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WORLD CONGRESS 2013 SPEAKERS
CHECK OUT THIS YEARS KEYNOTE AND EXECUTIVE PANEL SPEAKERS! |
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SUNDAY KEYNOTE  4:00PM
THOMAS CHESTER "CHET" EDWARDS
FORMER MEMBER OF THE U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES (TX)
In 28 years of public service, Chet Edwards made a positive difference for Texas and our nation. As a Texas State Senator from 1983 to 1990 and as a U.S. Representative from 1991 to 2010, he earned the reputation of a bipartisan leader and champion of America’s military troops, veterans, and their families.
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| He was the co-chair of the House Army Caucus for over a decade and served on the House Armed Services and Veterans Affairs Committees for six years before becoming a Member of the House Appropriations Committee. When Edwards became the chairman of the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee in 2007, he authored the largest increase in veterans funding in the history of the Veterans Administration. Chairman Edwards also played a key role in crafting the 21st Century GI Bill of Rights and wrote the 2009 law that provides full GI Bill college scholarships to every child who has lost a parent in military service since September 11, 2001. As a private citizen, he continues his service as a board member of the Military Child Education Coalition and as a member of the Army National Cemeteries Advisory Commission, which is helping develop a long-term plan for the future of Arlington National Cemetery. |
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MONDAY KEYNOTE 8:00AM
HON. MICHELE ANGELIQUE FLOURNOY
FORMER UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FOR POLICY
In 2009, the Honorable Michèle Angelique Flournoy was named under secretary of defense for policy of the United States—making her the highest-ranking woman to hold a post at the Pentagon in the facility’s history at that time. She served in the position until 2012.
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| Earlier, in 2007, Flournoy founded and was named president of the Center for a New American Security (CNAS). Prior to that, she was a senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where she worked on a broad range of defense policy and international security issues. Flournoy was a distinguished research professor at the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University (NDU) and also served as a senior-level political appointee in the Department of Defense during the presidency of Bill Clinton, working at the Pentagon where she occupied the dual roles of principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy and threat reduction and deputy assistant secretary of defense for strategy. |
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MONDAY KEYNOTE 10:45AM
JULIEN G. PATTERSON
FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN, OMNIPLEX WORLDWIDE SERVICES CORP.
Julien G. Patterson combines his proactive approach with more than 29 years of international security experience and business management expertise for the operations and management of OMNIPLEX World Services Corporation, a leading provider of high quality security services and innovative investigative solutions for prestigious government and commercial customers.
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| In 18 years, he guided a firm which will generate a projected $100 million in annual revenue this year and employs approximately 3,500 employees worldwide. Patterson’s security career began with the Central Intelligence Agency, during which time he designed a wide variety of comprehensive and specialized security training programs. Serving 10 years with the CIA, he was responsible for heading up CIA’s worldwide mobile training teams. In 1987, Patterson left the CIA to begin his career as an entrepreneur and consultant. In 1990, he founded OMNIPLEX World Services Corporation (then known as OMNISEC International) and has been responsible for growing the business in several critical security arenas. In 1997, Mr. Patterson was named the Greater Washington Entrepreneur of the Year, an award sponsored by Ernst & Young LLP, the NASDAQ Stock Market, and other nationally known companies). |
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TUESDAY KEYNOTE 8:00AM
JOSEPH G. JORDAN
ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF FEDERAL PROCURMENT POLICY (OFPP)
Joseph G. Jordan was confirmed by the Senate on May 24, 2012 as the administrator for Federal Procurement Policy.
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| Prior to being confirmed as OFPP’s administrator, Jordan served as a senior advisor to Jeff Zients, the acting director of the U.S. Office of Management and Budget, and before that served as the associate administrator for government contracting and business development at the Small Business Administration, where his team supported thousands of small businesses every year as they competed for over $500 billion in federal prime contracts. Prior to joining government service, Jordan was an engagement manager with McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, where he specialized in developing purchasing and supply management strategies for clients across several industries. He also worked with the firm’s public sector practice, advising state governments on how to cut costs and capture efficiencies. From 1998 to 2000, Jordan worked on MSNBC’s “Hardball with Chris Matthews.” |
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WEDNESDAY KEYNOTE 8:30AM
PETER RICCHIUTI
ECONOMIST, TULANE UNIVERSITY
Ricchiuti has been featured on CNN and CNBC, as well as in The New York Times, BARRON’S, The Washington Post, and The Wall Street Journal for his business acumen and insight into the economy.
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| He’s the business school professor you wish you had back in college. He teaches courses on the financial markets at Tulane University’s A.B. Freeman School of Business, where his insight and humor have twice made him the school’s top professor. He began his career with the investment firm Kidder Peabody and later managed over three billion dollars as the assistant treasurer for the state of Louisiana. In 1993, he founded Tulane’s highly acclaimed BURKENROAD REPORTS stock research program. |
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“This year’s event was outstanding… I was most impressed by the timely and well
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EXECUTIVE PANEL SPEAKERS INCLUDE:
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DR. ALLAN V. BURMAN, FELLOW
President, Jefferson Solutions
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ROBERT A. BURTON, FELLOW
Partner, Venable LLP
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ALAN CHVOTKIN
Executive Vice President & Counsel, Executive Services Council
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SANDRA L. FENSKE
Vice President and General Counsel, Lockheed Martin Corporation |
ANDREW D. IRWIN
Partner, Steptoe & Johnson LLP
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DR. STEVEN J. KELMAN, FELLOW
Weatherhead Professor of Public Management, Harvard University’s F. Kennedy School of Government
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DEIDRE A. LEE, CPCM, FELLOW
Vice President, Operations Support, Fluor Corporation |
BILL MCNALLY
Assistant Administrator for Procurement and Deputy Chief Acquisition Officer, NASA
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MAJ GEN CAMILLE M. NICHOLS
Commanding General, U.S. Army Contracting Command
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MARQUES O. PETERSON
Associate, McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP
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STEVEN L. SCHOONER, CPCM, FELLOW
Nash & Cibinic Professor of Government Procurement Law and Co-Director of the Government Procurement Law Program, The George Washington University
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RUSS STEWARD
Vice President of Supply Chain, Tennessee Valley Authority |
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ANGELA STYLES
Partner, Crowell & Moring LLP
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CHARLIE E. WILLIAMS JR.
Director, Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA)
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CHRISTOPHER R. YUKINS, ESQ.
Professor of Government Contracts Law, Co-Director of the Government Procurement Law Program, The George Washington University Law School
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BREAKOUT SESSION SPEAKERS:
To see the complete list of breakout sessions speakers, view this year's breakout sessions by time slot or track session.
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Quote taken from the World Congress 2012 Attendee Evaluation.
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