Non-Technical

David Barrack Director Advanced Technology Services Sybase	Steve Banks Logistics Analyst CACI

Date: Tuesday, December 9, 2003
Time: 3:20 - 4:20 pm
Room: Monarch Room A

Where is mobile computing being applied to solve business issues and what technology architectures are needed to support the "Unwired Enterprise"? Cohesive and robust architectures are needed to meet the unique needs of mobilized business processes and the mobilized work force. Mobile Computing provides an opportunity for corporations to enhance, modify, and extend business models and operations as dramatically as the Internet has done today. By either executing existing business processes differently or involving more interested parties in already existing business processes, companies can make more informed decisions quickly throughout the value chain. The gains to be made are in areas that include services excellence and operational efficiency, and other areas that may create satisfied customers and increase sales while maintaining healthy operating margins.

Mr. Banks will talk about a wireless capability developed for the US Marine Corps to enable them to track and report on the status of ammunition once it is distributed from the "Retail" system and placed in the hands of our fighting forces in the field. Prior to the development of the Unit Level Ammunition Status (ULAS) capability, accountability for ammunition was lost once it left the retail system. The Marines used ULAS successfully during combat operations Iraq. Steve Banks, deployed to Kuwait and trained the Marines on the use of ULAS prior to their movement into Iraq.

Presenter:

David Barrack
Director
Global Advanced Technology Services
Sybase

David Barrack is the Director of the Global Advanced Technology Services
(GATS) group at Sybase, Inc. where he has responsibility for architecture services as well as the identification and creation of advanced technology frameworks in myriad technologies to include Mobile and Wireless, Wi-Fi Solutions, EAI, Business Intelligence, Linux, and Server Consolidation. Prior to Sybase, David held senior management roles at both Oracle and BEA, and co-founded a joint venture with Oracle involving B2B integration solutions. Previously he was a technical manager with Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) working on a variety of international projects within the Utilities, Consumer Products, and Financial Services Industries. David holds a BS and MS in Statistics from The University of Tennessee.


Steve Banks
Logistics Analyst
CACI

Steve Banks was born and raised near San Francisco CA. He enlisted in the Marine Corps in June 1972, and served in a variety of Ammunition Logistics and Explosive Ordnance Disposal-related assignments of increasing scope and responsibility with the Marines, and as a liaison officer first with the Navy and then the Army over the next 24 years of USMC active duty. These varied assignments included all aspects of ammunition logistics, ammunition management, training resource management, integration of simulators with live-fire training to reduce costs of training, and application of systems and automated tools to support logistics management.

Just prior to retirement from active Marine Corps service, Mr. Banks completed a Bachelor's Degree in Management Information Systems from Strayer University, graduating cum laude. Since joining CACI, Mr. Banks has served variously as a logistics analyst supporting a first-of-its kind wargame, and produced the first web page supporting Joint collaboration for a wargame. He has subsequently served as a Network Administrator, and as a Technical Director with the Retail Ordnance Logistics Management System (ROLMS) project in Bloomington, IN. He also briefly supported the Navy and Marine Corps' Ordnance Information Systems development project.

Most recently, Mr. Banks participated as a functional manager on the Unit Level Ammunition Status project, a technology exploration project to demonstrate the capability to establish ammunition asset visibility below the retail level (i.e., in the hands of the users.) This capability demonstration was successful enough for a trial deployment to the Marines in Kuwait, and was used successfully during subsequent combat operations in Operation Iraqi Freedom.