Overview

July 25

In today’s world, public transparency requirements are prevalent, which can have a significant impact on construction project outcomes. As more requirements emerge, government agencies are challenged with increased scrutiny, greater pressure to deliver on time and within budget, and the need to provide timely and accurate updates to stakeholders.

Leveraging technology can assist agencies to be accountable for how they manage projects and costs. However, things can still go wrong, whether it’s corruption or the collapse of a building. Managing multiple sources of funds, cost and all other components of a project within a centralized platform enables full visibility. And this data allows agencies to discover what may have gone wrong when challenges arise.

In this webinar, our panel of experts will discuss:

Public transparency expectations and how they drive the way public funding is managed for government construction projects
Strategies for achieving transparency and accountability with internal and external stakeholders
How tech can enhance transparency, improve oversight, enhance reporting and promote stakeholder engagement and trust

Speakers

Cari Stieglitz

President, Campos Sage

Cari Stieglitz brings global experience with program management start up and governance for large and small programs through actionable plans. With an emphasis on business process consulting for project management offices, Cari has successfully balanced people, processes and tools for organizations since 2003. The Campos Sage president has grown her project and portfolio management skills through engaging facilitation of project subject areas and how they impact technology, staff culture and adoption. By applying techniques that create value, Cari has helped private and public organizations organize project, program and portfolio management processes to support the lifecycle view of capital, small and operational projects. She has adapted PMI, ISO 21500 and other standards to meet the needs of organizations.

Grant Wruble

Director of Customer Success, Kahua

Grant Wruble is Kahua’s Director of Customer Success focused on ensuring Customers obtain maximum value from their investment in Kahua. During his 2.5 years at Kahua, Grant has also helped grow Kahua’s Partner Program, working with 50+ organizations to ensure quality delivery of unique solutions for the AEC market. Grant’s background is in consulting where he delivered enterprise cloud transformations focused primarily on finance and core business operations functions within the US Federal Government and Technology, Media, and Telecom (TMT) industries. Grant has been engaged with several data transparency initiatives as part of broader digital transformations including the USDA’s compliance with the 2014 Data Act and Verizon’s 2018 external reporting re-segmentation.

Craig Orgeron — Moderator

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. Dr. Orgeron has served as an Executive Government Advisor with Amazon Web Services (AWS), President of the National Association of State Chief Information Officers (NASCIO) and on the Executive Committee of the Multi-State Information Sharing & Analysis Center (MS-ISAC), as well as participated in numerous government information technology task forces and committees, such as the Mississippi Broadband Task Force, the Digital Signature Committee, the Electronic Government Task Force, and the Governor’s Commission on Digital Government, which led to the implementation of the enterprise electronic government in Mississippi. Dr. Orgeron holds a bachelor’s degree in MIS, a master’s degree and doctorate in public policy and administration from Mississippi State University. Dr. Orgeron is a certified public manager and a graduate of the Senator John C. Stennis State Executive Development Institute, as well as the Institute on International Digital Government Research, and the Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government Executive Education Series, Leadership for a Networked World, Cybersecurity: The Intersection of Policy and Technology, and the Harvard Business Analytics Program (HBAP).

Webinar

How Government Agencies Address Transparency Demands