United States (change)
Shortcuts: Downloads Fedora Red Hat Network
Red Hat is pleased to have a top-notch Government Advisory Board comprised of numerous government technology industry luminaries. The Government Advisory Board provides strategic counsel to Red Hat's public sector team on the expansion of business within federal, state, local and educational institutions.
S. Bradford Antle
Antle, president and CEO of SI International, has more than 20 years IT leadership experience. Prior to joining SI International in 1999, Antle was named the first director of Washington Technical Operations for Lockheed Martin. He served in the United States Navy for eight years as a surface warfare officer and was deputy department head for systems engineering at one of the Navy's software development facilities for tactical embedded systems.
Dr. Edward H. Bersoff
Dr. Bersoff serves as the president and CEO of ATS Corporation, a publicly traded IT company based in Virginia. Prior to joining ATS, he was chairman, president and CEO of BTG, Inc., which he founded in 1982. A founder and the first chairman of the influential Northern Virginia Technology Council (NVTC), Dr. Bersoff is also a former director of the Greater Washington Board of Trade, and a former chairman for both the Fairfax County Chamber of Commerce and the Virginia Business Council. Dr. Bersoff is a member of the Board of Visitors of Virginia Commonwealth University and a former member of the Board of Trustee of New York University.
Dr. Renato "Renny" A. DiPentima
Formerly CEO of SRA International Inc., Dr. DiPentima has been called a government IT industry "legend" by Federal Computer Week. DiPentima has more than 40 years experience working with the Federal government. Prior to joining SRA in 1995, DiPentima held several senior management positions in the Federal government, including deputy commissioner for Systems for the Social Security Administration, a Federal enterprise for which DiPentima worked for more than three decades. DiPentima, who retired from SRA in 2007, currently serves on the Information Technology Association of America's Government Advisory Board and the Board of Directors of SRA International, Brocade, Liquid Machines and RedShift Ventures.
Jerry C. Harrison
Harrison is president and CEO of Athlone Global Security Corporation (AGS), an investment company focused on the homeland security industry. Harrison previously served as vice president of business development and sales for General Dynamic C4 Systems where he created a strong government presence for that business unit. Harrison is a veteran of the United States Army, retiring as Major General following an illustrious military career. He is a past president of the Association of the United States Army (George Washington Chapter), a former chairman of the Government Electronics Industry Association and a former vice chairman of the board of the Electronic Industries Alliance.
Carleton S. Jones
Jones serves as vice chairman for Indus Corp., a leading Federal IT solutions company. Jones previously served as CEO of Multimax, a government IT services and solutions company, which was sold to Harris Corporation in 2007. He has more than 35 years experience as a technology executive and has served as legal counsel to both U.S. and foreign companies engaged in high-tech government contracting. Jones was previously president of Sysorex Information Systems and its successor, Vanstar Government Systems. Following service in the United States Navy, Jones served as deputy general counsel of a component of the Executive Office of the President and later was a partner in the prestigious Washington, D.C. law firm Shaw Pittman.
Dendy Young
Young is currently CEO of McLean Capital, LLC, a private equity firm based in McLean, Va. Prior to joining McLean Capital, Young served as CEO of GTSI, a publicly-traded systems integrator, for ten years. Young, who boasts more than three decades IT industry experience, serves on the Executive Committee of NVTC, as chairman of the TechPAC and on the Board of Directors of the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association (AFCEA). In addition to numerous community awards, Young received the Lifetime Achievement Award from VARBusiness in 2003 and the Federal CIO Council's Azimuth award in 2000. Young has been named three times to the prestigious Fed 100 and has also won the covered FOSE Industry Award.
"We are honored to be a member of this new advisory board, and among such distinguished leaders in the sector. At a time when the federal government is moving assertively to transform its IT capabilities, the Government Advisory Board creates a useful mechanism for Red Hat to enhance their ability to align with government priorities and adapting its open source technology to meet multiple global challenges." - S. Bradford Antle
"Red Hat has distinguished itself as the leader in enterprise solutions based on the open source paradigm that offers a range of significant advantages for government customers. Accordingly, we are honored to be part of the Red Hat Government Advisory Board and look forward to working together to assist the company in continuing -- and enhancing -- its leadership role in the public sector." - Carleton S. Jones
"Red Hat has beaten all the odds by taking free, open-source software and creating, for its subscribers, value worth paying for. The company has been enjoyed phenomenal success without destroying the awesome creative instincts of the open-source community and we are pleased to be able to provide strategy and counsel to the government team." - Dendy Young
"Red Hat is an exciting, growing company with a great reputation in the open source market. We are very happy to provide whatever assistance I can to help them reach and exceed their goals." - Jerry C. Harrison
"I have enjoyed a long, but informal, association with Red Hat and now look forward to supporting the company in its efforts to further embed its extraordinary product suite within the Federal marketplace." - Dr. Edward H. Bersoff