Overview

June 13

Governments have been moving quickly to adopt cloud technologies while still managing their legacy applications and infrastructure. In those efforts, some challenges have surfaced regarding professional development for IT teams.

What skills will your IT team need to support your cloud strategy and systems?
What workforce or organizational challenges will governments face when adopting cloud solutions?
Are your IT departments organized to support cloud systems and infrastructure?
How are IT organizations overcoming the ‘fear of the cloud’ and addressing cultural changes?
What are some best practices around building internal expertise and planning for the next-generation technology workforce?

Join us on June 13 at 11:00 a.m. Pacific/2:00 p.m. Eastern as we explore the skills needed to manage and support cloud solutions. We will also identify best practices that can help align your cloud strategy with your workforce development strategy.

Speakers

Travis Cutright

Chief Information Officer, City of Mesa, Arizona

Travis L. Cutright is a service oriented executive, with expertise in establishing and driving strategic direction, enhancing organizational value, and steering continuous improvement. Over the past 25 years, he has served in executive roles in the capacity of Chief Information Officer, Director of Information Technology, as well as Vice President and Regional Business Manager in both the private and public sectors. He possesses a Masters degree in Public Management from Northern Arizona University as well as a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration. He also has an Executive Certificate in Public Leadership from Harvard Kennedy School of Government. He is an active member of the International City/County Management Association (ICMA)

Kimberly LaGrue

Chief Information Officer, City of New Orleans

Kimberly Walker LaGrue heads the Office of Information Technology & Innovation for the City of New Orleans. She and her team deliver stable, IT services to city government and develop strategies to ensure equitable growth of technology services throughout New Orleans. In 2018, she was appointed Chief Information Officer by Mayor LaToya Cantrell, and assigned to lead the City’s digital equity and smart city strategies, driving the Mayor’s goal to provide all residents equal access to technology and make New Orleans a connected, data-driven smart city. A New Orleans native with over 25 years of IT experience, Kimberly has spent most of her career developing technology solutions for local government. She is the president of the Cities Today Leadership Institute-North America, and an advisory board member of the Internet of Things Consortium. As fierce advocate for local broadband development, she is personally committed to digital equity, digital literacy and connecting the under-served communities of New Orleans.

Araceli Guerra

Managing Director of Internal Services, City of El Paso

A dedicated public servant for nearly 16 years, Guerra began her career with the City of El Paso in 2006, providing support for enterprise applications. In 2010, she led the software team as the Application Administrator and in 2011 was part of the initiative to establish and lead the Information Technology Project Management Office, a first for the City of El Paso. She served as the Assistant Director for six years before being appointed Director of Information Technology Services, with focused efforts on customer service improvements. In her current role as the Managing Director for Internal Services she will provide oversight over the Department of Information Technology Services, the Human Resources Department and Performance Office. Guerra holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and Master of Science in Systems Engineering from the University of Texas at El Paso. She is a certified Project Management Professional, Lean Six-Sigma Green Belt, and a Senior Baldrige Examiner.

Brian Cohen — Moderator

Vice President, Center for Digital Government

Brian Cohen is the Vice President of the Center for Digital Government and Center Digital Education. Prior to joining the Center, Brian was Vice Chancellor and University CIO for the City University of New York (CUNY). As the Vice-Chancellor and University CIO at CUNY, Brian developed and managed the enterprise IT vision, strategy, and day-to-day technology operations of the University. His areas of focus included academic and business systems, cloud strategies, IT policies and procedures, Cybersecurity, project management, IT resiliency and disaster recovery, and network and telecommunications. Brian also served in leadership roles with the City of New York. Among his accomplishments are the City of New York’s E-Government strategy, the City’s award-winning nyc.gov website, and the City’s effort to address the Y2K technology challenge.

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