USGIF Young Professionals Group (YPG) – "What's in an App?" Event a Success

March 4, 2011

What’s in an App?
March 3

photos from the event

On March 3, more than 30 Young Professionals from the GEOINT Community attended the USGIF Young Professionals Group (YPG) first event of the year, “What’s in an App?.”

The event, which took place in McLean, Va., was created as an open forum for GEOINT Young Professionals to discuss challenges and solutions for delivering the power of GEOINT to the end-user. A panel of four moderated by USGIF Young Professional Board Member Alexander Martinez, Staff Engineer, Lockheed Martin. Panelists included Robert Shelton & David Brown of Microsoft Federal Systems Integrators; Ahmad Ishaq, Senior Technical Director and Web 2.0 SME, ManTech; and NGA’s Implementation Lead for Online On-Demand Services, Keith Barber.

The discussion ranged from the definition of what an app is, who or what are the end-users within the Intelligence Community (IC), the promises and challenges of apps, and the delivery models panelists envisioned IC members having better capabilities of developing and offering apps. Panelists also touched on current and future trends within the app world and encouraged participants to share or demo app concepts.

The session concluded with a Q&A sessions from the audience. Attendees were eager to not only ask questions of panelists, but also share their experiences with apps. Afterward, panelists and attendees had an exclusive opportunity to network with each other.

Learn more about the panelists:

• Ahmad Ishaq, Senior Technical Director and Web 2.0 SME, ManTech International
• Keith Barber, Implementation Lead for Online On-Demand Services, National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency
• Robert Shelton, Chief Engineer, Microsoft Federal Systems Integrators
• David Brown, Chief Technology Officer, Microsoft Federal Systems Integrators

The USGIF Young Professionals Group is also accepting applications for the Young Professional Board Member. Learn more about this opportunity.

Those interested in applying for this position on the USGIF Board of Directors must meet the mentioned qualifications, be no older than 35 years of age or have five or less years experience in the industry, and also complete the application form and email it to ypg@usgif.org or mail to:

USGIF
ATTN: YPG BoD
2325 Dulles Corner Blvd.
STE 450
Herndon, VA 20171

All completed applications must arrive by close of business on March 17, 2011.

Developed in 2009, the USGIF Young Professionals Group (YPG) serves to unite junior GEOINT professionals within the Defense and Intelligence communities. This group offers events and programs that parallel the Foundation’s mission of advancing the geospatial intelligence tradecraft by utilizing the unique dynamics of our young professional membership based off of their needs and wants from this group.

Learn more about the USGIF Young Professionals Group.