Name: Connecticut Digital Government Summit 2019
Start: 2019-09-23T08:00
Location: Hartford Marriott Downtown

Overview

To view speaker presentations where available, see Agenda section.

Government Technology's passion is helping spread best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector. The Connecticut Digital Government Summit is designed to do just that. The summit has an advisory board that gathers public sector and private sector leaders to create an agenda that is relevant and actionable to the state and local government organizations attending the summit. Participants tell us they use the inspirational keynotes, leadership discussions, networking breaks, and timely topics discussed in the numerous breakout sessions to help advance the goals of their organizations and their own career paths.

Topics Include:

Cybersecurity Strategy, Risk and Response
The Business Side of the Cloud
Reinventing the Constituent Experience
Unlocking Your Creative Mind
Next Generation Analytics
A Workplace Culture for 2020 and Beyond

A message from our Keynote Speaker

It is my pleasure to invite you to the 3rd annual Connecticut Digital Government Summit to be held in Hartford on September 23. This Summit provides a unique opportunity for government business and technology leaders from across the state to discuss our common challenges, hear from those that are solving similar challenges, and learn about industry innovation. This event will feature national speakers and breakout sessions. As we implement new initiatives to make Connecticut the first “all-digital government”, I believe that the Digital Government Summit is a great way to work together towards this important goal. I hope that you will join me in building the next generation of government services.

– Mark Raymond, Chief Information Officer, State of Connecticut

Speakers

Morgan Wright - Keynote

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Morgan is an internationally recognized expert on cybersecurity strategy, cyberterrorism, identity theft and privacy. Morgan's landmark testimony before Congress on Healthcare.gov changed how the government collected personally identifiable information. He’s made hundreds of appearances on national news, radio, print and web, and has spoken to audiences around the world. He has appeared regularly on CNN, PBS, ABC, CBS, Fox News and CNBC. Previously, Morgan was a Senior Advisor in the US State Department Antiterrorism Assistance Program. Morgan is a highly decorated former state trooper, police officer and detective. In addition to 18 years in state and local law enforcement, Morgan has developed solutions in defense, justice and intelligence for the largest technology companies in the world. Morgan is the author of Identity Predators: Win the War Against Hackers.

Catherine A. Sanderson, Ph.D. - Featured Speaker

Manwell Family Professor of Life Sciences, Amherst College

Catherine A. Sanderson is the Manwell Family Professor of Life Sciences (Psychology) at Amherst College. She received a bachelor's degree in psychology, with a specialization in Health and Development, from Stanford University, and received both masters and doctoral degrees in psychology from Princeton University. Professor Sanderson's research examines how personality and social variables influence health-related behaviors such as safer sex and disordered eating, the development of persuasive messages and interventions to prevent unhealthy behavior, and the predictors of relationship satisfaction. This research has received grant funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health. Professor Sanderson has published over 25 journal articles and book chapters in addition to four college textbooks, a high school health textbook, and a popular press book on parenting. In 2012, she was named one of the country's top 300 professors by the Princeton Review. Professor Sanderson speaks regularly for public and corporate audiences on topics such as the science of happiness, the power of emotional intelligence, the mind-body connection, and the psychology of good and evil. More information on these talks is available on her website: SandersonSpeaking.com.

Hardik Bhatt

Leader, Digital Government, US State & Local Governments, Amazon Web Services

Hardik Bhatt is a business leader with tremendous acumen in both strategy and execution for large growth and transformations. He has moved seamlessly between the private and public sectors.
As leader of Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) Smart Cities and mobility businesses, Hardik is responsible for helping state and local governments become more efficient, effective, accessible, and competitive by optimizing the cloud, data analytics, Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and more.
In 2015, Governor Bruce Rauner recruited Hardik as the Chief Digital Officer for Illinois. In two years, he brought Illinois from the bottom four to the top third in national digital rankings, and pioneered the state’s Smart State and block chain initiatives. In addition to managing Illinois’ $1 billion technology investment, Hardik was responsible for building its digital economy strategy.
As a senior director for Cisco, he led global business development for Cisco’s Smart Cities and IoT businesses, working in 40 global cities in 19 countries. Hardik also served as CIO of the City of Chicago under Mayor Richard M. Daley’s administration, and as a consultant with Oracle and Tata Consultancy Services.
An early-stage investor with Hyde Park Angels, Hardik also serves on two IoT company boards. As a civic leader, Hardik is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago’s Young Leaders’ Committee, is a part of the Illinois Treasurer’s Growth and Innovation Fund roundtable of advisors and sits on the board of the Acero charter schools network (formerly known as Uno Charter School Network).

Douglas Casey

Executive Director, Commission for Education Technology, State of Connecticut

As Executive Director for the CT State Commission for Educational Technology (CET), Doug designs and manages strategic plans that ensure the successful integration of technology in Connecticut's schools, libraries, universities, and towns. The CET oversees statewide programs such as its flagship research and education broadband network, the CEN.
Doug’s prior experience includes managing technology and security for a network of magnet schools that are helping to close the achievement gap between urban and suburban learners. He began his career as a middle school English teacher and brings a diversity of experience to every challenge — from managing online publications for the Smithsonian Institution to systems engineering for the U.S. House of Representatives and national security agencies. He holds a BA from the College of William & Mary, MA from Georgetown University, and MS from George Washington University. Outside of work, Doug enjoys time with family, mission work, and triathlon.

Dave Kelly, CPT (Ret.)

VP Public Sector, Solutions & Strategy, North America & APAC, Information Builders

Dave Kelly CPT (Ret.) is the Vice President for Public Sector Solutions & Strategy @infobldrs. In this role Dave is enabling our federal, state, local government and public education partners achieve their analytics, data integration, quality, management, and visualization goals. Dave provides our partners with thought leadership on use-case driven solutions to public sector technology problems and strategic vision for what is possible when leveraging the Information Builders stack of technology.
Dave Retired as a Captain and Director of Technology for the Michigan State Police. During his career with the MSP, Dave led statewide intelligence, cyber command, and federal and state investigative initiatives in money laundering, fraud, conspiracy crimes, and narcotics. In these roles, Dave was the catalyst for several innovative technology projects including enterprise federated search, web intelligence, entity resolution, data integration, and other analytics and intelligence projects from operational to predictive.
Connect with Dave Kelly on LinkedIn.

Bill Kilmartin

Public Service North America Industry Lead, Finance and Administration, Accenture

Bill is a Public Service strategy consultant advising on matters pertaining to state government financial management, human resources, payroll, procurement, and budgeting. He leverages his 23-year career in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, having served 10 years as the State Comptroller and the President of the National Association of State Comptrollers. He leads teams as a trusted advisor, working with diverse groups to find consensus in executing complex policy initiatives. With 20+ years of experience in Public Sector consulting, he specializes in bringing industry leading practices to state and local governments. Bill provides strategic guidance on developing products and services with an emphasis on driving Financial, Human Resource, and Procurement transformation. He seeks to help drive innovation by leveraging sophisticated strategies, tools, and methods, such as business process redesign, best practices, benchmarking, business case development, organizational change management, effective use of technology, and development of enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions.

Steve Lutinski

Director of Security Services, Verizon

Steven leads a US Based Public Sector team who focuses on critical infrastructure and cyber security solutions at Verizon. He is responsible for solutions addressing a wide range of threats and compliance requirements, including: DDoS Attacks, advanced analytics, continuous monitoring, insider threats and network-based security services.
Before joining Verizon, he served as the Solutions Advisor for Genuity (GTE) and Perimeter (Cybergnostic)
Mr. Lutinski has over 20 years of experience in cyber security and risk management - helping enterprises and government agencies address issues involving armed conflict, civil strife, labor strikes, natural disasters, terrorist attacks, power outages, pandemic disease, industrial espionage and a wide range of cyber threats.
Mr. Lutinski also served as a Information Security Officer while stationed in West Germany in the 3/7 Air Cavalry, while performing duties as an Army Aviation Branch Aerial Observer , during both the Cold War under the Reagan and Bush administration, and later in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm.
Mr Lutinski Resides in Connecticut his family (wife and 2 college age children), and has been at Verizon for 17 plus years.

John McClurg

VP Security & Trust; Ambassador-At-Large, Office of Security & Trust, Blackberry | Cylance

McClurg serves as Vice President and Ambassador-At-Large in the Office of Security & Trust. He engages the industry around the globe on today’s risk challenges and how BlackBerry | Cylance uniquely mitigates them with the application of AI & machine learning. Champions a move from a historically reactive security posture to one focused on proactively predicting and preventing future risks.
He comes to BlackBerry | Cylance from Dell where he served as its CSO, advancing responsibilities that included the strategic focus and tactical operations of Dell’s internal global security services, both physical and cyber. He was also charged with the advocacy of business resilience and security prowess generally, the seamless integration of Dell’s various security offerings, and with improving the effectiveness and efficiency of security initiatives, including Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery.

Chris Neff

Vice President of Marketing, NIC

Chris Neff leads the marketing, market research, and consumer insights functions for NIC (NASDAQ: EGOV). NIC is the nation’s largest provider of digital services and secure payment processing solutions for federal, state, and local agencies. The company’s user-friendly self-service solutions are used by 28 states and more than 5,500 federal, state, and local agencies nationwide.
Chris is a frequent speaker on understanding the evolving citizen mindset and how to build and market relevant digital services. He is also a professional voiceover artist and occasional radio host for the National Public Radio member station in Park City, Utah. He received an MBA from the Thunderbird School of Global Management and a BA from the University of Michigan.
Chris lives in Park City with his wife and two children.

Ron Poserina

Director, Sales Engineering, Proofpoint

Ron is the Director of Systems Engineering at Proofpoint. In his current role, he is responsible for leading the technical sales organization in helping customers solve their evolving cyber security challenges. As a 15 year veteran in this space, Ron has worked with some of the largest companies in the world advising them on managing risk. He also holds CISSP and CCSK certifications.

Group Creative Director, Deloitte Digital

Eric is a creative do-gooder connecting amazing talent with meaningful projects to deliver fresh, game-changing work for his clients. He builds value through a commitment to bold creative and crafting transformative customer and citizen experiences.

Deepinder Uppal

VP Innovation and Technology, Public Sector, North America and APAC, Information Builders

Deepinder Uppal is the VP of Innovation and Technology at Information Builders. He is responsible for defining the technical vision, communicating complex processes, and the successful creation, integration and deployment of next generation enhanced analytics, network architecture, and all associated facets of technology related to State and Federal Government for the company. Deepinder was formerly the Chief Innovation Officer for the Michigan State Police, where he conceptualized, co-designed, and led project teams to implement large-scale data integration initiatives, address State and Federal proposals with nationwide impact, designed enhancements for the Michigan Intelligence Threat Analytics (MiTA) project portfolio, designed and implemented an enterprise level Dynamic Multipoint Virtual Private Network (DMVPN), and helped with the creation of the MSP's M-IOT fabric(edge-fog-droplet architecture) to be compliant with LTE and FirstNet provisions.

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Agenda

Monday, September 23
8:00 am Eastern	Registration and Morning Refreshments Marriott Ballroom Pre-Function
8:45 am Eastern	Opening Remarks Marriott Ballroom CDE Connecticut’s Digital Strategy Josh Geballe, Commissioner, Department of Administrative Services, State of Connecticut Mark Raymond, Chief Information Officer, State of Connecticut
9:15 am Eastern	Keynote Marriott Ballroom CDE Future Ready! The Playbook for 2020 & Beyond Morgan Wright, Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government The magnitude and speed of technological, economic and societal change is accelerating at an exponential pace. Your primary challenge is to anticipate the future – and then build it, being careful to optimize the upside while minimizing the effects of the shocks and stresses. Public leaders need more than just a new way of thinking – but a new way of executing supported by the right technological and cultural foundation. Future Ready focuses on what matters and why, what potential issues should be on your radar and the adaptive, actionable takeaways that you can work on today to prepare for 2020 and beyond, including: Disruptive technologies Emerging regulatory issues Citizen and employee experience Future of management Funding the future View FutureReady Presentation Here
10:15 am Eastern	Networking Break Marriott Ballroom Pre-Function
10:45 am Eastern	Concurrent Sessions Reinventing the Constituent Experience Marriott Ballroom A It’s a highly interactive and fast-paced society, and people are getting more demanding about, well, everything. The pressure is mounting on government services, too, and one of the Governor’s top priorities is to make Connecticut a truly digital state. This session takes a look at creative strategies to remake government’s relationship with its customers into something more stimulating and rewarding. Hardik Bhatt, Leader, Digital Government, US State & Local Governments, AWS (@hvbhatt) Eric Uhlir, Group Creative Director, Deloitte Digital (@ericuhlir) Cybersecurity Strategy, Risk and Response Marriott Ballroom B Recently state CIOs were surveyed for their top ten priorities for 2019. #1 on the list? Cybersecurity and risk management. In just a few years, cyberattacks have become everyone’s biggest fear – in private industry and government – especially when it comes to our elections. The invaders just keep getting more creative. This session explores today’s threats, security frameworks and how to survive an attack with minimal damage. Steve Lutinski, Director, Cyber Security Services, Verizon John McClurg, VP Security & Trust; Ambassador-At-Large, Office of Security & Trust, Blackberry \| Cylance The Business Side of the Cloud Capital Room 1 A successful cloud journey requires well-thought-out infrastructure and smart governance every step of the way. Decisions include dealing with processes, monitoring, security, data management, contracting, scalability, service levels and more. This session outlines the most critical factors to consider when operating in the cloud. Ron Poserina, Director, Sales Engineering, Proofpoint Joe Tolisano, Chief Information Officer, Board of Regents, State of Connecticut
11:45 am Eastern	Lunch Marriott Ballroom CDE
12:30 pm Eastern	Featured Speaker Marriott Ballroom CDE The Science of Success Catherine A. Sanderson, Ph.D., Manwell Family Professor of Life Sciences, Amherst College (@CSanderson1217) Many people focus on the importance of cognitive intelligence in predicting academic and professional success. But a growing amount of evidence suggests that other traits – including the ability to control impulses, manage adversity, find internal motivation, and build relationships – are essential in achieving the best outcomes in both personal and professional relationships. Professor Catherine Sanderson will focus on the importance of so-called emotional intelligence (or EQ) in predicting success, and will provide specific strategies for increasing your own EQ.
1:30 pm Eastern	FirstNet Fireside Chat Marriott Ballroom CDE Neville Brooks, Retired Deputy Police Chief – Hartford, CT Public safety is undergoing a significant transformation and technology is at the heart of it. The transformation affects all areas of government, from education to transportation to frontline public safety. This session explores the intersection between public safety ecosystems and the technology revolution that is here – today.
2:00 pm Eastern	Networking Break Marriott Ballroom Pre-Function
2:30 pm Eastern	Concurrent Sessions Unlocking Your Creative Mind Marriott Ballroom A Design thinking has emerged as a catalyst for user-centered problem solving and innovation. It is an agile and flexible method that emphasizes open inquiry, user feedback, empathy, and rapid solution prototyping. Design thinking can help teams to develop fresh, efficient, and cost-effective approaches to problems in any organization. Join us for an interactive exploration and discover how the practice of design thinking can shorten your time to solution and foster a culture of innovation. Doug Casey, Executive Director, Commission for Education Technology, State of Connecticut Chris Neff, Vice President of Marketing, NIC Next Generation Analytics Marriott Ballroom B More and more government organizations are looking to advanced analytics to streamline procedures and processes. The latest trend is to focus on enhancing the customer experience by using next generation tools, including predictive analytics, text analytics, geospatial analytics, big data analytics, data visualization, artificial intelligence and more. This session explores ways to leverage data to drive smarter decisions, faster responses and better service. Dave Kelly, CPT (Ret.), VP Public Sector, Solutions & Strategy, North America & APAC, Information Builders (@EVplusEV) Deepinder Uppal, VP Innovation and Technology, Public Sector, North America and APAC, Information Builders A Workplace Culture for 2020 and Beyond Capital Room 1 Does your team have all the personnel and skills you could ever desire? Do you feel unequivocally sure that you can attract and retain the talent you need going forward? If you answered yes to both questions… well… no one will believe you. In the years ahead, workforce issues will rival cybersecurity as the #1 source of anxiety and lost sleep. But there’s hope! This session provokes thoughts and builds confidence as it covers creative approaches for the 2020’s. Bill Kilmartin, Public Service North America Industry Lead, Finance and Administration, Accenture (@BillKilmartin1) Nick Hermes, Chief Human Resources Officer, Department of Administrative Services, State of Connecticut Sponsor Briefing Marriott Ballroom CDE (Industry sponsors only) Hosted by Mark Raymond, Chief Information Officer, State of Connecticut
3:30 pm Eastern	Featured Speaker Marriott Ballroom CDE Digital Government: A view of the menu and a taste Easha Canada, Chief Digital Officer, State of Connecticut Digital is how people live and work—how they shop, bank, learn, communicate with each other, and interact with a host of providers. Connecticut is on a journey to change how we provide digital services -- providing a smarter, and more responsive customer experience while also significantly reducing costs. This means significant change to how we think about the services we provide. This session will outline the roadmap, share why user research is critical to delivering outcomes, and gather your needs to help guide the Connecticut digital journey.
4:30 pm Eastern	Networking Reception Marriott Ballroom Pre-Function Network with your colleagues and discuss technology solutions with the event exhibitors. Conference times, agenda, and speakers are subject to change.

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Advisory Board

Government Representatives

Humayun Beg
Executive Director
CJIS Governing Board
State of Connecticut

Valter Borges
Director, Information Systems
Department of Children & Families
State of Connecticut

Paul Boutot
Information Technology Director
Information Technology
Town of Newington

Easha Canada
Director of Application Services
Department of Administrative Services
State of Connecticut

Doug Casey
Executive Director
Commission for Education Technology
State of Connecticut

Adrian Dobre
Project Controller
Department of Children & Families
State of Connecticut

Alison Fisher
Statewide Lean Coordinator
Office of Policy and Management
State of Connecticut

Josh Geballe
Commissioner
Department of Administrative Services
State of Connecticut

David Geick
Director of Security Services
Department of Administrative Services
State of Connecticut

Vanessa Hinton
Director of Information Technology
Department of Public Health
State of Connecticut

Art House
Chief Cybersecurity Risk Officer
State of Connecticut

Ryan Kocsondy
Director of Connecticut Education Network
State of Connecticut

Real Lavigne
Director, Information Technology
Department of Revenue Services
State of Connecticut

Dennis Mitchell
Information Technology Manager
Department of Developmental Services
State of Connecticut

Jared Morin
Information Technology Director
Town of West Hartford

Mike Pensiero
Chief Information Officer
City of Stamford

Adam Pokorski
Director of MIS/Information Technology
City of New Britain

Naveen Prathikantam
Director of Information Technology
Department of Motor Vehicles
State of Connecticut

Mark Raymond
Chief Information Officer
Department of Administrative Services
State of Connecticut

Scott Roberts
Ast. Town Manager, Chief Information Officer, Emergency Management
Town of South Windsor

Paul Russell
Chief Technology Officer
Town of Enfield

Susan Shellard
Chief Administrative Officer
Department of Economic & Community Development
State of Connecticut

Scott Smith
Chief Information Officer
City of Bristol & Bristol Public Schools

Joe Stanford
Chief Innovation Officer
Department of Social Services
State of Connecticut

Joe Tolisano
Chief Information Officer
Board of Regents
State of Connecticut

John Vittner
Director of IT Policy
Office of Policy and Management
State of Connecticut

Eileen Zhang
Director of Information Technology
Town of Westport

Industry Representatives

Marc Doniger
Regional Sales Director
BlackBerry Cylance

Dee Downey
Account Executive, Public Sector
Information Builders

Michael McCormack
Managing Principal
Verizon

Mani Murahari
Managing Director
Deloitte Consulting LLP

Anthony Napolitano
Client Solutions Executive
AT&T

Paul Noren
General Manager
Project Portfolio Management
Connecticut Interactive

Carol Toomey
Director
Accenture

Henry Veloza
Senior Account Executive
SHI

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2020 Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contact:

Alison Del Real
Government Technology
Phone: (916) 932-1435
E-mail: alison.delreal@govtech.com

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Connecticut Digital Government Summit 2019

Overview

To view speaker presentations where available, see Agenda section.

A message from our Keynote Speaker

Speakers

Morgan Wright - Keynote

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Catherine A. Sanderson, Ph.D. - Featured Speaker

Manwell Family Professor of Life Sciences, Amherst College

Hardik Bhatt

Leader, Digital Government, US State & Local Governments, Amazon Web Services

Douglas Casey

Executive Director, Commission for Education Technology, State of Connecticut

Dave Kelly, CPT (Ret.)

VP Public Sector, Solutions & Strategy, North America & APAC, Information Builders

Bill Kilmartin

Public Service North America Industry Lead, Finance and Administration, Accenture

Steve Lutinski

Director of Security Services, Verizon

John McClurg

VP Security & Trust; Ambassador-At-Large, Office of Security & Trust, Blackberry | Cylance

Chris Neff

Vice President of Marketing, NIC

Ron Poserina

Director, Sales Engineering, Proofpoint

Eric Uhlir

Group Creative Director, Deloitte Digital

Deepinder Uppal

VP Innovation and Technology, Public Sector, North America and APAC, Information Builders

Agenda

Monday, September 23

8:00 am Eastern

Registration and Morning Refreshments

Marriott Ballroom Pre-Function

8:45 am Eastern

Opening Remarks

Marriott Ballroom CDE

Connecticut’s Digital Strategy

9:15 am Eastern

Keynote

Marriott Ballroom CDE

Future Ready! The Playbook for 2020 & Beyond

10:15 am Eastern

Networking Break

Marriott Ballroom Pre-Function

10:45 am Eastern

Concurrent Sessions

Reinventing the Constituent Experience

Marriott Ballroom A

Cybersecurity Strategy, Risk and Response

Marriott Ballroom B

The Business Side of the Cloud

Capital Room 1

11:45 am Eastern

Lunch

Marriott Ballroom CDE

12:30 pm Eastern

Featured Speaker

Marriott Ballroom CDE

The Science of Success

1:30 pm Eastern

FirstNet Fireside Chat

Marriott Ballroom CDE

2:00 pm Eastern

Networking Break

Marriott Ballroom Pre-Function

2:30 pm Eastern

Concurrent Sessions

Unlocking Your Creative Mind

Marriott Ballroom A

Next Generation Analytics

Marriott Ballroom B

A Workplace Culture for 2020 and Beyond

Capital Room 1

Sponsor Briefing

Marriott Ballroom CDE

3:30 pm Eastern

Featured Speaker

Marriott Ballroom CDE

4:30 pm Eastern