ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance: Agile In Action, Fail Fast, Recover Quickly

Join the ACT-IAC Small Business Alliance on Tuesday, December 13^th, 2016 for Agile in Action: Fail Fast, Recover Quickly. This half day seminar will shine a light on the Government’s shift to Agile services and its impact on both federal agencies and the Small Business community. This event will gather leaders from a broad cross-section of Federal agencies to share lessons learned and best practices for making agencies efficient and cost effective using Agile services.

Discussion is expected around the following questions:

What operational barriers and frontline challenges have agencies encountered as they have begun to employ Agile methods?
How are agencies’ acquisition shops dealing with the change in mindset to Agile?
What is the best way to blend “in house” technical staff, external expertise from the GSA’s Digital Services / Technology Transformation group, and the contractor community to more effectively accomplish the mission of government?
How has the shift to Agile impacted agencies’ governance, processes, and culture?

Speaker and Presenter Information

Confirmed Speakers

John Allen, Director of Business Planning & Risk Management, Internal Revenue Service
Sanjeev "Sonny" Bhagowalia, Chief Information Officer & Deputy Assistant Secretary of Information Systems, Department of Treasury
Soraya Correa, Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Homeland Security*
Rafael Diaz: Chief Information Officer, Department Housing and Urban Development
Ann Dunkin: Chief Information Officer, Environmental Protection Agency*
Mary Gillman, Senior IT Specialist in Configuration and Change Management, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Luke McCormack, Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security*
Mark Schwartz: Chief Information Officer, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Josh Seckel: Applied Technology Division Chief, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services
Navin Vembar: Chief Technology Officer, General Services Administration
Paula Wagner: HSI Branch Chief, Solutions Delivery Division, Immigration & Customs Enforcement