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The Washington Center • Cybersecurity Accelerator Program | Program Schedule Gordon Bitko Executive Vice President of Policy, Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) Gordon Bitko is ITI's Executive Vice President of Policy, leading the association's public sector portfolio and serving as the chief policy strategist for the technology industry in the government and public sector market. Bitko joined ITI in 2019 from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), where he served in a variety of senior roles beginning in 2007. Most recently, he served as the FBI's Chief Information Officer. In that role, he led a team of 250+ government employees and contractors including technologists; program managers; business, financial and contract analysts; and security specialists. Bitko oversaw key FBI innovation programs, including investing in emerging technologies, directed large Enterprise License Agreements with key technology vendors, and oversaw the FBI's internal Cybersecurity program. He led the re-organization of FBI Information Technology personnel and resources to a more functional and service-oriented model. Bitko served as FBI's Chief of the Performance Management Unit (2009-2012) and Chief of Strategy and Performance Section (2012-2016). As Chief of the Strategy and Performance Section, he supervised teams of up to 80 employees and was responsible for all aspects of FBI strategy and operational program performance management. As Chief of the Performance Management Unit, he oversaw all of FBI enterprise business intelligence. Bitko was with RAND Corporation from 2002-2007, as a policy analyst and doctoral fellow. He began his career with Motorola and two other private sector startups. He has a BS in Engineering from Princeton; MS in Mechanical Engineering from University of California, Berkeley; an MBA from Arizona State University; and a PhD from the Pardee RAND Graduate School. He lives in Bethesda, Maryland, with his wife and two sons. Jeff Greene Senior Director for Cybersecurity Programs, The Aspen Institute Jeff Greene is the Senior Director for Cybersecurity Programs at the Aspen Institute. Jeff joined Aspen in July of 2022 from the White House, where he served as the Chief for Cyber Response & Policy in the National Security Council's Cyber Directorate. Jeff led the NSC's defensive cyber and incident response efforts, and his team developed and drafted Executive Order 14028 (Improving the Nation's Cybersecurity). Jeff also ran the White House counter-ransomware effort and oversaw the whole-of-government effort to harden the cybersecurity of U.S. critical infrastructure in advance of Russia's further invasion of Ukraine. Jeff previously served as Director of the National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Prior to joining NIST he was the Vice President of Global Government Affairs and Policy at Symantec, where he led a global team of policy experts. While at Symantec Jeff also served as an appointed member of NIST's Information Security and Privacy Advisory Board and was a special government employee working on President Obama's 2016 Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity. Before