Secure infrastructure development for FoodSHIELD, a food safety and defense site focused on collaboration and security of the food supply.
- Delivering new standard for Federal data and communications activities through CCCET. [www.cccet.org]
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Jack Holt
Senior Strategist, Emerging Media, Defense Media Activity, Department of Defense
Jack Holt is the Sr. Strategist for Emerging Media for the Department of Defense, Defense Media Activity. Chartered under the 2006 QDR, the Emerging Media office was instituted to help guide policy, plans and procedures in dealing with the 24/7 New Media Global Information Environment.
For the past two years, Holt has developed communication strategies and tactics to maximize the effect of DoD communication efforts by incorporating New Media tools with traditional Public Affairs channels. He has briefed dozens of SES and flag officer senior leader forums on New and Social Media, and conducted strategy sessions to address corporate level strategic objectives.
Holt is a member of the Social Media for Government Transparency and Openness Program Advisory Board, the DoDTechipedia Governance Board, the University of Oklahoma Risk and Crisis Management Community Advisory Board, and the 2009 Chair for the PRSA National Capital Region Public Affairs and Government Committee. He has taught sessions on New Media strategies and tactics at the Defense Information School, the Naval Postgraduate School Strategic Communication Workshop and the NATO School Strategic Communication Workshop.
Holt has prior active duty military service with the National Guard at the National Guard Bureau and has deployed in support of Operation Joint Guard in Hungary, Croatia, Bosnia, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. His previous civilian assignments have been with DoD Press Operations Media Outreach and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as the media officer for the U.S. Army Engineering and Support Center, Huntsville, Alabama. He earned his M.A. in Communication from the University of Oklahoma and a B.B.A. in Management from the University of Central Oklahoma.
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Joseph Hungate
Principal Deputy Inspector General for the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, Department of the Treasury
Joseph I. Hungate is the Principal Deputy Inspector General for the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) and Chief Operating Officer of the $149 million, 835 staff, independent audit and law enforcement treasury bureau. In fiscal year 2008, TIGTA delivered $1.95 billion in cost savings and protected or increased revenue, despite operating at reduced staffing levels. TIGTA is routinely recognized as a best place to work, ranking 14th out of 216 sub-agencies in the Partnership for Public Service’s Best Places to Work in the Government 2009 publication.
Hungate previously served as the bureau’s Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer. In 2007, his contributions were recognized with a Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Executive. He has over 25 years of professional experience in the areas of research, development, and deploying and evaluating information systems and finance.
Hungate has also served at the U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology and its Office of Inspector General. While at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, he performed and led research and test development in emerging computer technologies and represented the Federal Government at national and international information technology standards forums. His most notable contributions in this work resulted in the establishment of the International Standards Organization’s (ISO) guidelines for application program interfaces. At the Office of Inspector General, Hungate managed evaluations and inspections of the Department of Commerce activities in acquiring or developing and implementing state-of-the-art information technology systems. He was awarded the Department’s Bronze Medal for outstanding technical analysis critical to the success of the 2000 Decennial Census. Prior to joining TIGTA in May 2000, Hungate was the Associate Director of the Information Resource Management Office with the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta. He was responsible for research and development efforts of new information technology architectures and systems management which promoted international public health goals.
Hungate earned a Bachelor of Science in 1979 and Master of Science degree in Computer Science in 1981 from the University of South Carolina. He began his career with General Electric’s Industrial Automation operation in Charlottesville, VA. Hungate was involved in General Electric’s drive to digitize manufacturing, primarily in the area of robotics. He later took a position with TRW in which he was responsible for the development and installation of a critical Naval Intelligence system, remaining overseas for four years to provide support for the system. This system provided crucial support to the Navy during events such as the fall of the Berlin Wall, the break-up of the Soviet Union and the first Gulf War. During his career with TRW, Hungate was recognized with many management awards, including an achievement award for affirmative action. He currently resides in Arlington, VA with his wife and three daughters.
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Andy Krzmarzick
Community Manager, GovLoop.com
Andrew Krzmarzick, PMP, is a leading thinker, trainer, and trailblazer on the four generations, social media, and telework. In October 2009, he became the Community Manager for GovLoop.com, the premiere social network for people in and around government.
Prior to moving to GovLoop full-time, Krzmarzick was a Senior Project Coordinator at the Graduate School, where he designed and delivered high-impact, hands-on training, including courses titled "Focusing the Power of Four Generations," "Wikis and Webcasts and iPods, Oh My!," and "Telework: A Manager's Perspective."
Krzmarzick has facilitated workshops and presented at numerous government agencies and conferences, including ASTD's International Conference, the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Annual Conference, the Advanced Learning Institute's "Social Media for Government", the Telework Exchange's "Telework in a Box" series, and the Training Officers Consortium (TOC) Annual Institute. In order to share presentation content and disseminate best practices, he bookmarks articles and information at Delicious, posts his presentations at SlideShare, and engages in thought leadership at the GenerationShift blog.
Krzmarzick is also the co-creator of IAmPublicService.org, a website and ebook project dedicated to improving the perception of public service and attracting the next generation of government talent. He is a Community Leader at GovLoop.com and a member of the Executive Board of Young Government Leaders. Krzmarzick’s work and insight has been featured in the Washington Post, The Public Manager, and Government Executive magazines, the FEDManager E-Report, and on Federal News Radio.
In addition to training and speaking, Krzmarzick has produced hundreds of winning proposals and other promotional content over the past ten years to earn more than $100 million for non-profit organizations, Federal, state and local government, health departments, school districts, and educational institutions.
Andrew earned his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute and a Master's Certificate in Project Management from Villanova University. He also has a MA in Theology from The Catholic University of America and a BA in Philosophy from Iowa State University.
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Randy Lee
Senior Group Sales Manager, Software, Public Sector, Dell
Randy Lee is the Senior Group Sales Manager for Dell’s Public Sector Software business. For the last 25 years, he has focused on providing technology solutions to the Public Sector market.
Lee joined ASAP Software in February 1992, and then came to Dell with the ASAP acquisition in November 2007. He has played an instrumental role in adding volume software licensing to the GSA Schedule and state-term contacts. Under his leadership, the Public Sector business has grown exponentially, with loyal customers who have come to rely on the licensing expertise provided by Lee and his organization.
Lee has spent the last 28 years in the technology industry. Prior to joining Dell and ASAP, he held sales leadership positions at GTSI and CompUSA. Lee is a graduate of Bob Jones University with a BS in Secondary Education.
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Barry Leffew
Vice President Public Sector, Adobe Systems Inc.
Barry Leffew is Managing Director of Adobe's Public Sector enterprise team. Adobe's Public Sector enterprise team supports Federal, State, and Local Government organizations to implement Adobe's software solutions for e-forms, document management, e-learning and collaboration.
Leffew has over twenty years of experience in the Information Systems industry and has an extensive background in the Government market. He is active with a wide variety government committees and associations.
Prior to Adobe, Leffew was the Vice President of VeriSign’s Public Sector Division. During his tenure at VeriSign, he led the development and execution of a business strategy that helped establish VeriSign as a leading provider of managed security and authentication services to the Public Sector market.
Leffew worked for Oracle Corporation for over 10 years. While at Oracle, he was in a wide range of senior management positions supporting the Government market, including consulting, consulting management, and sales management. During his career at Oracle, he was the Vice President of Oracle’s Advanced Programs Group which served the U.S. Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities.
Leffew also led NeXT Software’s Government sales Division. NeXT was an innovative and early leader in the object oriented and web software development markets.
Leffew is a graduate of George Washington’s MBA program. He holds an undergraduate degree in Management Science from Shippensburg University.
Leffew, his wife Sandra, and three children reside in Rockville, MD
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Dee Dee Myers
Former White House Press Secretary, Political Analyst, Commentator, and Author
• White House Press Secretary, 1993-1994
• Political Analyst and Commentator
• Contributing Editor, Vanity Fair
• Author, Why Women Should Rule the World
Dee Dee Myers is the first woman and one of the youngest people ever to serve as White House Press Secretary. During the first years of the Clinton Administration, Ms. Myers explained the actions of the new president to a vigilant press corps and to the nation. She earned the respect of both with her sharp political instincts, sense of humor and ability to explain complex subjects in straightforward language.
Ms. Myers brings the same sense of clarity and humor to her speeches that she brought to the White House briefing room, and she talks candidly about the players in Washington and the world of politics. She is uniquely qualified to comment on the complex dynamics at work in the relationship between the president and the press. She also speaks personally and eloquently about the issues facing women in Washington and in leadership positions of all kinds.
Ms. Myers' new book, Why Women Should Rule the World (Harper Collins, 2008), a New York Times bestseller, makes the case that women's increasingly powerful role in public life is reshaping the world -- and making it better. And it's not because women are the same as men, she says, but often because of the ways they are different. Blending memoir, social history, and a call to action, Ms. Myers argues that empowering women makes business more productive, politics more representative, and communities healthier and fairer. In a highly competitive and increasingly fractious world, women possess the kind of critical problem-solving skills that are urgently needed to break down barriers, build understanding, and create the best conditions for peace. In other words, it's not about political correctness; it's about self interest.
Since leaving the White House, Ms. Myers has worked as a political analyst, commentator and writer. She is currently a Contributing Editor to Vanity Fair magazine and a frequent guest on broadcast and cable television networks. Ms. Myers was also an original consultant to the NBC series, The West Wing, and contributed story lines and technical advice throughout the show's long, prizewinning run.
Before joining the Clinton presidential campaign in 1991, Ms. Myers worked on a variety of local, state and national campaigns. She served as press secretary for Dianne Feinstein in her 1990 bid for governor, and worked on the presidential campaigns of Governor Michael S. Dukakis and Vice President Walter F. Mondale. She also worked on the staffs of Los Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley and California State Senator Art Torres.
Ms. Myers is a 1983 graduate of Santa Clara University. She lives in Washington, D.C., with her husband Todd S. Purdum, National Editor of Vanity Fair, and their children.
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Janice R. Nall
Director, eHealth Marketing Division, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services
Janice R. Nall, Director of the Division of eHealth Marketing at the National Center for Health Marketing, part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is responsible for leading CDC's communication technology efforts. Ms. Nall manages www.cdc.gov and CDC's other e–health and new media initiatives.
Formerly Manager of the Usability Solutions Group at the General Services Administration, Ms. Nall was responsible for increasing the usability of U.S. government Web sites and other communication technologies by providing policy, guidance, tools, resources, and training to Federal Web developers and communicators. She led the development of a cross–agency usability program that included the Usability University program (now known as Web Manager University) and the U–Group E-newsletter. While at GSA, Ms. Nall was honored as one of Federal Computer Week's Federal 100 – the top executives from government, industry, and academia who had the greatest impact on the government information systems community in 2002.
Prior to working with GSA, Ms. Nall served as Chief of the Communication Technologies Branch for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services National Cancer Institute (NCI) in the National Institutes of Health. She was responsible for usability, accessibility, emerging technologies, graphic design, and other user interface issues for NCI's communication technology products and services. During her eight years at NCI, Ms. Nall led the development of several new usability initiatives including the Usability.gov Web site, the Research-Based Web Design and Usability Guidelines, the Communication Technologies Research Center (CTRC), and the Usability Seminar Series and Training Program.
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Rob Pinkerton
Director of Public Sector Solutions, Adobe
Rob Pinkerton is the Director of Government Solutions for Adobe Systems where he has responsibility for Adobe’s enterprise go-to-market and solutions development strategies for global government. Pinkerton has 18 years experience in government and technology. He has worked at county, city, state and Federal levels of government including as an emergency medical response technician in Virginia, a law clerk in the City of Baltimore, and as Legislative Council in the United States Senate during the 104th-106th Congress.
Prior to joining Adobe, Pinkerton was Vice President of Product Management for LexisNexis’ Enterprise Data Fusion Product which was developed for U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies to perform complex data analysis. For five years, he worked for Siebel Systems (now part of Oracle Corp) as Director of the Global Public Sector product business, where he was responsible for Siebel’s second fastest growing product line and over 200 global public sector customers using enterprise case management and CRM.
Pinkerton has an MBA from Carnegie Mellon University, a law degree from the University of Baltimore, and a BA in economics, political science, and history from the University of Richmond. He was awarded a patent for co-inventing a system for processing intelligence information (held by Oracle). He lives in Arlington, Virginia with his wife and son.
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Mark Roddy
Defense and Federal Civilian Industry Principal, SAP Public Services
Mark Roddy is responsible for thought leadership, strategic planning, and business development of SAP’s business process solutions and customer relationship management activities within the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Military Services and U.S. Federal Civilian agencies. Mr. Roddy has published several articles on the use of information technology in support of military logistics, to include the use of automated identification technology and data warehousing, in the “Exceptional Release” the professional journal of the Logistics Officer Association, and “Military Logistics Forum” magazine. Prior to joining SAP, he held information technology project and program management positions with NCR Corporation, Battelle Memorial Institute, and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP.
A retired Air Force colonel, Mr. Roddy was commissioned as a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps program. His 24 year active duty career encompassed positions of responsibility at all levels of logistics management, including commanding an aircraft maintenance squadron, managing the U.S. Air Force’s only ground communications-electronics depot, and serving as the assistant Chief of Maintenance in the largest fighter wing in Europe. Mr. Roddy was also the Air Force’s first System Program Manager for ground communications-electronics equipment. His career culminated with his assignment as Chief of the Maintenance Policy Division, Headquarters United States Air Force.
Mr. Roddy earned a Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude) in English Literature from Saint Michael’s College. He also was awarded a Master of Science in International Relations from Troy University, and a Masters Certificate in Project Management from George Washington University. Mr. Roddy is also a graduate of the Air Command & Staff College resident program at Maxwell AFB, AL, the National Defense University’s National Security Management program, and the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management’s In-country Management Course.
A past national president of the Logistics Officer Association (LOA), he is a recipient of LOA’s Leadership and Lifetime Achievement Awards.
- James Rolfes
Chief Enterprise Architect, Department of the Interior - Captain David Sanders
JAGC, USN, Legal Counsel, Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness
Recalled to Active Duty for Special Work, Captain Sanders currently serves as Legal Counsel to the Office of Global Maritime Situational Awareness located at United States Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Captain Sanders earned his BA from the University of Rhode Island in 1977 with a major in English, a major in Political Science and a minor in Speech. He earned his Juris Doctorate from Western New England School of Law in 1980. Captain Sanders received a Masters of Business Administration in Project & Construction Management from Golden Gate University in San Francisco in 1983.
Upon graduation from law school Captain Sanders accepted a direct commission into the Navy’s Judge Advocate General’s Corps. Upon completion of Officer Indoctrination School & Naval Justice School he reported for active duty for training aboard USS Pyro, AE 26. He subsequently reported for duty at NLSO Treasure Island San Francisco, CA from March 1981 through January 1984.
Upon release from active duty Captain Sanders affiliated with the JAGC program of the US Naval Reserve. He was assigned as Special Case Officer to PERSMOBTEAM 101 in Providence, RI from 1984 through 1987. Captain Sanders was assigned to NLSO New London from 1988 through 1989 and completed annual training assignments in Groton. From 1989 through 1993 Captain Sanders served as Staff Judge Advocate to Iceland Defense Force 101, Providence. From October 1993 through September 2003 Captain Sanders served as Training Officer, Executive Officer and Commanding Officer for VTU 103 Newport and 101 Albany. From October 2003 through September 2008 Captain Sanders served as Special Projects Officer, Naval War College 401, International Law Department NWC.
Captain Sanders engaged in the solo practice of law from 1984 through 1987. Thereafter he served as President and Counsel of R.J. Sanders, Inc and related corporations from 1988 through 2008.
Captain Sanders has been married to the lovely Maureen Louks Sanders since 1982. They have three children, Matthew, Michael and Mary Katherine and live in Seekonk, MA.
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Lisa Schlosser
Director, Office of Information Collection, Environmental Protection Agency
Lisa Schlosser currently serves as the Director, Office of Information Collection, Office of Environmental Information, for the Environmental Protection Agency.
Ms. Schlosser previously served as the Chief Information Officer (CIO), U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as the Associate Chief Information Officer/Chief Information Security Officer, at the U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT), and as the Associate CIO for IT Security for the U.S. DOT.
Before joining the Federal government, Ms. Schlosser served as Vice-President, Business Operations and Response Services, for Global Integrity, and as a Senior Manager for Ernst & Young LLP.
Before entering the commercial sector, Ms. Schlosser served as a Military Intelligence Officer with the U.S. Army, and continues to serve as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. She recently completed a year long mobilization with the US Army Reserves, to include a deployment to the Middle East, where she served as the Operations Officer for the Regional Computer Emergency Response Team, Southwest Asia, supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Ms. Schlosser holds a B.A. degree in Political Science from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and an M.S. degree in Administration from Central Michigan University.
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Rob Tarkoff
Senior Vice President and General Business Manager, Business Productivity Business Unit, Adobe Systems, Inc.
As senior vice president and general manager of the Business Productivity Business Unit, Rob Tarkoff leads Adobe's development of comprehensive, integrated technologies and solutions for the desktop and enterprises who want to engage their customers and constituents with information more efficiently and effectively. He oversees Adobe products including the Acrobat® Family, Adobe® LiveCycle® Enterprise Suite (ES) and Acrobat® Connect™ Professional for Web Conferencing and eLearning.
Tarkoff joined Adobe in April 2007 as senior vice president of corporate development to lead activities related to Adobe's strategic planning, alliances, mergers and acquisitions and new business initiatives.
Before joining Adobe, Tarkoff held several executive positions at EMC Corporation, including senior vice president and general manager of the EMC Captiva Software Division and senior vice president of business development and channels for the EMC Software Group. Previously, Tarkoff was executive vice president and chief strategy officer for Documentum, Inc.
Prior to Documentum and EMC, Tarkoff was senior vice president of worldwide business development at Commerce One, driving the company's e-commerce market strategy and other business development activities. Previously, he was vice president and general counsel for Commerce One. Earlier in his career, Tarkoff was an associate attorney at the law firm of Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati.
Tarkoff is a member of the board of directors for Borland Software Corporation and previously served on the board of directors for Onyx Software. He holds a juris doctorate from Harvard Law School and a bachelor's degree from Amherst College.
- Robert M. Watts
Deputy Director, Office of eDiplomacy, Bureau of Information Resource Management, Department of State