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Information Assurance Small Business Association (IASBA). 2009 Annual Meeting November 10, 2009. Why Are We Here?. Vote in the 2010 Board of Directors
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Information Assurance Small Business Association (IASBA) 2009 Annual Meeting November 10, 2009
Why Are We Here? • Vote in the 2010 Board of Directors • Keynote Address by Brig. Gen. Mike Hayes USMC (Ret.) - Managing Director for the Office of Military & Federal Affairs within the Maryland Department of Business & Economic Development. • Keynote Address by Mr. Tony Sager – Chief, Vulnerability Assessment and Operations Group, Information Assurance Directorate, National Security Agency. • Review IA-SBA’s goals and objectives for 2009 • Social and Networking to Celebrate the end of IASBA’s second year of operations 2 2
Schedule • 3:00 – 3:30: Registration and Cast ballots for 2010 Board of Directors • 3:30 – 3:35: Welcome • 3:35 – 4:00: Keynote Address - Brig. Gen. Mike Hayes USMC (Ret.) - Managing Director for the Office of Military & Federal Affairs within the Maryland Department of Business & Economic Development • 4:00 – 4:25: Keynote Address – Mr. Tony Sager – Chief VAO, IAD, NSA. • 4:25 – 4:45: IA-SBA Presentation - Year in Review and Looking Ahead • 4:45 – 5:00: Introduce the 2010 Board of Directors & Recognition of Departing Board Members • 5:00 –6:30: Social Networking
Key Note Address Brig. Gen. Mike Hayes USMC (Ret.) Managing Director for the Office of Military & Federal Affairs within the Maryland Department of Business & Economic Development 4
Key Note Address Mr. Tony Sager Chief, Vulnerability Assessment and Operations Group Information Assurance Directorate National Security Agency 5
IA-SBA The Year in Review 6
IA-SBA Mission • Be an advocate for small businesses supporting the US IA marketplace • Provide the SBC with an identity and “consensus” voice to communicate needs and capabilities more effectively • Collect, aggregate and manage capability, performance and contact data for small business members • Analyze membership data and articulate SBC’s identity and capabilities • Identify and communicate SBC’s needs • Convey mission priorities, funding issues, program challenges and technical challenges to the IA SBC • Educate and advocate the IA SBC to other stakeholders (e.g., large businesses and other IA associations) • Foster the increased and improved interaction among small businesses for providing better and more effective solutions • Concentrate on the NSA IA Mission as a prototype • Expand into other US IA market segments using “lessons learned” from NSA partnership 7
BoD Goals for 2009 • Raise awareness of the IA-SBA’s profile by projecting a vibrant organization with many great things occurring. • Systematically and intentionally approach decision makers and influencers and convey the value added of the IA-SBA. • Provide a forum, at the lowest classification level possible, for our government customers to share the technical challenges facing the current and future agency missions with the IA-SBA community. • Define technical requirements in enough detail to allow the small business community to respond with plausible, innovative solutions. • Discuss, and perhaps prototype, flexible mechanisms that would allow the customers to address their technical requirements through direct engagement with small businesses. • Retain 2008 membership and grow by 20% (60 Members by end of year). • Maintain the IA-SBA web site, database and forum capabilities to meet the needs of the membership, the customer community, and the other IA-SBA committees.
Raise awareness of the IA-SBA’s profile by projecting a vibrant organization with many great things occurring. • Released several press releases • Held 1st annual golf tournament with great success and sponsored local DHHS Information technology program • Continued lunch series with a dynamic range of speakers • Began Afternoon Technical Sessions • Cyber Security Initiative • T31 Enterprise Cross Domain Solutions • Presented at numerous NSA sponsored events including small business outreach briefings • Established communications with DISA representatives • Presented at numerous community events including Maryland Marketing and AFCEA
2009 Lunch Time Events • Government Roundtable 10-15 minute presentation by government attendees followed by a Q&A. • Bob Peksa BA3 Cost and Pricing at NSA • Surviving a DCAA Audit Ken Bricker, Goodman Associates Gov't Consulting Group of Goodman & Co • Security Challenges within the TS organization Martha Mahan, C/TS • Cyber Initiative Government Technical Exchange • Golf Tournament Tournament Benefits Digital Harbor High School • Sharon Jones (DISA, Director DISA SADBU ) Doing Business With DISA • Charlie Stein (IAD PEO) Acquisition Roundtable Follow-up (IAD Spend Plan Review) • Jean Stack (Houlihan Locey) Mergers and Acquisitions • Randy Bogue (Venator Partners) Small Business Advisory Boards • Mark Lantz (NSA - CDMO) Technical Exchange (NSA - CDMO) • Bob Leib (Special Assistant to AA County Executive John Leopold for BRAC and Education) BRAC Update • Yolanda Gantlin (Dept of State - ITAR) ITAR
Upcoming Events • December 2009 TBD - Small Business Acquisition Conference Recap. This event is a lunchtime talk that will be held at Victoria’s, Columbia MD. • January 2010 TBD - IA Technical Talk with Mr. Steve LaFountain, Technical Director I8. Mr. LaFountain will present on technical challenges facing his organization and have an open dialogue on these challenges with the audience. This session is only for current members of the IA-SBA and is not open to the general public. There is no admission fee for this event, which is expected to begin at 3:30PM.
Systematically and intentionally approach decision makers and influencers and convey the value added of the IA-SBA and the small business community. • Met with Program Executive Offices • Met with Deputy Senior Acquisition Executive • Small Business Acquisition Conference • Presented IA-SBA goals and objectives to numerous office, division, and branch leaders within both IAD and SID
What Agency Decision Makers Are Saying • Rapidly changing technology drives unique “real time” challenges for all aspects of Agency mission, likely to increase with new Cyber Initiative Role and require innovative and responsive solutions • Current contracting models are too slow and inflexible to connect the technology innovation available with mission needs • New and creative approaches are needed that will identify the innovation and provide the responsiveness that the Agency needs to meet current and future demands • Large ID/IQ contracts are used for convenience • Recognition that small businesses traditionally provide creativity, technology and responsiveness to the marketplace • Limited interaction with the small business community • Difficulty Meeting Small Business Goals
Discuss, and perhaps prototype, flexible mechanisms that would allow the customers to address their technical requirements through direct engagement with small businesses. • Developed a dialogue with the Deputy SAE • Proposed three potential mechanisms for prototyping
Provide a forum, at the lowest classification level possible, for our government customers to share the technical challenges facing the current and future agency missions with the IA-SBA community.Define technical requirements in enough detail to allow the small business community to respond with plausible, innovative solutions. • Cyber Initiative Briefing • T31 Cross Domain Office presentation and follow up • DISA • January 2010 TBD - IA Technical Talk with Mr. Steve LaFountain, Technical Director I8.
Retain 2008 membership and grow by 20% (60 Members by end of year). • 45 members as of 10/31/2009 • 6 Large Businesses (+1) • 2 New Members in 2009 • 39 Small Businesses (-6) • 9 New Members in 2009
Maintain the IA-SBA web site, database and forum capabilities to meet the needs of the membership, the customer community, and the other IA-SBA committees. • Database was launched early in 2009 • Membership renewals through web site with Pay Pal fully functional • Web site is the central repository of all IA-SBA information • All event registrations through web site
CURRENT Board of Directors Board of Directors Judith McCarty Treasurer Jerry Schepers Communications Mary Stassie President L.Thompson/C.Sutherland Events Rachael Toren* - Asst. Rachael Toren* - Asst. John Nicolettos Membership Yuriy Dzambasow* Operations Steve Wolverton Outreach * Not Board Members
Election Process • Directors. Shall be members in good standing elected at the annual meeting of Members by a plurality vote • Number. Shall be not less than five (5) or more than ten (10) • Term. Directors shall take office at the adjournment of the annual meeting and remain in office for one year or until the following annual meeting of Members • Quorum. The presence, in person or by proxy, of Members representing twenty percent (20%) of the total votes in the Association shall constitute a quorum • Voting. Corporate Members shall be entitled to one (1) vote per Member. Affiliate Members are not entitled to a vote
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