Overview

April 8

The regulatory software industry has long struggled to keep pace with change. As a result, the government agencies it served haven't been able to adapt quickly to new regulations and policies and deliver innovative digital services to their constituents.

The City of Dothan, Alabama, saw an opportunity to solve this challenge. When they needed to replace legacy applications that were being de-supported, they undertook a city-wide digital transformation to adopt a more robust, unified platform of cloud applications for permitting and licensing, enterprise resource planning (ERP), human capital management (HCM), utility billing, and constituent services.

Join Dothan's IT Director and leadership from the city's technology partners at Oracle to dive into the results Dothan has seen from utilizing a unified cloud platform - such as increasing staff efficiency, gaining valuable insights across their enterprise, and boosting their capabilities to deliver better constituent services.

Save the Date: Monday, April 8, 2024, at 11 AM PT/2 PM ET

You'll Learn:

The steps Dothan, Alabama, took on its journey from legacy systems to a unified cloud platform.
The benefits of a single-vendor approach that includes the technology platform, connectivity across applications, and support.
The importance of choosing a business solution that drives continuous agency improvement and delivers government regulatory services that meet constituents' expectations.
What optimum collaboration between governments and technology partners looks like, and how to get there.

Speakers

Bill Rials, Ph.D. — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

William (Bill) Rials, Ph.D., is a professor and associate director (department chair) of the Tulane University School of Professional Advancement IT and Cybersecurity Program. He focuses on continually delivering and updating the program curriculum based on innovative and emerging technologies. Before transitioning to academia and higher education, he had a diverse gov tech career delivering value to state agencies, local governments, and law enforcement agencies throughout the state of Mississippi.

Paco Aubrejuan

Oracle SVP of Product Strategy & Development

Paco Aubrejuan is senior vice president of development for Oracle Applications. His team is responsible for all aspects of application delivery and maintenance for key Oracle solutions. Prior to this role, he was vice president of industry product strategy, responsible for defining the product roadmap for industry solutions across the JD Edwards, PeopleSoft, Siebel, and Oracle lines of business. Aubrejuan joined Oracle through the PeopleSoft acquisition in 2005. Prior to PeopleSoft, he was a senior manager at Accenture, a leading professional services consulting firm. He was responsible for business and IT strategy, change management, and application implementation within Accenture's communication industry group. Aubrejuan has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the University of California at Santa Barbara.

Nikki Kerns

Interim Director of Information Technology

Nikki has developed a passion for technology from a career spanning more than 15 years in technology in both the private and public sector. She is currently the Interim Director of Information Technology for Dothan, Alabama. Prior to assuming this role, Nikki was the program manager for the implementation of Oracle’s cloud applications – a 4-year transformation project across all 13 departments in the City. In addition to this, Nikki had specific responsibility as the product owner for Oracle Permitting and Licensing. Prior to joining the City, Nikki served in various roles in the private sector where she delivered technology projects and provided strategy development and execution oversight across multiple teams.

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