Overview

March 2

Organizations are using data management to make data informed decisions that increase efficiency and help the organization achieve strategic goals.

Take the University of Southern California’s Keck Medical Center (KMC), which has used the latest data management and analytics tools to transform patient information into insights that reduce risk to patients and improve community health.

Positive outcomes like these aren’t limited to health and human services organizations – state and local departments of all kinds can benefit from from modernizing data management solutions.

Join Government Technology on March 2, 2023, to hear KMC officials discuss specific examples of how data analytics have helped them identify suspicious prescription activity, limit the abuse of controlled substances and much more. Our panel of public and private experts will also discuss how agencies like yours can unlock greater value from their data, including:

Best practices for serving and customizing data for use by diverse stakeholders.
Delivering data from internal and external source systems to investigators and analysts to make data informed decisions.
Enabling IT organizations to serve business units with the agility necessary to adapt to changing conditions and strategies

Speakers

Leon Lee

Senior Application Analyst, USC Keck Hospital

Leon Lee is a Senior Application Analyst. He has proven-record leadership experiences in BigData/Cloud operations, development and architecture. He has developed and led teams in the Media, Insurance and Health Care industry for over 10 years, with senior positions in TimeWarner, Disney, AAA and USC Keck. Leon holds a MEng, MS and MBA from University of Washington.

Jayanta Purkayastha

Enterprise Data Architect, Keck Medicine of USC

Jayanta (Jay) Purkayastha has over 28 years of experience in architecture, design and implementation of enterprise software applications, focusing on Healthcare, Banking, Telecom, etc. For the last 10 years, his focus has been on Big Data and Cloud technologies. He is currently an Enterprise Data Architect at Keck Medicine of USC.

Kyle Petrosino

Account Executive SLED WEST, Cloudera

Kyle Petrosino is a skilled account executive with over eight years of experience supporting the mission of numerous public sector organizations. Kyle works with state and local government and Higher Education organizations, helping them utilize data-driven insights to improve their operations and decision-making processes. With a deep understanding of the unique needs and challenges these organizations face, Kyle can effectively bring together the value of the software and align it to the organization's strategic objectives to showcase how it can be used to address specific issues. In addition to his business expertise, Kyle is highly knowledgeable about Institutional Research and can provide in-depth guidance supporting his clients to improve performance in key metrics such as student success.

Joe Panora — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Joe Panora has over 34 years of state public service with 14 years serving in correctional safety/public safety law enforcement as IT director/chief information officer (CIO). Panora was appointed by California Gov. Schwarzenegger and later by Gov. Brown to serve as director of Enterprise Information Services (EIS) for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) since January 2008. During his career, Joe has also served for the following departments: Caltrans, Franchise Tax Board, Employment Development Department, State Controller’s Office and California Youth Authority. Joe retired from state service as the director of EIS for CDCR in December 2014. In January 2015, Joe formed Panora Associates Inc.

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