04/15/2010 -- TechExecs CIO Panel Forum -- Lunch

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 TechExecs DC Area CIO Panel Forum
Thursday, April 15, 2010

Venue
The Tower Club Tysons Corner
8000 Towers Crescent Drive
Vienna, VA  22182 

 "CIO Challenges & Strategies for 2010"

TechExecs Local Chapter | CIO Invitational Forum
 

Join Washington DC Area CIO's and IT executives in a strategic thinking forum, with attendance by invitation only, where leading CIO's will discuss key challenges and strategies around scarce resources, integration, mobile applications, leveraging social media, IT governance and open government.

TechExecs is an open organization and a true network of Senior IT Executives across all regions of the United States. Our open environment encourages awareness, peer recognition, relationship building, strategic thinking and idea contributions to help shape the success of our peers in the community.

OVERVIEW

TechExecs CIO Panel Forum (DC Area)
Thursday, April 15, 2010
11:30am ~ 1:45pm
Vienna, VA  22182

AGENDA 

11:30am ~ 11:55am
Sign In & Registration
- Executives Networking -
Lunch Served

11:55am ~ 12:00pm
Founder's Welcome by Anthony Huang, Founder of TechExecs Network
Honorary Chapter CIO Chair Welcome, Diane Lyons Rigsby, CIO, Capital Hospice
Honorary Chapter CIO Chair Welcome, Gotthard Saghi-Szabo, CIO, Carnegie Institution for Science
Chapter Co-Chair Welcome by Pawan Jadhav, Director, CSS Corp.
Sponsor Recognition

12:00pm - 12:15pm
"Disaster Recovery in the Cloud"
Featured Presentation 
Michael Grant, Southeast Director, iLand

12:15pm - 12:30pm
"Virtualizing Labor"
Featured Presentation 
Nina Buik, Vice President, 4th Source

12:30pm ~ 1:30pm

"CIO Challenges & Strategies for 2010"
CIO Panelists

Steve Cooper, CIO, Air Traffic Organization, FAA
Mike Koval, SVP & CIO, Long & Foster®
Mark Leuba, CTO, Moodlerooms

1:30pm - 1:45pm
- Closing -
Attendees Feedback Form
Acknowledgements & Closing
Executives Networking

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Come Network, Learn & Share with Your Peers!
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 NOTE: This event is free to Industry IT Executives and Professionals and current TechExecs Sponsors and Paid Members.  Sales, Marketing, Recruiting and Consulting Professionals who are not current members or sponsors must purchase a ticket for admission.  *Attendees' List will be provided at the event.

 Thank You to Our CIO Panelists, Featured Speakers & Expo Sponsors

If you are a CIO, VP of IT or Director of IT and
would like to participate on the Panel, please contact:
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Honorary CIO Chairs (Bios)

Diane Lyons Rigsby
CIO of Capital Hospice
TechExecs DC Area Chapter Honorary CIO Chair

Diane Rigsby has an extensive technology industry background in a wide range of environments. In addition to valuable corporate experience with General Electric and Lexis-Nexis, Diane has devoted almost fifteen years to healthcare IT. Diane’s work has included applications development, technical services and support, e-commerce, large system implementations, corporate acquisitions, collocating data centers, business analytics, designing and installing voice and unified communication systems and taking the lead on strategic planning and building technology infrastructures from the ground up. This vast background in the convergence of business and technology solutions has been instrumental in her most recent work at Capital Hospice where she has built a technology infrastructure that satisfies the abundant need for electronic health records and enhanced quality healthcare delivery along with a competitive advantage in Capital Hospice’s position in the Metro D.C. market. Diane serves on national steering committees and has addressed groups across the country on technical service operations and effectiveness. Originally from New York, Diane relocated to the Washington, D.C. area in 2002.

 
Gothard Saghi-Szabo
CIO of Carnegie Institution for Science
TechExecs DC Area Chapter Honorary CIO Chair

Dr. Gotthard Saghi-Szabo is the Carnegie Institution's Chief Information Officer. His office is responsible for ensuring that the institution's information system investments are aligned with its mission and strategic objectives. Gotthard has extensive experience in information systems management and development, business process implementation and improvement, and audit compliance.  In this role, Gotthard is responsible for information systems strategic planning, partnerships with external organizations and companies, and the implementation of policies and best practices related to planning, developing, supporting, and maintaining business, scientific computing, networking, and telecommunications services for the Institution.

The Carnegie Institution for Science is a world-class organization for scientific discovery. Working in six scientific departments on the West and East Coasts, Carnegie investigators are leaders in the fields of plant biology, developmental biology, Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy, and global ecology. They seek answers to questions about the structure of the universe, the formation of our solar system and other planetary systems, the behavior and transformation of matter when subjected to extreme conditions, the origin of life, the function of genes, and the development of organisms from single-celled egg to adult.

Gotthard successfully transformed the  IS unit into a dynamic, innovative, result-focused services organization, established a culture of accountability, designed and implemented a comprehensive IS service management methodology. He established the Carnegie Information Systems Internship program which enables DC metropolitan area IS students to work on specific projects under the direction of Carnegie's professional staff. Gotthard holds a Ph.D. degree in Computational Physical Chemistry from University of Maryland at College Park.

Vice Chair (Bio)

Pawan Jadhav
Director of CSS Corp
TechExecs DC Area Chapter Vice Chair

Founder 

Anthony Huang
Founder
TechExecs Network

As a well known industry icon, Anthony Huang has been a successful entrepreneur with a solid track record of having started and sold four profitable business ventures. Along with two other individuals, Pamela Terry and Laura Ramey, Anthony Huang launched the Techxans organization back in 2000.  Techxans.org has sustained the ups and downs of the Information Technology industry for the past 7 years and continues to strive and grow in size and capabilities.  In 2001, Techxans reached national and international attention for helping to launch EnronX.org which was the largest Ex-Enron contact site and was mentioned on the front page of The Wall Street Journal and CIO Magazine.  In January 2007, Techxans formed Techxans InterActive Broadcast providing Internet TV broadcasting, strategic online advisory services for Techxans Corporate Members & Sponsoring companies.  Prior to Techxans, Anthony Huang was the CEO of Rexton InterActive Consulting that led the market in providing strategic web consulting for over 100 major clients across 23 different industries. Anthony also served as the CIO for 2 healthcare ventures.  Anthony began his career with Apple Computers and Ernst & Young and was a recipient of the Entrepreneur of the Year Award in 1998 with The Greater Houston Partnership.  He has been a speaker at numerous conferences including InformationWeek, Gartner Group Midsize Enterprise Summit, and Red Herring Venture Forums. Anthony graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with a BBA in Management Information Systems and lives in Sugar Land with his wife and two children.

Featured CIO's (Bio)

Steve Cooper
CIO, Air Traffic Organization
Federal Aviation Administration

Steven I. Cooper is Chief Information Officer of the Air Traffic Organization (ATO) of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).   The ATO is responsible for moving commercial, private, and military air traffic safely and efficiently and employs 35,000 controllers, technicians, engineers, and support personnel.  He is also a founding partner of Strativest (www.strativest.com ), a firm focused on identifying emerging technologies applicable to homeland security and emergency response and preparedness, assisting in the development of ‘go-to-market’ actions, and in providing management advisory services for business strategy and business development, competitive intelligence,  and the strategic use of information and communications technology for competitive advantage.

In November 2007, Mr. Cooper joined Fortified Holdings Corporation (www.fortifiedholdings.com) as President. Fortified Holdings is a diversified holding company focused on the development and delivery of solutions to improve situational awareness across the homeland security and first responder communities.  In addition to operational responsibilities, he focused on identifying acquisition targets for the company and helping its business units expand their market reach in effectively delivering its product solutions to emergency management organizations like the Federal Emergency Management Agency, local municipalities, first responders, and government and military agencies, to include the Department of Homeland Security, the US Army, and the US Coast Guard.

From May 2005 to July 2007, he was senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO) of the American Red Cross.  Mr. Cooper was responsible for the information technology (IT) assets of the Red Cross and leveraging them to support the humanitarian organization’s 35,000 employees and the 300 million Americans they serve.  He guided the introduction of a first ever national call center during Hurricane Katrina to provide emergency assistance to the more than 4 Million people displaced from their homes and led the strategic sourcing of the ARC’s primary data center.

In February 2003, he was appointed by President George W. Bush as the first CIO of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). His accomplishments include the implementation of a Homeland Secure Data Network to enable the exchange of classified homeland security information among federal civilian agencies and with the Department of Defense; in partnership, with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the deployment of a Homeland Security Information Network to share sensitive information with state and local agencies; first responders, and private sector entities who own critical infrastructure; in developing the department’s first IT Strategic Plan, and in standing up the ‘day one’ IT operations of DHS.  Mr. Cooper testified frequently before Congress on matters related to Cyber and Information Security, and the use of Information Technology to achieve homeland security mission objectives.

Earlier, in March 2002, Mr. Cooper was appointed Special Assistant to the President for Homeland Security and also served as senior director for information integration in the White House Office of Homeland Security. In this role, he initiated the integration of the terrorist watch lists, and launched the development of the National Enterprise Architecture for Homeland Security to address information integration within the federal government and the sharing of homeland security information with state, local, and relevant private-sector entities.
 
Mr. Cooper was named one of the Top 100 CIOs in America by CIO Insight in 2007.  He previously was honored by Government Computer News as the Government Civilian Executive of the Year; by the Northern Virginia Technology Council as a Titan of Technology; was a recipient of the Fed 100 Award recognizing the 100 most influential people in Federal Government Technology; and was named by the Washington Post as One of the Five to Watch while serving in the White House.  Mr. Cooper has remained active in his support of the NGO and Not-for-profit sector.  Continuing work he did with the Department of Homeland Security in public safety interoperability through his current role as a Board Member of ComCARE (www.comcare.org ), he is currently participating in the ComCARE Alliance’s Core Services Initiative to provide a nationwide Enterprise Provider Access Directory and Identity Management services for all members of the emergency response community.

As a Board Member of NetHope (www.nethope.org ), he is working to extend Information and Communication Technology capability, infrastructure, and innovation across the globe on behalf of NetHope’s members, the 23 largest global humanitarian organizations, to ‘wire the global village’.  Mr Cooper serves as an executive board member of the National Institute for Urban Search and Rescue, and as a board member of AFCEA International, both not-for-profit organizations dedicated to addressing matters of disaster preparedness and national security at all levels of government and for each citizen and family.  As the first Executive-on-Grounds at the University of Virginia, McIntire School of Commerce, Mr. Cooper brings “real-life” experience in applying technology to the students in the Masters program in the Management of IT.

Prior to his federal government service, Mr. Cooper spent more than twenty years in the private sector as an IT professional and holds a BA degree from Ohio Wesleyan University.  He is a former Naval Air Reserve petty officer who served during the Vietnam conflict.   He is married and states that being the father of four daughters, and the brother of four sisters, remains the toughest job he’s ever had.

Mike Koval
SVP & CIO
Long & Foster®

Michael B. Koval was appointed senior vice president and CIO of the Long & Foster Companies in 2004. He is responsible for overseeing all technology services for Long & Foster and its’ more than 250 sales offices which span throughout the companies’ seven state region and the District of Columbia. Prior to his recent appointment, Koval served as vice president and CIO since joining Long & Foster in 2000.

Prior to joining Long & Foster, Koval was senior manager and practice leader at KPMG Consulting (currently know as BearingPoint, LLC), an international consulting company with offices in more than 125 countries. In that capacity, Koval served numerous clients with their selection and implementation of financial and transactional systems and ecommerce solutions including the launching of numerous websites.

Koval is a graduate of the University of Maryland School of Business at College Park Maryland and holds a Masters Degree in Information Technology from Johns Hopkins University. He serves on numerous advisory boards and has attended Harvard Business School for advanced executive level continued education. Koval is also a licensed real estate associate in the state of Maryland since 2000. Koval lives in Rockville, Maryland with his wife and two children.

Mark Leuba
CTO
Moodlerooms

Previously the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for American Public University System, Mark has three decades of technology experience including an extensive knowledge of academically aligned technology and high-availability architectures. For 10 years prior to joining American Public University System, Mark was a key member of the technology management team at Random House and served as Vice President of Shared Service Applications. Mark also served in senior technology positions with CSX, a Fortune 50 company, and Prudential Home Mortgage, a leader in mortgage securities innovation. Mark's valuable background building and overseeing technology teams for leading universities and corporations will help Moodlerooms ensure its clients receive leading-edge products delivered with the highest level of performance and reliability.

John Lambeth
VP Information Technology & Security
Blackboard

John Lambeth serves as Vice President, Information Technology & Security for Blackboard, Inc.  As the corporate CIO, he is responsible for IT strategy, governance and compliance.  Over the last 4 years, he has led the IT organization through an initial public offering and multiple mergers and acquisitions.  He established standards necessary to meet rigorous Payment Card Industry and Sarbanes-Oxley regulations.  His 20 years of information technology experience has also included significant roles at CIGNA and Xerox Corporation, where he managed large IT programs and staff operations both in the US and internationally.  He holds an M.B.A. from the William E. Simon School and a B.A. from McDaniel College.  In addition, he is a Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and certified Project Management Professional (PMP).  Distinctions include selection for Baltimore’s 2009 Smart CIO Top 10, consecutive Top 100 placements in the InformationWeek 500 in 2008-2009, and publication in industry journals including CIO Decisions and Control Journal.  John is committed to volunteer service in the community.  Currently, Mr. Lambeth serves as a board member for the Society for Information Management and the Kogod School of Business at American University.  He serves as a committee member for the Sully District Boy Scouts of America.  He has also organized teams to participate in Habitat for Humanity projects.

Sponsors (Bios)

Marissa Bybee
National Director, Layered Tech

With more than 10 years’ experience in sales management within the hosting and telecommunications industries, Marissa brings invaluable expertise to enterprises looking for hosted infrastructure solutions.  As national sales director for Layered Tech, she has helped numerous organizations – through enterprise-class dedicated and cloud computing hosting services  – get immediate payback by better utilizing their IT staff, resources and budget, while enjoying the long-term benefits from reduced capital spending, higher productivity, and greater speed to market.  Prior to her position at Layered Tech, Marissa held a number of management positions at The Planet.  A dynamic speaker, Marissa has been a featured presenter at numerous industry venues over the last several years.

 
Nina Buik, VP
4th Source, Inc.

A 21-year IT veteran, Nina is Vice President of Sales & Marketing for 4th Source, a US-based, international IT sourcing and staffing company providing premier business and technology solutions for industry leading companies and government agencies.   Prior to 4th Source, Nina served as VP for MindIQ, an IT training and consulting firm for 19 years.  Since 2008, Nina has also served as president of Connect, a 50,000 member IT community of HP business technology. Nina also served as president and vice president of Encompass since 2005. As an industry thought leader in the user community, Nina played an integral role in the organization’s marketing, communications, and advocacy efforts.  Nina’s role over the past year has been focused on global user community growth, new social media implementation and working with HP leadership to create a greater and expanded culture of awareness and support of the user community. In addition she writes a community blog for Connect. Nina has been quoted over 35 times in the past year in publications such as ComputerWorld, Network World, Search Data Center and TechTarget.

Michael Grant, Director
iLand

Abstract:
We will present the most effective strategies for using Cloud Computing Resources as the backbone of a successful Disaster Recovery Plan. Businesses of all sizes are taking advantage of SAN to SAN, VMware SRM and other software based replication technologies to insure that when the next unplanned outage happens the data will be secured in a cloud datacenter with available computing resources to resume business. In addition to learning how to protect server workloads we will also discuss the ways that virtual desktops are simplifying Business Continuity Plans.

With more than twelve years experience in technology consulting and sales, Michael Grant provides considerable knowledge and experience to both the iland team and his clients.

Currently Michael is Southeast Sales Director responsible for driving iland enterprise cloud computing revenue, and managing the overall health of the sales territory through direct and channel relationships. His certifications include VMWare ESX, vSphere & VDI, Cisco Switching & Routing, Dell EqualLogic, and Server Infrastructure as well as NetApp.

Michael’s strong technical proficiency also comes from his previous experience with other IT industry leaders such as IBM and Verizon where he worked on network infrastructure solutions involving VoIP, wireless, and video solutions. In 1998 he graduated with a BA from Boston College and is currently finishing his MBA at Loyola College in Maryland.

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