Wally Coggins - Panelist

Acting Chief Strategy Officer, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA)

"Wally" Coggins is the acting Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of the Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency (DCSA), the Senior Advisor for Enterprise Analytics and Information (EA&I), and also the Agency’s Chief Data Officer (CDO). DCSA’s Chief Strategy Officer leads enterprise-wide strategy and transformation initiatives to integrate the recently formed Agency, improve mission outcomes, and enhance business operations. The CSO is responsible for strategic planning, corporate governance, enterprise data management and analytics, policy, organizational design, change management, and performance management. As EA&I Senior Advisor and CDO, he leads implementation of the Agency’s data strategy, enterprise analytics, and knowledge management program to leverage data as a strategic asset, improve information sharing, and enable evidence-based decision making. Prior to his current joint duty assignment, Mr. Coggins served as the Director, Intelligence Community Security Coordination Center (IC SCC), within the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), IC Chief Information Officer. The IC SCC provides for the integrated defense of the IC’s information environment and serves as the Federal Cybersecurity Center responsible for coordinating the IC’s defensive response to major cyber incidents, threats, and vulnerabilities. Mr. Coggins also served in executive leadership positions at ODNI, including as the Deputy Chief Management Officer, leading and managing internal ODNI administration, finances, and policy, and as the ODNI Executive Secretary responsible for coordination of official correspondence and other communications on behalf of the DNI. Mr. Coggins also served as a Director responsible for acquisitions, integration, and evaluations along with other assignments within the ODNI Acquisition, Technology, and Facilities component. Prior to joining ODNI, Mr. Coggins served as program manager and contracting officer at the Naval Air Systems Command for the development and acquisition of major weapons systems including the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, F/A-18 tactical aircraft, electronic warfare, mission planning, and missile programs. Mr. Coggins received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Richmond, Masters in Business Administration from George Washington University, and a Masters in National Security Resource Strategy from the Eisenhower School. Mr. Coggins lives in Arlington, Virginia, with his wife Wynn, and school-aged daughter and son.

Richard Patterson - Panelist

Chief Data Officer Defense Security Cooperation Agency [DSCA], Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Policy

LtCol Ronnie Synakowski - Panelist

Deputy Commander, 72d Mission Support Group, U.S. Department of the Air Force

Driven advocate for high quality UI/UX and consideration of design in MVPs & prototypes. Always seeking to improve customer experience and focused on laying a strong foundation for implementation and sustainment of great ideas. Recognized as one of 100 most influential leaders in federal IT in 2022. Acquisition officer currently leading 1,600 Airmen as Deputy Mission Support Group Commander providing services to 30k members of Tinker AFB. Successful CPI, technology program management, thought leadership, and executive-level consulting across numerous mission sets with over 7 years of experience working at Headquarters AF in DC with AQ, A2, A8, CO, CN, OSD, and the Interagency. Led multiple SECAF enterprise data investment reviews unifying support of CSAF, CIO, CDO, CSO, CAO & USSF through glass-doors executive coordination resulting in initial DAF enterprise configuration control in the DAF's Data Fabric.

Eileen Vidrine -

Chief Data and Artificial Intelligence Officer, U.S. Department of the Air Force

Eileen M. Vidrine is the Air Force Chief Data Officer, Headquarters, United States Air Force, Washington, D.C. She develops and implements strategies for enterprise data management, analytics, and digital transformation to optimize performance and drive out innovation in and across all missions and operations. Ms. Vidrine began her government career in 1986 as an enlisted member of the U.S. Army and was commissioned in 1987 through the U.S. Army Officer Candidate School Program as a U.S. Army Transportation Officer. Later in her Army career, she was selected and integrated into the U.S. Army Acquisition Corps. She began her civilian career as a senior faculty member at the Joint Military Intelligence College and led the college’s technology transformation as the first Director for the Center for Educational Technologies. From 2006 to 2012, Ms. Vidrine served in various positions of leadership at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence culminating as the Chief of Staff for the Assistant Director of National Intelligence for Human Capital. In 2012, Ms. Vidrine was selected to serve as the DoD Intelligence Community Enterprise Architect assigned to the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, Human Capital Management Office (HCMO). In 2014, Ms. Vidrine assumed HCMO chief of staff responsibilities. In 2016, she was nominated by the Deputy Secretary of Defense and selected to serve as a White House Leadership Fellow, supporting the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Personnel Management. After her fellowship she was detailed to the Executive Office of the President Office of Administration. Ms. Vidrine was appointed to the Senior Executive Service in June 2018. EDUCATION 1985 Bachelor of Science, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York 1993 Masters of Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 2009 Office of the Director of National Intelligence - Analysis Summer Hard Problem Program (SHARP), Phoenix, Arizona 2015 Intelligence Community Applied Systems Architecture Course, Herndon, Virginia 2017 White House Leadership Development Program, Washington, DC CAREER CHRONOLOGY 1. Feb 1986- Oct 1996, US Army, various 2. Oct 1996-Oct 1999, Principal Systems Analyst, Teledyne Brown Engineering, Arlington, VA 3. Oct 1997- Jul 1999, Senior Project Manager, Carney Interactive LLC, Alexandria, VA 4. Jul 1999- Jan 2000, Senior Information Systems Security Engineer; Wang Global, 5. Jan 2000- Jul 2002, Assistant Professor, Northern Virginia Community College, Annandale, VA 6. Jul 2002- Nov 2003, Senior Faculty Member-Joint Military Intelligence College, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington DC 7. Nov 2003- Aug 2006, Director, Center for Educational Technologies-National Defense Intelligence College, Defense Intelligence Agency, Washington, DC 8. Aug 2006- Apr 2007, Senior Liaison Officer, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of the Chief Information Officer, McLean, VA 9. Apr 2007- Sep 2008, Program Manager for Distributed Learning, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, National Intelligence University, McLean, VA 10. Sep 2008- Dec 2010, Technical Program Manager, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, McLean, VA CERTIFICATES Dec 2010- Feb 2012, Chief of Staff, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of the Chief Human Capital Officer, McLean, VA Feb 2012-Dec 2013, DoD IC Enterprise Architect, Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence/Human Capital Management Office; Arlington, VA Dec 2013-Nov 2014, Deputy Director for Readiness (acting) Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence/Human Capital Management Office; Arlington, VA Nov 2014- Sep 2016, Chief of Staff, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence/Human Capital Management Office, Arlington, VA Oct 2016- Sep 2017, White House Leadership Fellow; White House Leadership Development Program, Washington, DC Oct 2017- Jun 2018, Detail to Executive Office of the President, Office of Administration, Washington, DC Jun 2018-present, Chief Data Officer, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force, Arlington, VA AWARDS 2016 Intelligence Community Human Capital Professional Leadership Award 2016 Intelligence Community Human Capital Profession Team Award 2018 Office of the Secretary of Defense Exceptional Civilian Service Award CLEARANCE Top Secret, SCI