A New Performance Zone for Software for National Security

Hasan Yasar is the Technical Director of the Continuous Deployment of Capability group in the Software Solutions Division (SSD) of the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Software Engineering Institute (SEI). Hasan leads an engineering group to enable, accelerate, and assure transformation at the speed of relevance by leveraging Develops, Agile, Lean AI/ML, and other emerging technologies to create a Smart Software Platform/Pipeline. Hasan has more than 25 years� experience as a senior security engineer, software engineer, software architect, and manager in all phases of secure software development and information modeling processes. He specializes in secure software solutions design and development in the cybersecurity domain, including data-driven investigation and collaborative incident management; network security assessment; automated, large-scale malware triage/analysis; medical records management; accounting; simulation systems; and document management. He is also an adjunct faculty member in the CMU Heinz College and the Institute of Software Research.

Joseph Yankel is the initiative lead of the DevSecOps Innovations team at the SEI. His team works shoulder-to-shoulder with innovators to adapt modern ways of delivering software across the Department of Defense (DoD). The team collaborates broadly to rapidly, dependably, and securely deliver software-driven capability to meet evolving mission needs to maintain and expand strategic advantage. Yankel regularly engages with various aspects of the software industry as a QA Engineer, Software Engineer, Network Security Engineer, and team leader. He prioritizes taking on big challenges to continually learn and improve and to collaborate toward delivering impactful work. At CMU, Yankel is an adjunct faculty member in the School of Computer Science�s Executive Education program. A former Marine, Yankel gives back to the Department of Defense through fulfilling SEI's mission.

William Hayes is a Principal Engineer at Carnegie Mellon University Software Engineering Institute (CMU/SEI) where he leads the Agile Transformation Team. In this role, he leads a team of senior engineering and research staff who work to transform agile implementation concepts for diverse and novel applications in military, government, and highly restrictive contexts. Helping ambitious organizations doing critically important work, Mr. Hayes draws from his experience over 30 years at the SEI, working with software development organizations around the world. His current focus is on the acquisition, development, and sustainment of large-scale embedded weapons systems. The ambition of the DoD to achieve goals for rapid incremental delivery �at scale� is his primary mission. His congressional testimony of 2016 brought lessons from extensive research on agile in highly regulated settings, speaking to lawmakers about the needed change in oversight perspectives. Working in support of several operational USAF platforms, Mr. Hayes helps large DoD programs align personnel across communities of government oversight and industrial providers.