Industry Thought Leadership

Innovation:

eGlobalTech has developed a strong reputation as an "Industry Thought Leader" in the federal community through a proven track record of mission-focused innovation. Examples of the firm's innovative approach to improving Government services and increasing performance levels include:

• 2010 EA Conference Panelist: President Sonya Jain will join an elite group of federal leaders as a panelist examining "The Role of EA in IT Investments".

• 2010 Potomac Forum Speaker: eGlobalTech presented "Data Center Consolidation Planning and Implementation in the Government".

• 2010 EA Conference Advisory Board: Vice President Branko Primetica serves on this year's Enterprise Architecture Conference Advisory Board.

• 2010 Digital Mail Seminar: eGlobalTech leads an education series event to address the needs of the Federal Government in moving to agency wide digital mail services.

• 2010 GTRA Symposium Speakers: President Sonya Jain and Vice President Branko Primetica presented "Effective Planning for Data Center Consolidation and Cloud Computing".

• 2010 Federal Tech Talk Radio: Vice President Branko Primetica was featured on the Federal Tech Talk radio show discussing federal Enterprise Architecture solutions.

• 2010 Technology Leadership Roundtable Hosts: eGlobalTech hosts the event at the Tower Club in Vienna, Virginia.

• 2010 FOSE Speakers: eGlobalTech presents two sessions during the largest federal technology conference and tradeshow titled "Roadmap to Data Center Consolidation Through Virtualization and Cloud Computing".

• 2010 National Defense Transporation Association Mentoring Program: Vice President Branko Primetica is the co-lead of the National Defense Transportation Association's Mentoring Program.

• 2009 GTRA Symposium Speakers: President Sonya Jain and Vice President Branko Primetica share their insights in a presentation titled "A Service Oriented Approach to Deploying Cloud Computing Solutions".

• 2009 MeriTalk Advisory Council and Moderator: Vice President Branko Primetica served on the Advisory Council for the Federal IT on a Budget Forum - a full-day event facilitating dialogue, debate, and collaboration on how innovative technologies can stretch the Federal IT dollar. He also moderated a panel for "Building a Business Case for Cloud Computing Solutions."

• 2008 Government Technology Research Alliance (GTRA) Enterprise Architecture Conference Speakers: Ms. Jain and Mr. Primetica presented a "Service-Oriented Approach to developing Segment Architectures in the Federal Government". Our approach is business driven and focused on identifying business services that are common within a segment, based upon a demand and supply framework. These common services are then used for developing information technology solutions to be implemented across the offices/organizations impacted by that segment.

• Service Oriented Architecture (SOA): Developed a practical, business oriented approach to SOA that includes a step-by-step guide to identifying and deploying reusable services. eGlobalTech successfully implemented this approach at the Department of Education, resulting in the identification of fourteen (14) common services and successfully establishing the Department’s Enterprise Data Warehouse. This SOA-based investment resulted significant cost-savings and the launch of the Department’s first shared service, encompassing more than 20 end-user organizations.
  
  eGlobalTech has also been part of the team that worked on developing the Practical Guide to SOA to be used across the Federal Government. This effort was championed by the Industry Advisory Council and developed for use by OMB.
  

• Enterprise Architecture (EA) Development: eGlobalTech developed an intuitive template that captures EA driven information at each level: Business, Service Component, Data, Technology, and Performance. This template (1) captures all required information in a standardized format (2) established a direct relationship, or line-of-sight, between each architecture level (3) allows for analysis in order to define Department-wide opportunities for consolidation, service reuse, and/or modernization. This template was cited as a best practice by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) on www.core.gov and has been used to develop two of the Top 4 Federal Enterprise Architectures (the Department of Labor and the Department of Education).
  

• IT Infrastructure Segment Architecture Development: eGlobalTech advised the Federal IT Infrastructure Program Management Office on the initiative’s strategic direction, which includes a methodology to capture Federal -wide IT Infrastructure data and to identify common services that can leverages across the Government.
  

• Performance Metric Development Methodology: Published a methodology for use by federal agencies in developing effective and results-oriented IT investment performance metrics. This methodology ties performance to all pertinent IT investment areas, including business requirements/objectives and technology. This methodology was published in the Journal of Enterprise Architecture and has been used to measure the performance of major IT initiatives throughout the Federal Government.
  

• IPv6 Workgroup: eGlobalTech is leading a collaborative effort to develop the Federal IPv6 Transition Guide. This guide provides a roadmap for federal Chief Information Officers and other key decision-makers for achieving full IPv6 capability to ensure business continuity in light of an anticipated future IPv4 address depletion. Additionally, eGlobalTech developed a framework for using Enterprise Architecture and CPIC Programs to facilitate the federal IPv6 transition.

• Potomac Forum: Ms. Sonya Jain taught the “Introduction to Enterprise Architecture” 2-day course as part of the Potomac Forum program at the Ronald Reagan Center. This course was focused on introducing the EA concepts.

• IAC EA SIG - Health-care Information Sharing: Ms. Sonya Jain is a member of the “Leadership Team” of the Enterprise Architecture Shared Interest Group( EA SIG) within the Industry Advisory Council. As part of this Group, she has led several efforts including the Collaboration Workgroup, and more recently, the Health-care Information Sharing Workgroup. The recommendations made by the Health-care Information Sharing Workgroup have been used by HHS’s leadership to develop their strategic direction for enabling information sharing across the health-care sector. The workgroup also identified challenges and successes of information sharing and highlighted both best practices as well as bottlenecks.

• AFFIRM Sponsorship - eGlobalTech sponsors the Association for Federal Information Resource Management (AFFIRM) which is a non-profit, volunteer, educational organization whose goal is to improve the management of information within the Federal Government. eGloablTech interests in this organization go beyond the Federal arena, to the student community, as AFFIRM has a program that provides scholarships to undergraduate students studying IT or a related field in 6 Universities.

  
  

• eGlobalTech Teaches at the USDA Grad School
  eGlobalTech teaches an in-depth 3-day course on "Implementing Enterprise Architecture" as part of the USDA Graduate School's Enterprise Architecture Certification Program. The course covers all of the key components of establishing and maintaining a successful Federal Enterprise Architecture Program - including effective EA Development and Deployment, Governance, Integration with Capital Planning and Investment Control (CPIC), IT Security, and addressing OMB Assessment Criteria. This popular course includes Federal Agency best practices, case studies and interactive presentations.

• eGlobalTech's Executives Share Insights with the EA Community

Journal of Enterprise Architecture
Creating a Line of Sight in Enterprise Architecture
By Branko Primetica, eGlobalTech Vice President and Sonya Jain, eGlobalTech President

Abstract
Performance is a key driver of Enterprise Architecture efforts within organizations of varying sizes. In order to use this driver, it is important to determine quantifiable, outcome-based metrics that can be used to measure and track progress towards a “target” vision. These metrics must be aligned throughout all layers of the EA, thereby creating a “Line of Sight” from business goals to related services and enabling technology. Performance measurements must be aligned to strategic goals and mission needs, and must work seamlessly to drive technical solutions – from inputs to outputs to outcomes.

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