Dr. Kielman will provide an overview of the Office for Interoperability and Compatibility (OIC), and current initiatives taking place within. As evidenced by its practitioner-driven approach, OIC supports the Software Defined Radio Forum's efforts to involve emergency response practitioners by creation of a Public Safety Special Interest Group.
Prior to joining DHS, Dr. Kielman worked for 20 years at the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). During his career at the FBI, he served as Chief of the Advanced Technology Group in the Engineering Section, Chief of Research and Development for the Technical Services Division, and Chief Scientist and also Chief Architect at the Information Resources Division successively.
Dr. Kielman worked for the American Society for Testing and Materials, MCI Communications, and the Department of Health and Human Services prior to joining the FBI. He currently serves on the Advisory Committees for the National Security Directorate, the Environmental Biomarkers Initiative, and the Data-Intensive Computing Initiative for the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), and is Co-Chair for the White House National Science and Technology Council's Subcommittee on Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences. He also recently served as chair of the Homeland Security Initiative Advisory Committee for PNNL.
Dr. Kielman has an undergraduate degree in Physics and a graduate degree in Biophysics. His postdoctoral research was focused on genetics. He is the recipient of a 2006 Presidential Rank Award.