Expert Discusses IT Priorities for the Air Force

February's distinguished guest speaker was William E. Marion II. Marion is currently the deputy chief, information dominance and deputy chief information officer at the Air Staff in Washington, D.C. Marion assists in leading three directorates and supports 54,000 cyber operations and support personnel across the globe with a portfolio valued at $17 billion. He provides oversight of the Air Force's Information Technology (IT) portfolio including the IT investment strategy, networks and network-centric policies, communications, information resources management, information assurance and related matters for the Department of the Air Force (AF). His speech is available on the chapter's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/afcea.tidewater. Marion talked about the IT-related priorities of the Air Force with further topics of The Network We Need, Cybersecurity that Works, Vibrant and Cyber Ready Airmen, and closing with Empowering Partner Transformation. Marion is a former Tidewater member and his appearance drew a large audience who were fully engaged with follow-up questions.

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