Navigating Success: The Journey of Jason Volmut

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 Jason Volmut ,
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