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GTSC’s Border Security Symposium 2023 – November 2

This year’s critical conversation will focus on how the agency has adapted to changes in priorities, missions, and mandates. We will revisit CBP’s 12 strategic initiatives designed to harness and apply the power of data, intelligence, and advanced analytics, develop and maintain top-quality IT infrastructure and access, and expand our international and intelligence partnerships to leverage the benefits of interoperability and collaboration to protect the country. Join us to understand the ways CBP has adapted and how the private sector can collaborate to achieve their critical missions. Register today and see sponsorship opportunities here!

Interested in registering? Register here.

AGENDA:

8:00 AM Opening Keynote

Ryan Scudder, Executive Assistant Commissioner, Enterprise Services, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

8:30 AM Workforce Care Update

Peter Jaquez, Executive Director, Workforce Care Directorate, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

9:00 AM IT Operations Support Update

Casey Durst, (Acting) Executive Assistant Commissioner, Operations Support, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

9:30 AM Mission Support of the Border Patrol

Kathleen Scudder, Executive Director, Mission Support Directorate, US Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

10:00 AM BREAK

10:15 AM Information Technology & Infrastructure Support

Jay Alalasundaram, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Software Applications & Services

Office of Information Technology, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Ed Mays, Deputy Assistant Commissioner, Infrastructure and Support Services, & Chief Enterprise Infrastructure Officer, Office of Information Technology, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

11:00 AM Acquisition Priorities for 2024

Nick Martinelli, Director, Technology Contracting Division, Office of Acquisition, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Peter Giambone, Contracting Officer, , Acquisition Innovation Advocate (AIA), Office of Acquisition U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Julie Koo, Director, Industry Partnership & Outreach Programs, Office of Acquisition, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

12:00 PM Lunch Break

1:00 PM Data Analytics, Intelligence, and Biometrics at the USBP

Matthew Hudak, Deputy Chief, U.S. Border Patrol, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

1:30 PM Trade Compliance

John Leonard, Deputy Executive Assistant Commissioner, Office of Trade, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

2:00 PM BREAK

2:15 PM Operational Impact of Touchless Fingerprints

Nael Samha, Executive Director, Target & Analysis Systems Directorate, Office of Information Technology, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

2:45 PM Biometrics and Passenger Processing: Technologies to Strengthen Operations

Jody Hardin, Executive Director, Planning, Program Analysis and Evaluation, Office of Field Operations, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

3:15 PM AI and Data: Governing Technologies

Michelle Zebrowski, Chief Data Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Josh Powell, Deputy Director, CBP Innovation Team (INVNT), Office of the Commissioner, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

4:00 PM Mobile Device Security and CBPOne

Sunil Madhugiri, Chief Technology Officer, Office of Information Technology, U.S. Customs and Border Protection

Thank you to Guardian and Host Sponsor, Cognosante!

Thank you to Guardian Sponsor, Amivero!

Thank you to Dataminr for lunch!

Thank you to Steampunk for the snacks!

Thank you to Appian for their Mission Support Sponsorship!

Thank you to Dignari and AVER for their supporter sponsorship!

Thank you to Dev Technology Group for providing the dessert!

Thank you to ICS Advisory for their Small Business Sponsorship and Support!

Thank you to C.Mack Solutions for being a friend of CBP!

Future of Travel: Customer Experience Discussion with TSA – October 4

Join GTSC and Deloitte for a luncheon with leaders from TSA to discuss how to create a seamless customer experience for travelers enabled by emerging technologies. Thank you to Deloitte for their support of this event!

Hear from:

Kristin Ruiz, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Transportation Security Administration

Balaji Subramaniam, Director, Application Development Division, Information Technology Office, Transportation Security Administration

Amy Reedy, Director, Technology Solutions Division, Information Technology Office, Transportation Security Administration

Lion’s Den: Expanding Alliant 3 – October 3

Expanding Alliant 3 to more mid-size companies through the Information Technology Competitive Coalition and exploring more into the trends of M&A and the post covid environment through the Chertoff Group.

Mr. Aaron Roth, Principal, Federal Strategy and Security, at the Chertoff Group will speak. He uses his extensive leadership experience to steer corporate leaders across a vast array of commercial sectors through security risk management and organic growth planning and decision-making.

Aaron also specializes in guiding companies to understand and navigate growth opportunities within the federal government.

AGENDA:

3:00 – 3:45: Expanding Alliant 3 to more mid-size companies through the Information Technology Competitive Coalition

3:45-4:30: Exploring more into the trends of M&A and the post covid environment through the Chertoff Group: Mr. Aaron Roth

4:30-5:30: Networking and Happy Hour

Lion’s Den Partnering Opportunity: Meet Denodo – September 27

Get to know GTSC member Denodo, a fellow Lion’s den member looking for collaboration for those who want to learn more about an award-winning platform that offers a robust capabilities package for data integration, data management, and data delivery using a logical approach to enable self-service business intelligence, data science, hybrid/multi-cloud integration, and enterprise data services. You’ll share some bourbon, and some possibilities, as you learn more about what Denodo offers as a partner.

About this opportunity

There’s no sector that feels the power of data more than the federal government. As defense and civilian agencies’ look to bolster their analytics environments and data management capabilities, many are turning to adopting a Data Mesh framework. But for SI’s looking to win data management projects, choosing the right vendor partners can be a complicated process. As a member of GTSC’s Lion’s den, Denodo is looking to GTSC members first to find the best partners and teaming in our market. We are happy to facilitate this targeted business opportunity to learn more about your colleagues at Denodo and find out if there is a good fit for your pipeline. Having been consistently identified as one of the best data mesh technologies in the market, Denodo’s SI partners are especially seeing success as we jointly support agencies looking to shift from traditional data architecture approaches to delivering interoperable Data Products within and across their multiple functional domains. We hope you will join us!

About the Lion’s Den

The Government Technology & Services Coalition is home to the Lion’s Den, a distinguished cadre of mid-sized company CEOs devoted to the homeland and national security market. Their success, the result of exceptional work for their clients and their outstanding business acumen has graduated them to “other than small” in the Federal market. This status creates new and difficult challenges for mid-sized companies now facing competition from billion dollar behemoths in the market. The Lion’s Den is focused on creating and supporting programs, policies and ventures to support the continuum of growth from small to mid-sized through partnership, advocacy and increased business opportunities.

CYBER2023 – October 11

We are extremely pleased to invite you to CYBER 2023! This year we are mixing it up and inviting all the component cyber teams that speak at our component days — all the cyber folks — all day long! Teams from cyber divisions will discuss the implementation of zero trust, the impacts of AI on their operations, their general cyber security posture and much more. We’ll bring all together for unprecedented cross-collaboration and detailed discussions around challenges and opportunities.

HUGE thanks to ICF for supporting GTSC’s 2023 CYBER day as our Guardian and host sponsor!

Join us afterwards for a reception, thank you to Elastic who made it possible!

HSToday’s 50 Trailblazers of 2023 Reception – September 19

As many of you know, last year GTSC launched the 50 Trailblazers in Homeland to great success! This year, to match this momentous occasion and take it up a notch, we are launching the 50 Trailblazers of 2023 reception to honor our picks for the people accomplishing great things for our nation! Join us to toast them, roast them, and make the most of them at the 2023 50 Trailblazers in Homeland reception!!!

See sponsorship options here.

Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Symposium – September 19

Join GTSC to discuss Zero Trust, the evolving Zero Trust landscape and the CISA Zero Trust Maturity Model. Hear from the leading experts in cybersecurity and infrastructure security and learn how industry can most support most effectively. Thank you to Guardian Sponsor Acuity for their support, Dataminr for lunch, and Partner Forces for their small business support!

Confirmed Speakers:

Bob Costello, CISO, CISA

Sean Connelly, Trusted Internet Connections (TIC) Program Manager and Senior Cybersecurity Architect, Cybersecurity Division, CISA

Yemi Oshinnaiye, CIO, TSA

Sonny Bhagowalia, Assistant Commissioner & CIO, CBP

Juan Arratia, Executive Director, Chief of Contracting Office (COCO), CISA

GTSC’s Annual Meeting – September 8

Mark your calendar! GTSC’s Annual Meeting is September 8!! Register here!

Thank you for being a valued member of the Government Technology & Services Coalition! Once a year we gather for our Annual DHS HQ Day (otherwise known as our Annual meeting) to learn more about how DHS headquarters is considering continuing and new procurement/acquisition actions, what we as contractors need to know, and provide feedback to our fearless leaders on how industry can assist with mission across our federal partners.

This year we have also invited our partners at IRS, Treasury, and the State Department to talk about their plans with industry. Agenda is below!

9:30 AM Welcome and Opening

Kristina Tanasichuk , Chief Executive Officer, Government Technology & Services Coalition

10:00 AM Keynote address

Paul Courtney, Chief Procurement Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security*

10:30 AM BREAK

10:45 Discussion of Contracting Priorities, Upcoming Trends & Opportunities

Nina Ferraro, Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Polly Hall, Senior Advisor, Office of Procurement Operations, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Sarah Todd, Executive Director, Acquisition Policy & Legislation, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Katherine Crompton, Director, Procurement Innovation Lab, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

11:45 AM Strategic Sourcing: Intent, Evolution, Future

James Lewis, Executive Director, Strategic Solutions Office, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

12:15 PM Working Lunch: GTSC Leadership Discussion

1:15 PM. TSA’S INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

Bill Weinberg, Chief Procurement Officer, Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

1:45PM Small Business Plans & Opportunities

Darlene Bullock, Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization,

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Jaime Gracia, Director, Strategic Enterprise Programs, U.S. Department of State

Julie Koo, Industry Liaison, Customs and Border Protection,

U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Melissa Oliva, Deputy Director, Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Department of Treasury

3:00 PM CBP’s INDUSTRY OUTLOOK

Diane Sahakian, Assistant Commissioner, Acquisition, CBP

GTSC’s Critical Infrastructure Security Symposium – September 19

9:00 AM Welcome

Kristina Tanasichuk, Chief Executive Officer, GTSC

Kristin Cooke, Chair of Programming, GTSC & Vice President, Business Development Acuity

9:15 AM Opening Keynote

Bob Costello, Chief Information Officer, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency

9:45 AM Fireside Chat: Zero Trust – A Paradigm Shift in Cybersecurity

Sean Connelly, Senior Cybersecurity Architect, Program Manager, Trusted Internet Connections, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Sara Mosley, Cyber Strategy Lead, Acuity & Former Acting Chief Technology Officer & Former Program Manager, Trusted Internet Connections, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

10:30 AM BREAK

10:45 AM Zero Trust Priorities: Enterprise CISA Programs

Moderator: Danny Toler, Senior Vice President, Acuity & Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Matt House, Program Manager, Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

11:45 AM Recruiting for Resilience: HR Strategies for Building a ZT Workforce

Robin Stephens, Acting Chief Human Capital Officer, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

12:15 – 1:15 PM Lunch

1:15 PM Innovation at the Edge: Navigating Generative AI Risks within a Zero Trust Environment

Moderator: Kristin Cooke, Chair, Programming, GTSC & Vice President, Acuity

Manny Medrano, Office Director, Cyber Monitoring and Operations, U.S. Department of State

Sonny Bhagowalia, Assistant Commissioner , Office of Information and Technology & Chief Information Officer, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Yemi Oshinnaiye, Chief Information Officer, Transportation Security Administration, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

2:15 PM International Global Adoption of Zero Trust

Gharun Lacy, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Cyber and Technology Security, Bureau of Diplomatic Security, Department of State

2:45 PM IT Acquisition and Strategy and Priorities

Juan Arratia, Executive Director, Chief of Contracting Office, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

3:15 PM Closing Keynote

David Patrick, Chief Acquisition Executive, Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency, U.S. Department of Homeland Security