Speakers
Thomas Curley
Thomas Curley, a partner in the firm, has practiced at LSKS since 2000 and is admitted to practice in the District of Columbia and in Maryland. Mr. Curley completed his undergraduate studies at Duke University, receiving his B.A. in 1990, magna cum laude. Prior to attending law school, he worked as a journalist for both the Wilmington News Journal and USA Today. Mr. Curley received his J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 2000, magna cum laude, and Order of the Coif. He was also the recipient of the Metropolitan DC Alumni Club Award for best overall academic performance in 2000 by an area student.
Allan Holmes
Allan Holmes joined Government Executive as executive editor in March 2007 to expand its information technology coverage and to develop Nextgov.com, an interactive Web site for the federal information technology community. He shapes the content for Nextgov, which offers IT managers and executives in the federal IT community a place to read breaking news, conduct research and interact with colleagues. Allan also directs the technology coverage for Government Executive. Allan has covered government management and policies for 15 years in Washington. Prior to joining Government Executive, he was the Washington bureau chief at CIO magazine, and prior to that he was editor in chief of Federal Computer Week magazine and FCW.com, a daily news site he developed and launched in 1997. The Web site won numerous national awards. During his 25-year career, Holmes has covered business, focusing on finance and transportation; state government; and health care, including President Clinton's health reform initiative in 1993 and 1994. He has written for The New York Times, Time magazine, and U.S. News and World Report.
Bruce Levenson
Bruce is a founding partner of United Communications Group, a multi-media business information company headquartered in Gaithersburg, MD. He is also an owner of the NBA’s Atlanta Hawks, NHL’s Atlanta Thrashers and operating rights to Philips Arena. Bruce is on the Board of Directors of UCG spin-off TechTarget (symbol: TTGT); a Governor on the Board of Governors of the National Hockey League; a member of the Newsletter Hall of Fame; and active in community and philanthropic affairs. His wife, Karen, and he are currently working with University of Maryland’s School of Public Policy to develop a prototype philanthropic curriculum.
Jim McGinty
Jim McGinty is Vice Chairman of industry leading, Bethesda-based, Cambridge Information Group (CIG). He has a broad portfolio that includes oversight of the strategic planning process for CIG companies, including ProQuest, Dialog, Bowker, and Navtech. Until 2000, Jim was President of CSA (now ProQuest). During his tenure, CSA was an early adopter of internet publishing, with the company experiencing a three-fold increase in revenue and a doubling of its customer base to 1500 institutions in 30 countries. He then became President of Cambridge Information Group before being named its Vice Chairman in 2003. Prior to joining CSA in 1992, Jim spent over 20 years with Dun & Bradstreet. His last assignments were as Managing Director D&B North Pacific Business Information Group based in Hong Kong and VP Group Government Marketing with corporate wide marketing and R&D responsibilities in the US Federal sector. Jim has served on the Board of Directors of the Information Industry Association (now SIIA) and NFAIS (the National Federation of Advanced Information Services).
Don Pazour
Don is Chief Executive Officer of Access Intelligence, LLC. Under Don's leadership, Access Intelligence has undergone rapid growth since 2004, through organic development of the business as well as the acquisitions of SRI Consulting, The Energy Daily Newsletter, and Harriman Chemsult. The company is a leading information provider in the aviation, defense, satellite, communications, chemical, and energy businesses, with offices throughout the United States, as well as in London, Zurich, Tokyo, and Beijing. The company has transformed itself into a fully integrated media and consulting business with a robust Internet component with more than half of its revenue deriving from information sales.
Anthea Stratigos
Anthea Stratigos co-founded Outsell, Inc. with Greg Chagaris, creating the leading research and advisory firm focused exclusively on the information and publishing industry. She established the company's research agenda and served as the firm's first chief analyst. As CEO, she draws upon her deep experience (at Teltech, American Management Association, Dataquest, and IBM) in research and analytic businesses to drive product development, operations, marketing, and general management to lead all facets of the organization. Anthea is also Outsell's primary spokesperson, identifying, writing, and speaking extensively about key trends in the industry. She chairs Outsell's Leadership Council, a member-service for CEOs and senior executives of publishing and information-provider firms, and has an ongoing and trusted relationship with industry leaders across the publishing and commercial information marketplace.
Michael L. Wash
As the Chief Information Officer of the U.S. Government Printing Office, Mike provides principal guidance in the creation and development of technology designed to accelerate the transformation of the GPO into a 21st century information organization utilizing leading edge solutions to provide the highest quality government information services to the nation. Wash has been in the technology industry for more than 25 years, holds multiple patents and was honored with the title of Inventor of the Year back in 1996. Prior to joining the GPO, Wash served as the Executive Director of Product Management and Marketing at Gerber Scientific Products since February of 2003. Wash joined Gerber from Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, N.Y., a world leader in photographic and digital imaging, where he spent a total of 26 years. Most recently at Kodak he served as the Worldwide General Manager, Digital Photo Finishing Systems. In this capacity, he directed the company's digital photo finishing equipment business, driving more than $2 billion in services revenue for Kodak's consumer imaging division. He was responsible for developing the system to deliver Kodak Perfect Touch Processing for the consumer photo market in North America and Europe.