Speakers

Alan S. Wernick is a partner in the law firm FSB FisherBroyles, LLP.  His multidisciplinary background in law, technology, and accounting helps clients meet their business and technology objectives, and manage their legal strategies and risks. 
 

Wernick has more than 30 years experience. His leadership roles including: the practice of law in information technology and intellectual property, in-house general counsel,  the successful handling of numerous large complex transactions and due diligence involving technology acquisitions, and  dispute resolution including litigation/appeals and ADR.  For information about Wernick's practice and his lectures and publications, please visit WWW.WERNICK.COM.  For information about FSB, please visit WWW.FSBLEGAL.COM
 

Anna Gomez joined the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) in February 2009. In her role at NTIA, Gomez handles a wide range of communications and Internet policy issues with a particular focus on spectrum management, public safety communications, and NTIA efforts to expand broadband access and adoption for all Americans. She previously served as acting administrator of the agency through June 2009, overseeing NTIA’s enhanced TV Converter Box Coupon Program during the nation’s successful transition to digital broadcasting.

Gomez was previously the vice president of government affairs at Sprint Nextel. Prior to her work in private industry, Gomez served for 12 years in various management positions at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). Gomez also served as the senior legal advisor to former FCC Chairman William Kennard. In addition, Gomez was the deputy chief of staff in the National Economic Council during the Clinton Administration; staff counsel in the U.S. Senate for the Subcommittee on Communication, Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation; and an associate at the law firm of Arnold & Porter.

Bryan Sivak was appointed by Governor Martin O'Malley in April 2011 as the first chief innovation officer for Maryland. Sivak is responsible for executing the Governor's innovation agenda, to look across the breadth of the Maryland bureaucracy to identify programs which can be accelerated through innovative and creative ideas, and to challenge the entrenched bureaucratic status quo.

Prior to this appointment, Sivak was appointed by Mayor Adrian M. Fenty in October 2009 to the cabinet post of chief technology officer for the District of Columbia.

Sivak has over 15 years of international experience in building software and internet technologies and organizations. In 2002, he founded and developed InQuira, Inc.
 

Burke Ward is a professor of business law and taxation in the Villanova University School of Business. He is also a principal in WFG Associates, LLC, which focuses on estate and business succession planning.

Burke is a graduate of Villanova University. He received his law degree from Seton Hall University Law School, and his LL.M. in taxation from NYU Law School.

Burke has published extensively. He has taught, lectured and spoken globally.
 

Dr. Craig Orgeron has over 22 years of information technology experience in both the private sector and the federal and state level of the public sector. Orgeron began his career as a communications-computer systems officer in the United States Air Force. Currently, Orgeron provides statewide leadership in the provision of services that facilitate cost-effective information processing and telecommunication solutions for agencies and institutions. He has participated in numerous government information technology task forces and committees, such as the Mississippi Broadband Task Force, the Digital Signature Committee, the Electronic Government Task Force, and the Governor’s Commission on Digital Government.

Donna Roy joined the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in December of 2006 and currently serves as the CIO’s executive for Information Sharing.  She is actively engaged in helping DHS lay the foundation and building blocks for an information sharing environment and drives DHS technical policy development as well as coordinates with the White House National Security Staff and the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment. Under her leadership are the oversight and operation of the program management offices for the Homeland Security Information Network (HSIN) and the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM).  

Roy served as the VP of Product Development for a Fortune 200 company as well as serving as the VP for a major data operations division. 

Doug Robinson serves as executive director for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers. Robinsons is a frequent speaker, panelist and author representing NASCIO issues, state CIOs, IT policy, trends and state government issues  Among his recognitions, he was named to Government Technology magazine’s 2006 Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers. 

His career spans over thirty years in state government, higher education and public sector IT consulting.  Prior to joining NASCIO in 2004, he served as an Executive Director in the Governor's Office for Technology, Commonwealth of Kentucky.  His previous leadership positions in state government include executive director of the Kentucky Information Resources Commission and executive director of the Kentucky Office of Geographic Information.

Graham Waller supports CIO clients across variety of industries, assisting them in honing leadership skills, forging winning relationships and maximizing IT value.  He is a co-author of Gartner’s latest book, The CIO Edge: Seven Leadership Skills You Need to Drive Results.  Waller also serves on the faculty of Gartner’s CIO Academy.
 
Waller came to Gartner as part of the META Group acquisition, where he led CIO-level research on transformational change as part of META Group’s Executive Directions services.  Waller has more than 20 years of experience in driving business results and achieving measurable value from IT-enabled transformation.  He has held both IT and business leadership positions within end-user and IT service provider Fortune 100 companies.
 
 

Greg Hughes is the Director of the Delaware Government Information Center.  The GIC is responsible for facilitating easy and organized access to government services and information online as well as leading Delaware’s eGovernment initiatives.  His group is also responsible for managing the design and content of Delaware’s award winning website, Delaware.gov.  Hughes has over 20 years of state service, during which he has served several state agencies in a variety technology centered roles

Gwynne Kostin is director, Mobile in the Office of Citizen Services & Innovative Technologies at the U.S. General Services Administration. She is working with federal agencies to help make government information and services available anytime, anywhere and on any device.

Kostin previously was director of GSA’s Center for New Media and Citizen Engagement. She launched the government’s “build-a-blog” platform and the contest platform challenge.gov. As director of New Media for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, she drove the use of new technologies--creating the department’s social media strategy, developing a cross-agency web communications model for disaster response, and leading new media communications and strategy for 22 agencies.
 

Prior to her current position, Lisa Schlosser served as the principal deputy associate administrator for the  Office of External Affairs and Environmental Education, and as the director for the Office of Information Collection, the Office of Environmental Information and for the Environmental Protection Agency.

Schlosser was also the chief information officer for the  U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, the  associate chief information officer for the U.S. Department of Transportation  and the associate CIO for IT Security for the U.S. DOT.

Schlosser also worked in the private sector as vice-president for business operations for Global Integrity and as a senior manager for Ernst & Young LLP.

Before entering the commercial sector, Schlosser served as a military intelligence officer and continues to serve as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves. 

Neil Bonner works in the information technology field as program manager for the Transportation Security Administration. His focus is on mobile, rapid applications development, social media and collaboration platforms. He manages a portfolio of applications that are internal and citizen-facing. In 2011 he was recognized as a “Federal 100 Award Winner” for his work with the “MyTSA” iPhone app.

Pamela Richardson Walker serves as the first director of Government Affairs for the National Association of State Chief Information Officers.. She is responsible for informing the Administration, Congress and strategic partners about state chief information officers issues and priorities.  Before NASCIO, she worked for the American Association of Motor Vehicles (AAMVA) covering federal and state affairs for motor vehicle agencies. She has worked in the government relations field for 15+ years in complex government arenas for non-profit and for-profit environments. She is a co-chair for Women in Government Relations Telecommunication &Technology Task Force.

Peter Harkness is the founder and publisher emeritus of Governing. Before launching Governing in 1987, he was editor and deputy publisher of the Congressional Quarterly news service, a Washington information company known for publishing what is regarded as the unofficial and independent "bible" covering the U.S. Congress.

Harkness has watched government at all levels, from Washington to the states, cities and counties, for almost 40 years.  His reporting assignments for CQ included the White House, Congress and national politics

He is a recipient of the Raymond Clapper Award for investigative reporting, awarded by the White House Correspondents Association, and is a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration.

Scott D. Pattison was named executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers in 2001. Founded in 1945, NASBO is the professional organization for budget officers of the states and U.S. territories.

Pattison was previously Virginia’s state budget director and headed Virginia’s Regulatory and Economic Analysis section. He was counsel on financial issues for Virginia’s Attorney General and also served as attorney-advisor for the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.

Pattison serves on numerous boards related to public finance and has been adjunct faculty at the University of Richmond.

Nearly 30 years of state government experience, an internationally certified martial arts master, and a prolific career as a rock musician, he is a bit different then your run of the mill enterprise architect. Connecting the first computer systems at the local unemployment office  started a career in state government IT. That body of work includes systems for unemployment insurance, appeals, job service, services for the blind, vocational rehabilitation Medicaid management information systems, and hundreds of other state government projects.

Baden was recruited by Gopal Khanna, former Minnesota State CIO to launch a new era in government through enterprise architecture.