California Virtual Public Sector CIO Academy 2021
Mar 24 - 25, 2021
Overview
The California Public Sector CIO Academy is the premier leadership event for California's senior level technology executives to improve their management and business skills and to develop IT leaders of the future. The purpose of this virtual invitation-only event is to foster discussion and dialogue on what it means to be a successful CIO in the public sector and how to use IT as a strategic tool. This event is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for government and industry executives to address the most important policy, management and leadership issues surrounding the future of digital government and the evolving role of the public-sector CIO.
A message from our Keynote Speaker
Advisory Board
Government Representatives
George Akiyama
Chief Information Officer
Department of Transportation
State of California
Jennifer Benson
Chief Information Officer
Toxic Substances Control
State of California
Ben Bonte
Chief Information Officer
Industrial Relations
State of California
Brenda Bridges Cruz
Deputy Director, Office of Professional Development
Department of Technology
State of California
Scott Capulong
Chief Information Officer
Department of Tax and Fee Administration
State of California
Justin Cohan-Shapiro
Chief Strategist
California Department of Technology
State of California
Chad Crowe
Chief Information Officer
Department of Human Resources
State of California
Chris Cruz
Chief Information Officer
San Joaquin County
Patrick Dennis
Chief Information Officer
Department of Parks & Recreation
State of California
Adam Dondro
Agency Information Officer
Health and Human Services Agency
State of California
Christian Farland
Chief Information Office
CalPERS
State of California
Tim Garza
Agency Information Technology Director
Natural Resources Agency
State of California
Rita Gass
Chief Information Officer
Secretary of State
State of California
Bill Glaholt
Chief Information Officer
Horse Racing Board
State of California
Barney Gomez
Vice Chancellor
California Community Colleges
Fredrick Gomez
IT Director & Chief Information Officer
Public Utilities Commission
State of California
Marcie Kahbody
Agency Chief Information Officer
Transportation Agency
State of California
Keson Khieu
Chief Information Officer
Emergency Medical Services Authority
State of California
Jon Kirkham
Chief Information Officer
Department of Rehabilitation
State of California
Maria Macgunigal
Chief Information Officer
City of Sacramento
Isaiah Mall
Agency Information Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs
State of California
Subbarao Mupparaju
Chief Information Officer, Deputy Director
Financial Information System for California
State of California
Steve Nash
Chief Information Officer
Fair Employment & Housing
State of California
Rosanna Nguyen
Chief, Information Technology Consulting Unit
Department of Finance
State of California
Russ Nichols
Agency Information Officer
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
State of California
Heather Pettit
Chief Information Officer
Judicial Council of California
State of California
Jason Piccione
Agency Information Officer
California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency
State of California
Gary Renslo
Chief Information Officer
Department of General Services
State of California
Chris Riesen
Chief Information Officer, Deputy Director
Department of Health Care Services
State of California
Richard Rogers
Acting Depubty Chief Information Officer
Department of Technology
State of California
Susan Slaven
Chief Information Officer
CalRecycle
State of California
Sumi Smith
Chief Information Officer
California Department of Housing and Community Development
State of California
Amy Tong
Director, State Chief Information Officer
Department of Technology
State of California
Joe White
Acting Chief Information Officer
Secretary of State
State of California
Jeff Willoughby
Chief Information Officer
Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
State of California
Brian Wong
Chief Deputy Director
Office of Systems Integration
State of California
Rami Zakaria
Chief Information Officer
Sacramento County
Adelina Zendejas
Special Advisor to the Director
Department of Technology
State of California
Industry Representatives
Sejla Begic
Managing Director, Client Relationships Executive
Deloitte
Teri Bennett
Business Development & Sales Director
Accenture
June Bivins
Client Executive
VMware
Caroline Cerf
Account Executive
Adobe
Dennis Firenze
Sr. Major Account Manager
Juniper Networks
Vernon Fletcher
Sales Director
Dell Technologies
Jason Green
Area Vice President
NTT
Kim Hewitt
Director, California Public Sector
IBM
Greg Hussey
VP, Consulting Services
CGI
Ryan Labbe
Strategic Partnerships
NIC, Inc.
Lloyd Levine
Sr. Manager
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Mark Noriega
Managing Director
Accenture
Todd Olmeda
Regional Manager
Oracle America, Inc.
Earl Pingel
Field Account Executive
CDWG
Mike Rockenstein
Director, Program Management
Red River
Mark Roese
Assistant Vice President
AT&T
Ross Shapiro
District Manager, SLED West
NetApp
Allen Sheldon
Managing Director
KPMG
H.T. Vaught
Partner, Global Business Services
IBM
Thomas Weaver
State Vertical Advisor
T-Mobile USA, Inc.
Peter Zalkind
Principal
KPMG
Made Possible by Our Corporate Partners
Registration Information / Contact Us
Event Dates: March 24 & 25, 2021
This is an invitation-only event, open to Public Sector only. For more information or to request an invitation, please contact Olivia Gratton.
If you represent a Private Sector organization and are interested in Sponsorship Opportunities, please contact Heather Earney.
Contact Information
For registration and general assistance contact:
Olivia Gratton
Government Technology
Phone: (916) 932-1369
E-mail: ogratton@govtech.com
Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contact:
Heather Earney
Government Technology
Phone: (916) 932-1339
E-mail: hearney@govtech.com