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DevOps Forum

Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 8AM-12PM EST
Venue Address: 
Renaissance DC Downtown
999 9th St NW
Washington , DC 20001
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Thursday, February 20, 2020 - 8AM-12PM EST
2020-02-20 08:00:00 2020-02-20 12:00:00 America/New_York DevOps Forum See more details at: https://www.actiac.org/events/devops-forum Renaissance DC Downtown, 999 9th St NW, Washington, DC
Venue Address: 
Renaissance DC Downtown
999 9th St NW
Washington , DC 20001
See map: Google Maps
Training Fees:

IAC Member Registration Fee: $295
Non-member Registration Fee: $425
Government Registration Fee: $0

Event Details

Overview

Navigating Your DevOp Journey

"The value to a successful outcome"

 

overview

DevOps combines a cross functional team that includes the adoption of automation, consistent delivery paths for all applications, a practice methodology that uses different sets of tools - all of which combined improve deployment frequent, demonstrate a faster time to market, lowers failures on new releases, shortens lead time between fixes and provides a faster time to recovery.  If you would like to learn about how to shorten the development life cycle and deliver higher software quality then this forum is the right place.

objectives

  • Understand the steps, tools, and processes involved in DevOps
  • Obtain the lessons learned from several different agencies who have implemented a DevOps process
  • Hear the benefits and outcome results from both government and industry

 

keynotes

Yemi Oshinnaiye, Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Citizen & Immigration Service, Department of Homeland Security (Confirmed)

Andrew C. Shafer, Vice President of Transformation, Red Hat

presenters

Robin Camarote, Senior Consultant, Wheelhouse Group
Matt Chiodi, Chief Security Officer, Palo Alto Networks
Dominic Cussatt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Technology, Department of Veterans Affairs (Confirmed)
William C. Daus, Branch Chief, Research Directorate Systems Branch, Division of Information Systems, National Science Foundation (Confirmed)
Jean Edwards, Director of Business Development, Federal, Dell
Brian Fox, Strategist 18F, General Services Administration
Jeff Gallimore, Chief Technology Officer and Innovation Officer, Excella
Jerry Hagedorn, Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM), Section Chief, U.S. Department of Agriculture (Confirmed)
Shanita Harrod, DevOps Management Official, Internal Revenue Service (Confirmed) 
Rayvn Manuel, Senior Application Developer/DevOps Engineer, Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC) (Confirmed)
Tina Rodrigue, Chief Information Security Officer, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (Invited)
Chad Sheridan, Chief Innovation Officer, Net Impact Strategies, and former Information System Service Delivery and Operations Branch Chief, Farm Production & Conservation Business Center, (FPAC), U.S. Department of Agriculture.
Christopher Weaver, IT Specialist, Internal Revenue Service (Confirmed)
Keondra Whetstone, DevOps Program Manager, Internal Revenue Service (Confirmed)
Laird Williams, DevOps Program Manager, Macro Solutions
Hasan Yasar, Technical Director for DevOps, Carnegie Mellon

 

 

Agenda

7:30 AM                                                 Registration Opens
8:00 - 8:15 AM Opening Remarks
8:15 - 8:45 AM
Industry Keynote

Andrew C. Shafer, Vice President of Transformation, Red Hat
8:45 - 9:30 AM

Practitioner Panel discussing what has been done with DevOps and outcomes to date

Shanita Harrod, DevOps Management Official, Internal Revenue Service, Moderator

Jean Edwards, Director of Business Development, Federal, Dell
Jeff Gallimore, Chief Technology Officer and Innovation Officer, Excella
Chad Sheridan, Chief Innovation Officer, Net Impact Strategies and former Information System Service Delivery and Operations Branch Chief, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hasan Yasar, Technical Director for DevOps, Carnegie Mellon
9:30 - 9:50 AM

DevSecOp Fireside Chat

Laird Williams, DevOps Program Manager, Macro Solutions, Moderator

Matt Chiodi, Chief Security Officer, Palo Alto Networks
Tiina Rodrigue, Chief Information Security Officer, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
9:50 - 10:15 AM

Introduction to ACT-IAC DevOps Primer

Robin Camarote, Senior Consultant, Wheelhouse Group
Christopher Weaver, IT Specialist, Internal Revenue Service
10:15 - 10:30 AM BREAK
10:30 - 11:00 AM
Government Keynote

Yemi Oshinnaiye, Deputy Chief Information Officer, U.S. Citizen & Immigration Services (USCIS), Department of Homeland Security
11:00 - 12:00 PM

Government panel discussing lessons learned, best practices and outcomes

Dominic Cussatt, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Information Technology, Department of Veteran Affairs, Moderator

William C. Daus, Branch Chief, Research Directorate Systems Branch, Division of Information Systems, National Science Foundation
Brian Fox, Strategist 18F, General Services Administration
Jerry Hagedorn, Information Technology and Operations Management (ITOM), Section Chief, U.S. Department of Agriculture
Rayvn Manuel, Senior Application Developer/DevOps Engineer, Smithsonian, National Museum of African American History & Culture (NMAAHC)
Keondra Whetstone, DevOps Lead (IRS IT Enterprise Program Management Office), Internal Revenue Service

 

Chairs

Industry Co-Chairs

Todd Hager, Vice President, Macro Solutions
Robin Camarote, Senior Consultant, Wheelhouse Group

Government Co-Chairs

Christopher Weaver, IT Specialist, Internal Revenue Service
Jeremy Wood, Director of Enterprise Architecture, Millennium Challenge Corporation and Government Chair of the ACT-IAC Emerging Technology Community of Interest

Sponsors

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EXHIBITORS

 

          

 

MEDIA PARTNER

 

 

 

If you are interested in sponsoring the DevOps Forum, please contact Carol Miller at cmiller@actiac.org