Overview

June 22

Artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are solving organizations' operational challenges and helping answer age-old data questions. Many mid-sized local governments are unpacking the rising topic and exploring AI/ML implementation strategies to optimize citizen services.

How can mid-sized local governments approach AI/ML services to support the explosive growth in data?

Join Government Technology and Amazon Web Services (AWS) on June 22, 2023, at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET to learn how government organizations can fuel innovation with cloud services and identify key considerations for their AI/ML initiatives. Our panel of thought leaders will cover foundational elements, including:

AI/ML use cases
Best practices for data management and governance
Ways to build and empower the skills of the current workforce

Speakers

Tami Fillyaw

Finance & Administration Leader, Amazon Web Services

Tami Fillyaw is the Finance and Administration (F&A) Leader at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Her role is to help state and local government agencies leverage the cloud to improve business operations, financial performance, and customer interactions. Prior to AWS, Tami served 22 years in Florida government leading statewide policy initiatives and enterprise operations as the state’s Deputy Chief Financial Officer, Deputy Secretary of Workforce Operations, and Chief of Staff. During her time in public service, she founded Florida’s transparency portal for state expenditures and contracts, modernized the state’s $2.7 billion group health plan, and transformed HR, retirement, and procurement functions using cloud-based tools.

Carlos Rivero

Executive Government Advisor, Amazon Web Services

Carlos Rivero is a public sector data practice subject matter expert with over 27 years of experience in federal and state government and higher education. Carlos is an Amazon Web Services (AWS) Executive Government Advisor focused on State and Local Government within the AWS Worldwide Public Sector. Rivero was the first Chief Data Officer for the Commonwealth of Virginia leveraging data-driven intelligence products to inform actionable decisions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He developed a statewide data trust as the legal framework to facilitate data sharing across public and private entities; a centralized entity resolution service mapping individuals across multiple data systems to support longitudinal studies; a secure cloud-based data sharing platform as the technical implementation of the data trust; an enterprise reporting system to facilitate the development and delivery of data-driven intelligence products; and a governance structure that engaged leaders from across the organization in the data conversation.

Craig Orgeron

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Dr. Orgeron has extensive information technology experience in both the private sector and the federal and state level of the public sector. Currently, Dr. Orgeron is Professor of Management Information Systems in the Else School of Management at Millsaps College. After beginning his career as a communications-computer systems officer in the United States Air Force, he served as the Executive Director of the Mississippi Department of Information Technology Services (ITS) and Chief Information Officer for the State of Mississippi. In this role, Dr. Orgeron provided statewide leadership in the provision of services that facilitated cost-effective information processing and telecommunication solutions for Mississippi government agencies and institutions.

Teri Takai — Moderator

Senior Vice President, Center for Digital Government

Teri Takai is the Senior Vice President of the Center for Digital Government, a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government. She worked for Ford Motor Company for 30 years in global application development and information technology strategic planning. From Ford, she moved to EDS in support of General Motors. A long-time interest in public service led her to the government sector, first as CIO of the State of Michigan, then as CIO of the State of California, and subsequently the CIO of the U.S. Department of Defense, the first woman appointed to this role. She then served as the CIO for Meridian Health Plan. She is a member of several industry advisory boards. Teri has won numerous awards including Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year, CIO Magazine’s CIO Hall of Fame, Government Technology Magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers, the Women in Defense Excellence in Leadership Award, and the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

Webinar

Exploring Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Local Government