Marc has extensive background in customer success, professional services, systems engineering, and sales. He is an accomplished technologist who understands how business owners and C-level executives make buying decisions, and has a rich history of using communications skills to bridge the gap between technical considerations and business realities.

Liana Bailey-Crimmins was appointed by Governor Gavin Newsom to serve as Chief, Office of Technology Services and State Chief Technology Officer in March 2021. She leads a team responsible for serving the technology needs of 300+ city, local, and state departments/agencies. She advances the state’s IT strategy by partnering with government agencies and optimizing California’s technology ecosystem.
She has served the California public sector for 30+ years and worked at eight departments. Before joining the California Department of Technology, Liana served as the CalPERS' chief information security officer in August 2019. As head of the Information Security Office, she led and oversaw the team responsible for protecting the private data of nearly 2 million CalPERS members and a $400 billion investment portfolio.
From May 2017 to July 2019, Liana served as CalPERS' chief health director. As head of the Health Policy & Benefits Branch, she led and oversaw the health benefits program, including policy research, plan contracting and administration, member enrollment, eligibility, and the long-term care program.
Liana first joined CalPERS as a chief information officer for the Information Technology Services Branch in August 2013. She became known for her ability to lead a large and diverse cross-functional organization to meet CalPERS' technology needs through innovative solutions.
Prior to CalPERS, Liana served as the information technology director and CIO of California Correctional Health Care Services (CCHCS). Before CCHCS, she worked as the project director of the California Information Technology Infrastructure Project.
In 2015, she was honored with the prestigious "CIO of the Year" award from the California CIO Academy. Other honors include recognition for her work on CCHCS' Telemedicine Program, which helped them win the 2012 Computerworld Honors Program Laureate Award, and the Best of California award in the Government Technology Digital Internal category in 2011.
Liana studied computer science at California State University, Sacramento, and is an Information Technology Managers Academy graduate.

Jonathan Behnke is the Chief Information Officer for the City of San Diego. He has over 20 years of IT experience managing and implementing technology for a broad range of industries including public sector, contract services, oil, construction, automotive, distribution, consulting, and manufacturing.
In Jonathan’s current role he is responsible for the technology strategy and operations for America's eighth largest City including data center, network, voice, public safety wireless communications, web services, enterprise applications, portfolio management, cybersecurity, and GIS, in support of over 11,500 users and 1.4 million residents.
Jonathan also serves on the Board of Directors for SanGIS, a joint powers authority between the City and County of San Diego responsible for maintaining a regional GIS land base and data warehouse. In support of CA Governor's Office of Emergency Services, he also serves on the California Cybersecurity Task Force. Jonathan is also a member of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, The San Diego Infragard, and Metropolitan Information Exchange representing a group of CIO’s from the largest cities and counties in the USA.

Phil Bertolini 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. 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 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.

Clint Buytenhuys is the Regional Vice President of Public Sector at Unqork. Clint is an experienced software executive with more than twenty-five years in enterprise software, SaaS and cloud based solutions focused on improving outcomes for State & Local Government and Education clients and the constituents they serve.
Prior to joining Unqork, Clint held senior leadership positions at Pegasystems and IBM where he had responsibility for driving the growth of IBM’s SaaS business across state and local government, education, healthcare and life sciences.

Paul has devoted his career to helping local governments be on the forefront of using technology to increase value delivered to the public. He has over 30 years in various Information technology roles in both the public and private sectors including 20 years leading Information Technology departments. He now helps local governments get the most value from their significant investment in people, process, and technology.
Some of Paul’s accomplishments include leading two different IT organizations that earned Top-10 Digital Counties Survey awards for a combined 11 times. He has also earned an InformationWeek 500 Government Innovators award.
Paul holds Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Science in Information Systems degrees as well as undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Psychology.

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.

Jagjit Dhaliwal is working as a Deputy Chief Information Officer in the Office of CIO at Los Angeles County and acts as a Technical Advisor to Health Department’s IT divisions. He oversees Cluster IT strategic objectives, enterprise initiatives, board priorities and technology directives. He collaborates with Department CIOs to foster IT transformation which includes, but is not limited to, IT organization assessment, IT strategy planning, portfolio rationalization, IT governance, cloud migration and adopting emerging technologies like RPA, IoT & Blockchain. He is leading various Countywide initiatives including Digital Divide and RPA enterprise implementation.

As the Minneapolis CIO for seven-plus years, Otto 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, Otto 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.
Otto 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. Otto was named to Government Technology's 2004 Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers.

Wyn Elder is the Managing Director of the Global Government Strategy at Box. In his role, Wyn is responsible for developing and executing a go-to Market strategy for Box within global public sectors and represents Box as a cloud computing thought-leader in Government.

Prior to joining Mandiant, Mr. Ford served in executive leadership roles for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at FBI Headquarters’ Cyber and Special Technologies Divisions as well as field offices gaining experience on the front lines. Jon served as the responsible executive to the U.S. Cryptologic Centers for strategic and tactical oversight of global cyber operations and key asset protection. In these roles. Jon developed the framework used by the U.S. Government to manage risk of cyber threats receiving recognition by the White House National Security Council and the United States Congress. Jon is a seasoned security leader with over 25 years of experience helping organizations become more resilient to attacks orchestrated by foreign governments, organized criminal groups, and insider threats. Jon serves as the Global Government Senior Executive to Mandiant’s multi-lateral partnerships and Pinnacle clients. Jon leads operations, strategy and solutions for our global partners. Jon leads the Insider Threat risk offerings for Mandiant, globally. He is regarded as a trusted advisor who coaches boards and executives on how to measure and manage enterprise risk. He regularly speaks at industry conferences and advises journalists on cybersecurity matters. Jon is a member of the Geneva Dialogue on Responsible Behaviour in Cyberspace and the Global Forum on Cyber Expertise. Jon is the founder of Mandiant's Elevate program to advance women in IT security into senior leadership and Board positions. Jon serves as an adjunct professor teaching advanced curricula on cybersecurity and risk frameworks at St. Mary’s University. Jon is a graduate of Harvard, John F. Kennedy School on Cybersecurity Policy; and a graduate of Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Business in Strategic Change Leadership.

Loren Hudson is Senior Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer for Comcast Cable. In this role, Loren leads a shared effort to execute a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) human capital strategy that is reflective of and builds upon Comcast Cable’s business goals. As the first CDO for Comcast Cable, Loren also serves as a key partner to the company’s leaders and the broader Human Resources organization, with an eye toward establishing frameworks for DE&I accountability and serving as a driver of employee training, career development, and education.
Since then, she has held a variety of positions of increasing responsibility, most recently serving as Vice President of Human Resources for the Comcast Beltway Region’s more than 3,000 employees across Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, Washington, D.C., and West Virginia.
Loren received her bachelor’s degree in Labor Relations as well as a Master of Labor Relations from Rutgers University. In addition to her work at Comcast, she is an active member of Women in Cable Telecommunications (WICT) and a graduate of WICT’s Betsy Magness Leadership Institute, as well as a graduate of the Women’s Executive Leadership Program at The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a member of the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) and a certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR).

Over the course of 27 years in the technology field, David has been responsible for the overall development and implementation of the Innovated Solutions for strategic government accounts. This includes being accountable for developing and strengthen relationships with decision-makers and influencers in the customer organizations including C-Suite. David's professional career has always been rooted in Public Sector, whether starting off as a Network Administration in Higher ED at (FAMU) and the State of Washington, to now providing consultative solutions to the Public Sector with Lumen Technologies.
David has successfully lead teams in the following:
• Being a trusted IT advisor and participating in customer’s strategic planning.
• Building Strategic Win-Win solution development.
• Public Policy and Community Outreach partnering.
David is proficient in the areas of Adaptive Networking, Connected Security, IT Agility, Collaboration and embraces the idea of how technology furthers human progress.

Michael “MJ” Jackson is a problem solver who leads global strategy across regulated industries at DocuSign. His team commercializes vertical solutions for Public Sector, Healthcare, Life Sciences, and Financial Services. Jackson holds an active Secret Security clearance with the US Department of Homeland Security.
Prior to DocuSign, Jackson served as a General Manager at Amazon Web Services, where he established and scaled multiple mission-critical businesses from inception, including Public Health and US Elections, Legislative & Political Solutions.
Previously, Jackson also served as General Manager of Consumer Health at Intel Corporation, where he developed global lines of business for patient-generated health data (PGHD) platforms; and as Director of Healthcare & Digital Government at Adobe Systems, where he led the commercialization of digital health solutions currently trusted to help power federal, state, and private Health Benefits Exchanges in over 30 US states.
Before high-tech, Jackson gained executive experience in the life sciences industry, where he successfully launched biopharma and medical device products across a range of clinical research and therapeutic specialties including oncology, neurology, and endocrinology.
Jackson earned a Master of Business Administration degree and a Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems from the University of Baltimore. He is also a proud veteran of the US Coast Guard and serves on multiple boards, including the Board of Directors at Health Care for the Homeless, an innovative non-profit provider of coordinated care and housing services in Baltimore, MD.

Pete Johnson is a Field CTO at CDW’s Digital Velocity Solutions, which specializes in application modernization using Kubernetes-hosted microservices, data center automation through infrastructure-as-code, and continuous integration/continuous delivery systems. He previously served as a Principal Architect at Cisco and spent 20 years at Hewlett-Packard, notably as the HP.com Chief Architect.
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Douglas Leone, the Labor and Workforce Development Agency Information Security Officer (AISO), has been at the front lines of building secure systems for Californians. Long past the toddler years with his kids, he is the father of two college graduates, who also have third-degree black belts in karate. Doug served in the United States Navy from 1988 through 1994 where he began his information technology career and since then has architected and built secure systems for over 50 Sacramento businesses in the private sector before joining California state service. He has earned over 30 information technology certifications for Microsoft, Cisco, Novell, Citrix, and other industry-leading companies and has obtained his Certified Information Systems Security Professional certification. Doug has helped Californians by building secure systems at the California Department of Public Health from 2000 to 2013 and then served as the AISO from 2013 through 2016 for the California Environmental Protection Agency. Subsequently, Doug established the Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control’s Information Security Office in 2017 and managed its operations until 2019. Doug was selected as the Labor and Workforce Development Agency (LWDA) AISO in August 2019. At the LWDA, Doug has advanced information security in the Agency’s seven departments, boards and panels in a number of areas including the advancement of cybersecurity apprenticeship, Cradle to Career Data System, and working with thought leaders on issues around identity proofing for California programs.

In December 2020, Mr. Levine joined T-Mobile for Government where he was hired as the Senior Strategic Executive and given the task of building and leading the company’s State Government Telecommunications & Technology team. Mr. Levine is also a Senior Policy Fellow at the UC Riverside School of Public Policy.
Mr. Levine is a former member of the California State Legislature, where he served as Chair of the Assembly Committee on Utilities and Commerce. Mr. Levine established himself as one of California’s leading experts in energy, telecommunications, and technology policy. Consistently tackling some of the most challenging and signification statutory policy changes, Mr. Levine authored numerous pieces of historic legislation which became national models in many policy areas. Mr. Levine served as a member of Governor Schwarzenegger’s Broadband Taskforce and was a Founding Member of the Board of Directors of the California Emerging Technology Fund.
Mr. Levine currently serves as a Founding Member of the Advisory Board for the UC Riverside School of Public Policy, where he and the schools’s Dean, Anil Deokalikar, co-founded the Center for Technology, Policy and Society.

Stephenson Loveson serves as the Chief Technology Officer at CalPERS where he is in charge of providing technology and infrastructure services for all CalPERS business units. Stephenson has been part of the CalPERS family for nearly 11 years. Since joining CalPERS in 2010, Stephenson has held a number of positions beginning with the PSR Customer Acceptance Testing technical team, as a lead technical engineer for myCalPERS architecture team, and as a supervisor over the myCalPERS General Development and Support Team. In 2017, he moved from the Enterprise Solutions Development Division (ESDD) to become the Chief of the Data Center Systems Management Section (DCSMS) within the Technology and Infrastructure Services Division; and, later promoted to become the Data Center Chief managing one of the most complex Data centers in the region. During that time, Stephenson was responsible for planning, organizing, and directing the most critical and highly sensitive Data Center operations and interdepartmental infrastructure projects. Prior to joining CalPERS, Stephenson worked as a consultant at a multinational consulting firms for many years, predominantly serving clients in the financial services industry.

Joseph Morris is the deputy chief innovation officer for the Center for Digital Government and a national keynote speaker on issues, trends and drivers impacting state and local government and education. He has authored publications and reports on funding streams, technology investment areas and public-sector priorities, and has led roundtables, projects and initiatives focused on issues within the public sector. Joe has conducted state and local government research with e.Republic since 2007 and knows the ins and outs of government on all levels. He received his Bachelor of Arts in government and international relations from the California State University, Sacramento.

Destah is a senior technology professional and innovation enthusiast who over 20+ years has built a career around driving business disruption, customer advocacy, and connecting good ideas and good people. He is a veteran of several small Silicon Valley startups as well as some of the biggest tech industry behemoths. From his early years as an electrical engineer to his current technical sales leadership position, he has touched data networking, wireless data and machine learning technologies as a customer-facing evangelist and problem solver.

Paul Park swims in the currents of ML and AI for eDiscovery and compliance. Formerly a full time eDiscovery futurist, Paul came to Relativity to pursue the singularity of data as a service. Paul holds degrees in Physics, Mathematics, and Philosophy from UC Berkeley and is currently pursuing a MS in ML from Georgia Tech. Paul brings 20 years of experience in business innovation and technology, developing solutions for companies such as IBM, Disney, Sony, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and ATT.

Zach Patton is the Chief Editor of the Content Studio at e.Republic and Government Technology. He has been covering the public sector for nearly 20 years. Until 2019, he was the Executive Editor of Governing magazine, where he also had served as a staff writer for more than a decade.

Cathilea is Chief Executive Officer of e.Republic, where she oversees operations for the company’s award-winning media platforms: Governing, Government Technology and Emergency Management. Cathilea also oversees e.Republic’s websites, conferences and events, and its national research and advisory groups: the Center for Digital Government, the Center for Digital Education and the Governing Institute.
In 2014 Cathilea directed the launch of the Governing Institute’s Women in Government Leadership Program, an innovative initiative that encourages future generations of women to participate in public service.
Cathilea is a frequent speaker for government and education organizations worldwide, including the United Nations, Harvard University, the State Legislative Leaders' Foundation, the National Conference of State Legislatures, the Council of State Governments, and the World Congress on Information Technology. She has been quoted frequently in publications including the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, Forbes and others.
Cathilea is a recipient of NASCIO’s National Technology Champion Award for her outstanding contributions to advance public sector information technology innovation. She is also the winner of an Outstanding Women Leadership Award from the Sacramento Chapter of the National Association of Women Business Owners and is a Greater Sacramento Business Hall of Fame Laureate.

Rob Silverberg is the chief strategy and innovation officer for Dell Technologies and leads the Smart Cities focus for Dell Technologies’ state and local government team. In his role, Rob works with state and local government customers across the nation to help these agencies understand how Dell’s broad portfolio of technologies and solutions can help them achieve their goals.

Ian Smith is an experienced product manager with a demonstrated history of working in the content lifecycle industry, assisting organizations with digital document compliance strategies and remediation plans. Ian has been a thought leader in document accessibility. He has advised private and public institutions to help them become compliant with various accessibility standards across various document formats. As part of this, Ian has collaborated with industry thought leaders in web accessibility and has successfully established a digital document accessibility platform and solution program within codemantra.

Deborah is an accomplished C-level influencer, with a broad range of experience in government, policy, cybersecurity, privacy and information technology. She is an experienced and highly respected thought leader who has held executive roles for over two decades. She recently retired from her position as New York state’s chief information security officer (CISO) after over 35 years of public service.
In that role, as part of New York state’s information technology transformation and consolidation initiative, she helped redesign how the state protects its data. As state CISO, she directed the state’s comprehensive cybersecurity governance, risk management and compliance program, providing strategic leadership and vision and assuring business-aligned, risk-based investments that maximized business opportunity and minimized cybersecurity risk. She also directed the NYS Cyber Command Center, hotline, procedures for reporting and response to cyberthreats and digital forensics.
She holds multiple industry certifications, including Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP); Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control (CRISC); SANS Strategic Planning, Policy and Leadership (GSTRT) Global Information Assurance Certification; and Project Management Institute certified Project Management Professional (PMP).

Jay Song is currently the Chief Information Officer at the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection(CAL FIRE), the largest forestry and fire protection agency in the west coast. Before CAL FIRE, He was the Chief Technology Officer and Commander of statewide IT operations at the California Highway Patrol (CHP). Prior to his State services, Jay Song held various leadership roles in private and federal governments, such as Hewlett Packard and the US. Small Business Administration(SBA) played a key leadership role in leveraging technology as a catalyst to drive continuous innovation and digital transformation.

Jennie is Chief of Staff for Adobe’s State & Local Government practice. Jennie has diverse experience helping Public & Private sectors maximize people, process, & technology and is particularly interested in the power of public interest technology to drive equity in our communities.

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.

As an AT&T Principal Architect, Devon is involved with innovation strategy and technical architecture. Devon collaborates with Enterprise Architecture and IT leadership teams to drive strategic roadmaps that align with client’s technology and business objectives. He recommends technology standards, principles and best practices, while integrating market trends and industry insights to drive forward-looking solutions.

Steve is the Director of Public Sector for Nintex. He works closely with government customers and partners at both the Federal and State/Local level on transforming the way they handle processes. A champion of ‘no code’ solutions and the citizen developer, he has a passion for helping customers solve real world business problems with Nintex. Prior to Nintex, Steve worked as a technology consultant servicing customers across a number of verticals including Associations and Non-Profits, Financial Services and Banking, Media and Entertainment and Commercial.