Green Government -1 Year In Review

Program will discuss:

• Status & Progress on Federal Government "Green" Solutions & Strategies

• Green Government Best Practices from GSA-EPA & DoE

• "Green" Challenges to still overcome

• A Future Vision for achieving better "Green" goals for the federal government & how industry can help

Panelists:
Panelists:

John Johnson - Assistant Commissioner, GSA (CIO)
Kevin Kampschroer -Acting Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, Public Buildings Service-GSA
Myra Galbreath -Director, Office of Technology Operations and Planning and CTO-EPA
Carl Staton -Deputy Chief Information Officer, U. S. Department of Energy
John Frey - Americas Sustainability Executive, HP
Jim Fraser -Account Director within EDS' (an HP Company) Sales Enablement and Solutions Group and is the Public Sector Business Practice Leader for Sustainable / Green IT
Bill Kosik -Principal-Green Business Technology Director, HP Critical Facilities Services, delivered by EYP

Moderator

Jim Flyzik -Flyzik Group

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About the Panel

Jim Flyzik
President
The Flyzik Group

Jim Flyzik is the President of TheFlyzikGroup www.theflyzikgroup.com . The company specializes in Strategic Business Consulting, Performance Based Contracting Consulting and Training and Thought Leadership media events. The company assists small, medium and large companies in providing world-class government services. Jim also serves as the Chairman of the Information Technology Association of America Committee on Homeland Security. Jim also hosts the monthly radio program, The Federal Executive Forum on WFED 1050 AM and www.federalnewsradio.com .

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 served as Team Leader on Vice President Gore's National Performance Review (NPR) Information Technology Team. Following this assignment, he was selected as Chairman of the Government Information Technology Services Working Group, to implement the NPR Information Technology recommendations and coordinate the government services portion of the National Information Infrastructure (NII). He was given the prestigious Eagle Award as the government information technology executive of the year in 1994, a Meritorious Presidential Rank Award in 1995, the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association Award for Excellence in Information Technology in 1996, the AFFIRM Award for Outstanding Service to the Citizens in 1997, the Industry Advisory Council Award for Special Achievements and Leadership in 1997, the AFFIRM IRM Executive of the Year Award in 1998, and the Distinguished Rank Executive Award from President Clinton in 1999. In 2001 the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils presented him the John J. Franke award for outstanding government service. In March 2002, Jim was selected by the Federal CIO Council to receive the Azimuth Award as the Government Executive of the Year.

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.

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John Johnson
Assistant Commissioner
General Services Administration(CIO)

Following an active duty tour in the U.S. Navy, Mr. Johnson worked in industry as a computer systems field engineer until he was selected for the Department of the Army's Communications Specialist Intern Program in 1979. As an intern, he attended numerous military schools to further his information technology/telecommunications education and expertise. Mr. Johnson has served in numerous positions to include the Army's Directorate of Combat Developments at Fort Gordon, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations (DCSOPS) 7th Signal Command, Department of the Army Staff (DCSC4), and the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). From 1989-1991, he also served in a DISA liaison position to the Commander-in-Chief Forces Command.

In 1994, he co-led DISA's strategy analysis team that identified DoD's Defense Information System Network (DISN). Subsequently, he served as Deputy Program Manager, DISN, until he was selected for a position in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence (OASD-C3l). As a member of the OASD-C3I staff, he was responsible for DoD's long-haul telecommunications policy and oversight. He also served as DoD's principal representative on the FTS Interagency Management Council (IMC). In October 1998, the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, C3l, identified Mr. Johnson as DoD's Transition Manager for FTS2001, where he lead the movement of all of DoD's FTS2000 voice, video, and data services to FTS2001 and the DISN.

In September 2000, he entered the Senior Executive Service and was selected by GSA to serve as the Federal Technology Service, Assistant Commissioner for Service Development. In January of 2003, he also assumed responsibility for the FTS Network Service Delivery organization. As the FTS Assistant Commissioner for Service Development and Service Delivery, Mr. Johnson leads the development of new Network Service Programs while he manages day-to-day operations for FTS2001/FTS Crossover contracts and several satellite service contracts. Under his leadership, his organization is developing and implementing the Networx, Alliant, and SATCOM II initiatives, and is providing worldwide services to 135 Federal Agencies and Departments. On June 5, 2006, Mr. Johnson was also asked to serve as the Acting Assistant Commissioner for the Integrated Technology Service of the newly formed Federal Acquisition Service.

Mr. Johnson has a Bachelor's degree in Applied Behavioral Science (Business Management), and a Master of Science degree in National Resource Strategy. His training includes the Army's Signal Officer Advanced Course, and studies at the Armed Forces Staff College, the Federal Executive Institute, and the National Defense University (Industrial College of the Armed Forces). He is a graduate of DoD's Senior Acquisition Program, and he is a certified member of the DoD Acquisition Corps where he holds Level III certifications in Communications and Computers Acquisition and Program Management. Mr. Johnson and his wife Melanie reside in Ashburn, VA

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Kevin Kampschroer -Acting Director, Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings, Public Buildings Service-GSA

Kevin Kampschroer is the Acting Director of the new Office of Federal High-Performance Green Buildings (authorized by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007).

Mr. Kampschroer is creating a new Office within GSA intended to consolidate and coordinate Federal efforts in the broad realm of building sustainability, and to influence and accelerate industry capability and adoption of sustainable principles across all aspects of asset creation, operation, maintenance and disposal. He has worked on developing new energy conservation legislation, in expanding the scope of sustainable design and training, as well as the creation of rigorous environmental management system.

Recently, focusing on the relationships among the physical environment, individual and group behavior and organizational performance, Mr. Kampschroer developed a unique framework—of building + behavior +business—tested in real office conditions. To support this ground-breaking effort, he has forged alliances with key forward-thinking companies, and developed collaborations with leading universities. GSA's research focuses on finding practical ways to deploy and capitalize on emerging technologies, and measure the applied results.

Before establishing PBS' research and workplace innovations initiatives, Mr. Kampschroer contributed to the creation of real estate portfolio management, establishment performance measures linked to pay and budget and developed an overall information technology strategy for a re-engineered real estate business in GSA. He was the project manager for the Ronald Reagan Federal Building and Trade Center, then the second largest office building in the United States. GSA has employed him since 1975. Mr. Kampschroer is a graduate of Yale University.

Kevin has lectured at Harvard, MIT, Johns Hopkins and Georgia Institute of Technology and frequently presents for various industry groups such as CoreNet Global. He was the Research Chair for the Advanced Building Systems Integration Consortium (at Carnegie Mellon University) and the Industry Partner Chair for the Center for the Built Environment (at the University of California at Berkeley). He is the recipient of the IIDA's Star Award for 2004.

His most recent publications are a book on research results, Workplace Matters, a book on GSA's experience with building green, Sustainability Matters, and an article in the California Management Review, "Creating and Testing Workplace Strategy" (Winter, 2007)

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Myra Galbreath
Director, Office of Technology Operations and Planning and CTO
U. S. Environmental Protection Agency

Since December 2006, Ms. Galbreath has served as the Chief Technology Officer and Director of EPA's Office of Technology Operations and Planning (OTOP). In this position, she is responsible for managing the Agency's IT resources and budget and planning for future technology needs. Prior to accepting her current position, she has served in IT management in OTOP since 1999.

Previously, Ms. Galbreath worked in the Office of Solid Waste for over ten years as the Branch Chief of the Information Management Branch. She was responsible for overall management of the local area network, Confidential Business Information, and two national systems to support the information needs of the RCRA program. Prior to her assignment in the Office of Solid Waste, Ms. Galbreath worked in several EPA program offices, the State of Virginia, and a consulting firm in North Carolina.

Ms. Galbreath received her B.A. in Mathematics (minor in Computer Science) from East Carolina University and a Masters in Science and Technology Management from American University.

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Carl P. Staton
Deputy Chief Information Officer
U. S. Department of Energy

Before coming to the Department of Energy as the Deputy Chief Information Officer in October 2006, Carl Staton served for 26 years in the Federal government in various Information Technology (IT) positions in the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

While at NOAA, Carl programmed minicomputers to process environmental satellite data and imagery, lead multi-million dollar IT acquisitions, and managed large IT organizations and contracts.

In 1998, Carl was selected into the Senior Executive Service as the Director of Central Operations at NOAA's National Weather Service. There he managed the supercomputer and networking for the National Centers for Environmental Prediction.

In January 2001, Carl was named the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the National Weather Service and subsequently named NOAA's CIO in May 2002. As the NOAA CIO, he carried out IT oversight and coordination for all of NOAA's IT systems and functions.

Carl was also Director of High Performance Computing and Communications for NOAA where he had broad oversight in coordinating NOAA's high performance computing requirements and solutions as well as coordinating NOAA's networking infrastructure.

Carl has been honored with the Department of Commerce Bronze Medal, the General Services Administration (GSA) Interagency Committee on Information Resource Management Technical Excellence Award and other IT-related recognitions. He is a graduate of the GSA Trail Boss program for IT acquisitions and of the Federal Executive Institute's Leadership for a Democratic Society program.

Carl holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina. He is married to Jane D'Aguanno and enjoys aerobic exercise, golf, opera, bluegrass music, and tending and sharing his roses.

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John Frey
Americas Sustainability Executive
Hewlett-Packard Company

With over 20 years of global experience in sustainability, Mr. Frey brings a perspective that is highly valued by HP customers, governments, non-governmental organizations, industry analysts and journalists on the topics of sustainability, strategy development, climate impacts, asset disposition, lifecycle design of products, stakeholder engagement and brand protection. He provides practical suggestions for implementing sustainable practices throughout the lifecycle, increasing the efficiency of IT infrastructures, and enhancing brand reputation through effective programs. His leadership led HP to annually be named one of the 100 most sustainable corporations in the world by The Global 100 and be listed on key sustainability indices including the Dow Jones World Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good.

Mr. Frey is widely quoted on sustainability topics by global broadcast, online and print media such as Financial Times, InfoWorld, SkyNews, CNET, MSNBC, BusinessWeek, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, ZDNet, CCT (China) and the Sky Radio Network.

Prior to HP, Mr. Frey held leadership roles with ARCO, Boeing, Compaq and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. He earned a bachelor's degree in Safety Engineering in 1985 from Texas A&M University.

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Bill Kosik
Principal
Green Business Technology Director
HP Critical Facilities Services, delivered by EYP

Bill is a Principal and the Green Business Technology (BT) Director for HP's Critical Facilities Services. Kosik is a licensed professional engineer, LEED Accredited Professional, and a Certified Energy Manager. As the Green BT Director, he is responsible for research, development, and implementation of sustainable, energy-efficient, and environmentally responsible design strategies for data centers, specifically focusing on the integration of power/cooling, ICT systems, and operations and control software. Also an expert on high-performance computing, Kosik is also collaborating with multiple Super Computing 500 clients, developing innovative design strategies for scalable, energy efficient cooling in ultra- high density environments. Among Kosik's 50+ articles and speaking engagements are presentations to AFCOM, the American Institute of Architects, ASHRAE, Data Center Dynamics, Hollywood Goes Green, IFMA, Labs21, NeoCon, ULI and 7x24, as well as articles in the ASHRAE Journal, Energy & Power Management magazine, Building Operations Management, Engineered Systems, Consulting Specifying Engineer, Pure Power, R&D Magazine, and Zero Downtime magazine. Kosik has presented at multiple USGBC conferences, as well as at the World Forum for Building Innovation in the UK and the Sustainable Buildings Conference in Finland. He also worked with the city of Chicago in developing city-specific environmental criteria. Kosik is on the editorial advisory board for Consulting Specifying Engineer magazine and is currently consulting on a new program sponsored by the California Energy Commission defining environmental performance criteria for data centers. He is also the co-developer of the upcoming ASHRAE publication, Green Tips for Data Centers. His most current initiative is with the U.S. Department of Energy to develop a new program for certifying data center energy specialists, where he sits on the steering committee.

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Jim Fraser

Jim Fraser is an Account Director within EDS' (an HP Company) Sales Enablement and Solutions Group and is the Public Sector Business Practice Leader for Sustainable / Green IT. In this role he has been developing and integrating full life cycle solutions for Sustainable IT, especially as it relates to the Federal government. This full life cycle approach includes solutions that offer commercial best practices in the areas of environmental and carbon footprinting, high performance green building design or renovation, energy efficient IT hardware and software, and eco-friendly IT professional services and systems integration. He is currently the Chair of the Coalition for Government Procurement's Green IT Committee and also the Chair for TechAmerica's Green IT Subcommittee where he has been interacting with and providing comments to Hill staffers on potential legislation related to sustainable IT and e-waste. Mr. Fraser has given numerous presentations on Green IT to both the public and private sector including at the Federal Reserve Bank, Gartner's Government Solutions Summit, FOSE 09, and Geovada's Sustainable City Development Group.

He has more than 25 years of experience as a successful leader, manager, and innovative integrator of technology, science, IT systems, and business strategy. He has written more than 30+ peer reviewed scientific articles on acid rain, acid rain mitigation, and global climate impacts published in US, Canadian, and Scandinavian journals. Mr. Fraser has presented numerous technical briefings to Federal, state, and international government agencies involved in research and technology. He has provided expert testimony to the Senate Subcommittee on Energy and the Environment. He holds an M.A., Biology / Aquatic Ecology from West Virginia University and a B.S., Biology / Pre-med from Davis & Elkins College.