PKI and Digital Signatures: From E-Commerce to E-Information Management
Biographical Sketches
In Order of Presentation
John Sullivan, Co-Chair, CENDI IT Security Working Group, serves as the Branch Chief and as Chief Information Systems Security Officer for the NLM/OCCS networks and systems. He previously served in similar capacities in the national security and intelligence areas for Federal law-enforcement.
He has been a federal liaison to international organizations, and a speaker and instructor at many national conferences and seminars. Before his Federal service, he was a business, information and automation consultant in private industry for over 25 years. He has served as a Division Technical Director, a Strategic Program Area Director, a Regional Program Manager, and technical positions from systems/security administrator to systems analyst to computer programmer. He is the author of numerous papers and articles, has also served as a corporate troubleshooter, and as a Principal Investigator with the National Science Foundation.
Mr. Sullivan holds a Master of Science degree in Computer Science (Information Security) from James Madison University, an MBA from the University of Phoenix, a graduate Diploma from the Information Resources Management (IRM) College at the National Defense University, and a Bachelor of Science degree in Technical Management/Sociology from Regis University. Previous Page
Kent Smith, Deputy Director, National Library of Medicine, assists the Director in planning and managing the programs of the Library, the world's largest research library in a single scientific and professional field. The NLM also serves as a national resource for all U.S. health sciences libraries through a National Network of Libraries of Medicine. Through its research and development programs, the NLM explores the latest application of computer and communications technologies to improve the organization, dissemination, and utilization of biomedical information.
Before assuming his current duties, Mr. Smith served as the Assistant Director for Administration of NLM, and before that was Executive Officer of the Division of Research Resources at the National Institutes of Health. In the late 1960s, he served as the first Administrative Officer of the NIH Division of Research Facilities and Resources dealing with the construction of medical research facilities. Early in his career, he was a management intern with the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and before joining NIH, was a management and program analyst in the Office of the Secretary, HEW.
Mr. Smith is a member of the Senior Executive Service. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Hobart College, where he majored in Math/Economics. Mr. Smith received his Master of Arts degree from the Johnson School of Management at Cornell University. He has also completed graduate work in computer science at the American University. Mr. Smith served as President of the National Federation of Abstracting and Information Services (NFAIS), President of the International Council of Scientific and Technical Information (ICSTI), Chair of the Policy Group of the Federal Library and Information Center Committee (FLICC), and Vice President of UNESCO General Information Program. He is also a member of the Medical Library Association (MLA), the American Management Association (AMA), the AAAS and the Cosmos Club.
He has received numerous SES Achievement Awards, the Assistant Secretary for Health Exceptional Achievement Award, NLM Director's Award, the HHS Superior Service Medal, 1997 Medical Library Association President's Award, and the 1998 NFAIS Miles Conrad Lecture.
Mr. Smith resides in Olney, Maryland, with his wife (former Mary Gaffney). He has two children, Kent W. Smith and Holly Volz and one grandchild Caroline. Previous Page
Donald A. B. Lindberg, M.D., is a scientist who has pioneered in applying computer technology to health care beginning in 1960 at the University of Missouri. In 1984, Dr. Lindberg was appointed Director of the National Library of Medicine, the world's largest biomedical library. From 1992-1995 he served in a concurrent position as founding Director of the National Coordination Office for High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, Executive Office of the President. In 1996 he was named by the HHS Secretary to be the U.S. Coordinator for the G-7 Global Health Applications Project.
In addition to an eminent career in pathology, Dr. Lindberg has made notable contributions to information and computer activities in medical diagnosis, artificial intelligence, and educational programs. Before his appointment as NLM Director, he was Professor of Information Science and Professor of Pathology at the University of Missouri-Columbia. He has current academic appointments as Clinical Professor of Pathology at the University of Virginia and Adjunct Professor of Pathology at the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
Dr. Lindberg was elected the first President of the American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA). As the country's senior statesman for medicine and computers, he has been called upon to serve on many boards including the Computer Science and Engineering Board of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Board of Medical Examiners, and the Council of the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. Dr. Lindberg is the author of three books: The Computer and Medical Care; Computers in Life Science Research; and The Growth of Medical Information Systems in the United States, several book chapters, and more than 200 articles and reports. He has served as editor and editorial board member of nine publications including the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Dr. Lindberg graduated Magna cum Laude from Amherst College and received his MD degree from the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University. Among the honors he has received are Phi Beta Kappa, Surgeon General's Medallion, Presidential Senior Executive Rank Award, and honorary doctorates from Amherst College, the State University of New York at Syracuse, and the University of Missouri-Columbia. Previous Page
Mark L. Silverman, CISSP, has over 25 years’ experience in information technology (IT) and has been concentrating on IT security issues for the past five years. Mr. Silverman is currently a Senior Technical Advisor to the Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Deputy CIO for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). He is chair of the NIH PKI working group and active in the Department of Health and Human Services PKI initiatives. Mr. Silverman was a previous co-chair of the CENDI security subcommittee and has served on numerous IT security working groups at both the NIH and Federal levels. Previous Page
Dr. Peter Alterman, Director of Operations, Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health, is Senior Advisor to the Chair of the Federal PKI Steering Committee. For the past two years, he has represented the Department of Health and Human Services on that Committee.
He has been actively involved in Internet technology since serving on the Federal Research Internet Coordinating Committee in 1989. In 1997, Dr. Alterman received the NIH Director’s Award for "providing innovative leadership to NIH Executives and Managers by identifying and addressing critical issues in managing the information technologies of NIH."
He received his Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of Denver. Previous Page
Jonathan Womer, Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, has worked for the past two years in the Office of Management and Budget as a member of the Information Policy and Technology Branch of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Currently, he is working on issues surrounding electronic government, electronic signatures, and IT capital planning. Jonathan serves as OMB's representative to the Federal PKI Steering Committee and the Federal PKI Policy Authority.
Previously, he attended the Ford School of Public Policy at the University of Michigan and studied information policy and economics in the doctoral program at the School of Information, also at UM. While at UM, Jonathan worked on DARPA's Information Survivability Program researching self-adaptive networks. Previous Page
Susan R. Cummings is a Policy Specialist on the Policy and Communication Staff at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). She is involved in developing and implementing NARA’s records management policies and guidance for Federal agencies, and was the lead on the NARA GPEA guidance team. Ms. Cummings has worked at NARA since 1994 and has worked in archives and records management for almost 20 years. She has a Master’s degree from Indiana University and a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland. Previous Page
Keren Cummins is Vice President for Government Services of Digital Signature Trust Company (DST), a subsidiary of First Security Bank. Cummins is responsible for developing Federal markets for this premier provider of trusted PKI solutions for secure communications and electronic commerce.
Prior to joining DST, Cummins was Director of FedWorld Information Technologies for the National Technical Information Service. Cummins led the transformation of this pilot electronic bulletin board system into a profitable Internet-based venture within two years. Cummins also represented NTIS as a member of the Federal Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Steering Committee for two years. Previous Page
William "Bill" Anderson, Social Solutions, Inc. has designed and developed computer systems for more than 20 years. For the past 16 years he was at Xerox Corporation (in business and research divisions) where his work included software product development and deployment, software engineering tool development, software product planning and strategy, software architecture and design, and organizational learning. His work is grounded in participatory design and co-development, a method pioneered in Scandinavia, that involves users collaboratively in the design, development, and deployment of computer-based systems. Currently, Bill is Senior Systems and Software Architect with Social Solutions, a consulting company specializing in workplace knowledge and work practices. Bill has published papers on software engineering (both tools and practices), participatory design and co-development, organizational transformation, and digital libraries.
Bill's formal education includes a Ph.D. in Theoretical Chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, graduate study in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology, and experiential training and study in work group dynamics and organizational development. Previous Page
Dr. Robert Shepanek is Director of the Information Resources Development Staff of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Center for Environmental Assessment. He leads all aspects of computer work for the Center including strategic information resources management planning, architecture and systems development, and operations. Dr. Shepanek is active in interagency science and technical information management. He is EPA’s principle representative to CENDI, EPA federal liaison to the National Academy of Sciences CODATA, and the EPA representative to the Data and Information Management Working Group of the Global Change Research Program. His experience in the computer field also includes work in the private sector on a wide variety of applications from environmental remote sensing to command, communication, and control systems for the Department of Defense.
Dr. Shepanek has a Ph.D. from George Mason University in Environmental Biology and Public Policy, as well as M.S. and B.S. degrees in Biology. His principle research area is application of database modeling techniques to analysis of ecological interactions in estuarine environments. Previous Page
Stewart Wills has been
the online editor for Science magazine, one of the world's best-known
scientific journals, since January 2000. He has more than twenty years'
experience in corporate, consumer, and scientific writing, editing, and
online communications. Dr. Wills has a Ph.D. in geoscience from Columbia
University, and a Bachelor's degree in English literature from UCLA.
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Richard Tremblay is a Technical Information Specialist who joined the Defense Technical Information Center in 1998. He came to DTIC as a Computer Specialist from DISA’s Standard Procurement System program office on Ft. Belvoir, Virginia. He has had a varied government career. Most of the civilian portion of his career has been working in St. Louis, Missouri, as a Cartographer for the Defense Mapping Agency (now the National Imagery and Mapping Agency). A native of Kentucky, he began his government career by serving four years as an Air Force Communication-Electronics Officer. He was stationed overseas for two years of that service with the remainder at Scott AFB, Illinois. Richard holds a Master's degree in Computer Resource Management from Webster University (1989) and a Master's degree in Information Management from Washington University (1995). Previous Page
Trudi Bellardo-Hahn is currently Manager of User Education Services at the University of Maryland Libraries. She coordinates a program of information literacy instruction aimed at 40,000 students and faculty on the College Park campus. She also is an adjunct professor at the College of Information Studies.
Her publications and presentations include books (as author or editor), Journal papers, national conference presentations, and workshops on the topics of history of information systems, online retrieval, indexing, interface designs, databases, Web searching, information literacy issues, and education and training for the information profession. Her latest two books won the American Society for Information Science and Technology SIG Publication of the Year Award.
Dr. Hahn earned a Bachelor’s degree and MSLS from the University of Kentucky and a Ph.D. in Information Systems from Drexel University. Previous Page
Gail Hodge has been involved in the information industry for more than 20 years. She has served in a variety of capacities from database operations to consulting and project management. As the Technical Operations Manager for CENDI, Ms. Hodge has primary responsibility for the leadership and operation of the working groups. The groups work on a variety of technical and policy issues, including digital preservation, reference linking, metadata standards, and information security. With Ms. Hodge's support, the working groups have produced publications, conducted workshops and conferences, developed products, performed technology assessments, and generally shared information on a variety of topics.
Ms. Hodge has been a Senior Information Specialist with Information International Associates, Inc. since 1995. Prior to that, she held positions with RMS Associates at the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information and BIOSIS. She has written and presented widely on the topics of digital preservation and metadata development. She holds a M.L.S. from Drexel University and a B.A. from Albright College. Previous Page
Allan A. Astley is the Deputy of the Information Systems Support Directorate at the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC), Fort Belvoir, Virginia. He has worked at DTIC since 1995, where he served initially as the Chief of the Technology Division.
A native of Richmond, Virginia, Mr. Astley graduated from the University of Virginia in 1976 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Environmental Sciences. After college, he began his career in the Federal Government as an Army ADP Career Intern at Ft. Monroe, Virginia. He returned to Richmond in 1983 to work for DLA and later DISA at the Defense Supply Center Richmond, until his move to DTIC. Previous Page
