Washington DC ACM Chapter

Isaac Christoffersen

Education:

BS, Computer Information Systems

Professional Experience:

More than 10 years in IT Management, including strategic direction, budget preparation, vendor relationships, and planning and operation of Network Operations Centers.  Currently the Director of Open Source Solutions at inCommon, Inc, a provider of Professional Services to Federal Government clients with expertise in Data Center Automation, Virtualization and Infrastructure and Platform service solutions.

ACM Activities: 

• Professional Member, ACM, 2005 - present
• Membership Chair, DC ACM, 2009 - 2010
• Historical Chair, DC ACM, 2009 - present
• Vice Chair, DC ACM, 2008 - 2009

Other Activities:

• Association of Computing Machinery (ACM), Professional Member
• Washington DC Chapter of the ACM (DC ACM), Member 
• International Association of Software Architects (IASA), Full Member
• IEEE Computer Society (IEEE CS), Affiliate Member  
• Open Source for America, Infrastructure Team

Position Statement:

The Washington, DC Chapter of the ACM is one of the premier professional associations within the local DC Metropolitan area.  In the early part of 2000, the membership of DC ACM was in the single digits.  Today, DC ACM has over 150 members, an over 3,500% increase from a decade ago, with no signs of leveling off. 

Our last 2 Professional Development seminars have been profitable, we have been able to partner with area organizations to bring in over $5,000 of free advertising for DC ACM, and each lecture program we co-host with the New America Foundation brings in over $2,000 in in-kind donations.  In addition, we have established new relationships with SIGADA, the Baltimore ACM Chapter, SIG-CHI and DC-SIGGRAPH, and held several joint programs and seminars for the benefit of each of our memberships.

As we continue to grow and reinvigorate the DC ACM professional community, our main focus must be on growing the membership and increasing the opportunities in which our opportunities for our members to excel both professionally and academically.  While our Professional Lecture series distinguishes our Chapter from other area professional associations and has been a major contributor to our membership growth, it is worthwhile loss-leader for the chapter whose expenses can only be offset by sponsorship, a 200-300% increase in membership, and an increase in current revenue generating programs such as our professional development seminar. 

My goals for 2010-2011 are ambitious, yet achievable.  They will be to:

• Recruit 5-10% of the area ACM members (approximately 2,220) to join DC ACM through outreach efforts to local ACM members, Academic institutions and joint promotion campaigns with ACM Headquarters.
• Increase volunteer participation and hours by 20% through the expansion of our recruitment strategies to include other volunteer matching organizations.
• Finalize DC ACM’s Strategic Objectives related to education, community and professional excellence by the end of August 2010 and align all activities and resources (financial, volunteer, etc) to these objectives by the end of January 2011.
• Establish a new DC ACM sponsorship program that allows us to incorporate small donors as well as large area donors and brings in $5,000 in total donations.

Reestablish the DC ACM site representative program in which current DC ACM members are ambassadors and recruitment officers for the Chapter within their workplace and larger personal, academic and professional communities.

Benjamin Schultz

MS Information Science, Penn State (Malvern).

BA cum laude Economics, University of Maryland.

Professional Experience:

Software engineer since 1996, primarily in applications development: 

• L-3 Communications 2006 – present.
• Omicron Consulting 2000 – 2005.
• Northrop Grumman (ex Logicon Geodynamics) 1996 – 2000.
• Independent consultant, 1996. 

ACM Activities:

• Chair, DC ACM, 2009 – present.
• Secretary, DC ACM, 2007 – 2009.
• Volunteer, Bylaws Committee, DC ACM , 2007 – 2008.
• Judge, DC ACM at Fairfax County (VA) Science & Technology Fair, 2008.

Other Activities:

• Ruach Minyan, Davening coordinator. 
• Oakton (VA) Condominium Finance Committee, 2008 – 2009.

Position Statement:

I understand finances and financial planning very well.  In my three years to date as a DC ACM officer, I have come to understand our chapter's fiscal situation very well.  I understand fully the importance both of making effective use of the chapter's cash reserves and of pursuing new revenue sources.

Andrew Conklin

BS, Magna Cum Laude, Computer Science, Western Michigan University

Professional Experience:

Software Developer since 2004, primarily in C++, Java, and Web development.  Currently working on the Unified Financial Management System for the Justice Management Division of the Department of Justice.  Formerly worked on training simulation software for various Department of Defense projects. 

• Software Engineer, CGI Federal, 2009 - present
• Software Engineer, Systems Management Technology, 2004 - 2009

ACM Activities:

• Communications Chair, DC ACM, 2010 – present
• Secretary, DC ACM, 2009 – present
• Volunteer, Professional Development Committee, DC ACM, Fall 2009
• Volunteer, Programs Committee, DC ACM, 2009 - present
• Member, Washington DC Chapter of ACM, 2008 - present
• Member, Association for Computing Machinery, 2009 - present

Other Activities:

• Volunteer, Social Matchbox DC, Spring 2010
• Volunteer, Food for All DC, 2009
• Member, DCLUG, 2007 - present

Position Statement:

I've been taking Meeting Minutes since August 2009 and I've been calling out Executive Council online votes for just as long.  I intend to work with the council as we continue to layout our strategic goals and objectives for our chapter.   I will also work with the Historical Chair to devise a document retention and archival policy for various historic legal documents pertaining to DC ACM.

I have focused a lot of my efforts toward my newly acquired position of Communications Chair where I have transitioned our Newsletter editorial process from Microsoft Word over to open source tools such as Scribus, OpenOffice.org, and the GIMP.  I also migrated our email hosting over to Google Apps.  I'm currently overseeing efforts to develop a new website that is more in tune with our membership and the greater DC tech community.

If you, voting member, are entertaining the notion of volunteering for a non-profit board, the DC ACM Secretary position is a great place to start.  Let me know if you have any interest.

George Romas

Education:

BS in Computer Science and Economics

Professional Experience:

I have over 28 years’ experience within the Intelligence Community, providing my knowledge and expertise across a wide range of technologies, to include: modeling and simulation, systems programming, database development, systems engineering, information assurance, enterprise architecture and engineering processes. In addition to my work in the federal sector, I co-founded an Internet startup in July 2000 and worked for a Boston-based startup in 1990. I am currently Chief Technology Officer for a large business group in a federal contracting company.

ACM Activities:

• Member, DC ACM
• Member, ACM
• Volunteer, Privacy Policy Committee, DC ACM

Other Activities:

Coaching soccer and soccer goalkeepers, reading, cultural events, exercise, writing, and travel.

Position Statement:

I will leverage my experience as a CTO to improve and expand DC ACM and its relationships to the community, other organizations, academia, and the professional workforce.

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