Paul Puckett is passionate about solving problems for national security by finding the
unique blend of people, process, and technology to support the mission. With over 15 years’ experience supporting the public sector, Paul has served as a senior executive in both federal and commercial organizations driving outcomes along the digital transformation journey. From incepting DevOps in the most secure and contested environments, to enabling the first Continuous ATO in the federal government, to catalyzing the cloud
modernization of the world’s third largest organization; Paul loves turning challenges into capabilities for the United States and our allies.

David Miller joined PNNL in 2016 and is currently the Cloud Operation Team Lead. With over 30 years of experience in IT leadership positions in the technology (Microsoft, Nokia, Boeing) and financial (Capital One, ING Direct) sectors, David and his team work directly with research teams across all of PNNL’s mission areas, helping them to deploy their solutions. across Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and the Google Cloud Platform.

David is the Head of Business Development leading the AWS storage services go-to-market
strategy for the U.S. Federal market. David has been with AWS for 3 years and 4 months. He has
a long and successful track record of supporting the U.S. Federal Government agency missions
for over 35 years. David’s background is in data and storage management, advanced data
analytics, modern data architecture, data science, network infrastructure and cybersecurity.

Prior to joining AWS, David held senior leadership, sales engineering, and strategic technical
sales positions with Dell EMC, DLT Solutions, Oracle, Blue Coat Systems, Tableau, EMC and Cisco Systems.

David is passionate about accelerating the U.S. Government’s data-driven, mission decision-
making capabilities through cloud migration, modernization, automation and digital
transformation.

David holds professional certifications in cybersecurity (ISC2 Certified Information Systems
Security Professional – CISSP), AWS cloud services (AWS Cloud Practitioner), data science (DellEMC Data Science Professional), and Cisco networking (Cisco Certified Internetworking Expert – CCIE). David also holds a professional certification and healthcare provider license in emergency medical services (National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians – NREMT-B) and the Virginia Department of Health Office of Emergency Medical Services – EMT-B).

David is a data futurist and speaker regularly offering insight into disruptive technology trends
and opportunities to advance governments, society and humanity. He advises government,
academia, boards and industry in evolving technologies.

In his spare time and in the community, David volunteers as an Emergency Medical Technician
(EMT) for Loudoun County Fire and Rescue (Loudoun County, Virginia, USA), he pilots drones as an FAA-licensed drone pilot and volunteers his skills as a data scientist to help non-profits and
government organizations solve social problems with data.

Kirk is CTO for Americas and leads a team of Deputy CTOs in the Global Office of Strategy and Technology. He is responsible for developing GTM strategies, solution architectures and partner initiatives for the Chief Commercial Officer. His activities focus on secure and scalable data services for hybrid cloud or traditional IT environments. His current research explores applied use cases for NetApp Machine Learning and AI (ML/AI) software for data management systems. He has deep technical knowledge of Public Sector Infrastructures especially within the DoD and the Intelligence communities. Prior to his role as America’s CTO, Kirk was a Technical Director in NetApp product operations division leading E series solutions and then NetApp flash portfolio with primary focus on Flash Accel.