Enterprise Architecture Conference & Expo 2010

DGI's annual Enterprise Architecture Conference, again co-located with the FEAC Institute's Chief Enterprise Architect Symposium, kicked off the event with a Department of Health and Human Services executive panel discussing "Enabling Citizen Engagement and Open Government with EA:  An Agency Experience". Henry Chao, Chief Technology Officer, Office of Information Services, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, HHS (at podium, pictured right), Mary Forbes, Lead Enterprise Architect, HHS and John Teeter, Deputy CIO, HHS,  gave a "solid discussion on EA across HHS", commented one attendee.  Panelists "demonstrated (an) impressive level of  insight into the practical realities and obstacles to achieving Open Government requirements," said another.

Paul Brubaker, Senior Director, North American Public Sector Practice, Cisco Internet Business Solutions Group (left) gave a "superb review of (the) current state of EA" during session "Taking a Broader View of EA to Enable Government Business Operations".

Randy Hite, Director, IT Architecture and Systems, GAO (right) gave a preview of GAO's EA Management Maturity Framework.  "Very helpful to have a sense of what's coming and begin thinking about how EAMMF will be used," said an attendee.  Read DGI's Executive Insight Interview with Randy "Coming to a Theater Near You: Preview of GAO's Soon to be Released EA Management Maturity Framework".

Jim Washington, Chief Acquisition Office with the FAA is an EA proponent, even if he is not an EA architect.  EA helps the agency understand inter-relationships between investments, minimize duplication and is essential to FAA's modernization. "We know what programs are dependent on others and can see the impact of program reduction or delays can have on achieving the overall improvement of systems. So this allows us to better assess tradeoffs of investment decisions," he said, as reported by GCN.  Read the full article here.

Ron Vandiver, Director, Architecture Integration and Management, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC) (right) dressed the part for his session titled "Perspectives on the Value of Planning versus Firefighting".  "Great presentation -- challenged me to think," commented an attendee.

The Networking Expo

Dick Burk (left), former OMB Chief Architect and currently with MEGA, talks with Randy Hite from GAO.

Mike Tiemann (left) and Beryl Bellman (center) talk with an attendee about becoming a Certified Enterprise Architect through the FEAC Institute.

An attendee learns more about Adobe's EA Solutions.

Mike Pomatto (left) with Cask Technologies shows Peter Meenehan with WMATA a demo during the morning networking break.

What Attendees Said

About the 2010 Enterprise Architecture Conference:

• "Presentations were based on extensive real-world experience."
•  "The presenters were knowledgeable and interesting."
• I enjoyed "the implementation / analysis of improving investment of EA key milestones."
• "The speakers brought their experience to share topics that were on target.  All were excellent."
• "As usual, great EA topics!"
• "Great topics and great conference!"
• "Relevant vendors, and many really good data nuggets and approaches."
• I enjoyed the "Level of discussion (and) quality of speakers' experience."

Education Advisory Committee

Digital Government Institute thanks the Education Advisory Committee for its input on developing the Conference Program:

• Major Chris Beckford, Lead Architect, MAGTF C2 Systems, Marine Corps Systems Command
• Avi Bender, Chief Technology Officer, Department of Commerce
• Scott Bernard, Deputy CIO/Director, Federal Railroad Administration, Department of Transportation
• Andrew Blumenthal, Chief Technology Officer, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms and Explosives, Department of Justice
• Mary Forbes, Lead Enterprise Architect, Department of Health and Human Services
• Ira Grossman, Chairman, Chief Architects Forum
• Terry Horning, Enterprise Architect, Office of Aviation Safety, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation
• Randolph Hite, Director, Information Technology Architecture and Systems, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Con Kenney, Senior Research Fellow at IRM Collage, National Defense University, and DOT Representative at Federal CIO Council Architecture and Infrastructure Committee
• Matt Newman, Professor, IRM College, National Defense University
• Felix Rausch, Executive Director, Federal Enterprise Architecture Certification (FEAC) Institute
• Diane Reeves, Interior Business Architect, Department of the Interior
• LtCol Geoffrey Thome, Operational Architecture Branch Head, Command and Control Integration Division, MCCDC, U.S. Marine Corps
• Michael Tiemann, Program Director and Senior Faculty, FEAC Institute
• Ronald Vandiver, Director, Architecture Integration and Management, Army Capabilities Integration Center, U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC)