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#Jenna Follin is a recent college graduate from Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland. She double majored in Business Management and Communications & Media Studies with minors in Marketing and French. During her college years, Jenna has had 4 internship experiences in industries including sales, SEO, marketing strategy, and digital and social media marketing. Tune in to hear her college and internship journeys, details about her current job search, and advice that she has for her fellow young professional
Ursula Cowan, is a Senior Threat Research Analyst at Verodin (a FireEye Company), focusing on researching adversaries' tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), breaking them down to the smallest behaviors, for the purpose of replicating them within the Verodin Security Instrumentation Platform. Ursula's career started as a police detective investigating cyber-crime, death, and online exploitation. She later added computer forensics examiner to her list of responsibilities. Her training in computer forensics was at the U.S. Secret Service's National Computer Forensic Institute (NCFI) she holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology from the Florida Institute of Technology, and graduates in May '20 with a Master of Science in Digital Forensics from the University of Central Florida
#Brian Reed, Chief Mobility Officer at NowSecure As NowSecure Chief Mobility Officer, industry veteran Brian Reed brings over a 15 years of experience in mobile, security and risk including NowSecure, Good Technology, BlackBerry, BoxTone, and ZeroFOX working with Fortune 2000 global customers, mobile trailblazers and government agencies. With more than 25 years driving innovative solutions and securing customer success, Brian is a dynamic speaker and compelling storyteller who brings unique insights and global experience. Brian is a frequent speaker at events including DevOpsWorld, DevOps Days, RSA, OWASP, Droidcon, FS-ISAC, Gartner, Mobile World Congress, and numerous vertical industry events. Brian is a graduate of Duke University.
Krysta has over 15 years of extensive experience within all facets of the Human Resources Function. With her many years of experience, Krysta has had proven success in planning, implementing and supporting Human Resources plans and strategies consistent with organization values and policies. Krysta's clients range from start up technology companies to global consulting firms, and everything in between. She thrives creating environments that encourages employees to push their boundaries, be successful and meet their personal developmental goals, while obtaining the business outcomes Executives desire. Krysta believes Human Resources is the critical lifeline of a company as people are the biggest resource and business advantage. She is co-founder of Verity Group, a human resources consulting firm. B.S. Clemson University
Terry L. Clower is Northern Virginia Chair and Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. He is also director of GMU's Center for Regional Analysis. The Center provides economic and public policy research services to sponsors in the private, non-profit and public sectors. Prior to joining GMU, he was director for the Center for Economic Development and Research at the University of North Texas. Dr. Clower has authored or co-authored over 170 articles, book chapters, and research reports reflecting experience in economic and community development, economic and fiscal impact analysis, housing, transportation, land use planning, and economic forecasting. His scholarly articles have appeared in Economic Development Quarterly; Urban Studies; Economic Development Review; Regional Studies, Regional Science; the Australasian Journal of Regional Studies; Regional Studies Regional Science, Sustaining Regions; and Applied Research in Economic Development. His most recent publication is the textbook Globalization, Planning and Local Economic Development with Prof. Andrew Beer (Taylor-Francis, London). Dr. Clower received a B.S. in Marine Transportation from Texas A&M University in 1982, a M.S. in Applied Economics from the University of North Texas in 1992 and a Ph.D. in Information Sciences from the University of North Texas in 1997 specializing in information policy issues and the use of information resources.
Mr. Stimers focuses his policy advocacy efforts on matters related to emerging technologies, such as commercial spaceflight, IT, nanotechnology, and water technology, and advises a wide range of companies and industry associations in pursuing legislation and representing their interests before Congress and federal agencies. Sponsored by: Fairfax City, Looking Glass Cyber As policy counsel to several major commercial spaceflight companies and the leading industry association for commercial spaceflight, Paul has been active in helping the industry grow quickly and safely, while continuing to support a strong role for NASA in space exploration. In the field of information technology policy, Paul works with software companies and industry associations to ensure data and network security without restricting technological development. He has helped manage industry-wide efforts to prevent technology mandates while improving security. He has also assisted companies in developing privacy policies that protect consumers' personal information while enabling new products and services. He was actively involved in matters relating to Internet governance during the recent transition of DNS authority. He founded the Quantum Industry Coalition, a group of quantum computing, communications, and cryptography companies working to advance U.S. leadership in the field. In addition to his work with emerging technologies, Paul works extensively with nonprofit organizations addressing the needs of the world's poorest people. He helped to pass the Water for the Poor Act of 2005, which created a framework for the United States to help provide millions of people with sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and the Water for the World Act of 2014, which further expanded US efforts to improve access. Since 2005, he has helped direct more than $1.5 billion toward providing water and sanitation to those who need it most. ] supporting funding for broader US poverty-focused development assistance. Mr. Stimers was listed among the “40 Under 40: K Street's New Generation of Lobbyists” by The Washingtonian. Most recently, Mr. Stimers was nationally ranked by Chambers USA 2015 under “Government: Government Relations (Up and Coming).” Mr. Stimers is a member of the Executive Committee of the Greater Washington Board of Trade. Education J.D., Harvard Law School M.P.A. Harvard University B.A. University of Washington, (summa cum laude, Truman Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa)
#Andrew Ko, Managing Director for Global Education and Workforce, Amazon Web Services, AWS. Andrew is the Managing Director of Global Education and Workforce at Amazon Web Services. His focus is driving innovation and workforce development by increasing adoption of cloud-based programs and solutions in the US and internationally. He leads transformation at state and country-levels, helping create the next generation of learners and innovators. Prior to joining Amazon, Andrew was the Corporate Vice President of Samsung Global Education and the European B2B division, based in South Korea, where he launched mobile learning solutions for Education in Croatia, India, Italy and the U.S. Prior to Samsung, Andrew was the General Manager for Microsoft Corporation's U.S. Education business where he led the Partners in Learning team creating new and innovative ways for teaching and learning. He also led the White House ConnectED initiative shaping a public-private partnership model to provide technology and internet access to millions in school. Andrew has several political appointments: In January 2014, Governor Terry McAuliffe appointed Andrew as a member of the Virginia State Board of Education, and in 2016, he was appointed to Virginia's School Readiness Committee for improving the early childhood education workforce in the Commonwealth. In 2018, Governor Ralph Northam appointed Andrew to the Online Virginia Network Authority, which aims to provide individuals with opportunities to earn online degrees and postsecondary education credentials. Andrew also serves on several boards, including the Northern Virginia Community College Foundation board and the Fairfax County Public Schools Foundation https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/ Sponsor: Fairfax City Host: Cindy Gurne
John Bambenek is VP of Security Research and Intelligence at ThreatSTOP, a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a handler with the SANS Internet Storm Centre. He has over 18 years experience in Information Security and leads several International investigative efforts tracking cybercriminals - some of which have lead to high profile arrests and legal action. He currently tracks neonazi fundraising via cryptocurrency and publishes that online to twitter and has other monitoring solutions for cryptocurrency activity. He specializes in disruptive activities designed to greatly diminish the effectiveness of online criminal operations. He has produced some of the largest bodies of open-source intelligence, used by thousands of entities across the world. Hosts: Jeremy Haas and Olga Polishchuk, Cyber--The Workforce Show Sponsor: Looking Glass Cyber
JOSHUA RABINOWITZ Joshua Rabinowitz was recently named Chief Executive Officer for MountChor Technologies Inc. Mr. Rabinowitz has set goals for the company to bring high impact innovation to the mission needs of our Federal Government, and thus helping to solve some of the nation's most difficult challenges. Mountchor Technologies is executing a strategic expansion into the Cybersecurity, Cloud, Global Networking, and IT consulting domains whilst positioning the company as a provider of innovative solutions with customers in civilian, defense, intelligence and commercial markets. Mountchor Technologies has a fun and inventive culture with exceptional employees who are obsessed with ingenuity, learning, and driven to serve the mission of the USA and American Citizens. Prior to leading Mountchor Technologies, Mr. Rabinowitz severed as Senior Director and Chief Engineer for Perspecta. His departure capped an illustrious 20-year-career from Perspecta (and its legacy companies). He rose to a role as Senior Director and Chief Engineer in 2017, after a short stint (2014-2016) as a Federal Account executive where he led and supported over $250 million in new business. For nearly 14 years prior to that, he was a Program Manager, Architect, Engineer, and Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert supporting many departments and Agencies throughout the Federal Government, DOD, and Intel Communities. Aside from his role as CEO of Mountchor Technologies, Mr. Rabinowitz has a diverse and successful background investing and owning rental homes in 4 states, creating a Non-Profit called Magna Virtus with a mission to improve humankind through supporting local and global initiatives, and building a Horse Boarding business (known as Poplar Ford Farm), boarding nearly 40 horses adjacent to the Manassas National Battlefield Park (Bull Run) with over 25 Miles of Horse trails available. Additionally, he raises chickens for eggs & bees for honey while actively pursuing expansion and cultivation of additional farming activities. Mr. Rabinowitz earned a Master's Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Sloan Management School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education, minor in Computer Science, from the State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo, along with numerous top industry certifications such as CISSP, CEH, CCNP, PMP. Mr. Rabinowitz is a husband and father to three wonderful children (3 under 3 years of age) and a Great Dane puppy.
Nicole works at ScienceLogic where she creates AI models to detect anomalies in IT sensor data. Before becoming a data scientist, she helped small business owners and inventors to start and grow businesses through consulting and training for almost 9 years. She even started her own company brokering international bulk wine sales for several years. Since she changed careers in 2017, she maintained her passion for small businesses and has carved out an intentional career working for start-ups. Nicole used skills from her first career to find and identify mentors and sponsors with whom she curates mutually valuable relationships in the technology space.
Mary Beth has over twenty years of finance, technology and security industry experience. She is an advisor to Clearforce, HyTrust, Robodub, Bluewater International and in 2018 founded The Cyber Guild and Uniting Women in Cyber in Washington, DC. Previously Mary Beth was the CEO and President of LemonFish Technologies and CEO/CFO of two companies acquired by Deloitte and Microsoft. Hosts: Olga Polishchuk and Jeremy Haas , Workforce Show-Cyber Sponsor: Looking Glass Cyber
Traci Silas was delegated by former Secretary Napolitano as the career Senior Director of the Federal Advisory Committees (FACA) for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Prior to accepting her position as FACA director in 2013, Mrs. Silas served as the director of the Information Disclosure Office of DHS office of policy, privacy attorney for Booz Allen Hamilton, an international real estate attorney for Sothbys' International, a student ambassador for the United Nations Center for Human Rights and a legal intern for the Honorable Noels A Kramer of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Mrs. Silas holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Hampton University; an international certification in European Common Law from the University of Nice in France: and international certification in European general practice from the University of the Netherlands Antilles in Curacao; and Juris Doctorate on general practice, international law and real estate law from Hofstra University School of Law. Recently Mrs, Silas completed the Excellence in Government Fellows Program, coursework at Harvard University's School for Continuing Education, found HappyGovLLC and developed the "Happy You" mobile application. Mrs. Silas lives in Calvert County Md with her husband and five children.
A woman leader, a professional, and a person who speaks to how technology has transformed her industry. Wendy is a Principal in Grant Thornton's https://www.grantthornton.com/ Public Sector Practice. Wendy has over 25 years of experience providing insights to federal, state, local and not-for-profit clients. Wendy's professional experience is in enterprise risk management, business process optimization, project management, financial management, internal controls and strategic planning. Wendy is the National President-Elect for the Association of Government Accountants https://www.agacgfm.org/home.aspx from 2019-2020 and President 2020-2021. In her leadership roles, Wendy will represent AGA's 96 chapters and more than 14,250 members across the United States. Wendy holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Norfolk State University, an MBA in Management and a MS in Finance from the University of Maryland and an Executive Leadership Certificate from Cornell University
Sponsored by: Fairfax City, VA; LookingGlassCyber; Scientific Logic ZOLAIKHA STRONG Director of Energy Policy and Electrical Markets for the Copper Development Association (CDA) Zolaikha Strong serves as the energy expert on sustainable energy markets for the copper industry. She supports policy makers in the development of energy policies and regulations, collaborates with manufacturers on the development of new technologies, promotes the value of copper related solutions in energy efficient systems, and builds partnerships with sustainable energy advocates. Among her many activities, Strong recently hosted an electric vehicle summit in Washington, D.C. entitled, “EVs: Navigating the Road Ahead, an industry event powered by CDA.” The event gathered industry stakeholders for two robust panels featuring key leaders discussing the technology and policy advancements needed to accelerate the EV market. Among her many speaking engagements and presentations, Strong has presented at the American Solar Energy Society's Solar Conference, the TechConnect World Innovation Conference, the Alliance to Save Energy's Energy 2030: On the Road events, the Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) – Policy Forum and the GLOBALCON Conference. Strong has also commissioned industry studies on electric vehicles, energy storage, solar energy and wind energy. Strong served on the U.S. Department of Commerce's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (REEEAC) and as co-chair of the Outreach and Education Sub-Committee. She is also a member of the Edison Foundation Institute for Electric Innovation Technology Roundtable, and an active participant and contributor to policy initiatives for the Alliance to Save Energy, the American Wind Energy Association, Energy Storage Association, American Copper Policy Council and the High Performance Building Congressional Caucus Coalition. A regular contributor to many energy and policy publications, Strong has been recently published in The Hill, The Washington Times, ElectroIndustry Magazine, Renewable Energy World, Metal Center News, Wind Systems Magazine, IAEI Magazine and Energy & Mining International as well as Wind Power Engineering and Development's Wind Talks podcast. Prior to her work at the Copper Development Association, Strong was the Manager of Federal Regulatory Affairs at the Edison Electric Institute in Washington, D.C. During her time at Edison Electric Institute, Strong developed, analyzed, and advocated the Institute's positions for federal and state energy regulation and legislation. She also has served as an Energy Analyst with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where she developed and implemented regulatory policy to foster nationwide competitive energy markets. Zolaikha was the International Policy Fellow and directly reported to President Clinton during his post Presidential transition while he was establishing the Clinton Foundation. Zolaikha was also an intern at the White House during the Clinton Administration. Zolaikha holds a graduate degree in Public Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Seton Hall University
Asaad Taha is a leading Social Impact Entrepreneur and Senior Principle Adviser with multisectoral expertise on the continuum of social impact programs—from the strategic level to frontline delivery. His background shows a quality education in multidisciplinary fields and 14-plus years in health, development, and management. In-the-trenches experiences have built his reputation in systems thinking and development, program design and execution, results-based monitoring and management, and implementation and oversight of donor and government-funded programs. Sponsored by The Workforce Show and Science Logic and LookingGlassCyber
Dr. Steve Bennett, Director, Global Government Practice As the Global Government Practice lead, Steve Bennett is passionate about helping governments around the world put their data to work for the citizens they serve. In his current role, he drives strategic industry positioning and messaging in global government markets. A thought leader in decision science and the application of analytics in government, Steve works to ensure that analytics solutions at SAS deliver maximum value for governments around the world. Prior to #SAS, Steve held a number of leadership positions during his 12 years in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Following the events of September 11th 2001, Steve led the design and application of quantitative analysis to inform some of the United States' most challenging security decisions, most recently as the Director of the National Biosurveillance Integration Center. Over the course of his career in Government, he led numerous efforts to provide analytic decision support to senior officials in the White House and across the U.S. Government, Including # DHS Steve is relentless in his commitment to helping governments improve decision making, and pursues better organization, management, and use of data as critical to that endeavor. Steve holds a doctorate in Computational Biochemistry from Stanford, as well as undergraduate degrees in Biology and Chemistry from Caltech, and has authored a number of publications. When not supporting improved analytics in government, he is coaching youth soccer, leading children's ministry at church, or building something in his workshop. Sponsored by: ScientificLogic, LookingGlassCyber, FairfaxCity
Chris is the founder and CEO of HypaSec. Previously, Chris headed the Information Protection Group, network operations, security operations and joint-international intelligence team for the Aramco family. Helping to recover Aramco from a nation-state attack to implement digital security and reconnect international business operations. Responsible for all digital IT and ICS assets throughout the EMEA region (minus KSA) and Latin America. Subsequently, establishing and assisting global digital security teams, standards, security driven legal contracts for secure software development with third parties, the Aramco EU/UK Privacy group with internal and external council and computer emergency response teams. Chris has practical and strategic hands-on experience in several cyber warfare incidents. USAF Space Command, detecting and helping to halt the July 2009 Second Wave attacks from the DPKR against South Korea and helping to recover and reestablish international business operations after the world's most devastating cyber warfare attack, Shamoon in 2012. Expert advisor and panelist for several governments and parliaments. Author of several books, offensive security trainer, digital security course creator, recognized expert in several digital security fields including IT/IOT/ICS SCADA space, maritime, aviation, oil & gas, electric, water and nuclear. You can read more about Chris' on Wikipedia about her work: https://t.co/r660FCTuun Sponsors: LookingGlassCyber, Fairfax City, ScienceLogic
Bianca Costa David CIO/Director of Systems and Data Division Bianca works for the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) as head of the sub -cabinet office, Office of Systems and Data, responsible for assuring that all systems work at HHS including electronic heatth records , Interoperabity of legacy systems, new systems and state of the art applications in IT make her job challenging, But before entering public service she wanted to be a lawyer. She has been with HHS for 9 years during which she has seen a dramatic growth in new products, solutions and systems which require a broad background in IT. Prior to HHS she owed with FEMA for 5 years. Learn about her career in government, her enthusiastic volunteer work in organizations that benefit the community--and especially women. And hear what her recommendations for growing a career in IT. Some links to Bianca's sites: Women of God Network (nonprofit) http://www.womenofgodnetwork.org Travel Blog https://diaryofthetravelingpairs.blogspot.com Sponsored by: LookingGlassCyber, Fairfax City, Science Logic
Sponsored by: LookingGlassCyber, ScienceLogic, and Fairfax City Nakul Munjal has worked in the cybersecurity industry since 2003. In 2006, he administered the first computer-based bar exam in the country. In 2009, as part of the founding team for IBM Security Systems in New York, he helped multiple Wall Street banks, insurance companies and rating agencies navigate new cybersecurity requirements resulting from the 2008 financial crisis. He is regarded as a subject matter expert in Identity and Access Management technologies, where he was an executive covering North America and Latin America for Micro Focus. Nakul began Status Identity after observing Chief Security Officers often struggle with inconvenient security controls that cause productivity losses in their organizations. With increasingly stringent cybersecurity policies through GDPR, NYDFS, FISMA and others; this problem was compounding. Nakul is passionate about reducing the security burden on individuals while preserving their privacy and digital rights. He believes that the distribution of personal data must be limited; and can be effectively used to empower users. Nakul holds a Bachelors in Biology and Economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder and an MBA with Honors from Babson College
Sponsored by: ScienceLogic, LookingGlassCyber, Fairfax City LUIS E. BORUNDA Deputy Secretary of State, Maryland What does it take to be an advocate for education--whether apprenticeships or college. Where does he see the future of work heading and how will workforce challenges be addressed? . This and other topics are discussed with Luis Borunda ,who among his many accomplishments, was the U.S. Hispanic Youth Entrepreneur program to address education drop out rates of Hispanic youth. In addition to leading five divisions of the Secretary's office he is active in the Maryland Hispanic Business Conference. Host: Victor deLeon
Sponsored by: TWFS, Scientific Logic, LookingGlassCyber, FairfaxCity In this interview Michael discusses with Al Naqvi how RPA is a "doer" why A.I. is the "thinker" in automation and how everyone will be impacted by RPA in the future. Michael is the Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development at Blue Prism. Blue Prism was named as one of the Best Workplaces for Innovation by Fast Co. His specialities include: Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Intelligent Automation, Strategy, Leadership, Business Development, Analytics and Analytic Solutions, Credit Scoring, Information/Data Management, Technology, Financial Services, Small Business, Risk Management, Government Contracting, Consulting Services, Decision Management Software and Solutions, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Software and Solutions. Michael is a graduate of Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania.
A new program and host, Al Naqvi and the AI Experience on WERA 96.7 FM and on podcasts. Sponsored by: Fairfax City, LookingGlassCyber and Science Logic. With sponsor by Brookfield Properties. He tell us who is guests are going to be and the format--not an interview style. Tune in Thursday at 9 AM or streaming.
What makes work worthwhile? Asaad speaks to the issues that divide us and make us less productive in our work--especially STEM. Our beliefs, values and attitudes can unite us or separate us. The Yin and Yang. If we are to solve the world's problems with the use of technology we have to understand ourselves, others and what our goals are. Sponsors: Fairfax City, LookingGlassCyber, Science Logic
Sponsored by: LookingGlassCyber, ScienceLogic,FairfaxCity, VA Danny's enthusiastic view of the Cloud as a career is the result of early years in a variety of Internet related jobs--help desk operator to start. He graduated with a degree in Physics but at the time (2008-20009) there were no jobs so he took a job with a temp. agcy--the rest his history. Listen to his story of persistence in the presence of adversity. Recommended sources for additonal information:techgenix.com,https://www.quora.com
Dr. Terry Gudaitis is the Director of the Intelligence Analysis Program in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society. Dr. Gudaitis is the Owner/CEO of Mindstar Security & Profiling, LLC which specializes in custom cyber security, physical security, and risk management solutions for Family Offices, high net worth persons, and their families. Terry started her career as a CIA operations officer and behavioral profiler at the Counterterrorism Center. She left government service to pursue the expansion of profiling techniques as they applied to hackers and Internet/social media users for the commercial sector. Prior to forming her own firm, Terry was the Vice President and Cyber Intelligence Director at Cyveillance, held senior positions at SAIC, Psynapse Technologies LLC and Global Integrity Corporation. In addition to her corporate related work, Terry is on the Advisory Board of Mi3 Security, SocialTrendly, and TechnoSecurity; has served on the United States Secret Service Advisory Board for Insider Threat; trained investigators at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; and, regularly presents at national and international conferences. Terry is also a featured speaker at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. She has published numerous journal articles and her most current book publications include Social Engineering – Low Tech Hacking (2011) and Deception in the Digital Age which was released in August 2017. Terry's academic background includes a BA from SUNY-Binghamton and a Master's Degree and PhD in criminal psychology from University of Florida.
Cheryl is señor vice president of education policy and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. She has overall responsibility for linking the foremast leaders in education, workforce and business to solve problems related to skills and preparation for a changing workforce/ Sponsors: Fairfax City, Looking Glass Cyber
SPONSORS: LOOKING GLASS CYBER, SCIENCELOGIC, FAIRFAXCITY Dr. Rao has 30 years of experience in implementing data science, machine learning, and AI software, services and solutions in Digital, Retail, Risk, Compliance, R&D, IT, Operations, Marketing, Finance, and Sales. He is known for his ability to influence governmental and organizational executives and senior management to identify and implement data and information change management. He practices consultative approach involving situation assessment, precise needs identification, organizational readiness preparation, and information-based strategies. He enabled numerous agencies and enterprises to reap innovative and significant business benefits. He founded Amruta Inc with a vision to expand and spread the benefits to contemporary organizations. He has a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, with minors in Computer Science, Statistics, and Mathematics.
Danny Huston is an IT Cloud Architect with 9 years experience in the IT industry. He works for a small cloud services start-up company called Ampsight where he is the lead DevOps and Cloud engineer for their government customer. He has held many jobs in the IT industry including Desktop Support, Network Analyst, Linux Systems Administrator, and Automation Engineer. Danny is a graduate of Christopher Newport University with a B.S. in Applied Physics.
Sponsors: LookingGlassCyber, ScientificLogic and Fairfax City Host: Victor deLeon Joanna Harvey, a native of southern California, started her career in 2007 as a digital production assistant for MTV Online. She excelled so much in digital media that she quickly served as the lead strategist for clients such as Jason Carter for Governor, Lindt & Sprungli, eOne Films. She also worked with several high-profile Latino nonprofit organizations, including the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Hispanic IT Executive Council. Today she is the CEO of Laurus Digital, a strategic digital media consulting firm that she founded in 2013. Prior to moving to D.C., Ms. Harvey previously resided in Canada, Argentina, and Germany and is fluent in Spanish and German. Joanna earned a Bachelor's degree in Economics from UCLA and is an alumna of the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative from Stanford University.
Sponsors: LookingGlassCyber, ScienceLogic Nisha has multiple years of professional experience in the data science field and has led data science teams at Booz Allen Hamilton and at Discovery Communications. She has built algorithms for marketing purposes and has shaped data-driven decision making across companies. She is currently leading the technical team at Data Society, as the Director of Data Science. She manages all content creation for their clients interested in training and also leads technical projects on the consulting side. She is passionate about spreading data literacy across industries
--Stephanie J. Harrison is a systems engineer at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. In her current role on the Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO) Pathfinder Project, Harrison provides systems engineering rigor and technical excellence throughout development, integration, and operations of the CLARREO Pathfinder Reflected Solar Payload on the International Space Station. Harrison joined NASA as an intern through the Langley Aerospace Research Student Scholars (LARSS) Program with opportunities in the Crew Systems and Aviation Operations Branch and Systems Engineering and Engineering Methods Branch from 2011 – 2013. She was hired in 2014 as an aerospace research engineer and transitioned to the role of an aerospace flight systems engineer in 2016. In her time at NASA to date, Harrison has worked on the many aeronautics research projects in the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate and currently supports an earth science project in the Science Mission Directorate. Kirsten M. Boogaard Kirsten M. Boogaard is a flight operations engineer at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. In her current role on the X-57 Maxwell all-electric X-plane, Boogaard serves as the Deputy Operations Engineering Lead, providing sound engineering to ensure airworthiness throughout planning, integration, and eventually flight of the X-57. Boogaard joined NASA as an intern through the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Teacher and Researcher (STAR) Program at Cal Poly with the Flight Opportunities Program in the summers of 2012 and 2013. She was hired in 2013 as an operations engineer with Jacobs Engineering and joined as a NASA employee in 2015 as an engineer and the STEM engagement lead in the Office of Education until transferring back to the flight operations engineering branch in 2016. Kirsten Boogaard Kirsten M. Boogaard is a flight operations engineer at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. In her current role on the X-57 Maxwell all-electric X-plane, Boogaard serves as the Deputy Operations Engineering Lead, providing sound engineering to ensure airworthiness throughout planning, integration, and eventually flight of the X-57. Boogaard joined NASA as an intern through the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Teacher and Researcher (STAR) Program at Cal Poly with the Flight Opportunities Program in the summers of 2012 and 2013. She was hired in 2013 as an operations engineer with Jacobs Engineering and joined as a NASA employee in 2015 as an engineer and the STEM engagement lead in the Office of Education until transferring back to the flight operations engineering branch in 2016
Dolly Oberoi is the Founder and CEO of C2 Technologies, a Technology, Online learning/training, Simulation & Modeling, Analytics and IT, firm, established in 1989. C2 serves Defense, Aerospace, Civilian and Commercial clients worldwide. As a pioneer in online education, thought-leader, innovator, and an entrepreneur, Ms. Oberoi has dedicated her company's mission to improve human performance. Her pioneering work in helping organizations transition from the traditional chalkboard to electronic learning environment and developing transformative enterprise-wide learning and talent management solutions. As an entrepreneur, served the industry with distinction in the areas of online education, modeling, simulation, AI, Machine Learning, Robotics, and human capital management completing more than 12,000 projects for 120 plus clients, employing 500 employees in more than 22 locations globally, and winning over 150 industry awards including GovCon entrepreneur of the Year and E&Y. She is also the recipient of several international awards, including, Washington Business Journal's Innovation Award, GovCon's prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year; Pride of India; E&Y's Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Women Who Mean Business; and the prestigious Spencer Logan award. Ms. Oberoi has spread the seeds of entrepreneurship by mentoring small businesses and has an incubator and an accelerator. She has mentored and grown several companies in the Washington, D.C., area. She started the annual entrepreneurship Boot camps for women and students. Ms. Oberoi is published and a frequent speaker at international conferences. She serves on several academic and corporate boards, including the George Mason University Foundation Board of Trustees; Barnard College of Columbia University, Athena Leadership Board; University of Maryland BC, School Education, Board of Advisors - Smithsonian AAPI Board, President, TIE-DC, and Trustee, TiE Global Board. Served on the Executive Board of the N VA Chamber of Commerce.
Andrew Stanley, VP Product at Phone2Action: Senior technology executive, chief of product, and manager of teams with an exceptional track record for leadership and results in the creation and delivery of high quality software products. Proven ability to partner with senior leadership, develop and execute a vision, remove obstacles, and guide cross-functional teams to the finish line. Skilled communicator with a natural ability to break down complex concepts and ideas to their simplest elements. Expert at defining, illustrating, and articulating a product and technology vision to a wide audience, including Executive Management, customers, prospects, and employees.
Bryson is the Founder of SCYTHE, a start-up building a next generation attack emulation platform, and GRIMM, a boutique cybersecurity consultancy, and Co-Founder of the ICS Village, a non-profit advancing awareness of industrial control system security. He is a National Security Institute Fellow. Prior, Bryson led an elite offensive capabilities development group. As a U.S. Army Officer, Bryson was a tank commander and led a tactical communications platoon. He served as a Battle Captain and Brigade Engineering Officer in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom before leaving the Army as a Captain. Brysonreceived his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He holds a Master's Degree in Telecommunications Management from the University of Maryland, a Master's in Business Administration from the University of Florida, and completed graduate studies in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas. Hosts: Jeremy Haas and Olga Polishchuk, TWFS-Cyber Edition Sponsor: LookingGlassCyber
Va Tech won a large contract to develop advanced degrees in technology fields. It is positioned to be a major source of talent for Amazon in the DC area in the next several years. The contract was awarded by the Commonwealth of VA along with other programs in technology. He explains what the program is and who will benefit. The Innovation Center is going to be located in Crystal City, VA Sponsors: Lookingglasscyber ScienceLogic Analytics2Go Fairfax City Host: Cindy Gurne, In My View
Sponsors: Fairfax City, LookingGlassCyber, Analytics 2 Go, Sciencelogic Mallesh Murugesan, Founder and CEO of Abeyon, a boutique technology firm that is focused on Artificial Intelligence specifically in the Natural Language Processing space. Under his leadership, Abeyon has been working on several advanced AI technologies including Text Analysis, Category Management, Information extraction and more. Abeyon was recently recognized as a 2018 Government Innovations Award winner among defense projects for implementing a “Best in Class” machine learning tool for the Navy's Military Sealift Command (MSC). Mallesh has a Masters in Information Systems from George Mason and an MBA from University of Maryland, College Park" His email is mallesh.murugesan@abeyon.com.
Femi Adelakun is a Co-CEO and Co-Founder of City78. Femi oversees urban analysis, geospatial analyses and development of urban economic development tools. He is experienced in transit-oriented development planning, with a demonstrated history of working in the private sector and the government administration industry. In the recent past, Femi worked with the presidents of the Capitol Riverfront and NOMA business improvement districts (BIDs), where he established the premise that developing unique and organic place identity ensures competitive advantage in terms of attracting skilled professionals, tourists, urban investments and headquarters of major companies and corporations to neighborhoods and cities. Femi is an urban specialist with a Master's Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Georgetown University. Theo Goetemann is a Co-CEO and Co-Founder of City78. Prior to City78, Theo has worked in the data journalism and open data fields. His work has been featured in CityLab, National Journal, and the Network Science Initiative, and often employs data-driven and narrative analysis methods to understand virtual communities and how they inform the physical world. Theo earned his Bachelor's degree in Government from Georgetown University and is a Fulbright Scholarship recipient to conduct research on place identity and urban competitiveness in Wuhan, China.
Chris talks about making a city a "workforce" city. Chris has a deep commitment to the city's growth as a place where jobs happen. Chris Bruno is Director of Economic Development Fairfax City, Va. He's a lawyer who has a true calling for workforce development. He began his career is NYC, and during Hurricane Sandy he worked with local govt to rebuild the parts hardest hit into dominant business growth areas. In his job he serves as city liasion to the Economic Development Authority where he oversees the strategic plan which includes increasing the economic vibrancy of the City. He has an undergraduate degree and a masters degree from Fordham University and a law degree from New York Law School.
Sponsors: LookingGlassCyber, Fairfax City, Analytics2Go Host: Cindy Gurne, In My View Mr. Stimers is a lawyer with K&L Gates. He focuses his policy advocacy efforts on matters related to emerging technologies, such as commercial spaceflight, IT, nanotechnology, and water technology, and advises a wide range of companies and industry associations in pursuing legislation and representing their interests before Congress and federal agencies. As policy counsel to several major commercial spaceflight companies and the leading industry association for commercial spaceflight, Paul has been active in helping the industry grow quickly and safely, while continuing to support a strong role for NASA in space exploration. In the field of information technology policy, Paul works with software companies and industry associations to ensure data and network security without restricting technological development. He has helped manage industry-wide efforts to prevent technology mandates while improving security. He has also assisted companies in developing privacy policies that protect consumers' personal information while enabling new products and services. He was actively involved in matters relating to Internet governance during the recent transition of DNS authority. He founded the Quantum Industry Coalition, a group of quantum computing, communications, and cryptography companies working to advance U.S. leadership in the field. In addition to his work with emerging technologies, Paul works extensively with nonprofit organizations addressing the needs of the world's poorest people. He helped to pass the Water for the Poor Act of 2005, which created a framework for the United States to help provide millions of people with sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and the Water for the World Act of 2014, which further expanded US efforts to improve access. Since 2005, he has helped direct more than $1.5 billion toward providing water and sanitation to those who need it most. ] supporting funding for broader US poverty-focused development assistance. Mr. Stimers was listed among the “40 Under 40: K Street's New Generation of Lobbyists” by The Washingtonian. Most recently, Mr. Stimers was nationally ranked by Chambers USA 2015 under “Government: Government Relations (Up and Coming).” Mr. Stimers is a member of the Executive Committee of the Greater Washington Board of Trade. Education J.D., Harvard Law School M.P.A. Harvard University B.A. University of Washington, (summa cum laude, Truman Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa)
Sponsored by: Looking Glass Cyber Hosts: Polishchuk and Haas-The Workforce Edition-Cyber Terry Roberts has established the first CyberSecurity Online Exchange - enabling all businesses (especially midsized and small companies) to have continuous online access to automated cyber risk profiles, scorecards, action plans and affordable products, services, insights and trends industry wide. Previously Terry was the TASC VP for Cyber Engineering and Analytics, running all Cyber/IT, Financial and Business Analytics cross cutting, innovative technical services. Prior to TASC, Terry was an Executive Director of the Carnegie Mellon, Software Engineering Institute, leading the technical body of work for the entire US Interagency, with a special focus on leveraging and transitioning commercial innovation and acquisition excellence to government programs and capabilities and establishing the Emerging Technologies Center and Cyber Intelligence Consortium.\ Before transitioning to industry in 2009, Terry Roberts was the Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence (DDNI), where she led, together with the Director of Naval Intelligence, more than 20,000 intelligence and information-warfare military and civilian professionals and managed more than $5 billion in resources, technologies, and programs globally, leading the initial approach for the merging of Naval Communications and Intelligence under the OPNAV N2/N6 and the creation of the Information Dominance Corps. Prior to being the Navy DDNI, Terry Roberts served as the Director of Requirements and Resources for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USDI), spearheading the creation and implementation of the Military Intelligence Program (MIP), in partnership with the Director of National Intelligence, the Services, the Combat Support Agencies, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). An intelligence professional for over 30 years, Terry has held many senior intelligence positions, including Director of Intelligence, Commander Naval Forces Europe and Commander-in-Chief NATO AFSOUTH; Director, Defense Intelligence Resource Management Office (manager of the General Defense Intelligence Program); Director, Naval Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Scientific and Technical Intelligence (S&TI) analysis at the Office of Naval Intelligence; special assistant to the Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support and the Chief of Staff for the Director Military Intelligence Staff. In addition, Terry has directed, conducted, and enabled intelligence operations globally, with much of this work being focused on the requirements, planning, and implementation of intelligence and communications technologies, software, and architectures. Terry Roberts is Chair Emeritus of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) Cyber Council, was a Member of the AFCEA Intelligence Committee from 2008-2017, former President, Naval Intelligence Professionals (NIP), a 2017/18 Cyber Fellow at New America (non-partisan think tank), and a member of the USNA Cyber Education Advisory BOD since 2010 and of the Cyber Florida Advisory BOD. Terry's personal awards include the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service; the Navy Senior Civilian Award of Distinction, the NGA Personal Medallion for Excellence; the Coast Guard Distinguished Public Service Award; the Director of Central Intelligence National Intelligence Certificate of Distinction; the National Intelligence Reform Medal; and the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation
Sponsors: Fairfax City, Analytics2Go, Lookingglasscyber Host: Swathi Young She self taught herself how to use A.I. and Drones to save the world's endangered species. Listen to how she did it.
CTO, Center for Innovative Technology Mr. Ihrie has over 35 years industry experience as a direct innovator in the fields of satellite and terrestrial communication, computing, and information science, and has been a principal in seven startup companies. In addition to his entrepreneurial activities, Mr. Ihrie has helped build four national scale business accelerators for the Intelligence Community, for DHS, and in the areas of cybersecurity and smart cities. Currently he is leading the Virginia Smart Communities Initiatives, and along with CIT Broadband is helping bring this new generation of capability to all Virginians. Mr. Ihrie has a Master of Science degree in Business from MIT, specializing in the Management of Technological Innovation, and a B.S. from MIT in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science.
Olga Polishchuk is a security and intelligence professional with over a decade of experience in corporate security, open source intelligence, threat & risk assessments, and a wide array of physical and information security investigations. Olga serves as the Senior Director in the Threat Analysis and Investigations Unit at LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, focusing on tactical investigations, threat assessments, and strategic intelligence. In her current position, she acutely focuses on expanding clients' understanding of the potential and emerging threats and aids in real-time operational and strategic decisions. Jeremy Haas is the Chief Security Officer at LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, a cybersecurity company that operationalizes threat intelligence and delivers unified threat protection solutions against sophisticated cyber attacks to global enterprises and government agencies. Mr. Haas leads LookingGlass' internal cybersecurity program; the threat research team's collection, threat actor engagement, and analysis activities; and contributes subject matter expertise to customers and the development of products that conduct advanced threat detection and mitigation.
Sponsored by: Fairfax City, Analytics2Go,LookingGlassCyber Amy E. Hodler is a network science devotee and AI and graph analytics program manager at Neo4j. She promotes the use of graph analytics to reveal structures within real-world networks and predict dynamic behavior. Amy helps teams apply novel approaches to generate new opportunities at companies such as EDS, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Hitachi IoT, and Cray Inc. Amy has a love for science and art with a fascination for complexity studies and graph theory. She tweets @amyhodler Host: Swathi Young, Cracking the AI Code
Sponsors: LookingGlassCyber, Fairfax City, Analytics2Go Host: Cindy Gurne, In My View Víctor de León is the Branch Chief of Intergovernmental Affairs for the Office of the Commissioner at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Washington, D.C. In this capacity, Mr. de León serves as the principal liaison to the Commissioner and senior CBP leadership on state and local matters regarding statewide-elected officials, including governors, mayors, and county officials, as well as the national associations that represent them. Further, he provides guidance on strategic engagement opportunities and helps to forge consensus on critical issues involving travel and trade, border security, and countering terrorism and transnational crime.
Sponsors: Fairfax City, Analytics2Go, LookingGlass Host: Jennifer Taylor, Future of Work Sara Decker joined Walmart in May 2017 and currently serves as the Director of Federal Government Affairs at Walmart handling all energy, transportation, and commerce policy issues. Previously, Decker served as Legislative Director for Senator Marco Rubio. Decker joined Rubio's office in February 2011 as a Legislative Assistant for energy, environment, agriculture and trade legislative policy. She then served as a Professional Staff Member on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, handling Rubio's legislative portfolio as Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard. Decker was promoted to Legislative Director with Senator Rubio in December 2014 and worked in Senator Rubio's office until joining Walmart. Prior to joining Rubio's office, Decker served as a Legislative Assistant to retired Congressman John Shadegg (R-AZ) doing energy, environment, agricultural, and transportation policy and as a Legislative Aide to the late Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Decker currently serves on the board of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute as well as the board of the Women in High Tech Coalition.
Dan is transitioning into his new role as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Analytics Officer for ReefPoint Group, LLC. Before this, Dan worked as a Reliability Engineer and Risk Analyst for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC). In addition to developing probabilistic risk models to identify and prioritize potential risk management strategies, Dan worked to enhance the USNRC's use of quantitative and qualitative analyses to inform regulatory and policy decisions. As a part-time Senior Decision Scientist for Innovative Decisions, Inc. (IDI), Dan also applied machine learning techniques to insider threat detection problems under the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Scientific advances to Continuous Insider Threat Evaluation (SCITE) Program. Dan served for more than ten years on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces—first as an enlisted Marine, and then as a Navy Diver and Submarine Warfare Officer. Dan is a Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) and is Certified in Public Health (CPH). Dan earned a B.S. degree with distinction in Aerospace Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, an M.S. degree in Reliability Engineering from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. degree in Health Policy and Management from the Johns Hopkins University.
SPONSORS: FAIRFAX CITY, LOOKINGGLASSCYBER, ANALYTICS2GO HOST: SWATHI YOUNG, BREAKING THE AI CODE Frank La Vigne works at Microsoft as an AI Technology Solutions Professional where he helps companies achieve more by getting the most out of their data with analytics and AI. He also co-hosts the DataDriven podcast. He blogs regularly at FranksWorld.com and you can watch him on his YouTube channel, “Frank's World TV” (FranksWorld.TV). Frank has extensive experience as a software engineer. You can find him on Twitter at @tableteer
Sponsors: Fairfax City, Lookingglasscyber Host: Swathi Young, Cracking the AI Code Dalila Benachenhou is currently CEO of Femvestor, Inc., a data insight consulting firm. She is also a consultant with The World Bank where she is helping build machine learning models to help with fraud detection. She also teaches statistics at GWU. Her expertise lies in text mining and building machine learning models to detect rare events, or to translate sign language. She has built fuzzy System trading models and developed affinity portfolios with over 20 years of experience with text mining and analysis.
Sponsors: Fairfax City and Looking Glass Cyber Host: Jennifer Taylor Steve Jordon is Executive Director of the Northern Virginia Technology Council's (NVTC) Veterans Employment Initiative (VEI) and Vice President of the NVTC Foundation. NVTC is the trade association for the technology community in the National Capital Region and serves a membership of nearly 1000 companies and organizations representing over 300,000 employees. Steve leads a “business driven” approach to addressing the significant challenges of military members, Veterans and their spouses in transitioning to civilian employment. The VEI has facilitated over 12,000 Veteran hires since 2013.