NTT Data – GTS Coalition https://gt.gtscoalition.com Advocating for small and mid-size security companies in the Federal security market Mon, 09 Apr 2018 17:43:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 USCIS Day 2016: Mission, Operations & Transformation November 4 https://gt.gtscoalition.com/uscis-day-2016-mission-operations-transformation-november-4/ Sat, 29 Oct 2016 12:35:59 +0000 https://www.gtscoalition.com/?p=6901 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

REGISTER

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!

Guardian Sponsor

Thanks to accenture for their guardian sponsorship of USCIS Day!

Thanks for lunch!

Thanks to NTT Data for providing lunch at USCIS day!
screen-shot-2016-10-29-at-8-24-52-amSupporters of USCIS day 2016

]]> 6/12 MEGA Matchmaking & Mentoring https://gt.gtscoalition.com/612-mega-matchmaking-mentoring/ Wed, 21 May 2014 22:22:36 +0000 https://www.gtscoalition.com/?p=5682 Join the Government Technology & Services Coalition for a day of matchmaking, mentoring and networking to find new teaming partners, mentors and mentor protege relationships!

The Government Technology & Services Coalition and Government Contracting Weekly partnered to recognize exceptional mentors in the government contracting community.

 The awards program recognizes and salutes government contractors for their leadership and concrete actions in assisting small government contracting firms through mentoring, training, inspiration, teaming and cooperation.  The awards recognize that mentoring is critical to the contracting community.  Large firms that mentor small companies play a critical role in saving their Federal clients money and time, commit to putting action behind the mantra of bringing “innovation and creativity” to the Federal mission and bring a higher level of professionalism to the contracting community.

Honoring our Federal Small Business Titans:  

Frank Barros 

Program Analyst, Science & Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Sandra Broadnax 

Director, Small Business Programs, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

Peggy Butler

Deputy Director, Army Office of Small Business Programs, Subcontracting and Mentor Protege Program Manager, U.S. Department of Defense

Elissa Sobolewski 

SBIR Ptorgram Director, Science & Technology Directorate, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

 

Federal Small Business Titan of the YEAR: 

Kevin Boshears
 Director, Office of Small & Disadvantaged Business Utilization, U.S. Department of Homeland Security 

KEYNOTE SPEAKER ANNOUNCED FOR MATCHMAKING SESSION
Les Rose is the Corporate Vice President & President of L3 National Security Solutions group. He also serves as the co-chair of the GTSC Mentor Forum. L-3 NSS’ six operating units deliver full-spectrum cyber operations, enterprise and mission information technology, intelligence operations support and operational infrastructure solutions.
Mr. Rose’s career has spanned over 40 years of management and engineering. Upon completing a successful 20-year career as an officer with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and as an Army pilot, Mr. Rose joined Delta Research Corporation, an L-3 legacy company in 1990. He was promoted to president of Delta Research, and through a series of acquisitions and promotions became president of L-3 STRATIS one of the largest division of the global defense leader. Today Mr. Rose serves as president of both L-3 STRATIS and L-3 NSS. Mr. Rose holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the South Dakota School of Mines & Technology and a Master of Science in Civil Engineering from the University of Michigan.

Are you a small business interested in teaming partners?  Do you work on:

  • information technology
  • identity management
  • configuration management
  • help desk.call center support
  • warfighter support services
  • C4ISR experience
  • Maritime/Port security operations services
  • Wireless Network technical support
  • Health IT
  • information security/information assurance
  • IA support for validation testing
  • logistics support
  • networks services
  • modeling and simulation
  • training courseware capabilities
  • Intelligence Community IT services
  • or other services?

Join us for an afternoon of new contacts, teaming and insight into new market areas.

TENTATIVE AGENDA – GTSC Small Business Mega-Matchmaking & The Mentor Awards

1:00 pm  Introduction

1:15 – 4:00 pm  Matchmaking with GTSC Mentors and other large companies

4:30 pm  Small Business Government Panel

5:30 pm  The Mentor Awards program and reception

Download the Brochure.

Mentors in matchmaking 2014

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