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Name: John Araujo

Organization: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Title: Public health informatician

Nominated for: Providing IT analysis and support for CDC’s public health initiatives.

Latest accomplishment: Training public health responders to set up data-sharing networks in an emergency.

Favorite bookmark: WindowsSecrets.com

Dream non-IT job: To serve as the president’s national security adviser.

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2009 Rising Stars

The ties that bindWhat is the tie that links a would-be restaurant owner, rock-and-roll singer, SWAT team member, movie producer, baseball commissioner, automobile tester, HGTV home-renovation host, deep-sea fisherman, home chef, NFL linebacker, travel writer and shortstop for the New York Yankees?

Those might have been the jobs of this year’s winners of the fourth annual Rising Star awards — if they had not pursued much less fanciful careers in the world of information technology.

Thank goodness for our government and our nation that the 28 men and women singled out for recognition in the early stages of their technology careers have found a truer calling — at least for the time being. Nominated by colleagues and chosen by an independent panel of judges, this year’s winners work in all corners of government and in private-sector businesses that serve the government.

In the course of putting together

their profiles for this special issue, we asked each Rising Star to tell us his or her dream nontechnology job — hence the answers listed above. More to the point, we asked about their latest accomplishments, career highlights and whom they considered to be their early IT mentors.

What emerged are the ties that bind them to one another and the government IT community at large: initiative, creativity, entrepreneurial drive and, of course, unlimited imagination.

The 1105 Government Information Group, publisher of Federal Computer Week, is pleased to present the 2009 Rising Star award winners. As always, we tip our hats to our distinguished judges — and to Phil Kiviat and the Young AFCEANs, who first suggested this program and offer much-welcomed support.

— David [email protected]

TAKING A CLOSER LOOK

6 - John Araujo Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention

8 - Mary Beth Murphy Internal Revenue Service

10 - Harold Schliesske Jr. Offi ce of the Project Manager

Defense Department Biometrics

SPOTLIGHTS

12 - Th e 2009 classA LOOK BACK

32 - Of Trail Bosses and Rising Stars

By Emory Miller

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Maj. Samuel Abbott-McCune U.S. Military Academy

John AraujoCenters for Disease Control and Prevention

Christina M. BapstHomeland Security Department

Kristine S. BeckVangent

Maj. Heather W. BlackwellAir Force

Louis David CarrionGeneral Dynamics Information Technology

Alma Ritter ColeU.S. Customs and Border Protection

John CollierBall Aerospace and Technologies

Don GunnellNaval Surface Warfare Center

Jeremy Ryan HiersArmy Department

Anthony M. HoangHomeland Security Department

Marwan M. JamalNational Defense University

Goldy KamaliFedScoop

1st Lt. Joseph John KattarAir Force

Jason Khan Touchstone Consulting Group

Zhenia KlevitskySE Solutions

Robert LechCitizant

Ephraim S. LoSerco

Beth Sherry MaloneyPalladian Partners

Vanessa Leigh ManchesterIris Partners

Ryan P. McCulloughGovplace

Mary Beth MurphyInternal Revenue Service

Steven PosnackHealth and Human Services Department

Richard J. RenomeronTurner Consulting Group

Joseph Arthur RhodesArmy Department

Harold R. SchliesskeDefense Department

Emily ScottIBM

Genen Soo-HooNew York Police Department

Brian BakerSenior consultantAmbit Group

Michael CarletonChief information officerHealth and Human Services Department

Robert J. GuerraPrincipalGuerra Kiviat

Steve KraussPresidentAFCEA Bethesda Chapter

Steve ResslerFounderGovLoop.com

Tamie Lyles-SantiagoSenior special assistant to the deputy CIODefense Department

Wanda M. SmithDirector of Air Force programsFederal Systems Integration and Management CenterGeneral Services Administration

Judging panel

Award winners

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Public health research and practice have changed dramatically in the past 15 years, mostly because new information technology tools are available to help identify emerg-ing diseases and epidemics more quickly. Rising Star John Araujo is in a unique and cross-disciplinary niche: He is advancing the role of IT at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

His dual role of working for both the chief science officer and chief information officer as a public health informatician at CDC puts Araujo at a crucial intersection in conceptualizing and applying IT solutions to pressing public health concerns and disease research.

The 55-year-old former phys-iology researcher and IT whiz joined CDC in July 2008 to help shape policy and operations. He reports jointly to Assistant Sci-ence Officer Lisa Lee and CIO James Seligman.

In one project, Araujo devel-oped a baseline workforce study to analyze CDC’s public health infor-matics needs. The resulting data will enable the agency to hire the right people to meet those needs. In another project, he is helping to plan and implement develop-ment strategies for the agency’s IT infrastructure. In a third project, he demonstrated at a national public health event how to quickly set up a wireless network to facilitate com-munications in a disaster.

“John crosses disciplines — re-search, IT, project management, evaluation and public health infor-matics,” said Maurine Goodman,

CDC’s scientific review officer, who nominated Araujo for the Rising Star award. “He has the meticulous-ness of the scientist but can apply his ideas effectively in an adminis-trative and policy environment. He is unique.”

Araujo has had a circuitous ca-reer that parallels the emergence of public health informatics. In that discipline, informaticians use IT tools to address social problems in new ways. He earned a mas-ter’s degree in human development, followed by a doctorate in special studies related to physiology re-search. He then left academia to work for more than a decade in IT operations at various companies, including Sprint. He earned another master’s degree in health services administration in 2004.

Although he’s only been at CDC for a year, Araujo has already com-pleted major projects. “This is his first public health informatics posi-tion, and very quickly, he has estab-lished credibility inside and outside the CDC,” Lee said.

“John has insight and a scientific approach to problems, as well as analytic tools, that make him a very valuable and unique employee,” Seligman said.

Araujo said he enjoys tackling a broad range of policy and op-erational challenges. He refers to his dual reporting responsibility as a “beautiful arrangement.”

“I was modeling informatics be-fore there was such a field formally,” Araujo said. “I have a passion to bring together science, research and information technology. They have to tell me to go home. I am having the time of my life.” ■

NAME: John Araujo (pronounced a-rah-ho)

AGE: 55

ORGANIZATION: Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention

TITLE: Public health informatician

NOMINATED FOR: Providing IT analysis and support for CDC’s public health initiatives. Supports both the Office of the Chief Sci-ence Officer and the Office of the Chief Information Officer.

FIRST IT MENTOR: Hal S. Beech, network design engineer, Sprint, a scholar, computer scientist, net-work design engineer and excep-tional professional. He provided the opportunities, training and support to develop enterprise awareness, skills and knowledge. The opportunity he provided and his mentorship have been revealed directly or indirectly in many of the accomplishments cited for my nomination for the Rising Star award.

LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: 2008 Public Health Information Network Conference Workshop titled “Net-working-in-a-Minute,” developed to train public health responders to rapidly set up a local-area network where there was none for just-in-time data sharing. The network was not the end game, however, but merely a tool. Our goal was to demonstrate how a just-in-time net-work, created ad hoc, could make on-the-spot data sharing possible for public health decision-making during emergent situations.

CAREER HIGHLIGHT: I am most honored that I was trusted to serve the CDC and public health by both Dr. Tanja Popovic, the agency’s chief science officer, and Jim Seligman, the agency’s chief information officer.

FAVORITE JOB-RELATED BOOK-MARK: WindowsSecrets.com

DREAM NON-IT-RELATED JOB: To serve as the president’s national security adviser.

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In May 2007, Mary Beth Murphy took over leadership of the Treasury Department’s fledgling efforts to issue secure, interoper-able identification cards to employees and contractors, as required by Homeland Sec-urity Presidential Directive 12. Success did not come immediately, but retrospectively, you could say it has come quickly.

By March 2008, Treasury had issued only six cards to employees and contrac-tors out of the nearly 130,000 who needed the cards, according to department data. However, a little more than a year later, an Office of Management and Budget report showed that as of June, Treasury had issued 98,100 cards.

Nominators said Murphy’s leadership was critical to the successful move away from Treasury’s HSPD-12 solution to the General Services Administration’s shared-services program for issuing the cards. The department and Murphy have received ac-claim because of her efforts in shepherding one of the government’s largest departments toward meeting HSPD-12 requirements.

Under Murphy, the HSPD-12 program reduced reliance on contracted staff by 65 percent from fiscal 2007 to fiscal 2010, thereby avoiding $13 million in costs. In addition, nominators said she established ef-fective program controls for the effort, such as using earned value management and an integrated master schedule.

Murphy, a self-described exercise junkie, said she draws on her personal discipline to help her organization succeed. She said that discipline has been central to Trea-

sury’s success with issuing HSPD-12 cards under her guidance. She also emphasized the importance of setting goals and fostering teamwork.

“A key for us was a great network of teams of people throughout Treasury,” she said.

Robin Locy, who worked with Murphy before she took the lead on the HSPD-12 card program, said she is driven by quality and acts with the utmost professionalism. “She’s well-respected because she knows her stuff,” said Locy, executive director of Internal Revenue Service contractor Kadix Systems.

Locy worked with Murphy on the IRS’ Accounts Management Services project to provide Web-based services for taxpayers.

“She’s always right on the mark, brings the right level of history, can take you where you need to go and navigate through facili-tating a solution to whatever the problem is, and that was demonstrated by her success on HSPD-12,” Locy said.

Nominators also cited Murphy’s selection for the IRS Executive Readiness Program in March 2007. They said her promotion stemmed from the outstanding work she did for the IRS and the HSPD-12 initiative.

Murphy said she is set to graduate from the IRS’ Candidate Development Program in late September. In October, she plans to start a job as director of employee support services at the agency, where she will over-see payroll, help-desk and travel programs for employees.

“I take a real team approach to all of my work,” Murphy said. “It’s really about getting the people to do the job because you can’t do it yourself.” ■

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NAME: Mary Beth Murphy

AGE: 40ish

ORGANIZATION: Agency-Wide Shared Services, Internal Revenue Service

TITLE: Director of employee support services

NOMINATED FOR: Managing the transition of the Treasury Department’s HSPD-12 initiative to the General Services Administration’s USAccess shared-services program and in the process, reduced Treasury’s reliance on contract staff by 65 percent over three years, saving up to $13 million in costs.

FIRST IT MENTOR: Gina Garza, associate chief information officer for application development. I spent most of my career on the business side of the IRS. It wasn’t until I accepted a job in the new Business Systems Planning organization that I was given my first real exposure to the technology side of the IRS. Gina was then the Director of the BSP. She gave me insight on the challenges of the IT side of running the IRS.

LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Managing the Treasury-wide HSPD-12 Program Office.

CAREER HIGHLIGHT: Every time I run into or hear from someone that I have had the pleasure of working with and then was given the opportunity to help them advance their career.

FAVORITE BOOKMARK: Nextgov.com

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Harold Schliesske studied information systems at a small Philadelphia-area college and worked in the information technology field after graduating. But when he saw what his twin brother and father were doing in the Army — the “cool stuff ” — he left the private sector for government leadership. As he ascends the ranks inside the Beltway, he hasn’t looked back.

And why would he? As assistant product manager at the Office of the Project Manager Defense Department Biometrics’ Tactical Bio-metric Systems organization, Schliesske is at the helm of two of the leading biometrics systems in the Central Command’s dedicated area of responsibility. He helps develop technology that protects combat personnel on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The biometric devices the organization sup-plies for enrolling local residents who work at U.S. bases can mean the difference between a secure base environment and a potential disaster.

“These devices are a means of providing secu-rity to our troops,” Schliesske said. “With bio-metrics, we can enroll individuals at the base and check against known repositories, like an Iraqi da-tabase. And we can do things like lift prints from remnants of improvised explosive devices and add [them] to the database [for reference] as well.”

After deciding to make the jump from private-sector IT to government work, Schliesske en-rolled in the Army Knowledge Leaders program and served a two-year internship that took him around the United States and the world.

Colleagues say that diverse exposure helped groom Schliesske into a Rising Star.

“Knowing the technology is a must, but Harold grasps the political and interpersonal nuances,”

said Gary Winkler, program executive officer for enterprise information systems, the umbrella organization under which Schliesske’s office falls. “He’s got a great handle on the technology but goes far beyond that. He’s been a high performer since I’ve known him as an intern. He’s head and shoulders above the rest.”

Winkler also noted that Schliesske’s work has been integral to the thriving partnership between Project Manager DOD Biometrics and other fed-eral agencies. “That partnership is one of our big-gest successes,” he said. “It’s the best example of interagency cooperation.”

Schliesske said interagency communication is one of his biggest challenges. “The government is so big, and there are so many players, stakeholders and interests involved,” he said. “I spend a lot of time getting viewpoints and then finding the best solutions.”

For Schliesske, motivation lies within the big-ger picture. “I want to make a difference on as big a scale as possible and deliver a product the war-fighter needs. Whatever side you’re on politically, you’re helping a soldier in the field who already has a tough job.”

As it turns out, that motivation is right on target. “Harold is truly deserving of this award,” said Lee Harvey, deputy program executive officer for enterprise information systems. “His tireless dedication to the DOD biometrics program has been instrumental in keeping the program on track — ensuring warfighters continue to be as safe as possible while in harm’s way.”

Schliesske said he plans to stay in government as he moves forward in his career, and whatever lies ahead, he hopes to continue to find ways to support DOD and the troops.

“I just get a sense of satisfaction in getting peo-ple with malicious intent off the street,” he said. ■

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Harold Schliesske Jr.Offi ce of the Project Manager Defense Department Biometrics

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NAME: Harold Schliesske Jr.

AGE: 29

ORGANIZATION: Office of the Project Manager DOD Biometrics

TITLE: Assistant product manager/acting deputy product manager

NOMINATED FOR: Stepping into a variety of roles to support the deployment and management of biometric systems in Iraq and other tactical environments. Updated systems at 10 installations in Iraq, and the reduced demand for staff and equipment is expected to save $700,000 a year.

FIRST IT MENTOR: Dr. Ed Fujimoto served as my mentor throughout the Army Knowledge Leaders internship program that brought me into the government. He is an exceptional example of being able to bring about change in the often slow and bureaucratic world of government.

LATEST ACCOMPLISHMENT: Establishing the first biometric continuity-of-operations site for PM DOD Biometrics. This was a long and multifaceted project that I led from its infancy into implementation.

CAREER HIGHLIGHT: Traveling with senior leadership to Korea, Japan and Okinawa. It was a great opportunity to see just how vast our Army is and provided a great opportunity to see how we operate in different parts of the globe.

FAVORITE BOOKMARK: www.kottke.org. OK, so it might not be exactly job related, but I find it extremely creative and informative, which certainly has positive implications for my work.

DREAM NON-IT-RELATED JOB: Consumer Reports product tester. Even better: Consumer Reports automobile tester!

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The 754th Electronic Systems Group (754 ELSG) is the largest organization within the 554th Electronic Systems Wing headquartered at Hanscom AFB, MA.

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Customer OutreachAndrew Allen, [email protected] 334.416.7033SSgt Bryant Lewis, [email protected] 334.416.1147SrA David Clark, [email protected] 334-416-3441Bernadette Hollinger, Bernadette.Hollinger.CTR@gunter,af.mil

334-416-1601Nanette Torre, [email protected] 334.416.6912Warren Sidney, [email protected] 334-416-6728

Strategic CommunicatorsJason Bishop, [email protected] 334-416-4989 Janice Foley, [email protected] 617-823-5555Danna Plewe, [email protected] 937-257-2182 Ben Gamble, [email protected] 210-496-6934James Eccleston, [email protected] 703-989-5571

Air Force Information Technology Conference (AFITC) 20091st Lt Nicolas Aquino, [email protected] 334-416-55591st Lt Marshalria Vaughans, [email protected]

Small BusinessMr. John Caporal, SAF/Small Business, [email protected]

Ms. Sonia Carlton, Air Force Materiel Command [email protected]

Mr. Bill Donaldson, Electronic Systems Center [email protected]

Ms. Denise Baylor, 754th Electronic Systems Group [email protected]

We are an innovative, multi-skilled, integrated team, leading the Air Force by shaping enterprise IT investments. We provide strategic business solutions that deliver integrated joint warfighting capabilities through agile and comprehensive lifecycle management.

Hardware Laptops Added Value!Servers Federal Employee Purchase Programs Save Time & Money!

Rugged Devices Customized Solutions IT Supplies & AccessoriesDesktops Expert Vendors Contracting SupportSoftware Extended Warranties Leveraged Buying

IT Services Customer-Managed Acquisitions Online ToolsNetwork-Centric Solutions Free Shipping! Engineering Support

Accomplish Your Mission with our Acquisition Solutions! Added Value!

3 Easy Ways to Contact Us1. Visit us on the web at https://www.AFWay.af.mil

2. Call us using DSN 596-5070 or Commercial (334) 416-50703. Send an email to one of these sites:

QEB: [email protected] • NETCENTS: [email protected] • Microsoftand/or ESI Agreements: [email protected]


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Enterprise Software Acquisition


The Air Force has established the Air Force Software Enterprise Acquisition Management Lifecycle Support (SEAMLS) office at the 754 ELSG. TheSEAMLS office will act as the primary interface with all Air Force customers for software licensing and services. This office manages the MicrosoftEnterprise Licensing and Service Agreements, the AF-wide Oracle Contract and the DoD Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI). With respect to theEnterprise License Agreement, SEAMLS responsibilities include oversight of purchasing, usage compliance, field assistance and distribution. Theobjectives are to save money, streamline the acquisition process, facilitate enterprise licensing, and improve information sharing.

The Office of Management and Budget, DoD and General Services Administration awarded multiple contracts for blanket purchase agreements (BPA) to protect sensitive, unclassified data residing on government laptops, other mobile computing devices and removable storage media devices. Theencryption of data-at-rest (DAR) information Is now possible through these BPAs which were successfully completed using DoD’s ESI and GSA’s government-wide SmartBUY (Software Managed and Acquired on the Right Terms) programs.

In 2006, the Air Force established the consolidation of Air Force Oracle Enterprise Management Functions of the AFMC, AF/IL and AF-Wide EnterpriseAgreements (EAs). This consolidation provides the Air Force the single automated system to track EA assets; provides a one-stop shop for Air ForceOracle customers worldwide; and allows agencies to benefit from economies of scale.

AF Enterprise Microsoft License AF Licensing Manager: Mr. Alphonso Bryant, (334) 416-6176 Contracting Officer: Mr. Maurice Griffin, (334) 416-6099 Dell Contract #: FA8771-04-F-8320

AF-Wide Oracle Contract Program Manager: Mr. Duane Haughton, (334) 416-1754 Contracting Officer: Mr. Richard Ashley, (334) 416-4198 Oracle Contract #: F01620-00-F-8609

AF-Information Assurance Contract Holders MTM Technologies, Inc. [Other than small]:

Contract #: FA8771-07-A-0301 Carahsoft Technology Corp. [Small Business]:

Contract #: FA8771-07-A-0303 Spectrum Systems, Inc. [Small Business]:

Contract #: FA8771-07-A-0304 SafeNet, Inc. [Large Business]: Contract #: FA8771-07-A-0305 Hi Tech Services, Inc. [Service-Disabled, Veteran Owned SmallBusiness]: Contract #: FA8771-07-A-0306

Rocky Mountain Ram, LLC [Small Disadvantaged Woman Owned]: Contract #: FA8771-07-A-0302

ImmixGroup, Inc. [Small Business]: Contract #: FA8771-07-A-0307 Autonomic Resources, LLC [Small Disadvantaged Business Program]:

Contract #: FA8771-07-A-0308 GovBuys, Inc. [Small Business]: Contract #: FA8771-07-A-0310 Intelligent Decisions, Inc. [Large Business]:

Contract #: FA8771-07-A-0311 Merlin International [Veteran Owned Small Business]:

Contract #: FA8771-07-A-0312

Department of Defense Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) Program Manager (AF): Mr. Duane Haughton, (334) 416-1754 Contracting Officer: Mr. Richard Ashley, (334) 416-4198 Telos Corporation (ESI) [Large Business]:

Contract #: F01620-03-A-8003 Symantec ImmixTech [Small Business]: Contract#: FA8771-05-A-0301 Securify/Patriot Technologies [Small Business]:

Contract #: FA8771-06-A-0303 Tower Software Corp. [Small Business]: Contract #: FA8771-06-A-0302

Data at Rest (DAR) EncryptionThe Office of Management and Budget, DoD and General Services Administration awarded multiple contracts for blanket purchase agreements (BPA) to protectsensitive, unclassified data residing on government laptops, other mobile computing devices and removable storage media devices. The encryption of data-at-rest (DAR) information is now possible through these BPAs which were successfully competed using DoD’s Enterprise Software Initiative (ESI) andGSAs government-wide SmartBUY (Software Managed and Acquired on the Right Terms) programs. Three categories of software and hardware encryptionproducts are available under the BPAs - full disk encryption (FDE), file encryption (FES), and integrated FDE/FES products. All products use cryptographicmodules validated under FIPS 140-2 security requirements, and have met stringent technical and interoperability requirements. Licenses are transferable withina federal agency and include secondary use rights. All awarded BPA prices are as low as or lower than prices each vendor has available on GSA schedules,with significant savings to the Federal Government estimated. Component CIO’s are currently developing component/service specific enterprise strategies.Accordingly, customers should check with their Chief Information Officer for Component specific policies and strategies on procurement of Data at Rest solutions.

Contract HoldersSafeNet, Inc. Autonomic Resources SPYRUS, Inc. WinMagic Inc Carahsoft Technology Corp. Information Security Corporation GovBuys, Inc. WinMagic Inc. Hi Tech Service, Inc. Encryption Solutions, Inc. immix Technologies Pointsec Checkpoint Intelligent Decisions, Inc. CREDANT Technologies, Inc. Merlin International, Inc.GuardianEdgeTechnologies, Inc. MTM Technologies Inc. Mobile Armor, LLC Rocky Mountain Ram, LLC Safeboot Mobile Data Security Spectrum Systems, Inc.



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Enterprise IT Hardware Acquisition

Mission Statement Shape, acquire and support warfighting commercial information technology (CIT) hardware products through responsive, adaptive business solutions.

IT hardware products are available through Enterprise Hardware Agreements (EHAs), based off of General Services Administration (GSA) Class 70Federal Supply Schedules (FSSs). The Desktop/Laptop/Server (DLS) EHAs are accessible through AFWay (https://www.AFWay.af.mil), the Air Force’s e-commerce web-site for purchasing COTS IT products.

StandardsOur vendors offer quality tested and validated products that are compliant with the Defense Information Infrastructure-Common Operating Environment(DII COE), Buy American Act/Trade Agreement Act (BAA/TAA), and Infostructure Technology Reference Model (i-TRM).

Desktops, Laptops, and Servers

Program Manager: Martin Toland (334) 416-6216

Contracting Officer: Ms. Barbara Dobbins (334) 416-1185

Dell Computer Corporation Contract #: FA8771-05-A-0608

HP Contract #: FA8771-05-A-0611

iGov Contract #: FA8771-05-A-0602

NCS Contract #: FA8771-05-A-0603

Emtec Federal (Formerly Westwood Computer Corporation Inc.) Contract #: FA8771-05-A-0601

Both military and civilian employees of the United States Air Force are eligible to participate in the commercial customer Employee Purchase Programs(EPPs) and Home Use Programs (HUPs) of various vendors associated with the Air Force’s Center of Excellence for Information Technology (IT), the754th Electronic Systems Group (ELSG). These programs are part of these vendors’ commercial offerings and were not negotiated or otherwise paidfor as part of a government contract and allow you to get licensed copies of software applications to install and use on your home computer and allowyou to purchase computer systems and other peripheral devices from major manufacturers at discounted savings! This offering includes softwareoperating systems, software office productivity suites, desktops, laptops, memory, printers, scanners, cellular devices and services, and much more.For more information on the programs from the companies below, please use the contact information provided below.

AT&Twww.att.com/armedforces

Sprintwww.airforcewireless.com

T-Mobilewww.t-mobile.com/corpdiscount (existing customers)(866) 464-8602 (new customers)

Verizonwww.verizonwireless.com/gov

Hewlett Packardwww.shopping.hp.com and call (866) 433-2018

Microsoft Home Use Programhttps://www.gunter.af.mil/contracting/microsoftea/homeuse.aspx

Microsoft Employee Purchase Programhttps://www.gunter.af.mil/contrcting/microsoftea/EPP.aspx

Dell AF Employee Home Purchase Programwww.dell.com/ghc and call (800) 695-8133 ext. 7266402

McAfeehttp://us.mcafee.com/root/landingpages/afflandpage.asp?affid=106-01&lpname=default&cid=7236

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IT Services & Solutions


Mission Statement Provide dedicated contracting support to Air Force, Department of Defense (DoD), and Civilian and Federal agency systems and program managers inacquiring a wide range of commercially-available information technology services, specialized communication-computer support systems, softwareprograms, software engineering, and related products and technical non-personal services. Among our offerings are Software Development ID/IQContracts, Information Technology Services Blanket Purchase Agreements and Advisory and Assistance Services Blanket Purchase Agreementproviders. These contracts are used for acquiring the development, test, production, deployment and support of military automated information sys-tems, computers, software, software engineering and related products and technical services. In addition, we have the Air Force Network-CentricSolutions (NETCENTS) contract. The purpose of NETCENTS is to provide Air Force, DoD and other Federal Agencies with a primary source of network-ing equipment/product supply and a means of system engineering, installation, integration, operations, and maintenance for a family of DoD adoptedcommercially standardized networking solutions interoperable with Air Force, Joint and DoD Standardized Networking Technical Architectures.

AF Enterprise Microsoft Services

Program Manager: Mr. Ray Perry, (334) 416-2678

Contracting Officer: Ms. Annette Hudson, (334) 416-1370

Microsoft Contract #: FA8771-04-C-0003

Network-Centric Solutions (NETCENTS)

Program Manager: Mr. John Taylor, (334) 416-3979

Contracting Officer: Ms. Maria Jones, (334) 416-4076

Booz Allen Hamilton Inc. Contract #: FA8771-04-D-0006

Centech Group Contract#: FA8771-04-D-0002

General Dynamics Network Systems Inc. Contract #: FA8771-04-D-0007

Lockheed Martin Systems Integration Contract #: FA8771-04-D-0008

Multimax Inc. Contract #: FA8771-04-D-0003

NCI Information Systems Inc. Contract #: FA8771-04-D-0005

Northrop Grumman Information Technology Inc. Contract #: FA8771-04-D-0004

Telos Corporation Contract #: FA8771-04-D-0009

Wireless Handheld Services/Devices

Program Manager: Ms. Barbara Sanford, (334) 416-6825

Contracting Officers: Mr. Alex Iglesias, (520) 538-8832 (Army)

Cingular Contract #: W91RUS-06-A-0003

Sprint Contract #: W91RUS-06-A-0002

Verizon Contract #: W91RUS-06-A-0001

T-Mobile Contract #: W91RUS-06-A-0004

• Create a highly competitive environment among wireless communi-cation providers in which to leverage the Air Force’s purchasing volume and reduce TCO for wireless services and devices.

• Consolidate Air Force purchases under enterprise-wide purchaseagreements to obtain lower prices for the same services, developnew flat rate pricing options, and increase user flexibility undermore favor-able terms and conditions.

• Capture usage and pricing data across the enterprise to enable peri-odic analyses and value-based plan changes.

• Improve enterprise capability (e.g., enhance security, improve cover-age) and streamline the procurement process for both the govern-ment and its suppliers.

3 Easy Ways to Contact Us1. Visit us on the web at https://www.AFWay.af.mil

2. Call us using DSN 596-5070 or Commercial (334) 416-50703. Send an email to one of these sites:

QEB: [email protected] • NETCENTS: [email protected] • Microsoft and/or ESI Agreements: [email protected]

Global Combat Support System —Air Force (GCSS-AF) GCSS-AF provides a component-based Reference Architecture Framework that serves as theIntegration and Application Framework Layers for GCSS-AF functional capabilities consistent with the Defense Information Infrastructure CommonOperating Environment (DII COE), the Joint Technical Architecture — Air Force (JTA-AF), and based on commercial open standards. The GCSS-AFReference Architecture Framework also provides common interfaces for those functions that either directly or indirectly support Command and Control(C2) or share information with C2 Systems. The Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) Ordering Process provides a timely and assured methodto acquire software products and maintenance services from the GCSS-AF contract. The ordering period for Services ends December 10, 2008 andordering period for Products ends December 10, 2011. Program Manager: Mr. Toy Robinson, (334) 416-5943 Contracting Officer: Ms. Marie Walton,(334) 416-4015 Lockheed Martin Corporation Contract #: F01620-96-D-0004


AFWay (https://www.AFWay.af.mil) is a Web-based Air Force system for purchasing IT. The system combines eBusiness and eCommerce processes that guideusers through requirement identification, approval and purchase by combining these into one simplified process. AFWay is part of the overall IT Managementprogram that is also supported by other organizations and applications. AFWay computer based training is available at https://www.AFWay.af.mil/AFWaycbt/.


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AFWay

What does it provide the customer? Pre-negotiated contracts with leading IT manufacturers and resellers • Pricing below manufacturers’ retail prices and GSA pricing• Access to thousands of hardware/software products, as well as IT services • Ability to accomplish requirements research at one site • Ability to obtain vendor quotes for single or bulk buys through the system • Ability to send request for quotes to non-contract vendors to fulfill

small business requirements • 24 hours/7 days a week Field Assistance Branch support • Government Purchase Card (GPC) ordering online • Automated updates to the IT asset management system

Major Benefits AFWay is designed to minimize required actions and reduce manpower requirements. Among the benefits are: • Better coordination of IT purchasing power, yielding greater volume

discounts • Provides MAJCOM Communications and Information (C&I) Officers or

A6s with maximum visibility into and control over IT purchases • Meets congressional mandates (Clinger-Cohen) for gaining insight into

IT purchases • Provides tracking of IT assets from order placement to receipt interface

to the IT asset management system • Oversight of commercial products purchased for use on the AF

enterprise network • Technical choices that support network security and information

assurance requirements • Assurance that appropriate products are approved and purchased at

competitive prices • Standardization and control, which drives down the total cost of

ownership, and helps leverage the AF’s buying power

Advantages of Ordering From AFWayLeveraged Buying Power We leverage USAF, DoD, and federal government buying power to establish great deals for the customer. Our prices should be the bestavailable; few IT providers match the size of our customer base.

Strategic Vendor Relationship Through our volume, we create strategic relationships with quality ITproviders. This enables us to obtain favorable terms not often availablein the commercial market. For example, we obtain better on-site supportwarranties and more flexibility in our negotiated software licenses.

Buying Support Our staff offers the entire range of customer support services any timeyou need help.

Implement Standards Finally, by requiring products that support the Infostructure TechnologyReference Model (i-TRM), Defense Information Infrastructure CommonOperating Environment (DII COE) Initiatives, and Buy American Act/TradeAgreement Act (BAA/TAA) we are unobtrusively helping the USAF toimplement these concepts.

Future Changes Enhanced capabilities and an improved user interface are two primaryareas of focus in the COTS-based replacement application currentlyunder development. When implemented, you will find this link on theUSAF portal.

Finally, we are committed to continually improving our service to you. Youcan help us by letting us know where we’re falling short and where we’redoing well. The entire 754 ELSG/ES staff stands ready to assist in makingour BPAs and contracts your first choice when making IT purchases.

AFWay POCs AFWay Program ManagerMs. Patricia Beasley [email protected] Project Manager Ms. Jeanette Tackett [email protected] AFWay Organization Mail Box [email protected] Field Assistance Branch334-416-5771 Please select Option 1, then Option 1,then Option 5 and Option 9 DSN 596-5771, Option1, Option 1, Option 5, Option 9 [email protected]@gunter.af.mil

AFWay MAJCOM POCs Air Combat Command (ACC) Ms. Eula SimpsonHQ ACC/SCSI [email protected] Air Education & Training Command (AETC) Mr. Dominic Grazioli, AETC/SCTI [email protected] Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) Mr. Herb Clonch, AFMC/MSCPP [email protected] Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) Mr. Jorge Guendulay, AFSPC CSS/SCT [email protected] Air Force Special Ops Command (AFSOC) Mr. Richard Hager, AFSOC/A6NZ [email protected]

Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) Mr. John Gillespie, AFRC/SCXR [email protected] Air Mobility Command (AMC) Ms. Cyndi A. Marler, AMC/A6-CIO [email protected] Air National Guard (ANG) Mr. Thomas Rogers, NGB/A6C [email protected] Air Forces (PACAF) Ms. Ana Lokelani, HQ PACAF/A6IS [email protected] US Air Forces Europe (USAFE) Mr. Jason Howe, USAFE/A6IC [email protected]


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Information Technology Commodity Council


Mission Develop Information Technology (IT) commodity strategies to shape commodity management behavior, leverage Air Force buying power, reduce the totalcost of ownership for commercial IT products and services, improve IT infrastructure for Cyberspace operations, and improve warfighting capabilities.

Objectives• Fulfill AF needs • Develop strategies to leverage USAF IT spend

• Socio-economic strategy • Commodity support strategy • Business rules to execute strategy

• Demonstrate measurable reduced "Total" IT cost • Achieve technical compliance

• Adopt technical standards • Minimize number of hardware & software con-figurations

• Ensure alignment between Air Force policy and commodity strategy • Incentivize and enable ITCC strategy compliance • Achieve stakeholder buy-in and utilization of ITCC strategy • Achieve adequate competition among strategic industry partners • Rationalize the vendor base to obtain top performing vendors, highest

quality products, at the best value for each commodity category • Reduce the number of redundant contracts per vendor • Continue to foster small business

Accomplishments (As of Jul 15, 2008) • 745k PCs purchased in QEBs; $216M in cost avoidance; 12.7% of

sales to small business • Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC) delivered on 504k QEB PCs

beginning FY06 and operating on a total of 533k PCs across the Air Force • Over 400K EPEAT compliant PCs delivered to AF users • Over 60k users (95%) of the four major AF suppliers for Cellular

Services & Devices (CSD) migrated to enterprise agreements withthose carriers; projected annual savings: $5M

• Three MAJCOM pilots completed to optimize cellular plan selection for additional $2M savings AF-wide

• Air Force Digital Printing & Imaging (DPI) devices now available forordering on AFWay at savings up to 23% • BPAs competitively awarded 3 OEMs–Xerox, Lexmark & HP; 4th BPAawarded to Technology Integration Group (TIG) (Dell and Samsungprinters)

• AFCA has certified DPI network printers & multi-function printers forinclusion in the Air Force Evaluated/Approved Product List • DPI estimated cost avoidance for FY08–$1.4M on 8,438 devices sold

Current Initiatives • Implementation of Air Force Quantity Enterprise Buys (QEBs) for main-

stream desktops, laptops, and monitors• Semi-annual Enterprise Buy for DPI products

• Improving standardization by maintaining Air Force Buying Standardsfor mainstream desktop, laptop, monitor, and network data-enabled cellular devices

• Analyzing monthly cellular usage to drive rate plan changes and optimizethe AF spend for all CONUS cellular lines of service

• Instituting Green Procurement in each of the ITCC strategies

IT Commodity Council Membership Director: Ms. Dorothy Priest DSN: 596-3105 Deputy Directo: Vacant DSN: 596-3105

Core Team: Mr. Martin Toland DSN: 596-4846Core Team: Ms. Barbara Sanford DSN: 596-6825 Core Team: Ms. Anne Smith DSN: 596-4350 Core Team: Mr. Ben Burns DSN: 596-2544 Core Team: Ms. Martha Scoggin DSN: 596-2083Core Team: Ms. Nancy Oiler DSN: 596-4541Core Team: Mr. Mark Milton (contractor) DSN: 596-4101 Core Team: Ms Tamara Greene (contractor) DSN: 596-4101 Core Team: Mr. Philip Germain (contractor) DSN: 596-2734 Core Team: Mr. Travis Harwell (contractor) DSN: 596-2942 Core Team: Mr. Kip Harding (contractor) DSN: 596-3089 Core Team: Mr. Jeff Titrud DSN: 596-3385

ACC: Mr. Bill O’Neill DSN: 574-6394 AFMC: Mr. Herb Clonch DSN: 986-3966 AFRC: Ms. Teresa Bryant DSN: 497-0497 AMC: Mr. Michael Anson DSN: 779-5391 AFSOC: Mr. Richard Hager DSN: 579-7766 AFOTEC: Mr. Michael Busch DSN: 246-2705 AFSPC: Mr. Richard Kalford DSN: 692-9655 ANG: Mr. Tom Rogers DSN: 327-5304 AETC: Mr. Al Cephas DSN: 487-5939 AF/SG: TSgt Jody Callender DSN: 761-6622 PACAF: Ms. Ana Lokelani DSN: 315-449-4669 USAFE: Capt Cody Comer DSN: 314-478-0585 AFISR: Ms. Shawna Wimpy DSN: 969-6787 AFRL: Mr. Robert Helt DSN: 785-3576 AFCA: Mr. John Schmitt DSN: 779-5528 AFCEE: Mr. Elbert Williams DSN 240-3030 SAF/SB: Mr. John Caporal DSN: 426-1103 SAF/AQC: Lt Col Glen Savory DSN: 426-1095 HAF CIO: Lt Col William Hill DSN: 425-0223 SAF/XCDIG: Lt Col David Schilling DSN: 224-2928



Name: Maj. Samuel Abbott-McCune

Age: 38

Organization: U.S. Military Academy

Title: Course director, IT-382

Nominated for: Revamping a network laboratory used for information technology training, which involved running more than two miles of cable, rackmounting 50 pieces of equipment and creating several cable patch bays so that equipment could be interconnected without moving. Also supervises quality control of 500 classrooms at 15 different locations.

First IT mentor: Dennis Seward at Virginia State University was the IT tech while I was attending school for my bachelor of science. It always fascinated me the way he could integrate anything. We would talk often about the latest gizmo that has come out and what it could be used for. I was in awe of his compartment bins of mismatched components and the working prototypes that would be built out of both commercial off-the-shelf and repurposed items.

Latest accomplishment: The reconfigurable network lab at West Point. It consists of the integration of both physical and virtual network routers and switches as well as a mix of virtual and physical computers. This lab is reconfigurable and now supports multiple classes, which has increased the ability of the student to practice the theory by supplementing the theory with hands-on active learning.

Career highlight: The best thing that has ever happened to me is the ability to support the warfighter. Working in the field of IT in conjunction with the military has allowed me to mentor, teach and coach other servicemen and servicewomen to use technology to enhance their capabilities, regardless of what path their military career takes them.

Favorite bookmark: Google.com. The use of data-mining techniques with Google hacking allows you to find new and exciting technology to use and integrate.

Dream non-IT-related job: I do not think I have a non-IT- related job that I would do. When I retire, I will probably work on the restoration of cars.

Name: Christina M. Bapst

Age: 28

Organization: Homeland Security Department’s Office of the Chief Information Officer

Title: Program manager, Enterprise Data Management Office

Nominated for: Managing the Enterprise Data Management Office, which coordinates the data collected, managed and shared across DHS’ 22 components. Also oversees the budget for the Office of Applied Technology. Tightened up OAT’s acquisition process, with 98 percent of projects now completed on schedule.

First IT mentor: My father, who taught me at an early age that proper planning prevents poor performance. No matter what I am working on, those words hold true everyday.

Latest accomplishment: Every day I go to work doing something that I like to do. Yes, some days are longer and more frustrating than others, and a weekend gets thrown in every now and then, but I work hard and do whatever it takes to get the job done right. I was also recently accepted into the George Washington University MBA program, and classes start this fall.

Career highlight: Having worked at ExxonMobil, General Motors and now DHS — the challenges of all the diverse projects.

Favorite bookmark: NIEM.gov

Dream non-IT-related job: Commissioner of baseball

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Name: Kristine S. Beck

Age: 38

Organization: Vangent, contractor for Military Health System (MHS), Defense Department

Title: Webmaster

Nominated for: Harnessing Web 2.0 technology to open new lines of communication with — and among — MHS patients and their families. Senior MHS leaders now blog regularly and respond to comments and e-mail messages on the agency’s Web site, www.health.mil.

First IT mentor: I modeled myself after one of my co-workers, Barbara Eilenfield, when I worked in Tricare. She now works in the Office of Strategic Planning for the MHS.

Latest accomplishment: Building a dynamic, fully integrated, easily accessible and transparent Web site.

Career highlight: This award

Favorite bookmark: www.Govloop.com and www.nextgov.com.

Dream non-IT-related job: Dolphin trainer at Discovery Cove, SeaWorld

Name: Maj. Heather W. Blackwell

Age: 34

Organization: Office of Sen. Ben Nelson (D-Neb.)

Title: Air Force Legislative Fellow

Nominated for: Leading the modernization of the Air Force’s $600 million inventory of theater command and control and air control communications systems. Used a portfolio management approach to successfully make the case for a $30 million budget increase to improve communications in counterinsurgency and humanitarian relief operations.

First IT mentor: I was a brand-new second lieutenant reporting to my first duty location at Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii. I was lucky enough to share an office with Senior Master Sergeant (ret.) Steve Larson who was a master sergeant at the time. Steve was not only my first information technology mentor but being a brand-new second lieutenant, I learned the fundamentals of being a good Air Force officer. Steve taught me the importance of exploring the technical aspects of our career field while also maintaining focus on the managerial details required for a successful team.

Latest accomplishment: The accomplishment I’m most proud of would be the support we’ve been able to provide to wounded warriors and their families. Military personnel and their families are extremely stressed now due to continued efforts in both Iraq and Afghanistan. While in this job, we’ve been able to make some great strides toward improving quality of health care and quality of life for those service members and their families who have sacrificed so much for our country.

Career highlight: Two highlights: pinning senior airman stripes on an airman in my flight while stationed at Balad Air Base, Iraq, and officiating at the ceremony of my good friend and mentor in honor of his promotion to chief master sergeant.

Favorite bookmark: Early Bird

Dream non-IT-related job: College professor


Name: Louis David Carrion

Age: 45

Organization: General Dynamics Information Technology

Title: Medical Communication for Combat Casualty Care (MC4) Iraq region lead

Nominated for: Fielding the Army’s MC4 program to all 13 Air Force facilities throughout the war zone in Iraq. Coordinated the network installation command infrastructure, trained providers on MC4 best practices and cleared all hurdles to deployment.

First IT mentor: My brother, Pete Carrion, was my first IT mentor. His successful career in IT management and his thoughtful encouragement inspired my choice to become an IT professional.

Latest accomplishment: I am extremely proud of the great team that we have in Iraq. Through their hard work and dedication, they accomplish the mission to support the creation of electronic health records, providing expert training and technical support to deployed caregivers every day. The team is the integral component to the success of the MC4 program, and it is a great honor to care for their safety and witness their achievements.

Career highlight: Leading the mission to initially set up MC4 systems at the combat support hospital in Abu Ghraib, Iraq, in 2005. We faced enormous challenges to provide training, configure hardware, rewire buildings and connect networks to the outer locations. Along with MC4’s Kent Wells and Richard Sauceda, we worked nonstop with the unit’s communications personnel and the hospital staff members to ensure the success of the mission to allow for the creation and transmission of electronic medical records for detainee care.

Favorite bookmark: MC4 SharePoint portal

Dream non-IT-related job: College professor

Name: Alma Ritter Cole

Age: 31

Organization: U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Homeland Security Department

Title: Lead, Cyber Security and Focused Operations, DHS Security Operations Center (SOC)

Nominated for: Leading the response to the Adobe Reader JBIG2 vulnerability. Led a team that identified and tracked multiple spear-phishing e-mail messages that attempted to exploit this vulnerability, and tackled other so-called zero-day security threats — those flaws for which no fixes are available.

First IT mentor: Patricia Butera, who entrusted me with significant responsibilities and provided me with unique opportunities that allowed me to rise to the occasion. She has also taught me the importance of having a clear vision and communicating that vision to internal and external stakeholders.

Latest accomplishment: By focusing on interagency information sharing about cyber threats that affect DHS and other federal agencies, the mean time to detect and remediate incidents has been significantly reduced, decreasing exposure to DHS information. These efforts have greatly enhanced the situational awareness for DHS executive management and have significantly improved its cybersecurity posture.

Career highlight: Collaborated with component SOCs and the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team to ensure DHS systems were protected from the Conficker worm, which was scheduled to alter its command and control technique on April 1. Because of this proactive action, DHS only observed one Conficker infection for every 100,000 DHS systems. Similar proactive efforts were undertaken to effectively protect DHS against Agent.BTZ threats.

Favorite bookmark: theregister.co.uk/security

Dream non-IT-related job: SWAT team

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Name: John Collier

Age: 40

Organization: Ball Aerospace and Technologies, supporting the Air Force

Title: Principal engineer

Nominated for: Designing and developing an advanced multi-intelligence analyst system. Came up with a design that could fit on a couple of laptops or be scaled to a system involving hundreds of systems.

First IT mentor: Rhonda Diaz, a systems engineer from Silicon Graphics who helped me learn the political aspects of large government computer systems.

Latest accomplishment: In our latest project, we got to inject a lot of new technology into our facility. Some of the technologies include Linux, virtualization, deduplication, 10-gig network to the desktop and clustered file systems.

Career highlight: Getting the IOTS program (a five-year effort to transform sensor data into intelligence information) operational on time and under budget.

Favorite job-related bookmark: Slashdot.org

Dream non-IT-related job: Magician. I have performed for my kids’ classes and several charity events.

Name: Don Gunnell

Age: 35

Organization: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Corona Division

Title: Systems engineer

Nominated for: Spearheading the procurement and deployment of a wireless network to handle voice, video and data at Twentynine Palms’ massive testing ground. The wireless reach-back system is likely to be replicated at all Navy and Marine Corps ranges, including locations in Iraq.

First IT mentor: Steven Douglas, lead engineer in my telecommunications engineering branch. Steve has provided me with many great opportunities within our group and has shown me the inner workings of government engineering and support.

Latest accomplishment: I am currently leading an effort to expand network capability for Marine Forces Pacific bases, posts and stations. This effort will provide flexibility and lower-cost alternatives for the corps’ network expansion requirements.

Career highlight: Providing engineering and technical support on the Mobile At-Sea Sensor Platform (Navy) for the Pacific Missile Range Facility.

Favorite bookmark: safe.amrdec.army.mil/safe

Dream non-IT-related job: Be a member of a search and rescue unit.

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Name: Jeremy Ryan Hiers

Age: 28

Organization: Army’s Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems

Title: Assistant product manager

Nominated for: Working with government and contractor employees to develop a five-year road map for improving the performance of enterprise information technology systems in the Transportation Information Systems (TIS) program. Voluntarily traveled to a combat zone to further his experience with the use of TIS products.

First IT mentor: Col. (ret.) Mark Barnette. I was assigned to Col. Barnette when I first began working for the Army as an intern in 2003. He took me under his wing and mentored me through several large, high-visibility and complex projects that would normally have been reserved for his more senior staff members. I was able to get a head start on developing the leadership, project management, critical thinking and communication skills that I continue to rely on daily.

Latest accomplishment: I am most excited about the role I have played in supporting the fielding of a major automated information system to Army units supporting the global war on terror in the Middle East. When our team was first given this project early last year, the objectives and path forward were very unclear. We had to overcome significant organizational, cultural and technical challenges to get us to where we are today. Fourteen months later, we have the system turned on, and we are already seeing the benefits.

Favorite bookmark: www.cio.com

Dream non-IT-related job: Medical doctor

Name: Anthony M. Hoang

Age: 32

Organization: Homeland Security Department, Office of the CIO, Office of the CTO, Enterprise Data Management Office

Title: Principal information architect

Nominated for: Smoothing the way for the adoption of the National Information Exchange Model as a way to improve information sharing across DHS and between the department and its partners in federal, state and local governments. Also persuaded senior executives at DHS and the Defense Department to transition the Maritime Information Exchange Model, a competitor to NIEM, into NIEM.

First IT mentor: My father, John Hoang, instilled entrepreneurialism, a discipline of hard work and an ethic of innovation. He allowed me to be his “apprentice” (assembling 286 12 MHz PCs) when I was in the fourth grade, and my passion has only grown ever since.

Latest accomplishment: The component organizations at DHS have each contributed significantly to strengthening the DHS Information Sharing Environment. I recently had the opportunity to elevate some of the most innovative and effective practices in service-oriented architecture to the department’s information officers for increasing interoperability and IT efficiency.

Career highlight: Being a part of the National Information Exchange Model Project Management Office has been an opportunity of a lifetime — to be a part of one the most effective and driven interagency teams confronting the challenges of information sharing toward the end of strengthening the nation.

Favorite bookmark: ted.com. Being that we, IT leaders, are essentially in the business of leading change, I find the Technology, Entertainment and Design talks to be useful fuel for the work we do.

Dream non-IT-related job: I have dreams of working for Gary Haugen’s International Justice Mission (fighting human trafficking and violent injustice) or Bono’s ONE Campaign (combating global poverty).

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Name: Marwan M. Jamal

Age: 44

Organization: National Defense University, Information Resources Management College

Title: Professor and acting chief technology officer

Nominated for: Leading the creation of the Crisis Management Center, a high-tech facility that can simulate crisis scenarios used to teach leadership and management competencies. Also manages the private-sector initiative for the IRM College, through which more than 30 IT companies loan equipment to the college for use in training.

Latest accomplishment: Led the creation of the Crisis Management Center at the IRM College. It consists of high-end audio and video infrastructure capable of displaying multiple real-time or simulated mix of data feeds designed to simulate crisis scenarios while teaching leadership and management competencies.

Career highlight: Leads the initiative of setting private industry partnerships for the IRM College by establishing collaboration agreements with leading IT companies worldwide. This initiative has already established working partnerships with more than 30 companies, including Google, Motorola, Northrop Grumman, Tibco, Microsoft, IBM, Sprint, General Dynamics, KPMG, Sun Microsystems, Skyterra, Oracle, CSC and others.

Favorite bookmark: Gartner.com

Dream non-IT-related job: Yacht builder

Name: Goldy Kamali

Age: 32

Organization: FedScoop

Title: Founder and president

Nominated for: Developing executive-level networking programs and events in the Washington, D.C., area. She also developed FedScoop.com, which aggregates news from publications across the federal IT community.

First IT mentor: I can’t say that I’ve only had one key mentor. I’ve been lucky to have had several “best advisers” throughout my career, including Pam Gray, Gloria Cole, Greg Poersch, Nigel Ballard and Teresa Carlson. I owe each one of them a lot of gratitude for all of their guidance and support throughout the years.

Latest accomplishment: Launching FedScoop and FedScoop Event.

Career highlights: Back in 2000, when I was 23 and worked in enterprise sales for XO Communications, I closed the largest multimillion-dollar contract in the history of the company for $10.8 million dollars. That was a ton of fun!

Favorite bookmark: FedScoop.com (of course!)

Dream non-IT-related job: Right now, I am having a blast expanding FedScoop, but anything I do in the future will hopefully always involve bringing people together — it’s definitely what makes me happiest.

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Name: 1st Lt. Joseph J. Kattar

Age: 26

Organization: Joint Strike Fighter Program Office

Title: Business manager

Nominated for: Working with General Services Administration officials to develop and manage requirements for IT contracts that support the Joint Strike Fighter program. Made a good impression from the start, implementing processes that resolved contract problems that had lingered for more than two years.

First IT mentor: Maj. Mike Dukes. His vision, knowledge and experience have been invaluable to my success and the success of the Joint Strike Fighter Program Office.

Latest accomplishment: Recently, I designed and implemented an innovative contractor evaluation system to gather and evaluate the level of support our program is receiving from our Contract Service Support. The evaluation system has significantly decreased evaluation time and increased accuracy.

Career highlight: Selected as the Joint Strike Fighter’s 2008 Junior Officer of the Year.

Favorite bookmark: JSF.mil (Joint Strike Fighter)

Dream non-IT-related job: Mechanical design engineer

Name: Jason Khan

Age: 31

Organization: Touchstone Consulting Group, SRA International

Title: Chief technology officer and director of emerging markets and technology consulting

Nominated for: Assisting federal agencies with the adoption of open-source software, Web 2.0 tools, cloud computing and other leading-edge technology. Has also worked on a number of cross-agency lines of business programs, including grants and financial management, IT infrastructure and information security.

First IT mentor: Jo Strowder. She taught me everything I know about computers and got me my first job. Also, Kirk Canaday, now retired from Unisys, got me introduced to the company and showed me the ropes in the early years.

Latest accomplishment: Successfully built teams of consultants who are now helping the federal government develop governmentwide strategy for critical technology initiatives on Web 2.0, cloud computing and cybersecurity.

Career highlight: Building a team of people I can work with for the rest of my career.

Favorite bookmark: Wired.com

Dream non-IT-related job: Movie producer

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Name: Zhenia Klevitsky

Age: 33

Organization: SE Solutions

Title: Senior director of corporate development

Nominated for: Contributing her time and expertise to numerous organizations in the federal IT community, including ACT-IAC, AFCEA and the Association of Proposal Management Professionals. Also organized the first annual Senior Government Executive Dinner, in which 10 top-level executives led an open exchange with industry representatives to identify ways to strengthen public/private partnerships.

First IT mentor: Paul Taltavull, president, SE Solutions. He has spent the past four and a half years coaching and mentoring me in business development, marketing and communications. I have learned a tremendous amount from him — more than I could learn from a lifetime of on-the-job training or education.

Latest accomplishment: I’m most proud of a proposal development process that I authored for SE Solutions. I train people in our company on this process both in a classroom and just-in-time online training format. This proposal process was instrumental in one of the company’s largest deal wins.

Career highlight: When I worked at BearingPoint and built its entire enterprise architecture civilian practice by developing a unique methodology, bringing in six EA contracts (running two of them) in less than one year.

Favorite bookmark: Facebook. I love to stay connected with things going on in industry — as well as on the personal front — and Facebook is a great way to stay connected with people, even if virtually.

Dream non-IT-related job: Having my own travel TV show.

Name: Robert Lech (pronounced “leach”)

Age: 39

Organization: Citizant

Title: Division director

Nominated for: Developing a grant-reporting system to help the Housing and Urban Development Department meet the requirements of the recovery act.

First IT mentor: Raymond Roberts, chief executive officer of Citizant. We met when we worked together at Texas Instruments more than 15 years ago. Raymond has an amazing ability to glean the secrets of successful companies and gather wisdom from business leaders. When he called me a few years ago looking for a program manager for his government customers, I already knew he would make a great boss and that I could continue to learn from him.

Latest accomplishment: Our most recent assignment at HUD is to help agency managers develop an information management and reporting system that complies with the requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. It’s a thrill to be able to lead a team that is working night and day to create the right solution.

Career highlight: Not to sound trite, but my current position at Citizant is the highlight of my career. I love every aspect of it. I get to interface with IT leaders at federal agencies and help them solve problems and manage systems that have a significant impact on the lives of taxpayers.

Favorite bookmark: Because of the National Housing Locator System we built for HUD, we have to monitor the national weather picture to anticipate whether we’ll need to kick into surge mode to help find housing for people displaced by natural disasters such as fires, hurricanes and floods. So my new favorite Web site is Weather.com.

Dream non-IT-related job: I’d make as much — or as little — money as I could by catching really big fish hundreds of miles offshore. I don’t want the big trawler nets, though. I’d want to catch them the fun way, one at a time with a big fishing rod.

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Name: Beth Sherry Maloney

Age: 35

Organization: Palladian Partners

Title: Managing director

Nominated for: Serving as social-media evangelist and educator, both at Palladian and in the federal IT community at large. Initiated a Lunch and Learn series to keep Palladian staff informed of tools and trends, such as wikis, mind maps and Twitter. Worked through the Bethesda Young AFCEANs to launch the Federal Web 2.0 Virtual Podium Series, featuring social-networking experts from across government.

First IT mentor: Michele Friedman, my first manager at Andersen Consulting, provided clients excellent service. Her approach to solution development combined technical know-how with enough creativity to satisfy the marketing and communications folks.

Latest accomplishment: Getting many self-proclaimed “non-techies” to start asking for social-media support and technology assistance when they wouldn’t have imagined asking for it even six months ago.

Career highlight: Sticking with technology after my first three weeks on the job was spent learning to program in C. With a degree in international business and marketing I thought, “What am I doing here???” Lucky for me, I gained an appreciation for the technical details but moved into a more fitting place, which started as requirements development and morphed into sky’s-the-limit Internet solutions by the late ’90s.

Favorite bookmark: The under-construction (for over a year) redesign of PalladianPartners.com — the cobbler’s kids have no shoes!

Dream non-IT-related job: Running a bakery/coffee shop featuring all kinds of creative confections and pairings.

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Name: Ephraim Lo

Age: 26

Organization: Serco

Title: Senior systems engineer

Nominated for: Researching methods for automating the initial identification and basic analysis of signals of interest collected via a variety of Air Force systems. The resulting technology is expected to be fielded to the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance community.

Latest accomplishment: Leading a three-year project.

Career highlight: Having a paper published by SPIE, an international society dedicated to advancing light-based technologies.

Favorite job-related bookmark: ieeexplore.ieee.org

Dream non-IT-related job: Musician


Name: Vanessa Leigh Manchester

Age: 37

Organization: Iris Partners, contractor for the Connect Program at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Health and Human Services Department

Title: Program manager

Nominated for: Coordinating the efforts of more than 20 federal agencies as they link their existing health IT systems to the emerging Nationwide Health Information Network via the Connect gateway. Hailed as a magician of sorts for guiding Connect from planning through product development and limited production in less than a year.

First IT mentor: There have been many co-workers in my life who have helped me grow as a professional. They taught me a critical lesson — that technology is never the hardest part of a project. In fact, it’s usually the easiest. The real challenge is working with a team and figuring out ways to make them work toward one common goal.

Latest accomplishment: Managing the Connect program from planning through product development into limited production in less than one year. The Connect team recently

held the 1st Annual Connect Training Seminar; more than 1,400 registrants signed up.

Career highlight: I’m fortunate to be right in the midst of my most rewarding project yet: being part of the development of Connect. The Connect solution supports the nation’s ability to achieve electronic health records for all citizens by 2014, as called for by President Obama.

Favorite bookmark: ConnectOpenSource.org

Dream non-IT-related job: To host my own HGTV home renovation show. The theme would be renovating on a budget using real wood and salvaged materials, complemented by high-end materials.

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Name: Ryan P. McCullough

Age: 34

Organization: Govplace

Title: Vice president, Federal Division

Nominated for: Creating a procurement methodology, known as the Performance-Based Approach, that closely aligns a contractor’s measures of success with an agency’s objectives. Worked with the Homeland Security Department to transform a traditional contract to a performance-based one, saving the agency $1 million.

First IT mentor: Rob Guerra, who helped me to understand the value of industry organizations that truly make themselves accountable to the goals, objectives and outcomes of the agencies they serve. And Tom Ragland, who helped me to apply the proper perspective and priority to all of the important things in my life, including family, health and career.

Latest accomplishment: I joined Govplace to build and model a federal integrator that was focused on accountability to the mission goals and objectives of federal government agencies. In two years, Govplace has formed a strong federal business unit based upon the best principles of performance-based partnership with the government.

Career highlight: Entertaining industry and government attendees by singing “Howl at the Moon” during the DHS Security Conference in Baltimore. (Not everything needs to be work. We should have fun, too.)

Favorite bookmark: www.fcw.com

Dream non-IT-related job: Shortstop for the New York Yankees

Name: Steven Posnack

Age: 28

Organization: Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology, Health and Human Services Department

Title: Policy analyst

Nominated for: Playing a wide range of roles behind the scenes — drafting policies and guidelines, advising top officials on privacy and security matters, and coordinating work with health IT stakeholders across the country. Also serves as the project officer for the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration, which works with 42 states and territories.

First IT mentor: Dr. Gerald Masson of the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute. Dr. Masson saw something in me before I did, paving the way for me to, become the first JHUISI student to obtain a dual masters in information security and health policy.

Latest accomplishment: The successful completion of the Health Information Security and Privacy Collaboration Phase 3 — a complex, $15 million project that included more than 40 subcontracts with governor-endorsed state and territory teams. I created the statement of work, served as project officer from beginning to end and had primary responsibility for day-to-day management.

Career highlight: When my office published the Nationwide Privacy and Security Framework for Electronic Exchange of Individually Identifiable Health Information. It took more than two years to complete, and I served as one of the principal drafters.

Favorite bookmark: ihealthbeat.org

Dream non-IT-related job: To start and manage my own restaurant.

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Name: Richard J. Renomeron (pronounced Rehn-oh-MARE-on)

Age: 37

Organization: Turner Consulting Group

Title: Senior engineer and project lead

Nominated for: Leading a team of engineers that provides the Office of Management and Budget with an array of systems for developing budgets, including the much-lauded Max Federal Community wiki. Developed a governmentwide authentication and authorization system so that Max users can securely access any OMB services.

First IT mentor: Dave Tomczak — he was the first technical lead I worked with when I was fresh out of grad school, and he taught me a lot about how to handle different personalities on a team. This came in handy when I found myself in leadership positions some years later.

Latest accomplishment: Refactoring the customizations to our single-sign-on application so that we can be more responsive to new requirements from external customers, which seem to be coming faster and faster these days.

Career highlight: This award

Favorite bookmark: The Max Federal Community (max.omb.gov/community). I’m not just a developer, I’m a user!

Dream non-IT-related job: In no particular order: singer in a rock-and-roll band, artistic photographer or stay-at-home dad.

Name: Joseph Arthur Rhodes

Age: 38

Organization: Army’s Fort Lee Engineering Directorate, in support of the Product Manager, Movement Tracking System (MTS)

Title: Logistics automation chief

Nominated for: Planning and coordinating the construction of a facility at Camp Arifjan, Kuwait, to support the deployment of MTS, which tracks the location of logistics vehicles and their contents. Also works with multinational forces and task force commands to develop requirements for expanding MTS.

First IT mentor: Chief Bernie Multon. He taught me that there were no IT challenges that couldn’t be overcome with creative thinking and teamwork.

Latest accomplishment: Recently, I coordinated and helped to establish U.S. Army Forces, Central Command’s policy on implementing the MTS on all logistics platforms deployed throughout Operation Enduring Freedom. This policy has changed the shape of the battlefield and will result in a level of log asset visibility that has never before been a part of the Afghanistan area of responsibility.

Career highlight: The completion of a $1 million MTS training and installation facility on Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. This facility enabled deployed assets to be trained and fielded more rapidly than ever before in the Southwest Asia area of responsibility.

Favorite bookmark: us.army.mil (Army Knowledge Centers)

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Name: Emily Scott

Age: 27

Organization: IBM Global Business Services, Public Sector Supply Chain Management Task Force to Improve Business and Stability Operations-Iraq

Title: Managing consultant

Nominated for: Quarterbacking an initiative to provide Iraq with a nationwide retail payment infrastructure, supporting the use of debit cards, credit cards, point-of-sale devices and other modern financial conveniences. Traveled into the“red zone” to meet with Iraqi officials and bankers to better understand their needs and the demands of the working environment.

First IT mentor: Ed Laine, associate professor of geology at Bowdoin College. I learned for the first time the value of data and the ability to measure and track the success or failures of a system. Laine and the other professors taught me that with an understanding of data and some imagination, you can first identify and then solve some amazingly complex problems.

Latest accomplishment: Receiving one of the first MasterCard debit cards issued by an Iraqi bank (Bank of Baghdad) and being able to use it on ATMs and points of sale around the world, from Baghdad to Thailand and Washington, D.C. Since then, the retail banking infrastructure network has expanded to four Iraqi cities and includes some of the largest and most prominent vendors there.

Career highlight: Visiting Iraq for the first time and being able to see the effect of our project and meet in person the staff I’d been working with for so long.

Favorite bookmark: Kayak.com

Dream non-IT-related job: Travel writer

Name: Genen Soo-Hoo (pronounced Jeh–nen Sue-who)

Age: 29

Organization: New York Police Department

Title: Certified Web developer

Nominated for: Giving a new face to NYPD’s Crime Stopper program by developing a multimedia-enabled “Submit a Tip” Web site.

First IT mentor: Almost 20 years ago, I remember turning on the computer for the first time but nothing came up on the screen. I checked all wires and even opened up the computer to check if anything was loose. After several long moments of bewilderment, my 96-year-old grandmother suggested that I “turn on the TV.” Voila! I quickly realized that she was talking about the monitor, which had not been turned on. I learned that sometimes the best solution to a problem may just be the simplest one. Although she didn’t mentor me much in computers, she did teach me a very valuable lesson about computers.

Latest accomplishment: The Training Bureau Enterprise Learning Management and Crime Stoppers applications. Both projects had immediate impacts on the problems they were built to solve. The Training Bureau Enterprise Learning Management now manages all training courses and certifications for over 54,000 NYPD employees. Crime Stoppers is a full-fledged crime-fighting Web system that allows the public users and detectives to work together.

Career highlight: I am very proud of the successful completion of the Crime Stoppers and Enterprise Learning Management projects and the great success that they have had.

Dream non-IT-related job: Cooking is my second love to Web developing.

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Of Trail Bosses and Rising StarsBY EMORY MILLER

In the mid-1980s, the General Services Administration launched a very success-ful training program called Trail Boss. It was founded on the principle that acquisition offi cials would benefi t from the experiences of their more seasoned peers and thereby avoid the pitfalls of the procurement process.

As students graduated from their classes, they joined a community called the Trail Boss Cadre and attended an annual conference called the Trail Boss Round-up. Sounds a little hokey, doesn’t it? Well, hold onto that thought.

Fast-forward to 2009. Now we have a new generation of government employ-ees recognized as Rising Stars who inter-act, learn, create and excel…differently.

They write blogs, comment on wikis, post to Facebook, send IMs and receive tweets while seeking RSS feeds. Sounds a little hokey, doesn’t it?

We live in an interesting time. We are likely to find traditionalists, baby boom-ers, Generation Xers and millennials in the same boardroom, council chambers, lunchroom, or blog or Twitter space. We grew up in different eras, but we share the same rich promise of challenge and potential. I suggest that we have more in common than we immediately realize. Let’s note the ways.1. We entered the government or in-dustry workforce committed to mak-ing a difference. We might have been inspired by John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan or Barack Obama. Our seminal moments might have included the civil

rights movement of the 1960s, the explo-sion of the space shuttle in 1986 or the terrorist attacks of 2001. Whatever our formative experiences were, Trail Bosses and Rising Stars share the same commit-ment to making this government and country better for its citizens.2. We seek ideas, knowledge and wis-dom. Trail Bosses communicated via e-mail, were informed by Listserv exchanges (remember them?) and attended annual Round-Up Conferences. Rising Stars do all those social-media things. At the re-cent Open Government and Innovations Conference, attendees listened to speakers while also reading their colleagues’ reac-tions as Twitter posts on a screen. 3. We understand that work is accom-plished through collaboration. A major tenet of the Trail Boss program was to engage private-sector companies early and hear their ideas, innovations and solutions. In government, Trail Bosses enthusiasti-cally embraced their new contacts at other agencies for help and advice. Today, Rising Stars collaborate at the speed of texting — or faster! — in social-media spaces and vir-tual communities that have few restrictions and unlimited potential. Wow.4. We excelled and succeeded. Our ar-chives are filled with stories of success from Trail Bosses and Trail Bosses of the Year. Likewise, Rising Stars are in-novating, writing success stories, and being recognized annually, monthly and daily for innovation and outcomes only recently conceived. Wow again.

The bottom line is that we share a long legacy of innovation and success that benefits us all. Thank you, Trail Bosses, and thank you, Rising Stars. ■

Emory Miller is senior vice president for government affairs at Robbins-Gioia. Pre-viously, he spent 36 years in the federal government in a variety of roles at several agencies. He helped develop GSA’s Trail Boss program and was named Trail Boss of the Year in 1995.

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