Overview

March 22

Governments are turning to hybrid cloud to meet some of today’s most pressing challenges, and it’s working. Agencies nationwide have made major improvements to mission-critical operations like public service delivery and emergency response as a result of hybrid cloud adoption.

But to ensure continued success, governments need hybrid cloud strategies that address cloud costs. As agencies embrace the efficiencies that come with cloud, they must also implement data-driven control and governance to ensure costs are not excessive or unnecessary.

Join Government Technology for a webinar on March 22, 2023, at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern to hear a panel of subject matter experts weigh in on how agencies can take advantage of cost-saving opportunities within their hybrid cloud environments.

Attend the webinar to learn:

What drives cloud cost
How to address cloud costs
How agencies can use hybrid cloud to drive sustainability

Speakers

Ted Dubois

Director of Hybrid Cloud Solutions, Hitachi Vantara

Ted is a Director of Hybrid Cloud Solutions for Hitachi Vantara. He has spent the past 15+ years working across both the energy and technology industries, focused on helping customers solve complex issues and address emerging pain points. Ted is currently responsible for helping execute a Global Hybrid Cloud Strategy to help customers meet their demands for Hybrid Cloud Solutions and XaaS consumption models in the U.S.

Sean McSpaden — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

experience in the private, non-profit, and public sectors. His background includes the start-up and management of several small businesses and he has served on the Board of Directors or in Executive Director positions for several 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. Sean’s public service experience includes progressively responsible positions as an IT analyst, and in statewide coordination, management and leadership positions within the Executive and Legislative branches of Oregon state government. From June 2008 to September 2013, served as the state of Oregon’s Deputy State Chief Information Officer. Throughout his 23-year tenure in Oregon state government, Sean and the teams he has led have received several state, regional and national recognitions and awards. In addition, Sean has represented the state of Oregon on numerous state, regional and national project steering committees, task forces, governing boards, committees, commissions and associations, and has presented on various topics at local, state, regional, national, and international meetings and conferences. Sean earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and Certificate of Public Management from the Willamette University, Atkinson Graduate School of Management. Sean is an ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM), holds a PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, and is a Zachman Certified Enterprise Architect Associate. Sean also holds a Secret level clearance granted by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Webinar

Clean Up Your Agency's Cloud Costs