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P.K. Agarwal
Successful IT Acquisition: Making Government More Competitive (Microsoft PowerPoint)
P.K. Agarwal is the California Franchise Tax Board’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) with oversight responsibility for the board’s Data Center, Network Services, Architecture and Project Oversight. Mr. Agarwal oversees an information technology budget in excess of $100 million. He came to the tax board in 1996 from the California Department of General Services, where he headed the Office of Information Services. In 1995, he served as president of the National Association of State Information Resource Executives, a national association of state CIOs. Mr. Agarwal delivered a landmark presentation in 1996 on behalf of all 50 states to Vice President Al Gore’s National Information Infrastructure Advisory Council. He currently chairs the National Electronic Commerce Coordinating Council.

From 1995 to 1998, Mr. Agarwal co-chaired a procurement reform task force that worked with the National Association of State Purchasing Officers. The reform effort resulted in two publications: "Buying Smart: State Procurement Reform Saves Millions," released in 1997, and "Buying Smart: Blueprint for Action," released in 1998.

Mr. Agarwal speaks and writes on issues such as the Internet, electronic commerce and the emerging global economy. In addition to management responsibilities at the state’s departments of Social Services and Health Services, Mr. Agarwal has been the president and is a member of the Board of Directors of a California insurance company. He holds Masters Degrees from both the University of California at Berkeley and from California State University, Sacramento.

Patrick C. Ahlstrom
Policy Setting and the Integrated System (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Since 1993, Patrick C. Ahlstrom has served as Executive Director of the Colorado Department of Public Safety, which oversees the Colorado State Patrol, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation and the Divisions of Criminal Justice and Fire Safety. Mr. Ahlstrom also serves as Chairman of the Executive Policy Board of the Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice Information System and of the National Law Enforcement and Corrections Technology Center Advisory Board, Rocky Mountain Region. He is a member of several state, regional and national boards devoted to law enforcement and justice technology.

Mr. Ahlstrom has served as a police officer in Ames, Iowa, and as a police agent, sergeant and captain in Lakewood, Colorado. He served as Chief of Police in Sioux City, Iowa, in Broomfield, Colorado, and in Arvada, Colorado. His community service on behalf of counter drug measures was recognized with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration’s Enrique S. Camarena Award and by the Red Ribbon Campaign, which is dedicated to preventing drug abuse among America’s youth.

Mr. Ahlstrom holds a BS in Sociology/Criminology from the Iowa State University of Science and Technology and an MBA from the University of Colorado at Boulder Graduate School of Business.

Frank A. Antonicelli III
Business Process Documentation and Re-engineering (Microsoft Word 7.0)
Frank A. Antonicelli III has been a partner with Public Safety Information Consulting Inc. (PSIC) since 1994. Mr. Antonicelli is responsible for assisting Commonwealth of Pennsylvania governmental entities with justice system information strategic planning and systems integration management. He manages an eight-county justice system strategic planning engagement sponsored by the County Commissioners’ Association of Pennsylvania and the state commission on Crime and Delinquency (PCCD). Mr. Antonicelli is also involved in the development of standardized justice information systems for the Pennsylvania Pretrial Services Association and the Juvenile Detention Centers’ Association of Pennsylvania.

Prior to joining PSIC, Mr. Antonicelli was a criminal justice industry specialist for IBM Corp. responsible for coordinating and managing state and local government criminal justice consulting services and system integration activities in the Commonwealth. In 1993, he led the design, development and implementation of a statewide automated laboratory information management system for the Pennsylvania State Police. In 1992, he assisted PCCD with the development and promotion of a Criminal Justice Laboratory and Training Center to enhance justice practitioners’ knowledge and awareness of justice information management systems and advanced technologies. Mr. Antonicelli graduated from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania with a BS in Business Administration.

Terry Armstrong
Terry Armstrong has more than 20 years of experience in law enforcement and has been certified as a police officer in the Commonwealth of Kentucky and in the State of Florida, where he was also certified as a corrections officer. Prior to assuming command of the Information Management Section of the Monroe County, Florida, Sheriff’s Office in Key West, he was a database administrator for the Palm Bay Police Department, where he also worked as a detective and patrol officer. While at Palm Bay, Mr. Armstrong established the first map-based court presentation in the 18^th Florida Circuit for the trial of William Cruse, who was sentenced to death following a 1987 shooting spree that left six dead.

In 1996, Mr. Armstrong successfully competed for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) funding against 300 other applicants in the Service and Technology arena and was awarded funding for a proposal centered on the collection of squad-level intelligence based on Global Positioning System data using wireless media. He has practical experience implementing both Ultra-High Frequency and Cellular Digital Packet Data communications at the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office. In 1997, he and his agency were enlisted by the FBI and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to assist in the ongoing development of the "wireless networks of opportunity" project, or "Infotech" as it is formally known.

Robert R. Belair
Criminal Justice Information Privacy White Paper (PDF File)
Privacy, Confidentiality and Public Access (Microsoft PowerPoint)
SEARCH General Counsel Robert R. Belair is a partner with the Washington, D.C., law firm of Mullenholz, Brimsek & Belair. Mr. Belair is also CEO of Privacy and Legislative Associates, a legal and policy consulting firm. Privacy and information law involving administrative, legislative and litigation activity and the principal emphases of Mr. Belair's practice. He provides counseling in all aspects of privacy and information law, including educational, criminal, juvenile, medical, employment, credit and financial records; telecommunications; defamation; criminal justice administration; constitutional law; and intellectual property, including software copyrights.

As SEARCH General Counsel, Mr. Belair contributes to SEARCH's privacy and security programs. He authored many studies in criminal justice information law and policy. Mr. Belair was actively involved in revising SEARCH's standards for criminal history record information, Technical Report No. 13: Standards for the Security and Privacy of Criminal History Record Information (Third Edition).

Mr. Belair serves as consultant to numerous Federal agencies and commissions on information policy and law. He is former Deputy General Counsel and Acting Counsel for the Domestic Council Committee on the Right of Privacy, Office of the President.

Mr. Belair is a graduate of Kalamazoo College (Michigan) and Columbia University School of Law.

Mike Benzen
Securing Funding for the Integrated System: A CIO's View (Microsoft PowerPoint)
As Chief Information Officer for the State of Missouri, Mr. Benzen is responsible for statewide strategic planning, monitoring information technology procurement, and directing the adoption of statewide IT policy and standards. Current initiatives include Year 2000 compliance, electronic commerce, public data access and data center consolidations. Previous to his appointment to the position of CIO, Mr. Benzen was employed by the Missouri Department of Mental Health for 25 years, serving the last four of those years as Director of Information Technology.

He currently serves as president of the National Association of State Information Resource Executives (NASIRE) and participates on national committees regarding Year 2000 data change initiatives and information technology workforce issues. Mr. Benzen has a Masters Degree in Public Administration from the University of Missouri. He is current an adjunct faculty member at William Woods University, teaching Computer Science in the MBA program.

Philip S. Braxton
Evaluating New Technologies for Integrated Justice (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Philip S. Braxton is Director of Judicial Information Systems for the State of Maryland. Mr. Braxton has worked as a Mathematician, Operations Research Analyst and Program Analyst for the U.S. Department of the Navy in the areas of logistics support and fleet management. He has more than 20 years of experience in judicial information systems management, and previously served as Director of Data Processing for the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. Mr. Braxton has a B.S. from Shepherd College in West Virginia and an M.S. in Business Administration from George Washington University in Washington, D.C.

Mary Maureen Brown
Mary Maureen Brown, Doctor of Public Administration (D.P.A.) is an Assistant Professor of Information Technology and Public Administration at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her teaching and research interests concentrate on the use of information-based technologies for re-engineering operations to improve service delivery throughout all levels of government.

Dr. Brown’s service activities focus on the design, development, and implementation of advanced technologies to enhance organizational operations. In her most recent work at the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Dr. Brown is responsible for designing, and implementing, a multi-million dollar technological solution to enhance community policing initiatives. Her research publications in the area of technological innovations have appeared in Public Administration Review, Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, Administration & Society, Social Sciences Computer Review, and State and Local Government Review. Dr. Brown earned her D.P.A. at the University of Georgia.

Melvin J. Carraway
Melvin J. Carraway was appointed Superintendent of the Indiana State Police on January 13, 1997, by Gov. Frank O’Bannon. Prior to his appointment, Supt. Carraway served as Executive Director of the Indiana State Emergency Management Agency/Department of Fire and Building Services, and Commander of the Enforcement Division of the Indiana State Police. He served U.S. Army military intelligence as an interrogator and German linguist.

In his various positions, Supt. Carraway was responsible for reorganizing and restructuring emergency management, adopting a proactive approach to disaster mitigation, securing the passage of legislative initiatives to enhance public safety, developing the State Police High Performance Vehicle Program, reconfiguring the State Emergency Operations Center, reorganizing the Public Safety Institute for efficiency and accoutability, and reducing 53 categorical fee items — representing approximately $1.4 million in savings to builders, architects, design professionals and others.

Supt. Carraway earned a Bachelor of Music Degree from Heidelberg College in 1975. He graduated in 1984 from the FBI National Academy.

Judge Kenneth Lee Chotiner
Consolidated Criminal History Repository System (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Judge Kenneth Lee Chotiner has been a trial judge since 1981. In addition to his judicial duties and extensive involvement in court technology, he has also been the Project Director of the Los Angeles County Consolidated Criminal History Reporting System (CCHRS) since 1990. In this volunteer assignment, Judge Chotiner guided the project from conceptualization to production. Under his leadership, CCHRS (pronounced "cheers") has received six major national , state and county awards since May 1998.

Judge Chotiner was a trial attorney with his own law practice in Santa Monica, California, and a bar association president, prior to becoming a judge of the Los Angeles Municipal Court. He is a former law professor and has authored numerous legal and computer publications.

He was one of three judges who formed the computer faculty of the California Center for Judicial Education and Research, which is responsible for the education of the California Judiciary. Judge Chotiner was the founding editor of the syllabi for the computer courses and pronounced the syllabi from 1990-1994. He has authored or edited 11 syllabi for statewide judicial computer courses. He has been a member of the faculty of the California Judicial College and has taught criminal law, courtroom control, and computers to judges throughout California for the past 15 years.

Judge Chotiner was placed on special assignment by the Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court to preside over the arraignments and trials of thousands of anti-nuclear and anti-apartheid demonstrators at Diablo Canyon, the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and the University of California at Berkeley from 1981-1985.

Gary R. Cooper
Gary R. Cooper has served as Executive Director of SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics, since 1983. As Executive Director, Mr. Cooper represents SEARCH before the various branches and levels of government, including the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Department of Justice; criminal justice associations; and the private sector. He has twice chaired the Evaluation Committee for tests of the Interstate Identification Index, a committee of the Advisory Policy Board to the FBI's National Crime Information Center, and current chairs the FBI's Evaluation Group of the National Fingerprint File Pilot Project.

Mr. Cooper was appointed by California's Governor to the California Commission on Personal Privacy in 1981. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the National Foundation for Law and Technology. During his more than quarter century with SEARCH, Mr. Cooper has served as the Deputy Director and Director of the Law and Policy Program.

Mr. Cooper's law enforcement career began as a patrol officer for the city of Sacramento. He has held various research and planning positions with the California Council on Criminal Justice and the California Crime Technological Research   Foundation. Mr. Cooper has written extensively in all areas of information law and policy, with an emphasis on the privacy and security of criminal history records.

Mr. Cooper holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California at Davis.

Thomas W. Corbett Jr.
Thomas W. Corbett Jr. is Chairman of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Mr. Corbett has served as an Assistant District Attorney for Allegheny County, Assistant U.S. Attorney for Western Pennsylvania, and as a Shaler Township Commissioner. In 1989, Mr. Corbett was appointed U.S. Attorney for Western Pennsylvania by President George Bush and served in that capacity until August 1993. During his tenure as U.S. Attorney, he was appointed by Attorney General Dick Thornburgh to the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys and was elected by his peers as its Chairman for 1993. In August 1993, Mr. Corbett joined the law firm of Thorp, Reed & Armstrong.

Mr. Corbett was the Allegheny County Chairman of the Ridge for Governor Committee and was Chairman of the statewide law enforcement coalition supporting Tom Ridge. He served as Chairman of the Ridge Transition Team reviewing the Pennsylvania State Police, Department of Corrections and the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole. Gov. Ridge appointed Mr. Corbett as Chairman of the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency on March 6, 1995.

In June 1995, Mr. Corbett was nominated by Gov. Ridge to serve as Attorney General and was confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate. He was sworn in on Oct. 3, 1995, and served as the Commonwealth’s Attorney General until January 20, 1997. He returned to private practice as a partner at Thorp, Reed & Armstrong in Pittsburgh. In July 1998, Mr. Corbett became Assistant General Counsel for Government Affairs for Waste Management Inc.

Fred B. Cotton
Fred B. Cotton directs Training Services at SEARCH's National Criminal Justice Computer Laboratory and Training Center in Sacramento, California. Mr. Cotton also provides technical assistance and training to criminal justice agencies nationwide in the field of information systems, including assistance in the investigation of computer crimes and the examination of seized microcomputers.

He currently instructs in a variety of technology crime courses offered nationally by SEARCH. Mr. Cotton has also taught Advanced Officer courses and officer safety subjects in the Basic Police Academy. He was an invited guest of the Norwegian National Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Oslo, Norway, where he provided training on computer investigations to Norwegian investigators.

Mr. Cotton is a member of the National Cybercrime Training Partnership, which is working to set national training standards for technology crimes training programs by coordinating the training efforts of major federal and state criminal justice training organizations. He has 13 years of full-time law enforcement service as a field supervisor with experience in operations, investigations, records, training and data processing. In addition to his duties at SEARCH, he is currently a Reserve Police Officer with the Yuba City (California) Police Department and is a Specialist Reserve Officer with the Los Angeles (California) Police Department, where he is assigned to the Organized Crime and Vice Division.

Mr. Cotton holds his degree in Administration of Justice and is an Adjunct Professor in the "Forensic Computer Investigation" certificate program at the University of New Haven. He is a member of the Florida Computer Crime Investigator's Association, the Forensic Association of Computer Technicians, the Northern California chapter of the High Technology Crime Investigation Association, the National Technical Investigator's Association, the Georgia High Tech Crime Consortium, the Midwestern Electronic Crime Investigation Association, the American Society of Law Enforcement Trainers, and the Police Futurist International.

Mr. Cotton is certified by the California Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training as a "Computer / White Collar Crime investigator" for the State of California through the Robert J. Preseley Institute of Criminal Investigation. Mr. Cotton is also a graduate of and a guest instructor at the "Seized Computer Evidence Recovery Specialist" training course offered through the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center at Glynco, Georgia. He has qualified and testified as an expert witness on computer investigations in both county and federal court. Mr. Cotton is a former member of the national board of directors for the High Technology Crime Investigation Association.

Stephen L. Davis
Managing the Project Environment (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Stephen L. Davis is a Principal with MTG Management Consultants L.L.C., an independent management consulting firm based in Seattle, Washington. Since 1973, MTG has provided information technology planning and management services to state and local government agencies, initially as a division of ECG Management Consultants Inc.

Mr. Davis is a partner in the firm’s criminal justice information systems consulting practice. His primary responsibility is directing the practice in the areas of (1) multi-jurisdictional information systems planning and management at both the state and local level, (2) local law enforcement and other criminal justice systems, and (3) court information systems. Under his direction, the firm has established itself as one of the leading criminal justice information technology consulting firms in the country. Over the last 10 years, Mr. Davis and his staff have worked with more than a dozen states and numerous local agencies to develop and implement both management plans and architectural blueprints for integrated criminal justice information systems.

Mr. Davis received a BA in Mathematics from the University of Washington. He has served as an information technology management consultant to federal, state, and local governments for more than 15 years. Mr. Davis has served as a featured speaker at national, regional, and local criminal justice conferences dealing with system integration and information technologies.

Sen. Mike DeWine
Sen. DeWine's Keynote Presentation
Sen. Mike DeWine was sworn in to the United States Senate on January 4, 1995, as the first Republican Senator to represent the Buckeye State in more than two decades.

Sen. Dewine holds seats on the Senate Judiciary, Labor and Human Resources and Select Intelligence committees. In addition, he Chairs the Senate Subcommittee on Antitrust, Business Rights and Competition of the Judiciary Committee and the Senate Subcommittee on Employment and Training of the Labor and Human Resources Committee. Sen. DeWine has introduced several legislative initiatives, including a four-star plan to improve children’s health care. He has also played an active role on the Intelligence Committee fighting to stem the flow of drugs into the country.

Since his arrival in the Senate, Sen. DeWine has worked to advance technology for local law enforcement officials, improve the lives of at-risk children, promote the health and safety of babies and new mothers, balance the federal budget and reform the nation’s welfare and health care systems.

After earning degrees from Miami University, Ohio, in 1969 and from Ohio Northern University Law School in 1972, Sen. DeWine became Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Greene County, Ohio, at age 25. In 1976, he was elected Greene County Prosecuting Attorney. Sen. DeWine was elected to the Ohio State Senate in 1980 and then to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1982. During his tenure in the Ohio Senate, Sen. DeWine was instrumental in the passage of a strict drunk driving law, and in the U.S. House, he led passage of landmark federal legislation to protect children victimized by violent crime.

In January 1991, Sen. DeWine was sworn in as Ohio’s 59^th Lieutenant Governor. In this position, he was responsible for the oversight of seven state agencies, including the Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services, Criminal Justice Services, the Department of Highway Safety and the Department of Youth Services. He also spearheaded a vigorous anti-drug effort in the state.

Ben B. Dresden
Systems Implementation/Ongoing Technical Issues: Deferring Obsolescence. (Microsoft PowerPoint)
Ben B. Dresden serves as Director of Information Services and Technology for Marin County, California. During the past 14 years, Mr. Dresden has been a leader in organizing and implementing the county’s integrated Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS).

The CJIS project — developed in conjunction with two other California counties, San Joaquin and Kern — has been recognized throughout the state and across the country as a prime example of a truly integrated justice system that transcends political boundaries and jurisdictions.

Two other California counties — San Mateo and Monterey — have implemented CJIS and representatives from the five participating CJIS agencies meet regularly to identify system enhancements and to establish priorities. At this time, the CJIS consortium is identifying a number of projects that will enhance the functionality of the system, including management and ad hoc reporting, integration with desktop products and Internet enabling facilities, to take advantage of recent advances in information technology.

Mr. Dresden previously worked as Vice President of Systems for Fireman’s Fund Insurance Companies.

Raymond Dussault
Successful IT Acquisition: Issues and Lessons (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Raymond Dussault is Justice and Technology Editor for Government Technology Magazine and Research Director, in partnership with the Institute for Law and Justice, on the U.S. Department of Justice’s Law Enforcement Technology Acquisition Project.

As a journalist and researcher, Mr. Dussault has since 1995 been studying the challenges of creating integrated justice systems.

Gary L. Fish
Internet Security (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Gary L. Fish is President and Chief Executive Officer of FishNet Consulting Inc., a nationwide provider of network security solutions. FishNet was responsible for the final design, integration and implementation of the State of Kansas Criminal Justice Information System security solution. FishNet and the Kansas Bureau of Investigation received a Checkpoint Partner Excellence Award for this implementation. FishNet-designed security solutions have been recognized by various national publications and vendors. FishNet also serves as a training center for Check Point FireWall-1 and other industry-standard security products.

Mr. Fish has more than 10 years of information technology (IT) experience and is versed on all facets of IT security. He holds many technical certifications. Mr. Fish has been featured in many local and national brochures and publications. As a graduate of DeVry institute of Technology, Mr. Fish works closely with the Alumni Association and is featured in DeVry’s marketing material. Mr. Fish is also an active participant and advocate of the Ewing Kauffman Foundation for Entrepreneurial leadership. As a national security advocate, Mr. Fish has spoken to numerous groups on the topic of security.

Jon W. Fullinwider
Role of the CIO in Developing Integrated Justice Systems (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Appointed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors as the county’s first Chief Information Officer, Jon W. Fullinwider brings more than 30 years of experience in computing and telecommunications-based solutions to the County of Los Angeles. Prior to joining the County of Los Angeles, Mr. Fullinwider was Director of Information Services for the County of San Diego. Noted for his aggressive approach in assimilating and applying new technologies, Mr. Fullinwider was an early leader in implemented technology-based services, allowing the public access to county information online from their homes, schools, libraries and public information kiosks. Prior to joining the County of San Diego, Mr. Fullinwider worked for Rockwell International, where he held several executive management positions within Rockwell’s corporate offices and in its information systems organization.

Mr. Fullinwider is a requested speaker and a former member of California Gov. Pete Wilson’s Commission on Information Technology.

Sudesh Gahlod
Sudesh Gahlod is a Senior Manager in Deloitte Consulting’s New Jersey Office. Mr. Gahlod has more than 20 years of experience in the design, development and implementation of automated and manual systems. He has in-depth knowledge of technology, tools and methodologies, including client/server systems development, relational databases, data warehousing, and workflow and imaging.

Mr. Gahlod leads the Integrated Criminal Justice Information Systems Segment of Deloitte Consulting’s Law & Justice Practice. He has been involved in the criminal justice arena for a number of years and has directed several projects in the corrections and courts arena. Mr. Gahlod has a Bachelors Degree in Electrical Engineering and a Master’s Degree in Computer Science.

David Gavin
Policy Setting and the Integrated System (Microsoft Powerpoint)
David Gavin has worked for the Texas Department of Public Safety for 21 years. Since 1991, Mr. Gavin has served as Assistant Chief of the department’s Administration Division. He held prior positions with the Texas Crime Information Center, the Texas Uniform Crime Reporting Program, the Texas Computerized Criminal History File, and the Texas Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Mr. Gavin’s current duties include responsibilities for all those programs.

Within the FBI’s Criminal Justice Information Services advisory process, he has served as Chair, Western Regional Working Group; Chair, National Crime Information Center Subcommittee; and First Vice Chair, Advisory Policy Board. His education includes a Master’s Degree from the University of Texas in Austin.

Nancy Gist
Nancy E. Gist is Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Ms. Gist was sworn into office on October 20, 1994, following confirmation by the U.S. Senate.

Before joining DOJ, Ms. Gist served as the Deputy Chief Counsel of the Massachusetts Committee for Public Counsel Services in Boston, a post she held since 1984. She is nationally recognized for her pioneering work in the development of prepaid legal service delivery systems and for her innovative work in the area of indigent defense.

Prior to 1984, Ms. Gist spent seven years as Director of Midwest Legal Services and Assistant Director of the United Auto Workers Legal Services Plan in Detroit. For almost four years Ms. Gist also served as staff attorney at the Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law.

Directorships held by Ms. Gist have included the National Legal Aid and Defender Association, Teens as Community Resources in Boston; and the Boston Museum of Afro-American History. Notably in 1992, Ms. Gist presented a paper and participated in a landmark conference on constitutional issues in a newly democratized South Africa.

As BJA Director, Ms. Gist is responsible for administering the primary criminal justice grant agency of the Justice Department. In FY 1998, $1.7 billion has been appropriated for BJA activities to support collaborative efforts in every area of the criminal justice system, including law enforcement, crime prevention, corrections, courts, prosecution, probation, indigent defense, pretrial services, technology (with a special emphasis on integration), evaluation, and training and technical assistance.

Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Ms. Gist received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1973, and her B.A. in economics from Wellesley College in 1969. She is a former member of the Association Advisory Committee of Phillips Brooks House at Harvard College and the American Bar Association's Standing Committee on Legal Aid and Indigent Defendants.

Kelly J. Harris
Successful IT Acquisition (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Kelly J. Harris has served as Manager of SEARCH's Technical Assistance Program since 1997. Ms. Harris previously served as Technical Assistance Program Coordinator beginning in 1994. The program is funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and provides no-cost, expert technical assistance to address the information management needs of local and state criminal justice agencies through the use of information technologies.

As Manager, Ms. Harris supervises the technical assistance program and activities of SEARCH technical assistance providers. She also provides technical assistance to criminal justice agencies in automated systems development, automation planning and integration of criminal justice information systems.

Ms. Harris organizes and coordinates national conferences on justice information systems and technologies, including the 1994 International Symposium on Criminal Justice Information Systems and Technology, the 1996 Symposium on Integrated Justice  Information Systems and the 1999 Symposium on Integrated Justice Information Systems (all funded by BJA); and the 1997 National Conference on Justice Agencies and the Internet, funded by the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice. She also writes a variety of informational publications, articles, technical bulletins and reports for SEARCH and for publication by DOJ.

Ms. Harris developed a number of on-line resources for justice agencies through the design and publication of SEARCH World Wide Web sites. She received a B.A. degree in Political Science and Communications from the University of California at Davis.

Jane Hautzinger
Pennsylvania's Protection From Abuse Database (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Jane Hautzinger is an Information Specialist/Trainer at the Pennsylvania Coalition Against Domestic Violence working on the Protection From Abuse Database (PFAD) Project. PFAD is a secured computer archival system for the electronic entry of every pleading, order and related document pertinent to civil protective order proceedings in Pennsylvania.

PFAD was designed to utilize Internet technologies to promote an automated statewide court filing system to facilitate seamless document preparation, storage and review. PFAD is currently being pilot tested in nine Pennsylvania counties.

Ronald P. Hawley
Securing Funding for the Integrated System (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Mr. Ronald P. Hawley has served as Assistant Director for the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation’s Division of Criminal Information since 1993. Mr. Hawley began his career with the Bureau in 1973. His early assignments included service as a Special Agent, as an Assistant District Supervisor and as a District Supervisor. Mr. Hawley also served a tour of duty with the Governor’s Security.

Mr. Hawley is involved with several committees and working groups related to criminal justice information technology. He sits as Co-chair of the Criminal Justice Information Network (CJIN) Study Committee, and is a member of the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Southern Regional Working Group and the CJIS Ad Hoc Task Force on Security, Privacy and Policy Matters. Mr. Hawley serves as the governor-appointed member of SEARCH representing North Carolina. He sits on the SEARCH Board of Directors and serves as Chair of the SEARCH Law and Policy Program Advisory Committee. Mr. Hawley currently chairs the SEARCH/Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Working Group on the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

Mr. Hawley graduated from Campbell College (North Carolina). He also holds a Master’s Degree in Education from the University of Maine.

Stephen Holdridge
Enabling Integrated Justice Through Internet Computing (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Stephen Holdridge serves as National Director of Justice and Public Safety programs for Oracle Consulting Services in Reston, Virginia. Mr. Holdridge is responsible for addressing the criminal justice community's information needs through the development and coordination of national strategies and solutions that leverage the combined expertise of Oracle Corporation's technology, consultants, products and software partners.

Mr. Holdridge has more than 15 years of experience with strategic planning, project management, and information systems design and implementation with a focus on justice and public safety. He led the design and implementation of custom and package software solutions for more than 25 state and local justice agencies, including law enforcement, limited and general jurisdiction courts, correctional institutions, and prosecution and probation departments.

Mr. Holdridge directed the creation of the North Carolina Criminal Justice Information Network (CJIN) strategy and worked closely with the state's criminal justice professionals. His project team's recommendations were publicly endorsed by North Carolina's governor, secretary of state, attorney general and chief justice, and a number of the outlined projects are being implemented by the state.

Before joining Oracle Corporation, Mr. Holdridge worked for Price Waterhouse's Government Services Division and he also managed the public sector division of a California software firm.

Tom Hopper
Western Identification Network -- Implementing National Standards (Microsoft Powerpoint)

James Jasinski
The Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Section Chief, Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS) Program Manager, IAFIS Program Office.

Paul F. Kendall
Office of Justice Programs Strategic Funding Initiative (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Paul F. Kendall, General Counsel for the Office of Justice Programs (OJP), U.S. Department of Justice, is the Executive Chairman of OJP's Information Technology Executive Council, as well as Chairman of the Executive Council's Inter-Governmental Information Sharing Working Group, the Intelligence Systems Policy Review Board, and the Privacy Task Force.

Mr. Kendall is leading a variety of efforts in developing state and local coordinated information technology programs, and is leading the Intelligence Systems Policy Review Board's examination of legal and public policy issues associated with information sharing. Prior to his arrival at OJP, Mr. Kendall held positions of Senior Counsel at the Federal Mines Safety Board, and Assistant General Counsel of the Legal Services Corporation, as well as other positions in public and private practice.

Mr. Kendall received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Columbia College of Columbia University, his Master in Business Administration from the University of Maryland, and his Juris Doctor from The Catholic University of America, Columbus School of Law.

Kevin Paul King
Integrated Justice Information Systems: System Implementation/Ongoing Technical Issues (MIcrosoft Powerpoint)
Mr. Kevin Paul King has been Director of Management Information Services for the Supreme Court of Oklahoma for more than two years. He is an attorney and holds an MBA from the University of Oklahoma. Mr. King serves on the American Association of Law Libraries/Law Library of Congress task force on digital document storage, and is a specialist in electronic archiving and retrieval of legal research materials.

During Mr. King’s tenure, Oklahoma courts have jumped to the forefront of technology in many areas. The Oklahoma Supreme Court Network (OSCN) is the largest state-provided, searchable repository of legal documents in the United States, receiving more than 18,000 hits per day. OSCN’s databases include statutes, case law and other primary legal research materials, as well as citation checking and electronic docket information. To view the site, visit http://www.oscn.net.

Oklahoma courts are implementing a statewide computer network to support a unified, statewide case tracking and party management system. The case tracking system has been developed in house and will be implemented over the next two years. In addition to serving Oklahoma courts, this system will serve as a communication link and data repository for information collected by other law enforcement entities, such as district attorneys’ offices, jails and the correctional system.

Steve E. Kolodney
Creating a Community of Value Around Criminal Justice: Digital Strategies for Funding Integration Efforts (PDF file)

Steve E. Kolodney serves Governor Gary Locke as director of Washington State’s Department of Information Services. He is Washington State’s Chief Information Officer and a member of the Governor’s Cabinet. In both 1997 and 1998, Washington was named the nation's "Digital State," ranking first in the annual 50-state survey that examines the use of digital technology to deliver government services.

Mr. Kolodney manages the state’s computing and telecommunications facilities and is also responsible for information technology policy and oversight of the state’s information technology resources. His department generates revenues of more than $120 million annually, serving 675 active customers including school districts, cities, counties, state agencies, colleges and universities, public utility districts and tribal organizations. Major initiatives include building a high-capacity K-20 education telecommunications network, implementing digital signatures and electronic commerce applications, and launching @ccess Washington -- a broad range of citizen services on the World Wide Web.

Mr. Kolodney has worked in the information technology field for more than 25 years. He is a recognized expert in applying information technology in government. Mr. Kolodney was named in 1974 as SEARCH Executive Director. As Executive Director, he worked with the states and the federal government to establish programs in justice information.

California Governor George Deukmejian named Mr. Kolodney director of the Office of Information Technology in 1983. In that position, he built the state's information technology program from $350 million to more than $1 billion per year. In 1991, he accepted California Governor Pete Wilson’s offer to again head the Office of Information Technology.

Mr. Kolodney holds an MBA degree from the University of California at Berkeley. He is a Distinguished Special Lecturer in the School of Public Safety and Professional Studies, University of New Haven, and has been a faculty member at the School of Health and Human Services, California State University, Sacramento.

John M. Kost
John M. Kost is Vice President for Marketing & Business Development for TRW Public Sector Solutions, which oversees the integration of government systems in human services, health, education, justice, communications and transportation worldwide.

Mr. Kost joined TRW in June 1998. His worldwide responsibilities include strategic planning, and research and development. He provides direct consulting services to government in the areas of purchasing reform and technology management in addition to a wide range of services to client companies.

Previously, Mr. Kost was Senior Vice President and head of FSI State & Local, a division of Federal Sources, a McLean, Virginia-based consulting firm. He joined the firm on July 1, 1996. In December of 1992, Mr. Kost was appointed as the first Chief Information Officer of the State of Michigan by Gov. John Engler. His responsibilities included all of the state's data processing and telecommunication systems.

Mr. Kost was also Deputy Director for Procurement and Information Technology of the Department of Management & Budget, giving him responsibility over the purchasing function and purchasing reform for the State of Michigan. He was responsible for the state's privatization activities, for other administrative process reforms, and for process re-engineering for State government. He was the architect of the Michigan Information Network.

Previously, Mr. Kost was Deputy Director of the Michigan Department of Social Services during a very controversial period of program downsizing. He also served then-Senate Majority Leader John Engler as director of Senate Republican Programs and Policies Staff.

In December of 1995, Mr. Kost was named "Public Official of the Year" by Governing magazine for his efforts in purchasing reform, information technology management reform, and privatization.

Mr. Kost holds a Masters Degree in Public Administration from Michigan State University and a BA in Political Science form the University of Michigan.

Bruce Leary
Bruce Leary is Director of Customer Technology Solutions for Security Dynamics. He provides insight and direction to help customers understand and deploy security technologies. Prior to working for Security Dynamics, Mr. Leary spent 20 years gaining hands-on experience in computer and information security, first in law enforcement, and then while working for Bell Labs, Bell Communications Research (Bellcore), and KPMG Peat Marwick.

Mr. Leary has implemented practices, procedures, and technology to provide for the information security needs at companies where he has worked. Mr. Leary has an IS-focused MBA from Seton Hall University and is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP).

Paul Leuba
Managing the Integrated System for the Long Term (PDF file)
Managing the Integrated Systems for the Long Term (Microsoft Powerpoint)
In an information technology career that has spanned more than 30 years, Paul Leuba has held a variety of technical and management positions responsible for developing and operating leading-edge computerized information systems in the criminal justice field.

Since joining IBM in January 1997, Mr. Leuba he has served in a senior consulting role on several major criminal justice system integration projects, including the development of an integrated justice systems architecture for the Republic of South Africa. Prior to joining IBM, he directed Data Services for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services, where he oversaw the development and operation of Maryland’s criminal justice information system over a 17-year period.

Mr. Leuba, a lifelong Maryland resident, graduated from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Engineering. He is a member of the National Engineering Honor Society, TAU BETA PI.

James A. Lingerfelt
James A. Lingerfelt joined IBM Public Safety & Justice following a distinguished 24-year career with the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) of Washington, D.C. Mr. Lingerfelt joined MPD in 1973 and served in a variety of field positions, including Tactical Operations Supervisor, during 17 years in patrol. He subsequently served in several MPD staff positions, including Director of the Office of Finance and Resource Management. His last position at MPD was Director of Information Services, where he held the rank of inspector and was the district’s representative to the National Crime Information Center, the National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System and SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics.

Mr. Lingerfelt incorporates a unique combination of law enforcement experience and integrated justice knowledge into presentations and articles about strategic planning and technology in law enforcement.

Mr. Lingerfelt holds a Master of Science Degree in Business and Management from the John Hopkins University Police Executive Leadership Program. He also holds a B.S. in Computer Information Systems from the University of Maryland and is a graduate of the FBI’s National Police Academy. Mr. Lingerfelt is a past member of the Technology Advisory Council of the National Institute of Justice.

Robert L. Marx
Technology Issues and Challenges (PDF File)
Robert L. Marx has been associated with SEARCH since its inception in 1969. He currently serves as Senior System Specialist, with particular emphasis on automated fingerprint identification systems (AFIS) and the design, analysis and evaluation of information systems in state identification bureaus.

Mr. Marx has provided consulting services to numerous state and local governments, as well as to the U.S. Senate, the Congressional Office of Technology Assessment; the Office of Telecommunications Policy; the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration; and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, U.S. Department of Justice.

Mr. Marx has addressed previous SEARCH national conferences on a variety of technical matters, and he has written extensively on technical issues associated with the design and implementation of AFIS.

Mr. Marx earned a B.S. in Chemistry from Marquette University and completed graduate work in Physics at the United States Naval Postgraduate School.

John Mathon
Vice President of Advanced technology Directions for TIBCO Software.
The Evolution of Enterprise Application Integration

Ross Mayfield
Security Issues for Managers (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Mr. Ross Mayfield is an internationally recognized expert in the field of computer law enforcement investigations. Then-Lt. Gov. Gray Davis awarded Mr. Mayfield the State of California Commendation for his pioneering work in computer crime investigations while serving with the Los Angeles, California, Police Department (LAPD).

Mr. Mayfield served with the LAPD as a specialist reserve office and computer crime instructor from 1993 to 1997. He was attached to an elite unit that investigated computer crime across network connections. Mr. Mayfield successfully penetrated many offenders’ computer systems, recovered decisive evidence and personally trained more than 100 detectives in network investigations, computer security methods and policy development.

Additionally, Mr. Mayfield pioneered methods in breaking password and encryption protection on suspects’ computers and participated in the execution of many search warrants and the arrests of numerous offenders. He was awarded numerous commendations, including the "LAPD Non-Geographical Divisions Reserve Officer of the Year for 1994."

Mr. Mayfield served nearly four years as Adjunct Professor of Management Information Systems and lectured on Technology Management at Pepperdine University. He has been a featured lecturer on Internet security at U.S. Justice Department-sponsored symposiums, and serves as an instructor in the Advanced Internet Investigations course for SEARCH Training Services.

As a Senior Network Scientist, Mr. Mayfield provides computer security consulting to such companies and organizations as Disney, Honda, the J. Paul Getty Trust, the U.S. Department of Justice and the state of Texas. His work has been featured in publications such as Computer World.

Mr. Mayfield is a patent holder. He was a recipient of Citicorp’s highest Technical Achievement Award.

Linda McCarthy
Security Policies (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Linda McCarthy is President of Network Defense Inc., a security research and consulting company headquartered in San Francisco, California. As a security professional, Ms. McCarthy broke into thousands of corporate intranets to demonstrate their vulnerability to shut-downs, attacks on business and manufacturing processes, and system crashes.

Ms. McCarthy formed and managed a global security research team at Sun Microsystems. She also taught classes in hardware architecture, system administration and UNIX security. Ms. McCarthy is the author of "Intranet Security: Stories from the Trenches" (Prentice-Hall Publishing). She is an active industry speaker on computer security, and she regularly contributes articles to various trade journals, newspaper and security newsletters.

Larry Nordlinger
Justice Wide-Area Network (JWAN) (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Larry Nordlinger is President of Access Computer Technology Inc., a software design and consulting firm based in Hendersonville, North Carolina. Mr. Nordlinger’s company is a Microsoft Solution Provider organization specializing in custom database design and project management for criminal justice organizations.

Mr. Nordlinger is currently serving as Project Manager for the Justice Wide Area Network (JWAN), a wide-area network which integrates and centralizes criminal offender data from state and local criminal justice agencies in North Carolina to facilitate rapid information sharing. A system overview can be viewed at http://www.jwan.org. Access Computer Technology Inc. has also developed an automated case management system for probation and parole officers in North Carolina, which can be viewed at http://www.jwan.org.

Lawrence F. Potts
Mr. Lawrence F. Potts is Director of the Administrative Group for the Boy Scouts of America, where he oversees Information Systems, Properties and Treasury. He previously served the Boy Scouts as Treasury Division Director.

Mr. Potts has served with the National Council of the Boy Scouts since 1982, and has held his current position since 1992. Prior to joining the National Council, he gained extensive experience in the causality insurance industry, holding positions as controller and treasurer while serving on several boards of directors. He also served with the U.S. Armed Forces and attained the rank of Captain.

As an original member of the Boy Scouts of America Youth Protection Task Force, Mr. Potts was instrumental in creating several tools to prevent child abuse in society and scouting. He was also an original member of the National Collaboration for Youth Sexual Abuse Task Force, an association of 16 not-for-profit youth-serving organizations interested in preventing the sexual abuse of children. The task force pioneered efforts in information sharing and education about sexual abuse among youth-serving agencies. Mr. Potts is the author of a paper on a model child abuse prevention program.

Through the Boy Scouts of America, Mr. Potts is able to communicate with more than 4.4 million youth and 1.1 million adults of all ethnic and racial backgrounds, and many others throughout society. Currently, he holds the positions of Chairman, Boy Scouts of America Youth Protection Task Force; Chairman, Child Abuse Expert Advisory Panel; Chairman, National Collaboration for Youth Child Sexual Abuse Task Force; and Member, National Child Abuse Coalition. He was a member of the U.S. Advisory Board on Child Abuse and Neglect from 1992 to 1996.

Mr. Potts is a Certified Public Accountant and, as such, is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Texas Institute. He also is a member of the Association of Investment Analysts, the Southwest Pension Conference and the Sentinel Institute. Mr. Potts is a graduate of the University of Texas, Austin, and is a member of the Beta Alpha Psi and Phi Kappa Phi organizations.

Jimmy W. Ray
Justice Information Management System: An Overview of Organization and Function (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Director, Justice Information Management System, Harris County, Texas.

Janet Reno
Attorney General's Keynote Presentation
Janet Reno is the first woman Attorney General in U.S. history. Attorney General Reno was nominated by President Bill Clinton on February 11, 1993, and was again appointed Attorney General by President Clinton in 1997.

Attorney General Reno attended public school in Dade County, Florida, where she was a debating champion at Coral Gables High School. In 1956, she enrolled at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where she majored in chemistry. In 1960 Attorney General Reno enrolled at Harvard Law School, one of only 16 women in a class of more than 500 students. She received her LL.B. from Harvard three years later.

In 1971, Janet Reno was named staff director of the Judiciary Committee of the Florida House of Representatives. She helped revise the Florida court system. In 1973 she accepted a position with the Dade County State's Attorney's Office. She left the State's Attorney's Office in 1976 to become a partner in a private law firm.

In 1978, Reno was appointed State Attorney General for Dade County. She was elected to the Office of State Attorney in November 1978 and was returned to office by the voters four more times. Juvenile justice system reform, pursuit of fathers for child support payments and the establishment of the Miami Drug Court were some of her accomplishments while serving in the Office of State Attorney.

David J. Roberts
Integrated Justice Information Systems Planning and Implementation:
Organizating for Change (PDF file)
Integrated Systems Planning and Implementation (Microsoft Powerpoint)
David J. Roberts has served as Deputy Executive Director of SEARCH’s Research & Technology Division since 1987. As Deputy Executive Director, he is responsible for overseeing and supervising the design, development and implementation of two SEARCH programs: The Systems and Technology Program and the Research and Statistics Program. Prior to serving in his current position, Mr. Roberts was SEARCH’s Research and Statistics Director.

Under Mr. Roberts’ direction, SEARCH developed several computer-based public domain criminal justice management information systems, a nationally recognized training program, and electronic information resources for justice agencies (e.g., www.taexchange.search.org; www.nibrs.search.org). Mr. Roberts provides technical assistance to justice agencies throughout the nation, addressing such issues as automation planning and integration of information systems.

Mr. Roberts directed the 1999 Symposium on Integrated Justice Information Systems, sponsored by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S.Department of Justice (DOJ). He also directed the 1997 National Conference on Justice Agencies and the Internet, cosponsored by SEARCH and DOJ's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), and the 1994 International Symposium on Criminal Justice Information Systems and Technology and the 1996 Symposium on Integrated Criminal Justice Information Systems, both sponsored by BJA.

In addition, Mr. Roberts has served as the Staff Director of the joint BJS/FBI project on NIBRS implementation among law enforcement agencies, which is nearing completion of its second phase. He authored the project report Implementing the National Incident-Based Reporting Systems: A Project Status Report (NCJ-165581). Project activities and staff reports can be accessed at http://www.nibrs.search.org.

Mr. Roberts holds an M.A. from the School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany; a Master of Criminal Justice Administration from Oklahoma City University; and a B.S. in Law Enforcement and Criminology from Metropolitan State College, Denver, Colorado.

Col. Michael D. Robinson
Integrated Justice Information Systems: Developing the Vision (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Organizing for Success, Elements of Success (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Col. Michael D. Robinson was appointed Director of the Michigan State Police on January 25, 1991, by Gov. John Engler. He is the 13^th director in the department’s 80-year history. A native of Grand Rapids, Robinson began his career with the Michigan State Police in 1968.

As Director of the Michigan Department of State Police, Col. Robinson manages a work force of 2,200 enlisted and 1,050 civilian employees, and a total budget of more than $380 million. He is credited with implementing a complete review and overhaul of the department’s organizational structure and service programs. Under Col. Robinson’s leadership, the Michigan Department of State Police has reshaped the delivery of law enforcement services in Michigan and has become a leader in high-tech crime-fighting services through the use of technologies such as DNA and the Automated fingerprint Identification System. The department is leading the way toward the automation and integration of criminal justice information systems through the electronic interfacing of radio and computer technology. Under Col. Robinson’s direction, the department is implementing a $187 million Michigan Public Safety Communication System. This system will be the state’s backbone for law enforcement and criminal justice telecommunications well into the next century.

Col. Robinson presently serves as a Vice President of the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), an organization of more than 17,000 police executives from around the world. In addition to guiding IACP’s efforts in the application of advanced technologies in law enforcement, Col. Robinson provides oversight to the association’s committees on narcotics and dangerous drugs, organized crime, communications and technology, criminal justice information systems, and law enforcement information management.

Col. Robinson is appointed to the President’s Export Council on Encryption, a presidential advisory committee charged with assisting in the formulation of U.S. encryption policy. He was recently elected to chair the Global Criminal Justice Information Network. This advisory panel was established to work in cooperation with the Department of Justice to provide leadership in establishing a nationwide communications network. As a member of the Public Safety Wireless Network Senior Advisory Panel, Col. Robinson is moving forward efforts for an interoperable network that allows public safety officials across the nation to communicate during any type of emergency.

Robert T. Roper
Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice Information System: Planning and Management Issues (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Dr. Robert T. Roper is Director of Information Services and Data Processing for the Colorado Judicial Branch. As Director, Dr. Roper manages the implementation of the Judicial Branch’s statewide automated case tracking, financial and probation information system and supervises 35 data processing professionals. In addition, he helped design and implement automated systems that allow centralized data and the sharing of data between multiple justice agencies, and that provide statewide court-case and financial tracking and telecommunications. Dr. Roper also helped in a redesign of the Colorado Court System’s information system architecture that combined the functions of 14 decentralized machines into a single, centralized database. He has published articles and published and presented papers in the areas of jury management, public opinion and the courts, legislatures and the judiciary, and the volume of civil litigation.

Dr. Roper is actively involved in numerous consulting and training activities throughout United States trial courts and internationally involving information system design, policy preparation, project and caseflow management and other areas of technological expertise. He is a member of the National Association for Court Management, the Colorado Association for Court Employees and the Justice Management Institute Advisory Board.

Dr. Roper previously served as a Senior State Associate with the National Center for State Courts’ Institute for Court Management and as a private consultant and trainer in national court management. He was an Assistant and Associate Professor at Southern Illinois University and has taught courses in criminal justice and court management, methodology in judicial research, political science scope and methods, judicial behavior, civil liberties and American government.

Dr. Roper graduated from the University of Kentucky with a BA, cum laude, and a Ph.D. in Political Science/Research Methods.

Karen E. Rushing
Successful Project Management (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Karen E. Rushing has been Sarasota County’s elected Clerk of the Circuit Court for the past 11 years. Ms. Rushing has more than a quarter century of court management experience, both in Florida and in her native state of New York. In addition to her responsibilities for managing all civil and criminal court records and the county’s official land records, her office is vested by the Florida Constitution with duties as the county’s comptroller and auditor. Ms. Rushing also serves as the treasurer for the county.

Ms. Rushing has an undergraduate degree from the University of South Florida, an MBA from Nova University, and recently attended the Senior Executive Leadership Program at Harvard University John F. Kennedy School of Government. She has been appointed by two different governors to sit on statewide committees dealing with criminal justice information systems and funding of court systems. Her office has won numerous awards for its excellence in financial management.

Gary L. Saddler
Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice Information System Security Issues (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Gary L. Saddler is Director of Information Systems for the Colorado Department of Corrections. As Director, Mr. Saddler manages the implementation of the Department’s statewide information system, including inmate tracking, banking and rehabilitation programs, parole and community corrections, and various other computerized inmate-related applications. Mr. Saddler is an active member of the Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice Information System (CICJIS) Task Force, which has been instrumental in the integration of computer systems which transfer and share data between the state’s five criminal justice agencies. In addition to the main enterprise computer system, he has been instrumental in leading the development and implementation of the Department’s statewide network infrastructure and more than 20 Local Area Network servers at prison facilities throughout the state.

Mr. Saddler previously served in the private sector for 25 years at Unisys Corp, where he gained experience with strategic planning and led design and development teams for various commercial applications solutions. He served in project management roles, where he led successful applications development and implementation of major computer systems. Throughout this period, he also held staff management and district management positions.

Mr. Saddler holds a BS in Business Administration from Fort Hays State University in Hays, Kansas.

Norma Jean Schaefer
Securing the Integrated Kansas Criminal Justice Information System (PDF file)
Securing the Integrated Kansas Criminal Justice Information System (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Norma Jean Schaefer has worked at the Kansas Bureau of Investigation (KBI) as an Information Technology Consultant since September 1997. Ms. Schaefer assists with network administration, and also provides microcomputer technical assistance and training to KBI staff and microcomputer training to staff from the Attorney General’s Office. Ms. Schaefer initiated development of the KBI’s intranet Web site

Ms. Schaefer was previously an Information Technology Consultant at the Kansas State Department of Education. She developed, supported and maintained a computerized budget program for all Kansas unified school districts and also provided network administration and microcomputer support. She developed a department intranet Web site and created an intranet oversight committee. As department videoconference coordinator, Ms. Schaefer managed and maintained the videoconference room at the Department of Education and coordinated the statewide videoconference committee. Ms. Schaefer holds a certification in Novell administration.

Charles Sexson
Integrated Criminal Justice Information Systems: Standards, Best Practices and Models (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Mr. Charles Sexson, Assistant Director, Kansas Bureau of Investigation, currently administers the Criminal Justice Information Services (CJIS) Division, which is the state's central repository for adult and juvenile offender information. CJIS Division programs include the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), Adult Records Section, Juvenile Justice Information system, Kansas Incident-Based Reporting System, Offender Registration Program, Missing Persons Clearinghouse, and the Automated Statewide Telecommunications and Records Access System (ASTRA).

Previous administrative assignments include, Special Agent Supervisor of the Intelligence/Organized Crime Unit, and Special Agent of the Narcotics Division. Mr. Sexson serves as a member of the Advisory Board of the Kansas Criminal Justice Coordinating Council; as a member of the Kansas S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women and Children Committee; and as the state representative to SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics.

He has a Masters Degree in Administration from Wichita State University and is a graduate of the FBI National Academy.

Ian D. Temple
The Role of the CIO in Integrated Justice (Microsoft Powerpoint)
As Executive Editor for Government Technology, Ian D. Temple is responsible for the review of existing products and the introduction of new products and/or services delivered under the Government Technology nameplate.

Mr. Temple joined Government Technology after eight years with the Gartner Group, which provides research, analysis and advice on information technology (IT) strategies for users, purchasers and vendors of IT products and services. He was responsible for Gartner's entry into the state and local government market, which grew from a $2 million segment to a $68 million segment of the company's operation over five years. A former Gartner Vice President, Mr. Temple also developed and introduced the company's Information Technology Executive Program for Government (ITEP-G), designed to help senior government executives more effectively deploy, apply and manage IT within their organizations.

Mr. Temple previously worked for the Burson-Marsteller and Jansen Associates multi-national public relations firms, where he advised executives from various companies on information technology management and communications best practices. He holds a degree from California State University at Fullerton with an emphasis in Communications, Journalism and Public Relations. His post-graduate work includes study in project management and the organizational structures needed to successfully deploy information technology.

Prof. George B. Trubow
Prof. George B. Trubow directs the Center for Information Technology and Privacy Law at The John Marshall Law School in Chicago, where he teaches cyberspace law, privacy law, computer law and information law and policy. He has been a faculty member there since 1976, and also served as an Assistant Professor at the school from 1961-1965. He is a Member of the SEARCH Board of Directors.

Prof. Trubow practiced law in Kansas and Missouri. He was a Congressional Fellow of the American Political Science Association in Washington, D.C., from 1966-1968 and served as Deputy Counsel to the U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Judicial Machinery. From 1968-1974, Prof. Trubow was Executive Director of the Maryland Governor’s Commission on the Administration of Justice, and he also served on the U.S. Attorney General’s Advisory Council on Law Enforcement Education.

Prof. Trubow worked for the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), U.S. Department of Justice, from 1970-1974 as Deputy Director of Law Enforcement Programs and Director of Inspection and Review in charge of planning and program development for LEAA.

From 1974-1976, he was General Counsel to the Committee on the Right to Privacy, Executive Office of the President, during the Ford Administration. The committee was concerned with the analysis and development of federal information and privacy law.

Prof. Trubow is active in the American Bar Association’s Science and Technology Section. He served as advisor during the drafting of the Uniform State Information Practices Code and as reporter for the Uniform Criminal History Records Act. Prof. Trubow chaired the 1994 International Conference on Computers, Freedom and Privacy.

He was an advisor to the Office of Technology Assessment, U.S. Congress, and to the National Research Council in Washington, D.C. He is a privacy consultant to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Fraud Institute.

Prof. Trubow is a member of the Federal Computer Systems Security and Privacy Advisory Board. He has written and spoken widely on the law of information technology, cyberspace and privacy. Prof. Trubow is faculty editor of "The Journal of Computer and Information Law." He is editor-in-chief of the three-volume treatise "Privacy Law and Practice" and co-author of the casebook "Privacy Law."

Prof. Trubow holds an A.B. and a J.D. from the University of Michigan.

David Usery
Colorado Integrated Criminal  Justice Information Systems (Mcrosoft Powerpoint)
David Usery is Chief Officer of the Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) Project. Mr. Usery was instrumental in directing two pieces of legislation through the Colorado General Assembly and managing the CJIS project through its development. The first piece of legislation established a task force with the mandate to develop an integrated justice system plan. The second piece accepted the plan, funded the CJIS project and established the task force as permanent a body.

The Colorado Integrated Criminal Justice Information System became operational on a statewide basis in May 1998 and the final phases of functionality are close to implementation. The integrated agencies are the state’s judicial branch, adult and youth corrections, law enforcement and the Colorado District Attorneys’ Council, which provides links to a number of district attorney’s offices in the state.

Mr. Usery served as a social worker, a researcher and as Information Systems Director during 13 years with the Colorado Department of Corrections. He left the department for his current position in July 1996.

Richard Ward III
Richard Ward III joined the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice, via its predecessor organization, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA), in 1972. Since that time, he has served in a variety of capacities in both the Formula and Discretionary Program areas.

Mr. Ward was a State Representative to the Pacific Trust Territories and Guam while stationed in the San Francisco Regional Office of the LEAA, and to the states of Oregon, Washington and Nevada during the transition to recentralization of LEAA. In 1978, he joined the LEAA’s Law Enforcement Division as the Organized Crime Program Manager. In 1987, he assumed responsibility of Chief of the Law Enforcement Branch, Discretionary Grants Program Division. In July 1993, Mr. Ward was promoted to the position of Director, Discretionary Grants Program Division. A year later, he assumed his current position of BJA Deputy Director. Mr. Ward also served for a number of years as a Hearing Officer for the Public Safety Officers Benefits Program.

Mr. Ward’s efforts on behalf of the LEAA and BJA have been recognized by many awards during his career, including the Assistant Attorney General’s Award in 1991 and the Attorney General’s Distinguished Service Award in 1994. He was appointed to the Government’s Senior Executive Service in 1994.

Gordon J. Wasserman
Gordon J. Wasserman is an independent consultant specializing in police agency management, particularly scientific and technological support services. Since September 1998, he has worked mainly with the Philadelphia Police Department, where he is Chief of Staff to the Police Commissioner as well as Senior Adviser on Science and Technology. From October 1996 to August 1998, Mr. Wasserman was Special Adviser for Science and Technology to the New York City Police Department.

From 1983 to 1995, Mr. Wasserman was the Assistant Under Secretary of State for Police Science and Technology in the British Government (Home Office). As such, he was responsible for providing a full range of scientific, technological and information support services, including research and development, to all Britain’s police forces.

Mr. Wasserman retired from the Home Office in 1995 to pursue new challenges as an independent consultant. Besides his work in New York and Philadelphia, he has undertaken assignments for a number of other public and private sector clients in the United States and abroad. Born and raised in Montreal, Canada, Mr. Wasserman was educated at McGill University and at Oxford University, where he was a Rhodes Scholar.

He has been a Member of the SEARCH Board of Directors since 1994.

Bob Wessels
Bob Wessels is Court Manager for the 15 County Criminal Courts at Law in Harris County, Texas, a position he has held since 1976. In his current capacity, Mr. Wessels is responsible for the areas of caseflow management, budget, legislative/governmental liaison, information systems management, court support services, policy development and evaluation. He serves as a member of the Judicial Committee on Information Technology, recently established by the Texas Legislature and appointed by the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court.

Mr. Wessels is a member of the National Association for Court Management and currently serves as the Association's Immediate Past President. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the National Center for State Courts and the Justice Management Institute. Mr. Wessels is a member of the Conference of State Court Administrators (COSCA)/National Association for Court Management (NACM) Joint Technology Committee, the COSCA Statistics Committee, and numerous other state and local committees in the areas of criminal justice administration, policy and corrections.

Mr. Wessels received his B.B.A. from Sam Houston State University and his M.A. from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. He is a Fellow of the Institute for Court Management. Mr. Wessels has taught in the areas of court management, judicial administration and information systems management as a Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston-Clear Lake, Sam Houston State University, the Institute for Court Management and the Texas College for New Judges.

Gerald E. Wethington
Standards, Best Practices and Models: System Integration Methodology (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Gerald E. Wethington has served in a number of capacities during his 22 years with the Missouri State Highway Patrol. Since December 1993, Mr. Wethington has served as Director of the patrol’s Information Systems Division (ISD). The division is responsible for developing and operating comprehensive computer systems, primarily for criminal justice agencies at the state and local levels of government. The division has a staff of 91 employees responsible for managing mainframe, midrange and personal computer operations; a statewide telecommunications network; security and quality control of criminal justice applications; application development; and operation of Missouri’s Statistical Analysis Center. In the eight years prior to serving as ISD Director, Mr. Wethington was Application Development Manager for the division’s 28 systems analysts and programmers.

Mr. Wethington has an extensive background in application development and project management. He managed the implementation of metrics, specifically function point analysis, for the highway patrol; managed the implementation of the Information Engineering Facility at the patrol; and has authored federal grant applications addressing the improvement of criminal history records in the State of Missouri. Mr. Wethington has been a speaker at seminars on topics related to criminal justice applications, metrics implementation, productivity, and Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tool utilization. Seminars at which Mr. Wethington has spoken include the Missouri Police Chiefs Association Legislative Seminar, the Missouri Office of Prosecuting Attorneys Training Seminar, the St. Louis Connect User Group, the Wisconsin/Illinois Connect User Group, the State of Tennessee Information Technology Seminar, the State of Connecticut’s Data Center Consolidation Planning Seminar, the Sterling Software Worldwide Customer Conference and CIO Magazine’s Strategic Initiatives Conference.

Mr. Wethington is Missouri’s Representative to SEARCH, The National Consortium for Justice Information and Statistics. He also serves on the SEARCH Board of Directors and is Chair of SEARCH’s Systems and Technology Program Advisory Committee. Mr. Wethington currently serves as President of the Board of Directors of Connect, The User Group for Sterling Software’s Application Management Group. He has also served as Chair of the State of Missouri’s Data Processing Managers Group and Chair of the state’s Data Center Consolidation Project Steering Committee. Mr. Wethington taught data processing for seven years at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, Missouri. He holds a BA from Westminster Collect in Fulton, Missouri.

Joseph D. K. Wheeler
Joseph D.K. Wheeler is a Senior Manager with MTG Management Consultants L.L.C., in Seattle, Washington. MTG is an independent management consulting firm with more than 25 years of experience in providing information technology planning and management services to state and local government agencies.

Mr. Wheeler is a partner in the firm’s criminal justice information system consulting practice. This practice provides multijurisdictional information systems planning and management services to states and local criminal justice organizations. Mr. Wheeler is responsible for this practice area and also directs the services provided to correctional and juvenile justice agencies.

Mr. Wheeler, along with his partners and staff, has worked with more than a dozen states to plan, design, and implement architectural blueprints for integrated criminal justice information systems. In addition, Mr. Wheeler has helped local agencies to automate information sharing at a local level. Incorporated into these designs is the broad utilization of data and telecommunication standards for sharing information between organizations.

Mr. Wheeler received his BA and MBA from the University of Washington. He has served as an information technology management consultant to state and local governments for more than a dozen years. Mr. Wheeler has served as a featured speaker at national criminal justice conferences dealing with system integration.

Walker White
Walker White is a Principal Technologist for Oracle Corp. in the Government, Health and Education Division responsible for presenting Oracle’s vision to key public sector accounts. Since joining Oracle in 1990, Mr. White has held positions ranging from Product Development to Consulting. Prior to joining Oracle, he developed warfare simulation software for a U.S. Navy contractor.

Mr. White holds a B.S. in Computer Engineering from the University of California, San Diego.

Maj. M.J. "Jim" Willis
Successfully Managing an Integration Project (Microsoft Powerpoint)
Maj. M.J. "Jim" Willis serves as Commander of the Intergovernmental Services Bureau of the Oregon State Police. Maj. Willis, a career law enforcement officer, has been a police executive for more than 14 years.

In his current assignment, Maj. Willis has administrative oversight for Oregon’s links to the FBI’s Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System, the National Crime Information Center 2000, the Interstate Identification Index, Computerized Criminal History, the Law Enforcement Data System Division and the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.

Maj. Willis represents the state police on the Oregon Information Resource Management Council and the Y2K Emergency Preparedness Work Group. He is an associate member of the U.S. Attorney General’s Global Criminal Justice Information Network Government Advisory Group, and is Oregon’s Team Leader in addressing the challenges associated with the ongoing state and local information integration initiative directed by the Office of Justice Programs, U.S. Department of Justice.

Maj. Willis is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and is a former president of the Oregon Chapter. He is also a graduate of the National Sheriff’s Institute, where he was elected President of his class.

Maj. Willis is a recipient of the Oregon Medal of Valor and also holds Oregon’s highest law enforcement service recognition, the L. Dale Morris Award. Maj. Willis is a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, where he serves as the Executive Liaison Officer to the General Chairman of the State and Provincial Police Division.

Rolen Yoshinaga
Rolen Yoshinaga has directed information technology for the Utah Administrative Office of Courts since 1991. During this time, Mr. Yoshinaga has overseen the replacement of Utah's major case management systems.

Prior to coming to the court, Mr. Yoshinaga worked for the Utah Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice. He served as Utah's representative to the SEARCH Membership Group from 1984 to 1991.

John M. Zeunik
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John M. Zeunik has served as McLean County, Illinois, Administrator since May 1988. In that capacity, Mr. Zeunik enforces county board ordinances, orders, policies, regulations and resolutions. He recommends an annual budget to the county board and exercises continuous budgetary supervision in conjunction with board oversight. Mr. Zeunik coordinates the work of all county offices, committees, institutions and departments and devises ways and means to secure efficiency and economy.

Mr. Zeunik’s public service career began in 1977, when he served as Assistant to the Chief Administrator Officer for Cook County, Illinois. In 1984, he became Associate Administrator of Operations for Cook County Hospital. Two years later, he joined E.F. Hutton as Vice President of the corporation’s Midwest Region Public Finance Office. In that position, Mr. Zeunik provided services to state agencies, municipalities, not-for-profit corporations, hospitals, health care organizations and for-profit clients in a 10-state area.

Mr. Zeunik holds a BA in Political Science and a MA in Public Administration from Loyola University in Chicago, Illinois.

Dan Zinn
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Dan Zinn serves as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the State Attorney's Office in Florida’s 15th Judicial Circuit, where he is responsible for strategic planning, information technology procurement, policy and standards. Mr. Zinn also serves as CIO for the Florida Prosecuting Attorney's Association on a state CIO Council representing 20 Judicial Circuits. Mr. Zinn brought to his current position 25 years of consulting experience in industry, government and education. He gained additional experience in the U.S. Army while serving in a Reserve Officer Analyst position with the Deputy Chief of Staff for Command Control, Communications and Computers, and with the Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence. He holds a Master of Arts from the University of Northern Colorado and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Miami.