Speakers

Lisa Frank is currently serving as the Senior Data Architect for the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Bureau of the Fiscal Service (Fiscal Service). Responsible for Data Management and Architecture under the Chief Data Officer, and shepherding the Bureau as the Chief Data Steward, Ms. Frank advises on key IT modernization initiatives, and leads the Bureau’s innovative and cutting-edge Fiscal Data Hub project which is revolutionizing the way Fiscal delivers data.  

Ms. Frank established herself as a cutting-edge IT and Data professional, and prides herself as a life-long learner. Her career led her to obtain her Masters of Science in Data Analytics from the School of Engineering at National University, and has always been focused around technology-based initiatives, from supporting DoD Treaty negotiations in the 90s, to supporting Congressional negotiations/budgeting as a DoD contractor, to her more recent experiences leading multiple technology, governance, and architecture teams.  

Ms. Frank previously led the Grants Management Modernization Data Architecture team at FEMA which supported the consolidation of FEMA’s 9 grant systems into a single system, reducing the Grants footprint, streamlining the grants management processes, and modernizing its aging systems and architectures.  Her broad technology and data-centric background within DoD, Congress, and thorough supporting/collaborating with multiple federal Bureaus/Agencies has given her a comprehensive knowledgebase which allows her to support a multitude of issues.  A firm believer in Data-Driven decision-making and analytics, Ms. Frank advocates theories surrounding understanding your data, managing your data within your infrastructure, and data modeling for the future.

Quote: “Treat your data as an enterprise asset”.  

Jonathan Entwistle is IBM's US Federal Expert Labs Chief Technology Officer. Jonathan has been working with clients across the US Government for 15 years and holds a degree in Predictive Analytics and Machine Learning from Northwestern University. He currently resides in the Washington DC area with his wife and two boys.

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Elizabeth Lowery is experienced in designing, implementing, and analyzing surveys across a variety of methodologies and topics. Her recent projects include customer satisfaction, benchmarking, brand awareness, and message testing for federal government agencies, government contractors, Fortune 500 companies, and nonprofits. Elizabeth is involved in both quantitative and qualitative research projects with tasks ranging from online and telephone survey management to focus group coordination. She is involved in all phases of the quantitative research process including questionnaire design, programming, managing data collection, cleaning and coding data, performing statistical analyses, quality assurance, and preparing client reports.

Prior to joining Market Connections, Elizabeth worked as a marketing research analyst for Marine Corps Community Services in Twentynine Palms, CA. There she coordinated research for Marine Corps facilities, events, programs, and services from start to finish measuring customer satisfaction, advertising effectiveness, and brand awareness. She managed all aspects of each project including designing surveys, managing data collection, analyzing data, and creating results reports based on research findings.

Elizabeth holds an M.B.A with a marketing concentration from Liberty University and a B.S. in psychology with double minors in marketing and business administration from Radford University.

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 Colonel Matthew Paul was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in 1999 and served in several Infantry assignments prior to his selection into the Acquisition Corps.  He served as an Infantry Officer across multiple assignments at home and abroad.  Colonel Paul served as a Rifle Platoon Leader and Mortar Platoon Leader in the 3rd Infantry Division, and was then selected to serve multiple Company Command assignments in the Infantry Training Brigade, TRADOC.  After graduating from the Infantry Captain’s Career Course, Colonel Paul served as a Brigade Assistant Operations Officer and Heavy Weapons Company Commander in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault).

Colonel Paul transitioned into the Acquisition Corps in 2009 and completed several Acquisition assignments across multiple Program Executive Offices, the Army Staff, and the Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC).  He initially served as a Test Officer for the Future Combat Systems Program, and later, Program Executive Office (PEO) for Integration. He then served as Assistant Product Manager for ISR Sensors in PEO IEW&S, supporting the Grey Eagle UAS Program.  Colonel Paul was selected to serve as a Department of the Army Systems Coordinator supporting Aircraft Survivability Equipment programs.  During his tenure on the Army Staff, Colonel Paul also served as the Executive Officer for the Aviation and Intelligence Directorate for ASA (ALT), and served as the Low Observable, Counter-Low Observable Tri-Service Committee Manager in the Special Programs Directorate.  Prior to selection as Product Manager, he served as an Evaluation Officer and ATEC System Team (AST) Chair for Aerial ISR sensors and served as Senior Acquisition Advisor to the Aviation and Fires Evaluation Directorate in ATEC. 

Colonel Paul served as a Product Manager for Intelligence Systems & Analytics (IS&A), under PEO IEW&S, from 2017-2020. IS&A delivers the Army’s software-intensive intelligence systems, including an ACAT I Major Defense Acquisition Program. During his tenure, COL Paul was responsible for modernizing intelligence applications at the tactical edge and implementing a new intelligence big-data management solution for the Army Intelligence enterprise.  

Colonel Paul currently serves as Project Manager, Mission Command under PEO, Command, Control and Communications-Tactical. His responsibilities include total lifecycle management for software-intensive fires systems, the Command Post Computing Environment, the Mounted Computing Environment, and tactical cyber solutions. 

Colonel Paul holds a Bachelor of the Arts Degree from Rowan University, a Master of Science Degree from Austin Peay State University, and a Master of Science in Government Information Leadership from National Defense University.  He is a graduate of the Infantry Officer Basic Course, Infantry Captain’s Career Course, Intermediate Level Education, and Senior Service College.  He is Level III certified in Program Management, and Level II certified in Test and Evaluation.  

Colonel Paul’s awards and decorations include the Bronze Star (2 awards), Meritorious Service Medal (4 awards), Army Commendation Medal (6 awards), Army Achievement Medal (2 awards), Global War on Terror Service and Expeditionary Medals, Iraq and Afghanistan Campaign Medals, the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, and the Army Staff Badge.