DHS CIO Roundtable

Panelists:

Luke McCormack - CIO, ICE

Charlie Armstrong - CIO, CBP

Margie Graves - Acting CIO, DHS

Sandy Peavy - CIO, FLETC

Moderator

Jim Flyzik -Flyzik Group

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.

McCormack has more than 18 years of service in the federal government. Before joining ICE, McCormack served as acting executive director of the Infrastructure Services Division in the Office of Information Technology at U.S. Customs and Border Protection. In addition, he has gained diverse experience in the private sector with MCI, Ford Aerospace and smaller minority-owned firms.

Since joining ICE, he has restructured the CIO office organization to ensure that it is aligned with the overall ICE mission, current operational priorities, core business processes and emerging information technology needs. He continually seeks opportunities to partner with other organizations within ICE, the Department of Homeland Security and other federal law enforcement agencies to provide support to operations and strategic initiatives.

McCormack holds a Masters of Business Administration from the University of Maryland, College Park, along with key certifications from the Columbia University Graduate School of Business, Customs Leadership Institute and the National Defense University.

A native of Long Island, N.Y., McCormack has two sons and resides in Virginia.

Prior to joining the FLETC, Ms. Peavy worked at Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC) where she served as the Deputy Director for Communications and Information. She was responsible for developing policy and guidance for all plans and programs for 13 AFRC host bases and 43 tenant locations. She also led an A-76 effort to perform all communications and information functions at eleven AFRC bases.

Ms. Peavy began her Federal career in 1979 as a GS-03 Computer Assistant for the Office of Personnel Management in Macon, GA. In 1981, she transferred to the Department of Defense (DoD) at the Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WRALC), Robins Air Force Base, GA, where she served as a computer operator, computer programmer, and then systems administrator for the next five years.

In 1986, Ms Peavy was promoted to the position of computer programmer analyst at US Space Command's Southeastern Phased Array Radar Warning Site (PAVE PAWS). For the next three years, she led a test team responsible for ensuring the radar met its primary mission of detecting sea-launched ballistic missiles aimed against the Continental U.S. and southern Canada, as well as its secondary satellite-tracking mission.

Ms. Peavy spent the next 10 years serving in a variety of managerial positions with the Air Force and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). She received the Meritorious Civilian Service Award from the Air Force in 1990 and from DISA in 1998 for her exceptional leadership.

Ms Peavy holds a Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, in Education from Georgia Southern University and a Masters degree in computers from Mercer University. She is a graduate of National Defense University's (NDU) Advanced Management Program (AMP) 7, holds certifications in software engineering and acquisition, and is a licensed private pilot.