Bill Stewart retired in January of 2021 after 50 years of experience with Information Technology solutions. Over 25 of those years were spent supporting the Federal government in operationalizing Big Data for information analytics, situational awareness, Cyber, and C5ISR, and mobile solutions to share that information securely and he held a TS/SCI clearance. He is the author of several white papers on the topic of standards for information sharing and using semantic analytics to support those standards and has spoken at several conferences on that topic.

Bill holds a Bachelor’s degree from Georgetown and a Master’s degree from Columbia and is a Past President of the AFCEA Northern Virginia chapter.

He has been a lifelong Republican but could not support the reelection of Donald Trump in 2020 and has been highly frustrated by Congressional infighting being more important than passing needed legislation. He became aware of the Forward party in early 2022 and participated in several activities for getting signatures to get the Forward Party on the Maryland ballot. The discussions he had with people signing the petition made a significant impression that the frustration with our electoral processes spanned political affiliations, age, gender, and race. He volunteered to take on the Outreach role for the Maryland Forward Party, talking to people considering becoming a volunteer and helping them find roles that fit their interests and availability. He is now the Chair of our Outreach Committee.