
ATARC 2021 DevOps Virtual Summit
February 23, 2021 from 1:30-3:45 PM Eastern Time | 2.5 CPE Credits Available for this Event*** RegistrationIndustry Partners1:30 PM
Welcome Remarks

Tom Suder
CEO, ATARC
1:30 PM
Visionary Keynote Fire Side Chat

Lauren Knausenberger
Deputy Chief Information Officer, US Air Force (invited)

Moderator: Tom Suder
CEO, ATARC
1:50 PM
TechTalk
2:00 PM
Exploring DevOps in the Time of Covid-19
This year has proven the need to strengthen DevOps capabilities, and a need to solve the DevOps challenges brought forth due to the pandemic. This panel will explore the current state of technology, use cases, and limitations of DevOps, in the Federal Government space. Listen in as subject matter experts share lessons learned and solutions to the challenges brought on to their agency’s as a result of COVID-19. What strategies have been put in place in order to strengthen DevOps as the Federal Government is starting to embrace a “new normal”? Find out how these topic experts have pushed through the challenges brought forth through COVID-19.

Ian Anderson
Lead DevOps Engineer, US Navy (invited)

Allu Udaya
IT Specialist, Bureau of Labor Statistics (invited)

Chandrasen Chintaluri
Program Manager, US Patent and Trademark Office (invited)

Ethan Miller
Information System Security Officer, Defense Information Systems Agency (invited)

Moderator: Brandi Vincent
Staff Correspondent, Government Executive Media Group (invited)
2:45 PM
TechTalk
3:00 PM
Strengthening The Future of DevOps Through Emerging Technology
Listen as DevOps Experts explain the importance of DevOps across the Federal Government. In this period of time of building the “new normal”, What emerging technology has led to strengthening DevOps? This panel will set out to explain the emerging technology that has been used to help strengthen federal DevOps, along with the future of DevOps in the Federal Government. What does it mean to strengthen your agency’s DevOps? Where do these Federal Leaders see the future of DevOps going, and what emerging technology will help it get there? Here topic experts will discuss the best practices to implement to strengthen federal DevOps, some lessons learned, as well as some challenges from along the way.

Rayvn Manuel
Sr. Application Developer | DevOps Engineer, The Smithsonian Institution (invited)

Carl Stoops
Integrated Air and Missile Defense Software Development Director, US Army (invited)

Chazara Clark-Smith
IT Specialist Devops, Internal Revenue Service (invited)

Kathleen Fitzgerald
IT Security Specialist, U.S. Department of Commerce (invited)

Moderator: Tom Temin
Co-Host, Federal News Radio (invited)
3:45 PM
Closing Remarks
Register

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