Cloud and IT Innovation: AFFIRM After Hours IT Networking Event

AFFIRM is hosting this event to network with Government, Academic and Industry IT Professionals in a lively and informal setting. We will be inviting a Government Featured Guest who will be available for individual discussions.

This event is part of an annual series of AFFIRM After Hours Networking events, offering our members and guests the chance to connect after working hours. CIOs and other IT professionals from many Federal agencies will be in attendance, along with partners from the IT industry with whom to network and interact. In addition, there will be a brief 10-15 minute program in the middle of the event that will provide our featured guests with five to seven minutes to share some of their success stories and advice to the next generation of IT professionals and change agents.

Registration:

There is no cost to register. A cash bar will be available at Pennsylvania 6. Registration is strongly recommended, but not required.

Speaker and Presenter Information

MELISSA BRUCE

Executive Director, Business Management Office
Office of the Chief Information Officer
Department of Homeland Security

As Executive Director of the Business Management Office (BMO) for the Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO), Melissa Bruce oversees effective development, governance, and advocacy of the overall $6.8B IT budget of the Department of Homeland Security. She is responsible for managing over $500M in appropriated, working capital and reimbursable funding for OCIO. Ms. Bruce oversees IT policy development, Federal IT Acquisition Reform implementation, the DHS Capital Planning and Investment Control process, as well as many other governance and compliance processes such as IT Acquisition Reviews and the Paperwork Reduction Act. She is the principal advisor to the CIO, Deputy CIO, and executive leadership in managing the organization’s activities in planning, programming, budgeting, and execution tasks.

KSHEMENDRA PAUL

Chief Information Officer’s Cloud Action Officer
Deputy Director for Strategy and Mission
Department of Homeland Security
Kshemendra Paul’s primary assignment is to support the Chief Information Officer as his Cloud Action Officer. In this role, he helps drive DHS’ enterprise cloud strategy, policy, collaboration, performance management, accountability, and services approach. His incumbent role is the Information Sharing and Services Office (IS2O) Deputy Director for Mission and Strategy within DHS’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (CIO),

Prior to joining IS2O, Mr. Paul served as the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE). In this role he was the U.S. government lead for advancing terrorism-related information sharing. He was appointed to that position in 2010 and served until the end of the administration. Mr. Paul worked closely with federal, state, local, tribal and territorial partners, as well as private sector and international allies, to balance the needs for information sharing and safeguarding to enhance national security and protect the American people. He also co-chaired the White House’s Information Sharing and Access Interagency Policy Committee.

Expected Number of Attendees

150

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence 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, EPA, GSA, USPS, SSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), Judicial Branch Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, National Guard Association, EEOC, Federal Government, State & Local Government, FDA, Foreign Governments/Agencies