SIIA Public Sector Innovation Group Announces Founding Board of Directors

WASHINGTON, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA), the principal trade association for the software and digital content industries, announced the founding members of the Public Sector Innovation Group (PSIG) Board of Directors.  PSIG is a newly formed division of SIIA dedicated to helping technology firms take advantage of the evolving federal investment in cloud-related technologies.

Newly appointed board members are executives from SIIA member companies and will add a critical voice to the ongoing debate on a host of key issues affecting the government IT industry, including cloud computing, FedRAMP, mobility, security, big data, procurement and innovation. The PSIG Board will help develop the Division's initiatives and determine the projects, activities and events—which will include thought leadership around the implementation of cloud computing and an executive roundtable series with key decision-makers.

"Our founding board truly reflects the vision for the Public Sector Innovation Group to be the leading voice for innovative technology companies in the public sector space," said Mike Hettinger, Director of SIIA's Public Sector Innovation Group. "PSIG board members are innovators in their respective fields, and represent some of the government IT industry's most respected thought leaders.  Together we will help SIIA drive the innovation agenda for government."

The Public Sector Innovation Group Board of Directors will be chaired by Doug Bourgeois, Vice President and Chief Cloud Executive at VMware, Inc. 

"Through the Public Sector Innovation Group, SIIA members will bring valuable and unique thought leadership to the government sector," said Bourgeois.  "I am excited to be part of their effort,"

All executives were appointed to serve one‐year terms.

Public Sector Innovation Group Board of Directors 2012:

• Mike Binko, President and CEO, kloudtrack
• Doug Bourgeois, VP & Chief Cloud Executive, VMware, Inc.
• Bart Epstein, SVP and GM, Military and Federal, Tutor.com
• Mark Forman, Founder, Government Transaction Services
• Tom Gann, Vice President, Government Relations, McAfee
• Gunnar Hellekson, Chief Technology Strategist, RedHat US Public Sector
• Joel Hinzman, Senior Director, Federal Affairs, Oracle
• Robert Hodges, Federal Business Development Lead, Bancroft Technology Group
• John Landwehr, VP Digital Government Solutions, Adobe 
• David Lucas, Chief Strategy Officer, Global Computer Enterprises
• Preston McGee, Director of Business Development, Peniel Solutions LLC
• David Mihalchik, Business Development Executive - Federal, Google
• Michelle Rudnicki, VP, Cloud Computing IBM
• Jeff Ward, Vice President - Federal, Fiberlink

About SIIA

The Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) is the principal trade association for the software and digital content industry. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to more than 500 leading software and information companies.

SOURCE The Software & Information Industry Association