Debbie Granberry, CSC

Debbie Granberry is vice president of business development for Computer Sciences Corp.’s North American public sector civil group.

Granberry leads business development account teams in identifying and capturing new business and expanding client relationships with federal, state and local civilian agencies.

CSC credits the 20-year industry veteran with leading teams that create innovative strategies to yield solutions for public sector clients.

Prior to joining CSC, she served as the vice president of business development for SRA International’s civilian agencies sector. At SRA, she coordinated the business development staff’s activities in new business initiatives.  Previously, she was vice president of business development for civilian agencies at Vangent.

Granberry also held executive positions at Unisys, AT&T and Lucent Technologies. CSC says she demonstrated significant sales successes in key programs and federal government agencies.

Granberry holds a bachelor’s degree in English literature and secondary education from the University of Illinois and an M.B.A. from the University of Denver.  She currently serves as chairman of TechAmerica’s federal committee and serves on TechAmerica’s state and local board of directors.

Aaron Hankins, DRS

Aaron Hankins is vice president of programs and site manager at DRS Defense Solutions.

Hankins oversees the company’s tactical terminals line of business, including intelligent broadcast service data terminals.

Prior to joining DRS, Hankins held positions of increasing responsibility during his 10-year career with Boeing. At Boeing, he worked on domestic and international F-18 programs.

Hankins received a bachelor’s degree in aerospace and engineering from Missouri University of Science and Technology and an M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis.

Jay Farrar of Bechtel

Jay Farrar is currently the principal vice president, government affairs and manager for Bechtel‘s D.C.-based operations.

He works with federal, state, local and international governments and build Bechtel’s strategy to work with these customers. He also represents Bechtel in all policy matters and in the D.C. market with additional corporate officials.

Farrar was previously the senior government affairs representative for CH2M HILL and was involved in strategy at the local, state and federal level.

Prior to working with CH2M HILL, Farrar was a part of the Center for Strategic and International Studies. He was senior vice president of external relations for the CSIS for five years.

Farrar also acted as deputy assistant secretary for legislative affairs at the Defense Department, director of legislative affairs for the National Security Council at the White House and spent time as the legislative assistant to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Farrar has been recognized by the Defense Department for exceptional public service.

Additionally, Farrar served for 23 years in the U.S. Marine Corps. During his service, he specialized in public affairs and political/military affairs. He is a current member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Farrar previously taught at the University of California at Los Angeles.

Nelson Litsinger of Parsons

Nelson Litsinger is a vice president within Parsons‘ intelligence sector.

In his position, he oversees programs in support of the departments of Defense and Energy, a combatant command and other military service intelligence areas.

Prior to his current position, Litsinger was the chief operating officer for Parsons’ subsidiary, McMunn Associates, Inc.

Before joining McMunn, Litsinger was an assistance vice president at SAIC Inc.

Litsinger retired from the Navy in 1998 after more than 29 years of service. He served as acting deputy director and special assistant to the Director of Naval Intelligence.

While in the Navy, Litsinger focused on future priorities, programs and resources for Naval Intelligence and relationships with the larger intelligence community.

Litsinger is currently a member of the Foundation Committee of the Naval Intelligence Professionals. He also previously served on the board for both NIP and the Naval Intelligence Foundation.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from the American University and is a certified program management professional.

Brad Kopp, TASC

Brad Kopp is group vice president of finance for the defense and civil group at TASC, where he also serves as treasurer.

As group vice president, Kopp is responsible for overseeing all program and group level finance activities.

As treasurer, he manages key relationships with the banking and investment communities. He also monitors cash management, corporate insurance, external financial reporting, real estate, and financial support to coporate development opportunities.

Kopp joined TASC in April 2009. Prior to joining TASC, he served as a director of business management for Northrop Grumman’s civilian agencies and defense groups. He was responsible for cash flow improvement activities and improving the company’s information technology sector contracting process.

Kopp also served as chief information officer for Federal Data Corp.’s services group, and was responsible for all finance and accounting functions regarding the division.

He began his career at Computer Data Systems Inc., where he eventually became group vice president and chief financial officer.

Kopp holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration with concentrations in accounting and economics from Shepherd College. He also holds a master’s degree in finance from John Hopkins University.

John Jannazo

John Jannazo is the director of military programs for Cubic Defense Applications Inc., a Cubic Corp. subsidiary.

Jannazo supports CDA programs in the Washington area. Cubic said he works with both new and existing customers in order to develop business and support corporate activities.

Prior to joining Cubic in 2006, Jannazo held both private and public sector positions. He served director of business development for Integrated Defense Technologies and serving as a county commissioner in northwest Florida.

Jannazo held various command positions and accumulated 3,400 flying hours while serving in the Air Force as a command pilot. His staff tours included leadership in acquisition innovation, initiating and leading programs in the training, ranges and flight simulation areas.

Jannazo earned his commission as Reserve Officer Training Corp-distinguished graduate.

Jannazo earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Notre Dame. He holds his master’s degree in modern U.S. and European history from Wright State University.

Jannazo is also a graduate of the Air Force’s professional military officer education programs and the Defense Systems Management College.

Douglas Barton, SAIC

Douglas Barton is vice president and chief solutions architect for SAIC Inc.’s health, energy and civil solutions group.

Barton, a Certified Information Systems Security Professional, advances systems and solutions engineering within the group and provides consultant support in developing solutions to meet customer challenges.

Prior to SAIC, Barton served at Lockheed Martin as a chief engineer for command, control and tactical challenges. He also was a program manager, technology director, new business capture director and line of business executive.

At Lockheed, Barton worked in technology investment strategy and:

• provided architectural oversight of programs
• oversaw independent research and development
• oversaw technical vitality programs
• managed the solutions architects
• managed the technology development labs

The company credits Barton as a key strategist for architectures and technologies that enable network-centric operations, transformational battle management and health information exchange.

Barton has also served in many industry associations, including:

• National Security Industrial Association
• National Defense Transportation Association
• Association for Enterprise Integration
• Air Force C4ISR Summit’s industry panel
• Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium
• American Society of Naval Engineers
• Health Information and Management Systems Society

Barton was also a 2006-07 panelist on the American Medical Informatics Association‘s workshop on secondary use of health data.

Barton graduated summa cum laude from William & Mary in 1978 with bachelor’s degrees in computer science and music. He also did post-graduate work on a Drapers’ Scholarship in voice and vocal pedagogy at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London. He is a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Michael Cosgrave

Michael Cosgrave currently serves as vice president of ManTech‘s justice and homeland security solutions division.

In this role, Cosgrave is responsible for the cyber defense business unit’s revenue growth, personnel development, strategic planning, forecasting, and customer satisfaction.

Cosgrave began his career at ManTech in 2001 as an engineer supporting intelligence community customers. From there he was promoted to project manager where he was responsible for several departments.

In late 2003, Cosgrave began serving Department of Homeland Security clients in a management capacity, and was quickly promoted to a vice president post.

After more than four years as vice president of the DHS clientele, Cosgrave took control of Mantech’s justice and transportation division in early 2008. In 2010, was promoted to his current position.

Prior to joining ManTech, Cosgrave held a variety of industry positions. He has served as a software engineer supporting numerous private sector ventures as well as a consultant.

Cosgrave received his bachelor’s degree from American University and a M.B.A. from George Mason University.

Patricia Obermaier, IMS

Patricia Obermaier is general manager of IMS Health‘s government solutions business unit.

Obermaier, a 20-year veteran of the healthcare and information technology sectors, has held this position since October 2009. She she is responsible for IMS services to U.S. military and civilian agencies.

Prior to joining IMS, Obermaier was a partner at Unisys, where she was responsible for the company’s business to federal healthcare agencies. During her eight-year tenure at Unisys, she held leadership positions in commercial, federal and global security practices.

Obermaier holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from the University of Virginia’s Darden School.

Nolan Jones of NIC Inc.

Nolan Jones is vice president of eGovernment innovation at NIC Inc., a government portal provider and partner.

In his position, Jones is responsible for leading research and development at NIC. The company said he played a part in developing the first official government applications for both the iPhone and iPad.

Jones has 15 years of experience with the government sector. Prior to his current position, was the chief information officer for the Colorado Department of Revenue.

He also served as the served as the director of motor vehicles and the manager of tax policy and innovation for the same department.

Jones was also a part of En Technologies, an IBM solutions integration technology company. There he served as general legal council and director of operations.

He earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Washington and a Juris Doctor from the Seattle University Law School.