Solving our clients’ problems, in a way that makes their world better, is what drives me. In the life of a product person, there are only very few times when you have the opportunity to really redefine an industry to make a dent in the world. When you can do that with a bunch of “A” players that are working as a team and focused on getting things done – not themselves- and with exciting new technologies, this is the best combination. This gig is that. Pushing ourselves to do better at every iteration, learning new things every day and having a lot of fun doing it.

Bryan Cole is an ADM Chief Technologist at Micro Focus. He has extensive experience in the quality assurance industry stretching back over 20 years, and has had roles as a consultant, product manager, presales engineer, and enterprise architect. He conducts a lot of market research, and has extensive knowledge of containerization, artificial intelligence, and DevOps industry trends. He resides in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and enjoys history and technology.

Alan is Executive Vice President of e.Republic and Publisher of Government Technology magazine and Techwire. In this role, Alan is involved in the annual production of dozens of events as well as the strategic direction for Governing, Government Technology, Emergency Management, the Center for Digital Government and the Center for Digital Education. Alan is also the senior executive that has overall charge of e.Republic’s research organization which includes, custom research, the Digital Government and Digital Education Navigator tool and the Content Studio (webinars and custom content).
Alan has been a guest lecturer at universities and a frequent speaker for key government and industry organizations. For over 35 years, Alan has worked with industry, education and government officials to help them better understand the importance and use of information technology. Alan received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration at California State University, Sacramento.

With more than 25 years of experience running government organizations and leading transformational change, Tim Dupuis is both the Chief Information Officer and Registrar of Voters for Alameda County. As Chief Information Officer, Tim is passionate about the shift in traditional IT as it quickly becomes a leading force in government innovation. Tim leads Alameda County’s Information Technology Department, providing strategic direction and management for the organization’s Infrastructure, Program Management, Applications and Digital Services. He is responsible for developing enterprise solutions that solve business challenges, engage the community and reduce IT costs for over 9,700 employees and over 1.6 million constituents.

Bri Haralson has spent the past decade partnering with public sector organizations and their leaders to improve business outcome. Currently, she is responsible for growing Nintex’s government footprint in the West – helping state and local agencies digitally transform government operations, services, and engagement to accelerate public outcomes in health, education, safety, and more.

Dr. Dominique Harrison is the Director of the Technology Policy Program at the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. The program is dedicated to exploring the impact of emerging technologies and developing legislative strategies to improve the lives of Black communities. She focuses on platform accountability, broadband access and adoption, and privacy & algorithmic fairness.
Before her current role, Dr. Harrison served as Project Director in the Aspen Digital Program at the Aspen Institute, where she conceived, developed, and led projects at the intersection of media, technology, and public policy. She also served as the primary thought-leader on efforts related to justice, equity, race, and technology.
Before joining the Institute, Dr. Harrison worked as a communications fellow at the United Nations Development Program Washington, D.C. office and as a monitoring and evaluation consultant at Internews, where she helped develop a published report on women-focused media development.
Her previous academic appointments include faculty and instructor positions at Howard University, the University of Texas at Austin, and Trinity Washington University.
Dr. Harrison earned her B.S. in Advertising from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, an M.A. in Media Studies from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Ph.D. in Technology, Policy and Society from Howard University.

Brian Linder is an Emerging Threats Expert and Evangelist in Check Point’s Office of the CTO, specializing in the Modern Secured Workforce. Brian has appeared multiple times on CNBC, Fox, ABC, NBC, CBS, and NPR radio, and hosts Check Point’s CoffeeTalk Podcast and Weaponizers Underground, and has teamed on keynote CyberTalks at Check Point’s CPX360 events. For 20+ years, Brian has been an advisor at the C-level to firms big and small in financial, legal and telecommunications, on next generation cybersecurity solutions and strategies for cloud, mobile, and network. Brian holds a B.S. in computer science from Drexel University and an M.S. in Information Science from the Pennsylvania State University. (Optional Bumper – skip or use): In his spare time, Brian competes in Ironman 70.3 triathlons and a host of other multisport events, and is grateful to be raising beautiful twin teenage daughters, which is no doubt his most challenging race of all! Brian's energy and engaging presentation style and energy keeps audiences on their toes!

Rob Lloyd is CIO for the City of San José, California, directing the diverse civic technology portfolio for the nation’s tenth largest municipality. The City organization consists of 7,000 employees and carries a $4.7 billion total budget, all serving over one million residents in the heart of Silicon Valley. The City’s quest: To be as innovative as the community we serve.
Over two decades, Rob has held C-level roles in the technology, government, and utilities sectors in California, Arizona, Oregon, and Colorado. His teams have earned over 25 national awards for customer engagement, attaining operational excellence through technology, and for innovative programs.

Michael is the City Chief information Security Officer for the City and County of San Francisco. He leads the cybersecurity division, located in the Department of Technology, and serves City departments by securing sensitive data and technology assets, assessing and managing security risk, and thwarting attempted cyberattacks. The cybersecurity team is also tasked with actively monitoring systems, creating cybersecurity policies that empower departments and commissions and promoting cybersecurity best practices within the City departments.
Prior to joining the City and County of San Francisco, Michael served Kaiser Permanente as the Director of Technology Risk Strategy and Governance. He has over 15 years of experience leading and building security teams in both private and government sectors. Michael is a Co-Chair of the Ethics Committee and is a Fellow of the Information Systems Security Association (ISSA), the largest international organization of information security professionals. He earned his Bachelor’s at DePaul University and graduated with a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

In 2018, Ms. Massey became the Chief Information Officer for Marin County, CA. Prior to joining Marin County, she served as a technology executive in several state and local government agencies, including San Francisco and the City of LA. During her career, Ms. Massey was also President and CEO of a non-profit technology organization, as well as the founder and CEO of a successful public sector consulting firm. She served as a Senior Fellow with the Center for Digital Government and Education, an award-winning Columnist for Public CIO Magazine, Assistant Professor for the University of Maryland, and an adjunct professor in the Executive MBA program at University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
Ms. Massey has been a member of numerous Boards of Directors and government task forces and is a frequent speaker at conferences and contributor to numerous publications. She has received several awards throughout her career including being recognized as a Government Technology Top 25 Doer, Dreamer & Driver of Public Sector Innovation and as one of Nashville’s Top Business and Civic Leaders. She even had the opportunity to accept two Daytime Emmy Awards on behalf of the government television channel she managed in Los Angeles.

Mr. Montgomery is a Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer at Dell Technologies. Chris helps public sector organizations align their business objectives with a supporting IT Strategy that enables digital transformation.
Chris is a well-respected advisor, having held CIO, CTO and CISO positions within NYC and NJ government. As former CTO, Chris has developed cloud migration strategies and implemented multiple cloud solutions using in public, private, and hybrid architectures. Chris holds multiple security and risk management certifications, and as a former CISO, he built information security and risk management programs from the ground up in highly regulated environments. During his tenure in NYC Government, Chris led multiple smart city and digital transformation projects modernizing legacy technology, having a positive impact with the way that citizens and businesses interact with City government.
He is recognized in the industry as a thought leader for organizational change management associated with technology modernization.

Gabriel Mullen is a Senior Sales Engineer with Snowflake. Gabe has spent his career working with government customers in a variety of different capacities leveraging technology to meet business goals. He spent 3.5 years as a Solutions Architect at the SAS Institute helping California departments focus on analytical modernization. Before that Gabriel spent about a decade with local systems integrators based in Sacramento, CA designing, developing and implementing technology projects for State and Federal government. He has experience designing OLTP/OLAP databases, custom software development, deploying API interfaces for a Healthcare Data Exchange, and migrating on-prem systems to the cloud.

Eva Pereira is the Deputy Chief Data Officer for the Mayor’s Office at the City of Los Angeles. Her team leads the delivery of a wide range of data projects around topics like racial equity, census outreach, COVID response, and more. The team recently won the 2020 City Innovator award from Harvard University’s Technology & Entrepreneurship Center and was recognized as an Open Cities Index award winner for the City’s open data program.

Teri Takai is vice president of the Center for Digital Government, a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government. She worked for Ford Motor Company for 30 years in global application development and information technology strategic planning. From Ford, she moved to EDS in support of General Motors. A long-time interest in public service led her to the government sector, first as CIO of the State of Michigan, then as CIO of the State of California and, subsequently, the CIO of the U.S. Department of Defense, the first woman appointed to this role. She then served as the CIO for Meridian Health Plan.
Teri is a member of several industry advisory boards. She has won numerous awards including Governing magazine’s Public Official of the Year, CIO Magazine’s CIO Hall of Fame, Government Technology magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers, the Women in Defense Excellence in Leadership Award and the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

As Executive Editor at e.Republic, Steve is responsible for the coordination of editorial strategies and standards across all the firm’s media platforms. He directs the editorial teams that produce Government Technology, Emergency Management and Digital Communities and their respective Websites, in addition to developing and maintaining corporate policies and standards for editorial. Steve has over 20 years of writing and editing experience including more than 17 years covering technology in the state and local government market.
Steve joined e.Republic in 1996. During his tenure, e.Republic’s print and electronic media have received many awards for editorial excellence, including “Magazine of the Year” from ASBPE for Emergency Management in 2013, “Best New Web Site” from ASBPE for emergencymgmt.com in 2009, ”Best Overall Publication” at the Maggie awards for Government Technology in 2008 and “Magazine of the Year” from ASBPE for Public CIO in 2007.

Gabriel Whalen manages CDW’s Information Security Services practice and is a former InfoSec Field Solution Architect himself. Previously, Gabriel worked in the national intelligence and security community as a counterintelligence subject matter expert, addressing traditional and emerging threat landscapes. He also worked in the private sector, providing enterprise security assessments to customers in a variety of industries, including healthcare, energy, manufacturing and consulting services. Gabriel is one of several recipients of the National Counterintelligence and Security Center’s Supply Chain Protection Award, as well as a graduate of CERT’s Insider Threat Program Manager course. He is also a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP). In addition to his cybersecurity background, Gabriel holds a master’s degree in forensic psychology.

Oliver Wise is the Director of Recovery Solutions at Tyler Technologies Data & Insights Division. In this role, he leads the development and go-to-market strategy for data analytics solutions that leverage administrative and commercial data to provide critical insights to state and local government executives to manage an equitable, efficient economic recovery in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Before joining Tyler Technologies, Oliver was the founding director of the City of New Orleans Office of Performance and Accountability (OPA), the City’s first data analytics and performance management team.