Howard A. Schmidt has had a long distinguished career in defense, law enforcement, and corporate security spanning more than 40 years. He brings together the talents of business, defense, intelligence, law enforcement, privacy, academia and international relations through his distinguished career. He currently is Special Assistant to the President and the Cybersecurity Coordinator for the federal government. In this role Mr. Schmidt is responsible for coordinating interagency cybersecurity policy development and implementation and is responsible coordinating engagement with federal, state, local, international, and private sector cybersecurity partners.
Previously, Mr. Schmidt was the President and CEO of the Information Security Forum (ISF), a nonprofit international corporate membership association comprising of approximately 300 members. The ISF conducts research and develops best practices in cyber security, risk management and critical infrastructure protection.
Before ISF, he served as Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer and Chief Security Strategist for eBay Inc. He also served in the position of Chief Security Strategist for the US CERT Partners Program for the National Cyber Security Division, Department of Homeland Security.
Before eBay, he served as the Vice Chair of the President’s Critical Infrastructure Protection Board and as the Special Adviser for Cyberspace Security for the White House. Prior to the White House, Howard was Chief Security Officer for Microsoft Corp., where his duties included CISO, CSO and forming and directing the Trustworthy Computing Security Strategies Group.
Before Microsoft, Mr. Schmidt was a supervisory special agent and director of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) Computer Forensics Lab and Computer Crime and Information Warfare Division. While there, he established the first dedicated computer forensics lab in the government and was responsible for Criminal and Counter Intelligence investigations against DoD systems.
Before AFOSI, Mr. Schmidt was with the FBI at the National Drug Intelligence Center, where he headed the Computer Exploitation Team. He is recognized as one of the pioneers in the field of computer forensics and computer evidence collection. Before working at the FBI, Mr. Schmidt was a city police officer from 1983 to 1994 for the Chandler Police Department in Arizona. In 11 years as a local first responder he dealt with numerous issues surrounding emergency response to local incidents. He was instrumental in selecting, designing and operation of interoperable communications and public safety response system.
Mr. Schmidt served with the U.S. Air Force in various roles from 1967 to 1983, both in active duty and in the civil service. He had served in the Arizona Air National Guard as computer communications specialist from 1989 until 1998 when he transferred to the U.S. Army Reserves as a Special Agent, Criminal Investigation Division where he continues to serve with the computer crime investigations unit at CID HQ. He has testified as an expert witness in federal and military courts in the areas of computer crime, computer forensics and Internet crime.
Mr. Schmidt also serves as the international president of the nonprofit, Information Systems Security Association (ISSA) and was the co-founder and first president of the Information Technology Information Sharing and Analysis Center (IT-ISAC). He is the Vice-Chair of the board of Directors for (ISC)2 and Security Strategist for the board. He is a former executive board member of the International Organization of Computer Evidence, and served as the co-chairman of the Federal Computer Investigations Committee. He is a member of the American Academy of Forensic Scientists. He had served as a board member for the Cyber Crime Advisory Board of the National White Collar Crime Center.
He served as an augmented member to the President Clinton’s Committee of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) in the formation of an Institute for Information Infrastructure Protection (I3P). He has testified before congressional committees on computer security and cybercrime, and has been instrumental in the creation of public and private partnerships and information-sharing initiatives. He is regularly featured on cable, broadcast and international media as an expert about cyber-security and critical infrastructure protection and business implications related to this topic. He is a co-author of the Black Book on Corporate Security and author of “Patrolling Cyber Space, Lessons Learned from a Lifetime in Data Security.” He has received numerous awards and recognitions from government and private industry including the CSO Magazine “Compass Award”, Baseline Magazine’s “The 50 Most Influential People in Business IT” as well as the Federal 100 Award to name just a few.
Mr. Schmidt has been a member of the Information Security Privacy Advisory Board (ISPAB) to advise the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the Secretary of Commerce and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget on information security and privacy issues. He has also been a member of the Permanent Stakeholders Group (PSG) for the European Network Information Security Agency (ENISA). He was a member of the High Level Experts Group (HLEG) for the ITU and the Global Cyber-security Agenda (GCA).
Mr. Schmidt holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration (BSBA) and a master’s degree in organizational management (MAOM) from the University of Phoenix. He also holds an Honorary Doctorate degree in Humane Letters. Howard was an Adjunct Professor at GA Tech, GTISC, Professor of Research at Idaho State University and Adjunct Distinguished Fellow with Carnegie Mellon’s CyLab and a Distinguished Fellow of the Ponemon Privacy Institute.
Howard is a Ham Radio operator (W7HAS), a private pilot, outdoorsman and an avid Harley-Davidson rider. He is married to Raemarie J. Schmidt, a forensic scientist and researcher and instructor in the field of computer forensics.
Dr. Walker was recruited from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to be the Director of Research for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. At ONR he served as Technical Director and Chief Scientist and top civilian for the Naval S&T program for the US Navy & Marine Corps. Currently as Director of Research for DHS, Walker oversees the Office of National Laboratories, the Office of University Programs for the DHS Centers of Excellence, the four DHS in-house laboratories and T&E Centers, and the Academic Fellowship and Scholarship Program Office. Additionally Walker serves as the senior S&T leadership representative to OSTP, the Congress, the IC, and OGOs internationally. He joined the S&T Directorate in January, 2007.
Dr. Walker joined the Office of Naval Research in September 2004 and served as the Technical Director and Chief Scientist reporting directly to the Chief of Naval Research. Working with the CNR, Dr. Walker was responsible for structuring and leading an S&T organization that ensures technological superiority for the Navy and Marine Corps. Dr. Walker’s budget authority was annually $2,200M, plus an additional average Congressional plus-up of $700M, and Dr. Walker served in a supervisory role for a workforce of 5494 civilian and military for ONR and ONR’s Corporate Laboratory, the Naval Research Laboratory. Dr. Walker’s leadership spanned the university community, the government laboratory structure, industry, and international government defense organizations to bring their resources and technical capabilities into the Naval S&T program, thereby ensuring strategic Naval capabilities to the future and avoiding technological surprise for the nation.
Dr. Walker’s previous position was as the Acting Associate Laboratory Director for National Security, serving as the National Security Coordinator at Argonne National Laboratory. Most recently, Dr. Walker served on the DoD’s Defense Science Board in the Summer Study to define Future Strategic Strike Systems with STRATCOM as the COCOM sponsor.
Dr. Walker is a former member of the Senior Executive Service and served as the Senior Advisor for Science & Technology to stand up the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) from 1999-2003. Dr. Walker was a standing member of the Defense Science & Technology Advisory Group for DDR&E in OSD and served as the senior S&T executive at OSD along with the S&T Executives of the Services, DIA, DARPA, MDA, and the Deputy Under Secretary for S&T.
He started his career at the Naval Weapons Center-Corona Laboratories in 1968 as a research physicist. In 1970 he joined the Naval Weapons Center-China Lake. In 1973, Dr. Walker joined Phillips Petroleum as a research physicist. Advancing to a senior scientist position, he founded and directed programs in physics, technology, nuclear weapons, energy, and bioengineering, as well as an ending assignment serving as the Environmental Director for Operations.
From 1992 to 1998, he served as Vice President-Technology & CTO for Morrison Knudsen Corporation with responsibility for developing new technology and engineering partnerships with the DoD, DOE National Laboratories, the IC, Corps of Engineers, State Governments, and OGAs.
From 1998 to 1999, Dr. Walker led a team with British Nuclear Fuels Limited that successfully developed a new process from an R&D platform through pilot plant demonstration for the chemical separation of transuranics.
Dr. Walker holds a B.S., M.S., and a Ph.D. degree in Nuclear Physics from the University of California. He holds an Honorary Degree in Nuclear Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla.
Dr. Walker currently serves as the Technical Director to Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Threat Reduction Directorate. The DEPSECDEF, by DoD Directive, named Dr. Walker as Chairman of the Joint Laboratory Board of the Joint Improvised Explosive Devices Defeat Organization (JIEDDO), previously known as the JIEDD Task Force. Dr. Walker, as the DSTAG Executive to OSD, served on the Executive Steering Group to establish the Joint Technology Office-High Energy Laser (JTO-HEL) Program and served on the statutorily required JTO-HEL Executive Steering Group under the auspices of DoD’s Under Secretary-AT&L. He now serves as Chairman of the Engineering Development Board of the University of Missouri-Rolla. Previously, Dr. Walker served as Science Advisor to Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and led a tritium production R&D program at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory. As a distinguished member and Senior Advisor for S&T at DTRA, Dr. Walker was awarded in 2002 the DoD Exceptional Civilian Service Medal for Senior Executive Service. He received the R&D 100 Award in 1980 and he has served on the Air Force Studies Board, National Academy of Sciences Committees, and Institute of Chemical Waste Management Steering Committee. His team, for their leadership in Project Sapphire to acquire FSU U235, received a Presidential Citation from the White House. Dr. Walker has widely published in the fields of physics, chemistry, and optics, with numerous patents issued. He was a Navy Fellow and recipient of three consecutive Naval Weapons Fellowship awards. Dr. Walker is a member of the American Physical Society, American Nuclear Society, and the Cosmos Club.
Mr. Christopher Doyle currently leads the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Science and Technology Infrastructure and Geophysical Division (DHS S&T IGD). As Division Director, he is responsible for DHS’ research and development (R&D) initiatives in the areas of emergency response and critical infrastructure protection.
In his 17 years of public and private sector service, Mr. Doyle has developed a proven track record for identifying and anticipating trends in critical infrastructure protection and emergency management. He has successfully managed recovery efforts in several disasters, including the 1994 Northridge Earthquake, where he was responsible for the administration of over $6 billion in recovery grant funds. He was also responsible for the development of several policies related to disaster recovery to facilitate the streamlined award of grant funding to local and State governments.
After the creation of DHS and the assimilation of Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) into DHS in 2003, Mr. Doyle was requested to serve as the Deputy Director of the Emergency Preparedness and Response Portfolio of Research and Development. In this role, he was essential to the formation of the DHS S&T Directorate. He has taken great strides to partner with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and DHS National Protection and Programs, Office of Infrastructure Protection (DHS NPPD IP) to collaboratively develop an R&D agenda to address their highest priority R&D needs.
From 2001 until 2003, Mr. Doyle managed the day-to-day operations of both the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program and the National Dam Safety Program, facilitating transition of both programs into the post 9-11 environment. He was appointed by the FEMA Director to lead the Office of Corporate Affairs in 2000, where he worked numerous partnering arrangements between FEMA and the private sector to provide enhanced disaster protection at the local level.
He began his Federal career began in 1992 in the headquarters of FEMA where he learned response and recovery from the field and headquarters perspective. Prior to joining the Federal government, he spent three years in the private sector designing infrastructure development plans and managing flood plain development plans.
In 2009, Mr. Doyle received an award of special distinction from the Undersecretary for Science and Technology for outstanding public sector leadership. In 1993, he received a distinguished service award from the FEMA Director for his efforts during Hurricane Andrew to relocate disaster victims from tents to trailers and received personal congratulations from then-President George H. W. Bush.
Mr. Doyle graduated from Virginia Tech in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Civil Engineering. He has been a member of the Senior Executive Service (SES) since 2007.
Dr. Cellucci accepted a five-year appointment from the Department of Homeland Security in August 2007 as the Federal Government’s first Chief Commercialization Officer (CCO). He is responsible for initiatives that identify, evaluate and commercialize technology for the specific goal of rapidly developing and deploying products and services that meet the specific operational requirements of the Department of Homeland Security’s Operating Components and other DHS stakeholders such as First Responders and Critical Infrastructure/Key Resources owners and operators. Cellucci has also developed and continues to drive the implementation of DHS-S&T’s outreach with the private sector to establish and foster mutually beneficial working relationships to facilitate cost-effective and efficient product/service development efforts. His efforts led to the establishment of the DHS-S&T Commercialization Office in October 2008. The Commercialization Office is responsible for four major activities; a requirements development initiative for all DHS stakeholders, the development and implementation of a commercialization process for DHS, development and execution of private sector partnership programs such as SECURE and leading the private sector outreach for the S&T directorate.
Since his appointment, he has published three comprehensive guides [Requirements Development Guide (April 2008), Developing Operational Requirements (May 2008), and Developing Operational Requirements, Version 2 (November 2008)] dealing with the development of operational requirements, developed and implemented a commercialization model for the entire department and established the SECURE Program—an innovative public-private partnership to cost-effectively and efficiently develop products and services for DHS’s Operating Components and other DHS stakeholders. In addition, he has written over 25 articles and a compilation of works [Harnessing the Valuable Experiences and Resources of the Private Sector for the Public Good, (February 2009)] geared toward the private sector to inform the public of new opportunities and ways to work with DHS. Cellucci has received recognition for his outreach efforts and engagement with the small and disadvantaged business communities who learn about potential business opportunities and avenues to provide DHS with critical technologies and products to help secure America.
Cellucci is an accomplished entrepreneur, seasoned senior executive and Board member possessing extensive corporate and VC experience across a number of worldwide industries. Profitably growing high technology firms at the start-up, mid-range and large corporate level has been his trademark. He has authored or co-authored over 139 articles on Requirements development, Commercialization, Nanotechnology, Laser physics, Photonics, Environmental disturbance control, MEMS test and measurement, and Mistake-proofing enterprise software.
Richard “Rick” Driggers joined the Department of Homeland Security on September 8, 2003. He currently serves as the Director for the Infrastructure Information Collection Division within the Office of Infrastructure Protection (IP). He has responsibilities to lead the Departments efforts to protect and provide standardized, relevant, and customer focused infrastructure information to Homeland Security partners. Rick has program management and oversight of three major programs within IP: Infrastructure Visualization Program, Infrastructure Information Collection Program and the Infrastructure Data Management Program.
Previously, Rick held a Deputy Director position in the Risk Management Division within IP as well as with the Collection and Requirements Division within the Office of Intelligence and Analysis. In these positions his responsibilities included strategic, performance, and budgetary planning, operational and exercise planning, future systems research, and training.
Prior to his arrival at the Department, Rick was the Chief of Current Operations at the Joint Personnel Recovery Agency following his employment with B3H Corporation, supporting the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) on Hurlburt Field, Florida. Rick began his service to the nation when he enlisted as an airman on October 31, 1988 into the U.S. Air Force (USAF) as a Combat Controller assigned to AFSOC. While conducting tactical training he was severely injured during a parachute jump and subsequently medically discharged from the USAF on January 12, 2001.
As a Combat Controller, Rick held several leadership and operational positions. He deployed as a component of U.S. Air Force Special Tactics Teams, U.S. Army Special Forces Operations Detachment Alpha Teams, U.S. Navy SEAL Platoons, and the British, Australian, and New Zealand Special Air Service (SAS) Troops. He served in the Middle East participating in operations Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Provide Comfort II and III, and Desert Thunder during the 1990s. Rick deployed to the Balkans to participate in operations Deny Flight and Joint Endeavor in the mid 1990s. He also participated in counter-drug operations in Central and South America.
His awards and decorations include the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal (5 awards), Joint Service Achievement Medal, (2 awards), U.S. Air Force Achievement Medal (5 awards), U.S. Army Achievement Medal (2 awards), National Defense Medal, U.S. Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal, and the NATO Medal. He has also earned the U.S. Army Jump Master Parachutist badge, the U.S. Army Special Forces (SF) Military Freefall Master Parachutist Badge, SF Combat Diver Badge, the U.S. Army Ranger Tab, and the Australian Army Parachute Badge from the 1st Squadron, Special Air Service Regiment.
He holds a B.S. in Applied Science and Technology and is a recent graduate of the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Senior Executive Fellows Program. He and his wife Kristina have three fabulous kids; Christopher, Cole and Olivia. In his free time he enjoys being outdoors with his family and traveling.
Dr. Peter Fonash is the Special Assistant to the Staff Director, Federal Reserve Board. In this position, he works R&D and business continuity issues in the areas of cybersecurity and communications resiliency. Prior to his current position, Dr. Fonash was the Chief Technology Officer for the Department of Homeland Security’s Assistant Secretary for Cybersecurity and Communications (CS&C) for three years. During this time frame he assumed multiple additional duties: Acting Director of National Cyber Security Division (NCSD), Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, and Director National Command and Coordination Capability. From 2004-2007, Dr. Fonash was Deputy Manager and Director of the National Communications System (NCS) where he was responsible for nationwide priority communications programs, led communications restoration and recovery operations for hurricane Katrina, and managed the executive secretary functions for the Presidential National Security Telecommunications Advisory Committee. From 1998 until 2004, he was Chief, NCS Technology and Programs Division. He managed the nationwide priority communications services program including technology development, nationwide acquisition and service deployment, network modeling and analysis, specialized telecommunications research and development, and priority services standards. Before arriving at the NCS, he held several positions with the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). He was the Chief of DISA’s Joint Combat Support Applications Division, managing technical software integration services and software deployment to the combat command communities and guiding military department’s applications’ compliance with the standard common operational environment. He was also DISA’s Chief of the Advanced Technology Office. He wrote DISA’s strategic plan for transitioning from a communications agency to an information services agency and managed the development of the Technical Architecture for Information Management—the forerunner of today’s Enterprise Architecture. Additionally, he worked for the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence, and was responsible for defense communications infrastructure policy and program oversight. During that time he was Chairman of the Office of the Secretary of Defense Information Technology (IT) Architecture Council. Before joining the Federal government, he worked for AT&T and the Burroughs Corporation (Unisys). Dr. Fonash has been a member of the Federal Senior Executive Service since 1998. He has a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and a Master of Science from the University of Pennsylvania; a Master of Business Administration from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School; and a Doctor of Philosophy in Information Technology and Engineering from George Mason University. His PhD dissertation was on software reuse metrics.
Ms. Shumway is the Program Manager for Sensors and Surveillance technologies within Department of Homeland Security’s Science & Technology Directorate’s Border and Maritime Security Division. She manages programs to investigate and develop radar, imager, unattended ground sensor, and other non-CBRNE detection technologies for DHS customers. She came to DHS from the Department of the Navy where she directed, planned and executed system engineering and developmental testing for Navy acquisition programs including the Advanced Deployable System undersea surveillance program, and DD21 and DD(X) shipbuilding programs. She has more than 20 years of experience in management, systems engineering, and test and evaluation of acquisition and research programs for surveillance and command, control, and communications systems. For the Navy, she served as Test Director on three major multiplatform at-sea test events that included coordination and participation of foreign governments and military. She also served for approximately 2 years at the National Transportation and Safety Board as an accident investigator and the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition system technical expert. Leslee holds a master of science in environmental engineering from the University of Massachusetts, and a bachelor of science in Electrical Engineering from the University of California at San Diego.
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