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 Mr.
Szakal is Distinguished Engineer and Chief Architect of the
IBM Federal Software Group.
His responsibilities include
developing e-Government software architectures using IBM
middleware and managing the IBM federal government software
IT architect team.
Mr. Szakal holds undergraduate degrees in Biology and Computer
Science and a Masters Degree in Computer Science from James
Madison University.
IBM has repeatedly recognized him for his role in building
the IBM federal government software business. Mr. Szakal
has been a driving force behind IBM's adoption of federal
government IT standards and is a member of the IBM Software
Group Strategy Team. He and his architect team have been
responsible for helping the federal government move e-Government
into the On-Demand era. His team has been directly involved
with multiple high profile successful government software
and services engagements based on open standards and open
source. These engagements include the following programs:
US Air Force GCSS-IF, Department of Education Office of Student
Financial Aid Modernization, FBI Trilogy, IRS Modernization,
Customs Modernization, SSA Modernization and the e-filing
initiatives at the USDA.
Mr. Szakal is a proponent of service oriented and web services
based enterprise architectures and participates in open standards
and open source product development initiatives within IBM.
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