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Donald W. Upson, former Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia is the current president of ICG Government, a government management and consulting practice. Prior to that, Upson was president and CEO of Upson Group, LLC, an innovative technology consulting business he began in March of 2002 following his tenure as the Commonwealth of Virginia�s first Secretary of Technology in 1998. During his term of service to the Commonwealth, Upson took the initiative in addressing the needs of State and local government and presided as Chairman of the Governor�s Council on Technology Services (COTS). As the Secretary of Technology, Upson served on several Boards, Councils and Committees such as the VIPNET Authority, Virginia�s Center for Innovative Technology Board of Directors, College of Integrated Science & Technology Executive Advisory Council, Virginia�s Workforce Council, VGIN Advisory Board, and Virginia�s Commercial Space Flight Authority Board. He has served on many boards, councils, and committees. Upson has been a seven-time honoree and two-time judge for Federal Computer Week�s Federal 100, which lists the top 100 government and industry leaders in the federal information technology market. He has been a keynote speaker at e-government and technology conferences in the United States and abroad, including Italy, Brazil, Egypt, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Donald W. Upson has a wealth of experience with technology at both the federal and state level. | 