Federal Advisory Board
The Xceedium Federal Advisory Board was formed to bring together executives from enterprise and government industries who provide specific expertise to help Xceedium build on its early successes and continue its growth. Each member of the Advisory Board brings a wealth of experience to support the global expansion and strategic development of Xceedium.
Paul Brubaker
As Chief Executive Officer of Synteractive, Paul Brubaker brings more than 20 years of experience leading complex, growing organizations, as well as a long-standing passion and commitment to driving technology-enabled transformation for both public and private sectors. Prior to Synteractive, Paul worked for networking giant, Cisco Systems, where he led the North American Public Sector’s Internet Business Solutions Group.
Throughout his career, Paul held several esteemed positions in the public sector. Notably, he served as subcommittee staff director in the U.S. Senate, as the Deputy CIO of the U.S. Department of Defense for the Government Accountability Office (GAO), and Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation.
While at GAO, Brubaker led the effort that resulted in passage of the Information Technology Management Reform Act (now known as the Clinger-Cohen Act). The act linked federal investment in technology to measurable improvements in mission performance and established CIO positions in major federal agencies.
Carol A. Haave
Carol A. Haave has more than 25 years of strategic planning, management and technology transition experience and is currently managing partner at Sages LLC. Before Sages, Haave was Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security for International Affairs, where she led the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) global engagements to promote security cooperation, technical assistance and training. She also led sweeping changes as Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Counterintelligence and Security.
Haave hosted the first “cyber summits” among several government agencies and industry partners to improve cooperation and collaboration in countering cyber threats, mandated education and certification requirements for system administrators, championed cross-domain and protection technologies and developed information sharing solutions among disparate users with different levels of clearance.
She also brings a 15-year relationship with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Haave also worked to transition advanced technology into the operational forces in the areas of command and control, communications, information management, unmanned vehicles and war gaming. She began her career in the US Army as a Military Police Officer.
Donald W. Upson
Donald W. Upson is a founding partner of UpsonVito, a firm that assists companies and international governments in acquiring and using information and communications technologies to meet government challenges and improve service delivery. Upson was previously Virginia and the country's first Secretary of Technology, an office that combined traditional functions of a chief information officer with broader economic development and R&D responsibilities.
He also served as senior vice president of PRC Inc, an $800 million company specializing in complex government technology solutions and applications. For 15 years before that Upson worked in senior positions on Capitol Hill, concluding with a six-year stint as staff director of the House Government Operations committee, the investigative arm of the House of Representatives.
