Speakers
Kundra brings to the role of CTO a diverse record that combines technology and public policy experience in government, private industry, and academia.
Before Kundra came to the District, Governor Timothy M. Kaine appointed him Assistant Secretary of Commerce and Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia, the first dual cabinet role in the state’s history. Kundra developed technology innovations to streamline government and enhance business opportunity, including a dashboard that uses business intelligence to maximize the participation of citizens in state procurement. In 2007 he assembled the largest United States trade delegation ever to visit India, comprised of over one hundred business leaders, which resulted in a $99 million investment for the state.
In the private sector, Kundra led technology companies serving national and international customers. He served as Vice President of Marketing for Evincible Software, a company focused on electronic signatures and identity management for the financial services and defense sectors. As CEO of Creostar, he advised clients in government and industry on IT governance and strategy.
Earlier Kundra served as Director of Infrastructure Technology for Arlington, Virginia. Within nine months after taking the post on September 11, 2001, he built the first high-speed municipal I-Net in the country. He also advanced business and economic development in Arlington, Zurich, Paris, Berlin, and Wales through the World Cities Alliance.
Kundra has also served as adjunct faculty at the University of Maryland, teaching courses in the theory and application of new technologies ranging from wireless protocols to artificial intelligence.
Kundra holds an M.S. in Information Technology and a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Maryland. He is also a graduate of University of Virginia’s Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.
Since Kundra became District CTO, he and OCTO have been honored with a series of major information technology (IT) awards. In 2008, InfoWorld Magazine named Kundra among its “CTO 25,” 25 senior IT leaders from government, nonprofits, and private industry who apply creativity, tech savvy, and management skills to drive excellent results. In addition, the MIT Sloan CIO Symposium recognized Kundra among outstanding IT innovators who use leadership skills, business-technology acumen, and out-of the-box thinking to address ever-increasing challenges facing their organizations.
Tim Clark is a web developer who solves real-world business problems using open and accessible web-based solutions. His solutions have a proven track record of modernizing legacy systems, opening closed technologies, and connecting disconnected data stores. His work for Alachua County, Florida has created flexible work environments for County employees, reduced operational costs for the County, and created valuable geospatial e-services for the County’s citizens. As a new husband and father, Tim enjoys a flexible work-life balance by telecommuting and collaborating online with the rest of his team.
・1960.2 Born in Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
・1986.3 Bachelor of Commerce
Department of Commerce and Management, Hitotsubashi University
・1986.3 Master of Economics
Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University
・1992.4 Associate Professor, Faculty of Law and Literature, Shimane University
・2004.10 Professor, Faculty of Law and Literature, Shimane University
・2007.4 Chief Officer of Information Processing Center, Shimane University
After a Tour of Duty in Vietnam/Cambodia (1969/1970) I finish my college at Michigan State University, after switching my major from Aeronautical Engineering to Computer Science. I realized at the time, that software engineering was the place to be, at least it was for me.
After college I struck out to find a job with NASA but ended up in New Jersey working for Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) on a NAVY Advanced Missile Systems project called AEGIS. For three years I developed software for the Weapons Control portion of the AEGIS project, which is now deployed on just about every Strike Cruiser, Destroyer, and Aircraft Carrier the Navy has. I made lots of friends and colleagues, which came in handy later.
After three years with CSC, I was presented with an opportunity to start my own software company. I put together a business plan, approached Princeton National Bank (now United Jersey Banks) and obtained a business loan. For the next 12 years I owned a successful software company called Princeton Networks Corporation. I developed a software system for formula based manufacturing and complete cost-based accouting system with full financial reporting. On a cold day in January, 1990, I got a call from my old colleages from CSC. They were just starting up a new project for NASA/JPL to go to Mars. It was to be the beginning of many years of Mars exploration. It didn't take me long to sell my part of the business to my partner and within a month, I was working at the GE Space Center in Princeton, New Jersey on the Mars Observer. Mars quickly captured my imagination and become my passion and obsession. Not bad, as obsessions go.
From then on, I have worked on many spacecraft and satellite projects as a contractor doing Ground Data Systems (GDS) software engineering. In 2001, I received a call from another colleague that JPL was looking for people to come work on new Mars missions. They had me with the first ring of the telephone. And, beating my old record, I was starting work at JPL within three weeks.
She has focused on key priorities to improving education in Oregon: making the education system more accountable; promoting literacy; closing the achievement gap; improving middle and high schools; strengthening community ties; and making the Oregon Department of Education more efficient.
In addition to her duties as an elected official, Susan is a fellow in the American Leadership Forum, which is dedicated to bringing leaders together to strengthen their skills and better serve the public good. She is a board member of Birth to Three, a nationally recognized non-profit parenting education and support program dedicated to strengthening families. In 2007, she was named their “Champion of Children” award winner. She is an active board member of the Council of Chief State School Officers. In 2004, she was named one of the “100 Most Influential Hispanics” in America by Hispanic Business.
Susan received a B.A. in communications from Oregon State University. Prior to entering public office, she enjoyed a long career as an award-winning television journalist for KVAL-TV in Eugene, Oregon.
The first Hispanic woman in the Oregon Legislative Assembly, she served in the Oregon State Senate from 1997 to 2002, where she was vice-chair of the Senate Education Committee. As a statehouse champion for schools, she worked to foster educational innovation and to remove barriers to achievement.
Shunsuke Horai is a system administrator of "OSS Open Lab" at the Open Software Center of Information-technology Promotion Agency (IPA), Japan. He worked at the Department of Electronic Engineering, Tokyo Denki University, Japan, and later worked for Japan Science and
Technology Agency, as a Research Manager, as well as a Researcher. He was also a Cooperative Research Fellow in the Institute of Industrial Science, University of Tokyo. During his work for the research groups, he administrated various computer systems and software. He received a Ph.D. from Tokyo Denki University in 2000.
DHS is Oregon’s largest state agency. OIS delivers and supports technology for nearly 10,000 employees in more than 150 DHS branch locations as well as at human service partner locations throughout the state. The current technology environment is very complex and consists of more than 250 applications programmed in 22 different languages on five platforms using nine database management systems. OIS is made up of 400 employees and has a biennial budget of $163 million.
Howard has worked for DHS since 1997. He was appointed deputy CIO in 2005 and CIO in August 2007. He has also worked for DHS as a data analyst and a section manager in the Division of Medical Assistance Programs, and as a senior data analyst for OIS.
He has a background in technology, transportation and manufacturing with companies such as Federal Express and United Parcel Service. He also co-founded and was president of Oregon Orthotic System Inc., which was twice recognized by Oregon Business Magazine as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work for in Oregon.” He has a bachelor's degree in business information systems from Linfield College in McMinnville, OR, and is project management certified.
Prior to joining the Center, Taylor served as deputy director of the Washington State Department of Information Services (DIS) and the Chief of Staff of the Information Services Board (ISB). During his tenure as deputy state Chief Information Officer (CIO), Washington was named the nation’s original and sustained Digital State for three consecutive years, based on innovations in policy, planning, and practice.
Dr. Taylor came to public service following decades of work in media, multimedia and Internet start-ups, and academia. He is also affiliated with the non-profit, non-partisan Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF).
He moved to Portland and built 40,000 square foot data center in Hillsboro to start a Managed Service Provider (MSP) business. He partnered with Microsoft, Hitachi, and Remedy to provide an early implementation of a Software as a Service business. With the dot-com fallout, Mark and his family decided to stay and make a permanent home in Oregon. He became the Administrator of Oregon’s State Data Center in late 2005 and successfully led the consolidation of Oregon’s data center services. Mark and his wife Barb, daughter Alex, and son Matt live in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
Weathersby currently serves as an adviser on open source issues to a number of federal government entities including the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), and the Department of the Navy, office of the Chief Information Officer. He also serves as an adviser for technology to The University of Southern Mississippi's Office of Technology and Economic Development.
Weathersby is a member of the International Advisory Panel for Enterprise Open Source Magazine, and the Free Standards Group, (now The Linux Foundation). He is also a founding executive board member of the National Association of Call Centers (NACC).
Jason Haislmaier is a Partner in the Technology and Intellectual Property Law Group of the law firm of Holme Roberts Owen . He is also an Adjunct Professor of Copyright Law and Technology Contracting Law at the University of Colorado School of Law. He blogs on open source and other technology law topics at "Thinking Open". Jason represents emerging and established companies in licensing and other transactions relating to the commercialization and procurement of technology and intellectual property, with a special area of emphasis on free and open source software licensing and compliance issues. He has helped clients in the US, Europe and Asia develop and implement open source compliance strategies, contend with third party open source compliance inquiries, and deal with open source issues in a variety of corporate transactions. He has lectured internationally on technology and intellectual property issues, including the practical and legal issues surrounding the interpretation of open source licenses under the copyright and intellectual property laws of the US and EU.
Don Barber has 12 years of open source experience and 6 years of government IT consulting experience. He is currently Director of Open Professional Services at Computer Technologies Consultants, Inc, an organization that specializes in enabling open source related solutions for government agencies, and has worked on projects at the Department of State and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Don Barber is a MBA candidate at the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business, and earned his bachelors degree in computer science from Marietta College.
Dave graduated from Southern Polytechnic State University in 1986 with a degree in Electrical Engineering Technology focusing on Digital Computer Systems. Upon graduation and before entering the governmental accounting field, Dave worked with Dornier Medical Systems as they brought lithotripsy technology (non invasive shock wave therapy of kidney and gall bladder stones) to market in the US.
Dave is an active church member at Grace Presbyterian, a long time Rotarian, the Defensive Coordinator and a board member for the North Georgia Falcons football program. Dave enjoys flying for business and pleasure. He resides in Canton, GA with his wife Mimi and their four children (17,14,11,10).
Darci Hanning has a BSEE from Washington State University (Pullman) and received her MLIS from the University of Washington. She brings over 15 years of software and web application development experience to her position as the Technology Development Consultant at the Oregon State Library. For the past three years she has been using Plone, an open source software content management system, to create and deploy dynamic, easy-to-maintain websites for small libraries in Oregon. Since Spring 2006, she has been providing technical leadership for the Plinkit Collaborative, a multi-state cooperative to deploy Plinkit in Colorado, Illinois, and Texas. She has presented on both Plone and Plinkit at national and international conferences, recently served as President of the Plone Foundation Board, and was selected as a "2008 Mover and Shaker" by Library Journal.
Mr. Ben Berry serves as ODOT’s Chief Information Officer providing overall leadership, planning, development, and delivery of information technology services for ODOT and several other non-transportation organizations. As CIO for one of the largest state agencies and Chair of the State’s CIO Council, Mr. Berry supports Intelligent Transportation Systems, e-Government and major systems change and is responsible for systems supporting highways, bridges, rail service, right-of-way determinations, DMV and Motor Carrier Commercial Trucking inspections and licensing throughout the state. He is the former Chief Technology Officer of Providence Health System Oregon supporting a Service Area of 7 hospitals and 33 clinics. Mr. Berry has held executive and management positions in industries such as State and Local government, healthcare, telecommunications, aerospace/defense and airport transportation.
Mr. Berry also serves on the GOSCON Conference Steering Committee.
Working as lead architect for a software program which will be potentially used by all the states and any other law enforcement agency, Have 17 plus years of experience in J2EE. I have given presentations in various events and have core experience on both the functional and technical needs of law enforcement agencies.
Aneesh Chopra is currently Virginia’s Fourth Secretary of Technology serving Governor Tim Kaine. In this capacity, he leads the Commonwealth’s strategy to effectively leverage technology in government reform, promotes Virginia’s innovation agenda, and fosters technology-related economic development with a special emphasis on entrepreneurship.
For the Governor, Secretary Chopra chairs the Solutions Committee of the IT Investment Board, the Effectiveness and Efficiency Committee of the Council on Virginia’s Future, and co-chairs the Healthcare IT Council with Health Secretary Marilyn Tavenner.
Secretary Chopra was awarded the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society’s (HIMSS) 2007 State Leadership Advocacy Award, and was also recently named to Government Technology magazine’s Top 25 in their Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers issue, which recognizes the 25 individuals they believe help set the standard for using technology to improve government.
Prior to joining Governor Kaine’s cabinet, Aneesh served as Managing Director with the Advisory Board Company, a publicly-traded health care think tank serving nearly 2,500 hospitals and health systems. He led the firm’s Financial Leadership Council and the Working Council for Health Plan Executives, as well as assisted the launch of the firm’s first business intelligence software solution, Compass.
Aneesh graduated with a Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1997. He graduated with a B.A. from The Johns Hopkins University in 1994.
Andy Stein is Director of Information Technology at the City of Newport News, Virginia. Using Open Source as a best practice model for collaborative software development, the City of Newport News is engaged in shared projects with other localities. The City of Newport News has developed a strategy to replace legacy applications through a collaborative ecosystem with public entities and through public-private partnerships.
In addition to his current work in Government, Andy’s professional background includes management and operation of large scaleable computing environments at Capital One, as well as work in application development, relational database and systems architecture in IBM’s consulting practice. Andy designed and implemented the RISC chip for IBM in the mid 1980’s.
Juna Goda Papajorgji speaks four languages. She holds the Degree of Civil Engineer from the University of Tirana, Albania and a Master’s Degree in Urban and Regional Planning with specialization in GIS from the University of Florida. She is writing her PhD dissertation on Open Source Organizational Geospatial Systems when she is not knitting, baking breads, or sneaking around bookshelves. For the last decade she has been an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Florida’s Urban and Regional Planning Department, teaching GIS every semester. She is the co-founder of GISCorps and currently serves in the URISA's Board of Directors.
EDUCATION:
Apr. 2004– Mar. 2006
Kyushu University Business School, Fukuoka, Japan [MBA]
Apr. 1998– Mar. 2000
Graduate School of International Development, Nagoya University, Japan [M.A.]
Apr. 1994 – Mar. 1998
Faculty of Policy Studies, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan [B.A.]
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Apr. 2006 – Present
Collaboration Center, Shimane University
Apr. 2003 – Mar.2006
Kitakyushu Telework Center, Kitakyushu Foundation for the Advancement of Industry, Science and Technology (FAIS)
Apr. 2000 – Mar. 2003
Japan Industrial Location Center (JILC), Tokyo, Japan
Japan Association of New Business Incubation Organizations (JANBO)
Brad is one of the original founders of the National Consortium for Offender Management System or NCOMS. He has served as Chairman of the Executive members for 5 years. NCOMS is comprised of 13 states working together to develop, support and maintain a web based comprehensive Offender Management System based on Open Source Tools. The following is a list of all 13 member states: Alaska, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Maryland, Montana, New Mexico, Missouri, Oregon, South Carolina, Texas, Tennessee, and Utah.
Kathleen actively participates in health standards development, and is a cochair and modeling facilitator at HL7, a member of HITSP Security and Privacy Technical Committee, and has served as past cochair of workgroups at X12 and WEDI.
Previous to her employment with Microsoft, Kathleen worked for FOX Systems, a healthcare consultancy in Scottsdale, Arizona, and provided consulting services to state health programs, HHS, CMSO, and SAMHSA. While at FOX, she participated in the development of the Medicaid Information Technology Architecture (MITA), and assisted with state HIPAA and MITA assessments. Before moving to the private sector, Kathleen held policy and IT positions at the Washington State Department of Health and Human Services and Office of the Insurance Commissioner. She has a Master in Public Administration from The Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, where she currently resides with her family.
John holds an M.S. in Systems Engineering from Virginia Tech and a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University. He has been a repeat speaker at the O’Reilly Emerging Technology Conferences (and served on the conference committee of its predecessor, Peer-to-Peer) and was a featured speaker at the 2006 O’Reilly Open Source Conference.
Nick is on the boards of several Silicon Valley start-ups, including board of director positions at Biz360, Inc. and Pria Diagnostics, and the advisory board of Tableau Software. He earned an A.B. degree in political science with a minor in computer science from Stanford University.