Last month I was the keynote speaker at the University of Maryland University College 2010 Annual Cybersecurity and Homeland Defense Symposium and Job Fair, http://www.umuc.edu/securitystudies/cybersymposium_agenda.shtml. A few people asked me to post my presentation, but I have found that my current job as the COO at Powertek Corporation has caused me to miss many of [...]
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My Slides from the University of Maryland University College 2010 Annual Cybersecurity and Homeland Defense Symposium
June 20th, 2010 · No Comments · cyber-security, presentations, scada, sensors
Tags: cyber-security·homeland security·jobs·joke·milliion dollars·steve martin·University of Maryland·University of Maryland University College
Cloud Computing Panel at the Cloud Computing Summit
May 6th, 2010 · No Comments · cloud computing, government 2.0, presentations
There was a joke that circulated years ago that if you wanted to get additional budget for IT you just said it was for ‘The Internet’. No one was quite clear as to what they would do, but they knew they wanted to be on, or in, or connected to it. In the Pentagon that [...]
Tags: acquistion·cloud computing·fcw·gcn·government·government 2.0·human capital·pentagon·service level agreement·service oriented architecture·sla·soa
School of Information Studies, Syracuse University, Upstate CIO Conference
April 14th, 2010 · No Comments · cloud computing, government 2.0, presentations
This coming Friday, April 16, the School of Information Studies at Syracuse University is hosting a conference to bring together CIO’s and Academic leaders to discuss some of the current issues facing IT. The conference welcome describes the nature of the conference pretty clearly: “Welcome to the first Upstate CIO Conference, where CIOs from Upstate New [...]
Tags: cio·ischool·IT Governance·School of Information Studies·syracuse university
Social Media and Open Government – My Presentation
February 11th, 2010 · No Comments · cyber-security, government 2.0, presentations
I was honored to be invited to speak at the Potomac Forum’s conference held February 3-4 at the Willard Hotel in Washington, DC, “Planning and Implementing Social Media and Open Government Strategy and Efforts: What Executives and Managers Need to Know”, http://www.potomacforum.org/. I discussed two topics under the topic of Bringing Governance, Performance Management, and [...]
Tags: dashboards·department of transportation·open government·performance measurement·potomac forum·social media·transparency·willard hotel
SCADA Conference Presentation
December 6th, 2009 · No Comments · cyber-security, government 2.0, government business, presentations, scada, sensors
I am one of two representatives from CSC speaking at a SCADA Conference on Tuesday. My focus, as usual, will be on the strategic reasons behind the movement to SCADA. Oops, perhaps I should back up. SCADA is an abbreviation for Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. It usually is used as a catch-all term dealing with [...]
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NATOA Presentation
October 7th, 2009 · No Comments · government 2.0, presentations
I recently attended the annual conference of the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors, http://natoa.org/events/annual-conference/2009/. NATOA is a national trade association representing local governments. It includes both elected and appointed officials and staff who oversee communications and cable television franchising. It was great interacting with the attendees and hearing the kinds of issues that [...]
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