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Many thanks to the people who developed and organized GOSCON 2005.
If you're interested in particpating in GOSCON 2006, please contact the conference director: deborah.bryant@oregonstate.edu .
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 Ben Berry |
Ben BerryChief Information OfficerOregon’s Department of Transportation Mr. Ben Berry serves as ODOT’s Chief Information Officer providing overall leadership, planning, development, and delivery of information technology services for ODOT and several other non-transportation organizations. As the second largest State Agency in Oregon, he is responsible for systems supporting highways, bridges, rail service, right-of-way determinations, DMV and Motor Carrier Commercial Trucking inspections and licensing throughout the state. He is the former Chief Technology Officer of Providence Health System supporting the Oregon Service Area of 7 hospitals and 33 clinics. Mr. Berry has held executive and management positions in industries such as State and Local government, healthcare, telecommunications, aerospace/defense and airport transportation. He received his M.B.A. from UCLA and a B.S. in Life Science from the University of Portland. He has 25+ years in computer software program management and operations, computer applications development and design, and systems development for public and private sectors both in the U.S.A. and the Middle-East. |
 Deborah Bryant |
Deborah Bryant Conference Director Public Sector Communities Manager Oregon State University, Open Source Lab Deborah Bryant brings twenty years management experience in information technology including both private and public sectors. Production of this years first annual Government Open Source Conference is a high priority for Deborah in her current role as Public Sector Communities Manager at Oregon State University’s Open Source Lab. Deborah’s government background started with the Oregon State Legislature during the Year 2000 legislative session and continued at Oregon’s Department of Administrative Services for five years where she served as Manager of Enterprise Strategic Planning and Policy in the Office of the State CIO and also as Deputy State CIO. During the Year 2002 legislative session, she represented the State’s Executive Branch position on proposed Open Source legislation and earned a reputation for an open, constructive approach to working with diverse and sometimes conflicting views. Prior to entering the pubic sector, Deborah held management positions in several emerging technology areas; parallel and high-speed computing and commercialized internet and web applications in the 80s, commercial wide area networks, advanced telecommunications and data/voice convergence in the 90s. |
 Bill Crowell |
Bill CrowellChief Information OfficerOregon Department of Human Services Bill Crowell joined the Oregon DHS as its Chief Information Officer responsible for the department’s Information Technology organization in April 2004. Before joining DHS, he served in senior management positions within the publishing, manufacturing and consulting businesses with over 30 years experience in managing IT organizations. He also served for two years as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Financial Systems at the U.S. Department of Treasury. Crowell holds bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Richmond, VA and an MBA from the University of Virginia. |
 Bernard Golden |
Bernard Golden,Conference Steering Committee MemberChief Executive Officer Navica Bernard Golden is Chief Executive Officer of Navica, a consulting firm offering open source strategy, implementation, and training services. Bernard is a well-known authority on open source, particularly regarding enterprise adoption and use of open source. He writes a regular column on open source software for CIO Magazine, and is the author of “Succeeding with Open Source” (Addison-Wesley, 2005), as well as the forthcoming “Open Source Best Practices.” Contact him at bgolden@navica.com. |
 John Koreski |
John KoreskiAssistant DirectorGeneral Services for the Oregon Department of Corrections John Koreski currently serves as the Assistant Director of General Services for the Oregon Department of Corrections, where he is responsible for oversight of the department’s information, fiscal, facilities maintenance, and distribution services. John has been with Oregon state government for the past 26 years. Prior to coming to t Corrections John worked for 23 years at the Department Human Services where he gained a great deal of experience in that agency though his roles including Deputy Chief Information Officer, Project Manager, Operational Manager, Data Base Analyst, Systems Analyst, and Programmer. John is an active member within the information technology community. He is a member of the Oregon Association of Government Information Technology Manager. John is also holds a seat on the State of Oregon Chief Information Officer (CIO) Council where he has served as past vice chair and then chair of that council. John has a bachelor’s degree in Corrections from Western Oregon University and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from Lewis and Clark College. |
 Scott Kveton |
Scott Kveton
Associate Director |
 Jason McKerr |
Jason McKerr
Operations ManagerOregon State University, Open Source Lab Jason McKerr is the operations manager and co-founder (with Scott Kveton) of the Open Source Lab. He is responsible for business, technical, and development operations at the Open Source Lab as well as managing relationships with Open Source Lab partners. Jason started his career as an economist before becoming a software engineer. He has worked with private and public sector organizations in understanding the economic and financial models for Open Source in their enterprise, helping them achieve strong returns on their Open Source investment. |
 Curt Pederson |
Curt PedersonConference ChairChief Information Officer Oregon State University Curt Pederson, Chief Information Officer for Oregon State University, has led a successful turnaround strategy to re-establish financial and organizational credibility, following a major financial crisis. During the last eight years Information Services has reorganized, improved and expanded services and continues to build toward a sound infrastructure for Oregon State University research, teaching and learning. Recently, he has assumed the duties of the former Oregon University System CIO and now provides IT services to the Chancellor’s Office as well as the four regional universities in Oregon. Before joining Oregon State University, Curt served as Oregon’s first state Chief Information Officer and as Associate Director of Information Services for the Washington State Department of Labor and Industries. In both Oregon and Washington he was recognized for his success with legislators and government officials to fund innovative technology initiatives. Prior to his work in government he spent over 20 years managing most administrative and several operating functions of the 12th largest public electric utility in the United States. |
 Andy Stein |
Andy SteinConference Steering Committee MemberDirector of Information Technology City of Newport News, VA Andy Stein is Director of Information Technology at the City of Newport News, Virginia. Using Open Source as a model for collaborative software development, the City of Newport News is actively participating in and promoting the use of CORE and GOCC, two software repositories for government organizations. The City of Newport News has developed a strategy to replace legacy applications through a collaborative process with other public entities. In addition to his current work in Government, Andy’s professional background includes management and operation of large scaleable computing environments in the finance industry, as well as work in application development, relational database and systems architecture in IBM’s Consulting practice in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s. Notably, he designed and implemented the first RISC chip for IBM in the mid 1980’s. |
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