August 18, 2016 | Ronald Reagan Building | Washington, DC
The ATARC Federal DevOps Summit was held on August 18, 2016 at the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in Washington, D.C.
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Dr. Greg Shannon, Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Strategy, Office of Science & Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Josh Corman, Director, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Atlantic Council
- SPEAKER PRESENTATION: Jason Anders, Technology Director, Fannie Mae
Government Chair
Mark Schwartz, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Industry Chair
Casey Coleman, Group Vice President, Unisys Federal Systems
MITRE Chair
Michelle Casagni, Principal Agile Engineer
MITRE Chair
Melissa Heeren, Senior Software Engineer
THURSDAY, AUGUST 18
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Registration and Opening of ATARC DevOps Technology Showcase
8:30 a.m.
Welcome Remarks
Tom Suder, President, Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC)
Mark Schwartz, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Casey Coleman, Former Chief Information Officer, U.S. General Services Administration/Group Vice President, Unisys Federal Systems
9:00 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.
Keynote Introduction
Casey Coleman, Former Chief Information Officer, U.S. General Services Administration/Group Vice President, Unisys Federal Systems
9:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
Visionary Keynote Briefing
Mark Schwartz, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
9:30 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Visionary Panel – DevOps in the Federal Government
Moderator
Casey Coleman, Former Chief Information Officer, U.S. General Services Administration/Group Vice President, Unisys Federal Systems
Panelists
Cris Brown, Master Data Management Program Manager, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Ann Dunkin, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Mark Schwartz, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Visionary Keynote Briefing
Dr. Greg Shannon (presentation), Assistant Director for Cybersecurity Strategy, Office of Science & Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.
Break in ATARC DevOps Technology Showcase
10:45 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
Visionary Panel – Agencies Adopting Agile Approaches: Challenges and Solutions
Moderator
Jason Miller, Executive Editor, Federal News Radio
Panelists
Joe Crobak, Software Engineer, United States Digital Service
Pamela Isom, Director of Applications, Engineering and Development, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Jim Tunnessen, Chief Technology Officer, Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture
11:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
Visionary Keynote Briefing
Josh Corman (presentation), Director, Cyber Statecraft Initiative, Atlantic Council
11:45 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Visionary Keynote Briefing – Where Data Lives in DevOps: A Case Study in Test Data Transformation
Jason Anders (presentation), Technology Director, Fannie Mae
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.
ATARC DevOps Technology Showcase
MITRE-ATARC DevOps Collaboration Symposium
(Note: These afternoon sessions are restricted to government attendees and industry partners.)
The MITRE-ATARC DevOps Collaboration Symposium features discussion and white-boarding between government and industry subject matter experts in a small-group setting. The outcomes of these sessions will be compiled in a White Paper with recommendations to the government.
1:15 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.
Logistics for MITRE-ATARC DevOps Collaboration Symposium
Michelle Casagni, Principal Agile Engineer
Melissa Heeren, Senior Software Engineer
1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Collaboration Sessions
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.
Break for Out Brief Preparation
3:45 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Session Out Briefs
DEVOPS CHALLENGE AREAS
1. Nuts and Bolts of Culture Change in the Government Space
- Share current challenges in changing longstanding cultures to embrace Agile and DevOps
- Do’s and Don’ts from agencies working to enact this culture change
Government Lead
Jay Huie, Innovation Specialist, 18F, U.S. General Services Administration
MITRE Lead
Diane Hanf, Systems Engineer
2. Product Owner Expectations
- How to transition from traditional PMO role to Agile Product Owner
- Understand and embrace expectations
Government Lead
Jennifer Hoover, Project Manager, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Industry Lead
Pramod Malhotra, Director of Software Development, Information Innovators
MITRE Lead
Melissa Heeren, Senior Software Engineer
3. DevOps Reality
- What can “continuous” integration and deployment look like in your Agency?
- You don’t have to be Google to embrace DevOps culture
Government Lead
Peter Chin, Chief, Application Development and Architecture Division, Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts
Industry Lead
Tanusree McCabe, Senior Solutions Architect, Sevatec
Industry Lead
Sri Vasireddy, Managing Partner, REAN Cloud
MITRE Lead
Susan Kuwana, Principal Software Systems Engineer
4. Secure Development Operations (SecDevOps) – The Intersection of Security, Development and Deployment
- Where does Security fit in a DevOps model?
- How do you continuously modernize applications with security baked in?
Industry Lead
Anil Karmel, Co-Chair, NIST Cloud Security Working Group/Founder and CEO, C2 Labs
MITRE Lead
Michael Kristan, Software Systems Engineer
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT
1. Participants should come prepared to:
- Contribute and participate from specific domain/experience
- Share ideas and build off each other’s contributions
- Support the session facilitators and other team members
- Write down ideas on whiteboard
- Create best practices to support the event’s objectives and goals
- Refrain from sales or business development conversations
2. All discussed material must be publicly releasable
- No Classified discussions
- No proprietary discussions
3. None of the discussions or artifacts constitute Government direction, nor should be interpreted as official Government position
The host organization is the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center. ATARC is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that provides a collaborative forum for government, academia and industry to resolve emerging technology challenges. ATARC also introduces innovative technology from academic research labs to the Federal government and private industry.