CIO & Executive Leadership Summit
Speakers
Pending Agency Approval
Capacine Abdul-Aziz
Deputy Executive Director, Border Enforcement & Management Systems Directorate
US Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Capacine Abdul-Aziz
Deputy Executive Director, Border Enforcement & Management Systems Directorate
US Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Pending Agency Approval
Dr. Dan Corbin
Chief Technical Advisor IC4
Office of the Deputy Command for Information, United States Marine Corps
Dr. Dan Corbin
Chief Technical Advisor IC4
Office of the Deputy Command for Information, United States Marine Corps
Dr. Corbin currently serves as the Chief Technical Advisor (CTA) of the Command, Control, Communications, and Computers (C4) division in the Office of the Deputy Command for Information, United States Marine Corps. In this capacity, he is the Senior Information Security Officer and provides advice for all matters pertaining to identification and validation of IT requirements, lead for continuing assessment and identification of promising emerging C4 and IT for exploitation and application in the war fighting and business domains.
Prior to his current assignment, he served as the Program Manager for USMC Information Systems and IT Infrastructure at the Marine Corps Systems Command in which he is responsible for the over 120 systems critical to the USMC’s business and IT operations. His previous senior acquisition assignments include the Program Manager for the ACAT ID MAIS Global Command Support System, Navy DIHMRS Program Manager, and the Next Generation Enterprise Networks Deputy Program Manager.
He served in the Navy for over twenty years in numerous jobs ashore and at sea in complex operational and acquisition billets. Jobs that include the Principle Investigator for the networked Anti-Submarine Warfare Sensor Performance Prediction Tactical Decision Aids; the Electronics Material Officer in the SECOND FLEET Command Ship, USS Mount Whitney (LCC-20); APM for the Remote Minehunting System in the Program Executive Office for Mine and Undersea Warfare; the NMCI Performance Department Head at the Direct Reporting Program Manager NMCI Office; the Division Head for the Chief of Naval Operations’ Enterprise Information Technology-Resource & Assessment Division.
His education includes a BS in Mathematics from University of Florida, MS in Computer Science (Networks, Graphics, and Distributed Simulation) from the Naval Post Graduate School, a MS in National Resource Strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces and a Doctorate of Management from the University of Maryland University College.
Pending Agency Approval
George Costa
Insider Threat Specialist
U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce
George Costa
Insider Threat Specialist
U.S. Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce
Karen Cummings
Information Systems Security Manager
Operation StormBreaker, U.S. Marine Corps
Karen Cummings
Information Systems Security Manager
Operation StormBreaker, U.S. Marine Corps
Pending Agency Approval
Jeanette Duncan
Chief Information Officer
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
Jeanette Duncan
Chief Information Officer
Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency
Ms. Jeanette M. Duncan, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is the Chief Information Officer, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Financial Management and Comptroller, Washington, D.C. In this capacity, she provides executive leadership and direction, broad technical knowledge, skill and experience on all technology, innovation and financial transformation matters. Ms. Duncan also ensures development of enterprise operational and system architecture; sets standards, integrates enterprise-wide information technology projects; and advocates for resources required to support innovation and transformation of financial management systems across the Air Force and in support of the Defense Enterprise Account Management system to support the warfighter. Additionally, she supports the principal adviser to the Assistant Secretary and the Air Force senior staff on all issues involving the amended Chief Financial Officers Act of 1990 and related financial management reforms.
Prior to her current position, she was the CIO for National Endowment of the Arts. Ms. Duncan served in the U.S. Army, has lived and traveled to more than 40 countries, scuba dives, cycles, and has two adult children and eight grandchildren.
Pending Agency Approval
Dr. Eileen Oni
Chief Data Officer, Office of Evaluation, Performance and Reporting
National Institutes of Health
Dr. Eileen Oni
Chief Data Officer, Office of Evaluation, Performance and Reporting
National Institutes of Health
Eileen Oni received a bachelors in Biological Sciences from Rowan University and PhD in Cell and Developmental Biology from Rutgers University. Her Ph.D. work focused on using adult induced pluripotent stem cell-derived neurons to identify the role of genetic variants in addiction behaviors. Eileen is an alumnus National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine’s Christine Mirzayan Science and Technology Policy Fellowship, where she worked with the Committee on Science, Technology, and Law on projects involving Dual Use Research of Concern and Future of Voting. As an AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow at the National Science Foundation, Eileen performed portfolio analyses, crafted and edited funding solicitations, and developed content for outreach reports and materials for the Broadening Participation in Engineering program and NSF INCLUDES Initiative. At the National Institutes of Health, Eileen was a Health Science Policy Analyst in the National Institute of General Medical Sciences. Eileen is currently the Chief Data Officer in the Director’s in the Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives (DPCPSI) in the Office of the Director (OD). Eileen provides data analytics, evaluation, and policy expertise to lead projects that develop data infrastructure, knowledge management, and analytics in support of OEPR’s mission.
Pending Agency Approval
Victoria Pillitteri
Manager, Security Engineering and Risk Management Group
NIST
Victoria Pillitteri
Manager, Security Engineering and Risk Management Group
NIST
Ms. Victoria Yan Pillitteri is a supervisory computer scientist in the Computer Security Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Ms. Pillitteri is the Manager of the Security Engineering and Risk Management Group and leads the Risk Management Framework team/Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Implementation Project. In that role, she develops the suite of risk management guidance used for managing cybersecurity risk in the federal government and coordinates the associated stakeholder outreach and public-private sector collaboration efforts. Ms. Pillitteri leads the Joint Task Force working group, a partnership with the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and Civilian Agencies to develop a unified security framework to protect the U.S. Government from cyber-attacks, and is co-chair of the Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum hosted by NIST.
Ms. Pillitteri previously led programs in smart grid and cyber-physical systems cybersecurity, worked on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, the Privacy Framework, and served as a program analyst in the NIST Office of the Director.
Ms. Pillitteri holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and an M.S. in Computer Science with a concentration in Information Assurance from The George Washington University. She has completed the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program, receiving an SES certification by the OPM Qualifications Review Board. Ms. Pillitteri is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).
Dave Raley
Chief Digital Services Officer
Marine Corps Community Services
Dave Raley
Chief Digital Services Officer
Marine Corps Community Services
Dave Raley is the Chief Digital Service Officer at Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS), where he leads enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives that directly impact the quality of life for Marines and their families. As the founder of MCCS’s innovation capability and the architect behind its customer experience (CX) modernization strategy, Dave has redefined how mission-critical services are delivered across the Marine Corps.
He is the visionary behind Operation StormBreaker, a pioneering DevSecOps and pipeline-as-a-service framework that accelerates secure software delivery across the Department of War. Under his leadership, MCCS achieved the Marine Corps’ first authority-to-operate (ATO) via automated continuous delivery—setting a new benchmark for speed, compliance, and agility in government software development.
Dave’s work has been featured in Fed Gov Today, FedScoop, Federal News Network, GovCIO, and the ATARC Federal IT Newscast podcast, where he shares insights on agile ATOs, CX innovation, and cloud modernization. He also co-authored a ATARC cATO working group feature clarifying-cloud-foundations-atarc-cato-wg-white-paper2.12.26.pdf. His efforts have saved MCCS an estimated $100K per application per month by reducing the cost of delay and streamlining acquisition and accreditation processes.
A frequent speaker at DoW, federal IT events and the government co-chair of ATARC’s cATO Working Group, Dave brings a mission-first mindset to every conversation—bridging the gap between emerging technology and operational impact.
Pending Agency Approval
Michael Terry
Chief Information Officer
Peace Corps
Michael Terry
Chief Information Officer
Peace Corps
Pending Agency Approval
Dr. Ajay Vatave
Assistant DirectorOffice of Evaluation, Performance, and Reporting
National Health Institutes
Dr. Ajay Vatave
Assistant DirectorOffice of Evaluation, Performance, and Reporting
National Health Institutes
Dr. Vatave is a public health physician with nearly 20 years clinical, technical and managerial experience across public and private sectors. In the NIH Office of Evaluation, Performance and Reporting he led the development of the trans - NIH Evaluation Plan and Learning Agendas, he also supports NIH performance reporting and is the architect behind a new integrated platform for tracking and reporting on NIH research investments and outcomes.
Pending Agency Approval
Tyanna Villarreal
Chief Procurement Officer
Marine Corps Community Services
Tyanna Villarreal
Chief Procurement Officer
Marine Corps Community Services
Pending Agency Approval
Christopher Wallace
Chief of Cybersecurity, Program Executive Office
Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Christopher Wallace
Chief of Cybersecurity, Program Executive Office
Defense Healthcare Management Systems
Mr. Christopher Wallace serves as the Chief of Cybersecurity for the Program Executive Office, Defense Healthcare Management Systems, where he leads the organization in innovating and modernizing efforts for a stronger and better protected enterprise. He leads a team charged with fortifying the nation’s health care management systems, anchored on a strategic blend of information security and network security. His application of rigorous policies and proactive strategy drives PEO DHMS to preempt adversarial threats, contributing to the safeguarding of critical infrastructures and bolstering national security.
PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND
In 2019, Mr. Wallace joined PEO DHMS as the lead Information System Security Manager.
Before joining PEO DHMS, he worked for the Defense Forensics and Biometrics Agency, where he worked to rebuild and strengthen a cyber program that was charged to protect national security. His career includes working for Aberdeen Proving Ground, where he ran cybersecurity compliance at the Regional Network Enterprise Center preparing and inspecting military installations for the Command Cyber Readiness Inspections. He also worked for the Department of Defense at the Network Enterprise Center Fort Detrick, MD. He served nearly 10 years in the US military as an Infantryman.
EDUCATION
Mr. Wallace holds an M.S. in Strategic Information and Cyberspace Studies from the National
Defense University, an M.S. in Computer and Information Systems Security/Information
Assurance from Capitol Technology University. He earned a B.S. in Computer Science and
Network Security from Shepherd University.
Garrett Lee
RVP, Public Sector Sales
Broadcom, Enterprise Security Group
Garrett Lee
RVP, Public Sector Sales
Broadcom, Enterprise Security Group
Garrett Lee is the Regional Vice President of the Enterprise Security Group at Broadcom (ESG). He is responsible for Broadcom's U.S. Public Sector go-to-market for the combined portfolio of Symantec and Carbon Black solutions for Information, Network, Endpoint and Application Security. The Enterprise Security Group delivers legendary enterprise security solutions to protect any IT mission. Over the last 23 years, Mr. Lee has energetically contributed to the U.S. Public Sector’s IT mission with a focus on efficiently advancing our Nation’s critical cybersecurity defenses and programs. Garrett has enthusiastically supported U.S. Federal Agency, Prime Contractor, and U.S. State & Local customers alike in their evaluation and implementation of enterprise security capabilities such as software asset management, application control, incident response, data loss prevention, network security, endpoint detection & response and cloud-native endpoint protection.
Tom Suder
Founder
ATARC
Tom Suder
Founder
ATARC