ITPA Annual Gala: June 2025

This event offers a professional platform to connect, learn, and grow within the industry. This event offers valuable insights and professional development opportunities. Join us in celebrating our award winners, sponsors & charities with Guest Speaker Jamie Holcombe, CIO of USPTO (Pending Approval). ITPA Annual Awards Dinner & Gala: June 2025
Our annual dinner meeting is traditionally held every June at Westwood Country Club in Vienna, Virginia. Our guest speakers from the current and past seasons as well as sponsors are invited to attend. This dinner serves as a celebration of all that the ITPA NCC members and sponsors have achieved during the preceding year and includes the presentation of donations to our supported charitable organizations! Additionally, new board members, including board leadership positions for the upcoming year, are presented.
Our Guest Speaker for this years Annual Awards Dinner & Gala isJamie Holcombe, CIO of U.S. Patent & Trademark Office. (Pending Approval)
Henry (Jamie) Holcombe is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). In this role, he is the principal advisor on the development and operations of its information systems and technology. Noted accolades include winning the agency’s first “CIO 100” award for strides in artificial intelligence and machine learning. Prior to USPTO, Mr. Holcombe served in executive level positions at various firms. At the Harris Corporation, Mr. Holcombe served as the Vice-President and General Manager of Caprock Government Solutions (CGS), a communications provider to the U.S. Government.
Prior to CGS, Mr. Holcombe served as Harris’ VP of Information Technology and Director of Civil Programs and Commercial Accounts. He also served as VP of Information Systems for the Universal Service Administrative Company under the oversight of the Federal Communications Commission; as Chief Technology Officer, SPV of Operations, and Corporate Secretary for the Globix Corporation; and as the CIO of Cambrian Communications. LLC. He has also been an architect and principal consultant to commercial telecommunications, retail entertainment, and mutual insurance companies.
He graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a Bachelor of Science degree, finishing first in his class in computer science. He earned a Master of Business Administration degree in information systems from Chaminade University in Honolulu, and a Master of Science degree in computer science from George Washington University.