Driving Government Efficiency Through Managed Services

Speakers

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  Simmons, Julaine Senior Vice President of Security & Electronic Systems, M.C. Dean
  

  Simmons, Julaine

  Senior Vice President of Security & Electronic Systems, M.C. Dean

  Julaine Simmons oversees division operations, customer growth and employee development to keep the company at the forefront of the security industry. She also serves as a program executive for federal agencies and commercial sector customers. Having worked with M.C. Dean for more than 14 years, she has helped the company expand relationships with some of our top U.S. Department of Defense and intelligence community customers, advancing M.C. Dean’s mission-critical capabilities.

  Simmons is a member of the Security Industry Association’s board of directors and serves on the Voice of the Industry and NavigateHER subcommittees. board of directors and serves on the Voice of the Industry and NavigateHER subcommittees. She is also an executive sponsor of Women at M.C. Dean, an affinity group established to support female employees across professional fields. She represents the company at universities and industry organizations, such as the Society of Women Engineers and Women in Technology, providing mentorship and advocating for career growth of women in engineering and technology.

  Prior to joining M.C. Dean, Simmons worked at Lucent Bell Labs in the chief technology office working to transfer technologies in non-linear optical communications from Bell Labs into the telecommunications Industry, then she moved over to working in startup companies to develop fiber optic and security technologies for the solve problems and fill in the gaps in the market.

  Simmons earned her Master of Science in electrical engineering from Georgia Tech with a focus on fiber optics communications and telecommunications. She was GRA in 160 Gbps Femtosecond Ultrafast Laser Communications at Georgia Tech.

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  Leonard, Will Director of Engineering for Security & Electronic Systems, M.C. Dean
  

  Leonard, Will

  Director of Engineering for Security & Electronic Systems, M.C. Dean

  William Leonard manages the design, implementation, operations, maintenance and support services for enterprise security systems, IT systems and network infrastructure for top U.S. Department of Defense agencies. His hands-on experience with complex technical systems includes enterprise-scale virtualization, storage, database management systems, software development and deployment for mission-critical facilities worldwide. William received his Master of Science in systems engineering at Johns Hopkins University and currently holds CISSP, Lenel Certified Expert and CompTIA Security+ certifications.

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  Spangler, Katie Senior Project Leader, M.C. Dean
  

  Spangler, Katie

  Senior Project Leader, M.C. Dean

  Katie Spangler manages multiyear, nationwide federal contracts to provide engineering services, including survey, design, installation, integration and sustainment for electronic security systems. She has been instrumental in shaping major customer programs, developing standards and innovating M.C. Dean’s project delivery methods.

  Spangler led a team responsible for a first-of-kind design and modular delivery deployment of an AWS GovCloud-hosted integrated security system architecture for a major federal customer, supporting security monitoring and operations for hundreds of facilities nationwide. She earned her Master of Science in systems engineering at Johns Hopkins University and holds CSEIP and PMP certificates.