Overview

July 13

More than ever, technology companies are poised to revolutionize how government can serve its citizens and employees.

Iternal is one of those companies. By identifying specific communications challenges in the public sector and leveraging support from Amazon Web Services (AWS), Iternal has been able to partner with public agencies and begin to transform how government creates personalized content for citizens, government employees, and international visitors through different types of media.

Join Government Technology on July 13 at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern to learn how to innovate for state and local governments and their constituents. Participants will discover how to develop and ideate new technology solutions while streamlining operations and reducing costs.

Speakers

John Byron Hanby, IV

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Iternal Technologies, Inc.

Hanby is a passionate innovator and creator of better ways to connect people, knowledge, ideas, and experiences. As the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Iternal Technologies, he has lead development of technologies to transform interactions with citizens, employees, and customers. Previously, Hanby founded and ran the top rated film production company in Austin, Texas for nearly a decade. In that time he won more than 65 international film awards from The Academy for Motion Picture Arts and Sciences while a student at The University of Texas at Austin, SXSW Film Festival, and others. Hanby graduated from The University of Texas at Austin in 3 years as the top graduate of the film department at the Moody College of Communication and holds a 3rd Degree Black Belt from the World Tukong Moosul Federation.

Tony Mangefeste

Head of Service Creation, Amazon Web Services WWPS

Tony Mangefeste is the Head of Service Creation for AWS Worldwide Public Sector serving the Govtech, Edtech and Publishers market. Using his twenty-five years of experience in product development, he leads a team of business and technical experts who collaborate with our ISV partners to launch new products or services on AWS. As a six year veteran of AWS he’s been involved in eighteen product launches both internal to AWS and with our partners.

William (Bill) Rials — 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, where 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. He has served in CIO, CTO, and CISO roles for local governments and also in various leadership positions within the state of Mississippi’s IT organization as a deputy to the state CIO. Dr. Rials holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration from Belhaven University, a master’s degree in computer information systems and cybersecurity from Missouri State University, as well as a Ph.D. in higher education administration and public administration from Jackson State University. His dissertation research involved the critical factors that affect the adoption of cloud services within the public sector. He is a noted expert in the IT and cybersecurity space and is frequently quoted by national media outlets. He is also a frequent contributor to national IT government organizations such as NASTD and NASCIO.

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Leading a New Era of Innovation for Citizen Engagement