HSDF VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM: Artificial Intelligence Advancing Government Security Missions

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Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) capabilities are not only changing how the government achieves mission outcomes but are a growing national security imperative.

Learn for Government and industry about efforts to maintain U.S. competitiveness in Artificial Intelligence, AI/ML applications to support cybersecurity, adversarial AI, and data strategies to leverage AI capabilities across government agencies.

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Exhibit Hall

Dr. Daniel Gerstein

Daniel M. Gerstein is a senior policy researcher at the RAND Corporation. Previously, he served at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) as Under Secretary (Acting) and Deputy Under Secretary in the Science & Technology Directorate. He has extensive experience in security and defense while serving as a Senior Executive Service (SES) government civilian, in uniform, and in industry. He is also an adjunct professor at American University in Washington, D.C. In DHS S&T, he managed the directorate’s $1-billion budget and spearheaded several cross-departmental efforts in big data, cybersecurity, ...

Dr. Reggie Brothers, Former Under Secretary for S&T, Department of Homeland Security

Dr. Reginald Brothers is currently Operating Partner at AE Industrial Partners, a private equity firm specializing in aerospace, defense and government services, space, power and utility services, and specialty industrial markets. He has served as CEO at BigBear.ai, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of Peraton, and as a principal with The Chertoff Group. Prior to that, he served as Under Secretary for Science and Technology at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, where he was responsible for a science and technology portfolio that included basic and applied research, ...

Thomas Gann, Chief Public Policy Officer, Trellix

Tom Gann is the Chief Public Policy Officer at Trellix. Trellix is a leading cybersecurity company that combines McAfee Enterprise and Fire Eye into a $2B company. In this capacity, he manages U.S. and international advocacy programs and partners with the CEO and executive management team to position Trellix as an industry leader in capitals around the world. He manages U.S. federal, state, and international government relations teams, including 20 external consultants and a public relations team that supports public sector initiatives. Prior to joining Trellix, Gann managed cybersecurity policy, ...

Mr. David Larrimore, Chief Technology Officer, Office of the CIO, Department of Homeland Security, DHS

David Larrimore serves as the Executive Director of the Chief Technology Officer Directorate for the DHS Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO). As Executive Director, Mr. Larrimore is responsible for determining the future of critical systems across the entire Department of Homeland Security portfolio of national security missions. He leads a team of experts engaged in enterprise architecture, digital innovation, emerging technologies, and IT program delivery, oversight, and governance. Mr. Larrimore has over a decade of experience in federal IT and has dedicated his professional career to leveraging technology ...

Mr. Nathan Manzotti, Director of Data and Analytics, GSA IT Centers of Excellence

Nathan Manzotti has 15 years of experience working in the public sector. He has a proven track record of breaking down organizational silos and using digital solutions to better enable data driven decision making. Prior to joining GSA’s Technology Transition Service Nathan was at U.S. Customs and Border Protection where he worked on modernizing legacy reporting systems and overseeing feature development on the systems used by the Office of Field Operations for official statistical reporting. Prior to joining CBP Nathan served in various systems engineering and informatics roles over the ...

Gretchen Stewart, Chief Data Scientist, Public Sector, Intel

Gretchen Stewart is the Public Sector Data Science Technical Director working closely with Intel’s Ecosystem of software, hardware and partner vendors in developing solutions and programs focused on the convergence of high-performance computing and data analytics. In building this data analytics/ AI practice within Intel she is working closely with federal and state government, research institutions, universities, energy and advanced manufacturing customers. In enhancing Intel’s ecosystem with these AI solutions and programs, she is working with disruptors, start-up and mainstream software vendors to ensure governments, educational institutions and enterprise customers ...

Ms. Shani Spivak, Director for Emerging Technology and International Collaboration, National Security Council

Ms. Shani Spivak currently serves as Director for Emerging Technology and International Collaboration at the National Security Council. Prior to joining the White House, she was the FBI’s Senior National Intelligence Officer for Technology specializing in emerging and disruptive technologies with much of her work focused on data science and AI ethics. She founded the FBI’s Women in Tech special interest group and chaired the FBI’s Data Science Community of Practice. She also serves as an adjunct faculty member at the National Intelligence University. Ms. Spivak started her public service ...

Megan Mance, Executive Director, Homeland Security & Defense Forum

Megan Mance is the Executive Director of the Homeland Security and Defense Forum (HSDF), a position she has held since September 2012. In this capacity, Megan creates new and effective models for collaboration between the public and private sectors on homeland and national security issues, works closely with HSDF industry members to understand their priorities, and provides strategic guidance in executing the Forum’s programming. In addition to her background collaborating with federal agencies and the contracting community, Megan also has experience internationally and at the state-level through her work in ...

Dr. Ellen Voorhees, Fellow, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Ellen Voorhees is a Fellow at the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). For most of her tenure at NIST she managed the Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) project, a project that develops the infrastructure required for large-scale evaluation of search engines and other information access technology. Currently she is examining how best to bring the benefits of large-scale community evaluations to bear on the problems of trustworthy AI. Voorhees’ general research focuses on developing and validating appropriate evaluation schemes to measure system effectiveness for diverse user tasks. Voorhees ...

As a leader in the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), BigBear.ai makes AI-powered decision support accessible and scalable for any organization. Through its solutions and operational expertise, BigBear.ai helps customers crystallize and accelerate operational decision making to gain business agility and competitive advantage.

The company developed its unique expertise supporting critical missions for the US Department of Defense and Intelligence agencies, providing real-time data analysis and decision support for the most extensive and complicated challenges in the world.

BigBear.ai now applies this knowledge and insight across a range of industries, tackling challenges in supply chain, logistics, manufacturing, operations, and risk management to help you visualize, predict, and navigate changing conditions that impact operations

Dell Technologies services the federal government and supports their IT programs from system modernization to cloud integration. We empower countries, communities, customers, and officials to serve the public with effectiveness and efficiency. Carahsoft is a Dell partner, and together we can offer federal, state, and local government solutions on various contract vehicles to give you cost-effective products and services. Customers trust us to deliver technology that helps achieve more, whether they're at home, work, school or anywhere in their world.

We create world-changing technology that improves the life of every person on the planet. Intel put the silicon in Silicon Valley. For more than 50 years, Intel and our people have had a profound influence on the world, driving business and society forward by creating radical innovation that revolutionizes the way we live. Today we are applying our reach, scale, and resources to enable our customers to capitalize more fully on the power of digital technology. Inspired by Moore’s Law, we continuously work to advance the design and manufacturing of semiconductors to help address our customers’ greatest challenges.

Trellix is a global company redefining the future of cybersecurity and soulful work. The company’s open and native extended detection and response (XDR) platform helps organizations confronted by today’s most advanced threats gain confidence in the protection and resilience of their operations. Trellix, along with an extensive partner ecosystem, accelerates technology innovation through machine learning and automation to empower over 40,000 business and government customers with living security. More at https://trellix.com.

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