Overview

July 14

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Mid-sized local governments see security as their top priority for modernizing their infrastructure in the next one to two years, and disaster recovery (DR) is one of their biggest drivers for moving to the cloud.

These are just a few takeaways from a recent Center for Digital Government survey looking at how local government leaders are moving forward with modernization and the challenges they face.

Join Government Technology on July 14 at 11 a.m. Pacific/2 p.m. Eastern for a one-hour webinar as we unpack results from the survey and discuss best practices for cloud implementation.

Register here to learn:

  • How you compare to your peers when it comes to priorities for infrastructure modernization
  • How to overcome some of the largest hurdles – including funding and staffing – as you focus on cloud adoption, security and DR planning
  • How you can boost ROI on your cloud journey

Speakers

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Jayson Dunn

Executive Government Advisor, Amazon Web Services

Jayson is a public sector technology subject matter expert with 20 years of city and county government experience. Prior to joining AWS Jayson served as the Director of the Hamilton County Communications Center where he had oversight of the county’s information technology, telecommunications, and emergency communications divisions. He also served as the Chief Information Officer for the City of Cincinnati where he led the city’s enterprise technology department, chaired the city’s I.T. Governance Board, and managed the city’s capital budget and project approval processes. Jayson also has a broad public sector technology background in cybersecurity, network operations, infrastructure management, public safety, and data analytics in a variety of county and city agencies. He also has experience in the private sector as a Business Analysis Manager with L3Harris where he was responsible for overseeing technology contracts and procurements totaling $350 million in annually.

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Danielle Hinz, CPPO

Executive Government Advisor, Amazon Web Services

Danielle is currently an Executive Government Advisor for Amazon Web Services (AWS) helping public sector customers on their digital transformation journey. Prior to joining Amazon in 2017, she worked in public procurement for over 20 years, including higher education and local government. As Chief Procurement Officer for King County, Washington, she led a $3 billion procure-to-pay organization and was responsible for sponsoring multiple Lean Six Sigma transformation projects that reduced cycle time and improved the customer experience. She led procurement technology and policy modernizations at multiple organizations, and served for over a decade in leadership roles with NIGP-Institute for Public Procurement, Rocky Mountain Government Purchasing Association, and Colorado Municipal League. She is a Certified Public Procurement Official and earned her Masters Degree in Public Administration.

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Otto Doll

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

As the Minneapolis CIO for seven-plus years, Mr. Doll was responsible for all city IT services. He also served as South Dakota's CIO for 15 years with responsibility for all state government computing, telecommunications, radio, and public broadcasting. While with IT research firms, Mr. Doll has advised Fortune 1000, federal, state, and local government CIOs on information technology assessment and alignment to business needs. He has served as a director with the United States General Services Administration, developing information technology strategic plans and oversight policy. Mr. Doll received his computer science degree from Virginia Tech and is a senior executive fellow of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is a past president of NASCIO — a national organization of state CIOs. He also is a past president of the Metropolitan Information Exchange (MIX) — a national organization of city and county CIOs. Mr. Doll was named to Government Technology's 2004 Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers.

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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, a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government and 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 directed the Office of Computing and Information Services (CIS), 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 many accomplishments, Brian developed the City of New York’s E-Government strategy, implemented the City’s award-winning nyc.gov website, and managed the City’s effort to address the Y2K technology challenge.

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