Al Rosabal
In January 2008, Al Rosabal was appointed as the Deputy CIO for the City and County of Denver. In his role, Al is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Technology Services department. Information technology is consolidated in the City & County of Denver under the Technology Services Division (TS). Al has been instrumental in kicking off a Strategic Improvement Roadmap for Denver. This initiative includes implementing IT governance, Enterprise Architecture, infrastructure optimization, and organizational realignment.

Before accepting his position with the City and County of Denver, Al Rosabal was the CIO for Douglas County, Colorado. Since October, 2005, Al had been responsible for setting technology strategy and for delivery of the County’s technology projects and initiatives. His accomplishments included implementing more robust project management controls, developing a rapid response pipeline using agile software development methodologies; promoting a tiered structure for storage, computing, databases, and services, and pushing the County toward embracing a Service Oriented Architecture-based integration approach. Al also drove core IT strategic initiatives that included identity management, data quality management, services definition, information security, business intelligence, and automated quality control.

Before Douglas County, Al was with Sprint-Nextel, where he directed a team that supported Customer Finance and Marketing. Al’s team modeled predictive behavior for late and delinquent payments, managed customer identification and credit management, supported Treasury operations, modeled customer turnover, and structured marketing campaigns and offers. Before joining Sprint, Al led IT for a company in Northern Colorado that delivered outsourced Customer Relationship Management services to Fortune 500 clients. Prior to that, he lived and worked in London for two years as the Chief Technology Officer for a Joint Venture with Ford Motor Company. Earlier in his career, Al managed programs in the healthcare, energy, and telecomm industries as a consultant with IBM Global Services.

Al graduated from the United States Air Force Academy with a degree in civil engineering. He also has his MBA from Boston University, graduated from the Maximum Impact executive program at the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland, and is a certified PMP. He served as a Captain in the US Air Force, working on air defense systems as well as air warfare simulation systems.

Ron Huston
Ron has over 35 years of experience in managing complex diverse organizations, requiring an entrepreneurial spirit, change agent, team builder, facilitator, strategist, and communicator in the Private and Public sectors. Ron was appointed by Governor Bill Ritter Jr. in May of 2007 as the state's Chief Enterprise Architect and in July of 2008, he assumed responsibilities as the states Agency Services Director and Enterprise Services Executive.

In January 2008, Ron published the Colorado Consolidation Plan (C2P) after six months of research through communications with all state agencies, other states and private industry. The plan created a statewide enterprise structure. The C2P was the cornerstone to enact Senate Bill 08-155 that created IT Consolidation. During 2008 – 2009 he directed the initiation of the consolidation plan through oversight of various technology initiatives, developing strategies that maximize efficiencies of service delivery in a cost-effective manner through the application of enterprise technology. As Agency Services Director, Ron focused on the unique services each agency delivered to citizens. He directed the development of an enterprise framework by identifying centers of excellence and implementing quality methodologies for improving citizen services.

As Enterprise Services Executive, Ron directed the design and implementation of the states new Enterprise Services Division. This new division supports all of the state’s enterprise systems such as financial and human resources.

In July of 2009, Ron assumed the role of the Director for the development and implementation of the states new Enterprise Program and Project Management Office (ePPMO). The new ePPMO will standardize and consolidate the management of IT projects to insure the State of Colorado’s overall portfolio of IT enabled investments are aligned with the Governor’s Office of Information Technology Services strategic plan for optimal value.

Dennis Donovan
Dennis Donovan joined the National Business Center (NBC), a Shared Service Center providing world class business management and services to over 150 government agencies, in October 2008. He has responsibility for the infrastructure operations and network management which supports the NBC’s seven main lines of business. He has over 20 years experience in information technology operations, systems development and project management. Prior to joining the NBC Mr. Donovan spent two and half years as Program Manager for L. Robert Kimball & Associates where he led technical teams in the delivery of network and automated systems solutions for Federal government clients. His career includes a total of over 27 years in the Army and Army National Guard where he retired with the rank of colonel. Mr. Donovan is a graduate of the United States Military Academy and has a Masters in Engineering Administration from the George Washington University. His awards and recognitions include selection as a Leader in Technology Innovation within the Federal Government by GSA and nomination as the Army Product Manager of the Year.

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.

Stuart McKee
In June 2004, Stuart joined Microsoft as the U.S. National Technology Officer. He is responsible for driving a comprehensive set of technical and business strategies for U.S. Public Sector including education, state/local, and federal government segments. As NTO he has both an internal as well as an external focus – shaping and articulating Microsoft's technology vision and strategy.

Prior to joining Microsoft, Stuart served as the Director of the Washington State Department of Information Services (DIS) on Governor Gary Locke’s executive cabinet. As the DIS Director, McKee served as Chief Information Officer for the state and managed an internationally recognized agency which provides technology leadership and infrastructure for government organizations across Washington State.

Stuart also worked as the VP of Global Internet Operations for the Walt Disney Company where he directed operations for a number of the Internet’s most visible sites including ESPN.com, Disney.com, ABCNews.com and GO.com. His background also includes strategic planning and operational management of enterprise-wide systems for companies including Starwave and Infoseek.

Stuart holds an MBA from Gonzaga University in Spokane Washington and a BS in Business Administration / Management Accounting from Lewis-Clark State College in Lewiston, Idaho.

Michael K. Patterson, PhD, PE
Michael K Patterson is a Senior Thermal Architect in the Eco-Technology Program Office in the Digital Enterprise Group at Intel Corporation, in Hillsboro, OR, where he works in the power, thermal, and energy-efficient-performance areas. The work covers silicon level activity, through platform and rack-level solutions, and on up to interface with Data Center power and cooling technologies. He did his undergraduate work at Purdue University, received his MS degree in Management from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and was awarded his MS and PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Vermont. His current technical interests include server power and thermal management technologies, server/datacenter interaction, and high density data center concepts. He has been with Intel for 15 years. He is a registered Professional Engineer. He is also a member of ASME and ASHRAE, where he represents Intel on TC9.9, Mission Critical Facilities. He also represents Intel in a number of Green Grid Activities, most notably as the chair of the Data Center Technology and Strategy Working Group.