Speakers

Mark Canter is the Chief Information Security Officer at GAO. In his capacity, he oversees the compliance, governance, and security operations. Previously he severed as Assistant Director in the Information Technology and Cybersecurity (ITC) team at the Government Accountability Office (GAO). His portfolio at GAO includes a diverse list of engagements on such topics of financial and information systems internal control auditing, cybersecurity, emerging technologies such as blockchains, AI, and safeguarding/privacy of information. In addition, he has authored several compliance tools and published several common vulnerabilities and exploits.
 

Mr. John Hale is IT professional with over 30 years of experience in the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community. He currently serves as the Chief of the Product Management and Development Office at the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) out of Ft. Meade, Maryland. He is responsible for developing the strategic and functional approach to cloud and hosting development and managing the agency's cloud-based solutions for the Department of Defense. Key programs in his portfolio include the Joint Warfighter Cloud Contract (JWCC), the DoD’s private cloud solution “Stratus”, cloud hosting solutions such as “Containers as a Service” (CaaS) and the virtual data center in a cloud solution known as “Olympus”, and more. A graduate of The University of Maryland, University College. Mr. Hale served in the United States Air Force prior to beginning his civil service career in the office of the Director of National Intelligence. In 2009 Mr. Hale moved to the Defense Information Systems Agency within the Department of Defense and has served roles such as Chief Engineer, Chief of Enterprise Applications, and Chief of Strategic Communications prior to serving in his current role as the agency's unofficial “Cloud Evangelist”.

Working across a collaborative global community of industry, government, and academia, Dr. Liaghati leads MITRE’s Trustworthy & Secure AI Department and MITRE ATLAS, where she passionately drives research and developments in trustworthy and secure AI for everyone working to leverage AI-enabled systems. Leading her department of 55+ scientist and engineers and serving the community with the not-for-profit, objective, MITRE perspective, she is dedicated to working together to create and openly share actionable tools, capabilities, data, and frameworks for trustworthy and secure AI like ATLAS, an ATT&CK-style framework of the threats and vulnerabilities of AI-enabled systems. As Dr. Liaghati has worked across the community to improve the common understanding of AI security concerns, her work quickly started overlapping with broader AI assurance concerns, which includes AI equitability, interpretability, reliability, robustness, safety, and needs for privacy enhancement. As a result of this expansion beyond AI security into more of these elements of trustworthy AI and AI assurance, her current focus under ATLAS and across the international community is to build a protected mechanism for increased knowledge and incident sharing across government and industry in both AI security and the broader areas of AI assurance. Dr. Liaghati also chairs the NATO Science and Technology Organization Research Task Group on the AI Assurance and Security, focused on fostering an enduring collaborative community of NATO organizations and industry partners, leveraging the Science and Technology Organization to shape future interoperable capability developments in AI security and assurance.

Dr. Julie Marble leads the Intelligent Human Machine Systems core competency. She has more than 25 years of experience in Human-Machine Teaming, Human-Robot Interaction, and Human Reliability Analysis and holds a PhD in Human Factors and Cognitive Psychology from Purdue University. After graduate school, she joined the Idaho National Lab, conducting groundbreaking work in Human-Robot Interaction. She helped establish and later became owner and CEO of Sentient Corporation, a company that used high-end data science and signal processing techniques to model and predict failures in bearings and gears for helicopters, windmills, and other rotating and reciprocating components. After selling Sentient, she returned to her focus on work involving humans interacting with machines at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission as a research program manager. She then served as program officer in Code 341 of the Office of Naval Research, where she established programs in human cyber security and human-machine interaction. She spent six years at the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab, leading research in human-machine teaming and human-cyber systems. For the last few years, she served as the inaugural executive director for the Institute for Experiential Robotics at Northeastern University. She is now returning to ARLIS after previously serving as a visiting scientist.

Ms. Victoria Yan Pillitteri is a supervisory computer scientist in the Computer Security Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Ms. Pillitteri is the Manager of the Security Engineering and Risk Management Group and leads the Risk Management Framework team/Federal Information Security Modernization Act (FISMA) Implementation Project. In that role, she develops the suite of risk management guidance used for managing cybersecurity risk in the federal government and coordinates the associated stakeholder outreach and public-private sector collaboration efforts. Ms. Pillitteri leads the Joint Task Force working group, a partnership with the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and Civilian Agencies to develop a unified security framework to protect the U.S. Government from cyber-attacks, and is co-chair of the Federal Cybersecurity and Privacy Professionals Forum hosted by NIST. Ms. Pillitteri previously led programs in smart grid and cyber-physical systems cybersecurity, worked on the Framework for Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity, the Privacy Framework, and served as a program analyst in the NIST Office of the Director. Ms. Pillitteri holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland and an M.S. in Computer Science with a concentration in Information Assurance from The George Washington University. She has completed the Key Executive Leadership Program at American University and the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) Senior Executive Service Candidate Development Program, receiving an SES certification by the OPM Qualifications Review Board. Ms. Pillitteri is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Mr. Alvin "Tony" Plater was named the Department of the Navy Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) in February 2021. He reports directly to the DON CIO on the sufficiency, impacts, and implications of proposed changes to cybersecurity guidance, standards, and strategies. He advises the DON CIO on the Defend Strategic / Enterprise level IT security initiatives, commercial cloud security, and cybersecurity innovation to achieve the organization’s vision. He supports coalition building to speed implementation of innovative solutions to address department requirements. He leads a team responsible for driving initiatives to secure DON data and information, regardless of where it resides. These initiatives involve measuring cyber risk, active monitoring, building a cyber-sentry culture, securing the Defense Industry Base, and supporting acquisition.

Tracy Caughell is Sr. Director, Product Management in the Content Services business unit at OpenText Corporation, responsible for strategic initiatives including AI products. Tracy is a voting member on the Canadian General Standards Board committee on Electronic Records and Image Management to update the CAN/CGSB-72.34 Electronic Records as Documentary Evidence National Standard. She has participated as a member of the Expert Review Group in the consultation for the MoReq specification, has been involved in many certifications to US DoD 5015.02 and UK TNA/PRO as well as VERS Specifications 1-5. She speaks at conferences around the world on a variety of topics related to records management, privacy and information governance. Tracy has a special interest in the challenges facing the information worker and records manager in the constantly changing work environment as generative AI transforms the workplace. She works closely with customers, development, and product specialists to research current and emerging challenges in information management and strives to deliver technologies to meet these challenges. She also brings these skills to the community serving on board of directors for minor hockey, parish council and school parent council. Ms. Caughell holds an Honours Bachelor of Mathematics from the University of Waterloo, Canada, Pragmatic Marketing I-III Certification and has 30 years of experience with Information Governance providing professional services, training, and managing software lifecycle.

Abhey Dadwal is a problem solver at heart, passionate about creating cloud solutions that enhance security and efficiency for businesses. As a Product leader at OpenText, he drives the Sovereign Cloud and Commercial Cloud Compliance strategy, ensuring organizations access secure cloud services that align with their business goals. With more than 15 years of experience in Technology and Telecommunication, Abhey has played a key role in launching innovative products, driving growth, and modernizing technology for multiple prominent organizations. He thrives on tackling complex challenges, whether by improving cloud accessibility or leading teams through transformative projects. Abhey holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto, and a B.Eng. in Electronics & Communication from Manipal University in India. He excels at simplifying technical complexities into clear, actionable solutions. Beyond his professional endeavors, Abhey is an avid runner, participates in obstacle course races, enjoys backcountry camping, and seeks new investment opportunities. Always ready for a challenge, he embraces the same drive for excellence in both the boardroom and the great outdoors.

Mario is a seasoned product management and operations executive with over 25 years of experience building and refining product offerings in general analytics, applied analytics, cloud and SaaS, and cybersecurity. 

Mario spent the early years of his career in the Business Intelligence and Analytics space, leading several teams including platform and OEM strategy for Cognos before, during, and after the IBM acquisition in 2008.

In 2013, Mario joined Series A startup Interset to help lead its pivot into cybersecurity, which pioneered a best-of-breed analytic approach to optimize for insider and advanced threat detection. With important partners such as In-Q-Tel, Interset had a successful outcome, culminating with the acquisition by Micro Focus in 2019. 

Mario currently leads Enterprise Cybersecurity Engineering and Product Management at OpenText, which includes application security, identity and access management, data security, forensics, as well as threat detection capabilities.

Startup-minded, Mario continuously seeks to make balanced, unbiased decisions by seeking the most accurate information and context from the best experts.
 

Nathan Damrow is a Product Manager with SAP. He is focused on building new procurement solutions for the Public Sector to meet the special needs of US federal agencies. He has worked implementing SAP procurement solutions for US federal agencies as well as state and local governments for the past 18 years.

Public sector veteran Kevin Davis joined OpenText in August 2023 as President of US public sector. Mr. Davis is responsible for further expanding strategic partnerships and growth of the company’s customer base within the US public sector.

Prior to OpenText, Mr. Davis was head of several public sector organizations including Cohesity, Databricks, Splunk and Oracle. In total he has more than 25 years of sales and management experience focused on the mission of public sector.

Mr. Davis received his B.S. from Boston College.

Nikhil Enmudi is a seasoned technology leader with over 11 years of diverse experience in cloud architecture and software development. Currently serving as a Sr. Solutions Architect at AWS, he has established himself as a thought leader in Modernization for Enterprises and Serverless Technology. He has published numerous technical artifacts and spoken at major AWS conferences such as AWS re:Invent and summits.

Mr. Mohammad Huq is a Data Security Architect & Cyber Risk Management practitioner. Currently employed with OpenText as a Solutions Consultant for all things Data Privacy & Protection. He is an industry leader with extensive knowledge and experienced in implementing security solutions in the enterprise and government arena. Mohammad's previous employers include IBM, HP & Red Hat.

 

Mike Kremer is the Director of Solutions Consulting for OpenText’s US Public Sector business unit. His team supports customers in the Federal Government, DoD, Intelligence Community, Federal Systems Integrators, State & Local government agencies and Education entities ranging from K-12 to Higher Ed. He has worked closely with his fellow OpenText teammates in developing our FedRAMP offering and go to market strategy. A career IT professional, Mike has an extensive background in process automation and integration technologies working with commercial and government customers. Since joining OpenText in 2011, he has expanded his knowledge to incorporate content and records management as well as improved user experiences into customer solutions.

Greg McIntyre is a Principal Solutions Consultant with the US Public Sector team. He has been with OpenText for over 12 years and has worked in the content solutions industry for over 25 years. He has provided consulting for various organizations within state and federal government his entire career. He has a deep background in content mining and has worked with content archiving solutions for the past nine years. Greg resides in Oro Valley, Arizona with his wife, Connie, and their three dogs.

With over 40 years of experience in the technology industry, Tony Michael has built an extensive career spanning major solution providers in information management, enterprise software, and digital transformation. He has held key roles at industry leaders such as Sybase as a System Engineer, EMC as a Sales Engineer, and currently serves as a Senior Principal Solutions Consultant at OpenText.

Throughout his career, Tony has taken on diverse responsibilities, including Trainer, Developer, Solution Architect, and Pre-Sales Solution Consultant. For 13 years, he was a Global Lead for Global System Integrators (GSI) at EMC/Dell, where he played a pivotal role in enablement, escalation resolution, and consultative selling, emphasizing business value and thought leadership in technology strategy, mobility, and cloud solutions.

His expertise extends to collaboration with major consulting firms such as Accenture, Deloitte, Capgemini, CGI, PwC, CSC, Tata Consulting, Infosys, and HCL. Currently, at OpenText, he supports the U.S. Public Sector, working with Federal agencies including the Army, Navy, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA), Department of the Interior (DOI), Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), NASA, and the Intelligence Community among others.

For the past nine years, Tony has specialized in OpenText/SAP solutions, contributing to the evolution of enterprise procurement and digital information strategies. Most recently, he has been actively engaged with product management teams from both SAP and OpenText, shaping the latest Procurement for Public Sector offerings. His wealth of experience, strategic insight, and ability to drive digital transformation make him a trusted advisor in the enterprise information management space.

Keith Nelson is Industry Senior Strategist for Global Public Sector at OpenText. Mr. Nelson has spent more than 20 years working in the fields of public sector consulting and high-tech marketing and as a government appointee. His roles in government include serving as Assistant Secretary for Administration (a position requiring Senate confirmation), Acting Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology, Acting Chief Financial Officer, and Deputy Chief Information Officer at the U.S. Departments of Transportation, Labor and Housing and Urban Development.

Rita lives at the intersection of business and technology and is passionate about leveraging analytics and AI to transform industries. Rita has over 25+ years of experience in Product Marketing and Product Management incubating businesses, creating markets and launching new technologies and products. Rita is currently the SVP, Product Marketing at OpenText where she leads a team focused on driving growth and innovation through the power of strategic product marketing. Prior to OpenText, Rita was the VP, Product Marketing and interim CMO at MuleSoft, a Salesforce company. She led a team focused on extending MuleSoft’s integration platform into industries by creating solutions and GTM strategies to help companies unlock data to deliver innovative solutions. Prior to MuleSoft, Rita was the Vice President of Global Marketing (CMO) at GE Healthcare leading marketing for their analytics and AI division that launched the first FDA approved AI enabled medical devices. Before GE, Rita was with IBM Watson as one of the founding members of the Watson ecosystem, where she architected and executed a brand new ecosystem and partner organization to spur innovation and fuel a new generation of applications infused with IBM Watson's artificial intelligence and advanced analytics. Rita has a BS in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Illinois and an MBA from DePaul University in International Business. As an advocate of working mothers, women in tech, and creating a work/life balance, Rita is always hungry to expand her mind and empower others to do the same.

John Radko, Senior Vice President of Engineering for OpenText, leads a talented team of over 3000 engine engineering, quality assurance, and product management professionals globally responsible for OpenText’s products and services for enterprises, including Enterprise Content Management, Business Network, Digital Experience, Analytics, Security, LegalTech and Process Management.

Prior to his current role, John served as Vice President of the OpenText Business Network, the largest global B2B Managed Services provider, Messaging provider, and Fax network. John led Business Network during the transformation of the B2B managed services business to the multi-tenant cloud platform, the OpenText Trading Grid.  

John has been a contributor to the advent and advancement of 'software-as-a-service' in B2B integration. He has advised dozens of companies on how best to deploy and leverage hosted supply chain automation solutions and how to achieve true B2B integration on a global scale.
 

Rob Reynolds is a seasoned technology leader with over 20 years of experience at OpenText, specializing in enterprise content management and AI-driven solutions. Throughout their career, they have played a major role in the development and evolution of key OpenText products, including OpenText Content Manager, Core Share, and Core Content. Currently serving as the Director of Software Engineering, Rob leads the Content Aviator development team, focusing on integrating AI capabilities across the OpenText Core Business Unit’s product suite. Their expertise in software engineering, product innovation, and AI-powered automation continues to drive advancements in intelligent content management solutions.

Adam Terrill is the Director of Department of Defense, Intelligence Community, and Aerospace and Defense for OpenText Public Sector. Mr. Terrill has spent over 24 years partnering across the Defense Department and Intelligence Community on modernization initiatives, cyber threat, and warfighter enablement. Prior to OpenText, he has held sales and management positions in Red Hat, Oracle, and CyberArk.

James provides leadership as well as subject matter expertise to OpenText customers in the areas of AI\ML and Enterprise Information Management. He is an award-wining Systems Engineer and ardent technologist known for creating and delivering complex innovative solutions. James frequently speaks to audiences around the world on AI\ML and many other topics. James is a developer and has been developing software and AI\ML solutions for over 30 years serving industry and government. James holds over 20 top industry certifications over many different disciplines. James currently leads a very talented team of Solution Consultants who take great satisfaction in providing solutions to today’s challenges in government turning them into tomorrow’s opportunities. He is passionate about not only serving the US Public Sector but also community as he has created programs to serve the homeless & needy and does mission trips yearly around the world.

Driving customer success is the central activity and the underlying purpose to the roles that Simon has held at OpenText. He is happiest when aligning OpenText capabilities to the customer’s underlying strategic vision and mission while delivering impactful projects.

Simon has over 30 years of experience in information management having been a customer (Bechtel) then worked for Documentum in their Professional Services organization.  Simon came to OpenText as part of the OpenText acquisition of the Documentum ECD business. He joined the USPS SLED sales team in August 2021 and progressively worked his way through the organization until assuming his current leadership position.  Simon lives in Hagerstown, Maryland and when he’s not working, he enjoys spending time with friends and family, restoring classic arcade machines, and is an accomplished chef.