Open Source in Mission Critical Operations

Mission Critical Operations takes on new meaning when the mission is saving lives and defending our nation. Learn how agencies are utilizing open source technologies when everything is on the line.

About the Speakers:

Rob Wolborsky, a member of the Navy’s Acquisition Professional Community, was selected as PMW 160’s Program Manager in January 2005. Mr. Wolborsky is responsible for tactical C4I systems to include Network Services and Transport, Network Systems, Crypto and Key Management and Network Management and Security. He leads the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) effort, a transformational initiative to implement a common computing environment and service oriented architecture afloat.

Mr. Paul D. Schoen is the Executive Director for the Infrastructure Software Development group which includes the development and deployment of the System of System Common Operating Environment (SOSCOE) as part of the Future Combat System (FCS) Army program. Prior to this assignment, Paul was in the Boeing Phantom Works organization responsible for the development of advance Net Centric software applications and the Tactical Domain SOA that was the predecessor of SOSCOE. Paul also served as the Laboratory Strategic Leader for Simulation, system integration and software development laboratories for the Enterprise Labs organization of Phantom Works.

Don Burke is a leading proponent of the Enterprise 2.0 ethos within the
Intelligence Community and is currently the "Intellipedia Doyen", which is a
role he has held since the spring of 2006. In this role he is partnered with
other early adopters in an effort to demonstrate the value of social
software tools, educate the Community on how to use these tools, and
advocate for improvements to the environment with the goal of improving our
ability to capture our knowledge and expertise. Mr. Burke is currently
employed by the CIA's Chief Information Officer and has a diverse 19+ year
background in the Federal Government working a wide range of technical and
analytical issues including collection, technical analysis, congressionally
directed actions, direct support to operations, project management, advanced
visualization technologies, software development, budgeting, and management.

John Scott is the Director of Open Source Software and Integration at Mercury Federal Systems with deep expertise in engineered systems and bridging the gap between decision-makers, scientists and engineers to develop policies for acquiring and deploying new technologies in the Department of Defense and US Government. He has focused his career on investigating and developing ideas for how large organizations design, construct and evolve extremely complex systems to meet National Security needs.

Michael Howard is the Director of Open Systems Architecture for QinetiQ North America.  He was formally the Command and Control (C2) Deputy Chief Engineer for SPAWAR Systems Center Atlantic (SSC-LANT) where he oversaw system engineering and integration across C2 programs.  He has been recognized for his efforts in Service Oriented Architectures (SOA), Master Data Management (MDM), System of Systems (SoS) Engineering, and SoS Integration. In his current position, he is responsible for transitioning C2 systems to Open Source Technologies and to a Service Oriented Environment. As one of the leading Service Oriented Architectures (SOA) authorities, he is currently leveraging an open source SOA approach as an enterprise integration enabler. Mr. Howard holds a BS in Computer Engineering from the University of South Carolina.