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Ursula Cowan, is a Senior Threat Research Analyst at Verodin (a FireEye Company), focusing on researching adversaries’ tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), breaking them down to the smallest behaviors, for the purpose of replicating them within the Verodin Security Instrumentation Platform. Ursula's career started as a police detective investigating cyber-crime, death, and online exploitation. She later added computer forensics examiner to her list of responsibilities. Her training in computer forensics was at the U.S. Secret Service’s National Computer Forensic Institute (NCFI) she holds a Bachelor of Science in Applied Psychology from the Florida Institute of Technology, and graduates in May ’20 with a Master of Science in Digital Forensics from the University of Central Florida

#Brian Reed, Chief Mobility Officer at NowSecure As NowSecure Chief Mobility Officer, industry veteran Brian Reed brings over a 15 years of experience in mobile, security and risk including NowSecure, Good Technology, BlackBerry, BoxTone, and ZeroFOX working with Fortune 2000 global customers, mobile trailblazers and government agencies. With more than 25 years driving innovative solutions and securing customer success, Brian is a dynamic speaker and compelling storyteller who brings unique insights and global experience. Brian is a frequent speaker at events including DevOpsWorld, DevOps Days, RSA, OWASP, Droidcon, FS-ISAC, Gartner, Mobile World Congress, and numerous vertical industry events. Brian is a graduate of Duke University.

Krysta has over 15 years of extensive experience within all facets of the Human Resources Function. With her many years of experience, Krysta has had proven success in planning, implementing and supporting Human Resources plans and strategies consistent with organization values and policies. Krysta’s clients range from start up technology companies to global consulting firms, and everything in between. She thrives creating environments that encourages employees to push their boundaries, be successful and meet their personal developmental goals, while obtaining the business outcomes Executives desire. Krysta believes Human Resources is the critical lifeline of a company as people are the biggest resource and business advantage. She is co-founder of Verity Group, a human resources consulting firm. B.S. Clemson University

Terry L. Clower is Northern Virginia Chair and Professor of Public Policy at George Mason University. He is also director of GMU’s Center for Regional Analysis. The Center provides economic and public policy research services to sponsors in the private, non-profit and public sectors. Prior to joining GMU, he was director for the Center for Economic Development and Research at the University of North Texas. Dr. Clower has authored or co-authored over 170 articles, book chapters, and research reports reflecting experience in economic and community development, economic and fiscal impact analysis, housing, transportation, land use planning, and economic forecasting. His scholarly articles have appeared in Economic Development Quarterly; Urban Studies; Economic Development Review; Regional Studies, Regional Science; the Australasian Journal of Regional Studies; Regional Studies Regional Science, Sustaining Regions; and Applied Research in Economic Development. His most recent publication is the textbook Globalization, Planning and Local Economic Development with Prof. Andrew Beer (Taylor-Francis, London). Dr. Clower received a B.S. in Marine Transportation from Texas A&M University in 1982, a M.S. in Applied Economics from the University of North Texas in 1992 and a Ph.D. in Information Sciences from the University of North Texas in 1997 specializing in information policy issues and the use of information resources.

Mr. Stimers focuses his policy advocacy efforts on matters related to emerging technologies, such as commercial spaceflight, IT, nanotechnology, and water technology, and advises a wide range of companies and industry associations in pursuing legislation and representing their interests before Congress and federal agencies. Sponsored by: Fairfax City, Looking Glass Cyber As policy counsel to several major commercial spaceflight companies and the leading industry association for commercial spaceflight, Paul has been active in helping the industry grow quickly and safely, while continuing to support a strong role for NASA in space exploration. In the field of information technology policy, Paul works with software companies and industry associations to ensure data and network security without restricting technological development. He has helped manage industry-wide efforts to prevent technology mandates while improving security. He has also assisted companies in developing privacy policies that protect consumers’ personal information while enabling new products and services. He was actively involved in matters relating to Internet governance during the recent transition of DNS authority. He founded the Quantum Industry Coalition, a group of quantum computing, communications, and cryptography companies working to advance U.S. leadership in the field. In addition to his work with emerging technologies, Paul works extensively with nonprofit organizations addressing the needs of the world’s poorest people. He helped to pass the Water for the Poor Act of 2005, which created a framework for the United States to help provide millions of people with sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and the Water for the World Act of 2014, which further expanded US efforts to improve access. Since 2005, he has helped direct more than $1.5 billion toward providing water and sanitation to those who need it most. ] supporting funding for broader US poverty-focused development assistance. Mr. Stimers was listed among the “40 Under 40: K Street’s New Generation of Lobbyists” by The Washingtonian. Most recently, Mr. Stimers was nationally ranked by Chambers USA 2015 under “Government: Government Relations (Up and Coming).” Mr. Stimers is a member of the Executive Committee of the Greater Washington Board of Trade. Education J.D., Harvard Law School M.P.A. Harvard University B.A. University of Washington, (summa cum laude, Truman Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa)

#Andrew Ko, Managing Director for Global Education and Workforce, Amazon Web Services, AWS. Andrew is the Managing Director of Global Education and Workforce at Amazon Web Services. His focus is driving innovation and workforce development by increasing adoption of cloud-based programs and solutions in the US and internationally. He leads transformation at state and country-levels, helping create the next generation of learners and innovators. Prior to joining Amazon, Andrew was the Corporate Vice President of Samsung Global Education and the European B2B division, based in South Korea, where he launched mobile learning solutions for Education in Croatia, India, Italy and the U.S. Prior to Samsung, Andrew was the General Manager for Microsoft Corporation’s U.S. Education business where he led the Partners in Learning team creating new and innovative ways for teaching and learning. He also led the White House ConnectED initiative shaping a public-private partnership model to provide technology and internet access to millions in school. Andrew has several political appointments: In January 2014, Governor Terry McAuliffe appointed Andrew as a member of the Virginia State Board of Education, and in 2016, he was appointed to Virginia’s School Readiness Committee for improving the early childhood education workforce in the Commonwealth. In 2018, Governor Ralph Northam appointed Andrew to the Online Virginia Network Authority, which aims to provide individuals with opportunities to earn online degrees and postsecondary education credentials. Andrew also serves on several boards, including the Northern Virginia Community College Foundation board and the Fairfax County Public Schools Foundation https://aws.amazon.com/education/awseducate/ Sponsor: Fairfax City Host: Cindy Gurne

John Bambenek is VP of Security Research and Intelligence at ThreatSTOP, a lecturer in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and a handler with the SANS Internet Storm Centre. He has over 18 years experience in Information Security and leads several International investigative efforts tracking cybercriminals - some of which have lead to high profile arrests and legal action. He currently tracks neonazi fundraising via cryptocurrency and publishes that online to twitter and has other monitoring solutions for cryptocurrency activity. He specializes in disruptive activities designed to greatly diminish the effectiveness of online criminal operations. He has produced some of the largest bodies of open-source intelligence, used by thousands of entities across the world. Hosts: Jeremy Haas and Olga Polishchuk, Cyber--The Workforce Show Sponsor: Looking Glass Cyber

JOSHUA RABINOWITZ Joshua Rabinowitz was recently named Chief Executive Officer for MountChor Technologies Inc. Mr. Rabinowitz has set goals for the company to bring high impact innovation to the mission needs of our Federal Government, and thus helping to solve some of the nation’s most difficult challenges. Mountchor Technologies is executing a strategic expansion into the Cybersecurity, Cloud, Global Networking, and IT consulting domains whilst positioning the company as a provider of innovative solutions with customers in civilian, defense, intelligence and commercial markets. Mountchor Technologies has a fun and inventive culture with exceptional employees who are obsessed with ingenuity, learning, and driven to serve the mission of the USA and American Citizens. Prior to leading Mountchor Technologies, Mr. Rabinowitz severed as Senior Director and Chief Engineer for Perspecta. His departure capped an illustrious 20-year-career from Perspecta (and its legacy companies). He rose to a role as Senior Director and Chief Engineer in 2017, after a short stint (2014-2016) as a Federal Account executive where he led and supported over $250 million in new business. For nearly 14 years prior to that, he was a Program Manager, Architect, Engineer, and Cybersecurity Subject Matter Expert supporting many departments and Agencies throughout the Federal Government, DOD, and Intel Communities. Aside from his role as CEO of Mountchor Technologies, Mr. Rabinowitz has a diverse and successful background investing and owning rental homes in 4 states, creating a Non-Profit called Magna Virtus with a mission to improve humankind through supporting local and global initiatives, and building a Horse Boarding business (known as Poplar Ford Farm), boarding nearly 40 horses adjacent to the Manassas National Battlefield Park (Bull Run) with over 25 Miles of Horse trails available. Additionally, he raises chickens for eggs & bees for honey while actively pursuing expansion and cultivation of additional farming activities. Mr. Rabinowitz earned a Master’s Degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Sloan Management School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and a bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education, minor in Computer Science, from the State University of New York (SUNY) Geneseo, along with numerous top industry certifications such as CISSP, CEH, CCNP, PMP. Mr. Rabinowitz is a husband and father to three wonderful children (3 under 3 years of age) and a Great Dane puppy.

Nicole works at ScienceLogic where she creates AI models to detect anomalies in IT sensor data. Before becoming a data scientist, she helped small business owners and inventors to start and grow businesses through consulting and training for almost 9 years. She even started her own company brokering international bulk wine sales for several years. Since she changed careers in 2017, she maintained her passion for small businesses and has carved out an intentional career working for start-ups. Nicole used skills from her first career to find and identify mentors and sponsors with whom she curates mutually valuable relationships in the technology space.

Mary Beth has over twenty years of finance, technology and security industry experience. She is an advisor to Clearforce, HyTrust, Robodub, Bluewater International and in 2018 founded The Cyber Guild and Uniting Women in Cyber in Washington, DC. Previously Mary Beth was the CEO and President of LemonFish Technologies and CEO/CFO of two companies acquired by Deloitte and Microsoft. Hosts: Olga Polishchuk and Jeremy Haas , Workforce Show-Cyber Sponsor: Looking Glass Cyber

Traci Silas was delegated by former Secretary Napolitano as the career Senior Director of the Federal Advisory Committees (FACA) for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Prior to accepting her position as FACA director in 2013, Mrs. Silas served as the director of the Information Disclosure Office of DHS office of policy, privacy attorney for Booz Allen Hamilton, an international real estate attorney for Sothbys' International, a student ambassador for the United Nations Center for Human Rights and a legal intern for the Honorable Noels A Kramer of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals. Mrs. Silas holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Hampton University; an international certification in European Common Law from the University of Nice in France: and international certification in European general practice from the University of the Netherlands Antilles in Curacao; and Juris Doctorate on general practice, international law and real estate law from Hofstra University School of Law. Recently Mrs, Silas completed the Excellence in Government Fellows Program, coursework at Harvard University's School for Continuing Education, found HappyGovLLC and developed the "Happy You" mobile application. Mrs. Silas lives in Calvert County Md with her husband and five children.

A woman leader, a professional, and a person who speaks to how technology has transformed her industry. Wendy is a Principal in Grant Thornton’s https://www.grantthornton.com/ Public Sector Practice. Wendy has over 25 years of experience providing insights to federal, state, local and not-for-profit clients. Wendy’s professional experience is in enterprise risk management, business process optimization, project management, financial management, internal controls and strategic planning. Wendy is the National President-Elect for the Association of Government Accountants https://www.agacgfm.org/home.aspx from 2019-2020 and President 2020-2021. In her leadership roles, Wendy will represent AGA’s 96 chapters and more than 14,250 members across the United States. Wendy holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from Norfolk State University, an MBA in Management and a MS in Finance from the University of Maryland and an Executive Leadership Certificate from Cornell University

Sponsored by: Fairfax City, VA; LookingGlassCyber; Scientific Logic ZOLAIKHA STRONG Director of Energy Policy and Electrical Markets for the Copper Development Association (CDA) Zolaikha Strong serves as the energy expert on sustainable energy markets for the copper industry. She supports policy makers in the development of energy policies and regulations, collaborates with manufacturers on the development of new technologies, promotes the value of copper related solutions in energy efficient systems, and builds partnerships with sustainable energy advocates. Among her many activities, Strong recently hosted an electric vehicle summit in Washington, D.C. entitled, “EVs: Navigating the Road Ahead, an industry event powered by CDA.” The event gathered industry stakeholders for two robust panels featuring key leaders discussing the technology and policy advancements needed to accelerate the EV market. Among her many speaking engagements and presentations, Strong has presented at the American Solar Energy Society’s Solar Conference, the TechConnect World Innovation Conference, the Alliance to Save Energy’s Energy 2030: On the Road events, the Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) – Policy Forum and the GLOBALCON Conference. Strong has also commissioned industry studies on electric vehicles, energy storage, solar energy and wind energy. Strong served on the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee (REEEAC) and as co-chair of the Outreach and Education Sub-Committee. She is also a member of the Edison Foundation Institute for Electric Innovation Technology Roundtable, and an active participant and contributor to policy initiatives for the Alliance to Save Energy, the American Wind Energy Association, Energy Storage Association, American Copper Policy Council and the High Performance Building Congressional Caucus Coalition. A regular contributor to many energy and policy publications, Strong has been recently published in The Hill, The Washington Times, ElectroIndustry Magazine, Renewable Energy World, Metal Center News, Wind Systems Magazine, IAEI Magazine and Energy & Mining International as well as Wind Power Engineering and Development’s Wind Talks podcast. Prior to her work at the Copper Development Association, Strong was the Manager of Federal Regulatory Affairs at the Edison Electric Institute in Washington, D.C. During her time at Edison Electric Institute, Strong developed, analyzed, and advocated the Institute’s positions for federal and state energy regulation and legislation. She also has served as an Energy Analyst with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, where she developed and implemented regulatory policy to foster nationwide competitive energy markets. Zolaikha was the International Policy Fellow and directly reported to President Clinton during his post Presidential transition while he was establishing the Clinton Foundation. Zolaikha was also an intern at the White House during the Clinton Administration. Zolaikha holds a graduate degree in Public Administration from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Seton Hall University

Asaad Taha is a leading Social Impact Entrepreneur and Senior Principle Adviser with multisectoral expertise on the continuum of social impact programs—from the strategic level to frontline delivery. His background shows a quality education in multidisciplinary fields and 14-plus years in health, development, and management. In-the-trenches experiences have built his reputation in systems thinking and development, program design and execution, results-based monitoring and management, and implementation and oversight of donor and government-funded programs. Sponsored by The Workforce Show and Science Logic and LookingGlassCyber

Dr. Steve Bennett, Director, Global Government Practice As the Global Government Practice lead, Steve Bennett is passionate about helping governments around the world put their data to work for the citizens they serve. In his current role, he drives strategic industry positioning and messaging in global government markets. A thought leader in decision science and the application of analytics in government, Steve works to ensure that analytics solutions at SAS deliver maximum value for governments around the world. Prior to #SAS, Steve held a number of leadership positions during his 12 years in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Following the events of September 11th 2001, Steve led the design and application of quantitative analysis to inform some of the United States’ most challenging security decisions, most recently as the Director of the National Biosurveillance Integration Center. Over the course of his career in Government, he led numerous efforts to provide analytic decision support to senior officials in the White House and across the U.S. Government, Including # DHS Steve is relentless in his commitment to helping governments improve decision making, and pursues better organization, management, and use of data as critical to that endeavor. Steve holds a doctorate in Computational Biochemistry from Stanford, as well as undergraduate degrees in Biology and Chemistry from Caltech, and has authored a number of publications. When not supporting improved analytics in government, he is coaching youth soccer, leading children’s ministry at church, or building something in his workshop. Sponsored by: ScientificLogic, LookingGlassCyber, FairfaxCity

Chris is the founder and CEO of HypaSec. Previously, Chris headed the Information Protection Group, network operations, security operations and joint-international intelligence team for the Aramco family. Helping to recover Aramco from a nation-state attack to implement digital security and reconnect international business operations. Responsible for all digital IT and ICS assets throughout the EMEA region (minus KSA) and Latin America. Subsequently, establishing and assisting global digital security teams, standards, security driven legal contracts for secure software development with third parties, the Aramco EU/UK Privacy group with internal and external council and computer emergency response teams. Chris has practical and strategic hands-on experience in several cyber warfare incidents. USAF Space Command, detecting and helping to halt the July 2009 Second Wave attacks from the DPKR against South Korea and helping to recover and reestablish international business operations after the world’s most devastating cyber warfare attack, Shamoon in 2012. Expert advisor and panelist for several governments and parliaments. Author of several books, offensive security trainer, digital security course creator, recognized expert in several digital security fields including IT/IOT/ICS SCADA space, maritime, aviation, oil & gas, electric, water and nuclear. You can read more about Chris' on Wikipedia about her work: https://t.co/r660FCTuun Sponsors: LookingGlassCyber, Fairfax City, ScienceLogic

Bianca Costa David CIO/Director of Systems and Data Division Bianca works for the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) as head of the sub -cabinet office, Office of Systems and Data, responsible for assuring that all systems work at HHS including electronic heatth records , Interoperabity of legacy systems, new systems and state of the art applications in IT make her job challenging, But before entering public service she wanted to be a lawyer. She has been with HHS for 9 years during which she has seen a dramatic growth in new products, solutions and systems which require a broad background in IT. Prior to HHS she owed with FEMA for 5 years. Learn about her career in government, her enthusiastic volunteer work in organizations that benefit the community--and especially women. And hear what her recommendations for growing a career in IT. Some links to Bianca's sites: Women of God Network (nonprofit) http://www.womenofgodnetwork.org Travel Blog https://diaryofthetravelingpairs.blogspot.com \Sponsored by: LookingGlassCyber, Fairfax City, Science Logic

Sponsored by: LookingGlassCyber, ScienceLogic, and Fairfax City Nakul Munjal has worked in the cybersecurity industry since 2003. In 2006, he administered the first computer-based bar exam in the country. In 2009, as part of the founding team for IBM Security Systems in New York, he helped multiple Wall Street banks, insurance companies and rating agencies navigate new cybersecurity requirements resulting from the 2008 financial crisis. He is regarded as a subject matter expert in Identity and Access Management technologies, where he was an executive covering North America and Latin America for Micro Focus. Nakul began Status Identity after observing Chief Security Officers often struggle with inconvenient security controls that cause productivity losses in their organizations. With increasingly stringent cybersecurity policies through GDPR, NYDFS, FISMA and others; this problem was compounding. Nakul is passionate about reducing the security burden on individuals while preserving their privacy and digital rights. He believes that the distribution of personal data must be limited; and can be effectively used to empower users. Nakul holds a Bachelors in Biology and Economics from the University of Colorado, Boulder and an MBA with Honors from Babson College

Sponsored by: ScienceLogic, LookingGlassCyber, Fairfax City LUIS E. BORUNDA Deputy Secretary of State, Maryland What does it take to be an advocate for education--whether apprenticeships or college. Where does he see the future of work heading and how will workforce challenges be addressed? . This and other topics are discussed with Luis Borunda ,who among his many accomplishments, was the U.S. Hispanic Youth Entrepreneur program to address education drop out rates of Hispanic youth. In addition to leading five divisions of the Secretary's office he is active in the Maryland Hispanic Business Conference. Host: Victor deLeon

Sponsored by: TWFS, Scientific Logic, LookingGlassCyber, FairfaxCity In this interview Michael discusses with Al Naqvi how RPA is a "doer" why A.I. is the "thinker" in automation and how everyone will be impacted by RPA in the future. Michael is the Executive Director of Strategy and Business Development at Blue Prism. Blue Prism was named as one of the Best Workplaces for Innovation by Fast Co. His specialities include: Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Intelligent Automation, Strategy, Leadership, Business Development, Analytics and Analytic Solutions, Credit Scoring, Information/Data Management, Technology, Financial Services, Small Business, Risk Management, Government Contracting, Consulting Services, Decision Management Software and Solutions, Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) Software and Solutions. Michael is a graduate of Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania.

A new program and host, Al Naqvi and the AI Experience on WERA 96.7 FM and on podcasts. Sponsored by: Fairfax City, LookingGlassCyber and Science Logic. With sponsor by Brookfield Properties. He tell us who is guests are going to be and the format--not an interview style. Tune in Thursday at 9 AM or streaming.

What makes work worthwhile? Asaad speaks to the issues that divide us and make us less productive in our work--especially STEM. Our beliefs, values and attitudes can unite us or separate us. The Yin and Yang. If we are to solve the world's problems with the use of technology we have to understand ourselves, others and what our goals are. Sponsors: Fairfax City, LookingGlassCyber, Science Logic

Sponsored by: LookingGlassCyber, ScienceLogic,FairfaxCity, VA Danny's enthusiastic view of the Cloud as a career is the result of early years in a variety of Internet related jobs--help desk operator to start. He graduated with a degree in Physics but at the time (2008-20009) there were no jobs so he took a job with a temp. agcy--the rest his history. Listen to his story of persistence in the presence of adversity. Recommended sources for additonal information:techgenix.com,https://www.quora.com

Dr. Terry Gudaitis is the Director of the Intelligence Analysis Program in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society. Dr. Gudaitis is the Owner/CEO of Mindstar Security & Profiling, LLC which specializes in custom cyber security, physical security, and risk management solutions for Family Offices, high net worth persons, and their families. Terry started her career as a CIA operations officer and behavioral profiler at the Counterterrorism Center. She left government service to pursue the expansion of profiling techniques as they applied to hackers and Internet/social media users for the commercial sector. Prior to forming her own firm, Terry was the Vice President and Cyber Intelligence Director at Cyveillance, held senior positions at SAIC, Psynapse Technologies LLC and Global Integrity Corporation. In addition to her corporate related work, Terry is on the Advisory Board of Mi3 Security, SocialTrendly, and TechnoSecurity; has served on the United States Secret Service Advisory Board for Insider Threat; trained investigators at the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children; and, regularly presents at national and international conferences. Terry is also a featured speaker at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. She has published numerous journal articles and her most current book publications include Social Engineering – Low Tech Hacking (2011) and Deception in the Digital Age which was released in August 2017. Terry’s academic background includes a BA from SUNY-Binghamton and a Master’s Degree and PhD in criminal psychology from University of Florida.

Cheryl is señor vice president of education policy and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. She has overall responsibility for linking the foremast leaders in education, workforce and business to solve problems related to skills and preparation for a changing workforce/ Sponsors: Fairfax City, Looking Glass Cyber

SPONSORS: LOOKING GLASS CYBER, SCIENCELOGIC, FAIRFAXCITY Dr. Rao has 30 years of experience in implementing data science, machine learning, and AI software, services and solutions in Digital, Retail, Risk, Compliance, R&D, IT, Operations, Marketing, Finance, and Sales. He is known for his ability to influence governmental and organizational executives and senior management to identify and implement data and information change management. He practices consultative approach involving situation assessment, precise needs identification, organizational readiness preparation, and information-based strategies. He enabled numerous agencies and enterprises to reap innovative and significant business benefits. He founded Amruta Inc with a vision to expand and spread the benefits to contemporary organizations. He has a PhD in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research, with minors in Computer Science, Statistics, and Mathematics.

Danny Huston is an IT Cloud Architect with 9 years experience in the IT industry. He works for a small cloud services start-up company called Ampsight where he is the lead DevOps and Cloud engineer for their government customer. He has held many jobs in the IT industry including Desktop Support, Network Analyst, Linux Systems Administrator, and Automation Engineer. Danny is a graduate of Christopher Newport University with a B.S. in Applied Physics.

Sponsors: LookingGlassCyber, ScientificLogic and Fairfax City Host: Victor deLeon Joanna Harvey, a native of southern California, started her career in 2007 as a digital production assistant for MTV Online. She excelled so much in digital media that she quickly served as the lead strategist for clients such as Jason Carter for Governor, Lindt & Sprungli, eOne Films. She also worked with several high-profile Latino nonprofit organizations, including the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute, the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, and the Hispanic IT Executive Council. Today she is the CEO of Laurus Digital, a strategic digital media consulting firm that she founded in 2013. Prior to moving to D.C., Ms. Harvey previously resided in Canada, Argentina, and Germany and is fluent in Spanish and German. Joanna earned a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from UCLA and is an alumna of the Stanford Latino Entrepreneurship Initiative from Stanford University.

Sponsors: LookingGlassCyber, ScienceLogic Nisha has multiple years of professional experience in the data science field and has led data science teams at Booz Allen Hamilton and at Discovery Communications. She has built algorithms for marketing purposes and has shaped data-driven decision making across companies. She is currently leading the technical team at Data Society, as the Director of Data Science. She manages all content creation for their clients interested in training and also leads technical projects on the consulting side. She is passionate about spreading data literacy across industries

--Stephanie J. Harrison is a systems engineer at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. In her current role on the Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO) Pathfinder Project, Harrison provides systems engineering rigor and technical excellence throughout development, integration, and operations of the CLARREO Pathfinder Reflected Solar Payload on the International Space Station. Harrison joined NASA as an intern through the Langley Aerospace Research Student Scholars (LARSS) Program with opportunities in the Crew Systems and Aviation Operations Branch and Systems Engineering and Engineering Methods Branch from 2011 – 2013. She was hired in 2014 as an aerospace research engineer and transitioned to the role of an aerospace flight systems engineer in 2016. In her time at NASA to date, Harrison has worked on the many aeronautics research projects in the Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate and currently supports an earth science project in the Science Mission Directorate. Kirsten M. Boogaard Kirsten M. Boogaard is a flight operations engineer at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. In her current role on the X-57 Maxwell all-electric X-plane, Boogaard serves as the Deputy Operations Engineering Lead, providing sound engineering to ensure airworthiness throughout planning, integration, and eventually flight of the X-57. Boogaard joined NASA as an intern through the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Teacher and Researcher (STAR) Program at Cal Poly with the Flight Opportunities Program in the summers of 2012 and 2013. She was hired in 2013 as an operations engineer with Jacobs Engineering and joined as a NASA employee in 2015 as an engineer and the STEM engagement lead in the Office of Education until transferring back to the flight operations engineering branch in 2016. Kirsten Boogaard Kirsten M. Boogaard is a flight operations engineer at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. In her current role on the X-57 Maxwell all-electric X-plane, Boogaard serves as the Deputy Operations Engineering Lead, providing sound engineering to ensure airworthiness throughout planning, integration, and eventually flight of the X-57. Boogaard joined NASA as an intern through the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) Teacher and Researcher (STAR) Program at Cal Poly with the Flight Opportunities Program in the summers of 2012 and 2013. She was hired in 2013 as an operations engineer with Jacobs Engineering and joined as a NASA employee in 2015 as an engineer and the STEM engagement lead in the Office of Education until transferring back to the flight operations engineering branch in 2016

Dolly Oberoi is the Founder and CEO of C2 Technologies, a Technology, Online learning/training, Simulation & Modeling, Analytics and IT, firm, established in 1989. C2 serves Defense, Aerospace, Civilian and Commercial clients worldwide. As a pioneer in online education, thought-leader, innovator, and an entrepreneur, Ms. Oberoi has dedicated her company's mission to improve human performance. Her pioneering work in helping organizations transition from the traditional chalkboard to electronic learning environment and developing transformative enterprise-wide learning and talent management solutions. As an entrepreneur, served the industry with distinction in the areas of online education, modeling, simulation, AI, Machine Learning, Robotics, and human capital management completing more than 12,000 projects for 120 plus clients, employing 500 employees in more than 22 locations globally, and winning over 150 industry awards including GovCon entrepreneur of the Year and E&Y. She is also the recipient of several international awards, including, Washington Business Journal's Innovation Award, GovCon’s prestigious Entrepreneur of the Year; Pride of India; E&Y’s Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, Women Who Mean Business; and the prestigious Spencer Logan award. Ms. Oberoi has spread the seeds of entrepreneurship by mentoring small businesses and has an incubator and an accelerator. She has mentored and grown several companies in the Washington, D.C., area. She started the annual entrepreneurship Boot camps for women and students. Ms. Oberoi is published and a frequent speaker at international conferences. She serves on several academic and corporate boards, including the George Mason University Foundation Board of Trustees; Barnard College of Columbia University, Athena Leadership Board; University of Maryland BC, School Education, Board of Advisors - Smithsonian AAPI Board, President, TIE-DC, and Trustee, TiE Global Board. Served on the Executive Board of the N VA Chamber of Commerce.

Andrew Stanley, VP Product at Phone2Action: Senior technology executive, chief of product, and manager of teams with an exceptional track record for leadership and results in the creation and delivery of high quality software products. Proven ability to partner with senior leadership, develop and execute a vision, remove obstacles, and guide cross-functional teams to the finish line. Skilled communicator with a natural ability to break down complex concepts and ideas to their simplest elements. Expert at defining, illustrating, and articulating a product and technology vision to a wide audience, including Executive Management, customers, prospects, and employees.

Bryson is the Founder of SCYTHE, a start-up building a next generation attack emulation platform, and GRIMM, a boutique cybersecurity consultancy, and Co-Founder of the ICS Village, a non-profit advancing awareness of industrial control system security. He is a National Security Institute Fellow. Prior, Bryson led an elite offensive capabilities development group. As a U.S. Army Officer, Bryson was a tank commander and led a tactical communications platoon. He served as a Battle Captain and Brigade Engineering Officer in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom before leaving the Army as a Captain. Brysonreceived his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with honors from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He holds a Master’s Degree in Telecommunications Management from the University of Maryland, a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Florida, and completed graduate studies in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Texas. Hosts: Jeremy Haas and Olga Polishchuk, TWFS-Cyber Edition Sponsor: LookingGlassCyber

Va Tech won a large contract to develop advanced degrees in technology fields. It is positioned to be a major source of talent for Amazon in the DC area in the next several years. The contract was awarded by the Commonwealth of VA along with other programs in technology. He explains what the program is and who will benefit. The Innovation Center is going to be located in Crystal City, VA Sponsors: Lookingglasscyber ScienceLogic Analytics2Go Fairfax City Host: Cindy Gurne, In My View

Sponsors: Fairfax City, LookingGlassCyber, Analytics 2 Go, Sciencelogic Mallesh Murugesan, Founder and CEO of Abeyon, a boutique technology firm that is focused on Artificial Intelligence specifically in the Natural Language Processing space. Under his leadership, Abeyon has been working on several advanced AI technologies including Text Analysis, Category Management, Information extraction and more. Abeyon was recently recognized as a 2018 Government Innovations Award winner among defense projects for implementing a “Best in Class” machine learning tool for the Navy’s Military Sealift Command (MSC). Mallesh has a Masters in Information Systems from George Mason and an MBA from University of Maryland, College Park" His email is mallesh.murugesan@abeyon.com.

Femi Adelakun is a Co-CEO and Co-Founder of City78. Femi oversees urban analysis, geospatial analyses and development of urban economic development tools. He is experienced in transit-oriented development planning, with a demonstrated history of working in the private sector and the government administration industry. In the recent past, Femi worked with the presidents of the Capitol Riverfront and NOMA business improvement districts (BIDs), where he established the premise that developing unique and organic place identity ensures competitive advantage in terms of attracting skilled professionals, tourists, urban investments and headquarters of major companies and corporations to neighborhoods and cities. Femi is an urban specialist with a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Georgetown University. Theo Goetemann is a Co-CEO and Co-Founder of City78. Prior to City78, Theo has worked in the data journalism and open data fields. His work has been featured in CityLab, National Journal, and the Network Science Initiative, and often employs data-driven and narrative analysis methods to understand virtual communities and how they inform the physical world. Theo earned his Bachelor’s degree in Government from Georgetown University and is a Fulbright Scholarship recipient to conduct research on place identity and urban competitiveness in Wuhan, China.

Chris talks about making a city a "workforce" city. Chris has a deep commitment to the city's growth as a place where jobs happen. Chris Bruno is Director of Economic Development Fairfax City, Va. He's a lawyer who has a true calling for workforce development. He began his career is NYC, and during Hurricane Sandy he worked with local govt to rebuild the parts hardest hit into dominant business growth areas. In his job he serves as city liasion to the Economic Development Authority where he oversees the strategic plan which includes increasing the economic vibrancy of the City. He has an undergraduate degree and a masters degree from Fordham University and a law degree from New York Law School.

Sponsors: LookingGlassCyber, Fairfax City, Analytics2Go Host: Cindy Gurne, In My View Mr. Stimers is a lawyer with K&L Gates. He focuses his policy advocacy efforts on matters related to emerging technologies, such as commercial spaceflight, IT, nanotechnology, and water technology, and advises a wide range of companies and industry associations in pursuing legislation and representing their interests before Congress and federal agencies. As policy counsel to several major commercial spaceflight companies and the leading industry association for commercial spaceflight, Paul has been active in helping the industry grow quickly and safely, while continuing to support a strong role for NASA in space exploration. In the field of information technology policy, Paul works with software companies and industry associations to ensure data and network security without restricting technological development. He has helped manage industry-wide efforts to prevent technology mandates while improving security. He has also assisted companies in developing privacy policies that protect consumers’ personal information while enabling new products and services. He was actively involved in matters relating to Internet governance during the recent transition of DNS authority. He founded the Quantum Industry Coalition, a group of quantum computing, communications, and cryptography companies working to advance U.S. leadership in the field. In addition to his work with emerging technologies, Paul works extensively with nonprofit organizations addressing the needs of the world’s poorest people. He helped to pass the Water for the Poor Act of 2005, which created a framework for the United States to help provide millions of people with sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation, and the Water for the World Act of 2014, which further expanded US efforts to improve access. Since 2005, he has helped direct more than $1.5 billion toward providing water and sanitation to those who need it most. ] supporting funding for broader US poverty-focused development assistance. Mr. Stimers was listed among the “40 Under 40: K Street’s New Generation of Lobbyists” by The Washingtonian. Most recently, Mr. Stimers was nationally ranked by Chambers USA 2015 under “Government: Government Relations (Up and Coming).” Mr. Stimers is a member of the Executive Committee of the Greater Washington Board of Trade. Education J.D., Harvard Law School M.P.A. Harvard University B.A. University of Washington, (summa cum laude, Truman Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa)

Sponsored by: Looking Glass Cyber Hosts: Polishchuk and Haas-The Workforce Edition-Cyber Terry Roberts has established the first CyberSecurity Online Exchange - enabling all businesses (especially midsized and small companies) to have continuous online access to automated cyber risk profiles, scorecards, action plans and affordable products, services, insights and trends industry wide. Previously Terry was the TASC VP for Cyber Engineering and Analytics, running all Cyber/IT, Financial and Business Analytics cross cutting, innovative technical services. Prior to TASC, Terry was an Executive Director of the Carnegie Mellon, Software Engineering Institute, leading the technical body of work for the entire US Interagency, with a special focus on leveraging and transitioning commercial innovation and acquisition excellence to government programs and capabilities and establishing the Emerging Technologies Center and Cyber Intelligence Consortium.\\ Before transitioning to industry in 2009, Terry Roberts was the Deputy Director of Naval Intelligence (DDNI), where she led, together with the Director of Naval Intelligence, more than 20,000 intelligence and information-warfare military and civilian professionals and managed more than $5 billion in resources, technologies, and programs globally, leading the initial approach for the merging of Naval Communications and Intelligence under the OPNAV N2/N6 and the creation of the Information Dominance Corps. Prior to being the Navy DDNI, Terry Roberts served as the Director of Requirements and Resources for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence (USDI), spearheading the creation and implementation of the Military Intelligence Program (MIP), in partnership with the Director of National Intelligence, the Services, the Combat Support Agencies, and the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). An intelligence professional for over 30 years, Terry has held many senior intelligence positions, including Director of Intelligence, Commander Naval Forces Europe and Commander-in-Chief NATO AFSOUTH; Director, Defense Intelligence Resource Management Office (manager of the General Defense Intelligence Program); Director, Naval Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Scientific and Technical Intelligence (S&TI) analysis at the Office of Naval Intelligence; special assistant to the Associate Director of Central Intelligence for Military Support and the Chief of Staff for the Director Military Intelligence Staff. In addition, Terry has directed, conducted, and enabled intelligence operations globally, with much of this work being focused on the requirements, planning, and implementation of intelligence and communications technologies, software, and architectures. Terry Roberts is Chair Emeritus of the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA) Cyber Council, was a Member of the AFCEA Intelligence Committee from 2008-2017, former President, Naval Intelligence Professionals (NIP), a 2017/18 Cyber Fellow at New America (non-partisan think tank), and a member of the USNA Cyber Education Advisory BOD since 2010 and of the Cyber Florida Advisory BOD. Terry’s personal awards include the Office of the Secretary of Defense Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service; the Navy Senior Civilian Award of Distinction, the NGA Personal Medallion for Excellence; the Coast Guard Distinguished Public Service Award; the Director of Central Intelligence National Intelligence Certificate of Distinction; the National Intelligence Reform Medal; and the National Intelligence Meritorious Unit Citation

Sponsors: Fairfax City, Analytics2Go, Lookingglasscyber Host: Swathi Young She self taught herself how to use A.I. and Drones to save the world's endangered species. Listen to how she did it.

CTO, Center for Innovative Technology Mr. Ihrie has over 35 years industry experience as a direct innovator in the fields of satellite and terrestrial communication, computing, and information science, and has been a principal in seven startup companies. In addition to his entrepreneurial activities, Mr. Ihrie has helped build four national scale business accelerators for the Intelligence Community, for DHS, and in the areas of cybersecurity and smart cities. Currently he is leading the Virginia Smart Communities Initiatives, and along with CIT Broadband is helping bring this new generation of capability to all Virginians. Mr. Ihrie has a Master of Science degree in Business from MIT, specializing in the Management of Technological Innovation, and a B.S. from MIT in Electrical Engineering/Computer Science.

Olga Polishchuk is a security and intelligence professional with over a decade of experience in corporate security, open source intelligence, threat & risk assessments, and a wide array of physical and information security investigations. Olga serves as the Senior Director in the Threat Analysis and Investigations Unit at LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, focusing on tactical investigations, threat assessments, and strategic intelligence. In her current position, she acutely focuses on expanding clients’ understanding of the potential and emerging threats and aids in real-time operational and strategic decisions. Jeremy Haas is the Chief Security Officer at LookingGlass Cyber Solutions, a cybersecurity company that operationalizes threat intelligence and delivers unified threat protection solutions against sophisticated cyber attacks to global enterprises and government agencies. Mr. Haas leads LookingGlass’ internal cybersecurity program; the threat research team’s collection, threat actor engagement, and analysis activities; and contributes subject matter expertise to customers and the development of products that conduct advanced threat detection and mitigation.

Sponsored by: Fairfax City, Analytics2Go,LookingGlassCyber Amy E. Hodler is a network science devotee and AI and graph analytics program manager at Neo4j. She promotes the use of graph analytics to reveal structures within real-world networks and predict dynamic behavior. Amy helps teams apply novel approaches to generate new opportunities at companies such as EDS, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard (HP), Hitachi IoT, and Cray Inc. Amy has a love for science and art with a fascination for complexity studies and graph theory. She tweets @amyhodler Host: Swathi Young, Cracking the AI Code

Sponsors: LookingGlassCyber, Fairfax City, Analytics2Go Host: Cindy Gurne, In My View Víctor de León is the Branch Chief of Intergovernmental Affairs for the Office of the Commissioner at the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in Washington, D.C. In this capacity, Mr. de León serves as the principal liaison to the Commissioner and senior CBP leadership on state and local matters regarding statewide-elected officials, including governors, mayors, and county officials, as well as the national associations that represent them. Further, he provides guidance on strategic engagement opportunities and helps to forge consensus on critical issues involving travel and trade, border security, and countering terrorism and transnational crime.

Sponsors: Fairfax City, Analytics2Go, LookingGlass Host: Jennifer Taylor, Future of Work Sara Decker joined Walmart in May 2017 and currently serves as the Director of Federal Government Affairs at Walmart handling all energy, transportation, and commerce policy issues. Previously, Decker served as Legislative Director for Senator Marco Rubio. Decker joined Rubio’s office in February 2011 as a Legislative Assistant for energy, environment, agriculture and trade legislative policy. She then served as a Professional Staff Member on the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, handling Rubio's legislative portfolio as Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard. Decker was promoted to Legislative Director with Senator Rubio in December 2014 and worked in Senator Rubio’s office until joining Walmart. Prior to joining Rubio's office, Decker served as a Legislative Assistant to retired Congressman John Shadegg (R-AZ) doing energy, environment, agricultural, and transportation policy and as a Legislative Aide to the late Senator Pete Domenici (R-NM) on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. Decker currently serves on the board of the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute as well as the board of the Women in High Tech Coalition.

Dan is transitioning into his new role as the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Analytics Officer for ReefPoint Group, LLC. Before this, Dan worked as a Reliability Engineer and Risk Analyst for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC). In addition to developing probabilistic risk models to identify and prioritize potential risk management strategies, Dan worked to enhance the USNRC’s use of quantitative and qualitative analyses to inform regulatory and policy decisions. As a part-time Senior Decision Scientist for Innovative Decisions, Inc. (IDI), Dan also applied machine learning techniques to insider threat detection problems under the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) Scientific advances to Continuous Insider Threat Evaluation (SCITE) Program. Dan served for more than ten years on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces—first as an enlisted Marine, and then as a Navy Diver and Submarine Warfare Officer. Dan is a Certified Analytics Professional (CAP) and is Certified in Public Health (CPH). Dan earned a B.S. degree with distinction in Aerospace Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, an M.S. degree in Reliability Engineering from the University of Maryland, and a Ph.D. degree in Health Policy and Management from the Johns Hopkins University.

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SPONSORS: FAIRFAX CITY, LOOKINGGLASSCYBER, ANALYTICS2GO HOST: SWATHI YOUNG, BREAKING THE AI CODE Frank La Vigne works at Microsoft as an AI Technology Solutions Professional where he helps companies achieve more by getting the most out of their data with analytics and AI. He also co-hosts the DataDriven podcast. He blogs regularly at FranksWorld.com and you can watch him on his YouTube channel, “Frank’s World TV” (FranksWorld.TV). Frank has extensive experience as a software engineer. You can find him on Twitter at @tableteer

Sponsors: Fairfax City, Lookingglasscyber Host: Swathi Young, Cracking the AI Code Dalila Benachenhou is currently CEO of Femvestor, Inc., a data insight consulting firm. She is also a consultant with The World Bank where she is helping build machine learning models to help with fraud detection. She also teaches statistics at GWU. Her expertise lies in text mining and building machine learning models to detect rare events, or to translate sign language. She has built fuzzy System trading models and developed affinity portfolios with over 20 years of experience with text mining and analysis.

Sponsors: Fairfax City and Looking Glass Cyber Host: Jennifer Taylor Steve Jordon is Executive Director of the Northern Virginia Technology Council’s (NVTC) Veterans Employment Initiative (VEI) and Vice President of the NVTC Foundation. NVTC is the trade association for the technology community in the National Capital Region and serves a membership of nearly 1000 companies and organizations representing over 300,000 employees. Steve leads a “business driven” approach to addressing the significant challenges of military members, Veterans and their spouses in transitioning to civilian employment. The VEI has facilitated over 12,000 Veteran hires since 2013.

Sponsors: Fairfax City, Lookingglasscyber Host: Cindy Gurne, My View Asaad Taha is a leading Social Impact Entrepreneur and Senior Principle Adviser with multisectoral expertise on the continuum of social impact programs—from the strategic level to frontline delivery. He has a special interest in the Health Science. His background shows a quality education in multidisciplinary fields and 14-plus years in health, development, and management. In-the-trenches experiences have built his reputation in systems thinking and development, program design and execution, results-based monitoring and management, and implementation and oversight of donor and government-funded programs. Asaad’s record includes working engagement with national and global agencies, institutions, international non-governmental organizations (INGOs), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), and community-based organizations (CBOs), as well as: • The Department for International Development (DFID) • United States Agency for International Development (USAID) • Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) • United States Department of State (DoS) • United Nations Department for International Department Pro-active engagement in this work has strengthened his skills and abilities in mobilizing multidisciplinary and multisectoral best practices. In practice and person, Asaad conveys his passion for creative, innovative, and best-of-breed solutions. Resilient but persistent, he exploits his frontline experience and international partnerships to promote, develop, mentor, deliver, and support sustainable growth. Asaad Taha is Arab/English bi-lingual consultant, speaker, and thought leader in Social Impact strategy, systems design, and delivery solutions. Founder and Managing Partner of S4F Solutions, he currently works with the Program Design Topical Interest Group at The American Evaluation Association (AEA) and Patient Safety Cultural Technical Expert Panel at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ).

Casey W. O'Brien is the Executive Director and Principal Investigator of the National CyberWatch Center, a cybersecurity education and research consortium focused on advancing cybersecurity education and strengthening the national cybersecurity workforce.

Ms. Tosin Adetoro has a bachelor's in physics from Frostburg State University and a master's in technology education from Virginia Tech. She also received her Educational Leadership and Administration Certificate from George Washington University. A National Board Certified Teacher, endorsed in Physics and Technology Education, Tosin has over ten years of experience in the education field. She began her teaching career in Loudoun County, Virginia where she taught Aerospace Science, Applied Technology, Physics courses, and served as the LCPS Aerospace Educator In-Residence at the Stephen F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly. In 2014, Tosin launched Get Into STEM, LLC to continue to share her STEM passion and skills with the world. Get Into STEM allows for Tosin to design and execute STEM programming that provide supplemental activities for hundreds of students and teachers annually. Tosin has worked with children of all ages in programs such as Upward Bound, Technology Student Association, People to People International, the Nu Xi Zeta HAVE Foundation, Jack and Jill of America, Smithsonian Enterprises, and Boys and Girls Club of Greater Washington. Throughout her STEM education career, Tosin has also worked as a STEM Education Coordinator for Northern Virginia Community College, a Director of Professional Development at IBSS Corporation, Science and STEM Coordinator for an entrepreneurial-STEM-art program at a private school in Herndon Virginia, and more recently an Elementary STEAM Specialist in Falls Church Virginia. For more information about her program: wwwgetintostem.org

Sponsors: Fairfax City, Va; Lookingglasscyber.com Kirk Borne is a data scientist and an astrophysicist who has used his talents at Booz Allen since 2015. He was professor of astrophysics and computational science at George Mason University (GMU) for 12 years. He served as undergraduate advisor for the GMU data science program and graduate advisor in the computational science and informatics Ph.D. program. Kirk spent nearly 20 years supporting NASA projects, including NASA's Hubble Space Telescope as data archive project scientist, NASA's Astronomy Data Center, and NASA's Space Science Data Operations Office. He has extensive experience in large scientific databases and information systems, including expertise in scientific data mining. He was a contributor to the design and development of the new Large Synoptic Survey Telescope, for which he contributed in the areas of science data management, informatics and statistical science research, galaxies research, and education and public outreach.

Sponsors: Fairfax City, Lookingglasscyber Host: Charles Britt, Your Future in Tech Joseph has created award-winning VR, AR, and 360 experiences for Discovery Communications, US Postal Service, AARP, and more. He has lectured on the use cases of virtual reality for numerous events and organizations, as well as on User Experience Design for VR at UMBC and on VR as a tool for public diplomacy at the US State Department. As organizer of the DCVR Meetup, Joseph has organized dozens of events and activities to grow the local VR community into an inclusive collective of nearly 2,000 designers, developers, and filmmakers.

Dr. Lilia Abron President of Peer Consulting Dr. Abron has long been a strong advocate of environmental justice and improving our efforts to find environmental sustainability. She is President and Chief Executive Officer of PEER and a pioneer and visionary in the industry. She has built one of the largest black, female-owned and operated, environmental engineering firms in the United States. Dr. Abron’s experience spans over 45 years in planning, managing and directing environmental engineering programs for the improvement, maintenance and enhancement of the natural and built environments.

Vice President US Jobs, Policy and Industry Affairs She has a strong commitment to creating an awareness of the importance of consumer electronics as a driver of new jobs. Prior to her current position she has done marketing, business development and strategic planning in such industries as pharmaceuticals, Financial Services, Care Giving, and Technology. She is also going to be a host of The Workforce Show. She's a graduate of University of Michigan and comes from Middletown, Ohio (the home of the author of Hillbilly Elegy, J.D.Vance).

Sponsor: Fairfax City, VA Host: Aaron Burciaga Greg is a senior executive with 20+ years of delivering market expansion and profit optimization on both large and small platforms. Whether leading an organization as CEO or as a Senior Operations executive, Greg applied transformational strategies leading to measurable and sustainable client acquisition and revenue growth. A trailblazer who has been at the forefront of predictive revenue optimization, enterprise SaaS software development and has led complex digital transformation projects for global organizations.

Sponsor: Fairfax City, VA Host: Charles Britt, Your Future in Tech Dr. Nicole Smith is Chief Economist at the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, an independent, nonprofit research and policy institute that studies the link between education, career qualifications, and workforce demands. Since 2008, Dr. Smith and fellow economists have conducted research related to jobs, skills, and equity to better inform students, parents, teachers, and policymakers about the changing relationship between education and careers.

Sponsor: Fairfax City Host: Aaron Burciaga, theBrainStem show Brett is the Vice President of Business Development for Artificial Intelligence at NCI Inc., where he applies his expertise to expand the firm’s artificial intelligence offering and strengthens the AI presence within the technology industry and among his commercial, defense and federal government clients. Brett develops and drives technology market strategy, coordinates the day-to-day activities of the AI service offering, and collaborates across the firm to make it easier for clients to experience the benefit of AI solutions. ​ Prior to joining NCI, Brett was the director of automation for Booz Allen Hamilton where he launched their RPA service into the federal market. He successfully developed automation programs for the National Science Foundation and the Veterans Administration and managed pilot efforts for the FDA, Navy and Immigration Service. Before spearheading the automation program at Booz Allen, Brett was the director of sales engineering for the federal program at IPsoft, where he launched several Department of Defense and federal pilots focused on Amelia, the artificial intelligence virtual agent. He also spent three and a half years as the global head of automation, also at IPsoft, where he refined and expanded the automation business and developed automation centers of excellence to allow large enterprise clients like IBM, AT&T, Bank of America, and Cisco to develop their own successful robotic process automation (RPA) programs.

Andrew is Chief Analytics Officer for Analytics2Go, building apps ranging from customer experience to industrial and operational areas. He is Chair of the Apache Mahout machine learning library and co-host of the Adversarial Learning podcast. His work history includes consulting, Data Engineering, Apache Software Foundation, Lucidworks and Accenture.

Mary Abbajay,President of Careerstone Group, LLC and author of Managing Up. A must read for surviving and moving up in organizations. Mary currently serves on the Market President’s Board of BB&T Bank and is past Chairman of the Board for Leadership Greater Washington where she also chaired and led the adult Signature program, the Youth Leadership Program and the Rising Leaders Program. She was a volunteer mentor for Mentor’s Inc., an urban youth mentoring program and served for six years on the Board of Directors of the Woolly Mammoth Theatre and was president of the Adams Morgan Business Association. Mary earned a master’s degree in organizational management from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara, CA. and a degree in organizational development from Georgetown University’s Organizational Development Program and the Coaches Training Institute. She earned a bachelor’s degree in English from Kenyon College. In 2010, Mary was named as one of Washington Business Journal’s Women Who Mean Business and was a Smart CEO Brava Award Recipient in 2017.

Karen Hardy is an American film producer, best selling and Award winning Author and international speaker. She is co-producer of the 4 time EMMY Award winning documentary, "A New Leash on Life: The K9s for Warriors Story". The film is currently available on Amazon Prime and will be shown on PBS stations nationwide in 2019! Karen was born in Washington DC and attended the D.C. public schools. She is one of 8 siblings. Her mom only reached an 8th grade education and spent her life as a short order cook. Her father was a truck driver. Dr. Hardy has spent her 30 year career in both the private and public sectors where she served in multiple capacities including Senior Advisor at the White House Office of Management and Budget and also spent time in retail banking. Her expertise spans organizational leadership, policy, and risk management but she is known for being a creative strategist, risk taker, and Opportunity Thinker. Karen has written for books including the Amazon bestseller, "Mastering the Art of Success" which she co-authored with Jack Canfield (co-creator of Chicken Soup for the Soul). She is a member of the National Academy of Television, Arts and Sciences, the International Filmmakers Academy, and the National Academy of Bestselling Authors. She received her Doctor of Education degree in Leadership & Human Resource Development from Nova Southeastern Univ and is a graduate of Hampton University.

I'm an avid technologist. I love new trends and try to keep up with the ever-evolving internet. My background in Biology has led me to truly believe in the art of evolution. Everything changes in time. You either follow or create new trends or will be left behind. I Started HindSite Interactive with a mere $170 to pay my way through College and over last 16 years my team and I have worked with over 300 companies large and small from all walks of life. Frustrated with the lack easy-to-use tools to empower non-designers to speak visually, I went on to create Visme, the "Swiss Knife of Visual Content" bootstrapped to profitability within 18 months of launch and now used by over 1.8 million businesses, non-profits and individuals from over 100 countries including NASA, IBM, Manpower, and NBCUniversal helping to improve the way ideas are visualized into engaging Presentations, Infographics and other forms of visual content. Host: Charles Britt

Maria has more than 25 years solving problems at the intersection of knowledge, technology and education. Her main areas of expertise include systems analysis, capacity development, knowledge management, project management, information audits, and curriculum development. And, she knows a thing or two about AI, ML and how it’s applied nationally and globally. Faculty Director and Associate Professor of the Practice of the Technology Management and Systems Engineering Management Master's Programs in the School of Continuing Studies in Georgetown University. And she has taught courses in managing organizations such as “Global Innovation: The Silicon Valley Effect".

Captain Twining graduated from Long Island University, Southampton with a Bachelor of Science degree in Marine Biology. Immediately after graduation, she moved to Alaska to work as a Fisheries Biologist on commercial fishing boats. There, she obtained a USCG 100-Ton Masters and Diesel Engine Mechanic’s License and was working towards managing a Fishing Charter operation when she received a commission in the NOAA Corps in July 1999. Capt Twining forged her first 2 years in the NOAA Corps as a junior officer on the NOAA Ship Rainier. Though a difficult decision to move away from service at sea, CAPT Twining heard a louder calling to serve as a NOAA Aviator and earned her wings in June of 2002.

A seasoned professional in project management and former servant of the country, #Wayne Waldon brings a unique blend of leadership experience to his current role as chief executive officer of the Reveille Group, LLC. After earning his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Furman University, Wayne began his journey serving in the United States #Army for five years, leading soldiers in combat missions and rehabilitation programs before departing in 2009. He continued his career in government as an IT Program #Manager for Fortune 100 Company, General Dynamics Information Technology. During his tenure, Wayne managed design, construction and implementation of multi-million dollar projects that brought information technology services and training to customers in the health, security, intelligence and government arenas. #military #government contracting

Creativity is not just an ideation tool. It's a way of living. When you build a creative mindset, you are not only able to generate more ideas, you are a better problem solver, collaborator, and more. That's why creative leaders are more impactful, confident, mindful, and productive. My specialty is working with leaders and teams who think creativity is impossible OR want to stay ahead of the game by maximizing their team's talent. Adjunct Professor Leadership and Entrepreneurship, BAU International University Facilitator and DC Organizer Tech Week Author, Rethink Creativity

Greg is SVP of Digital at Yes&, a marketing agency in the Washington, DC region. He was the founder of Carousel30, a digital agency he started in 2003 which was acquired in late 2017 by Yes&. He is an award-winning creative director and digital strategist who has worked with top brands, including AOL, Choice Hotels, Coca-Cola, GEICO, Marriott Hotels, MTV, Starbucks, Toyota and United Nations. Yes& is a leading digital agency in the Washington DC area, providing digital marketing and web design/development services to clients in a variety of industries.. He is currently serving as Vice President on the American Advertising Federation District 2 (Mid-Atlantic Region) Board of Directors, Chair of the American Advertising Federation’s National Innovation Committee, and the Virginia Tech Pamplin College of Business Marketing Industry Mentorship Board.

Amelia is co-founder and COO at Hatch Apps, an automated software development company enabling business leaders to launch a custom app on iOS, Android and web for a fraction of the cost of hiring a software development firm. Amelia has been recognized as a Y Combinator Fellow, a Washingtonian Tech Titan, a Top 40 Entrepreneur Under 40, one of DC's 50 On Fire, and a Power Woman of DC Tech, and she was recently profiled in TIME.

Javier Ramirez began his FMCS career as a Commissioner in 2005 and currently is the Manager of National/Field Programs, Initiatives and Innovation for the Federal Mediation and Conciliation Ser- vice (FMCS). This office bears responsibility for ADR and International services, Education & Train- ing, the FMCS Institute for Conflict Resolution, and National Programs and Innovation. The com- bined efforts of these departments help identify, develop, and implement innovative approaches to labor-management relations and conflict resolution to improve knowledge, delivery and utilization of Agency services. This office plays a key role in achieving and embedding transformational change in the methods and means of delivering services through strategic skill-building, innovative uses of new technology platforms, and cutting-edge approaches.

Shannon Turner is the founder of Hear Me Code, an organization offering free, beginner-friendly coding classes for 3000 women in DC. Hear Me Code focuses on leadership development, peer mentoring, and turning students into teachers. In 2015, Shannon was named one of Washington’s Tech Titans by the Washingtonian. She currently serves on DC’s Open Government Advisory Board and on the DCFemTech leadership team.

Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant is a large carnivore ecologist with an expertise in using statistical modeling to investigate how anthropogenic factors can influence the spatial patterns of carnivore behavior and ecology. In particular, she is currently studying the ecological and social drivers of human-carnivore conflict, and the influence of fine-scale human activity on connectivity of suitable carnivore habitat. Her current field system encompasses part of The Great Plains in northeastern Montana where she is studying potential corridors to facilitate grizzly bear conservation. Her previous research questions surrounded the ecological drivers of human-carnivore conflict with black bears in the Western Great Basin, African lions in rural Kenya and Tanzania, as well as grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem.

Amy Brandwein is the chef and owner of Centrolina, a combined seasonal Italian restaurant and market that opened in CityCenterDC in spring 2015. Throughout her career, Chef Brandwein has earned many accolades, including recognition in 2017 and 2018 as a James Beard Foundation Award finalist in the Best Chef: Mid-Atlantic category. In June of 2018, Chef Brandwein won the coveted title of Chef of the Year at the Restaurant Association Metropolitan Washington (RAMW) RAMMY Awards. Chef Brandwein’s prior RAMMY Award nominations include Upscale Casual Restaurant of the Year (2018) Chef of the Year (2016, 2017 & 2018), New Restaurant of the Year (2016) and Rising Culinary Star (2007.) In 2017, Chef Brandwein was accepted to the James Beard Foundation's prestigious Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Program fellowship, and has earned additional scholarships from the foundation, as well as the International Association of Culinary Professionals. Prior to opening her own restaurant, Chef Brandwein was instrumental in the opening of numerous Italian restaurants throughout Washington D.C. and New York. With a passion for responsible and locally sourced ingredients, Chef Brandwein became an early partner with DC Urban Greens, a nonprofit urban farm located in Ward 7 that provides fresh and affordable produce to the local community. Centrolina is DC Urban Green’s first and currently only wholesale client, and as part of the partnership, Chef Brandwein assists DC Urban Green in growing more fruits and vegetables, and increasing their efficiency process. Chef Brandwein is also an advocate for charities that support healthy eating and ending hunger, including So Others Might Eat, DC Central Kitchen, and Martha's Table. She is a longtime member of Les Dames d’Escoffier and Women Chefs and Restaurateurs. In September 2017, Chef Amy participated in the James Beard Foundation’s 10th Chefs Boot Camp for Policy and Change, a program dedicated to educating and training likeminded chefs to become more effective leaders for the food-system change. Chef Brandwein graduated from L'Academie de Cuisine Culinary School. She lives in her hometown of Arlington, VA with her husband, Jeremy, and their fluffy cat, Bailey.

Dr. Q, otherwise known as Dr. Alfredo Quinones-Henojosa, is a noted neurosurgeon formerly with Johns Hopkins University and now with the Mayo Clinic. His specialty is Neurology and Oncology. Dr. Q as he is known because of his book, Dr. Q, One Man's Journey, shares the story of his journey from a life of poverty to one of great professional achievement. His story is both different and the same as the story of success and failure of many Americans. One notable difference is the fact that he started his career as an "illegal immigrant". He tried entering this country and was returned three times before he got in as part of President Regan's amnesty program. His undergraduate degree is from Berkeley and medical degree from Harvard.

Charlie is Data Scientist at Storyblocks, an online library for stock media. He helps build data pipelines and visualization tools to help the business understand how users interact with their website. Also a big music fan, he writes tutorials about analyzing music with R on his blog at RCharlie.com. In his free time he likes playing guitar, snowboarding, and video games.

Brian Roberts is the CEO of Croix Connect. He provides "CEO Whisperer" services to small business owners ranging from $5-100M. This service includes advising and coaching CEOs and other executives, and a "connector" to any services they may need. Brian also serves as CEO Peer Group Leader for Vistage Worldwide, where he has four groups of 10-15 executives who work on real-world problems together in a confidential and agenda-free setting. Prior to founding Croix Connect in 2001, Brian had various senior executive roles at various technology companies of all sizes in the 90s. A 15-year veteran of the US Air Force, Brian's favorite assignment was with the White House Communication Agency where he was part of the Presidential Communications Advance team for the first two Reagan-Gorbechev summits in Geneva and Reykjavik.

Shana is Chief Marketing Officer at Crowdskout, a CRM and data analytics platform built for advocacy and campaigns. She is also heavily involved in the DC Tech community as co-organizer of DC Tech Meetup, cofounder of DCFemTech, and board member of The Vinetta Project. With over 15-years in marketing and sales at various tech companies–including Blackboard and SocialRadar–Shana has also become a go-to technology commentator for national television networks.

Stephanie Landrum is President & CEO of the Alexandria Economic Development Partnership (AEDP). Appointed by the Board of Directors in April 2015, Stephanie has held leadership roles in the organization since 2005. AEDP is responsible for leading the City of Alexandria’s efforts to grow the tax base, diversify the economy and attract and retain businesses and organizations. The public-private corporation is focused on defining and marketing Alexandria as an innovative, creative, diverse, knowledge-based community with a high quality of life. Stephanie serves in various capacities on Boards, Commissions and Committees related to economic development, marketing and business throughout the Washington, DC region. In 2017, she was selected to participate in the inaugural class of ULI Washington’s Regional Fellows. She also serves on the Executive Committee and Board of the Virginia Economic Developers Association (VEDA), focused on shaping economic development public policy statewide, as well as providing strong and effective education and networking for economic development professionals. Stephanie holds a Bachelor of Science degree in City and Regional Planning from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA and a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business.

Dr. Newton Campbell is a Solutions Architect for artificial intelligence and machine learning. He is a Computer Scientist, STEM educator, and Space Advocate. Tammy Ashraf has an educational background in Information Technology, Computer Information Systems, and Mathematics from the State University of New York. She has worked in a technical, research and project management capacity for a variety of STEM fields. She specializes in educational technologies, STEM program development, information technology operations, DevOps, agile project management, computer and aerospace engineering, geographic information systems, earth science, mathematics and big data analytics. She is an avid space enthusiast and is passionate about using collaborative leadership to engage people and organizations in projects that bring positive impact to high-need communities.

Franziska oversees the strategy development for genomic test integrations at Inova’s Center for Personalized Health. She is the co-creator of MediMap an innovative pharmacogenomic testing experience. With more than ten year of healthcare experience and a deep understanding of precision medicine she has become a thought leader and requested speaker in the field. She is the recipient of the 2018 Greater Washington Health and Life Sciences Innovator of the Year award and the George Mason University Exemplar award. Seema Wadhwa is the Assistant Vice President of Sustainability and Wellness of Inova Health System. Ms. Wadhwa influenced the national conversation on sustainability in healthcare while leading the Healthier Hospital initiative from launch to over 1300 hospitals nationwide.

Jim Coleman is President & Chief Executive Officer Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation. Since his appointment by County Executive Rushern L. Baker, III and the Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation’s Board to be the President & CEO of the Prince George’s County Economic Development Corporation, Jim has become Prince George’s County’s premier business advocate and deal maker. Within one year of his appointment, Jim led his 75 member staff to attract over 30 new companies to Prince George’s County, retain the county’s top 500 large employers and convince them to expand and to create over 5,400 new jobs and has trained and prepared over 71,000 of the county’s residents for new high wage jobs in the county’s private sector. As a result, over 17,000 new jobs have been created during the last 12 months, reducing the county’s unemployment rate from 5.3% to 3.9% and the county’s median household income has increased by nearly $5,000 to a record high of $76,741, which is more than $20,000 more than the nation’s median household income.

David Petr is President and CEO of MCEDC, developing innovative strategies, strengthening partnerships and leading a team to promote Montgomery County as a great place to start, grow and expand business. With a wide spectrum of economic development, strategic business and marketing experience, David thrives on changing the culture of organizations to become more nimble, proactive and creative . David was named to Washington Business Journal’s Power 100, Washington’s most influential newsmakers of 2017, after just 13 months at the helm of the organization. He is raising the profile of Maryland’s largest county, frequently out in the community meeting CEOs, entrepreneurs, startups and established companies. David’s expertise has contributed to rapid growth in key sectors including BioHealth and Technology. Through his responsive approach to the business community, he is aligning business needs directly to MCEDC’s strategic goals. His vision is more data driven, using analytics and GIS mapping strategies to measure business success. He has spearheaded forward-thinking digital video campaigns: a Think Success video series where David interviews CEOs and business leaders and MOCO 365, a campaign that explores the stories of leaders, entrepreneurs and innovators in the County.

Beltway Buzz A look at what's happening in jurisdictions around economic development--especially how the city is adapting to the changing workforce, and what's happening in economic development currently. Brian has extensive experience in real estate, operations and now Deputy Mayor in charge of economic development for the city. His career has taken him from underwriting large real estate projects, City Manager of Takoma Park, Senior Investment Manager Fannie Mae, to his current position as Deputy Mayor responsible for Workforce, acquiring new business for the city, affordable housing and managing a capital budget of over $160 million and counting. His undergraduate degree is from University of Iowa in Biology and his graduate degree from Harvard with a Masters of Public Policy, Financial Analysis and Economic Policy.

Gerald L. Gordon, Ph.D., is the president and CEO of the Economic Development Authority in Fairfax County, Virginia, the second-largest suburban office market in the nation after Orange County, Calif. He has been with the FCEDA since late 1983, during which time office space in the county grew from 32 million square feet to more than 116 million, and jobs in the county grew from 243,000 to 600,000. In 2010, Virginia Business magazine named Dr. Gordon its “Virginia Business Person of the Year.” Since 2013, Virginia Business has tapped Dr. Gordon for its annual “50 Most Influential Virginians” list. In 2015, the International Economic Development Council awarded Dr. Gordon its Jeffrey A. Finkle Organizational Leadership Award. Dr. Gordon is the author of 12 books on strategic planning and economic development. His next work, "Understanding Community Economic Growth and Decline," will be published this month by Routledge Press.

Marketers use TrackMaven to measure and improve performance across every channel — so they can tie the details to the big picture. Used by the NBA, Microsoft, Saks Fifth Avenue, and many more Graduated from George Washington University with a degree in Political Science. Graduated summa cum laude - Board of Trustees Scholar - Luther Rice Fellow - Co-authored research on public corruption that was published in the journal Public Integrity Prior employment included Co-founder and Partner of Acceleprise; Splash Networks; and CMO, EmployInsight

Since taking on the role of Director of Arlington Economic Development, Victor has led the creation and execution of “The Way Forward Strategy,” which is focused on providing the strategic direction for growing, attracting and retaining Tech companies. Arlington has attracted or retained more than 6.5 million square feet of commercial office tenants, created or retained more than 37,700 jobs and helped more than 206 companies identify locations in the county in just over three years. The Way Forward Strategy aims to attract and grow technology firms in areas such as healthcare informatics, education, clean tech, big data and cyber security.

Kathleen McShane is responsible for overseeing Women’s Business Centers throughout the country. These centers offer counseling, training and mentorship to women who want to launch or expand their business. She provides advice, assistance and support to promote, coordinate, and monitor the efforts of the Federal government to establish, preserve, and strengthen women-owned business. She recognizes the economic value that female-owned businesses contribute to the economy. Prior to joining the SBA, she was CEO and Founder of Ladies Launch Club a company that provided guidance to women who wanted to launch a business. Microsoft CEO Bill Gates presented McShane with Award of Honor from the National Business and Disability Council. McShane was awarded the Outstanding Woman of the Year Award from the Connecticut Chapter of National Association of Women Business Owners and the CBS News Radio Small Business Award. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Boston University

Williams is responsible for leading the development, implementation, management, and evaluation of Fannie Mae’s corporate diversity and inclusion strategy, policies, and programs. She has created initiatives and platforms that encourage courageous conversations in the workplace to address conflicts and barriers to employee authenticity. Williams is committed to bettering the lives of the underserved by providing coaching, counseling and education to increase access for affordable housing. Among her career accomplishments she was Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer for Freddie Mac. Her previous positions include Director – Diversity and Recruiting Strategies, Verizon Business; Director – Workplace Diversity, MCI; and Director – Diversity and Work Life Programs, US Airways Group. Williams is a certified executive coach with a BA in advertising and public relations from Middle Tennessee State University

Previously he served as Sr. Vice President of Global Markets for LMI. Ervin served as Wisconsin Secretary of Revenue and managed $62 Billion in state finances. In prior years, he worked as a senior executive at the law firm of Foley and Lardner and earlier founded an international consulting firm that advised Fortune 500 businesses on risk management practices in overseas operations. In the early 1990’s, he was appointed US Commercial Envoy to Africa and as a senior diplomat in the U.S. Department of State, Africa Bureau. Roger has also served on a variety of non-profit boards and as an elected member of the local school board. He teaches management courses as an adjunct professor at the University of Wisconsin School of Business and at the UW Department of Political Science.

Carson is the founder Imprint Care, a startup that provides automated behavioral health products created by licensed mental health professionals. He is also the co-founder of Broadshot.io, which provides data enrichment, lead generation, and lead qualification for sales and business development representatives. Carson studied finance at Penn Start and is a self-taught developer.

Dr. Kirk Borne is a data scientist and astrophysicist who has used his talents at global technology and consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton as an Executive Advisor and the firm's Principal Data Scientist since 2015 in the Maryland-Virginia-DC region. In those roles, he focuses on applications of data science, data management, data mining, machine learning, and machine intelligence across a wide variety of disciplines. He also provides leadership and mentoring to multi-disciplinary teams of data scientists. Before coming to Booz Allen, Kirk was professor of astrophysics and computational science at George Mason University (GMU) for 12 years, where he did research and taught students in the GMU undergraduate data science and graduate computational informatics programs. Prior to that, Kirk spent nearly 20 years supporting NASA projects, specifically in the area of space science mission data systems, including a role as NASA's Archive Project Scientist for the Hubble Space Telescope.

A native Washingtonian who earned her undergraduate degree at Yale and her medical degree from the University of Michigan. Her Ophthalmology residency was completed at Georgetown University Medical Center. She is a Board Certified Ophthalmologist who began performing laser vision correction practically from its inception in this country and participated with the LASIK trials to get the procedure approved by the FDA. She is recognized as an expert in her field and has lectured around the world. Recognized by The Academy of Ophthalmology for her vast experience in the field, she was appointed Chairperson for the Refractive knowledge-based panel of the Academy which develops content for the maintenance of Board Certification.

Kay Curling is the SVP and Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) of Salient CRGT and leads all aspects of the company’s human resources. Ms. Curling is responsible for formulating the company’s human resources strategy and providing leadership and direction as a partner to the CEO, President, CFO, and senior leadership of the company. Prior to Salient CRGT, Ms. Curling served as the VP of HR at Serco North America where she led all initiatives and programs associated with employee benefits and organizational excellence. For more than two decades, Ms. Curling led various human resource groups and strategic initiatives for CSRA Inc. As a result of many of the programs developed by Ms. Curling, the company earned the honor of one of the “100 Best Places to Work” by Fortune Magazine for ten consecutive years. Ms. Curling has been honored for her work in corporate health and wellness nationally and locally.

Taylor Poindexter is a proud UVA Alum, the cofounder of Black Code Collective and currently works at Crowdskout as a back end engineer. She was named one of DC's Top Power Women as well as DC's Top Technologist in 2017. In her spare time she enjoys traveling, snowboarding, working out, and spending time with her two amazing nephews.

Tiffany Norwood is a serial entrepreneur, including seven start-ups, two IPOs and a patent. Her ventures have ranged from the first one-strap backpack, to the automation technology behind self-install kits for broadband internet, to a virtual reality gaming platform. In her 20s, she raised $670 million to fund a global digital satellite radio start-up, WorldSpace/XMRadio. Tiffany has an MBA from Harvard and a Bachelor’s in Economics with a concentration in statistics and electrical engineering from Cornell. She has lived, worked and visited nearly 50 countries. Tiffany believes in the power of imagination, the currency of faith and that we are all connected in this world; she then used those beliefs to wield magic---and encourages everyone to dust off their wands, and start practicing.

Joe Falit is Co-founder and CEO of Yombu Inc. (www.yombu.com), a biometric payments and rewards company based in McLean, VA. Joe previously worked in the strategy group at JPMorgan Chase and was an SVP at Citibank in New York. He also spent time in management consulting. Joe graduated from Princeton with an A.B. in Public and International Affairs, and he has a Masters in Public Policy (M.P.P.) from Harvard, where he focused on international trade and finance. He enjoys playing poker, chatting about business and politics in Sub-Saharan Africa, and playing with his rescue dog, Macie.

An entrepreneur, attorney, and MBA, Adam is the founder of Fosterly, an organization which connects innovators and entrepreneurs as they start and scale their endeavors. Over the past seven years, Fosterly has held dozens of events ranging in size and format from ultra collaborative co-working sessions (25 people) to large conferences (1,500+ attendees). Fosterly also conducts the region's largest startup/innovation economy census, and a regional intern match to help local startups connect with students at local universities. In addition to being an active member of the region's community (e.g, being a member on Washington, DC Mayor Bowser's transition committee) he serves on the advisory boards of other organizations, mentors entrepreneurs and startups, and has been a guest analyst on the topic of business and technology on CNBC.com nearly two dozen times.

Byron S. Bagby is Managing Partner of BMB Solutions, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in executive leadership development and coaching, and strategy development. General Bagby served over 33 years service in the United States Army retiring in 2011. He has been assigned to five of the Army’s ten combat divisions. Byron served in the Pentagon on the Joint Staff in the Directorate of Strategic Plans and Policy, and on the Department of the Army Staff. To Contact: byron@bmbsolutionsllc.com