Workshop	on	Cybersecurity	

Workforce	Development	

Purpose:		To	provide	additional	opportunities	for	public	and	private	sector	input	and	feedback	

to	the	report	by	the	Departments	of	Commerce	and	Homeland	Security	called	for	by	the	

cybersecurity	workforce	provisions	of	the	Executive	Order	on	Strengthening	the	Cybersecurity	of	

Federal	Networks	and	Critical	Infrastructure.

Objectives:

1) To	inform	and	potentially	validate	findings	resulting	from	the	formal	assessment,	

deliberations	of	the	interagency	working	group,	and	responses	to	the	Request	for	

Information

2) To	raise public	awareness	of	the	key	areas	of	focus	(e.g.,	K-12	education,	higher	

education,	training,	curricula,	apprenticeships,	etc.)

Workshop	Details:

Date/Time:		August	2nd,	8:30-11:30	a.m.	and	1:00-4:00	p.m.	CT

Location:	Chicago,	Illinois

Host:		Illinois	Institute	of	Technology

Agenda:

8:00-8:30	a.m. Registration

8:30-8:45 a.m. Welcome	and	Overview

Ray	Trygstad,	Associate	Chair,	Department	of	Information	Technology	

and	Management,	Illinois	Institute	of	Technology

Frances	Bronet,	Provost,	Illinois	Institute	of	Technology

Steven	Koch,	Deputy Mayor,	City	of	Chicago

Tyson	Meadors,	Director	for	Cybersecurity	Policy,	National	Security	

Council

8:45-9:00	a.m. Opening	Remarks:		Assessing	the Scope	and	Sufficiency	of	Efforts	to	

Educate	and	Train	the	Cybersecurity	Workforce	of	the	Future
Rodney	Petersen,	Director,	National	Initiative	for	Cybersecurity	Education	

(NICE),	National	Institute	of Standards	and Technology,	U.S.	Department	

of	Commerce

9:00-10:00	a.m. Assessing	Workforce	Needs	and	Planning	for	the	Future

Moderator:		Adam	Sedgewick,	Technology	Policy	Advisor,	Office	of	Policy	

and	Strategic	Planning,	U.S.	Department	of	Commerce

Panelists:

Tim	Herbert,	SVP,	Research	and	Market	Intelligence,	CompTIA

Matt	Loeb,	CGEIT,	Certified	Association	Executive;	Chief	Executive	Officer,	

ISACA

Will	Markow,	Manager	of	Client	Strategy	- Analytics,	Burning	Glass	

Technologies

Debbie Sagen,	Vice	President,	Workforce	Development,	Pikes	Peak	

Community	College

10:00-10:15	a.m.	 Break

10:15-11:30 a.m. Growing	the	Cybersecurity	Workforce	Through	Education	and	Training

Moderator:	 Steve	Casapulla,	Director,	Workforce	Operations,	

Cybersecurity	and	Communications,	U.S.	Department	of	Homeland	

Security

Panelists:

Art	Conklin,	Associate	Professor	and	Director	of	Center	for	Information	

Security	Research	and	Education,	University	of	Houston

Tom	Fleming,	Cybersecurity	Practice	Lead,	Sila	Solutions	Group

Lazaro	Lopez,	Associate	Superintendent	for	Teaching	and	Learning,	

Township	High	School	District	214

Scott	Nelson,	Vice	President	of	Program	Operations,	SecureSet

Jeff	Pike,	Director	of	Technology,	Global	Information	Assurance	

Certification	(GIAC)

Tom	Polak,	Instructor,	John	Hersey	High	School

11:30a.m.-1:00	p.m. Lunch	(on	your	own)

1:00-2:15p.m. Recruiting	and	Hiring	a	Knowledgeable	and	Skilled	Workforce

Moderator:		Kim	Holden,	Deputy	Associate	Director for	Recruitment	and	

Hiring,	Office	of	Personnel	Management
Panelists:

John	Germain,	Vice	President	Infrastructure	and	Security	Services,	Xylem	

Inc.

Jason	Hite,	Founder	and	Chief	People	Strategist,	Daoine	Centric	LLC

Laura	Loiacono,	Student,	Moraine	Valley	Community	College

Ted	Mims,	Chair	of	the	Computer	Science	Department,	University	of	

Illinois	at	Springfield

Ray	Trygstad,	Associate	Chair,	Department	of	Information	Technology	

and	Management,	Illinois	Institute	of	Technology

Jason	Volmut,	President,	 CPURX

2:15-2:30	p.m. Break

2:30-3:45 p.m. Developing and	Retaining	a	Globally-Competitive	Workforce

Moderator:		Christine	Quinn,	U.S.	Department	of	Labor

Panelists:

Shannon	Donahue,	Director,	Information	Security	Practices,	ISACA

Gabrielle	Helfgott, Technology	Program	Manager,	CareerWise	Colorado

Emilio	Herrera,	Student,	Moraine	Valley	Community	College

Samit	Khare,	Director	GRC	Advisory	Services	and	Chief	Risk	Officer,	SDG	

Corporation

Drew	Morin,	Director	of	Federal Cyber	Security	Technology,	T-Mobile

John	Sands,	Director	and	PI	for	the	Center	for	Systems	Security	and	

Information	Assurance	(CSSIA),	Moraine	Valley	Community	College

3:45-4:00	p.m. Closing	Remarks:		Growing	and	Sustaining	the Cybersecurity	Workforce

Dan	Stein,	Branch	Chief,	Cybersecurity	Education	and	Awareness,	U.S.	

Department	of	Homeland	Security