Monthly meetings
MARCH 2023 - DoD cATO
Keynote Rob Vietmeyer, DoD CSO
DoD cATO
Jeff Eyink, Chief Cybersecurity Implementation Division, OSD DoD CIO
Mckay Tolboe, Chief Cybersecurity Implementation Division, OSD DoD CIO
Navy RAISE 2.0
Edmond Kuqo, OPNAV N2N6 / DON CIO Detail, DevSecOps, Cybersecurity, Cloud
Closing George Lamb, Computer Scientist, DoD CIO
03-09-2023 DevSecOps CoP – DoD cATO-Navy RAISE 2.0 FINAL.pdf
FEBRUARY 2023 - Modernizing Aging Software
Keynote
Garth McMurray, Professor of Systems Engineering Management, DAU
TCODE, TRANSCOM’s Software Factory Chris Lipe, TCODE Lead Engineer, Isaac Wright, Lead Information Systems Security Engineer and Tiffany Tucker, Configuration Management Lead
USMEPCOM, Modernizing Journey – 18 Months Later
Mathew Lince, Chief Information Officer, USMEPCOM
AEGIS Agile Journey – PEO IWS Forge Software Factory
Rick Jandrain, Software Acquisition Manager, Naval Sea Systems Command, PEO Integrated Warfare Systems
JANUARY 2023 - Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE)
Opening Remarks
Allan Dianic, OUSD R&E S&E Lead, R&E Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) Lead
Daniel Hettema, Director Digital Engineering Modeling and Simulation, OSD OUSD R&E
MBSE and DevSecOps DOT&E
Andrew Pollner, President & CEO of ALP International Corporation
Chuck Rogal, MBSE Architect
Patrick Quilter, DSO SME
MBSE & DevSecOps and R&E
Dr. Bruce Douglass, Agile MBSE, Embedded Systems
Army MBSE Study
Alex Boydston, Electronics Engineer, USARMY DEVCOM AvM
Charlie Payne
Tyler Smith
John Shackleton
MBSE Scorecard
Dr. Omar Diaz, Principal Enterprise Engineer
Models in Test
Dr. Saurabh Mittal
DECEMBER 2022 - Contracting
Opening Remarks
Sean Brady (USD A&S AE SWP Lead)
Contracting for S/W Solutions RFI
Colleen Murphy (MITRE)
SWP Program Modular Contracting Strategy
Jennifer McBee/Capt James Hanley (Air Force Kessel Run)
Software Factory Contracting Approach
Doug Raney/James Crocker/Maj Karah Schneider (Air Force BESPIN)
Prototype & Production OT Awards for S/W Development
Maj Ben Leaf (USSOCOM Global Analytics Platform)
OT Award for Autonomy S/W Development & Test Platform
David Michelson (Defense Innovation Unit)
LTC Chris Orlowski (Army Robotic Combat Vehicle)
NOVEMBER 2022 - Testing and Evaluation in DevSecOps
Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) T&E in DevSecOps
Introduction: Lorie Sather – Division Chief
Ellen Preiss, Technical Director
Carter Farthing, T&E Automation
Zee Villafane, Operational Testing
Elaine Macari, Approved Products List
Testing and Evaluation (T&E) Documentation
Nilo Thomas, OSD/Office of the Director, Operational Test and Evaluation, Strategic Initiatives, Policy, and Emerging Technologies
David Hoffman, DoD CIO Cloud and Software Modernization
OCTOBER 2022 - JADC2
Keynote: Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) Overview
Mr. Gregory Curth, Engineering Branch Chief, US JS J6/DDC5I/Cyber, Command & Control Operational Development Division
**WIDOW – Mission: To increase the speed, organization, and accuracy of planning tasks through real-time coordination and visualization of mission details **
Maj Brad “Ralphie” Short, USAF, WIDOW Founder &PEM/Lead Air Battle Manager DAF PEO C3BM
LCDR Andres Otero, USN Project Overmatch Deputy Program Manager Infrastructure
Roundtable Discussion and Q&A
Mr. Rick Jack, Distinguished C4ISR Software Engineer(SSTM) NIWC PAC
Maj Brad Short
LCDR Andres Otero
Container Governance Update
Mr. Dan Risacher, DoD CIO
SEPTEMBER 2022 - Software Acquisition Pathway
Opening Remarks
Mr. Sean Brady, DoD Senior Lead for Software Acquisition
Navy Software Acquisition Pathway Experience
Ms. Melissa Naroski Merker, ASN RDA, DASN IWAR
Army Software Acquisition Pathway Experience
Mr. Ken Waldrop, ASA ALT, and Mr. Kent Gibson, Systems Engineer, USARMY PEO IEWS
Contracting Module
Ms. Colleen Murphy, Contracting and Acquisition SME, MITRE
Open Q&A
AUGUST 2022 - Testing 2.0
Keynote
Ms. Sarah Standard, OUSD (R&E); Developmental Test, Evaluation and Analysis(DTE&A), The Cybersecurity/Interoperability Technical Director
Cybersecurity Operational Test and Evaluation Concept for Software Factories
Dr. Billy Robbins, IDA, follow-on discussion with Ms. Sarah Standard, and Mr. Nilo Thomas, OSD DOTE, Software and Cyber Action Officer
Q&A
Intro to the Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA) Report
Ms. Sarah Standard
Cybersecurity and DoD System Development: A Survey of DoD Adoption of Best DevSecOps Practice
Mr. Lee Kennedy, Mr. Steve Wartik, Mr. Ryan Wagner, and Ms. Rachel Kuzio de Naray, Institute for Defense Analyses
JULY 2022 - Testing
Opening Remarks
Ms. Ellen Preiss, Technical Director, Enterprise Business Systems Division Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC), DISA
TRMC Testing Infrastructure Considerations for DevSecOps
Mr. Ryan Norman, Deputy Program Manager, Joint Mission Environment Test Capability / Director, Test & Training Enabling Architecture (TENA) Software
TAK.gov Introduction and Demo
Mr. Ryan McLean, TAK.gov Director
“Shift Left Testing with DevSecOps”
Mr. Hasan Yasar, Technical Director, Adjunct Faculty Member SEI/Carnegie Melon University
Chaos Engineering and Bowcaster
Mr. Omar Marrero, Chaos & Performance Tech Lead, O-CTO, Kessel Run
Closing Remarks Mr. Rob Vietmeyer, Director, Cloud and Software Modernization
JUNE 2022 - Software Factories
Opening Remarks
Ms. Robin Yeman, Chief Technical Officer at Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation
Software Factories
Navy
Storehouse Software Factory – Ms. Candaice Deloach, Senior Scientific Technical Manager (SSTM) for Warfare Systems Software Science and Technology and Development
NAVFactory – Mr. David Smith, Division Manager, NAVFAC Information Technology Center (NITC)
Air Force
Hangar 18 – Mr. Matt Jacobsen, Director Hangar 18, Dr. Mark Reith, liaison to the AFIT graduate school and Mr. Matthew Dever, Director, Air Force Cyberspace Technical Center of Excellence, Air Force Institute of Technology
Defining Software Modernization Terminology
Mr. George Lamb, DoD CIO Computer Scientist
Software Factories Roundtable Q&A
Closing Remarks
Mr. Rob Vietmeyer, Director, Cloud and Software Modernization
MAY 2022 - Application Programing Interface (API) 2.0
Opening Remarks and API Introduction
Mr. Sean Brady, OSD OUSD (A&S)
Mr. Shane Smith, Principal Software Engineer, MITRE
Presentations
Dr. Jimmy “Rev” Jones, PhD, NH-IV, SAF/AQLV, STITCHES Warfighter Application Team Lead
Mr. Rick Jack, Distinguished C4ISR Software Engineer(SSTM) NIWC PAC, CDR Rob Liu, COMNAVSPECWARCOM
Mr. Gray Brooks, Senior API Strategist, GSA, Ms. Angelica Jenkins, API Strategy Advocate
Q&A
Closing Remarks
Mr. Allan Dianic, Director, Software Engineering OSD OUSD (R&E)
APRIL 2022 - Application Programming Interface (API)
Opening Remarks
Mr. Rob Vietmeyer, OSD, DoD CIO Director, Cloud and Software Modernization
API Introduction
Mr. Sean Brady, OSD OUSD (A&S)
Mr. Shane Smith, Principal Software Engineer, MITRE
Program Executive Office Manpower, Logistics and Business Solutions Data Transformation Services (PEO MLB DaTS)
Mr. Abiola Olowokere, USN PEO MLB Data Services and Information Intelligence Pillar Lead and team
Business Enterprise Systems Product INnovation (BESPIN)
Mr. James Crocker, CTO Lab Director, BESPIN and team
Modular Open Systems Approach (MOSA)
Mr. Edward Moshinsky, SE Modernization Chief ENG Support
STITCHES
Mr. Jimmy “Rev” Jones, PhD, NH-IV, SAF/AQLV, STITCHES Warfighter Application Team Lead
Closing Remarks
Mr. Allan Dianic, Director, Software Engineering OSD OUSD (R&E)