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NS2 – Innovation

Featured Speakers

Kyle Rice

Chief Technology Officer
SAPNS2

Tarrazzia Martin​

Digital Government Technology Expert and Entrepreneur

Jay Jayamohan

Executive Director of the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Harrisburg University

Ron Huff

Managing Director of SafePass

Dean Pianta

Cloud Director for the National Securities Group at SAP NS2

Lisa Beaman

 Director of the NS2 Marketplace Sales & Operations for SAP National Security Services.

Lou Flynn

Director, Software Solutions Strategy at SAP National Security Services.

Andrew Taylor

Program Manager, SAP NS2

Jin Choi

Program Manager, SAPNS2

Pria Shah

Senior Product Manager, SAPNS2

The Intersection of Commerce and Government

Innovation is happening faster and wider than ever before. How do we leverage the sources needed to continue momentum? Who can we count on for continued ideas? How will industry and government work even more closely to avoid falling behind? In this session we’ll talk with Tarrazzia Martin about how to innovate simultaneously in both government and industry.

Speakers:

– Kyle Rice, CTO, SAP NS2
– Tarrazzia Martin, Digital Government Technology Expert and Entrepreneur

How can commercial innovation be applied to improve government tech?

Commercial industry is building amazing new tech for cyber, artificial intelligence and the ever-growing cloud. In this session, we’ll dive into commercial innovations, and how those are being successfully applied to improve and support government in new and improved ways.

Speakers:

– Dean Pianta, Director of Cloud Solutions for National Security, SAP NS2
– Kevin Quinlan, SAP NS2
– Kyle Rice, CTO, SAP NS2
– Lisa Beaman, Director of NS2 Marketplace Sales & Operations, SAP NS2
– Pria Shah, Senior Product Manager, SAP NS2

Building a foundation for commercial and government success with new ideas

While industry may be building innovative capabilities, much of that technology has a foundation or roots in the government. In this session, our panel of builders and doers will talk about how they are building better solutions for securing the supply chain, making visitor security easier to manage / more secure, and increasing efficiency of government with high performance data analysis.

Speakers:

– Andrew Taylor, Program Manager, SAP NS2
– Jin Choi, Director of Product Management, SAP NS2
– Kyle Rice, CTO, SAP NS2
– Lou Flynn, Director of Software Solutions Strategy, SAP NS2
– Ron Huff, Managing Director, SafePass

Academic Innovation for All

Academic institutions are a huge source of innovation for both the government and commercial worlds. In this session Jay Jayamohan from the University of Harrisburg will discuss how academia innovates, sparks new ideas, delivers new perspectives, and how they are empowering their community

Speakers:

– Jay Jayamohan, Executive Director of the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Harrisburg University (HU)
– Kyle Rice, CTO, SAP NS2

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Innovation

Kyle Rice

Kyle is SAP NS2’s Chief Technology Officer.  IN this role, he focuses on helping Defense and Intelligence Community customers apply commercial approaches and products to their mission. He oversees NS2 Labs, which is part of SAP’s innovation organization — focused on creating new capabilities to support secure defense customers.
Prior to his time with SAP NS2, Kyle spent 20 years in technical leadership positions throughout the U.S. defense and intelligence community. He specialized in designing and delivering large scale data management and analysis systems to help the government address tactical and strategic mission problem sets.

Innovation

Tarrazzia Martin

Ms. Martin has been named the “Government Transformation Queen” by Federal Computer Week.  She is a senior executive and entrepreneur with over 25 years of leadership and technology experience across multiple market sectors. She is an expert in government practices, to include the areas of digital strategies, strategic planning, public policy, portfolio and performance management, acquisition planning, and program / project management with a keen understanding of how to leverage technology planning,  cyber security, risk management and security operations and implementation methods to deploy business solutions and ensure measurable outcomes.

Innovation

Jay Jayamohan

Jay is the Executive Director of the Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship at Harrisburg University.

He leads the effort to position HU to have a greater impact – economic & social – by bringing innovative thinkers and entrepreneurs together to collaborate on ideas and build ventures. He is also an Adjunct Professor at George Mason University School of Business and Member of Board of Directors at Nova Labs. Jay is a serial entrepreneur, having co-founded RollStream, JobNavs and Synteras; raised tens of millions in venture capital and won numerous accolades including ‘Top Supply Chain Vendor, Washington Technology Fast 50 firm. Jay Holds an M.S in Management from George Mason University and Bachelors in Mechanical Engineering.

Innovation

Ron Huff

Ron is the Managing Director of SafePass, a company dedicated to keeping global facilities secure with automated visitor management and tracking solutions. In this role, Ron leads the teams responsible for developing innovative products, delivering world-class service and earning investor support.
Ron holds an MBA from the University of Texas and a Bachelor of Science in engineering from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, NY. When not working to make the world a safer place, Ron enjoys playing golf, spending time with family/friends and mentoring others.

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Dean Pianta

Dean is the Cloud Director for the National Security Group at SAP NS2. He has over 25 years of experience with the design, development, and delivery of solutions for both public and private sectors. Breaking down information stovepipes and improving both customer and employee experiences have been a central theme across solutions for the Public sector.

Dean brings extensive subject matter expertise (Talent Development, Knowledge Management, Collaboration and eLearning technology) to his current work with the Dept. of Defense, the Intelligence Community, and the Federal Civilian market.

His career spans a broad spectrum of use cases: Marine Corps logistics; Commercial Game Development; Military Training & Simulation; Anti-Money Laundering; Collaboration and eLearning – architecting, training, and consulting globally; Experience Driven Learning; and now, a focus on the Secure, Intelligent Enterprise.

Dean holds a Master of Science in Computer Science from George Mason and a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Virginia.

Lisa Beaman

Innovation

Lisa Beaman

Lisa Beaman serves as Director of the NS2 Marketplace Sales & Operations for SAP National Security Services.
Lisa joined NS2 in April 2018 as Director of Strategic Partners and promoted to manage the NS2 Marketplace in January of 2021. The NS2 Marketplace is the one-stop destination for its partners and customers to provide and access the most secure Cloud hosted products, applications, and data available.

Lou Flynn

Innovation

Lou Flynn

Lou is Director, Software Solutions Strategy at SAP National Security Services.
Lou joined NS2 after his service as an expeditionary Data Steward and Analyst in Iraq, Afghanistan, and North Africa during 2004-2016. He is a firm believer that timely and accurate analysis of data assets is an important part of mission success. While not pursuing cutting-edge data solutions for clients, Lou can be found on the soccer pitch, coaching his 5-year-old twins, or leading yoga practice in North Carolina.

Innovation

Andrew Taylor

Andrew Taylor is a systems engineer in NS2 Mission’s USG line of business who specializes in data management, analytics, and data exploitation.  He is a “Double Hoo” graduate of the University of Virginia.

Innovation

Jin Choi

Jin Choi is the Director of Product Management where he manages the portfolio of NS2 products. He partners with teams across NS2 to build, deliver and launch new products. Jin brings two decades of expertise in the areas of tech and business leadership.

Innovation

Pria Shah

Pria is a Product Manager at SAP NS2, working with CloudMIXR – a cloud security posture management platform. She has 8 years of experience working in the B2B SaaS space.  Prior to joining NS2, Pria worked at SAP America on the SuccessFactors team.

She’s a technology enthusiast with a passion for building products that simplify, optimize and secure complex processes.

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