IT Roadmap Washington, D.C.
 
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
8:00 am - 4:15 pmRegistration
8:00 am - 8:45 amContinental Breakfast and Conversation
8:45 am - 9:00 amWelcome and Overview
John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World
9:00 am - 9:30 amYou Have the Skills...But Are You Ready to Compete?
Dr. Alissa Johnson, Deputy CIO, Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration
9:30 am - 10:00 amNoisy Times in Wireless
GT Hill, Director of Technical Marketing, Ruckus Wireless
10:00 am - 10:30 amA Policy Driven Approach to Software Defined Networking
Matt Laslie, Solution Architect, Nuage Networks
10:30 am - 10:45 amMorning Break
10:45 am - 12:35 pmMorning Breakout Sessions
10:45 am - 11:15 amThe Cutting Edge of Cloud & Next Generation Apps
Holger Mueller, Vice President and Principal Analyst, Constellation Research
Not Your Grandfather's Datacenter Network
Brad Casemore, Research Director, Datacenter Networks, IDC
The New Mobile Network Edge in the Era of the Cloud
Alan Lepofsky, VP and Principal Analyst, Constellation Research, Inc.
The Next Wave of Connectivity: Is 802.11AC Right for You?
Laura DiDio, Principal, ITIC
Reducing Risk: The Evolution of Security
Chris Christiansen, Program Vice President, Security Products and Services , IDC
11:25 am - 11:55 amPlan Your Migration to Next-Gen Communication & Collaboration - Transform Your Business with Hosted Voice & Data Communications
Tonya Hill, Regional Enterprise Sales Manager, Comcast Business
Mobility Impacts on Business and Security
Roger Bjork, Director, Global Product Marketing Mobility/BYOD Solutions, Dell Software
Reduce Complexity and Drive ROI in the Age of Cyber Threats
Rick Blanch, Manager, Sales Systems Engineer, Intel Security
Today’s Threat Landscape
TJ Iacobone, Senior Channel Sales Engineer, Sophos
Automated Breach Detection: A Structured Methodology for Success
Mike Banic, Vice President of Marketing, Vectra Networks
12:05 pm - 12:35 pmUsing Advanced Analytics to Drive Process Improvement
Gregory Corrigan, Senior Manager of Global Analytics, JLG Industries, a division of Oshkosh Equipment Corporation
Becoming a Data Centric Organization
Paul Lough, Chief Technology Officer, Navy Federal Credit Union
Carol Hayes, Assistant VP, Enterprise Data Strategy and Services, Navy Federal Credit Union
Business Applications in the Cloud
Chris White, Director, Marketing & Refining IT, Hess Corporation
Your Security Strategy: How to Balance Risk with Reward
Guillermo Ortiz de Zárate, Director of Information Systems, National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB)
Deploying a Secure, Effective Mobile Enterprise
Mujib Lodhi, Chief Information Officer , Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC)
12:35 pm - 2:00 pmLunch & Expo (Lunch served until 2:00pm; Expo open until 4:15pm)
1:15 pm - 1:45 pmExpo Hall Theater
2:00 pm - 2:30 pmAre You Ready for 802.11ac?
GT Hill, Director of Technical Marketing, Ruckus Wireless
The Path to Network Video Surveillance
Vince Ricco, Business Development Manager – Technology Partner Program, Axis Communications
It’s Time for Security Reboot – Don’t be the Next #Target
Joe Bonnell, Founder & CEO, Alchemy Security
Isaac Conway, Director of Network Engineering, Latisys
Disaster Recovery in the Software Defined Data Center (SDDC)
Sean Senior, Chief Technology Officer, Clearpath Solutions Group
Josh Terry, Program Manager – Managed Services, Clearpath Solutions Group
The Business Impact of Next Generation Firewall
Joseph Metzler, Regional Security Engineer, McAfee
2:40 pm - 3:10 pmLeveraging the Cloud for Scalable and Simplified Data Storage
Dan Capello, Regional Sales Manager, Nasuni
Tech Talk: Automated Approaches for Proactive Network Provisioning, Planning, and Change Analysis
Pradeep Singh, VP Engineering, Riverbed Technology.
Mobile First? Security First? It’s a Tie and Here’s Why!
Paul DePond, Vice President of Business Development and Analyst Relations, Globo Mobile Technologies Inc
Domain Name System (DNS) - Security Asset or Achilles Heel?
Matt Gowarty, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Network Automation, Infoblox
3:15 am - 3:45 pmYour IT Career Roadmap In A Fast-Changing World: Practical Templates, Strategies, and New Skills
Dion Hinchcliffe, Chief Strategy Officer, Adjuvi LLC
3:45 pm - 4:00 pmClosing Remarks
John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World
4:00 pm - 4:30 pmReception and Prize Passport Drawing (in the Expo)