Facilitators Announced For NGA Agile Cloud Brainstorming Event

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https://www.eventbrite.com/e/agile-sourcing-environment-for-commercial-cloud-tickets-11152773245

The Information Technology Acquisition Advisory Council (ITAAC) and the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) are announcing a slate of innovative leaders to serve as facilitators for the upcoming  “Agile Sourcing Environment for Commercial Cloud” brainstorming session being held in Alexandria, VA on April 23, 2014. Enjoying a great response thus far, industry participants include Boeing, Oracle, Google,SAP, Leidos and Capgemini. Government participants include the US Navy, US Army, US House of Representatives and GSA. The confirmed facilitator lineup is:

Prospective Customers & Missions: Phil Dixon – Google
Tentative Service Catalog: Roger Bernhardt – Boeing
Governance and Management: Colleen Dealey – Cloudbound
Service Provisioning: Dave Rose – Oracle
Service Level Agreements: Angela Smith – GSA
Sourcing and Acquisition Procedures: Young Nam – Virtustream

Due to conference room limitations and in response to numerous request,  “Virtual Attendee” tickets have now been made available. Only registered Virtual Attendee ticket holders will receive the relevant webcast information.

IT-ACC and TIA are looking forward to the innovation and transformative business models heralded by this important event.

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/agile-sourcing-environment-for-commercial-cloud-tickets-11152773245


ABOUT ITAAC: The Information Technology Acquisition Advisory Council (ITAAC) is a public/private partnership of concerned citizens, public interest groups, private sector sponsors and government partners working together to serve as a catalyst for positive change and evolution in the Information Technology Acquisition System to meet the demands of the 21st century.
 
ABOUT TIA: The Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA) is the leading trade association representing the global information and communications technology (ICT) industries through standards development, government affairs, business opportunities, market intelligence, certification and world-wide environmental regulatory compliance. With support from its 600 members, TIA enhances the business environment for companies involved in telecommunications, broadband, mobile wireless, information technology, networks, cable, satellite, unified communications, emergency communications and the greening of technology. TIA is accredited by ANSI.

 

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