Speakers

Keynote Speaker | Moderator | Panelists

Keynote Speaker: Dr. Peter Scharf
Executive Director of the Center for Society,
Law and Justice at Texas State University

Dr. Peter Scharf is a nationally recognized leader in criminal justice training, technology and education. He recently assumed the position of Research Professor of Criminal Justice and Executive Director of the Center for Society, Law and Justice at Texas State University, where he is conducting research related to the evidence based management of prison rape and working with Texas law enforcement and homeland security personnel to improve capacity related to information sharing and its uses.

Dr. Scharf founded the Center for Society, Law and Justice (“CSLJ” or “the Center”) at the University of New Orleans in 1995. As the Founding Director of the Center for Society, Law and Justice (CSLJ), he spearheaded the creation of one of the highest quality criminal justice technology training,research and implementation entities in the US. Additionally, Dr. Scharf played an integral role in attracting several multi-million dollar grants to the Center.

The Center has managed several national BJA Cooperative Agreements to assist national law enforcement in implementing computer technologies. The Center has provided workshops across the US and offers technical assistance through grant funding. The Center was selected as one of four criminal justice entities to provide assistance to the Department of Justice in facilitating its “integrating technology” initiative.

The Center has conducted other major cooperative agreements with DOJ, including: a national “Integrity Management” project; a project promoting technology integration; a project supporting forensic digital investigations; a project which introduces performance measures related to integrated technologies; a project focused upon research related to new criminal justice technologies; and, a project which focuses upon research related to the targeting of guns in high crime neighborhoods.

The celebrated staff at the Center, under Dr. Scharf’s direction, has authored several nationally recognized publications and has trained police officers in most of the 50 states. The Center’s innovative programming for law enforcement and correctional professionals continues to win national recognition through its statewide and regional training vis-a-vis community policing and management of the use of force and technology. Additionally, the Center has coordinated degree programs and offered research and management courses for police officers, supervisors and executive management.

Prior to founding the Center, Dr. Scharf served as Director of Training and Technical Assistance for the Police Foundation in Washington, DC. He assumed responsibility for the funding and management of a celebrated technology, training and technical assistance unit that was dedicated to improve law enforcement practices in civil disorders, diversity training, ethics, the use of force, community policing and effective management practices.

Dr. Scharf has been certified numerous times as an expert witness in US District Court. He also has a strong background in commercial ventures related to criminal justice, including the creation of Civigenics.

He currently serves on several Department of Justice national steering committees. Dr. Scharf also served on the Bureau of Justice Assistance Focus Group and significantly contributed to the recent consensus recommendations of that forum.

Dr. Scharf is the author of several books, including Readings in Moral Education (1978), Growing Up Moral (1979), Towards a Just Correctional System (1980), The Badge and the Bullet (1983), A Guide to Computer-Age Parenting (1984), Understanding the Computer-Age (1988), Assessing Law Enforcement Ethics (1996), and the Handbook of Forensic and Criminal Justice Technologies (2005), each of which have had a strong impact on educational and criminal justice practice.

Moderator: Paul K. Wormeli
Executive Director of the IJIS Institute

Paul Wormeli is Executive Director of the IJIS Institute, a non-profit corporation formed to help state and local governments develop ways to share information among the disciplines engaged in law enforcement and the administration of justice. He has had a long career in the field of law enforcement and justice technology. He has been active in the development of software products, has managed system implementation for dozens of agencies throughout the world, and has managed national programs in support of law enforcement and criminal justice agencies.

Mr. Wormeli was the first national project director of Project SEARCH, and was subsequently appointed by the President as Deputy Administrator of the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration in the U.S. Department of Justice. His experience covers all phases of the criminal justice system. Mr. Wormeli helped design the first mobile computing equipment sold in this country to law enforcement agencies. Mr. Wormeli managed the staff work and wrote much of the report for the Information Systems section in the report of the National Commission on Standards and Goals for Criminal Justice which dealt with criminal justice information system standards. He has been an advisor to the White House on security and privacy, participated in the drafting of Federal law on this topic, and was responsible for the development of numerous state plans to implement the Federal and state laws on information system security and privacy. During his tenure in the Justice Department, he served on the President’s Committee on Drug Enforcement. Mr. Wormeli is a noted author and lecturer on law enforcement and justice technology.

Mr. Wormeli was also the first Chairman of the Integrated Justice Information Systems Industry Working Group (IWG), a consortium of over 100 companies which was formed at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice to help facilitate the implementation of Integrated Justice Information Systems throughout the nation. In this capacity, he was also named as a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police Criminal Justice Information Sharing Advisory Board. He is an associate member of IACP, the Police Executive Research Forum, and a corporate member of the Association of Public Safety Communications Officers. He also is currently Chairman of the GJXDM Training and Technical Assistance Committee, a consortium of service providers helping to facilitate the implementation of new ways to share information.

Mr. Wormeli has been a founder of three companies in the law enforcement information systems field, providing computer aided dispatch and police records management software applications to law enforcement agencies. Software developed and implemented by his companies has been used by hundreds of agencies throughout the U.S. and Australia.

Mr. Wormeli holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Electronics Engineering from the University of New Mexico, and a Master of Engineering Administration degree from the George Washington University. He undertook courses in the honors program for industry as a part of the doctoral program in Engineering Economic Systems at Stanford University.

Panelists

Morgan Wright
Global Industry Solutions Manager,
Public Safety and Homeland Security, Cisco Systems
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Morgan Wright, who leads Cisco’s public safety and homeland security solutions program, has more than 24 years experience in law enforcement, justice and intelligence in the public and private sectors. He has more than 17 years experience in state and local law enforcement as a city officer, state trooper, detective and supervisor. Mr. Wright also is an instructor for the Antiterrorism Assistance Program, US State Department, and has worked overseas helping build operational counterterrorism capabilities. He also has worked in the private sector on programs related to intelligence and information sharing at the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security and the Counterintelligence Field Activity, Joint Counterintelligence Group, Department of Defense. Mr. Wright is on the Board of Directors for the IJIS Institute and is also a member of the Homeland Security Advisory Group for the American Prosecutors Research Institute that is sponsored under a cooperative agreement with the Department of Homeland Security.

Prior to Cisco, Mr. Wright was a senior manager with BearingPoint and worked on the Law Enforcement Information Sharing Program (LEISP) at the U.S. Department of Justice. The LEISP creates the overall strategy for information- and intelligence-sharing among federal, tribal, state and local law enforcement agencies. Mr. Wright was the primary author of the Concept of Operations for the services to be delivered under the LEISP, and worked closely with representatives from the Global Information Working Group, SEARCH, National Law Enforcement Telecommunications System, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, Drug Enforcement Administration, United States Marshals Service, and state and local law enforcement. He was also the primary subject matter expert for the Terrorist Watch List Consolidation Project under the Department of Homeland Security.

Mr. Wright also worked at Unisys as a senior solutions specialist where he was responsible for several intelligence projects, including the Technology Exploration Development for the Counterintelligence Field Activity, Joint Counterintelligence Group, Department of Defense. He led the team that developed the seized asset management system for the Colombian government in Bogotá, under the Plan Colombia initiative at the US Marshals Service.

Mr. Wright appears as a subject matter expert on The Fox News Channel where he is a regular contributor, and previously appeared on CNN’s Burden of Proof, National Public Radio, ABC Nightline, CBS News and various print media. He is the author of two chapters in the 4th Edition Computer Security Handbook (Wiley and Sons), “Working With Law Enforcement” and “Cyberspace Law and Computer Forensics.” Mr. Wright holds degrees in human resource management and computer information systems.

J. Patrick McCreary
Associate Deputy Director for Policy Bureau of Justice
U.S. Department of Justice

J. Patrick McCreary, as Associate Deputy Director with the National Policy Office of the Office of the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA), U.S. Department of Justice, coordinates activities involving justice information sharing programs that have national policy impact. He supports internal and external liaisons among national associations, academic institutions, the private sector, and local, state, tribal, and federal agencies.

Mr. McCreary also serves as the Designated Federal Official for the Global Advisory Committee (GAC), an advisory board to the U.S. Attorney General and the Assistant Attorney General of the Office of Justice Programs. In this capacity, Mr. McCreary facilitates activities regarding policy recommendations for information privacy, security, intelligence, infrastructure and standards, as well as supporting the development of technology resources such as the U.S. Department of Justice’s Global Justice XML Data Model (GJXDM).

In 2005, Mr. McCreary was chosen for the Attorney General’s Annual Award for Excellence in Information Technology, as well as the Government Computer News “IT Leadership Award.” In 2004, he received the Federal Computer Week magazine’s Federal 100 award. Mr. McCreary holds both a Bachelor and Masters Degree in Criminology from Indiana State University.

Kshemendra Paul
Chief Enterprise Architect, U.S. Department of Justice

Kshemendra Paul, as Chief Enterprise Architect for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), has responsibility for developing the department-wide Enterprise Architecture (EA); guides, tracks, and integrates the EA efforts within DOJ’s components; sets standards, including framework, methodology, and tool infrastructure; and runs related governance activities. Mr. Paul is also DOJ’s Program Manager for the National Information Exchange Model (NIEM). In this role, he works closely with the U.S Department of Homeland Security and stakeholders throughout the local, state, and federal justice and law enforcement community.

Prior to joining DOJ, Mr. Paul worked in the private sector for a variety of firms, including venture capital-backed technology start-ups and regulators. Some of these firms he co-founded. His previous roles have included Chief Technical Officer, Vice President of Engineering, Group Architect, and Product Manager. He holds dual bachelor’s degrees in electrical engineering (with honors) and mathematics, and a master’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland, College Park.

Captain Eddie Reyes
Alexandria, VA Police Department

Captain Reyes of the Alexandria, VA Police Department is currently the Arlandria Area Commander.  Arlandria is a predominately Hispanic community that borders Arlington County (hence “Arlandria”) where serious crime and quality of life issues have been a challenge.  In January 2006, the City Manger and the Chief of Police appointed him to coordinate all City services in that area in an effort to significantly improve the quality of life.  

Prior to this assignment, he was formerly assigned to the CommTech Program (formerly the AGILE Program), a program of the US Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice.  When interoperability was barely recognized at the national level as a critical public safety concern, AGILE laid a critical foundation for policy development, standards, and technology research that is universally recognized and praised.  He also managed and oversaw public safety radio interoperability operations for the City of Alexandria, Virginia and is a key player in the National Capital Region. 

Before being assigned to AGILE / CommTech, Captain Reyes commanded the Emergency Communications Section of the Alexandria Police Department (APD). With over 16 years experience in law enforcement, he achieved expert status in public safety communications and interoperability, E-911 telephone systems and CAD. 
He was the Department’s first domestic violence investigator and was instrumental in the design and development of the current unit.  He also served as a member of the Alexandria Police SWAT Team; obtained Top Secret clearance status while working at the Central Intelligence Agency in Langley, VA, and has been assigned to Presidential and Inauguration Protective Details.

Locally, Captain Reyes chaired the Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments (COG) Police Technology Subcommittee.  Together with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS) this committee focuses on regional technology issues impacting law enforcement and it reports to the regions’ police chiefs.  Its primary focus is a regional law enforcement data sharing system that is a collaboration of the regions’ 19 municipalities and the NCIS. 

At the state level, he chaired the VA State Interoperability Executive Committee (SIEC).  This committee coordinates interoperability issues statewide through end user collaboration and reports to the Governor through the Office of Commonwealth Preparedness.  Focusing on training and standards for public safety communications have been his priority while serving on this committee, including a statewide standardized radio protocol, also known as common language protocol.  He has been instrumental in assisting public safety agencies transition from coded radio protocol to a common language protocol.
At the national level, he sits on the Law Enforcement Information Management (LEIM) Section of the International Association of Chiefs of Police and the US Department of Homeland Security’s SAFECOM Advisory Working Group. 

Captain Reyes is a native of New Mexico.  He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice from New Mexico State University and is presently working on his Master’s Degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Administration of Justice at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA.

Martin J Zaworski, Ph.D.
Solution Director, Global Justice and Public Safety
Unisys Corporation

Dr. Zaworski is a relatively recent member of the Unisys team.  He is a retired Captain of the Baltimore County Police Department, former Technical Services Division Commander of the Miami Beach Police Department and most recently, former Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Broward County (Florida) Sheriff’s Office.  He has also served as a consultant to the U.S. Navy’s Space and Warfare Systems Command, Charleston, for whom he has evaluated prototype public safety and Homeland Security technologies. 

Dr. Zaworski has lectured nationally and has coauthored a book and numerous articles on the topic of public safety technology.  He is a member of and has been an advisor to several national public safety committees including the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and has served as a subject matter expert - conducting grant reviews - for both the National Institute of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security.  He holds both an MPA and Ph.D. in Public Administration from Florida International University.

As a solution Director for the Unisys Corporation, he has been involved in developing the data integration and analytics solution concept for the DHS Customs and Border Patrol as part of the Nation-wide Secure Borders Initiative.  He has also developed use cases for the Western Australian Court System and assisted in setting the stage for the mapping of data and developing a State-wide GJXDM for the State of Florida.