Deputy Director, Office of Information Technology (OIT), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) & Colonel, USA, Retired

Colonel Bobby Saxon, USA Retired, is the Deputy Director (Deputy CIO) for the Office of Information Technology (OIT), Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). Previously, Bobby served at CMS as the Acting Director for Emergency Preparedness and Response Operations (EPRO) and as the CMS Continuity Manager where he led Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Emergency Management.

Bobby joined CMS in 2017 as the Chief Technology Officer for the Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight (CCIIO) where he led IT for Healthcare.gov. He has nearly 30 years of IT leadership experience including assignments to the Pentagon as the Assistant Deputy Chief Information Officer for Army G-3/5/7 Operations and Plans, and as a Force Management Division Chief leading a global force information management data initiative. 

Executive Director, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology (ICIT) & Former Deputy CIO, Policy and Planning, USDA

Joyce Hunter is a strategic-doer and a philanthropreneur. She was appointed by President Barack Obama to the position of Deputy Chief Information Officer for Policy and Planning at the Department of Agriculture (2013-2017) and was the Acting Chief Information Officer from March 2016 to July 2016.

In addition to policy and technology planning, Ms. Hunter is the creator and President of the Open Data STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Agriculture and Math and the Science Technology Engineering Athletics and Math) summer camps for underserved and underrepresented youth, the Executive Director of ICIT, a cybersecurity think tank and the Advisory Board Chair for CyberAg, a non profit organization providing cybersecurity outreach, awareness, education and access to resources for the agriculture and food supply chain.

Cyber Chief Technology Officer, Accenture Federal Services

David Dalling Jr. is a subject matter expert with over 20 years of Information Security experience and IT Operations. He is an accomplished, motivated, and versatile professional in variety of IT fields ranging from hands-on systems development, testing, and management to enterprise-level strategic planning, and consultation. 

David is a man of firsts; He helped get the DHS Enterprise Security Operations program its first ever ATO, wrote the first ever common control package for DHS, received a security engineering award at DHS HQ for developing a metrics program that contributed to DHS first ever perfect score card. Taking this experience David then lead the development of the first ever Managed XDR service to receive its FedRAMP Authorization.

Vice President, Federal, Okta

Katy Mann joined Okta in June 2021 as the Vice President of Federal. Katy is responsible for Okta's Federal business's growth and go-to-market strategy. Katy's top priority is partnering with federal agencies to ensure the success of their mission, Zero-Trust, cybersecurity solutions, and improving user experience. Katy has a high-growth mindset, with a specialty in transformation and scale. She has a particular passion for Women in Tech and is the Executive Sponsor for vets@okta.

Before joining Okta, Katy served as the Area Vice President for Federal Civilian Agencies and the Director of National Security Programs at Splunk. Katy brings over twenty-five years of expertise introducing leading-edge technologies into the federal government to help accelerate mission objectives. She holds a B.S in Aerospace Engineering from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Director of US Public Sector Solutions Marketing, Okta

Steve Caimi is the Director of US Public Sector Solutions Marketing at Okta. He is passionate about strengthening our nation’s security and economy through IT modernization, cyber best practices, and regulatory compliance. He is laser-focused on the vital role of secure identity in today’s digital-first world.

Before joining Okta, Steve worked to improve public and private sector security through roles in product marketing, product management, sales engineering, and solution architecture at Cisco, HP Enterprise Security, CA Technologies, UUNET Technologies, and Citigroup.

Principal Solutions Architect, Okta

Brandon Iske is a Principal Solutions Architect focused on enabling Federal Government and strategic accounts at Okta. He is passionate about strengthening our nation’s cybersecurity and user experience through identity focused IT modernization and cyber best practices. 

 Before joining Okta, Brandon worked over a decade in government public service to deliver and secure joint Department of Defense enterprise capabilities in endpoint security, mobile management, identity and access management, and zero trust architecture at the Defense Information Systems Agency.