Dr. Brzymialkiewicz joined the Office of Inspector General (OIG) within the Department of Health and Human Services in April 2015 as its first Chief Data Officer (CDO). The OIG oversees a >$1 trillion portfolio of health and human services programs. The CDO’s office focuses on enabling OIG staff to leverage data and data analytics to the maximum extent possible to support their oversight work of this large and complex portfolio. As an example, several self-service analytics tools empower OIG staff to quickly explore additional avenues to combat fraud, waste and abuse.

Prior to HHS OIG, Caryl was the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Risk and Decision Analysis at the Department of Homeland Security. She also served as the Operations Research Division Chief at the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, and led a team of analysts at the Center for Naval Analyses. 

Caryl earned a B.E. in Biomedical Engineering from Vanderbilt University and a M.S. and Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University.

Jeff Butler leads the Data Management Division of the IRS Research, Applied Analytics, and Statistics organization where he is responsible for managing a peta-scale data environment for advanced analytics that he co-founded.  He also spends time helping lead enterprise data and analytics strategy at the IRS.  Previously he was Associate Director, Office of Statistical Computing, Department of Transportation where he created DOT’s largest data warehouse and e-Gov initiative, consisting of over 100 transportation databases used for research by universities, trade associations, state DOTs, Metropolitan Planning Organizations, Congress, and the public at large.  His emphasis is on large-scale, enterprise-wide projects that use data, advanced analytics, and cutting-edge computing technology to drive new discovery and innovation.

He has over 25 years of experience in statistical computing, machine learning, and data warehousing.  He has taught multiple courses in these fields and published or presented at numerous academic, government, and industry venues or conferences.  He has a total of seven industry awards for innovation and best practices in data management and data warehousing.  He holds a B.A and M.A. in Economics and has completed M.S. Statistics coursework.

John Elder chairs America’s most experienced Data Science consultancy. Founded in 1995, Elder Research has offices in Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, and Washington DC. Dr. Elder co-authored 3 award-winning books on analytics, was a discoverer of ensemble methods, chairs international conferences, and is a popular keynote speaker. John is occasionally an Adjunct Professor of Systems Engineering at the University of Virginia.

Bryan Jones, Owner and Principal Consultant of Strategy First Analytics, is a former Elder Research and federal government employee with over 33 years of experience successfully managing and leading programs and people. Bryan’s focus is to translate the value of analytics and develop an analytics business strategy for government agencies and commercial business operations.

Bryan was the Deputy Assistant Inspector General for the US Postal Service’s Office of Inspector General where he developed their first data analytics unit.  This is where he discovered his passion: the combining of business knowledge with the technology and science of data mining to help transform the way government does business.

Under Bryan's leadership the data analytics team grew from 6 employees to 40, from an annual budget of $0 to over $3.5 million, and was elevated from a small support group to directly supporting executive leadership.

With Return on Investment of over 10-fold and with analytics driving strategic planning at USPS OIG, many other government agencies benchmarked Bryan’s work and now use his blueprint to build their own capabilities or to improve their analytics operations in ways that are measurable and transformational.

Bryan’s education is as diverse as his career with his latest studies in leadership and management coming from the Lincoln Leadership Institute and the University of Mary Washington.

Larry Koskinen has served the public interest for more than forty years through executive positions in the federal government, commercial professional services firms, and non-profit organizations, both within the United States and abroad.  He is a member of the Federal Senior Executive Service, and is currently serving as Chief Risk Officer at the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development.

He recently led the Business Transformation Team for New Core, HUD’s administrative shared services partnership with the Treasury Administrative Resource Center, and, at the invitation of the Office of Management and Budget, led the project team that drafted the government-wide playbook for federal shared services adoption.  Prior to joining HUD, he served as an executive in the federal Inspector General community, managing analytics, finance, human capital, information technology, strategic planning and support operations at the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration and the U.S. Postal Service Office of Inspector General.  He has been involved in multiple federal-level government reform efforts, notably the Reagan-era Grace Commission, and the Clinton-era National Performance Review.

Koskinen was a Vice President at the non-profit Council for Excellence in Government, and a Vice President at the international development consultancy Development Alternatives, Inc.  Prior to that he was Director of Administration and Finance at the non-profit Regional Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe in Budapest.  He was Management Officer for Peace Corps International Operations and also Chief Business Architect.  He served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Philippines.

He holds a Bachelor of Science in photography from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and a Juris Doctorate from American University’s Washington College of Law.

A Teaching Associate Professor in the Institute for Advanced Analytics, Dr. Aric LaBarr is passionate about helping people solve challenges using their data. There he helps design the innovative program to prepare a modern work force to wisely communicate and handle a data-driven future at the nation's first Master of Science in analytics degree program. He teaches courses in predictive modeling, forecasting, simulation, financial analytics, and risk management.

Previously, he was Director and Senior Scientist at Elder Research, where he mentored and lead a team of data scientists and software engineers. As director of the Raleigh, NC office he worked closely with clients and partners to solve problems in the fields of banking, consumer product goods, healthcare, and government.

Dr. LaBarr holds a B.S. in economics, as well as a B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. in statistics — all from NC State University.

Ms. Larsen has been assigned to the Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive (ONCIX) since August 2005. Her previous assignment was as the Deputy Assistant Director of the Office of the National Intelligence Manager for Counterintelligence (CI). The office provides National CI Officers and their staffs who serve as the focal point for all CI issues in their regional or functional areas, driving collection, analysis, and other solutions to address gaps. This assignment was preceded by a tour as the Deputy Assistant Director of the Acquisition Risk Directorate at ONCIX improving supply chain risk management across the US Government.

Ms. Larsen's prior civilian assignments include a joint duty assignment at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) CI office, the Chief of the Program Evaluation Group within ONCIX, ONCIX performance manager and CI program analyst, Deputy of the Collection branch within the ONCIX, and the European Command desk officer for the Defense Intelligence Agency's Joint Counterintelligence Division.

Prior to beginning her civilian career, Ms. Larsen served as an Army Military Intelligence officer for 11 years. Ms. Larsen is an alumnus of the Federal Executive Institute as well as the U.S. Army's basic and advanced Military Intelligence officer courses at Fort Huachuca, Arizona. She received a Master of Business Administration and a Master of Arts in International Business from the George Washington University. Ms. Larsen is a 1993 graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, NY.

Ken is trained in population statistics, medicine/dentistry, and law. He worked in clinical practice, data science, care management, and health regulations. Ken was a government official in the US Senate and White House. After that he was Founder/CEO of Advanced Health Solutions and held executive positions at CorSolutions, Matria Healthcare, UnitedHealth Group, and Aetna. Ken held leadership roles in the Maryland State Task Force on Electronic Medical Records, the University of Maryland Center for Health Information and Decision Systems, and Utilization Review Accreditation Commission (URAC). He is a frequent author and speaker, including Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications; Clinical Integration: Population Health and Accountable Care; Divining Healthcare Charges for Optimal Health Benefits Under the Affordable Care Act. With a team of data science industry experts he leads a certificate program in Healthcare Predictive Analytics at University of California, to train the next generation of health data scientists.