Overview

July 26

State and local government agencies face multiple – often interrelated – challenges to strengthening resilience. Growing cybersecurity threats must be addressed. Vulnerable legacy systems require modernization. Digital services for employees and the public need to be expanded, but agencies often lack the money and the staff to take on these projects.

Join Government Technology on July 26 at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern to learn how your agency can use a comprehensive services-based approach to confront these and other critical issues. We’ll explore how partnering with a service provider can help agencies cost-effectively augment internal staff skills and fill technology gaps to accelerate digital transformation and improve organizational resilience. This live webcast will team former Commonwealth of Virginia IT leaders Nelson Moe and Jonathan Ozovek with experts from the Center for Government for a practical conversation on addressing real-world challenges. You’ll hear:

New research on how agencies are using cloud, managed services and other approaches today — and where they plan to expand these efforts in the future
How agencies can leverage Resilience-as-a-Service to eliminate service failure points and maintain successful business outcomes
Tips for choosing the right IT service partner, controlling costs and more

Speakers

Nelson Moe

Sales Strategy Principal for SLED, Iron Bow

Nelson P. Moe is a high energy, results-driven executive with proven track record of success and superior leadership in enterprise IT. Nelson recently served as the chief information officer (CIO) of the Commonwealth and led the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA). He was appointed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe effective June 8, 2015 and reappointed by Gov. Ralph Northam on March 28, 2018. As CIO, he led a 220-person organization responsible for oversight on the IT infrastructure services as well as governance of the Commonwealth’s IT procurements, cyber security and enterprise architecture. Nelson is now the Sales Strategy Principal for SLED at Iron Bow.

Jonathan Ozovek

Chief Transformation Officer for SLED, Iron Bow

Jonathan Xavier Ozovek was the inaugural Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), the central technology agency for the Commonwealth of Virginia. At VITA, Ozovek was a transformational and innovative force, providing a relentless focus on driving customer success through technology by digitally transforming the constituent experience with government. Under his leadership, VITA dramatically improved time to market for new technology services, implemented robust cybersecurity defenses and achieved record customer agency satisfaction. All of this was accomplished while driving financial optimization, saving the Commonwealth more than $200 million dollars over four fiscal years. Ozovek also has extensive experience in the private sector across healthcare, consulting, financial services and technology.

Deb Snyder — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Deborah is an accomplished C-level executive, influencer and educator who has dedicated her career to improving state and local government services for the citizens of New York state through policy and technology innovation. She has a broad range of experience in government, policy, cybersecurity, privacy and information technology. She recently retired from the position of New York state’s chief information security officer, where she led the state’s cybersecurity programs and directed the NYS Cyber Command Center. She works with organizations and universities to strengthen cybersecurity defenses and preparedness, and to create and inspire the next generation of cyber leaders.

Webinar

Resilience-as-a-Service: A holistic approach for addressing today's challenges