Join us as Mark Brady, a seasoned data expert, shares his perspectives on managing vast data in the Space Force, the challenges of space traffic management, and the potential of AI and robotics in enhancing national security.

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VZC Guest:

Mark Brady
Deputy Chief Data Officer
KBR

Dr. Mark Brady is the Deputy Chief Data Officer at the Test Resource Management Center (TRMC), providing testing capabilities for weapons systems. He was previously the Chief Data Officer for the U.S. Space Force, Air Force Space Command, Department of Justice, and National Marine Fisheries Service where he established data management programs.

Mark has over 30 years of experience across defense, government, academia and industry research in areas like software development, AI, neuroscience, and statistics. He taught neuroscience and statistics at North Dakota State University.

VZC Host:

Mark Potts
Vice President of Global Services
VirtualZ Computing

Mark is VirtualZ’s vice president of global services, helping our clients leverage Lozen™ and Zaac™ to unlock business agility, value, and cost savings. Mark brings over 17 years of experience at Accenture to VirtualZ and focuses on helping our customers modernize their data access systems. Mark served as global managing director at Accenture, leading the comprehensive strategy for their mainframe modernization offering, including developing sales and delivery assets, developing capability, determining acquisition targets, and managing the global mainframe modernization pipeline. Prior to that, Mark led Accenture’s IBM and Red Hat partnership, working closely with the Accenture, IBM, and Red Hat senior leadership teams focusing on hybrid cloud, mainframe modernization, artificial intelligence (AI), blockchain, and quantum computing. Mark also has over 15 years of software engineering delivery experience.