Barry Ingram recently retired as Vice President of Enterprise Hub Operations for EDS U.S. Government Solutions. With over 43 years of professional IT experience, he led EDS’ US Government leveraged delivery operations efforts for all civilian and defense clients. Prior to that assignment, he was Vice President of Federal Delivery, responsible for all the EDS U.S. Federal government delivery organization. He joined EDS in 1968.
 
Throughout his career, Ingram has focused on a wide range of technology implementations and consulting. He led several major systems design, development and implementation projects in government and commercial sectors, as well as initiating and directing significant efforts in software engineering improvement. Currently, he advises U.S. and international government and commercial clients on technology futures, IT procurement practices, information and knowledge management, outsourcing strategies, and e-government transformation. He has been called upon multiple times to participate in EDS’ corporate strategic planning activities. He has testified before Congress and is frequently invited to speak on a variety of subjects, including outsourcing, program management, technology trends and management, systems integration, knowledge management, and multiple technology and leadership issues, including electronic government transformation.

Ingram, as the Chief Technology Officer for EDS’ Government Industry Group, led several technical resource groups, including the Government Internet and Intranet Development Team, and was responsible for the development of IT solutions for major procurements, as well as the internal infrastructure for the organization. He has an extensive background in the design, construction, and operations of large information processing centers and created the first regional centers in EDS. He managed all the regional processing centers for EDS for over 7 years during a period of very successful rapid growth and change. During this same period, Ingram directed the central development and maintenance systems engineering groups for EDS’ Medicare and other health care business.

Ingram directed the EDS Global Government Industry Group focusing on Canada and Asia Pacific, working with government clients to assist in their procurement efforts for large-scale outsourcing and integration. He was also a speaker at several government seminars for technology and electronic government in these regions.

Ingram has been active in civic and industry associations, including Northern Virginia Technology Council, Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association, the Information Technology Association of America, the General Services Administration’s Trail Boss Program, the World Congress on Information Technology, the Fairfax County Long-Term Care Task Force, the E-Gov Advisory Board, the Virginia Joint Commission on Technology and Science (JCOTS) Cyber Crime Advisory Board and the University of Maryland University College, Graduate School Advisory Board for Executive Programs  and now he is Executive in Residence in The Center for Leadership in Global Enterprise at McDaniel College where he instructs leaders on how to create technology assisted decision-making dashboards and decision simulations.

Ingram holds a BS degree in industrial engineering from Ohio State University.

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Ron Knode
IT Security and Knowledge Management

Ron Knode is a director in the Global Security Solutions (GSS) business unit of CSC. In 2006, he was also named a Research Associate in CSC's internal "innovation think tank", known as the Leading Edge Forum (LEF). Prior to his current assignment leading a research program in the (LEF), he was responsible for the design, provisioning, deployment, and measurement of end-to-end security solutions that support CSC's commercial and government clients around the world. In this capacity, he guided global teams of information risk management specialists in the generation, planning, design, development, and initial deliveries of security services that respond to client and market needs not only for protection and compliance, but also for "business value" in return for a security investment.
During an 18-month internal sabbatical with CSC, Mr. Knode was the primary researcher and author for a program entitled "Digital Trust". That program explored the ability of an enterprise to create (new) value with security services and technologies, rather than attempting only to do an incrementally better job of protecting the enterprise value that already exists. The results of that program are published in an eight volume research report that is published on csc.com.

In a 2008 effort with the American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI), he completed a digital trust study with life and annuity companies That study, entitled "Digital Trust for Life" and published on csc.com, confirmed the payoff potential for companies in the life and annuity industry, and showed how an application of digital trust would generate new enterprise value for those companies.  Today, Mr. Knode is bringing digital trust to "cloud processing". As the security architect for CSC's corporate cloud computing initiative, the principles and practices of digital trust are delivering their payoff potential through cloud technologies as well as traditional processing models.

Author of more than three dozen articles on information security systems, technologies, and information risk management strategies, Ron Knode is a frequently requested speaker at symposia and national technical panels. He has appeared on television and radio as an expert in cyber-security threats and as a commentator on industry trends in security service and recommended courses of action for businesses large and small. He is a much sought-after speaker and lecturer in the fields of security metrics, information risk management, and the generation of enterprise value through security technology and service.

Mr. Knode holds bachelor and master's degrees in mathematics from the U.S. Naval Academy and the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, and he has completed doctoral coursework in computer science at the University of Maryland. He has been a Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) in accordance with the standards and qualifications of the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA). He is also a fully trained Black Belt in Six Sigma quality improvement processes

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Marc S. Mednick
Psychology of Decision-Making

Dr. Mednick is a psychologist and corporate consultant who is recognized for his development of innovative leadership assessment tools, and in providing unique, industry-specific training, including the development of simulations reflecting actual work challenges facing participants.

For the last ten years, Dr. Mednick’s work has focused on executive assessment and selection; executive coaching; the neuropsychology of executive decision-making; the relationship between corporate culture and motivation; and, the development of leadership feedback tools and training simulations that energizes participants and gives them information about themselves that is new, challenging, and growth producing. His counsel also examines the subtle components of decision-making that transcend a narrow focus on personality, experience, or leadership characteristics.

He earned his bachelor’s degree in Human Development and Family Studies from Cornell University; a master’s in Social Work from Syracuse University; a master’s in Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University; and a master’s and PhD in Psychology from the University of Rhode Island.