Name: Maryland Digital Government Summit 2016
Start: 2016-06-02T08:00
Location: Hilton Baltimore BWI Hotel

Overview

Government Technology’s passion is helping spread best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector. The Maryland Digital Government Summit is designed to do just that. The summit has an advisory board that gathers public sector and private sector leaders to create an agenda designed to make that passion relevant and actionable to the state and local government organizations attending the summit. Participants tell us they use the inspirational keynotes, leadership discussions, networking breaks, and timely topics discussed in the numerous breakout sessions to help advance the goals of their organizations and their own career paths.

This Year’s Topics Include:

Cybersecurity – How Do I Know When I’m Doing Enough?
Internet of Things and Its Impact on Government
Collaboration in Maryland - It's Alive!
Future of Data Centers (and Computing)
Agile IT
Procurement – Where Are We Headed?
Open Data for...All?
Transforming Government: IT's Seat at the Table

A message from our Keynote Speaker

Technology is fundamentally changing society, which in turn forces us to find new ways to run the business of government. It’s a team effort and together we’ll find enterprise solutions that can help launch a new era of efficiency and innovation. The timing of the Maryland Digital Government Summit couldn’t be better. Let’s use this opportunity to brainstorm ways to move beyond traditional boundaries and methodologies. I encourage you to join the discussions and I look forward to seeing you there!

– David Garcia, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, State of Maryland

Speakers

Manley Feinberg – Opening Keynote

Vertical Lessons, Inc.

Manley is an award-winning speaker, best-selling author, expert climber, innovative IT leader, published outdoor adventure photographer and professional musician. It is this expertise that he shares by applying lessons he’s learned in business and adventure to life’s daily challenges, inspiring audiences worldwide. During Manley’s eleven years with Build-A-Bear Workshop, his leadership direction helped take their revolutionary retail concept from 40 stores to over 400 worldwide. Manley’s influence was a key element in creating a workplace culture that landed Build-A-Bear on the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® List seven years in a row. He is the co-author of the #1 best-selling book World Class Speaking in Action, a contributor to Support World Magazine, a member of the HDI Strategic Advisory Board and serves on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Leadership Training Staff.

Anthony Huey – Featured Speaker

President, Reputation Management Associates

Anthony Huey has 20 years of experience in editorial management, media relations, marketing communications and business strategy. His career roots started in magazine journalism and evolved into an executive speech coach, crisis management specialist and media relations consultant.
Anthony owns Reputation Management Associates, one of the nation’s leading communications training and crisis consulting companies. He has presented more than 1,400 presentations in his career and has had articles published in magazines and newsletters across the nation.
He has assisted various Fortune 500 companies, including Nike, Victoria’s Secret, Eli Lilly, Ashland Inc., and hundreds of other companies and organizations across North America.

DuWayne E. Aikins

Senior Strategist Cyber Security, AT&T

DuWayne Aikins joined the AT&T Advanced Enterprise Solutions organization (now part of the AT&T Growth Platforms organization) to serve as the Cyber Security Sales Overlay representative to the US Federal/Government market. DuWayne served as AT&T Director of Information Assurance Programs within the National Information Systems organization and had dual responsibilities providing oversight to a number of programs for some of our Government customers as well as the Senior Program Manager for the Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Service (MTIPS). He was responsible for helping to set strategy for our Cyber Security business line, partnering with the Chief Security Office for developing Managed Security Services for the Government market, and being the team lead for Trusted Internet Connection (TIC).
DuWayne has been with AT&T for eight years, serving in Business Development and Program Management and Sales Overlay. In October 2008, DuWayne accepted the role as Senior Program Manager for the Managed Trusted Internet Protocol Service (MTIPS) and was promoted to a Director position in 2010 to help develop business opportunities in support of the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative. As Senior Program Manager for MTIPS, DuWayne’s focus was to create a partnership with the AT&T Chief Security Organization to design, create, and deploy a TIC compliant infrastructure that includes multiple TIC Portals and Watch Operations Centers throughout the continental U.S.

Sherry Amos

Managing Director, Industry Strategy, Education and Government, Workday

Sherry Amos brings over 20 years experience to her role leading industry strategy for the Education and Government industries for Workday. She is responsible for working with customers, partners, and industry trend influencers to bring high-value, next-generation, cloud solutions to market. Prior to joining Workday, she led industry strategy teams for SAP for all Regulated Industries, including state and local government, education, federal government, utilities and healthcare. Sherry has also previously held executive positions with Oracle and Peoplesoft in strategy, product management, and marketing roles.

Steve Caimi

Industry Solutions Specialist, US Public Sector, Cisco Systems

Steve Caimi is Cisco’s Industry Solutions Specialist, focused on the needs of the US Public Sector. His career spans nearly twenty years of diverse experience in information security, computer networking, and telecommunications. Today he drives broader market awareness and accelerates demand for Cisco’s industry-leading security solutions through thought leadership and clear market messaging.

Richard Dye

CHART Systems Administrator, Maryland State Highway Administration

Rick is the Statewide Systems Administrator for the Maryland Advanced Transportation Management System (ATMS), Emergency Operations Reporting System (EORS) and Lane Closure Permitting System (LCP) at the Maryland Coordinated Highways Action Response Team (CHART.) This includes a Statewide Operations Center, Emergency Operations Center (EOC), multiple connected, Traffic Operations Centers and their associated Dynamic Message Signs (DMS), speed detectors, Closed-Circuit Television Cameras (CCTV), Highway Advisory Radio (HAR) systems, Roadway Weather Information Systems (RWIS) and mobile response vehicles connected by Automatic Vehicle Location (AVL) technology. Rick is responsible for design, build, operation and maintenance of the software and network currently connecting over 80 different operations centers belonging to over 36 agencies including centers dedicated to traffic management and incident response, law enforcement, emergency services, system or field equipment maintenance, highway maintenance and transportation research.
Previously, Rick has served in a similar statewide role in Denver, Colorado and a metropolitan system in San Antonio, Texas.
Rick commanded an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile flight in the United States Air Force and has a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Computer and Information Sciences from the Florida State University.

Tom Fusting

Chief Technology Officer, Department of Human Resources, State of Maryland

Tom Fusting came to DHR last year with 27 years of transformative IT management experience in the private sector, primarily with CSC, managing public sector customers, primarily the Department of Homeland Security, (DHS), Maryland Department of Transportation (MDOT), NASA, and others.
As DHR’s CTO, he is tasked with the modernization of numerous siloed human services systems from eleven separate MD agencies into a single shared cloud based data exchange platform. Maryland is leading the nation with this next generation target architecture approach to transforming the way government delivers coordinated services across programs and agencies. This is being done by first transforming MD’s methodologies to Scaled Lean-Agile, Value Stream budgeting, contract reform through Adaptive Sourcing, and a DevOps culture transformation.
Tom received CSC’s 2014 Ingenuity Worx award on Adaptive Sourcing; 2012 Chairman’s award for delivering CSC’s first cloud offering Dev/Test as a Service (DTaaS); authored former Governor O’Malley’s 2007 Transition Team for IT Organization Structure proposal which recommended the creation of a Department of Information Technology (DoIT), and has a Masters in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University.

David Garcia

Secretary, Department of Information Technology, State of Maryland

David Garcia was appointed by Governor Larry Hogan as Secretary of the Maryland Department of Information Technology (DoIT) in March of 2015.
Secretary Garcia oversees the development, maintenance, and enforcement of information technology policies, procedures, and standards throughout the State government. He is also the founder, president, and chief executive of NMR Consulting. In his current role, Secretary Garcia is able to use his private sector background to identify and promulgate opportunities for State agencies to become more efficient, reduce costs, maximize the State’s investment in IT and telecommunication assets.

Matt Lawson

Principal Architect, State and Local Government and Education (SLED), NetApp

For over 15 years, Matt has been an information technology professional, primarily in support of higher education. He joined the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) in 2003 and served as their director for enterprise infrastructure. During his tenure with the VCCS, Matt served as Vice President for Information Technology at Thomas Nelson Community College, one of the VCCS member institutions. Matt holds a Masters of Information Systems Management and Bachelors in Business Management from Brigham Young University. Currently, Matt is a principal architect for NetApp U.S. Public Sector focusing on SLED customers. His areas of focus include virtualization, disaster recovery technologies, enterprise storage, and green data centers.

Victoria Lewis

dataMontgomery Project Manager, Department of Technology Services, Montgomery County Government

Victoria Lewis joined Montgomery County, MD in 2005 and is responsible for dataMontgomery, Montgomery County's open data program. Ms. Lewis has over 16 years of experience in Information Technology project management, including project leadership in both the private and public sectors. She oversees the execution and operation of a multi-year, countywide Open Data Implementation Plan. Victoria also managed the financial transparency suite development partnership with open data vendor Socrata, which has already resulted in financial data standards and guided websites used by over 20 governments nationwide. Ms. Lewis holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland and maintains her PMP certification.

Dwayne MacKenzie

Solutions Architect, Sales/Engineering, Data Networks

Dwayne MacKenzie joined Data Networks in 2005 and is the Solutions Architect responsible for designing and consulting on the company’s Infrastructure and Security Solutions. He has over 28 years of experience in multiple IT disciplines including networked systems design, network management, software development, technical project management and consulting management.
Prior to joining Data Networks, Dwayne held various senior level technical positions including Director of Unisys Corporation’s Network & Desktop Consulting Practice, Network Design Consultant for Unisys Corporation and Network Manager for the Air Intelligence Agency Liaison Office to the National Security Agency at Fort Meade, Maryland.
Dwayne also spent 11 years in the United States Air Force and has earned multiple degrees, including Computer Science and Intelligence Collection, from the Community College of the Air Force. He is a Juniper Aspiring Champion and holds technical certifications from leading OEMs including Aruba, Cisco, EMC, Juniper, and Microsoft.

Program Manager, Operations, ViON

John Pyne is a Senior Program Manager with ViON Corporation focused on Cloud and aaS delivery models. He has more than 30 years’ experience in the IT industry, working with partners and customers in the realm of enterprise computing and applications management. John has assisted clients and partners in deploying and managing enterprise class computing solutions from infrastructure only to full suite solutions.

Wallace Sann

Chief Technology Officer, Public Sector, ForeScout Technologies

Wallace joined ForeScout Technologies in 2006. Today, he provides technical leadership for ForeScout’s Public Sector programs and product and certification roadmap, while also overseeing the Public Sector Systems Engineering team. Prior to ForeScout, Wallace worked in various capacities with the D.C. Government, Dept. of Interior and Dept. of Homeland Security. He began his career as a Communications Electronics Chief in the U.S. Marine Corps. Wallace received a B.S. in information assurance from the University of Maryland University College.

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Agenda

Thursday, June 2
8:00 am Eastern	Registration and Morning Refreshments Concourse Ballroom Lobby
9:00 am Eastern	Opening Remarks Concourse Ballroom A/B Luis Estrada, Deputy Secretary of Technology, Department of Information Technology, State of Maryland
9:15 am Eastern	Keynote – Leading on the Edge Concourse Ballroom A/B Manley Feinberg, World-class Climber, Adventurer and IT Leader IT officials often struggle to deliver more value under tightening constraints and rising expectations. Throw in the complications of regulations, a changing workforce, constantly evolving technology, plus the chaos of day-to-day life, and you are facing some serious challenges. It can feel like you’re walking too close to the edge, and the old adage “Don’t look down!” applies just as much to a tough deadline as climbing the sheer face of El Capitan. Manley Feinberg has tackled and conquered impossible environments – from breakneck corporate expansion to nature’s most hostile terrains. In this unforgettable keynote, Manley reveals his 8 Vertical Lessons that will enable you to lead, contribute and inspire in ways that will take you – and your teams – to bold new heights.
10:15 am Eastern	Break Concourse Ballroom Lobby
10:45 am Eastern	Concurrent Sessions Cybersecurity – How Do I Know When I’m Doing Enough? Concourse Ballroom C One question about security is very easy to answer: "Are we 100% digitally secure?" The answer is always "no," of course. There are no absolutes, and that's particularly true for security. But there are ways to tilt the odds in your favor, one of which is to set realistic baselines. This session focuses on evaluating the latest threats, gauging risk factors, shoring up defenses, and maybe even sleeping a little better at night. DuWayne E. Aikins, Senior Strategist Cyber Security, AT&T Charles Ames, Director of Cybersecurity, Department of Information Technology, State of Maryland Steve Caimi, Industry Solutions Specialist, US Public Sector, Cisco Systems View Aikins Presentation Here View Ames Presentation Here View Caimi Presentation Here Internet of Things and Its Impact on Government Concourse Ballroom D The Internet of Things (IoT) is a series of billions – soon to be trillions – of sensors and devices connected to one another via the Internet. Most of it is automated, and the possibilities that IoT brings to society are the stuff of science fiction. But it’s all very real, and the question on many people’s minds: Is government ready? This session explores the role of government in using, exploiting, controlling and surviving the hyper-connected world of IoT. Richard Dye, CHART Systems Administrator, Maryland State Highway Administration Wallace Sann, Chief Technology Officer, Public Sector, ForeScout Technologies (@wsann) View Dye Presentation Here View Sann Presentation Here Collaboration in Maryland – It’s Alive! Coal Harbor Room Collaboration might have had a bad rap a decade ago, but times have changed. Today it’s definitely alive and kicking, and there’s plenty of proof that collaboration can be efficient, effective, rewarding and even enjoyable! This session provides an informal forum to discuss challenges, strategies and opportunities for cross-boundary collaboration and creative ways to leverage resources. Moderator: Jim McCormick, Director, Technologies Office, Caroline County Kevin Combs, Chief Information Officer, Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services, State of Maryland Al Short, Cybersecurity Director, Department of Transportation, State of Maryland Don Spicer, Associate Vice Chancellor and Chief Information Officer, University System of Maryland
11:45 am Eastern	Lunch Concourse Ballroom A/B
12:30 pm Eastern	Featured Speaker – Communicating the Right Way – It’s Not Just What You Say, It’s How You Say It! Concourse Ballroom A/B Anthony Huey, President, Reputation Management Associates Communication skills are constantly being judged by others, often subconsciously. How you communicate in everything from casual conversations to formal presentations can be the difference between success and failure. Don’t miss what is often your only opportunity to connect and leave a lasting impression. This session focuses on how to think quickly, take control, and effectively communicate your message to a wide variety of audiences including customers, vendors, staff, management, boards and even news media. You will learn how to reduce nervousness, craft a message, answer tough questions, master your material, use PowerPoint correctly, interpret body language, engage your audience, and much, much more. View Presentation Here
1:30 pm Eastern	Break Concourse Ballroom Lobby
1:50 pm Eastern	Concurrent Sessions Future of Data Centers (and Computing) Concourse Ballroom C Is the data center dead? Not by any means. But the ground is shifting under the weight of trends such as XaaS (anything as a service), software-defined data centers, and hyperconvergence (i.e., integrating compute, storage, virtualization resources, networking, and other components). This session takes a look at some new technologies and approaches that are challenging conventional paradigms. Moderator: Greg Urban, Chief Operating Officer, Department of Information Technology, State of Maryland Matt Lawson, Principal Architect, State and Local Government and Education (SLED), NetApp (@lawson_matt) Dwayne MacKenzie, Solutions Architect, Sales/Engineering, Data Networks John “J” Pyne, Program Manager, Operations, ViON (@jjpyne3rd) View Lawson Presentation Here View Pyne Presentation Here Agile IT Concourse Ballroom D Conventional project management and software development are deliberate and orderly, emphasizing rigorous specification and planning. Today, however, our consumer-centric society is speeding up the pace of development and response, leading to far shorter windows and putting a strain on traditional methodologies. This session looks into current thinking about how, when and why an agile approach is the right way to go. Luis Estrada, Deputy Secretary of Information Technology, Department of Information Technology, State of Maryland Tom Fusting, Chief Technology Officer, Department of Human Resources, State of Maryland View Presentation Here Procurement – Where Are We Headed? Coal Harbor Room Almost no one likes the procurement process. Most agree that it’s a broken system in need of reform, particularly in the cloud era. But hope is in the air. Advances in technology and data – along with growing economic pressures – are driving more innovative and collaborative purchasing strategies. This session discusses the future of procurement and what we can do right now to make the most of the process. Sherry Amos, Managing Director, Industry Strategy, Education and Government, Workday Douglas G. Carrey-Beaver, Principal Counsel, Department of Information Technology, State of Maryland View Amos Presentation Here View Carrey-Beaver Presentation Here
2:00 pm Eastern	Sponsor Briefing Heathrow Room (Industry sponsors only) This informal discussion is hosted by David Garcia, Secretary for the Department of Information Technology. The focus will be on strategies, priorities, opportunities and the procurement process.
2:50 pm Eastern	Break Concourse Ballroom Lobby
3:10 pm Eastern	Featured Speaker – Open Data for…All? Concourse Ballroom A/B Victoria Lewis, dataMontgomery Project Manager, Department of Technology Services, Montgomery County Government (@dataMontgomery) Open data is a trend that can’t be ignored. Not for long, anyway. There are just too many tangible benefits. But before taking the leap, there are some common misconceptions to clear up regarding what starting and running an open data program really entails. This session tackles these myths and discusses the real-life efforts required to launch and maintain a successful open data program. View Lewis Presentation Here
3:30 pm Eastern	Featured Speaker – Transforming Government: IT’s Seat at the Table Concourse Ballroom A/B David Garcia, Secretary, Department of Information Technology, State of Maryland Governor Hogan has charged his administration with changing Maryland for the better, and it’s clear that IT is expected to play a crucial role in making it happen. Success is in direct proportion to the degree that IT aligns with business processes and – most importantly – business objectives. So how does IT become a strategic partner? It’s more than just gaining a seat at the table. It goes deeper than that, requiring a day-to-day focus and viewpoint that goes beyond “business as usual”. In this heartening session, Secretary Garcia paints a new image of IT services in the State of Maryland.
4:10 pm Eastern	Networking Reception Concourse Ballroom Lobby Network with your colleagues and discuss technology solutions with the event exhibitors. Conference times, agenda, and speakers are subject to change.

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Advisory Board

Government Representatives

Charles Ames
Director of Cybersecurity
Department of Information Technology
State of Maryland

Suresh Balakrishnan
Deputy Chief Information Officer and Assistant Vice Chancellor
University System of Maryland

Ron Brothers
Chief Information Officer
Department of Transportation
State of Maryland

Kevin Combs
Chief Information Officer
Department of Public Safety & Correctional Services
State of Maryland

Carrie DeBoy
Chief Information Officer
Department of Agriculture
State of Maryland

Luis Estrada
Deputy Secretary of Information Technology
Department of Information Technology
State of Maryland

David Garcia
Secretary
Department of Information Technology
State of Maryland

Lt. Tawn Gregory
Information Technology Commander
State Police
State of Maryland

Antonio Herrera
Chief Information Officer
Department of Education
State of Maryland

Evelyn Jacobson
Chief of Information Technology
Charles County

Stan Kizior
Chief Information Officer
Office of the Comptroller
State of Maryland

Joe Klausner
Director of Technology Services
Calvert County

Jim McCormick
Chief Information Officer
Caroline County

Joyce McNemar
Chief Information Officer
Workers' Compensation Commission
State of Maryland

Jerome Mullen
Chief Technology Officer
City of Baltimore

Adebisi Oladipupo
Chief Information Officer
Morgan State University

Pam Platt
Deputy Director
Office of Information Technology
Baltimore County

Kenyatta Powers
Chief Information Officer
Department of Human Resources
State of Maryland

Sonny Segal
Chief Information Officer
Montgomery County

Al Short
Cybersecurity Director
Department of Transportation
State of Maryland

Donald Spicer
Chief Information Officer and Associate Vice Chancellor
University System of Maryland
State of Maryland

Rob Stradling
Director
Office of Information Technology
Baltimore County

Regina Tillery
Chief Information Officer
Department of Commerce
State of Maryland

Greg Urban
Chief Operating Officer
Department of Information Technology
State of Maryland

Vennard Wright
Chief Information Officer
Prince George's County

Wei Yang
Chief Information Officer
Maryland State Archives
State of Maryland

Industry Representatives

Jeff Craft
Account Manager
AT&T

John Gauchat
Systems Engineer
NetApp

Mark Gister
Account Manager
Cisco

Janet Grard
President and General Manager
NIC Maryland

Chuck Leppert
Managing Principle
Verizon

Dave Pruyn
Account Executive
ViON

Patrick Regan
President
Data Networks

Wallace Sann
Chief Technology Officer
Public Sector
ForeScout Technologies

Steve Trost
Account Executive
Workday

Registration Information / Contact Us

2017 Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contact:

Heather Earney
Government Technology
Phone: (916) 932-1435
E-mail: hearney@govtech.com

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Maryland Digital Government Summit 2016

Overview

A message from our Keynote Speaker

Speakers

Manley Feinberg – Opening Keynote

Vertical Lessons, Inc.

Anthony Huey – Featured Speaker

President, Reputation Management Associates

DuWayne E. Aikins

Senior Strategist Cyber Security, AT&T

Sherry Amos

Managing Director, Industry Strategy, Education and Government, Workday

Steve Caimi

Industry Solutions Specialist, US Public Sector, Cisco Systems

Richard Dye

CHART Systems Administrator, Maryland State Highway Administration

Tom Fusting

Chief Technology Officer, Department of Human Resources, State of Maryland

David Garcia

Secretary, Department of Information Technology, State of Maryland

Matt Lawson

Principal Architect, State and Local Government and Education (SLED), NetApp

Victoria Lewis

dataMontgomery Project Manager, Department of Technology Services, Montgomery County Government

Dwayne MacKenzie

Solutions Architect, Sales/Engineering, Data Networks

John “J” Pyne

Program Manager, Operations, ViON

Wallace Sann

Chief Technology Officer, Public Sector, ForeScout Technologies

Agenda

Thursday, June 2

8:00 am Eastern

Registration and Morning Refreshments

Concourse Ballroom Lobby

9:00 am Eastern

Opening Remarks

Concourse Ballroom A/B

9:15 am Eastern

Keynote – Leading on the Edge

Concourse Ballroom A/B

10:15 am Eastern

Break

Concourse Ballroom Lobby

10:45 am Eastern

Concurrent Sessions

Cybersecurity – How Do I Know When I’m Doing Enough?

Concourse Ballroom C

Internet of Things and Its Impact on Government

Concourse Ballroom D

Collaboration in Maryland – It’s Alive!

Coal Harbor Room

11:45 am Eastern

Lunch

Concourse Ballroom A/B

12:30 pm Eastern

Featured Speaker – Communicating the Right Way – It’s Not Just What You Say, It’s How You Say It!

Concourse Ballroom A/B

1:30 pm Eastern

Break

Concourse Ballroom Lobby

1:50 pm Eastern

Concurrent Sessions

Future of Data Centers (and Computing)

Concourse Ballroom C

Agile IT

Concourse Ballroom D

Procurement – Where Are We Headed?

Coal Harbor Room

2:00 pm Eastern

Sponsor Briefing

Heathrow Room

2:50 pm Eastern

Break

Concourse Ballroom Lobby

3:10 pm Eastern

Featured Speaker – Open Data for…All?

Concourse Ballroom A/B

3:30 pm Eastern

Featured Speaker – Transforming Government: IT’s Seat at the Table