SAP Public Sector Summit 2026
Speakers
Pending Agency Approval
Anil (Neil) Chaudhry
Senior Advisor AI
Department of Transportation
Anil (Neil) Chaudhry
Senior Advisor AI
Department of Transportation
Anil (Neil) Chaudhry is a Senior Advisor at the USDOT Highly Automated Systems Safety Center of Excellence (HASS COE) specializing in artificial intelligence. He is currently on detail from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), where he is the Senior Advisor for Artificial Intelligence. Neil joined PHMSA after serving as a Fellow in the White House Leadership Development Program at the Office of the National Cyber Director in the Executive Office of the President. Prior to his assignment at the White House, Neil was the Director for Federal AI Implementations at the Federal AI Center of Excellence within the Technology Transformation Services (TTS) at the General Services Administration (GSA). In this role, he advised multiple federal departments, agencies, and entities on establishing mature data governance and management practices; developing innovative approaches for leveraging data as a strategic asset; and laying the foundation for advancing data discovery, access, and use through artificial intelligence, machine learning, and other emerging technologies. Neil also served in critical leadership positions within US Customs and Border Protection, and as a Presidential Management Fellow at the Defense Business Transformation Agency. Prior to joining federal service, he served as an enlisted soldier in the U.S. Army Chemical Corps and a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army Transportation Corps. Neil volunteers his time with non-profits that provide career opportunities to under-represented populations in technical fields such as robotics and data analytics. He also serves as a mentor in various veteran-focused organizations and causes, and is a certified Project Management Professional and a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Practitioner. Neil received a J.D. in Labor Law from Western New England University, an M.S. in National Security Strategy from National Defense University, an M.S. in Management Information Systems from Florida Institute of Technology, and a B.S. in Architectural Engineering from The City College of New York.
Alaleh Jenkins
Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)
Department of the Navy
Alaleh Jenkins
Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller)
Department of the Navy
Ms. Alaleh Jenkins is currently Performing the Duties of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller), where she oversees the management of the Department of the Navy's (DON's) annual budget exceeding $257 billion while leading the DON's community of over 10,000 financial managers. She spearheads the DON's financial management transformation, including the financial statement audit and modernization of financial systems. These efforts support mission accomplishment for Fleet commands, Marine Expeditionary Forces and all naval forces within the Department. She also serves as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Management and Comptroller) where she launched the DON's Financial Management strategy to improve and transform DON Financial Management operations.
Previously, Ms. Jenkins served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Financial Operations), where she was responsible for the DON accounting and financial management matters; her primary responsibility was developing and implementing Department-wide accounting and finance policies and procedures as well as overseeing the Department’s financial statement audit. Ms. Jenkins also served as Director, DON Office of the Chief Management Officer. She served as the principal executive to the Under Secretary of the Navy (UNSECNAV) on all matters related to business transformation of the DON with a specific focus on advancing progress toward auditability.
In December 2014, Ms. Jenkins was appointed to Senior Executive Service while serving as the Assistant Deputy Chief Financial Officer (ADCFO) within the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller) (OUSD(C)). She provided direct support to the Deputy Chief Financial Officer on developing and interpreting DoD accounting and finance policy and promoting standard financial management processes and systems, as well as ensuring an enterprise-wide audit strategy was properly implemented. While serving in the OUSD(C), Ms. Jenkins served as the Director for Financial Improvement and Audit Readiness (FIAR). In this position, she was responsible for advising the Deputy Chief Financial Officer on all issues related to financial management reform and audit.
Prior to becoming the FIAR Director, Ms. Jenkins served as a client service director with PricewaterhouseCoopers. In this position, she was responsible for assisting DoD clients in the development and implementation of solutions to improve financial practices and prepare for auditability through discovery and remediation, driving change at all organizational levels within the organization.
Ms. Jenkins is a Certified Public Accountant and Certified Defense Financial Manager. She holds a Defense Financial Management Certification, Level 3, and is an accomplished leader with more than twenty-eight years of experience in federal and private sector financial statement audit, business transformation, and large-scale and complex financial management engagements. Ms. Jenkins has received various personal awards, including the Presidential Rank Award, Secretary of the Navy Distinguished Civilian Service Award, the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Medal for Exceptional Civilian Service, the Association of Government Accountants Achievement of the Year Award, the American Society of Military Comptrollers Team Achievement for Distinguished Performance, the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board Pillar Award, Washington Exec's Pinnacle Awards DoD Government Executive of the Year.
Bill Russell
Director, Contracting and National Security Acquisitions
Government Accountability Office
Bill Russell
Director, Contracting and National Security Acquisitions
Government Accountability Office
Jamison Braun
SVP & Managing Director, U.S. Public Services
SAP
Jamison Braun
SVP & Managing Director, U.S. Public Services
SAP
Jamison Braun leads SAP Americas’ U.S. Public Services practice, which encompasses federal, state, and local government, as well as the higher education, aerospace and defense, and healthcare industries. He is responsible for leading strategy, business operations, revenue performance, customer relationships, and overall customer satisfaction throughout the United States.
Jamison joined SAP from Salesforce, where he served as Vice President of Global Public Sector, driving growth across Autonomous Agents (AI), Slack, and Field Service for government customers. Prior to Salesforce, Jamison led NATO and European Defense organizations, helping modernize citizen engagement and mission outcomes.
Before entering the private sector, Jamison spent four decades as a senior uniformed officer in the U.S. Department of Defense. His final post was at U.S. European Command, where he served as Chief of Staff and Senior Military Advisor to the Supreme Allied Commander Europe, leading coordination across a 51-country area of responsibility.
A recognized transformation leader, Jamison launched the Department of Defense’s inaugural cloud initiative with the Department of the Air Force and pioneered enterprise-wide human capital modernization efforts, including the establishment of the first Office of People Analytics to support data-driven portfolio decisions.
Jamison holds multiple graduate degrees in business, systems analysis, and international strategy, is a graduate of Harvard University’s Executive Program, and is a recipient of the Defense Superior Service Medal and the Disney Innovation Award. He is based in San Antonio, Texas.
Dr. Martin Klein
Business Development Executive
SAP
Dr. Martin Klein
Business Development Executive
SAP
Martin leads strategic initiatives that help public sector organizations accelerate digital transformation and innovation. With over two decades at SAP, including global leadership responsibilities across Public Services industries, he has advised government, defense, education, and non-profit organizations on modernization strategies and large-scale transformation programs. His work focuses on enabling mission success through AI, data-driven decision-making, cloud technologies, and ecosystem collaboration.
David Vallejo
VP, Head of SCM Innovations Product Marketing
SAP
David Vallejo
VP, Head of SCM Innovations Product Marketing
SAP
David Vallejo is vice president, Head of SCM Innovations Product Marketing at SAP. His global organization leads strategy and growth initiatives for SAP’s SCM portfolio which encompasses solutions for product lifecycle management, manufacturing, planning, logistics, assets and service management as well as the Business Network. The suite of AI-first solutions enable customers to orchestrate their supply chain with confidence to become risk-resilient, adaptable, and sustainable in their supply chain operations.
David joined SAP in 2014 and has held various leadership positions before attaining his current role. During David’s tenure he drove the successful launch of SAP’s Supply Chain Business Network focusing on direct materials collaboration across the extended supply chain and driving the customer co-innovation program as product owner for SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP).
Prior to joining SAP David helped many global companies define and implement their strategy around supply chain transformations and has been honored with the “Pros-to-Know” award in 2014 by the Supply & Demand Chain Executive Board. He held several global leadership roles managing customer delivery, solution management and product management at E2open and icon-scm.
David is a Computer Science graduate (Dipl. Ing.) from the Berufsakademie University of Applied Science in Mannheim, Germany.