Name: Los Angeles Public Sector CIO Academy 2019
Start: 2019-03-14T08:00
Location: Sheraton Grand Los Angeles

Overview

To view speaker presentations where available, see Agenda section.

View photo highlights of the Los Angeles Public Sector CIO Academy 2019 Here.

The Los Angeles Public Sector CIO Academy is the premier leadership event for the region's senior level technology executives to improve their management and business skills and to develop the IT leaders of the future. The purpose of this 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 collaborate and address the most important policy, management and leadership issues surrounding the future of digital government and the evolving role of the public-sector CIO.

Topics Include:

Fostering an Innovation Culture
How to Attract, Hire and Keep Good People
With Great Tech Comes Great Responsibility
Ask a CIO – Evolving to the Role of CIO
Inspiring and Driving Organizational Change
Elevate Your Personal Brand

A message from our Keynote Speaker

Speakers

Thurl Bailey - Keynote

Inspirational Speaker & Retired Professional Basketball Player

From the youth to the corporate world, Thurl Bailey inspires others to win whatever the odds or disappointments. Master storyteller and accomplished speaker, he inspires companies and individuals to focus on what matters most; to persevere, build winning teams, encourage peak performance, develop leadership, and discover opportunity in change.
Twice Thurl has led teams from far behind to win national championships. His most recognized title was the 1983 North Carolina State Wolfpack team which beat the famed University of Houston (Phi-Slamma-Jamma) Cougars, featuring Hakeem Olajuwon & Clyde Drexler. That nation championship game was voted top 2 finishes of all time of any sporting event. That incredible season was the subject of ESPN’s 30 for 30 entitled, “Survive and Advance”. Because of his outstanding leadership skills and the quality of his character, as well as his impressive basketball skills, Thurl was drafted by the Utah Jazz as the 1983 7th overall pick of the NBA Draft. Thurl spent twelve of his sixteen-year professional basketball career in the NBA, and four years playing overseas, in Italy and Greece. His courtesy and integrity both on and off the court and his strong sense of community service have led to numerous civic awards and earned him the nickname "NBA's Mr. Nice Guy".
When you meet Thurl Bailey you first notice a tall (7' 0") athlete. But he is a man of as much depth as height. Thurl is a gifted inspirational singer and songwriter. His first album, "Faith In Your Heart", released in 2000 was a best seller.
His other awards include the NBA's prestigious J. Walter Kennedy Community Service Award, the Utah Association for Gifted Children Community Service Award, Sigma Gamma Chi Fraternity's Exemplary Manhood Award, The Great Salt Lake Council of the Boy Scouts of America's American Champion Award, and the Italian League's 1998 All Star Games' Most Valuable Player.
Thurl leads a busy life as a professional speaker, singer/songwriter, businessman, community advocate and television game analyst for the Utah Jazz. A devoted family man, he and his wife Sindi live in Salt Lake City, Utah with their two youngest children.

Phaedra Boinodiris - Featured Speaker

IBM Academy of Technology

Phaedra Boinodiris is a member of IBM’s Academy of Technology where effectively she is an INTRA-preneur, kicking off internal startups that range from IBM’s first Serious Games and Advanced Simulation program to IBM’s first K-12 program- influencing curriculum in traditional and non-traditional learning spaces through entrepreneurship and social impact. She is keenly and wholeheartedly invested in Tech for Good and Ethics and she is pursuing her PhD in AI and Ethics due to a generous scholarship from the European Union.
Boinodiris happily mentors startups around the world as well as business school students at her alma-mater UNC-Chapel Hill where she is an active Adam’s Coach.
She is also the author of Serious Games for Business, published in 2014. Boinodiris' earlier work in serious games are being used in over 1000 schools worldwide to teach students the fundamentals of business optimization. Boinodiris was honored by Women in Games International as one of the top 100 women in the games industry. Prior to working at IBM, she was a serial entrepreneur for 14 years where she co-founded WomenGamers.Com, a popular women’s gaming portal. There she subsequently started the first scholarship for women to pursue degrees in game design and development in the US.

Chris Hein - Featured Speaker

Head of Public Sector Engineering, Google

Chris Hein runs the Customer Engineering team for Public Sector in Google Cloud. He’s been with Google for 5 years as a Solution Architect, Technical Evangelist, and now Head of Customer Engineering. During that time Chris has helped Fortune 10 companies and state governments alike work more like Google. His goal is to help public sector organizations become more efficient and effective in furthering their mission using best in breed technologies and methodologies.

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).

Keith Brooks

Chief Information Officer, City of Oxnard

Keith has over thirty years of technology experience gathered from working in a broad field, including Fortune 500 companies, scientific research, technology startups and municipal government. As the Chief Information Officer for the City of Oxnard, CA, he oversees all municipal technology functions including enterprise systems, systems architecture, GIS, support, security, telecommunications and public safety systems distributed in over 60 locations with a fiber optic network spanning over 30 miles.

Jennifer Carlson

Executive Director, WTIA Workforce Institute & Apprenti

Jennifer Carlson serves as Executive Director of the WTIA Apprenti Program, the workforce development arm of the WTIA focused on addressing the tech industry’s workforce and diversity needs through a registered technology apprenticeship program. She also is an Adjunct Professor at Seattle University. Previously, she successfully led east coast sales, development of web policy management systems and branding initiatives for AIG Agency Auto, a billion-dollar insurance division of AIG, and managed U.S. sports marketing for Progressive Insurance. Jennifer has an MBA from Ohio University.

Lea Eriksen

Director of Technology and Innovation and Chief Information Officer, City of Long Beach

Lea Eriksen is the Director of Technology and Innovation / CIO for the City of Long Beach. Recognized as a Top 10 Digital City eight years running, Long Beach is undergoing a massive technological change through the building of a state-of-the-art civic center, development of a modern Enterprise Resource Planning system, digitizing of paper-driven workflows, and investments in cybersecurity and digital inclusion. As CIO, Lea is coordinating this $100 million critical technology investment program. Lea joined the City in February 2014 as Budget Manager/Assistant Finance Director and was responsible for managing a nearly $3 billion budget. Previously she spent 16 years with the City of Cincinnati, including seven years as the Budget Director. Lea graduated cum laude from Miami University and has an MBA from Xavier University. She has received honors including the Business Courier's Class of Forty Under 40, YWCA Academy of Career Women of Achievement Rising Star and the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Early Careerist Award. Lea also serves as a City Representative on the Long Beach Transit Board.

Jac Fagundo

Deputy General Manager, Computing Services Branch, Internal Services Department, Los Angeles County

Jac Fagundo serves as the Computing Services Deputy General Manager for the Los Angeles County, Internal Services Department, Information Technology Service. Jac leads four divisions responsible for all Data Center infrastructure, platforms, and security comprised of over 200 staff and is accountable for a $100 million budget. This year Jac will celebrate twenty-eight years of county service.
Prior to taking his current position, Jac served, for ten years, as Chief Technology Officer for ISD. As CTO, Jac was the chief architect of LA County’s eCloud, Los Angeles County’s private cloud, and was named by VMWARE as a Cloud Visionary for his guidance in this endeavor.
During his tenure Jac has been key in guiding ISD toward advanced computing services it can offer to county customers. Jac was responsible for spearheading a number of ISD’s strategic initiatives such as a Countywide Active Directory as well as security, network, storage, server and desktop virtualization initiatives.

Rebecca Friedman

Media Services Director, Internal Services Department, Los Angeles County

Rebecca is the Media Services Director and unofficial “Chief Technology Translator (CTT)” for Los Angeles County’s Internal Services Department (ISD). ISD is the IT services provider for the County which is a perfect fit for Rebecca, a self-proclaimed “gov geek”. Her goal is to communicate the value of technology and how pivotal it is to driving the business of government. Prior to joining ISD, Rebecca worked as a National Conference Director for Government Technology and at Deloitte Consulting where she worked on state and local government projects in the US and Canada with a focus on change management and training. Rebecca currently works in the building where the Apollo space crafts were designed and she aims to be as inspired and innovative in her work as those who shared her workspace before her.

Dean Gialamas

Strategic Advisor, Internal Services Department, Los Angeles County

Dean Gialamas is an executive manager for the Los Angeles County Internal Services Department (ISD). In that role, he currently serves as a strategic advisor to the Director on matters relating to business development, business strategy and innovation. ISD is LA County's trusted partner and provider of choice for all essential support services, including facilities management, purchasing & contracts, information technology, fleet management and unified communications. ISD has 2,198 budget positions and more than 5,120 contracted workers with a budget of $873M to support the county’s 37 departments and approximately 200 committees and commissions.
With experience in both the private and public technology sectors and as a former executive in two law enforcement agencies, he has over twenty-eight years experience in government leadership. He is an accomplished author, presenter, instructor, leader and innovator. In his spare time he manages his own corporation that specializes in leadership, business & strategic development and joint venture opportunities and enjoys the outdoors running, hiking and mountain biking.

Jeramy Gray

Assistant Executive Officer of Technology and Planning, Executive Office of the Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County

With over 20 years of Information Technology (IT) experience, Jeramy Gray has served as Chief Information Officer for three Los Angeles County agencies. On February 14th, 2017 Jeramy was appointed by the Board of Supervisors, Executive Office as Assistant Executive Officer of Technology and Planning. In this position Jeramy oversees technology services and project planning for the County’s five elected Board Offices, County Commissions, Advisory Bodies and various administrative operations within the Board’s Executive Office. Jeramy is responsible for advising the Board on departmental and Countywide information technology standards, policy, and processes. Prior to his role within the Executive Office, Jeramy was the Assistant Registrar-Recorder County Clerk, for Information Technology. His responsibilities included oversight of all IT services, strategic planning, governance, and fiscal management for the Registrar Recorder County/Clerk; in addition his responsibilities included oversight of LA County’s voting system redesign project. Jeramy has also served as Chief Information Officer for the Departments’ of Human Resources and Parks and Recreation.

Jeanne Holm

Deputy Chief Information Officer and Senior Technology Advisor to the Mayor, City of Los Angeles

As a leader in open data, education, and civic innovation, Jeanne Holm empowers people to discover new knowledge and collaborate to improve life on Earth and beyond. Jeanne is the Deputy CIO and Senior Technology Advisor to the Mayor for the City of Los Angeles, bringing technical innovations to 4 million people. Her work in Los Angeles focuses on delivering great city services like 311, public television and new media, ShakeAlertLA, and public-private collaborations for technology innovations ranging from data science to 5G. She was formerly the Evangelist for open data for the White House under President Obama, the leader for Africa open data for the World Bank, and the Chief Knowledge Architect at NASA. She is a Distinguished Instructor at UCLA and a Fellow of the United Nations International Academy of Astronautics. She directs two startups that promote peace and social justice through technology and education programs for innovators throughout the world.

Bill Kehoe

Chief Information Officer, Los Angeles County

Bill Kehoe has been a public-sector Chief Information Officer (CIO) since 2002 serving as a State Agency CIO at the State of Washington Department of Licensing from 2002 – 2010; at King County Washington from 2010 – 2017; and as Los Angeles County CIO from November 2017 – Present. Bill has provided strategic and operational leadership for key organizational and technology transformations as a CIO including: three mainframe migrations, two IT organization and technology consolidations, multiple data center consolidations, development of multiple online services for state and local government residents, hybrid cloud strategy and deployment, application rationalization and modernization, IT Governance, Innovation, IT Strategic Planning, Enterprise Architecture, Information Management, and Unified Communication services.
As the CIO for Los Angeles County, Bill and the Office of the CIO have responsibility for enterprise technology strategy, governance, and policy. Bill and the Office of the CIO are also responsible for the enterprise information management, security, and department consulting programs.
Bill is involved in several professional organizations and is the current President of MIX, a national local government CIO consortium. Bill was recognized by Government Technology as one of the Top 25 Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers in 2015. King County was recognized as the top large county in the 2017 Digital Counties Survey.
Bill graduated from Gonzaga University in 1984 with a degree in electrical engineering and ran cross country for the school where he met his wife, Susan. Bill has run 14 marathons including the 1993 Boston Marathon. His best finish was the 1991 Seattle Marathon where he finished 10th overall with a time of 2:36. Bill also coached high school cross country and track and field for 11 years (1999 – 2010). His boys’ and girls’ teams won seven combined cross country and track state championships and several of his athletes moved on to successful collegiate running careers. Bill was voted into the Washington State Cross Country High School Coaches Hall of Fame in 2015.

Michael Owh

General Manager, Purchasing & Contract Services, Internal Services Department, Los Angeles County

In February 2019, Michael Owh was appointed as the General Manager of Los Angeles County’s Purchasing & Contract Services within the Internal Services Department. Owh leads an office of more than 260 procurement and contracting professionals with billions in spend annually. Owh is tasked with transforming the procurement process as well as improving the Department’s opportunities for small and diverse businesses throughout the region.
Prior to joining the County of Los Angeles, Owh served as the City of Los Angeles’ first Chief Procurement Officer, where he led the launch of the City’s first online certification tool, which replaced a wholly paper-based process, and provided unprecedented transparency into the City’s spend by creating procurement dashboards and analytics. Owh also created the first Citywide professional development curriculum for the City’s procurement staff as well as a library of tools and resources, incorporating best practices in the field.
Previously, Owh served as the New York City’s Chief Procurement Officer and Director of the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services, responsible for procurement policy and the oversight of more than $21 billion coordinated through 40 city agencies. In this role, Owh led the NYC PASSPort project, which went live on August 1, 2017, replacing a decades-old paper-based process. Future releases will include source to contract functionality.
In New York City, Owh was also instrumental in launching the NYC’s Nonprofit Resiliency Committee and worked in partnership with the Office of M/WBEs and the NYC Department of Small Business Services to support NYC’s Minority- and Women-owned Business Enterprise Program. Previously, Owh was General Counsel at the NYC Department of Youth and Community Development and Deputy General Counsel at the Department of Small Business Services.
Michael received his B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley, and his J.D. from the St. John’s University School of Law.

Marcina Riley

My Brother’s Keeper Initiative Coordinator, Office of Equity, Department of Health and Humans Services, City of Long Beach

Guided by the fullness of mind, spirit, and heart, Marcina Riley is on a mission to unearth the excellence in people and groups. Trained as a school counselor, Marcina has made a career in youth development, through the provision of expanded learning and student assistance programs throughout San Bernardino, Orange, Riverside, and now Los Angeles counties.
Since joining the City of Long Beach and its Health Department in June as the My Brother’s Keeper Coordinator, Marcina has begun to harmonize the strength of the city to improve life outcomes of boys and young men of color, aiding in the development of the City’s violence prevention plan, and serving as the lead on the development of the City’s Youth Strategic Plan.
Marcina holds a BA in Communications and Broadcast Journalism, as well as a MA in Education in School Counseling. Currently in pursuit of her Ed.D. in Leadership for Educational Justice at the University of Redlands, her dissertation explores the development of trust and hope in adolescents.

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Agenda

Thursday, March 14
7:30 am Pacific	Registration and Morning Refreshments California Ballroom Foyer
8:30 am Pacific	Opening Remarks California Ballroom AB Ted Ross, General Manager and Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Agency, City of Los Angeles
8:45 am Pacific	Featured Speaker – The Ethical Implications of Black Mirror: Why we need AI Transparency California Ballroom AB Phaedra Boinodiris, Member, IBM Academy of Technology Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology has the power to amplify human ingenuity, extending our capabilities to help solve the biggest business and global challenges. When made accessible to everyone, AI will transform industries, make us more productive and help us enrich the customer and citizen experience. As technology increasingly becomes part of the products and services people use at work and at home every day, the power of AI technology must be balanced with a responsible approach, applying ethics to address societal impacts and build trust. In this 45-minute talk, Phaedra will explore episodes from the popular Netflix show Black Mirror and how Design Thinking can be used to ensure that the very worst (as evidenced in the show) does not come to pass.
9:30 am Pacific	Keynote – I See Potential in You! California Ballroom AB Thurl Bailey, Inspirational Speaker & Retired Professional Basketball Player (@bigTbailey) How those 5 words changed my life! How can we best discover the potential we have as individuals and then use that potential collectively to win as a team? The answer may lay in our past. Professional speaker, broadcast analyst for the Utah Jazz and University of Utah, an actor, and an award-winning singer/song writer, Thurl Bailey attended North Carolina State University and was a key player in the 'Wolfpacks' miracle run to the 1983 NCAA Championship. That same year, Thurl led NC State in both scoring and rebounds. When the Utah Jazz drafted Thurl in 1983 as the 7th pick of the draft, Jazz management reported that he was selected for the quality of his character, as well as the quality of his game. This was the beginning of 16 years of playing professional basketball – 12 of those years in the NBA.
10:30 am Pacific	Networking Break California Ballroom Foyer
11:00 am Pacific	Concurrent Sessions Fostering an Innovation Culture The El Capitan Room Digital transformation is impacting how we recruit employees, how we access information and how we deliver services. The explosion of innovation offices and incubators offers numerous options but ultimately it’s about developing a culture to support change. This session explores the role a CIO should take in supporting the evolution of an innovation culture, connecting business needs to technology resources, and measuring and managing success. Moderator: Tom Chapin, Worldwide Public Sector Lead, OpenText Jonathan Behnke, Chief Information Officer, Information Technology, City of San Diego Amanda Daflos, Director, Mayor Eric Garcetti’s Innovation Team, City of Los Angeles Jac Fagundo, Deputy General Manager, Computing Services Branch, Internal Services Department, Los Angeles County David Wolf, Managing Director, Accenture How to Attract, Hire and Keep Good People The Orpheum Room Governments are facing significant workforce, political, organizational and technical change. We are all dealing with a retiring workforce, key staff turnover, major evolutions in the technology we use and more. So how do we keep up? The IT workforce needs to be nimbler and more innovative than ever before but also more engaged and ingrained in the purpose of the programs it serves. In this interactive session, a panel of IT leaders discuss the challenges ahead and the means to build and prepare your team for new and exciting times. Moderator: Karli Stander, Deputy Director, Innovation Team, Mayor’s Office of Budget and Innovation, City of Los Angeles Hardik Bhatt, Leader, Digital Services, US State and Local Governments, Amazon Web Services Jennifer Carlson, Executive Director, WTIA Workforce Institute & Apprenti Caroline McKnight, Human Resources Management System Project Manager, Human Resources Division, Department of Water and Power, City of Los Angeles Ken Venner, Former Chief Information Officer, Space Exploration Technologies With Great Tech Comes Great Responsibility California Ballroom C Government organizations that are diverse and inclusive are shown to be more innovative, collaborative, and successful. Additionally, research shows that unconscious bias is one of the biggest barriers to creating truly inclusive environments. This session explores how to move from unconscious thought to intentional action in who we hire and promote, how we design and deploy our technologies, and how we engage our constituents. Moderator: Katie Balderas, Equity Officer, Department of Health and Human Services, City of Long Beach Keith Brooks, Chief Information Officer, City of Oxnard Lea Eriksen, Director of Technology and Innovation and Chief Information Officer, City of Long Beach (@Lea_Eriksen) Jeanne Holm, Deputy Chief Information Officer and Senior Technology Advisor to the Mayor, City of Los Angeles (@JeanneHolm) Marcina Riley, My Brother’s Keeper Initiative Coordinator, Office of Equity, Department of Health and Human Services, City of Long Beach
12:00 pm Pacific	Lunch California Ballroom AB
12:50 pm Pacific	Welcome Remarks California Ballroom AB Bill Kehoe, Chief Information Officer, Chief Information Office, Los Angeles County
1:00 pm Pacific	Featured Speaker – The Innovation Mindset California Ballroom AB Chris Hein, Head of Public Sector Engineering, Google There’s a world of difference between 10x and 10%. Most organizations would be happy to improve by 10%, but that just means they’re doing pretty much the same thing they did before. True innovation happens when you try to improve something by 10 times rather than 10%. It requires a perspective shift, which, surprisingly, is often cheaper and easier than trying to improve marginally. Can government adopt a 10x mindset? Yes! It’s already happening, and in this session we will hear from one who is helping to lead the charge. Chris Hein is passionate about two things: disruptive technology and customer engagement. Our ultimate success will depend on how willingly – and boldly – we embrace them both.
2:00 pm Pacific	Networking Break California Ballroom Foyer
2:30 pm Pacific	Concurrent Sessions Ask a CIO – Evolving to the Role of CIO The El Capitan Room In this “Ask a CIO” session, you will gain valuable insights in advancing your career to the next level. What does it take to evolve your role as a manager or project leader to become a CIO? What new skills do you need? If a CIO role doesn’t exist in your city or department, how you do navigate politics, budget challenges and cultural inertia to get the role created? This session features a panel of experts who all evolved into a CIO role. And – we invite you to travel back in time on “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure!” with seasoned IT leaders Bill Kehoe and Ted Ross as they cut through techie jargon to articulate the strategic value of IT. Moderator: Thomas Phelps IV, Vice President of Corporate Strategy and Chief Information Officer, Laserfiche Lea Eriksen, Director of Technology and Innovation and Chief Information Officer, City of Long Beach Bill Kehoe, Chief Information Officer, Chief Information Office, Los Angeles County Phillip Leclair, Chief Information Officer, City of Pasadena Aura Moore, Deputy Executive Director and Chief Information Officer, Los Angeles World Airports Ted Ross, General Manager and Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Agency, City of Los Angeles Inspiring and Driving Organizational Change The Orpheum Room The nearly constant streams of technology advances and data proliferation make it increasingly challenging for organizations to adapt to the inevitable shifts in the Digital Age. Why are some organizations able to embrace change successfully, while many other organizations seem to consistently fall short? How do you identify the pitfalls to avoid and successfully drive change in your organization? This highly interactive session discusses the factors that make leaders most effective in motivating, mobilizing and inspiring others to chart new courses and blaze new trails. Moderator: Loc Ta, Account Executive, Worldwide Public Sector, Amazon Web Services Dean Gialamas, Strategic Advisor, Internal Services Department, Los Angeles County Robin Murphy, Senior Manager, Health and Public Service Talent & Organization, Accenture Michael Owh, General Manager, Purchasing & Contract Services, Internal Services Department, Los Angeles County Karli Stander, Deputy Director, Innovation Team, Mayor’s Office of Budget and Innovation, City of Los Angeles Elevate Your Personal Brand California Ballroom C Do you have a personal leadership brand? How are you perceived by others? Is your brand helping to get you noticed in your organization and professional networks? In this interactive session, established leaders provide tips and tactics to not only elevate your individual brand, but to live it authentically in daily interactions and through social media channels. Come ready to define your mission statement and build upon your brand! Moderator: Kathy Conrad, Managing Director, Digital Government, Accenture Federal Services Moderator: Michelle Smith, Business Development Director, Accenture Rebecca Friedman, Media Services Director, Internal Services Department, Los Angeles County (@RebeccaFriedman) Jeramy Gray, Chief Deputy, Executive Office of the Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County Jeanne Holm, Deputy Chief Information Officer and Senior Technology Advisor to the Mayor, City of Los Angeles (@JeanneHolm)
3:30 pm Pacific	Awards Welcome Reception California Ballroom Foyer Everyone is invited! Network with your collegues and discuss technology solutions with the exhibitors.
4:00 pm Pacific	CIO Academy Awards Ceremony and Reception California Ballroom AB Applaud the winners of the inaugural CIO Academy Awards. This award program honors outstanding public sector IT leaders in the Los Angeles area. Stay afterward to network and celebrate!
5:00 pm Pacific	End of Conference Conference times, agenda, and speakers are subject to change.

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Advisory Board

Government Representatives

Mohammed Al Rawi
Chief Information Officer
Parks and Recreation
Los Angeles County

Jerry Aoki
Chief Information Officer
Department of Children and Family Services
Los Angeles County

Jonathan Behnke
Chief Information Officer
Information Technology
City of San Diego

Keith Brooks
Chief Information Officer
City of Oxnard

David Cardenas
Chief Information Officer
Public Health
Los Angeles County

Louis Carr, Jr.
Chief Information Officer
Department of Water and Power
City of Los Angeles

Joseph Cevetello
Chief Information Officer
City of Santa Monica

Benny Chacko
Deputy General Manager
Internal Services Department
Los Angeles County

Amanda Daflos
Director, Innovation Team
Mayor's Office of Budget and Innovation
City of Los Angeles

Joyce Edson
Assistant General Manager, Deputy Chief Information Officer
Information Technology Agency
City of Los Angeles

Lea Eriksen
Director of Technology and Innovation, Chief Information Officer
Technology & Innovation
City of Long Beach

Jac Fagundo
Deputy General Manager, Computing Services Branch
Internal Services Department
Los Angeles County

Anita Fernandez
Director of Information Systems
LA Sanitation
City of Los Angeles

Niles Friedman
Strategic Advisor
Chief Information Office
Los Angeles County

Rebecca Friedman
Media Services Director
Internal Services Department
Los Angeles County

Dean Gialamas
Strategic Advisor
Internal Services Department
Los Angeles County

Jeramy Gray
Chief Deputy
Executive Office of the Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles County

Jeanne Holm
Deputy Chief Information Officer and Assistant General Manager
Information Technology Agency
City of Los Angeles

Jesse Juarros
Chief Information Officer
Department of Public Works
Los Angeles County

Bill Kehoe
Chief Information Officer
Chief Information Office
Los Angeles County

Binh Le
Assistant Director, Department Chief Information Officer
Public Library
Los Angeles County

Phillip Leclair
Chief Information Officer
City of Pasadena

Tim Lee
Chief Information Security Officer
Information Technology Agency
City of Los Angeles

Karen Loquet
Assistant Auditor-Controller
Department of Auditor-Controller
Los Angeles County

Aura Moore
Deputy Executive Director and Chief Information Officer
Los Angeles World Airports

Todd Pelkey
Chief Information Officer
District Attorney
Los Angeles County

Scott Porter
Chief Information Officer
Los Angeles Fire Department
City of Los Angeles

Ted Ross
General Manager/Chief Information Officer
Information Technology Agency
City of Los Angeles

Bryan Sastokas
Chief Information Officer
Technology & Innovation
Los Angeles Metro

Karli Stander
Deputy Director, Innovation Team
Mayor's Office of Budget and Innovation
City of Los Angeles

Michael Sylvester, II
Assistant Director
Department of Public Social Services
Los Angeles County

James Van Gerpen
Director of Systems
Department of City Planning
City of Los Angeles

Dave Wesolik
General Manager
Internal Services Department
Los Angeles County

Roozan Zarifian
Chief Information Officer
Human Resources Department
Los Angeles County

Industry Representatives

Gary Bluhm
Sr. Account Executive, Public Sector
OpenText

Carla Fields
Sales Director
Government/Education
AT&T

Joseph Lei
Customer Engineer
Google Cloud

Alana Muntz
Client Executive
IBM

Thomas Phelps
Vice President of Corporate Strategy & Chief Information Officer
Laserfiche

Chuck Skiko
Client Executive
IBM

Michelle Smith
Director, Business Development
Accenture

Loc Ta
Account Executive
Worldwide Public Sector
Amazon Web Services

Andy Velasquez
Sales Executive
Google Cloud

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Los Angeles Public Sector CIO Academy 2019

Overview

To view speaker presentations where available, see Agenda section.

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A message from our Keynote Speaker

Speakers

Thurl Bailey - Keynote

Inspirational Speaker & Retired Professional Basketball Player

Phaedra Boinodiris - Featured Speaker

IBM Academy of Technology

Chris Hein - Featured Speaker

Head of Public Sector Engineering, Google

Hardik Bhatt

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

Keith Brooks

Chief Information Officer, City of Oxnard

Jennifer Carlson

Executive Director, WTIA Workforce Institute & Apprenti

Lea Eriksen

Director of Technology and Innovation and Chief Information Officer, City of Long Beach

Jac Fagundo

Deputy General Manager, Computing Services Branch, Internal Services Department, Los Angeles County

Rebecca Friedman

Media Services Director, Internal Services Department, Los Angeles County

Dean Gialamas

Strategic Advisor, Internal Services Department, Los Angeles County

Jeramy Gray

Assistant Executive Officer of Technology and Planning, Executive Office of the Board of Supervisors, Los Angeles County

Jeanne Holm

Deputy Chief Information Officer and Senior Technology Advisor to the Mayor, City of Los Angeles

Bill Kehoe

Chief Information Officer, Los Angeles County

Michael Owh

General Manager, Purchasing & Contract Services, Internal Services Department, Los Angeles County

Marcina Riley

My Brother’s Keeper Initiative Coordinator, Office of Equity, Department of Health and Humans Services, City of Long Beach

Agenda

Thursday, March 14

7:30 am Pacific

Registration and Morning Refreshments

California Ballroom Foyer

8:30 am Pacific

Opening Remarks

California Ballroom AB

8:45 am Pacific

Featured Speaker – The Ethical Implications of Black Mirror: Why we need AI Transparency

California Ballroom AB

9:30 am Pacific

Keynote – I See Potential in You!

California Ballroom AB

10:30 am Pacific

Networking Break

California Ballroom Foyer

11:00 am Pacific

Concurrent Sessions

Fostering an Innovation Culture

The El Capitan Room

How to Attract, Hire and Keep Good People

The Orpheum Room

With Great Tech Comes Great Responsibility

California Ballroom C

12:00 pm Pacific

Lunch

California Ballroom AB

12:50 pm Pacific

Welcome Remarks

California Ballroom AB

1:00 pm Pacific

Featured Speaker – The Innovation Mindset

California Ballroom AB

2:00 pm Pacific

Networking Break

California Ballroom Foyer

2:30 pm Pacific

Concurrent Sessions

Ask a CIO – Evolving to the Role of CIO

The El Capitan Room

Inspiring and Driving Organizational Change

The Orpheum Room

Elevate Your Personal Brand