ITAA- Breakfast Forum featuring Kevin Carroll of the U.S. Army August 14, 2007

Breakfast Forum featuring Kevin Carroll of the U.S. Army

Event Co-Sponsor ITAA

Keynote Speaker
Mr. Kevin Carroll, United States Army Program Executive Office, Enterprise Information Systems. This leading DoD senior government official will explain:
* What are the IT priorities of the U.S. Army
* How Silicon Valley companies can take advantage of those opportunities, including how to best approach government customers.
The U.S. Army alone is expected to spend over $5.0 BL on IT this year.
* Which technologies are being used, and which are needed by, the U.S. Army.

About the Speaker
Mr. Carroll is the Army's Program Executive Officer (PEO), Enterprise Information Systems. Mr. Carroll is responsible for the program management of the Department of Defense and Army business and combat service support systems, as well as related Army communication and computer infrastructure. These systems support logistics, medical, finance, personnel, training and procurement operations.

Prior to becoming a PEO EIS, he served as PEO STAMIS and before that was the Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Research Development and Acquisition, US Army Materiel Command. Mr. Carroll served as the Acting Director of the Communications and Electronics Command (CECOM) Acquisition Center, in Fort Monmouth, NJ. In addition, he functioned as the Associate Director of the CECOM Acquisition Center - Washington. Mr. Carroll entered the Senior Executive Service in June 1996 as Director of the U.S. Army Information Systems Selection and Acquisition Agency (ISSAA).

Mr. Carroll has served primarily as an acquisition manager and as a contracting officer on top priority DoD and Army information technology acquisitions. Mr. Carroll has 32 years of government experience, 22 years of which consists of working in the information systems arena. He was drafted into the U.S. Army and served from 1972 to 1974.

$35 ITAA Members / SDForum Members pre-registered; $50 Non-members and Walk-Ins.

Official Website: http://www.sdforum.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&PageID=743&CFID=24277385&CFTOKEN=52187362