NetApp | U.S. Public Sector Insight Xtra Conference 2024 - Agenda
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8:30 AM EDT Tuesday, June 04

Main Stage

Welcome Remarks

5 minutes
Michelle Rudnicki
Michelle Rudnicki
President, U.S. Public Sector
NetApp
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8:35 AM EDT Tuesday, June 04

Main Stage

NetApp Keynote

30 minutes
Riccardo Di Blasio
Riccardo Di Blasio
Senior Vice President of North America Sales
NetApp
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9:05 AM EDT Tuesday, June 04

Main Stage

NetApp Intelligent Data Infrastructure

20 minutes

With Intelligent Data Infrastructure you can rise to every moment: Simplicity, Secuirty, Scalability, Savings, Smarts and Sustainability

With Intelligent Data Infrastructure you can rise to every moment: Simplicity, Secuirty, Scalability, Savings, Smarts and Sustainability

Jeff Baxter
Jeff Baxter
Vice President, Product Marketing
NetApp
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9:30 AM EDT Tuesday, June 04

Main Stage

Panel - Harnessing the Power of Data with the Modern Data Center

45 minutes

Data has become the most powerful tool in the public sector arsenal, whether educating future leaders, serving citizens, protecting our natural resources or defending our nation. This session will bring together a panel of experts to discuss the critical importance of infrastructure modernization and intelligent data management.

Data has become the most powerful tool in the public sector arsenal, whether educating future leaders, serving citizens, protecting our natural resources or defending our nation. This session will bring together a panel of experts to discuss the critical importance of infrastructure modernization and intelligent data management.

Brian Hack
Brian Hack
Deputy CIO and Deputy Director, Information Technology Enterprise
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), Retired
Sergio Alvarez
Sergio Alvarez
Acting Project Director, Enterprise Services
US Army
Jeremy Schatten
Jeremy Schatten
Director, Identity and Data Management Services
American University
Rob Diethorn
Rob Diethorn
Lead Backup, Storage, and Archive Engineer, ITS Enterprise Infrastructure
University of Virginia
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10:15 AM EDT Tuesday, June 04

10:35 AM EDT Tuesday, June 04

Main Stage

Fireside Chat

35 minutes

From the Battlespace to the Boardroom – A fireside chat with Quentin McCoy, Director of Procurement, Chief Digital and AI Office

From the Battlespace to the Boardroom – A fireside chat with Quentin McCoy, Director of Procurement, Chief Digital and AI Office

Quentin McCoy
Quentin McCoy
Director of Procurement
Department of Defense (DoD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO)
Michelle Rudnicki
Michelle Rudnicki
President, U.S. Public Sector
NetApp
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11:15 AM EDT Tuesday, June 04

Breakout Session

Secure by Design. It's Not an Option for Your Data

35 minutes

Security needs to be a core business requirement for your most precious asset, not an option. As organizations push more data to the edge, increase their cloud dependency and embrace advanced technologies like generative AI to enable growth, new vulnerabilities are created that can allow attackers to compromise their systems.

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Security needs to be a core business requirement for your most precious asset, not an option. As organizations push more data to the edge, increase their cloud dependency and embrace advanced technologies like generative AI to enable growth, new vulnerabilities are created that can allow attackers to compromise their systems.

In this session Matt and Jeff will explore how NetApp’s built-in security capabilities - through ONTAP and beyond - can be leveraged to enhance cyber resilience including data protection and governance, actioning zero trust, enabling AI-powered threat detection and ensuring data integrity.

Matt Trudewind
Matt Trudewind
Senior Product Manager, Security
NetApp
Jim Cosby
Jim Cosby
CTO, Public Sector and Partners, U.S. Public Sector
NetApp
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11:15 AM EDT Tuesday, June 04

Underwriter

FlyWheel

Breakout Session

Empowering DevOps Excellence: Leveraging NetApp for Seamless Integration and Automation

35 minutes

Please join Flywheel as they present a true Hybrid Multi-Cloud experience for customers, while provisioning data/storage needs with NetApp utilizing a crossplane plugin for StorageGRID.

Please join Flywheel as they present a true Hybrid Multi-Cloud experience for customers, while provisioning data/storage needs with NetApp utilizing a crossplane plugin for StorageGRID.

Kevin Sitto
Kevin Sitto
CTO
Flywheel Data
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FlyWheel
11:55 AM EDT Tuesday, June 04

Underwriter

Red River

Breakout Session

Data in a Modern AI World

35 minutes

In an era where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the landscape of technology, data stands as the foundational element driving this transformation. Red River and NetApp understand the pivotal role data plays in your AI journey, join us to hear how you can harness the power of data to maximize performance, build seamless data mobility and securely scale your AI environment.

In an era where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is reshaping the landscape of technology, data stands as the foundational element driving this transformation. Red River and NetApp understand the pivotal role data plays in your AI journey, join us to hear how you can harness the power of data to maximize performance, build seamless data mobility and securely scale your AI environment.

Austin Boone
Austin Boone
AI Technical Lead and Retired Army CW4
Red River
Brian Charles
Brian Charles
Cloud Practice Lead
Red River
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Red River
11:55 AM EDT Tuesday, June 04

Breakout Session

Leverage the Power of Intelligent Data Infrastructure with NetApp

35 minutes

Welcome to the future where your data infrastructure becomes more seamless, dynamic and higher performing than ever.

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Welcome to the future where your data infrastructure becomes more seamless, dynamic and higher performing than ever.

In this session Jeff and Matt will discuss the transformative power of NetApp® intelligent data infrastructure and how it is helping shape the future of data-driven IT modernization in the public sector with products, services, and solutions are helping customers meet mission and business needs. State of the art block storage, flexibility for VMWare workloads, the power of ONTAP, guaranteed cyber resilience, AI readiness, the power of cloud? Yea, we got all of that and more.

Jeff Baxter
Jeff Baxter
Vice President, Product Marketing
NetApp
Matt Lawson
Matt Lawson
Director for Solution Engineering
NetApp U.S. Public Sector
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12:30 PM EDT Tuesday, June 04

1:15 PM EDT Tuesday, June 04

Main Stage

Women in Tech Fireside Chat

35 minutes
C. Melonie Cannon
C. Melonie Cannon
Director of System Integration Office
Department of State
Michelle Rudnicki
Michelle Rudnicki
President, U.S. Public Sector
NetApp
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1:55 PM EDT Tuesday, June 04

Underwriter

CTG Federal

Breakout Session

Fireside Chat - Journey to AI in the Data Center with ML and Analytics

35 minutes

Join CTG as we discuss how we helped a customer modernize a complex distributed design to a more centralized system with a single data repository that includes Data Governance with a Zero Trust approach to ensure security and integrity. Additionally, automation through AI/ML technologies was introduced to streamline processes and maintain consistency. These changes have helped improve mission outcomes,  increased flexibility to adopt future capabilities and delivered measurable cost savings!

Join CTG as we discuss how we helped a customer modernize a complex distributed design to a more centralized system with a single data repository that includes Data Governance with a Zero Trust approach to ensure security and integrity. Additionally, automation through AI/ML technologies was introduced to streamline processes and maintain consistency. These changes have helped improve mission outcomes,  increased flexibility to adopt future capabilities and delivered measurable cost savings!

Brian Toy
Brian Toy
Principal Technical Account Manager & DOD Sales Co-Leader
CTG Federal
Zack Widing
Zack Widing
CTO - DOD
CTG Federal
Mark Bubb
Mark Bubb
Sr Director Solutions Engineering/Technical Specialist, U.S. Public Sector
NetApp
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CTG Federal
2:30 PM EDT Tuesday, June 04

2:50 PM EDT Tuesday, June 04

Main Stage

Panel – Security by Design: From Cyber Resilience and Data Governance to Enabling Zero Trust

1 hour, 10 minutes

The data explosion has created a multitude of complexities including increased security threats for organizations across the public sector. This session will bring together a panel of experts to discuss how they are tackling security challenges, the importance of building security into technology and solutions from the ground up

The data explosion has created a multitude of complexities including increased security threats for organizations across the public sector. This session will bring together a panel of experts to discuss how they are tackling security challenges, the importance of building security into technology and solutions from the ground up

Carlos Azuero
Carlos Azuero
Deputy CIO
US Department of Justice (DoJ) Antitrust Division
Kwadwo Burgee
Kwadwo Burgee
Deputy Branch Chief for Directives and Guidance
CISA, DHS
John P. Sahlin Ph.D.
John P. Sahlin Ph.D.
Vice President Cyber Solutions
GDIT
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4:00 PM EDT Tuesday, June 04

4:05 PM EDT Tuesday, June 04