Mark Bowker
Senior Analyst
Enterprise Strategy Group
Mark Bowker joined ESG in 2006 and currently champions ESG’s Data Center Transformation practice, focusing on all things virtualization and cloud computing. In his current role, Mark researches the various virtualization technologies available and the impact these solutions have on IT strategies and the broader marketplace. His other research areas include cloud computing, data center management, and application workload deployment in next generation data centers, as well as the external influences that drive the adoption of these technologies.
Prior to ESG, Mark ran the IT organization for a business consulting and technology services company and is a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. He has experience in designing, implementing, and expanding network and system infrastructure for global organizations.
Mark holds a BS in Management Information Systems from American International College and a continuing education certificate from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in UNIX administration and C++ programming. He is also a private pilot. You can usually find him flying around the skies of New England on the weekends.
Alice Lipowicz
Reporter
Federal Computer Week
Alice Lipowicz covers government technology issues for FCW and Washington Technology. Previously, she reported news for Congressional Quarterly, Crain’s’ New York Business and the Bridgeport Post daily newspaper in Bridgeport, Conn.
Dan Mintz
Chief Operating Officer
Powertek Corporation
Mr. Mintz serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Powertek Corporation. In this role, he provides strategic and tactical operations management. Mintz is active in government and industry trade groups, holding leadership roles in ACT-IAC and AFCEA.
Before that, Mr. Mintz served as the Chief Technology Officer for the Civil and Health Services Group at CSC. In that role, he served as a strategic thought leader, responsible for identifying key current and future customer requirements and served on an internal CSC cyber-security Tiger Team.
Previously, he was the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the United States Department of Transportation (DOT). As CIO, Mintz was the principal advisor to the Secretary on matters involving information resources and information services management. In 2008, he was a Federal 100 award winner and was the initial recipient of the Federal CIO Council Government 2.0 award.
He speaks at many conferences and events on Government 2 (and 3).0 and cyber-security issues, writes a blog covering organization disruption, technology development, and movie reviews at www.ourownlittlecorner.com,; and is on Facebook and ‘tweets’ using the name technogeezer.
Mintz earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Maryland, and a Masters in International Management from the University of Maryland University College. He currently is an adjunct professor at Syracuse University and at the University of Maryland University College (UMUC) and serves as an advisor to Cyberwatch, an NSF funded educational initiative, and to the University of Maryland University College Cyber-security Laboratory.
As organizations move applications and systems to the cloud, they will need to arm employees at all levels and across all functions with new skills and cloud intelligence. From selling the organization on cloud through implementation through making it work long-term, there are so many stakeholders than need to be involved, and all of them will need to learn new skills and new approaches. Panelists and attendees in this session will consider:
> The new technology skill sets for application developers, IT operations, networking and security groups
> The new business skills required of the CIO and business managers
> The new procurement paradigms
> The new skills required of the organization’s legal department