EPEC Board of Directors

Jon Lareau

Executive Director, CTO

703-879-2416Jon's work has been recognized by multiple intelligence, defense and commercial industry organizations for his exemplary results working in complex technical environments. His leadership principles are fueled by a dedicated work ethic and ability to focus on consistently delivering innovative results of exceptional quality both on time and on budget. His experience includes multiple projects developing quick, low-cost solutions to hard technology problems. He is also a published inventor, author, and contributing member to technical societies such as AMS, IEEE and SPIE. He has proposed, marketed, developed and managed new and novel processing techniques for various customers, including cutting edge sensor design and image formation processing, LADAR/LiDAR & 3D structure from motion sensor systems and algorithms, data ingest + fusion techniques, machine learning and inferencing, orbital physics, computational geometry, and cloud based web-applications for C&C. Jon holds MS Computer Science, BS Electrical Engineering, R&D, Program/Team Leadership and Management, Product Concept and Design, Business Development, Image/Signal Processing, Computer Vision, Computational Physics/Mathematics, Imaging and 3D Sensors, Sensor Image Formation and Fusion, Agile Software development, DevOPs.

Erin Marie Joyce

Secretary-Treasurer

703-879-2416Erin is a news media veteran of multi-platform delivery systems, award-winning editor, communications director for EPEC, and skilled project manager with a record of results. Her subject expertise includes election systems, information technology, financial services, partnerships, and construction technology. Her work includes speech-writing, strategic policy messaging, and media strategy for leadership. As a managing editor of a national publication focused on infrastructure, Erin has overseen data visualization analysis projects and built awareness of how databases are managed in newsrooms she managed, and with engineering audiences deploying "giga-project" management. She serves as communications director for EPEC voter data to help educate the public on all aspects of election technology. She remains acronym aware and buzzword compliant.

Ken Lubeck

Director

703-879-2416Ken has over 16 years of Product & Project Management experience in the web application space, and specializes in feature development lifecycle end-to-end using the agile methodology. He is an expert in SaaS Product Management, Agile Methodologies and Product Management, Six Sigma business process improvement techniques. He also specializes in delivery plans for complex projects in technology functions/domains including software architecture. He brings unique subject matter expertise with Analytics & Reporting and Business Intelligence for major corporate clients.

Rick Naigle

Senior Process Engineer / Analyst

703-879-2416Innovator.  Data Driven Senior Process Analyst / Engineer. Bachelor of Science, United States Military Academy (Engineering) Master of Science, The Georgia Institute of Technology (Operations Research) Certified LEAN Six Sigma Black Belt / Green Belt Trainer 42 years of active Army and defense contract experience - retired Active Army Airborne Ranger Infantryman with leadership, operations, and functional staff experience in Light, Mechanized, Intelligence, Special Operations, and Airborne units - retired defense contractor with project and program expertise as a principal engineer, senior mission assurance manager, and senior continuous improvement engineer.  Developed and administered project and program team web sites with embedded process performance measures. "... make us to choose the harder right over the easier wrong, and never be content with a half truth when the whole truth can be won."  from The Cadet Prayer, United States Military Academy  

Chris Rohland

Board of Directors/Technical Advisor

703-879-2416Chris is a veteran of the United States Navy with decades of experience in enterprise-level information technology environments. His work spans multiple technical support roles for commercial and federal customers across all business and operational units. His  technical expertise includes design and support for multi-million dollar projects across geographically disbursed information systems, mission-critical operational aspects of commercial technology, and classified environments. His knowledge of the tech industry covers communications, cyber, data, physical layers, and operational security. As a board member and technical advisor, Chris brings his unique knowledge and perspective about technology best practices to the EPEC charitable mission.