The Rise of Platform Engineering in Government

Joshua Bockowski is a federal strategist and former solutions architect with 20+ years of IT experience. For the past 15 years, he has supported modernization initiatives across U.S. Army Program Executive Offices (PEOs) and Program/Project Management Offices (PMOs). He joined CDW in February 2026 as part of the Industry Strategist Team, helping lead Army focused strategy.

Mr. George Lamb is the Director of Cloud and Software Modernization in the Office of the DOD CIO.  He leads the team responsible for the DOD strategy, planning, and when necessary building capability and processes used in DOD missions.  Mr. Lamb joined the DOD/CIO four years ago after a career working across the Federal and Civilian technical community.  He was a global staff engineer at Dell advising clients on open network across the US North-East and the Federal sectors.  He also was the Federal Systems Engineer at Nicira, a Silicon Valley startup that invented network virtualization and was acquired by VMware and became the NSX product line.  And he spent 10 years at IBM as a Chief Architect and Technical Systems Manager for the U.S. Intelligence Community.

He is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University with a B.S. degree. in Pure Mathematics and Professional Writing and from the University of Delaware with a M.S. degree in Computer Science.  He was also an elected director of the Northern Virginia Soil and Water Conservation District.

Dave Raley is the Chief Digital Business Officer at Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS), where he leads enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives that directly impact the quality of life for Marines and their families. As the founder of MCCS’s innovation capability and the architect behind its customer experience (CX) modernization strategy, Dave has redefined how mission-critical services are delivered across the Marine Corps.

He is the visionary behind Operation StormBreaker, a pioneering DevSecOps and pipeline-as-a-service framework that accelerates secure software delivery across the Department of Defense. Under his leadership, MCCS achieved the Marine Corps’ first authority-to-operate (ATO) via automated continuous delivery—setting a new benchmark for speed, compliance, and agility in government software development.

Dave’s work has been featured in FedScoop, Federal News Network, GovCIO Media & Research, and the ATARC Federal IT Newscast podcast, where he shares insights on agile ATOs, CX innovation, and cloud modernization. His efforts have saved MCCS an estimated $100K per application per month by reducing the cost of delay and streamlining acquisition and accreditation processes.

A frequent speaker at DoD and federal IT events, Dave brings a mission-first mindset to every conversation—bridging the gap between emerging technology and operational impact.

Ron Stimbert is based out of San Diego, CA and has over 20 years in the IT technology field. He is new to the industry strategist team, having been the Navy’s Agency Consulting Architect at CDW for the last 4 years. Ron has lead IT integration and engineering teams across several Navy programs with a focus on the operational constraints of shipboard networks.