Center for Innovation in Government

The Unisys Center for Innovation in Government connects experts, insights, and experience in government through research and best practices in technology innovation. For more than a century we have worked with government agencies to drive efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity. Our clients asked us to bring together leading minds from industry and government to form a hub for important dialogue on the issues most critical to government agencies. Our goal is to provide forward-thinking approaches to address technology challenges that have never been solved before.

Our work has enabled GSA to save $36M in online processing and our ideas have propelled significant advancements. We worked with five agencies and 8,200 banks to help them reconcile data in a more efficient and effective manner, reducing response time from one week to one day and increasing data accuracy from 55 to 95 percent.

How We Support Innovation

In addition to the many white papers and reports on leading topics and management and technology themes, we are conducting primary research in the areas of Enterprise Architecture, Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Biometrics, Information Sharing, Security, Public Health and IT, Collaboration, and more.

We have also made a concentrated effort to provide not only data, survey results, and findings available to you, but also presentations, webcasts, and informational guidance on ways to apply that information to improve your organization.

Don't miss the live radio shows where several of our experts have spoken, including Chief Information Officers, Deputy Secretaries, Chief Security Officers from a range of federal agencies, as well as state and local government executives. Download interviews and read the program transcripts on our site.

The Unisys Center for Innovation in Government is just one of the many ways that Unisys works to advance knowledge to drive efficiency and optimize resources in the government. Please stay tuned as we continue to build out the Center for Innovation in Government so that it best reflects your interests, your needs, and your organizational objectives.

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What's New

Mark Cohn hosted a TweetChat on October 20, and discussed the latest Unisys Security Index results.

FOX Business News Video of Patricia Titus
Unisys Chief Information Security Officer for Unisys Federal Systems, Patricia Titus, appeared on Fox Business News' Cavuto Report. She commented on the recent outbreak of cyber-attacks against government agencies and other organizations.

Unisys Research Papers

Research Findings – Biometrics and Security
The following reflects survey data collected at a recent Biometrics Consortium Conference. Participants included both government and industry and covered a range of titles including IT executives, engineers, and technical experts on architecture and security. There were approximately 80 respondents

The Obama Administration: Challenges and Opportunities for the Next 100 Days
On April 28, 2009, the Unisys Center for Innovation in Government convened a roundtable discussion that explored the first 100 days of the Obama Administration - its accomplishments, opportunities, and inevitable challenges - and looked ahead to the administration's next 100 days in terms of major initiatives, including procurement reform, transparency, collaboration around protection of critical IT infrastructure, and IT security.

Ten Tips for Effective Enterprise Security
Enterprise security requires good planning, education, and continual assessment A comprehensive security strategy starts when you align security objectives and measures with business strategies and goals.

Government of the Future: Where the Lines Blur: Privacy vs. Security (Part 4)
Trends and drivers - The information retention business Widely distributed agencies across the government each originate and store volumes of files and documents in various formats.

Government of the Future: Identification Authorization Infrastructure (Part 3)
Much like today's commercial enterprises who are already using identity management solutions based on the latest technologies, government agencies - such as the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Agency -- are under great pressure to shore up identity security. As evidenced by the passage of the controversial Real ID Act by the U.S. Congress in 2005, government agencies are being required to make it harder for terrorists, illegal immigrants and others to conduct identity fraud.

Government of the Future: A Conversation with the Government (Part 2)
Change is sweeping the globe - from political administrations to once-solid economic bastions to personal identity security. Citizens are increasingly more diverse, complex, and fragmented. Increasingly, human interaction is mediated by text messaging, emails, and social networks. That means government policies and their consequences travel at the speed of light.

Government of the Future: The Significant Growth of e-Government (Part 1)
Given today's multiple stops for information, frustrated citizen users and new Generation Y government employees, even entrenched bureaucrats can envision a much more efficiently operating government. The needs and desires of the public are rapidly changing as technology advancement and increased knowledge create a citizenry.

Unisys Takes Its Own Authentication Medicine By Bill Nagel with Simon Yates, Andras Cser, and Margaret Ryan
Systems Integrator chooses an integrated credential to solve global physical and logical access challenges.

Service Oriented Architecture: Delivering Business Value
By Peter Bye
This white paper provides insight into the basic concepts behind services and SOA and how they enhance the process of developing new IT capabilities. The paper highlights how they can be applied in practice, including how to reuse existing IT assets.

Risk Management in a Volatile World
By Mark Cohn, Vice President and Chief Architect
In the era of international terrorism, visa waiver programs pose significant security challenges because there is little or no security screening performed before travel. As a result, people on watchlists or engaged in terrorist or criminal activities may be able to board an aircraft and travel with relative ease. This creates obvious aviation security threats and may contribute to the ability of terrorist organizations to establish cells, conduct meetings, and perform surveillance.

Securing Information Infrastructure: Expert Advice on Evaluating the New Risks and Structuring Your Defenses
By John P. Pironti, CISA, CISM, CISSP
Information security is no longer an afterthought in the development of technical solutions to business problems. It has now become the top concern of senior management and technologists alike in the development and operation of those technology solutions. That is because those solutions now represent an integral part of the business process, enabling enterprises to operate more efficiently, effectively, and profitably.

Intelligence Data Fusion
By Martin J Zaworski, Ph.D.
Establishing a single view of your environment enables collaboration and rapid response to public safety and health events.

Data fusion is now emerging as a strategy rather than a concept. Fusing intelligence data together with the appropriate analytics tools can provide you with a foundation to create a single view of your environment. This enables multi-level government agencies to better collaborate to identify, problem solve, and respond to emerging public safety and health events.

Read about the members of the Center and their industry expertise.

William M. Bristow II
Former CIO
USDA Forest Service and the Food and Drug Administration

General Michael P. C. Carns
PrivaSource, Inc. Vice Chairman

Kevin Carroll
Former Program Executive Officer
United States Army

Mark Cohn
Vice President, Integrated Security Programs
Unisys Federal Systems

Peter Gallagher
Partner, Federal Civilian Agencies
Unisys Federal Systems

Admiral William Hancock, (Ret)
Vice Admiral
United States Navy

R. Andrew (Andy) Hoskinson
Vice President & Partner, Technology Strategy & Consulting
Unisys Federal Systems

Steven Kousen
Partner
Unisys Federal Systems

General Gregory Martin, (Ret)
Air Force Materiel Command
United States Air Force

General Peter Pace, (Ret)
Former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff

Tony Pease
Vice President and Partner, Global GWAC Center
Unisys Federal Systems

Dr. Lawrence A. Ponemon
Ponemon Institute, LLC, Chairman and Founder

Venkatapathi (P.V.) Puvvada
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
Unisys Federal Systems

Brenda Orth
Chief Information Officer
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Patti Titus
Chief Information Security Office
Unisys Federal Systems

Gregory F. Treverton
Former Vice Chairman, National Intelligence Council
Director of Central Intelligence

Tony M. Valletta
Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3I

Gerry Wethington
Former Chief Information Officer
State of Missouri

Naomi Wyatt
Secretary of Administration
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Amit Yoran
Former Director, National Cyber-Security Division
Department of Homeland Security

William M. Bristow II

Founder and President of BESTech, Inc.

William M. Bristow II is the Founder and President of BESTech, Inc., an information technology consulting and IT services firm that provides information technology services to the Federal and private sectors. Mr. Bristow is a retired Federal Senior Executive with over 20 years experience providing senior/executive IT leadership in large organizations. His career includes over 10 years experience as an executive-level Federal CIO, first at the USDA Forest Service and then as the CIO for the Food and Drug Administration, where he concluded his distinguished career in the Federal Sector. Prior to becoming a Federal CIO, he served thirteen years as a senior manager and computer scientist at the Defense Information Systems Agency and at the White House, where he managed technical and crisis information management support systems and infrastructure for the Office of the President and the National Security Council. He has amassed extensive executive leadership experience developing IT budgets, developing IT strategic plans and implementing concomitant agency-wide policies, and he has a proven ability to management the development, implementation and operation of large-scale enterprise-wide networks and application systems. Mr. Bristow is universally recognized as a strong leader and motivator of people, and has received numerous awards for his leadership skills and technical competence.

Before founding BESTech, Inc., Mr. Bristow served in executive leadership positions at SI International, Inc, as Vice President for Federal Civilian Programs; and at STG, Inc, as Senior VP for Civilian Strategic Programs. Mr. Bristow's pre-Federal sector experience, includes several successful years in the private sector in capacities as a systems analyst, systems integrator, systems programmer, and senior systems technician with companies such as the Potomac Electric Power Company, Honeywell Information Systems, and the General Electric Corporation.

Mr. Bristow performed his undergraduate work at North Carolina A&T College, where he pursued a major in Mechanical Engineering; he also holds a Bachelors of Science Degree in Computer Science from the American University, and a MBA degree from Central Michigan University. Mr. Bristow's post-graduate training includes matriculation at the National Defense University, Industrial College of the Armed Forces, where he was a distinguished graduate.

General Michael P.C. Carns

PrivaSource, Inc., Vice Chairman

General Michael Carns is currently the Vice Chairman of PrivaSource, Inc. (Weston, MA), a small software firm specializing in the security and de-identification of large, sensitive databases. He also serves on a number of Department of Defense panels, boards and task forces; boards of directors of corporations; and consults to a number of businesses.

Michael retired from the United States Air Force in September 1994. After retirement, he served as the Managing Director of a small healthcare firm, followed by over four years as Executive Director of a New York-based policy research firm that specialized in Pacific Rim security in the areas of international capital flows and international energy demands.

Michael has extensive past experience in the leadership, direction, and management of complex organizations. He served as Vice Chief of staff, United States Air Force; as Director of the Joint Staff, Joint Chiefs of Staff, during the Gulf War and the Panama Invasion; as Deputy Commander in Chief, U.S. Pacific Forces; and as Commander of the 13th Air Force, Republic of the Philippines, during the Philippine government crisis. He also has had extensive strategic planning and resource allocation experience in a variety of senior military staff appointments in the United States, Europe and the Pacific.

Michael is a member of the boards of directors of: Rockwell Collins, Inc., Mykrolis Corporation, PrivaSource Inc., Mission Research Corporation, WebGen Systems and Engineered Support Systems Inc. His appointments include: Department of Defense Science Board; Board of Advisors, National Security Agency (NSA); senior fellow, National Defense University (NDU), Department of Defense; National Imagery and Mapping Agency (NIMA) Forum; Threat Reduction Advisory Council, Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA); Board of Visitors, Air University; chairman, Board of Visitors, Air Forces Institute of Technology; Defense Science Study Group, Institute for Defense Analysis; Board of Trustees, Monterey Institute of International Studies; Board of Trustees, Community Hospital of Monterey Peninsula; and Board of Trustees, Falcon Foundation.

Michael graduated from the United States Air Force Academy as a member of its first class; the Harvard Business School, with Distinction; and the Royal College of Defense Studies, London.

T. Kevin Carroll

President, The Kevin Carroll Group, LLC

Mr. T. Kevin Carroll is the President of The Kevin Carroll Group, LLC, an information technology consulting company focusing on the Federal Government.

Until October 1st, 2007, Mr. Carroll was the Program Executive Officer, Enterprise Information Systems, where he managed a highly complex, diverse and effective organization engaged in developing, acquiring, integrating, deploying and sustaining state-of-the-art business and technology systems for the Army, Joint Service and Coalition users. The Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems has a global work force of over 600 military and civilian employees and obligations of more than $2 billion annually. Under Mr. Carroll's leadership the Program Executive Office steadily grew in size, number of programs and importance to America's military success. Mr. Carroll is recognized as a leader in managing information technology changes that are needed to support an Army at war and in support of the President's Management Agenda.

Mr. Carroll began his government career as a contracting officer with the Department of Transportation before transferring to the Army. He has over 32 years experience in government service and his Army government experience includes the Federal Highway Administration, the U.S. Coast Guard, and the Army's ISSAA (now ITEC4), CECOM, and the Army Materiel Command.

Mark Cohn

Vice President, Integrated Security Programs, Federal Systems

Mark Cohn is vice president, Integrated Security Programs, with responsibility for a wide range of activities from vision and architecture of cross-enterprise security initiatives to solution engineering for major programs. He directs the Enterprise Security practice with responsibility for all security solutions and services inside Unisys Federal Systems including governance and risk management, compliance services, credentialing and access management, physical security, and secure commerce and in-transit visibility. He acted as technical services director for border security and critical infrastructure where he managed SBInet mission system engineering and product development for the first phase Common Operational Picture system. He leads the Unisys global team of experts in the application of information technology to physical security and surveillance systems, transportation, and international border security and is the Unisys representative for industry/government liaison on cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection. He is located in Reston, Va.

Prior to his current assignment, Mark served as vice president and chief architect for Unisys Global Public Sector. In this role, he was responsible for technical leadership on major public sector engagements in defense and domestic security, direction of R&D and global solution visibility centers, and he was the initiator and visionary behind Unisys enterprise security initiatives that became the centerpiece of the corporate rebranding program.

Since joining Unisys in 1985, Mark has served successfully in a broad range of engineering and management positions. He was technical advisor and executive of interest for Unisys with the DoD Counterintelligence Field Activity, program manager for the Transportation Security Administration Registered Traveler pilot program and principal architect for the Department of Homeland Security US-VISIT Exit system. Prior to that, he managed the transition to Unisys of IT Production Support at the Executive Office of the President and led the design of the technical solution for the TSA Information Technology Managed Services contract, as well as several interagency law enforcement information sharing systems.

In 2001, Mark was chief architect for modernizing Unisys health care solutions to comply with HIPAA regulations. From 1997 through 2000, he was general manager of the architecture and software development practice of Federal Systems, where he directed Unisys e-government initiatives and managed a $25 million per year portfolio of programs from sales through service delivery at the Departments of Education, HHS, HUD, and Transportation and at the FAA, Military Health Service, National Guard Bureau and GSA Public Buildings Service.

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 critical command and control capabilities essential to air traffic control that have proven to be among the most reliable systems ever put into operation.

Peter Gallagher

Partner, Federal Civilian Agencies, Unisys Federal Systems

Peter Gallagher serves as a partner in the Civilian Federal Systems group. His focus is on coordinating and promoting system re-use strategies amongst government customers and within Federal Systems. In this role he supports and promotes efforts to optimize the use of open source solutions and shared service architectures. He serves as the Program Executive for Unisys engagements with the GSA Federal Acquisition Service. Peter is based in Reston, Va.

Peter Gallagher has over 20 years experience as an IT services contractor in the Federal sector. Prior to joining Unisys Peter founded Development InfoStructure which he built into a stable and innovative solutions provider with a niche focus on open technology development. He also formed a consulting practice, Government Open Source Solutions, to pursue his interest in innovative collaborative development models for the public sector. His early career focus was on international development including program manager and director roles with Catholic Relief Services in West Africa. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Senegal working as a rural development agent. His Federal experience includes 4 years with the USDA Food & Nutrition Service supporting school lunch and food distribution in the northeast region. He was an early proponent for the application of open source methods to solve government IT issues. And he has worked with numerous organizations to promote the potential of open source software including speaking at conferences, authoring articles, and providing pro bono support of various kinds.

Peter graduated from Boston College with a double major in economics and philosophy. He earned a Master in Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and is a certified Project Management Professional.

William J. Hancock

Vice Admiral, United States Navy, Retired

Vice Admiral William J. Hancock graduated from the Naval Academy and was commissioned an Ensign in June 1965. Selected for Flag rank in December 1989, he served in positions of increasing responsibility with the Navy until his retirement in October 1998.

His final assignment at sea was in command of the RANGER Aircraft Carrier Battle Group consisting of eleven ships, more than ninety aircraft, and 7,500 Sailors. During that tour he was involved in joint operations in the Persian Gulf, with an Air Force composite wing, enforcing the No-fly Zone over Southern Iraq. Subsequently, the battle group was called upon to support a Marine landing in Mogadishu, Somalia. Other sea duty assignments included command of a guided missile destroyer based in Japan as well as a Pearl Harbor based cruiser where he assumed command in the Persian Gulf shortly after the Iraqi missile attack on the frigate STARK in 1987. He also served with the Operations Staff of the SEVENTH Fleet Commander embarked in the fleet flag ship based in Japan. His early operational assignments included service in destroyers and in Vietnam as an officer in charge of SWIFT class patrol boats.

While ashore Admiral Hancock earned a Masters Degree in Operations Research and Systems Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School and, subsequently, he served ten tours in the Pentagon. Initially assigned to the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations as an analyst with the Systems Analysis Division, he later served in the Office of Program Appraisal, on the personal staff of the Secretary of the Navy as Administrative Aide, as a Branch Head in the Resource Appraisal Division, and as Executive Assistant to the Director of Navy Program Planning. Following his cruiser command, Admiral Hancock served in the Operations Directorate of the Joint Staff. Upon selection for Flag rank, he returned to the Navy Department staff as Director of the Operations Division in the Office of Budgets and Reports. Following his Battle Group command, he served briefly as Director, CoCom Liaison Division on the staff of the Chief of Naval Operations and then assumed the duties as Director of the Office of Budgets and Reports on the staff of the Secretary of the Navy. His final assignment was to serve as the Deputy Chief of Naval Operations for Logistics.

Since his retirement, Vice Admiral Hancock has been an independent consultant specializing in Defense Acquisition and Logistics, Strategic Planning and Advisory services, and Logistics Process Reengineering. A recognized expert in the Defense Department's planning, programming and budgeting process, Admiral Hancock serves as an advisor to several defense industry companies that are involved with significant military program development efforts.

Admiral Hancock remains an advocate for change in the Department of Defense and is actively engaged as a member of the Army Science Board, as a consultant for the Defense Science Board and for the Naval Research Advisory Committee, and as a sounding board for key Defense officials on financial and logistics issues.

R. Andrew (Andy) Hoskinson

Vice President & Partner, Technology Strategy & Consulting, Federal Systems

Andy Hoskinson is the vice president for Federal Systems Technology Strategy & Consulting. In this capacity, he is responsible for leading Federal CIO consulting engagements in the areas of IT strategic planning, enterprise architecture, and IT portfolio management. He also works with the company's executive team to formulate the strategic roadmap for the Federal IT market segment, and oversees the creation of new solution offerings and intellectual capital.

Andy has extensive information technology experience, with more than 22 years of public and private sector experience. He has held numerous leadership positions in the IT industry including senior manager for a "Big Five" consulting firm, vice president of engineering for a software product company, and senior technical director for an Internet professional services firm. Since joining Unisys in 2002, Andy has supported numerous public sector organizations at the federal, state and local levels, including the Transportation Security Administration, Department of Homeland Security, General Services Administration, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, Department of Defense, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the White House Office of Management and Budget.

Andy is active in the Industry Advisory Council Enterprise Architecture Shared Interest Group (IAC EA SIG), and served as the IAC EA SIG representative on the Categorization of Government Information (CGI) Working Group, U.S. Federal Interagency Committee on Government Information (ICGI). In this role, he assisted this group in implementing section 207 of the E-Government Act of 2002. Andy is a prolific inventor, having most recently developed an innovative, patent-pending enterprise architecture visualization technology. He has co-authored three software development books and numerous articles for software industry trade journals, and is a frequent speaker at industry events.

Andy is a decorated combat veteran of the U.S. Army and served as a field artillery officer in the United States, Europe and the Middle East. He has a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia and a master's degree from Mississippi State University. His areas of expertise include enterprise architecture, IT portfolio management, IT strategic planning, E-Government, Federal CIO consulting, web development, data mining, business intelligence, and intellectual property portfolio management.

Steven Kousen

Partner, Federal Systems, Unisys Corporation

Steven Kousen is a partner and technology executive within the Federal Systems organization, where he leads the Federal Engineering Directorate, a 200-person engineering and operations horizontal practice servicing the Civilian Agencies, Homeland Security and DoD segments. Within Federal Systems, he is also leading the secure Cloud Computing and Stealth technology service offerings.

Before joining Unisys in 2003, Steve spent four years with BearingPoint, where he was a director in Integration Services, leading IT strategy and systems integration to clients within the telecommunications, technology, financial and consumer industries. He specialized in developing and delivering large-scale, multi-million dollar strategy, process and transformation solutions, and was responsible for management of the consulting workforce, preparing and presenting executive client proposals and delivery execution excellence of solution deployment teams. He is fully certified in advanced network technologies.

Steve also spent two years with General Electric Medical Systems, where he was a chief technology leader and director, Global Systems, Operations and Architecture, where he managed the global IT organization of more than 100 employees with a budget of $24 million. While at GE, Steve became certified as a Six Sigma Black Belt.

Prior to that, Steve was a senior manager of Internet Services, Global Messaging Services and Network Applications, with Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc.  He directed three teams who designed and delivered mission critical technologies and systems to support the 24 x 365 coverage of global e-mail, directory services, network applications, internet/ intranet architectures and other IT services. Steve joined Booz Allen after spending more than nine years with Electronic Data Systems, where he held positions of increasing responsibility.

Steve holds an M.B.A. degree in management information systems and decision sciences from Loyola College in Maryland and a B.S. degree in mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State University.

General Gregory S. Martin

United States Air Force (Retired)

General Gregory S. Martin retired from the United States Air Force on 1 September 2005 after thirty-five years of active commissioned service. His final duty was as the Commander of the Air Force Materiel Command, where he commanded nearly 80,000 personnel who are charged with the responsibility for the Air Force Science and Technology, Acquisition Support, Test and Evaluation and Weapons Systems Sustainment and Logistics missions. During his tenure in this duty, General Martin initiated the most significant organizational and process transformation in the history of the Air Force Materiel Command. Centered around the "Lean Engineering Model", AFMC achieved unprecedented "on time" maintenance and logistics performance improvements while at the same time reducing costs to the operational commands by 20 percent.

In his previous assignment, he was the Commander of the United States Air Forces Europe, Air Component Commander US European Command and the Commander for NATO's Allied Air Forces North. In those capacities, he commanded the United States, Alliance and Coalition Air Forces during Operations Northern Watch (Northern Iraq No-Fly Zone) Joint Forge, Joint Guardian (Bosnia and Kosovo), and Atlas Response (Mozambique Flood Relief). Additionally, he commanded the joint and allied air forces in the European theater of operations as they conducted long range combat employment missions, humanitarian relief, special operations sustainment, and the largest post-WW II combat airdrops as a part of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

A career fighter pilot with more than 4,600 flying hours, mostly in the F-4 and the F-15, General Martin flew as a combat ready pilot, flight leader, instructor pilot, operations officer and squadron commander in various assignments throughout the world to include a combat tour in Southeast Asia where he flew 161 combat missions. He also commanded three fighter wings: The 479th Tactical Training Wing and the 33rd and 1st Fighter Wings.

General Martin also had a rich variety of staff assignments which included operations and training, programming and budgeting, joint operations and force planning, joint and Air Force operational requirements and Air Force Acquisition. His senior level positions included being the Vice Director, and acting Director, of the Joint Staff's J-8 Directorate, Director of Air Force Operational Requirements and Principal Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition.

Since retiring, General Martin has been performing Senior Mentor duties with the Joint Forces Command. He has been retained by Northrop Grumman Integrated Systems as a consultant and is an associate member of the Durango Group. He serves on the Board of Advisors for several aerospace and information technology firms.

General Peter Pace

SM&A Strategic Advisors, President & CEO

General Peter Pace is President and CEO of SM&A Strategic Advisors and is a member of the Board of Directors of SM&A.

Prior to joining SM&A Strategic Advisors, General Pace served as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the principal military advisor to the President of the United States, the Secretary of Defense, the National Security Council, and the Homeland Security Council, from September 2005 until his retirement in 2007. Prior to becoming Chairman, he served as Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from October 2001 to September 2005. General Peter Pace retired from active duty on 1 October 2007, after more than 40 years of service in the United States Marine Corps.

A 1967 graduate of the United States Naval Academy, he holds a master's in business administration from George Washington University and attended Harvard University for the Senior Executives in National and International Security program. The General is also a graduate of the Infantry Officers' Advanced Course at Fort Benning, Georgia.; the Marine Corps Command and Staff College, in Quantico, Virginia; and the National War College, at Ft. McNair, Washington, DC.

Tony Pease

Vice President and Partner, Global GWAC Center, Unisys Federal Systems

Anthony (Tony) Pease serves as vice president and partner, Global GWAC Center, Unisys Federal Systems.  Tony is chartered with responsibility for managing all of Unisys government-wide acquisition contracts (GWAC), schedules and multiple award contracts within the U.S. Federal Government  Group,  He provides executive leadership for the business development, execution and management of these contract vehicles, which currently account for more than one-third of our Federal revenue.  Tony is based in Reston, Va.

Tony brings to Unisys more than 30 years of technology and management consulting experience, applying information technology solutions for strategic advantage in a variety of management, business and government environments.

Prior to his position with Global Public Sector, Tony served as vice president of Robbins, Gioia, Inc., where he led their Strategic Solutions Group delivering strategic planning, capital planning and investment management services.   Before joining Robbins, Gioia, he led an independent consulting practice, focused on delivering IT-enabled solutions, for CHP Technology International, Inc.  While at CHP Technology, Tony also served as CIO for Children's National Medical Center, Washington, D.C.  Prior to that, he spent fifteen years with Booz, Allen & Hamilton Inc., where he successfully led their IT and systems integration practices by providing consulting and delivery services to customers in public and private sectors, domestically and internationally.

Tony is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy with a BS in Engineering Management, and from the University of Colorado with an MBA in Information Systems.

Dr. Lawrence A. Ponemon

Ponemon Institute, LLC, Chairman and Founder

Dr. Lawrence Ponemon is the Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute, dedicated to advancing ethical information and privacy management practices in business and government. Ponemon Institute conducts independent research, educates leaders from the private and public sectors and verifies the privacy and data protection practices of organizations in a variety of industries.

In addition to Institute leadership, Larry is a partner and privacy advisor to Peppers & Rogers Group - a leading global consulting firm dedicated to strategic marketing. He is considered a pioneer in privacy risk management and the development of the responsible information management framework.

Larry is an adjunct professor of ethics and privacy for Carnegie-Mellon University and the CIO Institute. He also serves on the IBM Privacy Council. In addition, he is a member of the National Board of Advisors of the Eller College of Business and Public Administration, University of Arizona.

Larry has extensive experience in establishing self-regulatory frameworks for managing privacy and data security in the United States, Canada, the European Union, Hong Kong and other nations. Currently he has been appointed to oversee the first Canadian-U.S. study on cross national privacy practices commissioned by Ontario's Information and Privacy Commissioner.

Larry has served as an appointed member of the Advisory Committee for Privacy for the United States Federal Trade Commission. He also advises various state privacy, security and data protection activities, including a recent appointment to the California special task force on privacy and data security. He was recently appointed by the Governor of Arizona to serve on a special commission.

Larry was the CEO of Privacy Council, Inc. and was Global Managing Partner of the compliance risk management practice within PricewaterhouseCoopers (and founded the firm's privacy practice). He consults with leading global organizations on global privacy management, information ethics and corporate governance (Sarbanes-Oxley). Prior to joining Price Waterhouse, Larry served as the National Director of Business Ethics Services for KPMG Peat Marwick, and as the Executive Director of the KPMG Business Ethics Institute. He held chaired faculty positions at Babson College and SUNY Binghamton.

Larry has published more than 60 articles and 5 learned books. He has presented over 400 lectures at national or international conferences on privacy, data protection, information security, corporate governance, and responsible information management.

Recent programs include the Forbes Summit, FTC Workshop, Homeland Security Summit, Critical Infrastructure Conference Sponsored by the White House, The Aspen Institute, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Internal Auditors, European Business Ethics Network, Ethics Officers Association, The Conference Board and the International Conference on Ethics and the Professions.

Larry is an invited lecturer on privacy and business ethics issues for professional and regulatory bodies including the United States Department of Commerce, Federal Trade Commission, Department of Homeland Security, The United States White House, and numerous professional societies.

Larry is an editor for Darwin Magazine, 1o1 Magazine and other leading business publications for responsible information management.

Larry is a frequent speaker and commentator in news media on privacy and other business ethics topics including CNN, Fox News, CBS, CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Washington Post, Business 2.0, Newsweek, Business Week, Financial Times, U.S. News & World Report, Computerworld, CIO Magazine, Darwin Magazine, Boston Globe, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, Forbes, Fortune, CFO Magazine, Red Herring, Journal of Accountancy, Management Accounting Magazine, Dow Jones News, CNET News and others.

Larry earned a Ph.D from Union College, a master's from Harvard University and a bachelor's (with highest distinction) from the University of Arizona. He is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Management Accountant (CMA), Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) and Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE).

Venkatapathi (PV) Puvvada

Partner Horizontal Services, Unisys Federal Systems

Venkatapathi (PV) Puvvada is vice president and chief technology officer (CTO) for Unisys Federal Systems. In this role, PV and his executive team are responsible for Unisys strategy, new solution offerings, research and development, strategic program execution and technology alliance partnerships. He is also the senior executive responsible for Unisys transformation consulting services and leads its global service delivery teams for various client programs. In addition, PV is a lead partner for the Unisys Global Technology Executive Council, which develops and implements global technology strategy and best practices.

PV has more than 20 years experience in several businesses and IT disciplines and is a recognized thought leader in business transformation, e-government, enterprise security, performance measurement, technology innovation, solution development methodologies and enterprise architecture. He and his team work with all major agencies in the development of strategy and the execution of mission programs. During his career, PV has served in various leadership roles starting from technical management and progressing to senior management ranks.

PV has been actively involved with various organizations including IAC, Object Management Group (OMG), ITAA, National Association of State CIOs, AFCEA, NDIA and IIT Alumni association. PV currently serves on several non profit boards including TIE-DC (The Indus Entrepreneurs), Penn State University, National Defense University and The President's National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee's (NSTAC) Industry Executive Subcommittee. PV is an author and frequently speaks at various conferences and forums.

Brenda Orth

Chief Information Officer, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration

Brenda Orth has more than 25 years of IT management experience. She joined the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's IT department in 2003 and was appointed Chief Information Officer in January 2008. She has also served as the Commonwealth's Chief Technology Officer and as director for the Bureau of Enterprise Architecture. Prior to joining the Commonwealth, Orth served 20 years with ExxonMobil Corporation where she implemented multi-national IT business projects and managed strategic worldwide IT initiatives. She has a proven track record of delivery and has earned several recognition awards for exceptional achievement in information technology.

Patricia Titus

Chief Information Security Office, Federal Systems, Unisys Corporation

Patricia Titus recently joined Unisys Corporation and is the Chief Information Security Officer for Unisys Federal Systems. In this role, Mrs. Titus is responsible for working closely with Unisys corporate offices and business units, industry analysts, and external thought leaders to formulate a portfolio of security services and solutions meet the needs of Unisys Federal clients in an innovative way. She is also working to enhance the existing network security and policies supporting federal employees, while ensuring the continued protection of sensitive corporate data. She is active in speaking and educating in the area of Cyber Security and Critical Infrastructure Protection, capitalizing on her extensive experience in these areas.

Ms. Titus is currently an active member of the Industry Advisory Council (IAC)'s Special Interest Group for Information Security and Privacy and is Chairing the Chief Information Security Officer Advisory Forum for industry members of IAC. She also serves on the National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee (NSTAC), as an Industry Executive Subcommittee member and participates in the Cyber Security Task Force.

Prior to joining Unisys she was the Chief Information Security Officer at the Transportation Security Administration where she focused on creating, implementing and maintaining a robust IT Security Program. During her six (6) year tenure at TSA, her IT Security Program was rated and maintained a FISMA compliance score of "A" for 18 months.

Since joining public service in March 2000, Mrs. Titus has been assigned to various emerging technology projects and has worked extensively on enterprise network security. Before joining public service, Ms. Titus worked in start-up companies within the DC metropolitan area leading sales and marketing.

Gregory F. Treverton

Former Vice Chairman, National Intelligence Council, Director of Central Intelligence

Gregory Treverton is director of the RAND Corporation's Center for Global Risk and Security. Earlier, he directed RAND's Intelligence Policy Center and its International Security and Defense Policy Center, and he was associate dean of the Pardee RAND Graduate School. His recent work has examined at terrorism, intelligence and law enforcement, with a special interest in new forms of public-private partnership.

He has served in government for the first Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, handling Europe for the National Security Council and, most recently as vice chair of the National Intelligence Council, overseeing the writing of America's National Intelligence Estimates (NIEs).

Greg holds an A. B. summa cum laude from Princeton University and an M.P.P (Master's in Public Policy) and Ph.D. in economics and politics from Harvard. His latest books are Intelligence for an Era of Terror, (forthcoming); Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information, Cambridge University Press, 2001; and New Challenges, New Tools for Defense Decisionmaking, (edited), RAND, 2003.

Anthony M. Valletta

Independent Consultant

Anthony Valletta currently consulting for various clients in the C4ISR and IT Strategic areas.

He recently retired from SRA International Inc. after ten years of leading their C3I and Defense Business Sectors each representing nearly $500 million in revenues. At the conclusion of his tenure at SRI, he was the Senior Vice President and Director of the Defense Sector. Earlier, he was the Director of the Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C3I) Systems business unit where he was responsible for thought leadership and strategic direction for the Government Sector, with concentration on the Department of Defense.

Prior to joining SRA, Mr. Valletta was reappointed Acting Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence on February 20, 1998. He served as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence from July 20, 1997 to February 20, 1998. In this capacity he served as the principal staff assistant and advisor to the Secretary of Defense for command, control, communications and intelligence, information management, counterintelligence, security countermeasures and information warfare matters, including warning reconnaissance and intelligence related activities conducted by the Department of Defense. Mr. Valletta was also the designated Acting Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Department, and was responsible for ensuring the implementation of the Clinger-Cohen Act, formerly known as the Information Technology Management Reform Act.

Prior to his designation as the Acting ASD (C3I), Mr. Valletta served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Acquisition. In his position as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense he served as Chairman of the C3I Overarching Integrated Process Team (OIPT), one of the three OIPTs supporting the Defense Acquisition Board, and acting Chairman of the Major Automated Information Systems Review Committee (MAISRC). From June 1992 to March 1994, he served as the Vice Director of Information Systems for Command, Control, Communications and Computers and the senior civilian in the Army dealing with information technology. As the Vice Director, Mr. Valletta shared the responsibility for supervising and reviewing the formulation and execution of the Army's Information Mission Area consisting of command and control, automation, communications, records management, visual information, printing and publishing, and libraries.

Mr. Valletta is a 1971 graduate of the University of New Haven and Yale University ROTC. He served in the Army Signal Corps until 1977 in extensive communications engineering assignments. He was one of the initial eight Army officers handpicked to pioneer the Army's Technical Evaluation Program, which vastly improved all of the Army's strategic and Defense Communications Systems sites worldwide, and he spent time with the Army's 11th Signal Brigade at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona as Company Commander and Operations Officer. He was also assigned to the US Army Communications Research and Development Command at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, working in the Signal Processing Division, engaged in the engineering and development of the TRI-TAC Digital Group Multiplexer family of equipment.

Mr. Valletta's primary background is in electrical engineering, with graduate work in engineering and industrial management.

Gerry Wethington

Vice President, Homeland Security, Justice & Public Safety Programs, Global Public Sector, Unisys Corporation

Gerry Wethington is currently the Vice President, Homeland Security, Justice & Public Safety. Responsibilities include managing the Homeland Security, Justice & Public Safety practice for Unisys, a predominant focus area for the public sector practice of Unisys. Management responsibilities include leveraging the entire portfolio of services, solutions and technology products. Justice and public safety have long been priorities within government. Building integrated justice systems and promoting interoperability are key initiatives of many federal, state and local government agencies. Responsibilities include leveraging the Unisys portfolio of solutions and services and aligning those solutions with the homeland security environment.

Gerry serves as a board member of the IJIS Institute, a not-for-profit organization whose membership is made up of private sector companies committed to integrated justice and interoperability. In addition to serving as a board member, Gerry also serves as the chairman of the IJIS Institutes Information Sharing Enterprise Architecture Committee, a committee heavily involved in developing tools to assist homeland security and fusion center directors.

Gerry retired after nearly 30 years service with the State of Missouri. Gerry served as Missouri's Chief Information Officer and as a member of Governor Bob Holden's cabinet. As CIO, Gerry led Missouri's e-Government efforts to improve the delivery of government service to its citizens. Gerry led the development of Missouri's Adaptable Enterprise Architecture Program. Considered one of the best in the Nation, Missouri's program has resulted in significant savings and improved efficiency in the State's business and information technology programs. Gerry is recognized nationally as a leader in the areas of government process reform, enterprise architecture, justice integration and interoperability and project management.

Gerry served 2 consecutive terms as the President of NASCIO, the National Association of State Chief Information Officers. Gerry is the only state CIO to have served consecutive terms as president in the Associations 39 year history. NASCIO's mission is to shape national IT policy through collaborative partnerships; information sharing and knowledge transfer across jurisdictional and functional boundaries. NASCIO membership is comprised of state chief information officers and information resource executives and managers from the 50 states, six U. S. territories, and the District of Columbia. Gerry also served as chair of NASCIO's Enterprise Architecture Committee and as a member of their Executive Committee.

Gerry served as Missouri's SEARCH representative, serving as SEARCH's Chairman and member of the board of directors. Gerry served as the vice chair of the membership group, chaired the Planning Committee and the Systems and Technology Program Advisory Committee. SEARCH is the National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, with representatives from all states, responsible for formulating recommendations on criminal justice policy. In serving with SEARCH, Gerry has testified before Congress.

Attorney General Janet Reno appointed Gerry to the Global Justice Information Sharing Advisory Commission. The Global Advisory Committee is an advisory body to the U.S. Attorney General, created to support broad-scale exchange of pertinent justice information. The GAC consists of key officials from local, state, tribal, federal, and other justice-related entities. Gerry represented NASCIO on the GAC. Gerry was elected the Vice-chair of Global by the membership 3 times and served on Global's Executive Steering Committee. It was during Gerry's tenure as chair of Global's Infrastructure Standards Working Group that the Global Justice XML Data Model was developed.

Gerry is a frequent speaker at seminars and conferences on topics related to government process improvement, enterprise architecture, technology infrastructure centralization and consolidation, criminal justice integration and interoperability, progress and performance metrics implementation and software engineering. Some of the programs where Gerry has spoken include: NCJA National Forum, National Fusion Center Director's Conference, California CIO Academy, PTI Annual Conference, CIO Magazine's Strategic Initiatives Conference, the Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs Integration Workshops, the NGA's Justice Integration Workshops and Chiefs of Staff Retreat, NASCIO Annual and Mid-year Conferences, Court Technology Conference 8, SEARCH's Integration Symposium, technology symposiums in the states of California, Pennsylvania, Texas, North Carolina, Ohio, Tennessee and Connecticut, CIO Forum for Illinois, Cook County and the City of Chicago, the Japanese Prefecture Government CIO Forum in Tokyo, Japan, the Missouri Police Chiefs Association Legislative Seminars and the Missouri Office of Prosecution Services Training Seminars.

Prior to his appointment as CIO, Gerry had been with the Missouri State Highway Patrol for over 25 years serving in a number of capacities, most recently as their CIO serving as Director of the Patrol's Information Systems Division. During his career at the Patrol Gerry led the development and implementation of Missouri's criminal history records system. Gerry has served as the chair of Missouri's State Data Center Steering Committee and as chair of their Enterprise Architecture Project Committee. Gerry has also served as chair of the State Information Technology Advisory Board and chair of the State's data center consolidation project steering committee. Gerry has a Bachelor's degree from Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri.

Naomi Wyatt

Secretary of Administration, State of Pennsylvania, Governor's Office of Administration

On August 2, 2007, Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell announced Naomi Wyatt as Secretary of the Office of Administration. Wyatt, an attorney employed by the Commonwealth since January 2006, was appointed as the Office of Administration's Deputy Secretary for Human Resources and Management on Feb. 5, 2007. She previously served as the Executive Director of the Governor's Office of Management and Productivity.

Prior to entering state government, Wyatt was a litigation attorney at prominent law firms in San Francisco and Philadelphia.

In 1995, Wyatt earned an undergraduate degree in English from Yale University and spent two years teaching high school English in Mississippi as a Teach for America corps member. In 2000, she earned a law degree from the University of Colorado School of Law.

Amit Yoran

Chairman and CEO, NetWitness Corporation

Since completing a management buyout from Mantech in 2006, Amit Yoran serves as the Chairman and CEO of NetWitness Corporation, a leading provider of network security analytic products. Prior to NetWitness he was Director of the National Cyber Security Division of Homeland Security, and as CEO and advisor to In-Q-Tel, the venture capital arm of the CIA. Formerly Mr. Yoran served as the Vice President of Worldwide Managed Security Services at the Symantec Corporation. Mr. Yoran was the co-founder of Riptech, a market leading IT security company, and served as its CEO until the company was acquired by Symantec in 2002. He formerly served an officer in the United States Air Force in the Department of Defense's Computer Emergency Response Team.

Mr. Yoran serves as an independent director on the boards of several innovative security technology companies Boards, including; Guardium, Digital Sandbox, and IronKey. He previously served on the board of Cyota until the company's acquisition by RSA in 2006, Guidance Software (GUID) through the company's successful IPO in 2007 and as an advisor to Intruvert Networks until the company's acquisition by McAfee in 2003.

Mr. Yoran received a Master of Science degree from the George Washington University and Bachelor of Science from the United States Military Academy at West Point.