Acquisition Excellence 2017

This event qualifies for 0.6 CEUs

This event qualifies for 6 CLPs

Acquisition is a Team Sport

The acquisition process has several phases: research, proposals, pricing negotiations, accounting, legal, and ultimately, the integration of two, or more, entities. No one single person can be an expert in all of these segments, so teammates engage when needed and slip out when they've successfully completed their piece. While there is never really a large group of active people working on all of the tasks together at the same time, a succession of players comes and goes helping the team work toward a common goal.

AE 2017 is an education and training event that will bring together the government and industry acquisition communities in order to collaborate on the latest acquisition challenges and generate innovative solutions for potential implementation.

By participating in Acquisition Excellence 2017, attendees will learn best practices, network with fellow acquisition professionals, and help generate solutions that could solve their daily acquisition challenges.

Government attendees will include contracting officers and specialists, program managers, legal professionals and acquisition leaders and policy makers. Collaboration between these stakeholders will be emphasized during the conference and will be a primary benefit for attendees.

Attendees will be eligible to receive 0.6 CEUs for this event and/or 6 CLPs.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Plenary Speakers:

Carole Banks

Acting Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Department of Treasury

Sonny Bhagowalia

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Systems & Chief Information Officer, Department of Treasury

Anita Blair

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Human Resources and Chief Human Capital Officer, Department of Treasury

Iris Cooper

Senior Procurement Executive, Department of Treasury

Soraya Correa

Chief Procurement Officer, Department of Homeland Security

Chip Fulghum

Acting Under Secretary for Management, Department of Homeland Security

Stacy Marcott

Acting Chief Financial Officer, Department of Homeland Security

Richard Staropoli

Chief Information Officer, Department of Homeland Security

Shanna Webbers

Bureau Chief Procurement Officer, Internal Revenue Service

Invited Session Speakers And Moderators:

Capt. Michael Abreu

Program Manager, Naval Enterprise Networks (Invited)

Peggy Alsfonso

Practice Lead, Strategy and Organization Development, ASI Government (Invited)

Robert Burton

Partner, Crowell & Moring

Greg Byrd

Contracting Officer, IT Services Contracts Operations Division, FAS, General Services Administration

Tony D'Emidio

Partner, McKinsey & Company

Bryna Dash

Director, IBM Federal Cloud Unit

Mark Fox

Senior Manager, Global Defense Programs, Amazon Web Services

Jim Ghiloni

Director of Strategy and Management Consulting, Wolf Den Associates

David Grant

Associate Administrator for Mission Support, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Invited)

Casey Kelley

Director (Acting), Office of IT Services, General Services Administration

Doug Lynn

Leadership Partner, Gartner (Invited)

Andrew Mansfield

Executive for Network Centric Development and Integration Space and Naval Warfare Systems Centers (Invited)

Tim Morton

Chief Information Officer, Office of the Department of Defense (Invited)

Joanie Newhart

Associate Administration of Acquisition Workforce Programs, Office of Federal Procurement Policy, Office of Management and Budget

Kim Pack

Vice President, Wolf Den Associates

Denby Starling

Vice President, Navy & Marine Corps, DXC Technology

Expected Number of Attendees

350

Relevant Government Agencies

DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, GSA, Other Federal Agencies, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, National Institutes of Health, FAA, USAID, Federal Government, FDA