Overview

September 24
10AM PT, 1PM ET

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For city managers and department directors, constituent service is a leadership mandate with consequences that extend well beyond the contact center. Long hold times, blind transfers and after-hours dead ends shape how residents experience their government — and can ultimately influence public trust, council conversations, local headlines and resident satisfaction scores.

In this session, we'll walk through a real before-and-after from a municipal contact center. You will see what the resident experience looked like when routine inquiries overwhelmed staff, and what changed when smarter routing and 24/7 self-service handled the calls that didn't need a human.

No feature lists. No vendor pitch. Just an honest look at what modern government contact centers are doing differently and what it means for the residents they serve.

You will learn:

  • A practical framework for identifying where contact centers lose resident trust today
  • A realistic picture of what phased modernization looks like
  • The right questions to ask before your next vendor conversation

Speakers

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Josh Dolby

US State and Local Government Leader, Zoom

Josh Dolby is a technology leader at Zoom with nearly two decades of experience spanning State, Local, Education and Enterprise markets.

Josh brings a deep expertise in all modalities of collaboration technology, VAR and channel partner development, and multi-stakeholder engagement across government and higher education accounts.

At Zoom, Josh leads the U.S. State & Local team, working alongside agencies and institutions to align technology to their mission, budget cycles, and stakeholder priorities.

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Phil Bertolini — Moderator

Chief Delivery Officer, e.Republic

Phil Bertolini is the Chief Delivery Officer of e.Republic, the parent company of the Center for Digital Government. Previously, he served as deputy county executive and CIO for Oakland County, Michigan.

During his 31-year tenure, Phil built a world-class IT organization in the second-largest county in Michigan, just north of Detroit. As Oakland County CIO, he oversaw more than 150 employees serving over 1.2 million residents. In 2005, he was also promoted to deputy county executive, holding dual positions until his retirement.

Phil’s efforts earned the county national attention, winning numerous awards for technology innovation and excellence. He was named one of Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year and Government Technology Magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers. He was also honored by the President Obama White House as a Champion of Change for 2012.