A Secure Cloud & Innovation Experience

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NS2 NOW is a free, virtual, and interactive experience where you will hear how organizations are creating automated and data-driven businesses with next-gen solutions. This year’s program offers input from leaders in both the public and private sectors who are tackling data sovereignty, private and managed clouds, supply chain security, and embracing government security compliance to protect their data.

Keynote Speakers

Malcolm Gladwell

Keynote Speaker

Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants. Malcolm has been named one of the 100 most influential people by TIME magazine and one of the Foreign Policy’s Top Global Thinkers.

Featured Speaker

Erica Keswin

Erica is a workplace strategist who has worked for the past twenty-five years with some of the most iconic brands in the world as a consultant, speaker, author, and professional dot-connector. She helps top-of-the-class businesses, organizations, and individuals improve their performance by honoring relationships in every context.

Welcome

  • Mark Testoni: Morning Keynote
  • Mark Ryland: Dive Deep on Data Security with AWS

Secure Cloud

  • Cloud Innovation and Best Practices
  • Where does your data (want and need to) live?
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Innovation

  • Intersection of Commerce and Government
  • How can commercial innovation be applied to improve government tech?
  • Building a foundation for commercial and government success with new ideas
  • Academic Innovation for All
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Keynote

  • Malcolm Gladwell | The intersection of trust, data, and the future
  • Erica Keswin | The Spaghetti Project: Unlocking the Magic of Rituals at Work
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Featured Speakers

Mark Testoni

Morning Keynote

Malcolm Gladwell

Featured Keynote

Erica Keswin

Featured Guest Speaker

Andrew Taylor

Innovation | Building a foundation for commercial and government success with new ideas.

Cassandra Huguelet

Secure Cloud | How do big organizations solve complex cloud security challenges?

Dean Pianta

Innovation | Blending Commercial Technology for National Security

Doug Lemott

Secure Cloud | Where does your data want and need to live?

Hunter Downey

Secure Cloud | How do big organizations solve complex cloud security challenges?

Jason Beal

Secure Cloud | How do big organizations solve complex cloud security challenges?

Jay Jayamohan

Innovation | Academic Innovation into Mission and Commercial

Jin Choi

Innovation | Building High-Tech Government Solutions for Commercial Success

Joseph Moreno

Secure Cloud | Where does your data want and need to live?

Kyle Rice

Innovation | Moderator
Lisa Beaman

Lisa Beaman

Innovation | Blending Commercial Technology for National Security

Lou Flynn

Lou Flynn

Innovation | Building High-Tech Government Solutions for Commercial Success

Mark Ryland

Secure Cloud | Partnering in the Cloud with AWS

Pria Shah

Innovation | Blending Commercial Technology for National Security

Ron Huff

Innovation | Building High-Tech Government Solutions for Commercial Success

Ron Lloyd

Secure Cloud | Where does your data want and need to live?

Tarrazzia Martin

Innovation | The Intersection of Commerce and Government

Kevin Quinlan

Innovation | Blending Commercial Technology for National Security

Angela Hughes

Moderator | The Spaghetti Project with Erica Keswin

Greg Reeder

Moderator | Keynote Speaker, Malcolm Gladwell

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Featured Keynote Speaker

Malcolm Gladwell

Malcolm Gladwell is the author of five New York Times bestsellers: The Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, What the Dog Saw, and David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants.

He explored how ideas spread in The Tipping Point, decision making in Blink, and the roots of success in Outliers. In his newest book, The Bomber Mafia: A Dream, a Temptation, and the Longest Night of the Second World War Malcolm weaves together the stories of a Dutch genius and his homemade computer, a band of brothers in central Alabama, a British psychopath, and pyromaniacal chemists at Harvard to examine one of the greatest moral challenges in modern American history.

Malcolm is also the host of a 10-part podcast, Revisionist History, now in its sixth season. In the podcast, Malcolm re-examines overlooked or misunderstood past events.

He has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since 1996. He has won a national magazine award and been honored by the Ameri-can Psychological Society and the American Sociological Society. He was previously a reporter for The Washington Post.

Malcolm has been named one of the 100 most influential people by TIME magazine and one of the Foreign Policy’s Top Global Thinkers.

Erica Keswin

Featured Guest Speaker

Erica Keswin

Erica Keswin is a workplace strategist who has worked for the past twenty years with some of the most iconic brands in the world as a consultant, speaker, writer, podcast host and professional dot-connector. Her first book Bring Your Human to Work: Ten Sure-Fire Ways to Design a Workplace That is Good for People, Great for Business, and Just Might Change the World, a Wall Street Journal bestseller in its first week, serves as a powerful guide to a workplace revolution that honors relationships and puts people first.

Erica’s next book, Rituals Roadmap: The Human Way to Transform Everyday Routines Into Workplace Magic (McGraw-Hill 2021) is the authoritative guide to workplace rituals and how they can transform any organization. With workplaces around the world moving to digital platforms in the midst of a global threat, rituals have never been more important to keep individuals and teams feeling psychologically safe and connected to their purpose.

Morning Keynote

Mark Testoni

Mark Testoni serves as chief executive of SAP National Security Services, with responsibility for management, sales, consulting, product support, cloud-delivered applications and infrastructure, and go-to-market strategy for SAP’s most security conscious customers and partners.

In 2013, Testoni founded NS2 Serves, an organization that provides technology training and employment assistance for veterans. To date, 350 veterans have graduated from the program and been placed in high-tech careers.

As a sought after thought leader on cybersecurity and national security issues, he has provided the keynote address at the 2018 World Cyber Congress in London, England. Testoni has appeared in The New York Times, Fast Company, The Wall Street Journal, WIRED and Forbes, and is a recurring guest on CNBC’s Power Lunch, Squawk Box, and Bloomberg TV.

Testoni serves on the board of directors for Haven Cyber Technologies and Best Buddies National Capital Region.

Innovation

Andrew Taylor

Andrew Taylor is a systems engineer in NS2 Mission’s USG line of business who specializes in data management, analytics, and data exploitation.  He is a “Double Hoo” graduate of the University of Virginia.

Secure Cloud

Cassandra Huguelet

Cassandra is the Enterprise Program Manager for the Michigan Department of Treasury, leading the conversion and modernization of legacy systems for Individual Income Tax Processing, Collections, Garnishments and Levies to SAP S/4.

With over 20 years’ experience as an IT consultant responsible for implementing several ERP and large-scale government systems, Cassandra joined the State of Michigan in 2015 to lead the SAP Tax Revenue portfolio for the Department of Technology, Management and Budget. During her tenure, she has been passionate about driving change across the organization to maximize the State’s technology investments.

Speaker - Innovation Panel | Moderator - The Spaghetti Project

Dean Pianta

Dean is the Cloud Director for the National Security Group at SAP NS2. He has over 25 years of experience with the design, development, and delivery of solutions for both public and private sectors. Breaking down information stovepipes and improving both customer and employee experiences have been a central theme across solutions for the Public sector.

Dean brings extensive subject matter expertise (Talent Development, Knowledge Management, Collaboration and eLearning technology) to his current work with the Dept. of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and the Federal Civilian market.

His career spans a broad spectrum of use cases: Marine Corps logistics; Commercial Game Development; Military Training & Simulation; Anti-Money Laundering; Collaboration and eLearning – architecting, training, and consulting globally; Experience Driven Learning; and now, a focus on the Secure, Intelligent Enterprise.

Dean holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from George Mason and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Secure Cloud

Doug Lemott

Doug is Vice President, Cloud Engineering and Operations at NS2 and is responsible for setting application security standards, defining security best practices for managing cloud applications, and evaluating tooling to help enhance NS2’s secure cloud offerings. Previously, he was the Director, Security and Compliance for the Government, Education, and Healthcare sector at VMware, Inc. He provided strategic guidance to define corporate and business unit priorities for VMware product offerings and services to achieve and maintain cybersecurity and compliance requirements across regulated markets. He is a retired Marine officer with an extensive background in IT management, cybersecurity, network/security operations, governance, and compliance

Secure Cloud

Hunter Downey

Hunter is the Go-To-Market Cloud Vice President for the Secure Cloud portfolio. He has been with SAP for over 12 years and has extensive experience with different solutions including ERP, Business Intelligence, HANA and cloud architecture. His role focuses on helping Federal and Aerospace & Defense customers understand the process and benefits of moving into the cloud. He also has deep knowledge of different cloud hyperscalers including Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure.

Secure Cloud

Jason Beal

MPA, PMP
Principal and National Offering Lead
Deloitte Consulting, LLP

Jason leads Deloitte Government & Public Services ERP portfolio and has 30+ years’ experience with large scale digital transformation programs. He has advised 150+ organizations, including many who partner with SAP NS2. He is also faculty in the MBA program at Florida Atlantic University, a former SAP VP of public sector solutions, and an Army veteran.

Innovation

Jay Jayamohan

Jay is the Executive Director of the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Harrisburg University.

He leads the effort to position HU to have a greater impact – economic & social – by bringing innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs together to collaborate on ideas and build ventures. He is also an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University School of Business and Member of Board of Directors at Nova Labs. Jay is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded RollStream, JobNavs and Synteras; raised tens of millions in venture capital and won numerous accolades including ‘Top Supply Chain Vendor, Washington Technology Fast 50 firm. Jay Holds an M.S in Management from George Mason University and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering.

Innovation

Jin Choi

Jin Choi is the Director of Product Management where he manages the portfolio of NS2 products. He partners with teams across NS2 to build, deliver and launch new products. Jin brings two decades of expertise in the areas of tech and business leadership.

Secure Cloud

Joseph Moreno

Joe is the General Counsel of SAP National Security Services.

Prior to joining NS2, he was a Global Litigation partner with Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP in the firm’s New York and Washington DC offices. Joe has more than twenty years of experience advising clients in the defense, technology, cybersecurity and financial services sectors on complex litigation, regulatory and compliance matters.

He is an internationally recognized practitioner and has frequently appeared on BBC, CNN, Fox News, MSNBC and other networks to comment on national security and law enforcement topics.

Innovation

Kyle Rice

Kyle is SAP NS2’s Chief Technology Officer.  IN this role, he focuses on helping Defense and Intelligence Community customers apply commercial approaches and products to their mission. He oversees NS2 Labs, which is part of SAP’s innovation organization — focused on creating new capabilities to support secure defense customers.
Prior to his time with SAP NS2, Kyle spent 20 years in technical leadership positions throughout the U.S. defense and intelligence community. He specialized in designing and delivering large scale data management and analysis systems to help the government address tactical and strategic mission problem sets.

Lisa Beaman

Innovation

Lisa Beaman

Lisa Beaman serves as Director of the NS2 Marketplace Sales & Operations for SAP National Security Services.
Lisa joined NS2 in April 2018 as Director of Strategic Partners and promoted to manage the NS2 Marketplace in January of 2021. The NS2 Marketplace is the one-stop destination for its partners and customers to provide and access the most secure Cloud hosted products, applications, and data available.

Lou Flynn

Innovation

Lou Flynn

Lou is Director, Software Solutions Strategy at SAP National Security Services.
Lou joined NS2 after his service as an expeditionary Data Steward and Analyst in Iraq, Afghanistan, and North Africa during 2004-2016. He is a firm believer that timely and accurate analysis of data assets is an important part of mission success. While not pursuing cutting-edge data solutions for clients, Lou can be found on the soccer pitch, coaching his 5-year-old twins, or leading yoga practice in North Carolina.

Secure Cloud

Mark Ryland

Mark Ryland is the Director of the Office of the Chief Information Security Officer (OCISO) at Amazon Web Service (AWS). Ryland reports to Steve Schmidt, the CISO for AWS, and leads a global team of Security Architects who help customers to understand more deeply how AWS builds and operates its highly secure cloud platform, and how they can best leverage that modern platform to enhance their own IT security. In addition, the OCISO works as a key channel for incoming customer requirements, making sure customer needs in the area of security and compliance are understood and prioritized across AWS engineering and service teams. The OCISO also supports a number mechanisms for deeper customer engagement in the security space, including the bi-annual meetings of CISO Advisory Council, and other regional events and groups. Ryland has more than 27 years of experience in the technology industry across a wide range of leadership roles in cybersecurity, software engineering, distributed systems, technical standardization, and public policy. Most recently he was the Director of Solutions Architecture and Professional Services for the AWS Worldwide Public Sector team, founding the team and growing it to a large global organization from 2011 through early 2018. Prior to AWS, Ryland worked for Microsoft for 13 years in two different stints (1991-2000 and 2008-2011) in multiple roles including Director and founder, Standards Strategy Group. In between stints at Microsoft, he was co-founder and CTO of two start-ups, and served as vice-president of a public policy think tank. 

Innovation

Pria Shah

Pria is a Product Manager at SAP NS2, working with CloudMIXR – a cloud security posture management platform. She has 8 years of experience working in the B2B SaaS space.  Prior to joining NS2, Pria worked at SAP America on the SuccessFactors team.

She’s a technology enthusiast with a passion for building products that simplify, optimize and secure complex processes.

Innovation

Ron Huff

Ron is the Managing Director of SafePass, a company dedicated to keeping global facilities secure with automated visitor management and tracking solutions. In this role, Ron leads the teams responsible for developing innovative products, delivering world-class service and earning investor support.
Ron holds an MBA from the University of Texas and a Bachelor of Science in engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. When not working to make the world a safer place, Ron enjoys playing golf, spending time with family/friends and mentoring others.

Secure Cloud

Ron Lloyd

Admiral Ron Lloyd retired in 2019 after a 38 year career in the Royal Canadian Navy. During his last six years in the RCN, he led the organization’s digital transformation efforts.

He attributes embracing a “People First, Mission Always” culture as being instrumental in the RCN being recognized by Forbes in 2019 as one of Canada’s Best Employers in the Public Sector, the first time ever for the RCN and the only organization in Defence to be so recognized.

Since retirement, Ron continues to try and “make a difference” by providing strategic advice to organizations that are dedicated to bettering the lives of Canadians, whether in Defence and Security or in the public sector.

Innovation

Tarrazzia Martin

Ms. Martin has been named the “Government Transformation Queen” by Federal Computer Week.  She is a senior executive and entrepreneur with over 25 years of leadership and technology experience across multiple market sectors. She is an expert in government practices, to include the areas of digital strategies, strategic planning, public policy, portfolio and performance management, acquisition planning, and program / project management with a keen understanding of how to leverage technology planning,  cyber security, risk management and security operations and implementation methods to deploy business solutions and ensure measurable outcomes.

Innovation

Kevin Quinlan

Kevin is Director of Business Development at SAP NS2. Before joining the private sector, Dr. Quinlan worked in foreign affairs and national security for the federal government. Most recently, as Northeast Regional Director, he launched the Boston office of the National Security Innovation Network, part of the the Defense Innovation Unit at the Department of Defense, while also serving as a Mission Innovation Fellow at MIT’s Innovation Initiative. Previously, he was an international affairs advisor and intelligence analyst at the Department of Energy and the Office of Naval Intelligence, focused mainly on Asian energy, trade, and technology issues. He is the author of numerous classified publications, including Presidential Daily Briefs, as well as a book on the history of British intelligence. He holds an MBA from Georgetown University, a PhD in History from Cambridge University, and a BA from Sarah Lawrence College. 

Moderator - The Spaghetti Project

Angela Hughes

Joining NS2 in June 2019, Angela Hughes works as the director of the CEO office. 

In this role, she’s responsible for streamlining strategic initiatives, overseeing program management, and communicating objectives between departments. Throughout her career, Angela’s played an active role in business management, with a special focus on executive-level advising, marketing and interdepartmental collaboration.

Moderator - Keynote with Malcolm Gladwell

Greg Reeder

Greg’s background spans more than 30 years leading in business, senior government management, and the military. He has experience as a public affairs director, strategic communications manager, web developer, social media advisor, business executive, media division president, information tech consultant, magazine publisher, market analyst, editor, U.S. Marine, and helicopter pilot.

Greg has helped to motivate audiences, smooth media relations, convince policy makers, and show senior leaders the way toward marketing and digital strategy success.  He continues to lead the charge to improve communications, user experiences, digital innovation, and creative media production.

Greg holds a Bachelor’s degree in Aviation Business and an M.B.A. in Technology Management.  He is also a graduate of the Defense Information School and Stanford University design thinking academy.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Platinum Sponsor

Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world’s most comprehensive and broadly adopted cloud platform, offering over 175 fully featured services from data centers globally. Millions of customers —including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises, and leading government agencies—trust AWS to power their infrastructure, become more agile, and lower costs.

Carahsoft

Carahsoft

Carahsoft Technology Corp. is The Trusted Government IT Solutions Provider®, supporting Public Sector organizations across Federal, State and Local Government agencies and Education and Healthcare markets. As the Master Government Aggregator® for our vendor partners, we deliver solutions for Cybersecurity, MultiCloud, DevSecOps, Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, Open Source, Customer Experience and more. Working with resellers, systems integrators and consultants, our sales and marketing teams provide industry leading IT products, services and training through hundreds of contracts.

Microsoft

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. We partner closely with SAP to help our joint customers accelerate their cloud journey.

GoSecure

GoSecure is recognized as a leader and innovator in cybersecurity solutions. The company is the first and only to integrate an Endpoint and Network threat detection platform, Managed Detection and Response Services, and Cloud/SaaS delivery. Together, these capabilities provide the most effective response to the increased sophistication of continuously evolving malware and malicious insiders that target people, processes, and systems. With focus on innovation quality, integrity, and respect, GoSecure has become the trusted provider of cybersecurity products and services to organizations of all sizes, across all industries globally.

AlertEnterprise

At AlertEnterprise digital identity and trust are at the center of everything they do. Their mission is to bring people, processes, data, and technology together in a unique way to help organizations protect what matters most – referred to as Security Convergence. AlertEnterprise develops Security Convergence solutions that deliver identity governance, access management, Security intelligence and compliance validation across enterprise IT, HR, cyber and Physical Security environments.

Highside

HighSide is the global leader in secure collaboration & distributed data access controls. Powered by a distributed private root of trust encryption protocol. HighSide’s suite of products enable organizations to engage securely in a remote first world. Through our zero-trust technology, teams have access to a modern encrypted communications and file sharing platform including voice, video, text and files. HighSide makes security and compliance easy, while reducing the risk of shadow IT and reliance on insecure communications channels.

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