Robert H'Obbes' Zakon Email & Phone Number

North Conway, NH

• Zakon Group LLC is an innovative technology development and management consultancy with services ranging from lean web development and systems integration to enterprise architectures and cybersecurity policy guidance..
• Technical Lead on US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Continuity Assessment Record & Evaluation (CARE) As-Is assessment and To-Be security systems.
• Technical Lead on HHS CMS' Reporting Hospital Quality Data for Annual Payment Update (RHQDAPU) Assessment.
• Design and deployment of the highest Wi-Fi link in the northeastern US across 8 KM of backcountry in support of a mountaintop, solar-powered weather station and webcam.
• Development and integration of mapping/GIS-based systems in support of scientific data visualization.
• Design, development, and management of web-based intranets, extranets, and public e-commerce sites, including some receiving millions of daily hits.

Internet

A bootstrapped startup, OpenConf provides an improved method for handling abstract submission and peer-review. Already used by millions of users worldwide for events in over 100 countries, OpenConf facilitates the management of conferences, workshops, and symposia, yet is flexible enough that it is has also been used for journals, grants, books, and.

Washington D.C. Metro Area

• The Presidential Innovation Fellows program brings the principles, values, and practices of the innovation economy into government by pairing talented, diverse technologists and innovators with top civil-servants and.
• Innovator-in-Residence and Policy Advisor, U.S. Department of the Treasury (FinTech, blockchain, distributed ledgers, digital identity, cybersecurity, critical infrastructure, cyber governance)
• Product Strategy and Visioning Trainer, Digital Acquisition Accelerator Pilot (agile, procurement)
• Mentor, #HackThePayGap
• Lecturer, National Defense University (cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, big data)
• Policy Advisor, initiatives on open government, open data, cross-agency innovation, AI, and cybersecurity

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Reston, Virginia

Brought in to jumpstart an e-commerce Internet startup looking to provide remote use of off-the-shelf software over the Internet (during the very early days of cloud computing and SaaS). Developed a $200 prototype and then used it to raise $1M+ from Angels and VCs. Expanded the technical vision to encompass all aspects of software selection, trial, and.

Mclean, Virginia

Information Systems Security Group - Intelligence Community and Multinational CollaborationHighlights:- Analysis of foreign Internet infrastructures and national wide-area Internet vulnerabilities.- Development of security guidance to the US Intelligence Community on the use of mobile code.- Industry assessment and development of lean/agile prototypes in.

Korea, Japan, Hawaii, Germany, United Kingdom

Traveled and embedded at MITRE sites on military bases around the world prototyping new capabilities, educating managers and engineers on emerging technologies and facilitating collaboration with their corporate counterparts. South Korea (USFK), Hong Kong, Hawaii (PACOM/USCINCPAC), Japan (USFJ), Germany (EUCOM).Highlights:- Enabled multi-national.

Mclean, Virginia

Commands, Technology & Intelligence Integration Group - Emerging TechnologiesHighlights:- Conceptualized and prototyped one of the first corporate intranets.- First integration of a machine translation system with the web.- Led the design of the FLCommunity Intranet, a 3-tier virtual Foreign Language Community network built on Intelink, OSIS, and Internet.

Reston, Virginia

Distributed C4I Systems Group - Advanced TechnologiesHighlights:- Provided human-centered design guidance for enhancing the NASA SpaceLink service user interface.- Integrated non-compatible, multi-platform legacy systems in support of various law enforcement, drug enforcement and DoD efforts.- Developed software providing a fused view of the battlefield.

Cleveland, Ohio

Led the coordination and development of a cognitive map software application in support of distributed decision making.

Cleveland, Ohio

NCR: researcher, Human-Computer Interface GroupV.A. Hospital of Cleveland: vascular surgery expert system developerScheele Fine Arts: gallery management system developerTechPool Studios: programmerCWRU: forecasting expert system research programmer

Cleveland, Ohio

Managed multiple computer labs, and taught programming courses to both undergraduate and graduate students (as well as some faculty).

Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Master Of Science (M.S.), Computer Engineering And Science

Activities and Societies: Weatherhead School of Management Computer Systems Group Consultant and Research Lab Manager

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Computer Engineering

Activities and Societies: Phi Kappa Psi (President, Alumni Relations), Computer Science Teaching Assistant, Computer Lab Manager.

Education record

Activities and Societies: Assistant Librarian; Alumni Tour Guide; Outing Club, Vice President; Astronomy Club, President

Education record

Education record

Education record