COL Chris Miller

Colonel Chris Miller, a native of Louisville, Kentucky, received his commission as a Second Lieutenant in the United States Army Signal Corps in 1987. Following Signal Officers Basic Course, his first assignment was as Operations Officer at the Electronic Proving Ground, Fort Huachuca, AZ. There he tested and fielded the initial Mobile Subscriber Equipment. He then served as a Company Executive Officer for the Electronic Test Company. For the Electronic Proving Ground he held the positions of Battalion Adjutant and Assistant S3.

After attending the Signal Officers Advance Course in 1992, he was assigned to the 6th Infantry Division (Light), Fort Wainwright, AK where he served in the G6. Following that assignment, he assumed command of A Company, 6th Signal Battalion, Fort Richardson, AK. Upon completing command in 1994, he became a Signal Observer Controller at the Joint Readiness Training Center, Fort Polk, LA.

Assigned to Fort Bragg, NC in 1996, he served in several positions including S6 for the Division Artillery, the Assistant Division ADSO for the 82nd Signal Battalion, 35th Signal Brigade Engineering Officer and Battalion S3 for the 327th Signal Battalion. After completion of resident Command and General Staff College in 2001, he returned to Fort Bragg, NC where he served as the S6 for the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment. In 2003, Col Miller was assigned as the Brigade S3, 1st Signal Brigade, Yongsan, Korea. Col Miller became the 29th Commander of the 82nd Signal Battalion in July of 2004. The 82nd Signal Battalion deactivated in January 2006 at which time he assumed the role of Commander of the 82nd Division Special Troops Battalion. From 2007 until July 2008, Colonel Miller served as the Inspector General for the Joint Task Force 82, in Afghanistan. In June 2008, he assumed command of the 106th Signal Brigade and completed command in 2010. He then attended the Army War College prior to his current assignment on the Army Staff.

Colonel Miller's military education includes Airborne School, Jumpmaster School, the Signal Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, Command and General Staff College and the Army War College. Colonel Miller holds a Master of Arts Degree in Business Administration from Central Michigan University and a Master in Strategic Studies from the Army War College.

His awards and decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, the Legion of Merit, the Defense Meritorious Service Medal the Meritorious Service Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, the National Defense Service Medal, the Korean Service Medal, the Humanitarian Service Medal, the Master Parachutist Badge, the Combat Action Badge and the German Parachutist Badge.

Colonel Miller is married to the former Ann V. Watters. They have three sons, Andrew, Ben and Chase.

Tony Celeste

As a Director of Federal Sales, Tony Celeste is responsible for leading the Brocade sales effort to the Civilian Agencies.

Tony has more than 25 years of industry experience. As a General Manager and Sales Executive, he has led large nationwide teams responsible for revenues in excess of $250M, and teams of more than 100 employees. In his previous role as the General Manager, Intelligence and Defense Agencies, at Iron Bow Technologies, LLC formerly Apptis, Inc. he was responsible for building the Intelligence and Defense Agencies business, managed Iron Bow's Joint Venture and Small Business Mentor Protege Program and established and administered the company's corporate security office. Celeste and his team were awarded various major programs, including DHS FirstSource, FBI Technology Refresh Program (TRP), and Department of State Video Teleconferencing BPA representing significant program contributions at Iron Bow.

Prior to that, Celeste served as Vice President and General Manager, Government Sector, Xiotech Corporation. He was also National Director, responsible for Defense and Intelligence Agencies in addition to Civilian Agencies at Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI). Celeste also spent 10 years in sales and sales leadership positions at Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) selling to the Civilian Agencies.

Celsete holds a Bachelor of Science, Business & Management from University of Maryland and is a member of the Armed Forces, Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA), the Intelligence and National Security Alliance (INSA), and the Information Technology Association of America.

He resides in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife Sharon and their three children.

Robert Harden

After several years in the corporate sector, Mr. Harden began his civil service career in 2004 supporting Application Rationalization with the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), United States Navy.

In January 2009, Harden reported to OPNAV N6 as the Enterprise Services FAM. Harden, in collaboration with the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO), met a Chief of Naval Operations mandate to reduce software applications within his portfolio, 51%, by Sept 2010. Additionally, Harden led the Navy's 'Green IT' effort and was the driving force behind the release of the Navy's Electronic Stewardship Implementation Plan.

Harden was selected as the Branch Head for IT Efficiencies in May 2010, in support of the Deputy Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer. In this role, Harden oversees Data Center Consolidation, Portal Consolidation, Enterprise Software Licensing, Data Strategies, and the Navy's transition to IPv6.

RJ Meyers

RJ Meyers has served as the Data Center Product Lead for the US EPA's ENERGY STAR program since late 2010 and oversees specifications for a range of data center products including servers, storage, UPS, and computers. Prior to joining the EPA, Meyers worked as a systems engineer for General Dynamics and attended graduate school at Arizona State University, where his studies were concentrated on life cycle assessment and alternative energy sources. He has degrees in Applied and Engineering Physics and in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University and a degree in Sustainability from Arizona State University.

Emily Stoddart

Emily Stoddart is a Program Analyst in the Department of Energy's Sustainability Performance Office, overseeing all sustainability activities associated with electronics stewardship and data centers. Prior to joining DOE, Ms. Stoddart supported data center initiatives as a contractor to DOE's Federal Energy Management Program. She has an M.P.I.A. from the University of Pittsburgh.

Tom Simmons

Tom Simmons is the Area Vice President for US Public Sector and Citrix Systems Inc. He has more than 25 years of information technology management experience, with a core emphasis on the Public Sector market. Tom leads the Go-to-market efforts for Citrix in US Federal and SLED and acts as both spokesperson and advocate for public/private partnerships around technology initiatives such as IT Consolidation, Mobility, Flexible Work Environments, Cloud and Cyber Security. His understanding of the unique requirements of both government and education customers, the systems integrators who support them and the channel that services them, has helped drive Citrix's year-over-year growth and relevance in this market. Prior to joining Citrix, Tom served in senior management positions with companies such as Compaq, Trend Micro, and MicroWarehouse, driving their public sector solutions.

Anil Karmel

Anil Karmel is the M&O Chief Technology Officer for the National Nuclear Security Administration/ Los Alamos National Laboratory. Within the NNSA, Anil serves as the RightPath Chief Architect and M&O Implementation Lead for a range of enterprise IT solutions including Cloud Computing, Enterprise Mobility, Unified Communications and Enterprise Wireless. Anil is the inventor and architect of LANL's award winning and patented secure hybrid cloud portal, "Infrastructure on Demand" illustrating an innovative partnership between industry and government. He also designed LANL's "Enterprise Collaboration Suite" consisting of a suite of tools allowing users to collaborate how, when and where they want on a variety of endpoints including smartphones, tablets and zero clients. The solutions form the basis of the DOE/NNSA's Network Vision, a RightPath project delivering ONEvoice powered by YOURcloud on the OneNNSA Network.

Anil has been in the IT Industry for over fifteen years, working with various Fortune 500 companies and government in the areas of Enterprise Virtualization, Messaging & Collaboration. Most notably, he garnered industry accolades including SANS National CyberSecurity Innovators Award for Cloud Security, InformationWeek 500 Top Government IT Innovators and his LANL team was named an ACT/IAC Excellence.gov Finalist two years running.

Darren L. Smith

Darren Smith is a program manager supporting the use of supercomputers for weather and climate prediction for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) Office in Silver Spring, Maryland (www.cio.noaa.gov/HPCC/). He developed and directs the new NOAA Environmental Security Computing Center (NESCC) facility, including a 5-megawatt data center at the I-79 Technology Park in Fairmont, West Virginia. He represents NOAA in the White House led interagency Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) program (www.nitrd.gov), including Big Data and HCI-IM. He previously worked at NIST and NTIA in Boulder, Colorado. Mr. Smith holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Oklahoma.

Russ Langford

Russ Langford, managing director for EMC Consulting Federal Division sales, is a 20-year industry veteran. He is a seasoned IT executive who has held significant leadership roles in services and consulting sales organizations where he has a strong track record of success in both strategy and execution. Langford and his team in the EMC Federal division take a mission-focused approach as they work with Federal IT leaders to achieve their data center consolidation goals, improve operational efficiency, and define and execute against their cloud strategy.

Chris Allen

Chris Allen is the Transportation Security Administration's Senior Technical Advisor and Executive Liaison. Chris worked with Federal Express Corporation for 20 years as the Director of Systems Innovation and then with America On-line just prior to joining TSA. He has been with TSA since day one and has supported numerous TSA and DHS programs including Secure Flight, DHS Solutions Engineering, Information Sharing, DHS ICAM, DHS Next Generation Networks, Bio-surveillance, H1N1, Haiti, US Resilience, Big Data Analytics and Collaboration as a Service. Chris currently is the co-chair of the DHS Next Generation Network Steering Committee, the DHS Applications Services Working Group, and the White House Medical Public Information Sharing Environment.

June Hartley

Ms. June Hartley was selected as the Associate Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO)) for Service Delivery in the Office Chief Information Office (OCIO) in January 2011. Ms. Hartley has over twenty-five years of hands-on experience in directing and managing complex enterprise-level IT environments. As the Associate DCIO for Service Delivery, she is responsible for delivering information technology (IT) services in a shared services environment across the U.S. Department of the Interior or (DOI). Her experience includes planning, budgeting, developing, and implementing information solutions to address businesses IT Services for DOI and other Federal Agencies. At the OCIO, her oversight includes IT Security Operations, Disaster Recovery, Infrastructure Hosting, Telecommunications, Customer Support Center, and other IT Support Services. Ms. Hartley has spent her career providing IT services and utilizing her ability to bring the benefits of IT to solve complex business issues while managing costs and risks.

Ms. Hartley joined DOI in 1983, serving as the program manager for the Human Resources and Financial Management Lines of Businesses where she developed and implemented the operations and maintenance of several administrative systems that have been used government wide. These systems include PPAY/PERS System (integrate personnel and payroll system), Federal Personnel and Payroll System, Emergency Fire Fighters Systems, Web based Time and Attendance, ERRP systems including Oracle Federal Financials and SAP, Momentum Financials, and the Department of the Interior's Federal Business Management System.

In 2007, Ms. Hartley was appointed Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the National Business Center (NBC) providing critical infrastructure technology support for multiple lines of business in Finance, Human Resources, Acquisition, and Aviation Management. Combined together, these lines of businesses provide services to not only DOI's offices and bureaus, but to over 150 government agencies, in a shared service model inn support of better government. In addition, Ms. Hartley directed a world class Data Center facility and organization that provides cutting edge hosting, managed services and disaster recovery to Federal agencies.

Jon Kraden

Jon Kraden serves as counsel to Senator Joseph Lieberman on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Jon's portfolio includes Federal information technology issues, records management, transparency issues, and Federal financial management. Prior to coming to the Senate, Jon spent five years at the Federal Trade Commission investigating consumer protection matters. Jon also worked for six years as a prosecutor for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office where he specialized in long-term financial investigations.