Overview

Hybrid and multi-cloud environments are the future of government computing. Agencies increasingly will use a mix of on-site and cloud-based resources to meet their current needs while modernizing to meet tomorrow’s demands. But hybrid strategies come with new challenges. A recent Center for Digital Government survey of state and local IT officials found that nearly half of them are worried that hybrid computing creates more work for IT staff and almost 70 percent are concerned their employees lack the skills to manage hybrid environments.

Join us Sept. 24 at 11 am PT/2 pm ET for an interactive webcast that will explore the opportunities and challenges of multi-cloud and hybrid computing. Our expert panel will cover:

Key components of a successful hybrid strategy
New tools for managing multi-cloud and hybrid environments
Approaches for automating policy and security at scale

Speakers

Miles Ward

CTO, SADA

As CTO at SADA, Miles leads SADA’s cloud strategy and solutions capabilities. His remit includes delivering next-generation solutions to challenges in big data and analytics, application migration, infrastructure automation, and cost optimization.

Previously, Miles served as Director and Global Lead for Solutions at Google Cloud. He founded the Google Cloud’s Solutions Architecture practice, and launched hundreds of solutions. Before Google, Miles helped build the AWS Solutions Architecture team and wrote the first AWS Well Architected framework.

Mike Kulinski

Sr. Business Development Manager, SADA

As Sr. Business Development Manager, Mike leads SADA's Government sales and account management organization. In his role, Mike helps Federal, State, and Local governments and agencies "Go Google" offering expertise in G Suite, GCP, Chrome, Google Cloud Search, and Google Maps. In addition, Mike manages SADA's relationship with Google's government distribution network and SADA's contract vehicles. Before this role at SADA, Mike was an Air Traffic Controller for the FAA.

Patrick Moore — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Patrick Moore has spent his career working to improve government and its responsiveness to citizens. Patrick spent 8 years working for Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue, serving as state CIO from 2006-2010. During that time Patrick led a transformational restructuring of the state's technology function, establishing a new model for Georgia’s IT strategy. Upon leaving Georgia’s government Patrick served in client facing and sales executive roles with HP Enterprise Services where he focused on building and delivering solutions for state and local governments. Patrick now serves as managing partner for Integris Applied, a management consulting firm focused on CIOs and their organizations. Patrick is a noted expert in the state and local government technology space and a Government Technology “Top 25 Doer, Dreamer and Driver.” He is a frequent contributor to industry organizations including the Center for Digital Government and NASCIO.

Webinar

Making Hybrid and Multi-Cloud Work for Government