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GTSC Small Business Group – June 12th

The GTSC Emerging Small Business Group presents:

Challenges, Issues, and Strategies for Winning IDIQ Task Order Contracts

June 12th from 10:00AM – 12:00PM

Location: TBA

Featuring Guest Speakers

Milton Slade – Industry Liaison, Industry Partnership and Outreach Program, U.S. Customs & Border Protection Office of Acquisition, Procurement

Vincent Sanchez – Director, Business Operations Division, U.S. Department of State

Alisa Sheard – Business Opportunity Specialist, U.S. Small Business Administration

— REGISTER HERE —

DHS HQ Day 2018 – Agenda Enclosed

Join GTSC for our first “DHS Headquarters Day” – a deep dive into the leadership and mission of the missions of DHS. We will hear from leadership on their priorities for the department and learn more about some of the initiatives and improvements fueling the Department toward smarter procurement, technological updates, and increased cooperation and communication with industry.

Due to the popularity of this session only GTSC members and First Time Guests may register.

AGENDA

9:15 am Registration

9:45 am Welcome & Introductions

Kristina Tanasichuk, CEO, Government Technology & Services Coalition

10:00 am Procurement & Acquisition Priorities and Plans for 2017-18
Soraya Correa, Chief Procurement Officer

10:30 Small Business Outlook

Kevin Boshears, Director, Office of Small, Disadvantaged Business Utilization

11:00 IT Priorities and Update on the Cyber Executive Order

Barry West, Deputy CIO

11:30 Accountability, Efficiency & Effectiveness in DHS Procurement
James A. “Mouse” Neumeister, Deputy Executive Director, PARM

Eric Cho, Acquisition Innovation Advocate, DHS Procurement Innovation Lab, DHS

12:30 Lunch

1:30 pm Personnel Security: Improving & Enhancing the Mission

Rich McComb, Chief Security Officer, DHS or Kimberly Lew, Chief, Personnel Security Division Office of the Chief Security Officer

2:00 pm Science & Technology: Partnership to Promote Mission

William Bryan, Senior Official Performing the Duties of the Under Secretary for Science & Technology*

2:30 pm Matt Hayden, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary Matt Hayden, Office of Partnership & Engagemen

3:00 pm Keynote Address: DHS Headquarters Mission: Execution

Chip Fulghum, Under Secretary for Management, DHS

3:45 pm Adjourn

REGISTER HERE!!

Thank you to our DHS HQ Day 2018 Sponsors:

GTSC Holiday Awards Spectacular December 13!

Join GTSC for an extraordinary celebration of a great year and a toast to a new and prosperous 2018 at our Holiday Awards Spectacular!

We will announce our:

Small Business Member of the Year

Mid-Tier Company of the Year

Mentor of the Year

Federal Small Business Champion of the Year

Market Maven Award

Federal MVP

Strategic Advisor of the Year

Strategic Partner of the Year

and include a special new 5th anniversary recognition for supporters from our 5 years!

CONTACT US TO NOMINATE A PEER, CLIENT OR ADVISOR FOR OUR AWARDS

Support and sponsorships of our holiday event are welcome — please contact us to help make this our best event ever!

GTSC’s Member Only NCCIC Tours

GTSC will he holding several exclusive and member only tours at The National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center. Limited spots available.

Unclassified NCCIC Tour – August 10, 2017

Classified NCCIC Tour – September 7, 2017
*Required: Submission of Clearance Form

About NCCIC:
DHS’s National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center (NCCIC) is a 24×7 cyber situational awareness, incident response, and management center that is a national nexus of cyber and communications integration for the Federal Government, intelligence community, and law enforcement.
Click here for more information on NCCIC.

Click Here to View NCCIC Services for Private Industry Partners

INSIGHT SESSION: Frontis Wiggins, CIO, U.S. State Department December 13

Join the GTSC for an exclusive session with the Acting CIO of the U.S. State Department

Frontis B. Wiggins
Acting CIO
U.S. State Department
Bio

to discuss

U.S. Department of State’s direction and goals for IT
Top IT challenges State is facing?
Toward which technologies or methodologies is State moving?
The plan to engage contractors going forward?
How can contractors help?

Special thanks to our event Chair, Abacus Technology.
Exclusive GTSC Member benefit.

GTSC 5th Anniversary Awards Spectacular December 7

Join GTSC to celebrate 5 years of serving the homeland and national security community at our 5th Anniversary Holiday Awards Spectacular! With special guests galore and our usual line-up of stellar supporters — this will be the year to remember — and the YEARS to be thankful to all for their support!

We will announce our:

Small Business Member of the Year

Mid-Tier Company of the Year

Mentor of the Year

Federal Small Business Champion of the Year

Market Maven Award

Federal MVP

Strategic Advisor of the Year

Strategic Partner of the Year

and include a special new 5th anniversary recognition for supporters from our 5 years!

CONTACT US TO NOMINATE A PEER, CLIENT OR ADVISOR FOR OUR AWARDS (nominations accepted until November 15!)

Support and sponsorships of our holiday event are welcome — please contact us to help make this our best event ever!

GTSC Annual Member Meeting December 5

Members of the Government Technology & Services Coalition are invited to attend our annual member meeting to learn about all GTSC’s accomplishments for our first 5 years and share your feedback for our 2017-2018 priorities!

This is a GTSC Member ONLY meeting.

2016 Fifth Anniversary Member Meeting

Government Technology & Services Coalition

CENTRA Technology, Inc.

TENTATIVE AGENDA – times and schedule subject to change

7:30 AM – 9:00 AM Breakfast

8:00 AM Welcome & Introductions & Overview of GTSC’s first 5 years

8:15 AM Keynote Address: It’s All About the Mission
Deputy Chief Carla Provost, U.S. Border Patrol, Customs & Border Protection

8:45 AM GTSC Activities update and discussion

Overview
Lion’s Den
Michael Stabolpszy, Managing Partner, IntegrityONE partners
Procurement & Acquisition Workgroup Report
Carolyn Muir, Executive Vice President, SE Solutions
De-Brief Report
Andrea Stone, CEO, DPI
Mentor Forum
Brad Cole, Vice President, Accenture

10:30 AM BREAK

10:40 AM View of the Year Ahead with Presidential Transition and Q&A

11:10 AM Legal and Ethics update

11:40 AM The Presidential Transition: Views from the Administration and Congress
Michelle Mrdeza, Senior Advisor, Cornerstone Government Affairs & Founding Strategic Advisor, GTSC
Admiral John Action, Senior Advisor to the Presidential Transition and Strategic Advisor, GTSC

12:10 PM Lunch and keynote address

1:30 PM Government Keynote

2:00 PM GTSC Strategy Discussion with guest speakers from Government

3:00 PM Final Keynote

3:30 PM Adjourn

Insight Session with Nancy Nykamp, Executive Director, Intelligence, TSA November 10

Join us for an Insight Session with

Nancy Nykamp
Executive Director
Office of Intelligence & Analysis
U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA)

November is National Critical Infrastructure Security & Resilience Month! Join us for an inside look at how TSA protects our critical transportation sector through the Office of Intelligence & Analysis.

Ms. Nykamp has served in numerous senior Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Department of Defense (DOD) positions; building a diverse National Security and counterterrorism portfolio. She currently serves as Executive Director, Office of Intelligence and Analysis, Transportation Security Administration (TSA) where she oversees 30+ highly complex vetting and credentialing programs; execution of security threat assessments on 17+ million personnel with access to the Nation’s transportation sector; risk analysis of the Nation’s transportation sector; and strategic guidance and planning, and governance and optimization for the Office of Intelligence and Analysis.

Ms. Nykamp previously served as TSA Attaché, U.S. Embassy, Berlin, Germany, where she liaised with senior government officials from several European countries to optimize and harmonize aviation security measures. Ms. Nykamp’s first assignment with TSA was as Senior Advisor to the Deputy Administrator, where she was selected for the DHS Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program (SES CDP).

As part of the DHS SES CDP, she served on executive assignment as Senior Counselor to the Assistant Secretary for International Affairs and Chief Diplomat, DHS, leading several Department initiatives to expand homeland security. She also served on executive assignment as Deputy Federal Security Director, Washington Dulles International Airport, advancing the TSA Administrator’s Risk-Based Security and counterterrorism initiatives.

Prior to joining TSA, Ms. Nykamp held several senior positions in DOD, including Senior Program Manager for international programs, U.S. Special Operations Command, and Senior Civilian Advisor, and Deputy Director for Interagency Operations, Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC).

GTSC Members only.

USCIS Day 2016: Mission, Operations & Transformation November 4

GTSC is so proud to welcome members to our inaugural U.S. Customs & Immigration Services “deep dive” to examine the mission, operations and transformation of this critical agency.

Each year, U.S. Citizenship & Immigration Services processes millions of applications for persons seeking to study, work, visit, or live in the United States, and for persons seeking to become a U.S. citizen. In 2006, USCIS began the Transformation Program to enable electronic adjudication and case management tools that would allow users to apply and track their applications online. In 2012 USCIS changed its acquisition strategy to improve system development.

Join us to explore USCIS’s successes and challenges with transformation and how they have used Agile software development, systems integration and testing, and strong leadership to forward their ambitious program.

THIS IS A CLOSED SESSION OPEN TO THE GOVERNMENT CONTRACTORS AND GOVERNMENT ONLY – NO PRESS. Questions? See our policies at www.gtscoalition.eventbrite.com

AGENDA (Subject to change)

Government Technology & Services Coalition
USCIS Day 2016: Mission, Operations, & Transformation
November 4, 2016 | 8:00 am – 3:15 pm | Arlingon, VA

8:00 am Welcome & Opening Remarks

Kristina Tanasichuk, CEO, Government Technology & Services Coalition
Sara Kindsfater-Yerkes, Managing Principal, Alethix
Kris McMenamin, McMenamin Consulting Group

8:20 am Keynote: USCIS IT Transformation Business Perspective

Introduction: Sara Kindsfater-Yerkes, Managing Principal, Alethix
Mark Schwartz, Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, USCIS

9:00 am Panel Transformation: Line of Business Perspectives

Amy Wheelock, Senior Advisor, Field Operations Directorate, USCIS impact of rollouts
Leslie Hope, Associate Center Director, Service Center Operations, USCIS
Armad Kitrell, Deputy Division Chief, Fraud Detection & National Security, USCIS

10:00 am BREAK

10:15 am Panel: Enabling Transformation

David Blair, Chief, Capability Delivery Division, Office of Transformation Coordination, USCIS
Rowena Furce, Chief, Customer Service, Office of Customer Engagement, USCIS
Lee Bowes, Chief, Biometrics Division, USCIS
Ken Moser, Branch Chief, Delivery Assurance Branch / Applied Technology Division, USCIS
Yemi Oshinnaiye, Associate Chief, Software Engineering Division, USCIS

11:15 am LUNCH

11:45 am KEYNOTE: Mariela Melero
Associate Director, Customer Service And Public Engagement Directorate, USCIS

KEYNOTE PANEL

Mary Hermann, Acting Chief of the Public Engagement Division and Chief of the Content and Quality Division – Customer Service and Public Engagement Directorate, USCIS
David Simeon, Jr., Division Chief – Customer Service and Public Engagement Directorate, USCIS
Robert Genesoni, Infrastructure Chief, Customer Service Division, Customer Service & Public Engagement, USCIS

1:00 pm Panel: Mission Driven Value Delivery
Moderator: Kristin Cooke, Director, Acuity
Lucy Patterson, Chief, Data and Business Intelligence Services Program, USCIS
Sarah Fahden, Chief Verification Program, Software Development Division, USCIS
Matt Dosberg, Chief, Digital Innovation & Development, USCIS

2:00 BREAK

2:15 pm Operation Ready: Moving to an Agile DevOps Framework
Moderator: Kristina Tanasichuk, CEO, Government Technology & Services Coalition
Keith Jones, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Management Directorate, OIT, USCIS
Larry DeNayer, PMP, CISSP-ISSEP, Deputy CIO for Operations, Management Directorate, OIT, USCIS
Joshua Seckel, Chief, Applied Technology Division, Management Directorate, OIT, USCIS
Rafaa Abdalla, Chief, Transformation Engineering Services, USCIS

3:15 Adjourn

Special thanks to our supporters!