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Community of Practice (CoP)

Welcome to the DevSecOps Community of Practice!

Monthly meetings

January 2026 – “Ask the DoW CIO Anything”

January 2026 – “Ask the DoW CIO Anything”

Presenters

  • Rob Vietmeyer, OSD DoW CIO, Chief Software Officer​ 2025, a Year in Review ​ DoDI 8430, Accelerated Mission Software Development​
  • George Lamb, OSD DoW, Director, Information Network Capabilities ​
  • Aravind Raman, cATO Champion​ DevSecOps, Agile System Engineering, and continuous Authorization to Operate (cATO) ​
  • Joel Cassell, OSD DoW CIO, Deputy Director Information Network Capabilities & SAP IT​ The Future of Special Access Programs (SAP)​
  • Les Benito, OSD DoW CIO, Global Compute Lead​ Cloud, JWCC, FinOps

2026 January CoP - Ask the CIO Anything

September 2025 - "A-10 Thunderbolt II Agile Software Development Story"

September 2025 - "A-10 Thunderbolt II Agile Software Development Story"

Introduction

  • Sean Brady, OSD (A&S) Director, Software Acquisition & Cadre Deputy Director for Joint Interoperability

Presenters

  • Ladd Spackman – Workload Team Leader – 309 SWEG
  • David R. Webb – Process Analyst / Agile Coach – ASRC/NetCentric

2025-09-11 DSO COP.pdf

August 2025 - "Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) - IT Lessons Learned – Path to Zero Trust"

August 2025 - "Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) - IT Lessons Learned – Path to Zero Trust"

July 2025 - "Ask the DoD CIO IE Leadership Anything"

July 2025 - "Ask the DoD CIO IE Leadership Anything"

Introduction

  • George Lamb, OSD DoD CIO, Director, DoD Information Network Capabilities

Presenters

  • Ana Kreiensieck, OSD DoD CIO, Software Modernization Lead
  • Rob Vietmeyer, OSD DoD CIO, Chief Software Officer

2025-07-10 DSO COP.pdf

June 2025 - "Software Modernization Implementation Plan Introduction"

June 2025 - "Software Modernization Implementation Plan Introduction"

Introduction

  • Ana Kreiensieck, Software Modernization Lead, OSD DoD CIO

Presenters

  • Goal 1: Accelerate the DoD Enterprise Cloud
    • Task 1.2 Establish a FinOps Foundation for Smarter Use of Cloud
      • Les Benito, DoD Cloud Lead, OSD DoD CIO​
      • Jonathan Tame, DoD Cloud Principal Advisor, OSD DoD CIO
  • Goal 2: Establish Department-wide Software Factory Ecosystem
    • Dave Lago, DoD Olympus Product Manager, DISA J9 Hosting & Compute
    • Task 2.3 Enable Software Interoperability through APIs ​
      • Allan Dianic, Director Software Engineering, OSD OUSD (R&E) ​
      • Tim Stark, Software Developer and Data Scientist, OSD OUSD (R&E)
    • Task 2.6 Prepare Software Factories for AI and Software-Based Automation ​
      • Trac Bannon, Senior Technical Advisor & Software Architect, DoD CIO
  • Goal 3: Develop and Track Software Engineering Talent 
    • Subtask 3.8.1 Increase Department Participation Coding Software Engineering Work Roles and 3.8.2 Enter Software ​Engineering Work Roles in Personnel Systems of Record
      • Robert Larino, Director for Policy and Workforce OSD OUSD (R&E)​
      • Tymese Bostick, OSD OUSD R&E

2025-05-12 DSO COP.pdf

April 2025 - "Artificial Intelligence Sub-Path"

April 2025 - "Artificial Intelligence Sub-Path"

Opening Remarks

  • Sean Brady, Office of the Secretary of Defense Deputy Director, Joint Interoperability ​ and Senior Lead for Software Modernization, within the Directorate for Acquisition ​

Integration & Interoperability (AI2)

Presentation

  • Eric Obergfell, MITRE, Systems Engineer, ODS A&S, USAFE A2

Open Discussion

  • DevSecOps Community

2025-04-10 DSO COP.pdf

March 2025 - "The "Share it" act"

March 2025 - "The "Share it" act"

Opening Remarks

  • Rob Vietmeyer, DoD CIO Chief Software Officer

Presentation

  • Dan Risacher, DoD CIO Developer Advocate
  • Paul de Naray, DoD CIO Principal Engineer

Open Discussion

  • Special Guests

2025-03-13 DSO COP.pdf

February 2025 - "The State of the DevSecOps Report"

February 2025 - "The State of the DevSecOps Report"

Introductions

  • George Lamb, Director, Cloud & Software Modernization, DoD CIO Information Enterprise
  • Brigid O’Hearn, Principal Engineer, Software Engineering Institute
  • Nanette Brown, Senior of the Technical Staff, Software Engineering Institute
  • Col Trauna “TJ” James, Military Deputy Director of the Software Directorate at the Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Matt Lince, Chief Information Officer, USMEPCOM, Great Lakes, Illinois

02-13-2025 State of DevSecOps Report Final.pdf

January 2025 - "Application Programming Interface (API)"

January 2025 - "Application Programming Interface (API)"

  • API Tech guidance updates – Allan Dianic, Director of Software Engineering for Systems Engineering and Architecture (SE&A), OUSD(R&E) and Tim Stark

  • Hackathon planning - Tim Stark

  • A&S presentation on acquisition guidance – Sean Brady, Senior Lead for Software Acquisition in the Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Acquisition Enablers (OUSD(A&S)) and Shane Smith

  • API test bed presentation - MITRE

01-16-2025 API Update- R&E and A&S FINAL.pdf

November 2024 - "Operational Test and Evaluation and Test Resources and Management Center"

November 2024 - "Operational Test and Evaluation and Test Resources and Management Center"

  • Operational Test and Evaluation Ryan Tiaden, The Office of the Director

  • Test Resources Management Center (TRMC) Ryan Norman, Chief Data Officer

11-14-2024 - DOT&E & TRMC FINAL.pdf