| Matt Ashburn |
| JSOC IR |
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| Matt Ashburn leads the Cyber Threat Analysis Team of the Justice Security Operations Center, focusing on intelligence, detection, and mitigation of advanced cyber threats targeting the Department's 40 components. With his experience in the intelligence and law enforcement communities, Matt's work has focused on cyber threat analysis since 2003. Prior to joining JSOC, Matt worked as an intelligence analyst at the Federal Bureau of Investigation and is a graduate of FBI's Intelligence Analysis Academy. |
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| Skip Bailey |
| Director |
| Deloitte |
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 Dr. Bailey joined Deloitte Consulting LLC as a Federal Competency Director with the Technology Strategy and Architecture Platform. Dr. Bailey brings to Deloitte excellent private and public sector career credentials that add to Deloitte's Technology competency. His knowledge of data center consolidation and operations, network design and deployment and IT services management, coupled with his outstanding reputation and record of performance within the Department of Justice will build upon to the services Deloitte currently offers our clients.
In his most recent position as CIO, Dr. Bailey addressed strategy, organization, process and technology issues that impacted both the IT domain and key ATF mission domains. This included changing the culture of ATF IT into a customer service organization, successfully handling $350 million of managed services contracts, relocating a data center and refreshing more than 7,000 desktops without interruption of service, dramatically improving the information security profile of the organization and establishing a strategic planning process that is now being used by the entire Bureau.
Dr. Bailey is a recipient of the 2007 Presidential Rank Award - Meritorious Senior Professionals and Executives. This award is the top award in the Federal government for senior executives. He is credited with contributing toward a variety of publications and technical reports; as well as teaching at a number of Universities for more than 20 years. He holds a Ph.D. and M.A. from New Mexico State University and a B.S. from Brigham Young University. Dr. Bailey is based at Deloitte's Washington D.C. G Street office. |
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| Kiran Balsa |
| Program Manager, Data at Rest (DAR) |
| ITSS |
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Kiran Balsa is the Data at Rest (DAR) Program Manager (PM) responsible for the deployment of GuardianEdge Data Protection Platform across the Department of Justice (DOJ). Prior to serving as the DOJ DAR PM, Kiran Balsa worked for ManTech International as a Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing Program Manager. In 2002, Kiran was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Air Force and served as a Communications Officer. He left the Air Force in 2008 as a Captain. He has held several positions including Chief of Network Warfare for the United States Air Force in Europe, Officer in Charge of Network Engineering for Air Mobility Command and Officer in Charge of Communications Requirements for the Combined Air Operations Center.
Kiran Balsa holds the Project Management Professional and Certified Ethical Hacker certifications. He received a Bachelors of Science degree with a focus in Business Administration from Miami University of Ohio and a Masters in Management degree from Webster University. |
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| Phil Bodkin |
| NTOC, NSA/CSS |
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| Pauline Bowen |
| IT Specialist, Computer Security Division |
| NIST |
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| Pauline Bowen has served the Federal Government for over 25 years. She has served in a variety of positions at the FBI, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Food and Drug Administration. She is currently employed at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Information Technology Laboratory, Computer Security Division, as an information security specialist. She joined NIST in July 2001 to participate in the Computer Security Expert Assist Team, later renamed Program Review for Information Security Management Assistance. She has worked as an information security professional for more than 20 years in the Federal Government. She is a co-author of various NIST special publications, including SP800-16, Information Technology Security Training Requirements: A Role- and Performance-Based Model, SP800-18, Guide for Developing Security Plans for Federal Information Systems, SP800-66, An Introductory Resource Guide for Implementing the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Security Rule, SP800-34, Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems, SP800-65, Recommendations for Integrating Information Security into the Capital Planning and Investment Control Process (CPIC), SP800-100, Information Security Handbook: A Guide for Managers, NISTIRs 7358, Program Review for Information Security Management Assistance (PRISMA) and 7359, Information Security Guide For Government Executives and the editor for the Guide to NIST Information Security Documents. |
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| Brian Burns |
| Deputy CIO |
| Department of Education and Deputy CIO for Emerging Technology, U.S. Navy |
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Mr. Brian Burns is currently detailed to the Navy Chief Information Officer as the Deputy CIO for Emerging Technology and is the Department of Education Deputy CIO. He has been investigating Web 2.0 social media and cloud computing technology and security; Service Oriented Architecture (SOA); "Green" energy efficient IT; the Naval Networking Environment; and IT governance. Mr. Burns is the co-chair of the Federal CIO ISIMC Network and Infrastructure Security Sub Committee and was an active member of the Federal Information Technology Infrastructure Line of Business Executive Steering Committee. Mr. Burns has 25 years of Federal and commercial information management and technology service and product development experience including senior executive service positions at the Department of the Interior, Department of Health and Human Services, and the Department of Treasury.
Mr. Burns earned a Masters degree in psychology for human factors engineering from George Mason University and a Bachelor's degree in electrical and computer engineering from Drexel University. |
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| Alex Cox |
| Senior Consultant |
| NetWitness Corporation |
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As a Senior Consultant and Security Researcher for NetWitness, Alex Cox is responsible for providing use-case consulting in network forensics and monitoring to clients, and studying existing and emerging information security events to develop content for the NetWitness solution suite.
Prior to joining NetWitness, Mr. Cox was the lead researcher on the emerging threats analysis and solution development team at the Wachovia Corporation and was responsible for forensics analysis and incident response for security events. He is a former Army Officer in the U.S. Army Military Police Corps, and a former Police Officer. Mr. Cox has a B.S in Administration of Justice from Virginia Commonwealth University, and an M.S in Information Assurance from Norwich University. |
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| Matt Darlage |
| Senior Network Security Engineer |
| JMD OSS |
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 Matt Darlage is a DOJ Operations Services Staff (OSS) Senior Network Security Engineer with extensive technical experience across multiple IT disciplines. Mr. Darlage helps design, deploy, and maintain flexible and robust security architectures for the DOJ enterprise with an emphasis on making security an enabler for the DOJ mission by using next-generation security technologies, common sense design patterns, and his strong passion for satisfying DOJ customer/component IT objectives. Mr. Darlage is also intimately involved with ensuring DOJ enterprise security monitoring requirments are met through the deployment of centralized security event collection and forwarding frameworks and helps create secure extranet virtual private network (VPN) solutions between DOJ and DOJ partners to enable law enforcement information sharing. Mr. Darlage is an Army veteran, a graduate of Indiana Wesleyan University, and holds SANS Firewall (GCFW) and UNIX (GCUX) Global Information Assurance Certifications (GIAC). Prior to OSS, Mr. Darlage was a senior information security engineer at ATF. While not in meetings, tweaking IDS/mod_security signatures, writing syslog-ng filters, applying firewall rules, or building VPNs to DOJ partners, Matt can usually be found ensuring his X terminal windows are aligned perfectly (with multiple bright font colors!) on his Linux desktop while performing tcpdump packet captures on network feeds to analyze traffic flows, protocol behaviors, or anything else required to troubleshoot problems or validate DOJ's security posture. |
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| Kevin Deeley |
| Deputy CIO and Chief Information Security Officer |
| DOJ |
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 Kevin Deeley is the Director of IT Security for the Office of the Chief Information Officer, and the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the Department of Justice. He has over 25 years of experience in leading government organizations in developing and managing information technology (IT) programs and securing information systems and networks. At DOJ, he is responsible for leading and implementing the Department's IT Security Program for all components, ensuring the development and enforcement of standards and in shaping the IT security planning process. Mr. Deeley also leads in the Federal community by providing shared solutions for Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA) Reporting and certification and accreditation activities. |
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| Paul D. Fitzgerald |
| OCIO |
| DOJ |
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| Mr. FitzGerald served 29 years as a Special Agent for the FBI, including 9 years as the FBI's Computer Security Officer, and was responsible for the development and implementation of a secure web based process management system for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) court orders. Mr. FitzGerald is currently a contractor working for High Performance Technologies, Inc. (HPTi), supporting the OCIO's Information Technology Security Staff (ITSS), including support for DOJ's participation in the Information Security and Identity Management Committee (ISIMC). |
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Prior to moving to the OCIO, Mark Fleshman worked at EOUSA's Office Automation starting in March 1998, becoming the Assistant Director for Office Automation in January 2000. He led initiatives to deploy desktop workstations, HP printers and CISCO switches; CAT5 recabling; replacement of hardware and software to support migration to NT and Exchange; and the migration of USAOs to JCON II architecture. |
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| Chad Fulgham |
| Chief Information Officer |
| FBI |
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 Mr. Chad Fulgham was appointed as the FBI's Chief Information Officer (CIO) on December 8, 2008. Mr. Fulgham is responsible for the FBI's overall information technology (IT) efforts, including developing the FBI's IT strategic plan and operating budget. He is also responsible for management of all FBI IT assets, which includes legacy equipment and infrastructure as well as evolving implementation of new and modernized systems and services to accommodate mission priorities.
Prior to joining the FBI, Mr. Fulgham served as a senior vice president within the Information Technology Division of Lehman Brothers for four years. While serving in this capacity, Mr. Fulgham was responsible for the identity management, messaging, wireless, instant messaging/unified communications, and electronic communications compliance engineering teams worldwide and associated support teams in the Americas. Previous roles also included Program Manager of a global information security architecture initiative, head of IT Business Continuity, and Senior Manager for Windows server-based engineering and support.
Mr. Fulgham holds a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) certification governed by the International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium. He received a Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in Economics from the United States Naval Academy. |
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| Joe Galindo |
| Unit Chief, FBI |
| FBI |
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 Joe Galindo has 17 years of Federal Government experience in security systems integration and Information Technology. Joe has been employed as a Senior Security Communication Analyst with the U.S. House of Representatives and INFOSEC IT Specialist with the U.S. Government Printing Office. He is currently a Unit Chief for the Information Assurance Technology Unit at the FBI. He brings knowledge which is valuable and necessary for integrating new security solutions in the government arena. |
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| Deborah Gallagher |
| Project Lead |
| DHS Office of Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Architect PMO |
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Ms. Gallagher is currently a project lead for the DHS Office of Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Architect PMO, supporting the development of the DHS Identity Credential and Access Management (ICAM) segment architecture. She is the lead architect for version 1 of the FICAM Roadmap and Implementation Guidance, co-chairs the CNSS Identity and Access Management Working Group, and the DHS Information Sharing Environment IdAM Sub-IPT.
Formerly from the Department of Defense, Ms. Gallagher was the Chief of the Technology and Technical Interfaces Division within the DoD Access Card Office, supporting the implementation of smart card technology within DoD. She holds a Masters of Science degree in Information Systems management and a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Management from the University of Maryland. She has also earned her Certification as Chief Information Officer through the National Defense University. |
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| Ken Gandola |
| Senior Systems Engineer |
| ITSS |
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| Ken Gandola has thirty years in systems development and Information Technology at the highest staff /Headquarters level within the Federal sector and provides a keystone to any project management team; providing a solid foundation and source for project and programmatic management expertise. Currently assigned to the Department of Justice OCIO IT Security Staff, Ken is an original member of the DOJ Line of Business (LOB) Shared Service Center (SSC). Ken spearheads the collaborative deployment and integration efforts, planning and coordinating the CSAM application initiatives 14 federal agencies for FISMA Reporting. He was a key member of the program support effort to design, deploy and integrate the OMB CyberScope initiative to automate the FY09 OMB Annual FISMA reporting utilizing CyberScope, another DOJ SSC Application developmental effort. |
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| Van Hitch |
| Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Information Resource Management/Chief Information Officer |
| DOJ |
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 Vance Hitch has served as the Chief Information Officer of the Department of Justice since April 2002. He is responsible for leading and implementing the effective and efficient acquisition and management of information technology across the Department. He manages the Department's $2.1 billion information technology program, overseeing management, acquisition, and integration of the Department's information resources. His oversight includes strategic planning, policy, capital planning, systems development, telecommunications, information security data management, enterprise architecture, e-government, and user computing.
Prior to coming to the Department of Justice, Hitch was a Senior Partner with Accenture. He has 28 years of experience in leading government organizations successfully through major change initiatives. His recent projects at Accenture included the development of the IT Strategic Plan for the State of Maryland and a comprehensive re-engineering and automation of the City of Philadelphia's Records Department. Other government organizations that Hitch has worked with include the Department of State, the National Security Agency, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of Defense, the Department of Justice, and multiple state and local governments.
Hitch earned a Masters of Systems Management from George Washington University in 1973 and a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Muhlenberg College in 1967. He served in the United States Navy from 1969 -1973, attaining the rank of lieutenant. |
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 H. Richard Holgate was appointed as ATF's Assistant Director for Science & Technology and Chief Information Officer on August 3, 2009. In that role, he is responsible for strategy, planning, management, and delivery of information technology and information services; financial investigative services; and laboratory services, in support of ATF's mission.
In 2004, Dr. Holgate was appointed to be the Assistant Director for Information Technology and Command Information Officer at the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS). In 2007, he was promoted to Executive Assistant Director, a new position established under an agreement with the Director of Naval Intelligence. In that capacity, he was responsible for: delivery of IT services to NCIS's 2,400+ employees worldwide; transition of NCIS to the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI); management of NCIS' application portfolio; IT strategy and planning; and integration of NCIS's information management needs with those of its collaborative counterparts across the Department of the Navy and Department of Defense, as well as other federal, state and local organizations.
Prior to joining NCIS, Dr. Holgate was employed as a Senior Manager with BearingPoint, Inc. During his eight years at BearingPoint, he fulfilled a variety of responsibilities including all aspects of project management, team management, and business development. His clients included many organizations across the Department of Defense, and specifically within the Department of the Navy he worked with information technology, Navy Staff, logistics, and financial management organizations. Dr. Holgate also led a Zero-Based Review of NCIS's mission and activities in 2002, and worked closely with the NCIS Modernization and leadership teams, first as a contractor and then as Command Information Officer.
Prior to his work at BearingPoint, Dr. Holgate worked at the MITRE Corporation, where he supported the Air Force, Army, and intelligence community on issues related to, respectively: base realignment and closure and environmental restoration; chemical weapons demilitarization; and arms control verification.
Dr. Holgate has been a certified Project Management Professional and is a member of the Project Management Institute, the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, the National Defense Industrial Association, the Navy League, the Naval Institute, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, the American Chemical Society, and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.
Dr. Holgate's educational background includes degrees in chemical engineering from Princeton University (BSE) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MS and PhD). |
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| Pamela Jadwin has served as an attorney in the Justice Management Division's Office of General Counsel for the past 10 years. She primarily focuses on appropriations law, but also works on legal questions regarding the internet, records and privacy. She has assisted with the legal issues involved in the Department's Web 2.0 strategy and serves on the interdisciplinary social media working group. |
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| Stacy Joannes |
| Senior Information Technology Specialist |
| EOUSA |
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 Mr. Joannes has over 22 years of Information Technology experience with the United States Department of Justice. During his tenure he has provided expert support to numerous systems and litigation projects. In his current position as a Senior Information Technology Specialist with the Executive Office for United States Attorneys (EOUSA), Mr. Joannes leads the Remote Access Program and the Emergency Notification Program, in addition to providing specialized expertise to the EOUSA Office of Legal Education. |
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| Mischel Kwon |
| Vice President of Public Sector Security Solutions |
| RSA |
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 Mischel Kwon is Vice President of Public Sector Security Solutions for the Worldwide Professional Services unit at RSA, The Security Division of EMC. In this role, Ms. Kwon is responsible for leading RSA's Security Consulting Services practice. While focusing on the public sector, she also provides private sector customers and global organizations strategic, technical and policy assistance in building, defending, identifying, and remediating their critical infrastructures against cyber threats, attacks and vulnerabilities.
Ms. Kwon has more than 27 years of information technology experience, with expertise and leadership in the design, implementation and management of critical IT infrastructure and security operations programs. Prior to joining RSA, Ms. Kwon was the Director for the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT), where she spearheaded the organization responsible for analyzing and reducing cyber threats and vulnerabilities in federal networks, disseminating cyber threat warning information and coordinating national incident response activities. In addition, she previously served as the Deputy Director for IT Security Staff at the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) where she built and deployed the Justice Security Operations Center (JSOC) to monitor and defend the DOJ network against cyber threats.
Since 2006, Ms. Kwon has served as Adjunct Professor of Cyber Defense and leads the Cyber Defense Lab at George Washington University. She holds a Master of Science in Computer Science and a graduate certificate in Computer Security and Information Assurance. In 2009 she received the Public Sector "Woman of Influence" Award from the Executive Women's Forum. |
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| Rob Martin |
| Assistant Director, Infrastructure Development |
| JMD ESS |
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| Mr. Martin works with Components to build infrastructure that helps DOJ meet the ever increasing security and operational challenges posed by today's world, while enabling DOJ users in all components to accomplish their mission more effectively and streamlined manner. Mr. Martin manages the implementation of JCONext, the JCON PMO, the department's first consolidated SharePoint infrastructure and has coordinated the implementation of Trusted Internet Connection (TIC) related upgrades at the department's datacenters. |
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| Kristen Moncada |
| Director, DOJ Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties |
| OPCL |
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 Kirsten Moncada is the Director of the Department of Justice's Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties, which serves the Department's Chief Privacy and Civil Liberties Officer. Among the Office's responsibilities is that of ensuring the Department's compliance with the Privacy Act of 1974. Ms. Moncada has been with the Department of Justice since 1990, and prior to her work in the Office of Privacy and Civil Liberties she served as the Associate Director of the Department's Office of Information and Privacy. |
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| Melinda B. Morgan |
| Director of Finance Staff, Office of the Controller |
| DOJ |
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Melinda B. Morgan is the Director of Finance for the Department of Justice. Since August 2004, she has served as the principal financial management advisor to the senior leadership in the Department and is responsible for overseeing and providing direction in the preparation and completion of the Department's audited financial statements. She also has operational responsibility for such activities involved in the areas of travel management, budget execution, consolidation of existing legacy financial systems, and overseeing the payroll for the 110,000 Department employees as well as executing one of the nation's largest public sector budgets.
Ms. Morgan has served in several key financial management positions during her thirty three years in the Federal government. Prior to this position, Ms. Morgan was the Deputy Director of the Finance Staff. Previously she was the Assistant Director of the Human Resource Systems group at the Department of Justice. Ms. Morgan has also held a variety of other positions in the financial management, human resource arena including: Director of Personnel of the Executive Office of U. S. Attorneys, Assistant Director of the Human Resources Systems Analysis Group, and as a staff resource to many federal agencies in the audit arena.
Ms. Morgan was the recipient of the Top Federal 100 Executives in 2003, and a fellow in the Computerworld Honors Journal for her achievements in opening new financial management reporting avenues for the Department of Justice in June 2003. She is also a recipient of the Justice Management Division's Special Commendation Award, and the Equal Employment Opportunity Award for her efforts in hiring and maintaining a diversified work force. She was also a 2006 recipient of the Attorney General's Distinguished Service Award for her efforts in restoring the Department's financial audit opinion. |
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| Mitra Nejad-Guerin |
| Chief of Planning and Programs, Office of Science and Technology, ATF |
| Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) |
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Ms. Nejad is the Chief of Planning and Programs Staff for the Office of Science and Technology (OST) of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), at the Department of Justice (DOJ). She has over twenty-one years of experience with Federal Government in a variety of disciplines, such as planning, portfolio and asset management, budget, strategic planning, property disposal, e-government and information technology. Currently, she is co-chairing the ISIMC's Security Acquisition Subcommittee (SASC), defining and executing SASC's strategies and plans in coordination with other inter-agency initiatives for securing cyber acquisition and information technology's supply chain. She represents ISIMC on the Federal CIO Council's work group revising the Federal CIO Strategic Plan, ensuring alignment between the Council's and ISIMC's goals and objectives. Ms. Nejad also chaired the planning committee for the ISIMC's first annual conference.
Ms. Nejad is a graduate of the Senior Executive Service (SES) candidate development program and was certified by OPM's Qualifications Review Board in the fall of 2008. She holds two masters degrees: Master in Architecture from the Beaux-Arts University of Paris, France, and Master in Urban Planning from the San Jose State University. |
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| Adam Oline |
| IT Security Specialist and Developer |
| ITSS |
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| A graduate of Iowa State University's Cyber Corps Program and winner of a Federal Computer Week 2006 Rising Star award, Adam Oline presented a paper on Exploring Three-Dimensional Visualization for Intrusion Detection at VizSEC 2005. Adam was previously employed for over three years as an IT Specialist with the Department of Justice OCIO IT Security Staff, working in the Department's Shared Service Center for FISMA Reporting. Adam currently works for CyberBalance, LLC, supporting development of the CSAM and OMB CyberScope applications. |
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| Eric Olson |
| Deputy CIO/Director, DOJ E-Government Services |
| DOJ (Panel Facilitator) |
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 Eric serves as the Deputy CIO / Director of e-Government Services at the US Department of Justice. In this capacity, Eric is responsible for a diverse portfolio of IT operations and mission-critical programs in the areas of enterprise network services, enterprise web services and law enforcement information sharing. Prior to joining DOJ in 2003 he held senior technology management positions at Accenture and Verizon. Eric is a graduate of the Pennsylvania State University and holds an MBA from the College of William & Mary. |
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| David Otto |
| Program Manager, ELMS BigFix Program Management Office |
| DOJ |
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| Dave Otto MCSE, PMP, is Program Manager for the ELMS BigFix Program Management Office. Prior to joining the DOJ, Mr. Otto was a former law enforcement officer with background in private business as a cyber-security consultant and contractor to Fortune 50 companies, Department of Defense, and Department of Justice. Dave brings extensive experience with remote control and configurations platforms to his work with ELMS BigFix. |
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| Thomas Perrelli |
| Associate Attorney General |
| DOJ |
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 Thomas J. Perrelli was sworn in on March 12, 2009, as the Associate Attorney General of the United States Department of Justice.
Mr. Perrelli previously served in the Department as Counsel to Attorney General Janet Reno (1997 - 1999) and as Deputy Assistant Attorney General in heading up the Civil Division's Federal Programs Branch (1999 - 2001). In private practice, Mr. Perrelli worked for the national litigation firm of Jenner & Block LLP, where he co-chaired the firm's Entertainment and New Media practice group and served as Managing Partner of its Washington, D.C. office (1992 - 1997, 2001 - 2009).
Mr. Perrelli graduated from Brown University and the Harvard Law School, where he was Managing Editor of the Harvard Law Review. He served as a law clerk for Hon. Royce C. Lamberth on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia (1991 - 1992).
He is married and has two children. |
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| Jeanette Plante |
| Director, DOJ Office of Records Management Policy |
| ORMP |
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Since 2005, Jeanette Plante has served as the Director of the Office of Records Management Policy for the Department of Justice. Ms. Plante began her career in 1981 as an attorney practicing civil litigation in the private sector, then became an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Maryland in 1991. In 1994, Ms. Plante joined the Executive Office for United States Attorneys as a Special Assistant United States Attorney and served as the liaison to the Civil Issues Subcommittee of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee (AGAC). Since 1996, she has worked on a wide variety of technology and information management policy issues including privacy and law enforcement information sharing, guidance on the Government Paperwork Elimination Act, the E-sign Act and other legislation related to technology and information policy. She has addressed issues related to the amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure on electronic discovery, electronic case filing with the federal courts, electronic records management, and other information policy issues arising from the growing use of digital information. She is also a member of the Federal Records Council
Currently, as Director of the Office of Records Management Policy for the United States Department of Justice, she is responsible for the development and implementation of a modern records management program for the paper and electronic records of the Department of Justice. This program includes long-range and strategic planning for current and emerging digital media, and the development of policy, processes, and approaches associated with managing electronic information. |
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| Laks Prabhala |
| Director, IT Security, OJP |
| DOJ |
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 Laks serves as the Director of IT and Cyber Security at Office of Justice Programs. Laks brings more than 20+ years of Technology and management experience that includes significant Distributed Computing and Enterprise Security.
Laks has led several technology initiatives with Strong focus in providing Secure Business Solutions through innovative technology for Fortune 1000 companies. Laks was Partner at a leading Identity and Access Service Provider which deployed Enterprise Identity and Access Management Solutions to several large enterprises. He has held several senior positions at NASD, VeriSign, T.RowePrice and Nationwide.
Laks is also a professional speaker on technology topics ranging from Distributed Computing, IT Strategy to Cyber Security especially in Identity Management. He has spoken at various national and International events. Laks has masters in Computer Science from Drexel University and bachelors in Electronics and Communications engineering from JNTU, Hyderabad India. |
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| Holly Ridgeway |
| Deputy CISO, Director, JSOC |
| DOJ |
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 Holly Ridgeway is currently the Deputy Chief Information Security Officer and the Director of the Justice Security Operations Center for the Department of Justice. Mrs. Ridgeway has over 13 years of information technology experience, serving in different IT Security roles in Department of Justice components for the past five years. Her most recent position was IT Security Director at the Office of Justice Programs. Previously at the FBI, she held the positions as Watch Commander of the Enterprise Security Operations Center, FISMA Project Manager, and Security Division Audit Manager. While at the FBI, Holly provided significant contributions to their IT security and Enterprise Security Operations Center programs. In December 2008, she received the Assistant Attorney Generals Award at OJP for her creation of a robust IT Security Program.
Holly also concurrently serves as an Adjunct Professor at the George Washington University and the University Of Maryland, University College. She has a Master of Science in Computer Systems Management with a specialty in Information Assurance and holds two certifications, PMP and CISSP. |
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| James Rodgers |
| JSOC Incident Response Lead |
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| Tracy Russo currently directs the new media strategy at the United States Department of Justice and serves as a member of the Federal Web Managers' Council. Previously, she formed Russo Strategies, LLC, a consulting firm that specialized in new media strategies. She has helped a variety of campaigns and non-profit organizations with their online communications and new media efforts. Russo is also a frequent speaker and educator on the best practices of online engagement. |
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| Ted Shelkey |
| Assistant Director |
| EOUSA |
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 Mr. Shelkey started at EOUSA in March 2000 as an Information Technology Systems Engineer. In April 2001 he was designated Assistant Director for Information Systems Security. In this role he serves as primary point-of-contact for all Information Technology (IT) security issues. Mr. Shelkey oversees certification and accreditation activities, manages security incidents, evolves IT security policies, and advises developers on best security practices.
Prior to employment with the Department of Justice, Mr. Shelkey served as a Senior Computer Engineer with the Naval Surface Warfare Center developing advanced Naval gun systems, Marine Corps ground weapons, and experimental sensors. Previously, Mr. Shelkey was employed as a Physicist with the Naval Space Command and performed system development and integration of space-based national assets and military communications systems.
Mr. Shelkey holds a B.S. degree in Physics from Mary Washington College and an M.E. degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Virginia. Mr. Shelkey is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP). |
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| Jeffrey L. Troy |
| Chief of the Cyber Criminal Program |
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Mr. Troy, a native of Rhode Island, joined the FBI as a Certified Public Accountant in 1986. Mr. Troy has served in Pittsburgh and New York Offices investigating Cyber, Public Corruption and Financial Criminal matters. As a manager he has served in Wilmington, Delaware; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Training Division, Finance Division and Cyber Division. Mr. Troy manages the National Cyber Criminal Program.
In 1990, Mr. Troy was the case agent on an international cyber intrusion into a defense contractor wherein he worked with the Australian Federal Police. This matter was the AFP's first wiretap of a computer. As a manager in Wilmington and Milwaukee Mr. Troy created and managed cyber task forces. These task forces focused on theft of intellectual property via intrusions and the production and distribution of child pornography.
Mr. Troy established the Delaware Chapter of Infragard and oversaw the Wisconsin Infragard Program. The Wisconsin Chapter was recognized for its outstanding participation and information sharing.
In September 2008, Mr. Troy was assigned to the Cyber Division wherein he was named the national program manager for Innocent Images, Infragard, Internet Fraud, Intellectual Property Rights and Internet Crimes Complaint Center (IC3.gov) programs and oversaw the public private initiative located in Pittsburgh between the FBI's Computer Intrusion and Resource Fusion Unit (CIRFU) and the National Cyber Forensic Training Alliance (NCFTA). In February 2009, Mr. Troy was named the Chief of the Cyber Criminal Program, overseeing Criminal Intrusions, Internet Fraud and Intellectual Property Rights investigations as well as the CIRFU- NCFTA partnership.
Mr. Troy has worked aggressively to build strong domestic and international cyber law enforcement partnerships through joint investigations, collocation, training and liaison. |
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| Jeremy Warren |
| Chief Technology Officer |
| DOJ |
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 Mr. Jeremy Warren is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the U. S. Department of Justice, where his responsibilities include formulating the Department's technology strategy; providing technology expertise in program oversight and other contexts; performing research, evaluations, and proofs-of-concept; and serving as a coordinator of all aspects of the Department's technical architecture.
As part of his duties, Mr. Warren oversees the technical aspects of the development and implementation of the Department's Law Enforcement Information Sharing Program (LEISP), which includes initiatives such as N-DEx, OneDOJ, NIEM, and LEXS.
Before coming to the government, Mr. Warren was Chief Architect of Lavastorm Technologies of Boston, MA, providing revenue assurance products to top-tier telecommunications companies. At Lavastorm, Mr. Warren focused on rules-based processing systems and large-scale data mining and statistical analysis.
Mr. Warren studied Computer Science Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
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| Stephen Windsor |
| Lead, Digital Forensics & Incident Response Team |
| Booz Allen Hamilton |
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 Stephen Windsor leads Booz Allen Hamilton's Digital Forensics & Incident Response Team which supports the Federal government, intelligence community, military, defense industry, and major financial organizations. Stephen's primary focus is on responding to and managing large-scale, foreign intrusion investigations and supporting counterintelligence investigations. Stephen holds a Bachelor of Science from Towson University and is an adjunct faculty member at Stevenson University. |
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