Heidi Picher Dempsey is the Operations & Integration Manager for the GPO. Heidi has been a senior technical manager in communications networking for over 20 years and is a deputy department leader at BBN. She was hardware project manager for BBN’s first commercial IP router and quickly acquired system engineering expertise in planning, executing, and managing design and deployments for IP networks. Heidi was a project manager and engineer on the Terrestrial Wideband Network, the Defense Simulation Internet, the UK FatPipe, and other networks that served both research and government communities. Heidi also has extensive experience in public speaking at industry conferences and Internet standards meetings.