SBC 2009 Agenda

“…leadership for the development and nationwide implementation of an interoperable health information technology infrastructure to improve the quality and efficiency of health care.”

This established the position of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the Department of Health and Human Services. The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) worked with multiple federal agencies to develop and publish the 2008-2012 Federal Health IT Strategic Plan, published on June 3, 2008, which explicitly recognizes the federal government’s role in promoting interoperable health IT in collaboration with public and private industries. The strategic plan states two main goals:

1. Transforming care delivery, personal health and support through the access and use of electronic health information and,

2. Advancing population health (public health, biomedical research that makes use of health care information, health care quality improvement, and emergency preparedness) through timely access to and use of electronic health information.

This panel of government officials and small business experts will address these goals, the specific initiatives under way, and how they influence and shape the competencies of small business for success in IT?

Mario Hyland founded AEGIS.net, Inc, (AEGIS) in 1996, where he currently serves as Senior Vice President. Mr. Hyland’s extensive career spans defense-related software development, business analysis, and product development management. Mr. Hyland currently supports the Department of Veterans Affairs as the lead performance engineer on the MyHealtheVet (MHV) Program. Because of his commitment to his customer’s vision and mission, Mr. Hyland has been asked to serve on the MHV Architecture Review Board, the Change Control Board and as a member of the program’s Risk Management Team. Mr. Hyland has authored numerous publications and has been the plenary speaker on various high-profile topics throughout his career. Mr. Hyland graduated from Control Data Institute in Toronto, Canada.

The NIH CIO provides IT Strategic Planning to NIH Leadership Offices and Institute and Center Directors. The CIO serves in a leadership role in IT governance at NIH, and is also responsible for coordinating NIH IT with other HHS Operating Divisions and with other Federal Agencies. John F. "Jack" Jones, Ph.D., was appointed to serve as CIO of NIH effective June 22, 2008. Dr. Jones joined the NIH in 2001 as NIH Chief IT Architect. He served beginning late in 2003 as the Acting Deputy Director of CIT, before being named Acting Director, CIT, and Acting NIH CIO in late 2005. Before coming to the NIH, Dr. Jones was at Sandia National Laboratories, where his last position was Director of Information Processes. During his last two years at Sandia, he also served as senior advisor to the Deputy Assistant Secretary at the Department of Energy for the Advanced Strategic Computing Initiative.

Vish Sankaran, Program Director, Federal Health Architecture, Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Department of Health and Human Services

Vish Sankaran was appointed Director of the Federal Health Architecture (FHA) program in the Office of National Coordinator for Health Information Technology in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in March 2007. As FHA director, he has driven collaboration among federal agencies to advance the adoption of interoperable health IT in order to allow for the secure exchange of health information within the federal government, and with state, tribal, and local governments and the private sector. This goal is being achieved through initiatives that provide federal business needs management, and systematic investment planning, reporting and interoperability architecture.

Dr. Paul A. Tibbits, Chief Information Officer, Enterprise Development, Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Tibbits was inducted into the Senior Executive Service in February 2004, appointed Deputy Chief Information Officer for Enterprise Development for the Department of Veterans Affairs on 7 December 2006. Dr. Tibbits served in DoD as Director of the Business Management and Modernization Program and Transformation Support Office until September 2005, and stood up and served as Deputy Director of the Military Health System Office of Transformation, representing the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Health Affairs). Dr. Tibbits is an experienced senior executive leader in change management, organizational development, managing global health IT systems, planning, problem-solving, metrics, outsourcing, contracts, finance, employee effectiveness, and customer satisfaction.

Sharon Jones is the Federal Vice President at BusinessGenetics, a small business solely dedicated to business transformation. She started the Federal practice for BusinessGenetics four years ago and has grown the business from startup to the largest component of the Company. Sharon was first introduced to the workflow industry at its inception while at Digital Equipment Corporation in the 80s. Since that time she has managed process improvement initiatives, managed consultants performing that work, and – while at Digital – created service offerings for their automated workflow business worldwide.

Government Participants: Learn what industry needs from you to understand and effectively deliver your mission requirements.
Industry Participants: Position your company to win in the evolving acquisition environment. Participate in a dialogue with Government acquisition personnel to understand and influence future procurement direction.

Why does it seem like some vendors have better success in winning contract awards? Selecting which contract opportunities to pursue is a very important factor in developing a winning strategy to overcome issues when working with the federal procurement process.

-     staffing constraints and security clearances;                                                                                                     -    how to research agency budget documents to identify appropriate target opportunities;                                            -     how to integrate small business participation into procurement strategies;
-     evaluation criteria and mandatory small business factors;
-     using the Federal Small Business Procurement Scorecard as a winning strategy;
-     which vendor techniques work; and
-     insight on understanding government procurement strategies

David Loines, Acting Deputy Director, Office of Government Contracting Area II, Small Business Administration

Mr. Loines is currently the Director for the Office of Government Contracting Area II office. His office oversees all Federal procurements in Washington, DC, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, West Va., and Delaware. This territory contains Federal agencies and large prime contractors that have the largest procurement budgets in the country, resulting in over $85 Billion in Federal procurements. Mr. Loines has worked to develop numerous procurement vehicles to help small business, and has implemented innovative strategies to ensure small business participation on Federal procurements. Mr. Loines served as the Director for the SBA Business Matchmaking Initiative overseeing all events for the SBA.

Mr. Moore has over 26 years of diverse and challenging experience with military, civilian, and foreign state-of-the art secure and non-secure communications systems in tactical, fixed, aircraft, and shipboard configurations, both voice and data. RLM, a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) certified 8(a) by the Small Business Administration (SBA) in March 2006, is owned and operated by Randy L. Moore, a military retiree with both special operations and conventional communications and technology experience. RLM represents a small business founded on its ability to provide tactical and strategic communications services and support to our nation’s National Command Authorities no matter where the requirements exist.

Roy L. Reed, Jr. is President, Kingfisher Systems, Inc. In addition to his corporate responsibilities as president, Mr. Reed acts a senior consultant on a number of classified U.S. Government Intelligence Community strategic efforts and he continues to utilize his government experience as a counterintelligence expert by writing professional articles for Defense intelligence periodicals. Mr. Reed left government service in February, 2005, where he last served in the Defense Intelligence Executive Service as the Director, Strategy and Transformation Directorate, Department of Defense (DoD) Counterintelligence Field Activity (CIFA). His responsibilities included coordinating with Defense Counterintelligence (CI) community leaders from the Armed Services, Defense Agencies, the Counterintelligence Field Activity and the Offices of the Secretary of Defense to develop, implement, or recommend DoD CI strategic plans, policies and performance management programs.

Jose Salazar, Program Manager, Industrial Security Program Branch, Department of Homeland Security

Mr. Salazar is the Program Manager for the Industrial Security Program Branch at Department of Homeland Security, Office of Security. As the Program Manager, he is responsible for administering, managing, and providing oversight and compliance for the DHS Industrial Security Program. He provides safeguarding procedures to contractors, licensees, and grantees of the United States Government when the Department of Homeland Security issues contracts and such arrangements require access to classified information. Prior to this assignment, Mr. Salazar worked in private industry for Lockheed Martin and for Northrop Grumman Mission Systems. Mr. Salazar was responsible for managing security programs at both of these two major corporations for numerous programs. He was recently selected as a fellow in the DHS 2009 Fellows Program

Moderator: C. Damon Hecker, Vice President, Mission Excellence Strategic Business Unit, Kingfisher Systems

C. Damon Hecker is the Vice President of the Mission Excellence Strategic Business Unit for Kingfisher Systems, Inc. In this role, he is responsible for co-leading Kingfisher’s largest business unit focused on intelligence and counterintelligence services, and strategic and performance planning consulting services to the U.S. Intelligence, Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, Defense, and Counterintelligence Communities. Prior to joining Kingfisher, he was a member of the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service (SES) and held the position of Director for Strategy and Transformation for the Department of Defense Counterintelligence Field Activity. In this role, he was responsible for developing the Department of Defense’s counterintelligence strategy and leading the implementation of the strategy.

Breakout 2: Earned Value Management: Increased profitability. Increased revenue. Increased project management control.

Government Participants: Discover proven techniques to use EVM information to optimize project contribution to mission effectiveness and reduce risk.
Industry Participants: What EVM can really deliver - Improved project management control leading to both improved customer satisfaction and increased profitability.

Join our panel discussion that will bring together perspectives from both government and industry regarding this important management tool. Panelists will share experiences about how EVM is being used to help government and industry to work together to better manage projects. Panelists will also discuss the important role EVM plays in positioning your company to win more federal business.

- How can EVM provide me with greater visibility into my projects throughout their lifecycle?

Kavita Kalatur is the Consulting Practice Director for Oracle’s Primavera Portfolio Management software. She manages a team of 15 consultants and is responsible for delivery of all Services related to Primavera Portfolio Management. She has several years of experience in the software and consulting industries with expertise in the areas of enterprise investment management, governance, value analysis, project management and process design. She has a strong economics, quantitative and financial analysis background, complemented by experience in diverse industries. Ms. Kalatur has managed Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC) engagements at the US Department of the Treasury and the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Keith Kratzert, Earned Value Management Focal Point, Federal Aviation Administration

Mr. Kratzert is serving as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Earned Value Management (EVM) Focal Point. His office is within the Air Traffic Organization (ATO), Office of Acquisition and Business Services. He is responsible for introducing EVM concepts and processes to FAA acquisition projects and implementing EVM within the context of the FAA organizational structure. Prior to assuming the FAA EVM Focal Point position he held positions within the FAA in the ATO, Terminal Service Unit Planning and Performance organization and the Office of Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance Systems. Before joining the FAA, he provided support to Navy and DoD acquisition programs support contractor.

Dorie Olson, Director of Program Management, Capital Technology Information Services

For the past 12 years, Ms. Olson, PMP, EVP, has worked as an IT project manager, in both the private and public sector. In just the last 3 years, her focus has moved more towards program management for large-scale government contracts. She has recently brought the EVM discipline to project management at her current company and has focused on applying EVM to on-going running programs. Ms. Olson has been a Project Management Professional (PMP) for 4 years and has just recently attained her Earned Value Professional (EVP) status.

Mr. David Treacy has had extensive program and project management experience in large, complex, research, development and acquisition projects for the DoD, DOE, NASA, and other Federal Agencies. Previously he was a program manager within the Department of Energy for high energy particle research facilities at Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. Mr. Treacy was also responsible for developing the policies and regulations for program and project management as well as developing and leading the Earned Value Management System program at Headquarters, Department of Energy.

Kim Hunter, PMP, EVP, is a Senior Manager with KM Systems Group in support of the Federal Aviation Administration. She has over 20 years Capital Planning and Investment Control project management experience in both the federal government and private industry. Kim retired from the Marine Corps in 2003. While on active duty she served as a Contracting Officer Representative for the 4^th largest contract in the Marine Corps and wrote several publications concerning Information Management, Command and Control and Administrative Operations. After retirement, she served as a Senior Project Manager for the Navy-Marine Corps Internet Project, as a contractor in support of the State Department, the Department of Labor and the Department of the Interior. In all of these positions she has served as a mentor and proponent for EVM.

Through the entire lunch session, conference attendees will have the opportunity to discuss small business issues with a government executive.

Government Participants: Make your PBA more effective with metrics that make sense for both you and industry.
Industry Participants: Increase your win rate by proposing and delivering best value PBA.

Performance Based Acquisition, what does it all mean? Some say that a form of PBA’s have been around since the 40’s; in 2001 OMB mandated it; and then in 2007 elevated the mandate so that it be used for 45% of agencies services contracts. Additionally, some say government officials are not adequately trained in PBA’s and that Industry is not responding to the challenge.

PBA is the preferred acquisition method of the future. Join the dialogue on how we, Government and Industry, can create better partnerships using Performance Based Acquisition. While the PBA experience base builds, discover how we can expedite the knowledge transfer needed for the most successful execution of PBA by both Government and Industry.

David Drabkin, Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer & Senior Procurement Executive, Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer, General Services Administration

David is the Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer and Senior Procurement Executive, Office of the Chief Acquisition Officer, US General Services Administration (GSA). He is a member of the bar of the Commonwealths of Pennsylvania and Virginia and a member of the Council of Fellows, Board of Advisors and Advocacy Committee of the National Contract Management Association. He also serves on the National Contracting and Public Procurement Council. He serves as a Vice-Chair of the Acquisition Reform and Experimental Processes Committee of the Public Contract Law Section of the American Bar Association. David was appointed by the President and served as a member of the Section 1423 (SARA) Panel and currently serves on the Multiple Award Schedule Advisory Panel.

Deidre A. Lee currently serves as the Director for Department of Defense and Intel at Compusearch Software Systems. Deidre Lee served for 32 years in various positions in numerous Federal Agencies. She retired from the position of Director of Management and Chief Acquisition Officer for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security in March 2008. Her responsibilities at FEMA included oversight and management of six of FEMA’s lines of business: the Offices of Human Resources, Information Technology, Procurement, Facilities, Security and Disaster Workforce. Before joining FEMA Ms. Lee served in the General Services Administrations, Federal Acquisition Service (FAS) as Assistant Commission of Integrated Technology Services providing FAS technology and professional services offerings to customer agencies.

Joanie F. Newhart, CPCM, has over 25 years experience in Federal government contracting and 16 years experience in leading contracting teams. Prior to her position at DoT, Ms. Newhart gained a variety of work experience: 13 years supporting the Naval Air Systems Command as a contractor; 8 years in nonappropriated fund contracting supporting the U.S. Army Community and Family Support Center (CFSC); 6 months as the policy chief at the Army’s Information Technology, E-Commerce, and Commercial Contracting Center (ITEC4); 2 years as the Procurement Chief at the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), and nearly 2 years at the Small Business Administration (SBA) as their Senior Procurement Executive.

Angela Drummond is the Founder and CEO of SiloSmashers. She established the management and technology consulting firm in 1992 to provide collaborative management consulting services to the public and private sectors. Her personal vision is to forever change the way business is done by driving Peak Performance™ and Collaboration into every facet of business and Government. Ms. Drummond is an expert in the fields of Collaborative Change Management and Program Management. She created, authored and led the development of SiloSmashers’ Peak Performance Methodology™, which gives company leaders the necessary management information about the company's culture, its employees, customer satisfaction, and operational efficiency.

Government Participants: Improve visibility into the effectiveness of the Team in helping you achieve your mission by using Team effectiveness metrics.
Industry Participants: Get real-world examples of winning and losing team scenarios - What really caused those teams to succeed or fail.

Join us in engaging industry and government leaders to discuss real-world examples of winning and losing teams and the scenarios that caused teams to succeed or fail. This workshop will focus on:

Come learn from both government and industry leaders in business development, acquisition, contracting, and project management how to make teaming arrangements equal success in not only winning but leaving a lasting impression.

Kevin Boshears, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, Department of Homeland Security

Kevin Boshears was named Director of the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU) in May 2003. He is responsible for the overall implementation of the department’s small business procurement program. Mr. Boshears was Director of the Treasury Department’s OSDBU since February 1999. Mr. Boshears brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in the procurement field, having served as a contracting officer for the Justice Department prior to his duties with the Treasury Department. Mr. Boshears is a well known instructor in the federal small business procurement arena. He has conducted numerous training courses, presentations, and briefings on contracting with small, small disadvantaged, 8(a), women-owned small, HUBZone, and service disabled veteran-owned small business concerns.

David Fraley is a managing partner with the Gartner’s Federal Practice located in Arlington, VA. His areas of specialization include business and information technology strategic planning, IT system procurements, performance based contracting and program management, and business case analysis. Mr. Fraley has led and participated in engagements spanning the entire IT life cycle, from developing information systems strategies to selecting and implementing related IT solutions. Mr. Fraley’s experience runs the gamut of the consulting practice from Risk, Process, Portfolio, and System Analysis to Program Management and Acquisition Lifecycle Support. Mr. Fraley has worked with both Army and DoD organizations including Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA).

Greta Lehman, Chief Information Officer, Information Resources Integration Directorate, Department of the Army

Charlie Mitchell, Senior Account Executive, Army Team Lead, Appian Corporation

Mr. Mitchell has been employed by Appian Corporation since August, 2006. He is responsible for supporting Army Knowledge Online (AKO)/Defense Knowledge Online (DKO) as well as all other Appian activity within the US Army. He is also responsible for direct sales and assists with partner development. Mr. Mitchell was Salesperson of the Year for 2007. Prior to Appian, Mr. Mitchell was Vice President, Public Sector for Saba Software. Mr. Mitchell has been responsible for managing the partner relationships and subsequent teaming agreements with first tier and mid tier systems integrators for opportunities which have resulted in some of the largest contract awards for Appian and Saba/Centra.

David P. Metzger is a member of the government contracts practice group. His practice concentrates on all aspects of federal government contracting law, including litigation, bid protests, claims, contract administration, intellectual property, and alternative dispute resolution issues. He has prosecuted and defended a large number of bid protests before the Government Accountability Office (GAO), agencies, the Court of Federal Claims, and other forums. He has defended terminations for default, prosecuted claims and terminations for convenience before the Boards of Contract Appeals, initiated and defended suits in the federal district courts involving government prime contractors and subcontractors, and brought appeals on behalf of small businesses before the Office of Hearings and Appeals (OHA) of the Small Business Administration (SBA).

Transitioning Forward: Finding Opportunity within Change

President-elect Obama issued a technology innovation plan embracing IT as an enabler for efficient government and for solving major challenges facing the nation, including health care, climate change, energy policy and the economy. He also called for establishing the position of national chief technology officer. What does this mean for the IT priorities we are currently pursuing – IPv6, HSPD-12, and Trusted Internet Connection to name a few – and how can we transition forward to build upon the foundation that has been established. Join us as we hear from a panel of speakers that will share their thoughts regarding the future for the Federal IT community and how opportunities for industry partnerships with government will help both entities succeed through this period of change.

Casey Coleman was named Chief Information Officer for the U.S. General Services Administration as of September 2, 2007. In this capacity, Ms. Coleman oversees the agency’s information technology, policy, information assurance and architecture for all agency operations. Before being named GSA CIO, Coleman was Acting CIO for GSA. As CIO, Ms. Coleman is responsible for aligning technology with GSA strategic business objectives. Her primary focus is leading and implementing the effective and efficient acquisition and management of information technology solutions across GSA.

Kevin Plexico is Senior Vice President, Operations at INPUT where he manages the delivery of INPUT’s information products providing essential industry information and insights to over 1,500 member companies. Mr. Plexico has responsibility for leading the industry’s largest team of analysts focused on the public sector market. Mr. Plexico joined INPUT in 1992 and has guided the evolution of INPUT's product and service offerings over the last 10 years where he has played an instrumental role in helping to grow the company from 15 employees to 160 employees.

Frank writes, consults and teaches on leadership, information policy and public management issues after a career of more than 35 years in public service. Recently, Frank served on the Obama-Biden Transition Project as a member of the OMB agency review team focusing on management and performance issues and on the White House team focusing on operations. In addition, he is a founder and the chairman of the Center for Internet Security, a not-for-profit established "to help organizations around the world effectively manage the organizational risks related to information security ..." (www.cisecurity.org). From 2000 to 2006 he chaired the Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, a federal advisory committee. He was a member of the Commission on Cyber Security for the 44^th Presidency at the Center for Strategic and International Studies and of the Arlington County Virginia Information Technology Advisory Commission and was recently appointed to the Social Security Commissioner’s advisory panel on Future Systems Technology.