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With the merger of SAFE-BioPharma and NH-ISAC, my responsibilities have altered. I am the responsible officer for managing policy alignment with the US government and the EU for digital signature and authentication credentialing; Identity and Access Management; global policy alignment. I am responsible for the SAFE-BioPharma Bridge Certificate Policy and cross-certification with members and Bridge operations. I continue to lead innovative technology initiatives for expanding global trust… Show more With the merger of SAFE-BioPharma and NH-ISAC, my responsibilities have altered. I am the responsible officer for managing policy alignment with the US government and the EU for digital signature and authentication credentialing; Identity and Access Management; global policy alignment. I am responsible for the SAFE-BioPharma Bridge Certificate Policy and cross-certification with members and Bridge operations. I continue to lead innovative technology initiatives for expanding global trust interoperability and trust federation services. I am the responsible officer for certifying products and services against the SAFE-BioPharma Standard. I advise the Executive Director and officers of NH-ISAC on global IAM issues. Show less

• Support the CEO for all management, personnel, strategic planning and operational functions;• Develop, maintain and revise SAFE-BioPharma policies for Trust Frameworks, ETSI Qualified Certificate Policy and SAFE Bridge CA;• Manage the Trust Frameworks programs, including reviews, approvals, membership operations, vendor product certifications;• Liaison with US government and European Union Identity Management and cyber trust programs, including… Show more • Support the CEO for all management, personnel, strategic planning and operational functions;• Develop, maintain and revise SAFE-BioPharma policies for Trust Frameworks, ETSI Qualified Certificate Policy and SAFE Bridge CA;• Manage the Trust Frameworks programs, including reviews, approvals, membership operations, vendor product certifications;• Liaison with US government and European Union Identity Management and cyber trust programs, including reviewing, revising and recommending policy;• Represent SAFE-BioPharma and biopharmaceutical industry to national and international policy and standards bodies and global industry-specific entities• Led initiative that successfully aligned ETSI Qualified Certificate Standards with SAFE- BioPharma Bridge Certificate Policy• Elected member, OASIS IDTrust Member Section Steering Committee• Member, NH-ISAC Emerging Healthcare Identity and Authentication Workgroup• Identity Ecosystem Steering Group Board of Directors 2012-2015• Co-founder and editor, OASIS Trust Elevation Technical Committee Show less

On Detail to NIST to support the NSTIC initiatives until June, 2012.* Responsible for Program liaison to Office of National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), HHS ensuring that Health IT infrastructure aligns with the National Strategy; including support for HIT privacy and credentialing policies and standards* Identify opportunities within and outside government to enable trusted e-gov and e-commerce transactions within the context of the National Strategy.* With industry, initiate… Show more On Detail to NIST to support the NSTIC initiatives until June, 2012.* Responsible for Program liaison to Office of National Coordinator for Health IT (ONC), HHS ensuring that Health IT infrastructure aligns with the National Strategy; including support for HIT privacy and credentialing policies and standards* Identify opportunities within and outside government to enable trusted e-gov and e-commerce transactions within the context of the National Strategy.* With industry, initiate innovative projects for expanding the definition of trusted transactions and methods for determining trust in online transactions.* Lead and participate in government and industry standards activities. Show less

• Represent NIH on National Security Council subcommittee, reviewing White House National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC);• Drafted IT strategic plan for NIH;• Represent NIH on HHS CTO Council (Acting CTO, NIH);• Executive Sponsor for NIH Federated Identity Management Service, annual budget $1.5 million; oversaw production implementation of federation with InCommon at Assurance Levels 1 and 2 to enable trust with ~ 250 research universities’ faculty, staff and… Show more • Represent NIH on National Security Council subcommittee, reviewing White House National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC);• Drafted IT strategic plan for NIH;• Represent NIH on HHS CTO Council (Acting CTO, NIH);• Executive Sponsor for NIH Federated Identity Management Service, annual budget $1.5 million; oversaw production implementation of federation with InCommon at Assurance Levels 1 and 2 to enable trust with ~ 250 research universities’ faculty, staff and students; Open Identity Exchange at Assurance Levels 1 – 3 to enable trust with ~50 million credential holders. 2011 winner of Kantara IDDY (IDentity Deployment of the Year) Award; 2009 winner of GITEC Innovation Award; 2009 Federal 100 Award for Innovation;• Executive Sponsor and facilitator for Presidentially-recognized Bristol-Myers Squibb – National Cancer Institute Digital Cancer Treatment Protocol review pilot project;• Provide advice and guidance to the NIH CIO on technology implementation issues, on organizational management issues and on strategic business opportunities for IT at NIH and across Federal, State and tribal governments;• Serve on various industry standards bodies related to implementing trusted and private digital services initiatives. Show less

• Managed an Office of six divisions and a budget of over $30 million addressing all aspects of Government-wide policy for IT• Developed strategic restructuring for Financial Management Systems Consolidation• Developed and implemented Trust Framework Methodology for federated identity management services at NIST assurance levels 1, 2 and non-cryptographic 3• Initiated two broad-based interfederation initiatives with OpenID at assurance level 1 and with the financial services and… Show more • Managed an Office of six divisions and a budget of over $30 million addressing all aspects of Government-wide policy for IT• Developed strategic restructuring for Financial Management Systems Consolidation• Developed and implemented Trust Framework Methodology for federated identity management services at NIST assurance levels 1, 2 and non-cryptographic 3• Initiated two broad-based interfederation initiatives with OpenID at assurance level 1 and with the financial services and telecommunications industries for assurance level 3- OTP• GSA representative to TSCP, OASIS and Kantara Initiative standards-setting bodies for identity and credential management Show less

• Chair, Federal PKI Policy Authority, 2005 – August 2008 (unanimous re-election in January, 2007)• Serve on industry and government technology advisory boards• Initiated and led initiatives that mapped FISMA requirements against ISO standard requirements adopted by US Government• Initiated first-ever identity management interfederation agreement between Higher Education and NIH• Represent Federal Government Identity Management efforts to Higher Education IT executives… Show more • Chair, Federal PKI Policy Authority, 2005 – August 2008 (unanimous re-election in January, 2007)• Serve on industry and government technology advisory boards• Initiated and led initiatives that mapped FISMA requirements against ISO standard requirements adopted by US Government• Initiated first-ever identity management interfederation agreement between Higher Education and NIH• Represent Federal Government Identity Management efforts to Higher Education IT executives, Financial Services industry and technology associations• Many roles and responsibilities in PKI and electronic authentication policy and technology for the Department of Health and Human Services• Project Officer: NIH – EDUCAUSE PKI Interoperability Project; budget of $250k (see awards). • Project Officer: E-Authentication – Shibboleth Interfederation Interoperability Project; budget of $50k• Represent HHS on E-Authentication Executive Steering Committee (2002-2004) and serve on subcommittees and workgroups; alternate 2005 - forward• Represent HHS on Federal Identity Credentialing Committee and serve on subcommittees and workgroups 2003-2004; alternate 2005 forward• Serve on E-Authentication Partnership Credential Service-Assurance Level Work Group and lead Assurance Level Policy subgroup• Serve on OASIS PKI MC Steering Committee (industry standards group)• Deputy Program Manager, HHS Identity, enterprise identity management program• Vice-Chair, HHS Enterprise PKI Policy Management Authority Show less

• Acting Director, Federal Bridge Certification Authority through February 2002: put the Federal Bridge Certification Authority into production and open for business;• NIH Representative and eGov Liaison to HHS PKI Project Team: Co-authored the HHS PKI Certificate Policy, Concept of Operations; drafting HHS Certificate Acceptance Policy• Designed, developed and implemented the NIH-EDUCAUSE PKI Interoperability Project, demonstrating the capability to convert an NIH grant form to an… Show more • Acting Director, Federal Bridge Certification Authority through February 2002: put the Federal Bridge Certification Authority into production and open for business;• NIH Representative and eGov Liaison to HHS PKI Project Team: Co-authored the HHS PKI Certificate Policy, Concept of Operations; drafting HHS Certificate Acceptance Policy• Designed, developed and implemented the NIH-EDUCAUSE PKI Interoperability Project, demonstrating the capability to convert an NIH grant form to an electronic factor, then having it signed twice by representatives of academic institutions using university-issued digital certificates. The project also demonstrated on-line validation and verification of those electronic signatures.• Represented the Chair, Federal PKI Steering Committee at numerous national and international meetings and making policy and technical presentations.• Member, E-Gov e-authentication gateway design team.• Prepared budget formulation and execution and reporting documents for the Steering Committee and the Bridge Certification Authority;• Represented HHS on Federal PKI Steering Committee• Member, Steering Committee Legal/Policy Working Group and Health Care PKI Working Group• Co-founder and Program/Steering Committees for1st and 2nd PKI R&D Workshops• Member, CSIS Workshop on Electronic Authentication Show less

Senior administrative manager for 160-person organization. Senior Information Technology advisor to Deputy Director for Extramural Research, NIH. Significant accomplishments include receipt of NIH Director’s Award for critical role in devising and implementing radical revamping of Information Technology management of NIH; receipt of NIH Director’s Award for organizing and managing the first NIH Bioengineering Symposium; overseeing reorganization of Office to receive 93 additional staff and… Show more Senior administrative manager for 160-person organization. Senior Information Technology advisor to Deputy Director for Extramural Research, NIH. Significant accomplishments include receipt of NIH Director’s Award for critical role in devising and implementing radical revamping of Information Technology management of NIH; receipt of NIH Director’s Award for organizing and managing the first NIH Bioengineering Symposium; overseeing reorganization of Office to receive 93 additional staff and increased annual budget exceeding $25 million. Streamlined administrative management, improved procurement services, improved overall delivery of administrative services; designed and deployed NIH enterprise internet and intranet websites for dissemination of information on extramural research funding, policy and management. Represented extramural research business area on NIH Information Technology Management Council; chaired Office of the Director Network Council and implemented first hardware and software standards-setting programs for desktop systems. Represented the Department of Health and Human Services on the government-wide Federal Public Key Infrastructure Steering Committee, assisting in developing and deploying the Federal Bridge Certificate Authority, and was a member of the General Services Administration ACES (Access Certificates for Electronic Services) Customer Advisory Board. Served on numerous NIH and Department of Health and Human Services Information Technology committees and work groups. Show less

Assisted Director, Advanced Systems Group; manage eight separate contracts with Federal government. Supervised seven project managers, served as project manager for NIH Division of Computer Research and Technology support contract supervising nine computer specialists, engineers and systems analysts providing a wide range of IT support services. Personally served as Special Assistant for Information Technology to Deputy Director for Extramural Research, NIH. Accomplishments include expanding… Show more Assisted Director, Advanced Systems Group; manage eight separate contracts with Federal government. Supervised seven project managers, served as project manager for NIH Division of Computer Research and Technology support contract supervising nine computer specialists, engineers and systems analysts providing a wide range of IT support services. Personally served as Special Assistant for Information Technology to Deputy Director for Extramural Research, NIH. Accomplishments include expanding contracts, assisting Deputy Director for Extramural Research to resolve performance and deployment problems related to reengineered enterprise management information system. Show less

Provided guidance and leadership in developing, marketing, implementing and managing a variety of information technology based health care systems initiatives to the Federal government, State and local governments and private industry. Accomplishments include designing and deploying the Health Care Integrity Data Bank under contract to the Food and Drug Administration; served by invitation on a Study Section reviewing Small Business Innovation Research contract proposals for the Agency for… Show more Provided guidance and leadership in developing, marketing, implementing and managing a variety of information technology based health care systems initiatives to the Federal government, State and local governments and private industry. Accomplishments include designing and deploying the Health Care Integrity Data Bank under contract to the Food and Drug Administration; served by invitation on a Study Section reviewing Small Business Innovation Research contract proposals for the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research, Department of Health and Human Services. Show less