Contributors
Joseph Bagley
Kellyann Few
Gunnar Hellekson
Joe Bagley received both his Master’s and Bachelor’s degrees from Texas A&M in Commerce, Texas.
Kellyann Few is the Chief Environmental Officer of Earthlite Management Strategies, LLC. She is an
He is a certified Lean Six Sigma Expert, Wave 4, Raytheon Company, May 2000.
Environmental Engineer and successful business development expert striving to share her knowledge of the entrepreneurship process to empower the community of striving entrepreneurs. Ms. Few has over 20 years of experience creating process improvement solutions for the Federal Government in a variety of sector areas.
Gunnar Hellekson is the Chief Technology Strategist for Red Hat’s US Public Sector group, where he works with systems integrators and government agencies to encourage the use of open source software in government.
He spent most of his career in the Defense industry including LTV Aerospace and Defense, E-Systems, Raytheon Company and Kaman Aerospace. His experience includes Quality Management, Lean Six Sigma Project Management and Manufacturing Engineering Project Management. He currently just finished mentoring Engineering graduate students at Case Western University in Cleveland, Ohio for their Green Belt certification project at The Composites Group where he is currently employed.
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Hellekson is co-chair of Open Source for America and has been named one of Federal Computer Week’s Fed 100 and one of the FedScoop 50 for industry innovation. Hellekson’s topics of expertise include crossdomain security, edge innovation and interagency collaboration through the open source model. Prior to joining Red Hat, Hellekson worked as a developer, systems administrator and IT director for a series of internet businesses. He has also been a business and IT consultant to not-forprofit organizations in New York City. During that time, he spearheaded the reform of safety regulations for New York’s electrical utilities.