How to enable IT modernization through network, cyber improvements

Dr. Karl Mathias is the Chief Information Officer for the United States Marshals Service. He is responsible for providing information technology services and support to 7,600 U.S. Marshals’ employees, contractors, and task force officers spread across 475 sites within the United States and at 8 overseas locations. Prior to joining the U.S. Marshals, he served at the Pentagon as the Executive Director of the 844th Communications Squadron and then as the Deputy Chief Information Officer for Headquarters Air Force.

Since January 2017, John has directed the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission’s 70+ person Governance & Enterprise Management Services Division, overseeing IT budgeting, capital planning, cyber-security compliance, enterprise architecture, customer service, libraries, document digitization, and the FOIA, privacy, records, and information collection programs. From 2014 to 2017, John oversaw NRC IT solutions development, enterprise COTS implementation, application testing, and project management. At the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) before joining NRC, John led the award-winning eRulemaking and FOIAonline federal-wide shared-services, EPA’s eDiscovery and docket processing centers, and the agency’s FOIA, privacy, records, and information collection programs. John started his career in private sector management consulting and conducted research on innovation at a think tank. He received his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Cornell University.

Mitchell Thornbrugh is the Acting Chief Information Officer and the Acting Director of the Office of Information (OIT) for the Indian Health Service (IHS). The IHS, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services, is the principal federal health care advocate and provider for American Indians and Alaska Natives. He is an enrolled member of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation tribe.

Mr. Thornbrugh is responsible for advising senior IHS leadership on all aspects of information resource management and technology and ensures IHS compliance with information technology laws, regulations, and policies. Under his leadership, OIT designs, develops, implements, and maintains policies, budgets, standards, architecture, and systems for IHS information technology, including the IHS information technology security program that protects IHS resources. OIT also participates in cross-government initiatives and collaborates with federal, tribal, state, and other partners to serve American Indians and Alaska Natives.

Mr. Thornbrugh previously served as the Chief Operations Officer for the Cherokee Nation Hastings Hospital since 2009. While there he streamlined administrative services, improved inventory management, and led the implementation of a commercial electronic health record. He also managed the transition and organizational change to a centralized revenue cycle team. Mr. Thornbrugh also served as the Chief Information Officer for Cherokee Nation Hastings Hospital from 2005 to 2009, and has been a long-time member of the IHS Information Systems Advisory Committee (ISAC). He received the IT Eagle Award for his contribution to Georgia-Pacific during his tenure in their Information Technology group. In 2018 he was awarded the Executive Directors Financial Pillar Award from Cherokee Nation Health Services.

Mr. Thornbrugh has an Associate in Science from Connors State College and a Bachelor of Science in Business and Healthcare Management from Western Governors University.

David Young is responsible for CenturyLink’s Strategic Government route to market. The strategic government market encompasses the U.S. federal government, large educational institutions, regional and national public consortiums, and the companies that comprise the defense industrial base. Dave leads a multifunctional, customer-facing organization of more than 650 professionals responsible for strategic government market strategy, sales, architecture and engineering, and program management.

A visionary leader, Dave has played a key role in landing significant contracts that increase both the company’s customer relationships and marketable solutions. His team is responsible for collaborating with customers to develop and implement a variety of network-based solutions. These solutions are global in nature and include voice, data, security, video, cloud and managed services technologies.

Dave has more than 30 years of experience serving the public sector. Prior to his current role, Dave successfully held leadership roles in federal business development, capture management, sales, sales engineering, network provisioning, and program management.

Dave holds undergraduate degrees in economics and marketing from West Virginia Wesleyan College

Jason Miller is an executive editor and reporter with Federal News Radio. As executive editor, Jason helps direct the news coverage of the station and works with reporters to ensure a broad range of coverage of federal technology, procurement, finance and human resource news.As a reporter, Jason focuses mainly on technology and procurement issues, including cybersecurity, e-government and acquisition policies and programs.