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Program Office. The US-VISIT Biometrics Program pre-screens and monitors
the entry and exists of visitors to the United States. In 2006, she served as
the Business Architecture and Policy Lead for the TSA Secure Flight Program.
Secure Flight is a multimillion-dollar program that pre-screens millions of
domestic airline passengers a day, before boarding passes are printed. In
2008, she led the successful business case development for the TSA Technical
Infrastructure Modernization (TIM) Program. She has since served briefly in
roles such as, the Acting Program Director, DHS Homeland Security Information
Network (HSIN), Senior Policy Director, DHS Screening and Coordination Office,
as well as, the TSA liaison to the former DHS Common Vetting Task Force.
Ms Kent is an accomplished Federal Executive with career experience and
education in the fields of information technology, program, and organization
management. Ms Kent is married with two young adult children. She has many
diverse personal interests some of which include reading, interior design,
editing screenplays, and watching Asian dramas.
Steve Yonkers
Director of Identity Management and Biometrics, Department of
Homeland Security’s Office of Policy, Screening Coordination
Office (SCO), USA
Biography
Steve Yonkers currently serves as the Director of Identity Management
and Biometrics for the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of Policy,
Screening Coordination Office. In this role, he leads enterprise-level biometrics
screening policy, strategy, and capability development efforts in collaboration
with DHS components and offices, and interagency partners. Prior to this
position, Mr Yonkers served 10 years with DHS’s US-VISIT program as the
Deputy Assistant Director for business policy, privacy, and planning. At
US-VISIT, he established its privacy program and served as its first Privacy
Officer. Mr Yonkers spent the previous 10 years in field inspection, program
development and management, and criminal justice grants management
positions with the U.S. Department of Justice’s Immigration and Naturalization
Service, the Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, and the Bureau of
Justice Assistance.
Mr Yonkers earned his bachelor’s degree in Criminology from Ohio University
and his master’s degree in the Administration of Justice from the American
University. He also graduated from the Naval Postgraduate School with a
Masters Certificate in Identity Management. He is a Certified Information
Privacy Professional (CIPP), a Certified Government Privacy Professional
(CIPP-G), and a Certified Acquisition Professional. Mr Yonkers is a graduate of
both the Federal Executive Institute and the DHS Fellows Program.
Official Product Launch MorphoTrust USA
Room 207A
Patrick Clancey
Director of Federal Programs, MorphoTrust, USA
Identix – The next generation multi-modal
biometric and authentication platform
Biography
Time: 3:00pm
Patrick Clancey is the Director of Federal Programs for MorphoTrust USA,
the leading provider of identity solutions and services in the United States.
Patrick oversees a portfolio of identity and secure credentialing programs
spanning multiple Federal agencies, to include Cooperative Agreements under
the National Strategy for Trusted Identities in Cyberspace (NSTIC). Prior to
MorphoTrust, Patrick worked at Booz Allen Hamilton leading interagency
and multinational engagements in support of the Department of Defense’s
Executive Agent for Biometrics and Identity Management. Patrick formerly
served as an Active Duty , Army Officer in a variety of airborne and light infantry
units. He served combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. He holds a
Bachelor’s degree from the United States Military Academy, and a Master’s of
Science degree from the University of Virginia.
Identity and cybersecurity: Ensuring
reliability and building trust in today’s
digitally connected world
Room 207A
Time: 3:10pm
Session Chairman: Richard Agostinelli, Chief Executive Officer, Crossmatch, USA
Kabir Kasargod Time: 3:15pm
Director of Product Management, Qualcomm Cyber Security
Solutions (QCSS), USA
Designing cyber security for the next decade
and beyond
We are on the verge of a new era of smart connected things, generating a
wealth of information about ourselves and our environment;
Global attack vectors have become exponentially greater as connected
things are increasing in number and awareness;
Now more than ever governments, commercial enterprises, and end-users
need a robust, trusted environment that preserves their safety, security
and privacy;
It is urgent that we design the next generation of critical cyber security
solutions that adapt and thrive in the digitally connected world we live in.
Biography
Kabir Kasargod is a Director of Product Management at Qualcomm Cyber
Security Solutions (QCSS). In this role, Kabir is responsible for defining cyber
security solutions for Qualcomm’s government customers. Prior to joining
QCSS, Kabir worked as the Director of Business Development at Qualcomm
Life, where he led software partnership initiatives and strategy related to
mobile apps and services. Prior to this role, Kabir was the founder and business
development lead of an entrepreneurial venture within Qualcomm Labs. Before
returning to Qualcomm, Kabir worked in product management roles at Verizon
and at Ericsson. Kabir holds a master of science in electrical engineering from
Rutgers University.
Mark DiFraia
Senior Director of Market Development, MorphoTrust USA
Time: 3:35pm
Utilizing trusted identities in an online environment
Identity is now an integral part of state and private sector business, online
or in-person, and we all share a responsibility to innovate and bring the
industry forward;
PII is a liability to be treated with extreme care, and thus the sharing and
storage of PII needs to be kept to an absolute minimum and managed with
the consent of individuals;
Thanks to two grant awards from NIST, MorphoTrust and a select group of
partners including GA are exploring how to address the issues of high-trust
identities needed to actively navigate an online environment while also
securing specific transactions with identity authentication requirements
controlled by individuals.
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