As vice president of engineering and chief technology officer for Unisys Federal Systems, Mark Cohn leads technology strategy and solution development for major U.S. Federal government programs. He and his team bring innovation to expand the mission impact of IT, design capabilities that enable secure business operations and implement mobility-enabled and cloud-driven enterprise services transformation. Mark represents Unisys for government-industry liaison on Defense Industrial Base cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection and sits on AFCEA International’s Technology Committee serving the defense, homeland security, and intelligence communities.
Prior to his current assignment, Mark served as partner and vice president, Enterprise Security for Unisys globally with responsibility for the vision and management of security solutions and services programs across the company and for directing the Federal Systems enterprise security practice. He led the Unisys global team of experts and became a widely recognized spokesperson on the application of information technology to identification and credentialing, physical security, surveillance, transportation, and border security.
Since joining Unisys in 1985, Mark has served in a broad range of leadership positions including vice president and chief architect for Unisys Global Public Sector where he directed innovations in defense and domestic security. He was technical advisor and program executive at the DoD Counterintelligence Field Activity, program manager for the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Registered Traveler pilot, principal architect for the Department of Homeland Security US-VISIT Exit system, and has led other immigration control, border security, and biometric identity management initiatives. Prior to that, he managed the transition to Unisys of IT Production Support at the Executive Office of the President and architected the technical solution for the TSA Information Technology Managed Services contract as well as several interagency law enforcement biometric and biographical information sharing systems. In 2001, Mark was chief architect for modernizing Unisys health care solutions to move from mainframe to Wintel servers and comply with HIPAA regulations. From 1997 through 2000, he was general manager of the architecture and software development practice of Federal Systems, managing Unisys e-government solutions and a portfolio of programs from sales through service delivery at the Federal Aviation Administration, Military Health Service, National Guard Bureau, Public Buildings Service, and the Departments of Health and Human Services, Housing and Urban Development, and Education.
Mark is an expert in the design and implementation of trustworthy, highly available distributed systems. He began his career at Unisys as a senior systems programmer on fault-tolerant systems used for aviation infrastructure management and was the principal designer and chief engineer for nationwide maintenance management and system monitor and control capabilities, including electronic and environmental sensor management and signaling, that are essential to air traffic control and have proven to be among the most reliable systems ever put into operation.
Mark was educated at MIT, the University of Maryland in College Park, and American University in Washington DC including a graduate certificate in management information systems and master’s degree in management of technology. He has received the highest Unisys engineering achievement award as well as the company’s top global sales award and was honored in 2013 with the prestigious Federal 100 Award recognizing significant contributions to Federal information technology. He has been a Certified Computer Programmer and is currently a Certified Information Security Manager, Certified Biometrics Professional, and Project Management Professional. He resides in Washington DC.

Carlos Loaiza is a Solutions Architect for ShoreTel, a leading provider of Unified Communications and Business communication systems. Carlos has over 20 years of hands–on experience managing enterprise level implementations of Telecommunications systems. Expert in gathering, analyzing and defining business and technical requirements; designing/re- engineering processes, workflows and technology solutions for Telecommunications systems.

Burt has more than 30 years in Hawaii’s technology and telecommunications sector. He is an Instructor at University of Hawaii in the Information & Computer Science Dept. and has worked as a Community Manager for the City & County of Honolulu’s Digital Cities Initiative. Burt was also founding member of the Innovation Center at HMSA, Senior Product Manager at Hawaiian Telcom, and CEO/President of Hawaii data center startup NetEnterprise. His online activities include social media, community building, blogging, video and audio podcasting, content curation and citizen journalism. Burt was a technology columnist for the Honolulu Advertiser and currently produces a weekly science and technology show with co-host Ryan Ozawa on Hawaii Public Radio called Bytemarks Cafe. For the last 5 years he as also planned and coordinated an annual grassroots technology event called the Unconferenz.

Ms. Moriyama was born and educated in Hawaii with Bachelor’s degrees in Mathematics and Information & Computer Science. She has been with the Hawaii Criminal Justice Data Center (HCJDC) since 1980 starting as a Systems Support Data Processing Systems Analyst, Assistant Administrator, and since 1992 its Administrator. She is responsible for the total management of the HCJDC, which includes establishing direction and priorities for the development and operation of Hawaii’s statewide criminal history central repository CJIS-Hawaii; the State’s criminal identification program utilizing the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) and the statewide Mug Photo repository/system including facial recognition; the State ID Bureau (SIB) as designated by the FBI; and NCIC/Nlets as well as for processing for other criminal justice and non-criminal justice information.
On a national level, she is the Governor appointed state representative to SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics. She is also the State’s representative to the MorphoTrak Identification (AFIS) Users’ Group and currently serves as its Chairperson and on its Executive User Board. In 2009, Ms. Moriyama was elected and approved by the U.S. Attorney General to serve on the National Crime Prevention and Privacy Compact Council as the State Representative and also the Chair of this national group until 2013. In addition, she is a member of the FBI CJIS Advisory Policy Board (APB) and serves on the FBI CJIS Identification Services Subcommittee.

Appointed by Governor David Y. Ige in April 2015, Todd Nacapuy formally stepped into the role of the State of Hawai‘i’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) on May 4, 2015.
As Hawai‘i’s CIO, Nacapuy leads the Office of Information Management and Technology (OIMT) and oversees the Information and Communication Services Division (ICSD) of the Department of Accounting and General Services (DAGS). Priorities for his technology team include ensuring that the right systems are in place to make state government more efficient and effective. He brings to the task a breadth and depth of experience in application development, vendor selection and management, and infrastructure acquisition, as well as project management, reengineering, enterprise-wide implementation IT strategy and systems planning, and corporate strategy.
Before joining the Ige Administration, Nacapuy was the senior technical account manager responsible for all Premier Commercial services for Microsoft in Hawai‘i. Prior to that, as a senior infrastructure specialist for EDS, he led efforts to monitor and optimize all Web services within the Navy and Marine Corps network for the Pacific.

Mark Oliver, Product Director, brings more than 15 years of public sector solutions experience, including training, implementation, product management, and solution consulting. He joined Hansen in 2003 and managed the team of solution consultants before moving into product management.

Senior Liaison, eHawaii.gov

As Senior Liaison, Burt oversees high performing teams and manage all aspects of partner relationships. He manages the ongoing development of large and complex engagements from concept to delivery. Burt is highly knowledgeable in the development and successful launch of web, technology, and marketing projects. Recent partners include: Department of Taxation, Department of Land and Natural Resources, Department of Labor and Industrial Relations, Department of the Attorney General, and Hawaii State Judiciary.

Rollen Roberson is the Vice President of Sequoia Cloud Solutions, a Presidio Company and premier cloud and hybrid IT consulting firm based in Silicon Valley. Sequoia's mission is to improve a client's adoption, use and customer experience in the cloud hybrid IT ecosystem. Rollen has over 20 years’ experience in the Information Technology field, working with global corporations on the technologies, architectures, management and process improvement within the digital enterprise, cloud brokerage, data center productivity, IT operations and new technology product development. Rollen routinely engages with organizations in the development of new technology products, implementations, go to market, and end user experience. Rollen has lead and participated in numerous business and IT improvement initiatives globally, from Channel and Alliance improvement optimization, IT and Partner strategy design and implementation, to multi-billion dollar organizational transformation programs. Rollen holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Masters of International Business from Saint Louis University.

After serving on active duty in the military, Keith Stern has supported the DoD in numerous projects for his entire career. He is a seasoned leader with over 30 + years of successful IT experience. Recently Keith has been focused on tactical collaboration and IoT projects in the Public Sector. As a thought leader for WWT Asynchrony Labs, Keith has built a reputation of developing business strategies and delivering cutting-edge solutions to customers.
Keith holds a Bachelors and Masters in Computer Science as well as being a Certified Project Management Professional (PMP).
World Wide Technology Asynchrony Labs, Inc. (Asynchrony) is an information technology consulting firm located in St. Louis, Missouri. We specialize in application development, mobile computing, systems and sensor integration, enterprise architecture, and tactical collaboration.

Bulent is responsible for managing our close partnerships across State/Local Government and Education domestically for Level 3. He provides direction and guidance helping Level 3 align more closely to the ever changing and expanding needs of our public sector partners. With well over two decades supporting public sector, he has deeply committed to serving as Vice Chair for NASCIO (National Association of State CIOs), CompTIA Executive SLG Board, NASTD (National Association of State Technology Directors) as past CAC Chairman and Honorary Lifetime Member, ACUTA (Association of Colleges and Universities Technology Advancement) CLC Leader, Educause Member as well as Member of Internet 2.

Paul Tatum leads the Public Sector Solutions Engineering team with responsibility for overall technical direction, architecture and technology evangelism around Salesforce cloud based solutions.
Paul brings over 30-years of experience working with Public Sector customers and provides technical and business executive insights in the areas of Shared Services, Cloud Computing, CRM, Case Management, Security, Integrated Platforms, Big Data, Databases, BI, and IT trends in government. Paul has held Solutions Engineering leadership roles since 1999, always focusing on technical excellence and customer success.
Prior to joining Salesforce, Paul spent 20 years at Oracle and Sun Microsystems, focused on the DoD, Civilian, State & Local, and Canadian Public Sector markets. During his tenure he helped customer’s successfully architect and deploy solutions across some of the most complex business and IT challenges faced by Public Sector customers today.
Previously, Paul worked with Fortune 500 companies across North America to scale out their architectures and data centers for initial Web 1.0/ 2.0 / Internet deployments. He also spent a number of years as a software developer focused on DoD C3I systems, flight simulators, and low-level Unix kernel enhancements.
He holds a BS and an MS in Computer Science from George Mason University. Paul and his wife live in Northern Virginia.

Mark Wong began his IT career over four decades ago as a programmer/analyst with Yale University working with Unix and mainframes. In 1981 he started a consulting business specializing in Unix and TCP/IP, and incorporated it in 1986 as Commercial Data Systems. In 1989, when UH and CDS had the only official Internet networks in Hawaii, Wong installed a system at Honolulu Community College which is recognized as the first web server in the state.
Under Mark's leadership, CDS grew to be the largest local IT company in Hawaii. With a reputation for technical specialization, CDS' installations include the world's tenth fastest supercomputer. Mark sold CDS in 2012, and was appointed CIO for the City and County of Honolulu in 2013. Under his leadership, the City has undergone a major expansion of IT technology while simultaneously reducing IT spending.

Marcus Yano serves as Chief Operations Officer of SystemMetrics Corporation, a Hawaiian Telcom company and the state’s leading provider of commercial network, colocation and data solutions. He oversees the day-to-day operations at SystemMetrics, including strategic planning, risk management and compliance, and human resources. 
Prior to joining SystemMetrics in 2013, Mr. Yano served as Vice President – Corporate Information Systems for Title Guaranty-HawaiÊ»i where he oversaw IT Operations, Project Management, and Learning and Development.
He earned an Associate degree in Computer Science, a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Computer Information Systems and a Master of Business Administration from Hawaiʻi Pacific University. Marcus maintains the following professional certifications:
Project Management Professional
Certified Scrum Master
Certified Information Systems Security Professional
Certified Cloud Security Professional
Certified Information Security Manager

Mr. Yano is an honoree of Pacific Business News’ 40 Under 40, in 2016.