The Homeland Security Week 2017 Event has brought together distinguished speakers from DHS, the U.S. Secret Service, TSA, FBI, FEMA and ICE - Take a look at some of them now

1. October 23-26, 2017
Washington D.C.
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Mr. Bob Kolasky
Deputy Assistant Secretary Office of Infrastructure Protection
Department of Homeland Security
Bob Kolasky was appointed as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Department of
Homeland Security’s Office of Infrastructure Protection on June 15, 2015. As Deputy, he
assists the Assistant Secretary in leading the coordinated national efforts to reduce the
risk to the nation’s critical infrastructures posed by acts of terrorism, and to strengthen
national preparedness, timely response, and rapid recovery in the event of an attack,
natural disaster, or other emergency. In this role he manages four Divisions, the National
Infrastructure Coordinating Center and Strategy and Policy with a $259M budget for the
Office of Infrastructure Protection.
Ms Soraya Correa
Chief Procurement Officer
Department of Homeland Security (Invited)
Soraya Correa was appointed as the Department of Homeland Security’s Chief
Procurement Officer in January 2015. Ms. Correa provides leadership, policy, oversight,
support and professional workforce development for the DHS contracting workforce of
approximately 1,500 individuals including the nine operational contracting activities,
each of which is led by a Head of Contracting Activity supporting the DHS Components.
As the Senior Procurement Executive she also oversees a centralized certification and
training program for the DHS acquisition workforce and assists the Chief Acquisition Officer
in managing major acquisition programs ensuring each has a sound acquisition strategy,
conforms to the Secretary’s Unity of Effort initiative, and fully supports DHS mission needs.
Prior to being appointed as the DHS Chief Procurement Officer, Ms. Correa served as
the Associate Director of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) Enterprise
Services Directorate and was responsible for delivering identity, immigration status, and
employment authorization information in support of the USCIS mission. She joined USCIS
in January 2011 as the first Deputy Associate Director of the Management Directorate,
where she led key management and infrastructure services to support the USCIS mission.
In that role, Ms. Correa was responsible for the Offices of the Chief Financial Officer,
Information Technology, Human Capital and Training, Contracting, Administration, Intake
and Document Production, Equal Opportunity and Inclusion, and Security and Integrity.
Ms. Correa has held key leadership positions at several Federal agencies including the
Naval Sea Systems Command, General Services Administration, National Aeronautics
and Space Administration, Immigration and Naturalization Service , Department of
Homeland Security Headquarters and USCIS. Before joining USCIS, Ms. Correa served as
the Executive Director of the DHS Office of Procurement Operations and the Director of
the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office of Procurement.
Her accomplishments as a leader and acquisitions professional are well recognized by
the federal government and industry where she has received several awards including
the Chief Acquisitions Officers Council’s Individual Award for Excellence, Federal 100,
and Public Sector Partner of the Year.
Ms. Correa has an undergraduate certificate in Acquisitions Management from The
American University in Washington, D. C. and a B.A. in Management from National–Louis
University.
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Randolph D. Alles
Director
United States Secret Service
President Donald Trump appointed Randolph D. “Tex” Alles as the 25th Director of the
United States Secret Service on April 25, 2017. Mr. Alles previously served as the Acting
Deputy Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. In this role, he served as
the agency’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Alles has previously held several leadership
positions at CBP. In October 2016, he was named Acting Executive Assistant Commissioner,
U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Enterprise Services. Enterprise Services provides
specialized skills, resources, equipment, and other tools that enable CBP’s frontline
personnel to safeguard America’s borders and enhance economic competitiveness.
Prior to being named to that position, Mr. Alles led CBP’s Air and Marine Operations
(AMO), a federal law enforcement organization dedicated to serving and protecting
the American people through advanced aeronautical and maritime capabilities. With
1,200 federal agents, 256 aircraft, and 286 marine vessels operating from 74 locations
throughout the United States and Puerto Rico, AMO conducts its mission between ports
of entry, in the air and maritime environments, and within the nation’s interior. Mr. Alles
joined AMO as the Deputy Assistant Commissioner in March 2012 and was appointed
as the Executive Assistant Commissioner in January 2013. Prior to joining AMO he served
in the U.S. Marine Corps for 35 years, retiring in 2011 as a Major General. He served in
numerous leadership positions in both the Marine Corps and joint commands. Throughout
his military service he gained extensive experience in flight training, standardization,
operations, quality assurance, logistics, and aviation maintenance. Mr. Alles received his
bachelor’s degree from Texas A&M University in 1976 and his Master of Arts in National
Security and Strategic Studies from the Naval War College in 1999. His squadron (VMFA-
312) was awarded the 1997 Robert M. Hanson Award for Marine Corps Fighter Attack
Squadron of the Year. His military honors include the Distinguished Service Medal, the
Defense Superior Service Medal with Oak Leaf cluster, the Legion of Merit with Combat
V and Gold Star, the Meritorious Service Medal with Gold Star, the Air Medal with strike/
flight numeral 3, and the Navy Commendation Medal with Gold Star.
Commissioner Jimmy O’Neill
Commissioner
NYPD
James P. O’Neill was appointed the 43rd New York City police commissioner in September
2016. He developed the NYPD’s neighborhood-based policing model that is credited
with producing greater police and community interaction and collaboration. Police
Commissioner O’Neill grew up in Brooklyn and began his career in 1983 with the then-
independent Transit Police Department. He rose to lieutenant by the time of its 1995
merger with the NYPD. He then worked at the police academy and the warrant squad
before promoting to captain and a post as the executive officer of the 52nd Precinct.
He later served as the commanding officer of the Central Park, the 25th, and the 44th
Precincts. Promoting to inspector and then deputy chief, Commissioner O’Neill served
successively as commanding officer of the Vice, Narcotics, and Fugitive Enforcement
Divisions. In March 2014, he was appointed commanding officer of Police Commissioner
William Bratton’s office. As chief of patrol from June 2014, he developed the Neighborhood
Policing Program, which focuses on crime-fighting and local problem-solving. Following
his December 2014 promotion to Chief of Department, the NYPD’s highest uniformed
rank, Commissioner O’Neill ensured that neighborhood-policing was the largest, best-
funded, best-staffed community-based plan ever undertaken in the United States.
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4. Shonnie Lyon
Director
Office of Biometric Identity Management
Shonnie R. Lyon is the Acting Director of the Office of Biometric Identity Management
(OBIM) within the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) of the Department
of Homeland Security (DHS). OBIM, formerly the United States Visitor and Immigrant Status
Indicator Technology (US-VISIT) Program, is the lead entity in the DHS for biometric identity
management services across Government. Mr. Lyon is responsible for overseeing day-
to-day operations of the program and working closely with the Department to advance
biometrics. In February 2014, Mr. Lyon was appointed as NPPD’s Component Acquisition
Executive (CAE) in addition to his role as the Acting Director of OBIM.
As NPPD’s CAE, Mr. Lyon leads initiatives related to acquisition and investment
management. Mr. Lyon is highly qualified to serve in this capacity having more than 20
years of experience in Acquisition Program Management; and more than six years of
acquisition program experience as the US-VISIT level 1 program manager. He is also level
3 acquisition program manager certified. Previously, Mr. Lyon served as Deputy Director
of US-VISIT a provider of identity management services—collecting, analyzing, and storing
biometric and associated biographic data—to decision makers in Federal, State, and
local law enforcement and intelligence agencies.
Mr. Lyon worked at US-VISIT since its inception in 2003, first serving as Implementation
Manager of the program’s initial deployment to over 115 airports and 15 major seaports
in 2004. Mr. Lyon has over 25 years of management experience in the public sector. He
served as Deputy Director of the Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) Entry-Exit
Program Office, and Chief of Program Development and Implementation Branch in the
INS Office of Inspections. Mr. Lyon also served as the Deputy Director for the Inspections
Unit in the INS Office of Field Operations, where he held a variety of staff positions. Mr.
Lyon is a former U.S. Army infantry officer.
He has a bachelor’s degree in history from Louisiana College and a master’s degree
in public administration from the University of North Texas. He is also a graduate of the
Executive Education program at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government.
Mr. Lyon holds a level III certification in acquisition from DHS.
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5. Dr. Patrick Carrick
Director and Chief Scientist
Homeland Security Advanced Research Projects Agency
Dr. Patrick Carrick, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Director, Homeland
Security Advanced Research Projects Agency (HSARPA), Science and Technology
Directorate, Department of Homeland Security As the HSARPA Director, he guides the
management of the national technology research and development investment for DHS.
Carrick leads five divisions, consisting of a staff of more than 200 scientists, engineers, and
administrators in Washington, D.C.. Each year, HSARPA selects, sponsors, and manages
revolutionary research that impacts the future of the Homeland Security Enterprise. As
HSARPA’s principal scientific and technical adviser, he is the primary authority for the
technical content of S&T’s portfolio. He evaluates the directorates’ entire technical
research program to determine its adequacy and efficiency in meeting national and
DHS objectives in core technical competency areas, and identifies research gaps and
analyzes advancements in a broad variety of scientific fields to provide advice on their
impact on laboratory programs and objectives. He recommends new initiatives and
adjustments to current programs required to meet current and future Homeland Security
needs.
Carrick earned his doctorate of philosophy degree in chemistry from Rice University in
1983 and was an assistant professor of physics at Mississippi State University, and Director
of the Shared Laser Facility at the University of Oregon prior to joining the Department of
Defense in 1989. He served for 10 years at Edwards Air Force, California becoming Chief
of the Propellants Branch at the Air Force Research Laboratory Propulsion Directorate
in 1994. He successfully led a team conducting cutting-edge scientific research and
engineering. He also directed the High Energy Density Matter Program, which develops
advanced rocket propellants and energetic materials. As a senior research physical
scientist, he developed the first cryogenic solid hybrid rocket engine.
Carrick served for two years as the Air Force Program Element Monitor for Propulsion and
Power Technologies and Deputy for Science and Technology Policy in the Office of the
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Science, Technology and Engineering. He monitored and
provided guidance for the $300 million science and technology investment in propulsion
and power. He served on national steering committees for both rocket propulsion
and turbine programs and was the lead editor and coordinator of the national report
on hypersonic technology. Carrick also served as the Air Force representative to the
Department of Defense Functional Integrated Process Team on Scientist and Engineer
Career Field Management.
Prior to becoming part of HSARPA, Carrick was the Director of the Basic Science Program
Office and the Acting Director of the Air Force Office of Scientific Research, in Arlington,
Virginia where he guided the management of the entire basic research investment for
the Air Force. He led a staff of 200 scientists, engineers and administrators in Arlington,
VA., and foreign technology offices in London, Tokyo and Santiago, Chile. Dr. Carrick has
published more than 25 articles in peer-reviewed professional journals.
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6. Matthew T. Albence
Executive Associate Director, Enforcement and Removal Operations
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Matthew T. Albence is the Executive Associate Director for Enforcement and Removal
Operations, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Department of Homeland
Security (DHS), Washington, D.C. As EAD, Mr. Albence leads ERO in its mission to identify,
arrest, and remove aliens who present a danger to national security or are a risk to public
safety, as well as those who enter the United States illegally or otherwise undermine the
integrity of our immigration laws and our border control efforts. He was appointed EAD
in February 2017. Mr. Albence leads an organization of more than 7,600 employees,
which includes more than 5,700 Deportation Officers assigned to 24 ERO field offices,
and overseas locations in 19 countries. Prior to his current role, since January 2013, Mr.
Albence served as the Assistant Director for the ERO Enforcement Division. Mr. Albence
has over 23 years of federal law enforcement experience. In 1994, he began his career
in San Antonio as a Special Agent with the former U.S. Immigration & Naturalization
Service (INS). In 1999, he was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent, San Antonio. Mr.
Albence’s supervisory experience includes positions as Supervisory Special Agent, San
Antonio; Deputy Assistant Director for Investigations, Chicago; Associate Special Agent in
Charge, Chicago; Deputy Special Agent in Charge, Detroit; Unit Chief for the ICE Office
of Investigations Training Academy, Glynco; TSA Deputy Special Agent in Charge of the
South Central Regional Field Office and Deputy Assistant Director for the ERO Criminal
Alien Division. Mr. Albence received a B.S. in Justice and a M.S. in Administration of Justice.
He is a member of the Senior Executive Service.
Mr. Tony Crowder
Executive Director of Air and Marine Operations Center
U. S. Customs and Border Protection
Tony Crowder is the Executive Director, Air and Marine Operations Center, U.S. Customs
and Border Protection, Office of Air and Marine. The Office of Air and Marine is the world’s
largest aviation and maritime law enforcement organization with 1,200 Federal agents,
operating from 80 locations, with 270 aircraft and over 300 maritime vessels. Mr. Crowder
supervises the AMOC’s operations including law enforcement agents, intelligence
analysts, detection enforcement officers, interagency and international personnel. He
oversees OAM’s homeland air security efforts and interagency C3ISR operations, based
out of the primary center in Riverside, California, and supplemental facility in Puerto Rico,
the Caribbean Air and Marine Operations Center (CAMOC) and the National Capital
Region. These centers integrate sensor data and law enforcement information as well
as intelligence to support a variety of law enforcement missions. Mr. Crowder began
his career in the U.S. Air Force (USAF) in 1980, commissioned as a Second Lieutenant.
An Honor Graduate from Undergraduate Controller Training, he was trained as an Air
Weapons Controller, becoming a specialist in air battle management. He is a graduate
from the USAF Fighter Weapons Instructor School. A fully qualified Joint Officer, he
conducted air defense, counter-drug operations, and command and control operations
in 13 countries with multiple military and law enforcement agencies. Mr. Crowder joined
the former U.S. Customs Service in August 2000. His team orchestrated OAM’s response
to the terrorist attacks in 2001 and the winter Olympics air security in 2002. In 2005, he
assisted the integration of national security programs into the newly established Office of
Air and Marine
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Edward Shuttleworth
Acting Deputy Assistant Director
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Dan Tanciar
Deputy Executive Director Planning,Program Analysis, and Evaluation
U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Daniel Tanciar currently serves as the Director of Travel and Tourism Initiatives and lead
business sponsor for the CBP Mobile Program for the Office of Field Operations (OFO)
within U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). The Office of Field Operations Travel
and Tourism Initiatives office has been created in support of the objectives set forth in
the Presidential Memorandum on travel and tourism issued on May 22, 2014, aimed
at improving all aspects of the international arrivals process. The CBP Mobile Program
bands together all of CBP operational components (Border Patrol, Field Operations, and
Air and Marine) requirements for mobile enforcement hand held devices and brings
law enforcement query capability to agents and officers in a variety of operational
environments. Mr. Tanciar was previously the Acting Chief of Staff for CBP’s Office of
Field Operations (OFO). As the Chief of Staff for OFO, he was responsible for supporting
the Assistant Commissioner in carrying out OFO’s vital mission of guarding our nation’s
borders. Immediately prior to becoming Acting Chief of Staff, Mr. Tanciar was the Director
of the Immigration Advisory Program (IAP). IAP is an essential part of CBP’s pre-departure
screening strategy and enhances security by deploying officers to foreign airports to
prevent terrorists and other high-risk passengers from boarding aircraft destined for the
United States. Mr. Tanciar has previously served as the Adjutant to the Commissioner of
CBP and as a Program Manager working on Trusted Traveler Programs such as Global
Entry and NEXUS. Mr. Tanciar began his career as a CBP officer in Detroit, MI in 2003,
before moving to headquarters in Washington, DC in 2007. Mr. Tanciar was born in Detroit,
MI, and currently resides in Washington, DC.
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8. The 12th Annual Homeland
Security Week taking place
October 23-26 will bring together
top homeland security leaders
from government, industry and
academia alike to take a deep
dive into current challenges and
future requirements necessary for
numerous government agencies,
all directly or indirectly responsible
for U.S. homeland security,
to facilitate a complex, joint,
multilayered plan to combat the
evolving challenges our
country faces.
What HSW 2017
Will Deliver
350+
Attendees
10+
HOURS
Reserved for
Networking
20+
HOURS
Reserved for
Informational
Content
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