2024 Homeland Security Summit | Potomac Officers Club
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WHAT
Monumental changes and developments across the global geopolitical landscape in recent years have played a key role in shaping the United States’ homeland security strategies and priorities. Protecting our homeland from evolving threats is top of mind for the U.S. government in this particularly complex era of defense and security. As competition intensifies between the world’s major players, new pacing challenges, vulnerabilities and security concerns are uncovered. Join the Potomac Officers Club’s Annual Homeland Security Summit to learn more about the country’s most significant threats and what’s being done to thwart them.
Keynote Speakers
Bridget Bean
Executive Director
U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Steven Cash
Senior Advisor to the Under Secretary for Intelligence & Analysis Executive Director, Intelligence Enterprise Program Office
Office of Intelligence & Analysis
Lisa MacDonald
Director, Identity Capabilities Management Division, Office of Biometric Identity Management (OBIM)
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Speakers
Scott Ariotti
Senior Program Manager
Capgemini Government Solutions
Gary Barber
Vice President and Chief Technology Officer
LMI
VADM (Ret.) Sean Buck
President
National Training and Simulation Association
Jason Cardone
Strategic Account Executive
Cloudera Government Solutions
Dana Chisnell
Executive Director for the Customer Experience Directorate
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Sean Duguay
President and Chief Revenue Officer
M9 Solutions
Brian Durden
Sr. Solutions Architect
Rancher Government Solutions (RGS)
Oksana Fiedler
Vice President, National Security
Acuity
Matt Gilkeson
Chief Technology Officer/Chief Data Officer, Information Technology
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Michael Hardee
Chief Architect, Law Enforcement and Justice
Red Hat
Daniel Hettema
Director of Digital Engineering, Modeling & Simulation (DEM&S)
Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD R&E)
Mark Landis
Director of Business Development for the Homeland Security
Capgemini
David Lindenbaum
GenAI Center of Excellence Lead
Accenture Federal Services
Sunil Madhugiri
Chief Technology Officer
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Dan McGuan
Sr. Director of Technical Sales
Rancher Government Solutions (RGS)
Eric McLoughlin
Deputy Assistant Director
Homeland Security Investigations
Phil Miller
Senior Vice President, Law Enforcement & Judiciary Programs
Procentrix
Dr. David Mussington
Executive Assistant Director for Infrastructure Security
U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
Sarah Nolbaum
Program Manager
Highlight Technologies
Janet Pence
Acting Director, CBP Experience Division, Office of the Commissioner,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Joshua Powell
Deputy Chief AI Officer, Office of the Commissioner
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Michael Prado
Deputy Assistant Director, DHS Cyber Crimes Center (C3)
Homeland Security Investigations
Elizabeth Puchek
Chief Data Officer (OCDO)
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS)
Scott Recinos
SVP, Homeland Security Market
LMI
Ryan Riccucci
U.S. Border Patrol Division Chief, Senior Advisor Mission Integration
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
Bob Ritchie
Chief Technology Officer
SAIC
Kristin Ruiz
Deputy Assistant Administrator and Deputy Chief Information Officer
Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
Timothy Schaad
Vice President & Technical Director, Federal Civilian Sector
ManTech
Chynna Sherry
Director, DHS
ECS
Agenda
| 7:00am | 8:00am | Networking Reception |
| 8:00am | 8:05am | Welcome & Opening Remarks |
| 8:05am | 8:45am | Opening Keynote: Bridget Bean Keynote Introducer: Scott Recinos |
| 8:45am | 9:20am | Morning Keynote: Steven Cash Keynote Introducer: Mark Landis |
| 9:20am | 9:50am | Networking Break |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel A: Finding Workforce Efficiencies through AI/ML Implementation: Gary Barber (Moderator), Mike Hardee, Josh Powell and Mike Prado |
| 9:50am | 10:50am | Panel B: The Role of Real Time 3D Simulation to Transform the Homeland Mission Enterprise: Scott Ariotti (Moderator), VADM (Ret.) Sean Buck, Eric McLoughlin, Dr. David Mussington and Timothy Schaad |
| 10:50am | 11:00am | Break |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel A: DHS's New AI Corps: Sean Duguay (Moderator), Matt Gilkeson, Phil Miller and Elizabeth Puchek |
| 11:00am | 12:00pm | Panel B: Addressing the Data Problem to Prepare the Enterprise for AI: Daniel Hettema, David Lindenbaum, Ryan Riccucci and Chynna Sherry (Moderator) |
| 12:00pm | 1:00pm | Networking Lunch |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel A: Transforming Government Operations: Achieving Efficiency through Hyperautomation and IT Modernization: Oksana Fiedler (Moderator), Sunil Madhugiri, and Bob Ritchie |
| 1:00pm | 2:00pm | Panel B: Case Studies of Successful CX Initiatives: Dana Chisnell, Sarah Nolbaum (Moderator), Janet Pence and Kristin Ruiz |
| 2:00pm | 2:30pm | Networking Break |
| 2:30pm | 3:05pm | Fireside Chat: Accelerate AI with Trusted Data: Jason Cardone and Kristin Ruiz |
| 3:05pm | 3:40pm | Closing Keynote: Lisa MacDonald Keynote Introducer: Sean DuGuay |
| 3:40pm | 3:50pm | Closing Comments |
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