Speaker Bios 

Anne Margulies
Chief Information Officer
Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Nathan Greene
Branch Chief
Information Technology
Regional 1
FEMA

Bob Nevins
Chief Information Officer
Massachusetts Health Insurance
Connector Authority

Larry Singer
Larry Singer is Vice President of U.S. State, Local and Education Sales, responsible for driving growth in this important segment within HP's Technology Solutions Group. Since joining HP Larry has led a resurgence in the HP's SLED business, engaging a broader partner community to meet the needs of a public sector undergoing a transformation in their adoption of new technology to modernize operations.

Larry has more than 20 years of experience in both the public and private sector, with expertise and leadership roles across information technology, public policy and administration, corporate strategy, engineering, sales, marketing, business development, procurement, and consulting functions.

A former Senior Vice President at Sun Microsystems, where he was a member of the Executive Management Group, Larry served as CIO in Residence and Strategic Insights Officer. He also chaired Sun's Global Sourcing Council. Previously he was appointed by the governor of Georgia as that state's first CIO and first Executive Director of the Georgia Technology Authority, responsible for developing a statewide IT policy and strategy. He has been a frequent columnist and contributing editor to both Government Technology Magazine and to Public CIO Magazine

Prior to that, Larry was chairman and CEO of Public Interest Breakthroughs, Inc., a 501 (c)(3) strategic consulting company that he founded to work with state and local governments in health and human services. He also served as a research fellow in the Technology and Telecommunications in the Public Sector program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. His early experience includes sales management positions with Texas Instruments and Computer Associates International.

A graduate of the University of Redlands (Johnston College) in Redlands, California, Larry completed the Senior Executive Fellows public policy program at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

He lives with his wife and five children in Emerald Hills, California. 

Mary Cullinane
Mary Cullinane comes to Microsoft after being an educator for 10 years at a regional high school in the state of New Jersey. Throughout Ms. Cullinane’s career, she has been intrigued by the opportunity technology brings to enhance the teaching and learning process. In 1997, while the Director of Technology, her high school was one of the first in the nation to provide every student with a notebook computer. After leaving education, Mary helped to establish a start-up internet company focused on creating online learning communities for schools and districts.

In October of 2000 Mary Cullinane joined Microsoft Corporation. For the past eight years she has focused on driving innovative programs and initiatives including National Program Manager of the Anytime Anywhere Learning, creator of the Microsoft Innovation Center Awards, and National Manager of Microsoft’s K-12 marketing, programs and strategic investments.

In 2003, as a result of a partnership between the School District of Philadelphia and Microsoft Corporation, Ms. Cullinane accepted the position of School of the Future Technology Architect, responsible for driving the creation of a new high school in West Philadelphia. The school opened in September of 2006 and to date has received visitors from over 50 countries and has garnered over 350 million media impressions. In February of 2006, Ms. Cullinane became the Director of the US Partners in Learning Program, responsible for over $35 million of investments in innovative programs around the United States. In January of 2008 became the United States Director of Innovation and Business Development for Microsoft Education Group.

Ms. Cullinane, a recipient of the Microsoft Circle of Excellence Award, has spoken at national and international conferences on the topics of educational technology, school reform and strategic leadership. She has testified before the United States Congress and has appeared on PBS, NPR, ABC News and in Wired Magazine. A resident of New York City, Ms. Cullinane holds a Master’s of Public Policy and Administration Program from Columbia University with a concentration in International Economics and Policy Development and a Bachelor of Arts Degree from The College of New Jersey.