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Agencies are under pressure to adopt generative AI. The stakes are high — done right, AI improves operations, bolsters cybersecurity and speeds up decision-making. Done wrong, it creates more problems than it solves.
Defense agencies focus on security, intelligence and real-time threat detection. Civilian agencies need AI to improve service delivery and operational efficiency. But across the board, leaders face the same roadblocks: security risks, compliance challenges and the sheer scale of data.
Join GovExec and Elastic as government and industry experts detail what’s working, what’s not and how agencies can use AI effectively — without getting buried in complexity. This webinar will cover how defense and civilian agencies approach AI differently, what the latest executive orders mean for implementation and provide a practical roadmap for adoption that avoids pitfalls and maximizes impact.
Too many agencies struggle with siloed data, slow insights and AI tools that don’t deliver real results. This webinar will show how to cut through the noise, manage growing data demands and ensure AI delivers results that actually support your mission.
Speakers
Colonel Nathan Iven
Acting Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Cyber and Data (SF/S6)
Department of Space Force
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Colonel Nathan Iven
Acting Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Cyber and Data (SF/S6)
Department of Space Force
Colonel Nathan L. Iven is the Acting Deputy Chief of Space Operations for Cyber and Data (SF/S6), United States Space Force, at the Pentagon, Arlington, Virginia. His key responsibilities include leveraging cutting-edge technologies to drive digital transformation across the USSF, overseeing the fulfillment of information technology requirements, managing USSF data assets, providing analytical support to all staff elements, and streamlining Cyber Operations, Cybersecurity, Communications, Information Technology (3CIT), and data management functions within the organization.
Colonel Iven is a graduate of Cornell University and was commissioned in 1996. He has served in a variety of operational space, missile, intelligence, and cyber assignments including Minuteman III Combat Crew, Satellite Operations, and 614th Air Operations Center Combat Operations. Colonel Iven directed foundational intelligence analysis, served as an Air Force Major Command staff officer, and Wing Chief of Safety. He supported theater space operations as the Liaison Officer to Joint Functional Component Commander for Space and served as the Director of Strategy and Plans, securing, operating, and defending the Department of Defense Information Network.
Colonel Iven commanded the Counter Space Analysis Squadron at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. Prior to his current position, Colonel Iven was the Military Deputy, Science, Technology and Research, Headquarters United States Space Force.
Sean MacKirdy
AVP DoD
Elastic
Sean has over 25 years of experience in the IT Industry. His career began in Software Development and Unix Systems Administration, moved to High Performance Computing with Silicon Graphics, and then transitioned to Sales and Sales Leadership with Cisco. In his nearly 18 years at Cisco, Sean worked in the US Public Sector for 12 years and in Country Leadership outside of the United States in Cisco’s Emerging Markets Group for 6 years.
In the years since leaving Cisco, Sean was the VP of Digital Transformation for a SLED-focused Partner in the Rocky Mountain Region (Advanced Network Management); Sales Director for the US Air Force and COCOMs at Splunk; and, most recently, Sales Leader for the US DoD at Cohesity. Today Sean leads Elastic's US DoD efforts. He is passionate about connecting customers with the right technology portfolio to solve problems in the spaces of Predictive Analytics, AI and Machine Learning, Data Fusion, and more.
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