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GTRA Executive Transformational Leadership Meeting

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GTRA and Succeed to Lead are joining forces to provide government leaders a half-day executive-level meeting from our convenient downtown DC location.  The meeting's curriculum is built around the theme "Executive Transformational Leadership" and will educate attendees on the tools and techniques necessary to be effective leaders in our ever-changing environment that includes a new administration, a changing workforce and new technologies such as social networking.

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CLICK HERE TO REGISTER for GTRA Executive Transformational Leadership Meeting


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GTRA Symposium: June 7-9, 2009 - The Homestead, VA

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Tuition Includes:
  • Group Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner Banquets
  • Interactive Presentations, Live Demonstrations, and Boardroom Meetings
  • Extended Networking Breaks
  • Welcome Cocktail Reception
  • Golf Outing
  • Casino Night
Only $599 until April 3rd!

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The GTRA Symposium, June 7-9, 2009 at the Homestead, VA, is designed to provide government CXOs an executive-level forum to learn, collaborate and share best practices across the areas paramount to executing successful IT strategies:  Enterprise Architecture, Security, Green IT, Health IT, Defense and Leadership.The GTRA Symposium converges the  GTRA Council Meetings, ArchitectureGOV, SecureGOV, GreenGOV, Leadership/HRGOV, HealthGOV taking place at the same time and location for true government-wide collaboration.  Each of these  individual councils will have a full program while allowing participants to network and share information across technology areas.

Confirmed Council Members and Speakers

Dr. Suzanne Acar, Principal Date Architect, FBI (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Deedee Akeo, Chief Architect, Business Transformation Agency (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Lynn Allen, Deputy Chief Information Officer for Business and Technology Modernization, HUD (Security Council)
Peter Alterman, Assistant Chief Information Officer, E-Authentication; Chair, Federal PKI Policy Authority, NIH (Security Council)
Gregg Bailey, Former Chief Information Officer, ATF, Justice (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Frank Bauer, Vice President of Programs, Graduate School, USDA (HR Council)
Dr. Scott Bernard, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Federal Railroad Administration, Transportation (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Andrew Blumenthal, Chief Technology Officer, ATF, Justice (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Dr. W. Stan Boddie, PMP, CISSP, Professor of Systems Management, Information Resource Management College, NDU (HR Council)
Dr. Barry Brown, Deputy Director, Enterprise Systems Engineer, Customs and Border Patrol, DHS (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Richard "Dick" Burk, Former Federal Enterprise Architect Program Chief Architect, OMB (Health IT Council)
Michael Castagna, Chief Information Security Officer, Commerce (Security Council)
Marian Cody, CISO, HUD (Security Council)
Colleen Coggins, Chief Architect, Interior (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Doreen Cox
, Chief Architect, Customs & Border Protection Department, DHS (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Kevin Deeley, Chief Information Security Officer, Justice (Security Council)
Brian Doerk, Senior Enterprise Architect, PMP, Treasury (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Steve Elky, Chief Information Security Officer, Library of Congress (Security Council)
Norman Enger, Former Director, Human Resources Line of Business Program Management Office, OPM (HR Council)
Ylanda Ford, Director, Enterprise Architecture, OCIO, HUD (Enterprise Architecture Council) Christopher Fornecker, Chief Technology Officer, Integrated Acquisition Environment, GSA (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Sharon Fratta-Hill, Ph.D., VP of Academic Programs and Continuing Education, Graduate School, USDA (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Ira Grossman, Chief Enterprise Architect, Federal Emergency Management Agency (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Ned Goldberg, Chief Information Security Officer, FDIC (Security Council)
Chris Hardy, Director, e-Learning and Technology Center, DAU (HR Council)
Kenneth Heitkamp, Assistant Chief Information Officer for LifeCycle Management, Air Force (Security Council)
Dennis Heretick, Former Chief Information Security Officer, Justice (Security Council)
Patrick Howard, Chief Information Security Officer, NRC (Security Council)
Brad Harshman, Chief Enterprise Architect, National Nuclear Security Administration, Energy (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Randolph C. Hite, Director, IT Architecture & Systems Issues, GAO (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Marlene Howze, Chief Architect/Enterprise Architecture Program Manager, Labor (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Jack Israel, Chief Technology Officer, FBI (Security Council)
Richard Klemmer, Chief Enterprise Architect, NTIA, Commerce (Enterprise Architecture Council) 
Mischel Kwon
, Director, US-CERT, DHS (Security Council)
Mary Lacey,
Deputy Program Director, AEGIS Ballistic Missile Defense, Missile Defense Agency (Security Council)
Kevin Lawson
, Branch Chief, Applications Development Branch, TSA (Enterprise Architecture Council) Phillip Loranger, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Education (Security Council)
Mary McCaffery, Senior Advisor, Assistant Administrator, EPA (Enterprise Architecture Council) Michael McFarren, Senior Principal, Information Systems Engineer, MITRE (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Debra McKeldin, Chief Enterprise Architect, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS (Enterprise Architecture Council)
John McManus, Former Deputy Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer, Commerce (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Randy Maples, CEA, Deputy Chief Information Officer ­ Management, FTC (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Ethel Matthews, Senior Advisor to Chief Information Officer, Security and Privacy, SBA (Security Council)
Margaret Mech, Chief Information Security Officer, FTC (Security Council)
Matt Newman, Professor of Systems Management, NDU (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Jillian O'Connell, Chief, Enterprise Investment and Information Management, US Geological Survey (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Walt Okon, Chief Architect, DoD Information Sharing Architecture & Interoperability, Networks and Information Integration, Chief Information Officer, Office of Secretary Of Defense, Defense (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Bajinder Paul, Chief Information Officer of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Treasury (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Richard Prentiss, Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Thrift Supervision, Treasury (Security Council)
Joe Rose, Chief Architect, Education (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Larry Ruffin, Chief Information Security Officer, Interior (Security Council)
Timothy Ruland, Chief Information Security Officer, Census Bureau (Security Council)
Peter Sand, Director of Privacy Technology, DHS (Security Council)
Dr. Ronald Sanders, Associate Director of National Intelligence for Human Capital, Chief Human Capital Officer, DNI (HR Council)
Marco Santini, Deputy Director, Customer Accounts & Research, GSA (HR Council)
Daud Santosa, Chief Technology Officer, National Business Center, Interior (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Michael Schievelbein, Enterprise Architect, Mineral Revenue Management Office, Interior (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Frederick Schobert, Chief Technology Officer, Federal Acquisition Office¹s Integrated Technology Services, GSA (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Tim Schmidt, Chief Technology Officer, Transportation (Mobile and Wireless Council)
Joe Seger, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Interior (Security Council)
Donna K. Seymour, Associate Chief Information Officer for IT Policy Oversight/OST Chief Information Officer, Transportation (Enterprise Architecture Council)
John Sullivan
, Chief Architect and Associate Director, EPA (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Peter Sullivan, Director, Office of the Chief Information Officer, Labor (Enterprise Architecture Council) Eric Sweden, Chief Enterprise Architect, NASCIO (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Harry Tabak, IT Security Officer and Enterprise Architect, National Weather Service (Enterprise Architecture Council)
George Thomas, Chief Enterprise Architect, GSA (Enterprise Architecture Council)
James Trinka, Director, Training and Technical Development, FAA (HR Council)
Arleas Upton-Kea, Director, Division of Administration, FDIC (HR Council)
Brian Wilczynski, Director, Enterprise Architecture & Standards, DoD (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Dennis Wisnosky, Chief Architect, Chief Technical Officer, Business Mission Area, Defense (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Paul Wormeli, Executive Director, Integrated Justice Information Systems Institute (Enterprise Architecture Council)
Dr. Robert "Rocky" Young, Associate Professor of Systems Management, NDU (Enterprise Architecture Council) 
David Zeppieri, Chief Information Officer, Overseas Private Investment Corporation (Enterprise Architecture Council)


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