And Much More!

Brian  Carnell

Brian Carnell is the Chief AI Architect, Office of the Federal CTO at Dell Technologies. He is responsible for evaluating and collaborating with emerging technology partners, customers and Dell to bring Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning solutions to the public sector marketplace.

Brian has served as the VP of Technology for a Big Data and Analytics company and as an Executive within the USPS Technology organization. Brian has 25 years of technology experience in networking, programming, client, infrastructure, AI/ML, and application-based solutions.
 

Dr. Bill Anderson

Dr. Bill Anderson is the President of CIS Mobile. This Washington, DC area company provides government users with the ability and control to protect sensitive data on their mobile devices. Dr. Anderson's expertise is in mobile systems, cryptography, data security, and information theory. Before CIS Mobile, he served as Vice President, Technology Investments at Allied Minds, where he managed a portfolio of information security, quantum, and semiconductor design companies. 
 
A founder of Oculis Labs, an innovative data-in-use security company, he served as CEO until it was acquired by Optio. While at Optio, he served as Chief Product Officer, and then CEO as it introduced a groundbreaking security platform for Android. He served as Vice Chairman of Maryland TEDCO, a $110 million early-stage investment company. Additionally, he held executive roles in product management and marketing at several public and private technology companies to include SafeNet, Inc., Aether Systems, and Certicom. He holds multiple patents.
 
Dr. Anderson has a Bachelor's and Doctorate degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo. 

Frank Briguglio

Frank Briguglio is a recognized thought leader and authority in Identity, Credentialing and Access Management (ICAM). Throughout his career he has been involved in the design and implementation of identity-centric technologies and the development of identity standards. As a Lead Architect for the DHS, CDM Program – he was instrumental in the convergence of ancillary Federal programs and standards. Frank has supported the Federal ICAM Subcommittee (ICAMSC) as a Subject Matter Expert and was involved in the development of the FICAM Roadmap; the Federal and DoD Public Key Infrastructures and Federated Identity Standards. 
 
Frank has over 23 years’ experience supporting Federal Civilian, Department of Defense, and the Intelligence community in the deployment of identity and security solutions. He has worked for industry leaders in the Security, Identity and Access Management market segment and is currently the Public Sector Strategist at SailPoint. 
 
Frank frequently presents and participates on leadership panels at industry and corporate events such as Identiverse, ISACA, AFCEA, Federal Computing Weekly, Government Computing Network and Federal News Network Radio.

Sam Kumarsamy

Patrick Biltgen

As the analytics offering family lead at Perspecta, Patrick Biltgen leadsresearch and development efforts for machine learning, artificial intelligence, modeling and Internet of Things (IoT) capabilities.
 
Recognized for unconventional ideas and unique perspectives, Biltgen is a thought leaderwho has supported data fusion and modeling efforts for multiple intelligence clients.
 
Prior to Perspecta, he was the technical director of analytics and a principal systems engineer at Vencore. His previous role was senior mission engineer/intelligence integration directorate at BAE Systems, where he wassubject-matter expert on the methodology of Activity-Based Intelligence (ABI) and deliveredmission-focused capability development for the intelligence community. Biltgen developed and proliferated the concept of “mission engineering” across BAE Systems’ GEOINT-ISR business area, mentored new employees on this discipline and collaboratively advanced new concepts across teams of intelligence analysts, systems engineers and software engineers.

He also held positions as a research engineer and research assistant at Georgia Institute of Technology, specializing in intelligence, defense and military projects. He oversaw a team of 25 graduate research assistants and directed more than $1.3 million of sponsored research for the Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), National Air and Space Intelligence Center (NASIC), Raytheon, BAE Systems and Applied Research Associates (ARA).

A prolific writer with a reputation for explaining complex material clearly, Biltgen published Activity-Based Intelligence: Principles and Applications, the first unclassified textbook on this contemporary intelligence tradecraft. In 2017 he was awarded the Neil Armstrong Award of Excellencein honor of his professional accomplishments and passion to expand the boundaries of exploration through science and technology. He volunteers with the Astronaut Scholarship Foundation as a member of the Strategic Planning Task Force.
 
Biltgen holds a bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He earned a SAFe Agilist certification.

James Lewis

James B. Lewis, Security Solutions Architect, Trend Micro Inc 

James has a passion for cybersecurity in practice and in academia. He has been working in information technology and security for over 20 years and continues to expand his knowledge of threat intelligence and security best practices. Having started in the early evolution of virtualization, James has helped customer continue their journey toward securing new solutions and technology in applications, the cloud, and on containers. James has conducted many public speaking engagements and enjoys supporting the Federal Government for Trend Micro.

Gregg Ostrowski

Gregg Ostrowski – Regional CTO, East

Gregg is a senior executive and thought leader with over 20 years experience.  In leadership positions for technology companies including Research in Motion and Samsung, Gregg was responsible for Enterprise Services, Enterprise Developer Relations, Sales Engineering and Ecosystem development.   He has worked with many F1000 customers and partners on digital transformation, mobility application deployments, DevOpsstrategies, Analytics and high ROI business solutions.  AppDynamicswas critical for Samsung customers requiring a real time view into their application performance & business analytics.

Gregg holds a Bachelor’s Degree in CIS from Caldwell University

Jake Burman

 Jake Burman; Sr. Manager, Product Services, ServiceNow

David Siles

David Siles is Global Field CTO at Rubrik & Co-leader of Tampa VMUG. He has 25+ years of leadership experience in the IT industry with a specialized focus on InfoSec and data governance.

Kent Brake

Kent Brake is a Senior Principal Solutions Architect based in Richmond, VA.At Elastic, Kent works with DoD customers and commercial partners witha focus on security analytics. Before joining Elastic, Kent spent 9years building Cloudmark-based messaging security systems with customers likeAT&T, Facebook, and Fireeye.

Prem Jadhwani

Prem Jadhwani, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), brings 20 years of experience working in the enterprise IT space with both commercial and Federal customers to Government Acquisitions, Inc. (GAI). He is also a founder and CEO of Intellectual Point, an IT Training and Workforce Development firm based in Northern VA. As a CTO, Mr. Jadhwani provides solution vision, strategy, thought leadership, and subject matter expertise around data centers, cyber security, cloud computing, data analytics, mobile and wireless, IoT, SDN and other emerging technologies like Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. Mr. Jadhwani has served as a Commissioner for TechAmerica Cloud and Big Data Commission. He has published numerous papers and is an active speaker at industry conferences. He holds an MS in Computer Science from Illinois Institute of Technology, an MBA in Marketing & Strategy from Stuart School of Business in Chicago, and has completed coursework for a Ph.D. in Cyber Security from George Mason University. He also holds 100+ reputable certifications including CISSP, CISM, CySA+, CISA, CEH, CCNP, VCP, ITIL, GCIH, and GSLC and is a professional Cyber Security Trainer and sought-after speaker and panelist.

Nick Howard

Nick Howard - Solution Architect, SD3IT

Nick Howard served in the Army Reserves and the South Dakota National guard for 9 years. While there he learned basic IT as a 25B, Computer Information Systems Specialist. After graduating from AIT with the Green Mountain Boys in Vermont, he secured a job at USSTRATCOM and spent the next 9 years managing and deploying time sensitive IT projects naturally segueing into the IT federal space. A resourceful, knowledgeable, and results-oriented IT professional with successful 8+ year career and key strengths in technical project leadership, network administration, multi-site system migrations, and systems security. Nicholas brings a proven track record for successful utilization of broad problem-solving strategies and tactical leadership to consistently drive effective network solutions, while optimizing efficiencies. Currently Nicholas is a Solution Architect for SD3IT, LLC with a passion for driving new technology delivering Solutions Engineering for enterprise government customers to include Air Force, Army, USDA, US Treasury. Specific Accounts include USINDOPACOM, USSTRATCOM, Air Force Weather, MNIS, CFPB, USDA APHIS, USARPAC.
 
Nicholas’s expertise includes Enterprise Storage, Hyperconverged, Containerization, Cyber Security Software, Server Virtualization and Network Virtualization.