IPv6 - "Imagine This"

Program will discuss:

• What are the benefits to moving to the next generation internet-IPv6

• What are the business drivers for the transition to IPv6

• Are we on target with the OMB IPv6 compliance by June 08

• What are the future solution applications for IPv6

Panelists:

John McManus Deputy Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer - Department of Commerce

Peter Tseronis Director, Network Services - Department of Education

Charlie Wisecarver Deputy CIO - Department of State

Fred Schobert Networx Program Manager - FAS-GSA

David West Director, Field Operations Federal Center of Excellence - CISCO

Tom Patterson CEO & President - Command Information

Jim served over 27 years in the federal government. He served as Senior Advisor to Governor Ridge in the White House Office of Homeland Security (OHS). He provided advice to OHS on the National Strategy and Information Management in support of the OHS mission. From February 1998 until December 2002, Jim also served as the Vice Chair of the Federal Government CIO Council overseeing numerous governmentwide IT initiatives. He was also a member of the President's Critical Infrastructure Protection Board.

Prior to this, from August 1997 until April 2002, Jim was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Systems and Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the Department of the Treasury. He provided oversight, strategic planning and management direction on over $3.0 billion in annual information technology and information infrastructure programs within Treasury and its fourteen Bureaus. Jim also served as the Acting Assistant Secretary for Management for the Treasury Department from January 20, 2001 until February 8, 2002. In that role he provided oversight of all Treasury bureaus and served as the principal policy advisor to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary on matters involving the internal management of the Department and its bureaus. Jim received the Secretary Certificate of Appreciation on February 12, 2002 for his efforts during this transition period.

Prior to his Treasury positions, Jim worked for 15 years at the U.S. Secret Service where he held key IT management positions, including the Chief of the Communications Division, providing world class telecommunications in support of Secret Service tactical and operational requirements.

Jim has extensive public speaking experience and frequently serves as a featured speaker at industry events. He has developed, and currently teaches part-time, a graduate level course on Information Systems Security and Risk Assessment at the University of Maryland. Jim was given the Stanley J. Drazek Excellence in Teaching Award in 1998 by the University of Maryland.

Jim has an undergraduate degree in Business Administration and Computer Science and a Masters of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Maryland with an area of concentration in Information Systems Management.

Prior to his arrival at ED OCIO, Mr. Tseronis was a management analyst at the Pentagon for the U.S. Army and then joined ED to serve a key role in the modernization of the financial management systems for Office of the Chief Financial Officer (OCFO).

Mr. Tseronis is ED's IPv6 Transition Manager and the co-chairman of the OMB/CIO Council's Federal IPv6 Working Group. In addition, he is a voting member on the Interagency Management Council (IMC) for Federal Telecommunications, supporting the GSA FTS2001 to GSA Networx transition. Pete is an active member of the Independent Telecommunications Pioneer Association (ITPA) board and serves on the Government Advisory Panel for the ACT/IAC Networks and Telecommunications SIG.

Mr. Tseronis earned a B.A. in Communications from Villanova University in Villanova, Pa., a M.S. in Information and Telecommunication Systems for Business from The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, MD, and is a certified Project Management Professional (PMP). Pete, his wife Betsy, and son, Jake, reside in Gaithersburg, Md.

Mr. Wisecarver, a career member of the Senior Foreign Service, assumed the duties of the Deputy Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer of the Department of State on June 5, 2006. Previously he was the Director of the State Messaging and Archive Retrieval Toolset (SMART) Program Office. SMART is the Department's top information technology priority and will modernize disparate legacy-messaging systems and establish a single centralized system for all types of documents including telegrams, memoranda, e-mails, and Diplomatic Notes.

Approximately half of Mr. Wisecarver's career has been spent working as an Information Management Specialist in overseas missions. He has served in Ecuador and Mexico managing the Embassy's computer systems and telecommunications networks. In domestic assignments Mr. Wisecarver served as the Director of the State Department's Messaging Systems Office for four years. In this position he was responsible for enterprise telegram and e-mail delivery. Prior to Y2K he oversaw the modernization of all consular computer systems around the world.

Before joining the State Department, Mr. Wisecarver served as a computer programmer analyst for Department of Defense and a Peace Corps Volunteer in Niger. Mr. Wisecarver is married with two children.

Prior to his career in private industry, Mr. Schobert served 26 years in the U.S. Navy, retiring with the rank of Captain (O-6). Early in his career he served in various operational positions as a Naval Flight Officer. He later held numerous acquisition positions including manager of the Navy's Aerospace Engineers and Executive Officer for the Naval Aviation Depot (NADEP) in Jacksonville, Florida. During his tour at the NADEP, Mr. Schobert received Letters of Appreciation from the Governor of Florida and Mayor of Jacksonville for his leadership of the 4,200-person workforce and his creation of an innovative partnership with the local school system to fill critical jobs. At the time of his retirement, Mr. Schobert commanded the Navy's Air Combat Electronics Program Office, which was responsible for procuring aviation electronic systems for 32 different types of Navy and Air Force aircraft. Under his leadership, the program won the Secretary of Defense Superior Management Award for Outstanding Program Management and received a Secretary of the Navy Letter of Commendation for superior performance. In addition, he was personally awarded the Navy's Value Engineering Award for outstanding program management.

Mr. Schobert holds a B.S. degree from the U.S. Naval Academy and an M.S. in Operations Research/Systems Analysis from the Naval Postgraduate School. He attended the Program Manager's course at the Defense Acquisition University and an Executive Program at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business.

Prior to David's current role, he served as the Senior Manager, Systems Engineering for Cisco's Department of Defense (DoD) Operation. In this position, David was responsible for DoD System Engineers and Managers worldwide who provided pre-sales engineering support to both partners and customers. David has held a variety of other positions at Cisco, including: Sr. Manager, Advanced Technologies responsible for voice, security, optical, and wireless engineering and pre-sales support; Sr. Manager, Systems Engineering in support of National Programs and Intelligence; Systems Engineering Manager, worldwide support for the Navy and Marine Corps.

David is a Marine Officer and a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) and holds a MS, Information Systems from the Naval Postgraduate School.

Tom has been the partner in charge of security operations for Deloitte in Europe, the Middle East and Africa; the managing director of KPMG/BearingPoint's global managed services business; and IBM's chief strategist for electronic commerce. He has served as a board member for several public companies, has advised all three branches of the U.S. Government on Internet and security policy, and is a trusted advisor to company executives across the globe.

Tom received his Bachelor of Science in Information Systems Management from the University of Maryland, and is a Distinguished Visitor at Universidad de Marquen in Guatemala. Tom has lived and worked around the world, and now resides with his wife and son in Great Falls Virginia.