Name: Maine Digital Government Summit 2017
Start: 2017-10-24T08:00
Location: Augusta Civic Center

Overview

Government Technology’s passion is helping spread best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector. The Maine 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 designed to make that passion 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:

Smarter Communities and IoT
Turbulence Within the Cloud
Next Generation Analytics
Building a Culture & Capacity for Agile Development
Optimizing the Workforce and Workplace of Tomorrow
Best Practices in Answering "Are We Secure Yet?"

A message from our Keynote Speaker

It is my privilege once again to invite you to this year’s Maine Digital Summit – this will be our 15th summit. As past attendees know, this is a tremendous opportunity to network, to learn, to think about the future through the lens of technology; and our eRepublic hosts always get us thinking with great, nationally-known speakers. Each year at the summit, it seems there is more to review, talk about, consider – from new Cyber Defense approaches, to wearable computers, to IoT, to advances from 3d printing to artificial intelligence. The Summit is a great opportunity to think how those changes will impact government services. We probably all know what IBM President Tom Watson said in 1943: “‘I think there is a world market for about five computers”. Well, we live in a different world now. Come and join us on October 24th in Augusta, and we will work together to envision the present and the future.

- Jim Smith, Chief Information Officer, State of Maine

Speakers

Manley Feinberg, II – Keynote

World-class Climber, Adventurer and IT Leader, Vertical Lessons, Inc.

Manley is an award-winning speaker, best-selling author, expert climber, innovative IT leader, published outdoor adventure photographer and professional musician. It is this expertise that he shares by applying lessons he’s learned in business and adventure to life’s daily challenges, inspiring audiences worldwide. During Manley’s eleven years with Build-A-Bear Workshop, his leadership direction helped take their revolutionary retail concept from 40 stores to over 400 worldwide. Manley’s influence was a key element in creating a workplace culture that landed Build-A-Bear on the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® List seven years in a row. He is the co-author of the #1 best-selling book World Class Speaking in Action, a contributor to Support World Magazine, a member of the HDI Strategic Advisory Board and serves on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Leadership Training Staff.

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Stacey A. Wright - Featured Speaker

Senior Intel Program Manager, Center for Internet Security (CIS), Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC)

Stacey A. Wright is the Senior Intel Program Manager at the Center for Internet Security (CIS), where she runs the Intel Team for the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC). The Intel Team focuses on providing strategic, operational, and tactical cyber threat intelligence on state, local, tribal, and territorial government cyber issues, and is dedicated to providing comprehensive, actionable intelligence analysis. Prior to her employment at CIS, Stacey was the Cyber Intelligence Analyst for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Albany Division, where she was responsible for coordinating the local cyber intelligence program, and served as the FBI's liaison to the MS-ISAC. Stacey began her career as an Information Systems Specialist for a city's Emergency Communications and Fire Departments. She received her Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice from Northeastern University in 2000, and her Master of Business Administration from the University of Massachusetts, Boston, in 2005. She is a formally trained Intelligence Analyst, a national speaker on cybercrime. In addition to her work at CIS, Stacey teaches two graduate cybersecurity and threat intelligence classes at the State University of New York.

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Raymond Albert, Ph.D.

Program Coordinator for Cybersecurity and COS-related degree programs and Professor of Computer Science, University of Maine Fort Kent

Ray is Professor of Computer Science at the University of Maine at Fort Kent (UMFK), Program Coordinator for the Computer-related degree programs at UMFK, and has served as Director of the Maine Cyber Security Cluster (MCSC) at the University of Southern Maine (USM).
Ray previously served as Chair of the Division of Natural and Behavioral Sciences at UMFK during which time he orchestrated the effort to achieve program accreditation under the auspices of the International Assembly for Collegiate Business Education (IACBE). Regionally, he successfully orchestrated and led a multi-campus initiative to attain National Security Agency (NSA)/Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recognition of the distributed University of Maine System Center of Academic Excellence in Information Assurance and Cyber Defense Education. He now serves as a reviewer program reviewer for other institutions seeking recognition. Ray has also served the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC) Commission on Institutions of Higher Education (CIHE) as an on-site evaluator for higher education institutions in New England.
In 2007, both chambers of the Maine State Legislature passed a legislative sentiment recognizing his work in higher education in the St. John Valley. The proclamation was sponsored, and later presented to Albert, by Fort Kent area Representative Troy Jackson and Senator John Martin. Ray's industry experience includes serving NASA – Johnson Space Center as a Software Quality Assurance engineer on its Space Station Freedom Project, Macro Development Corporation as a software developer, and QualityQuest, LLC as a CEO.

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David Beidelman

Senior Security Architect, Security Practice, SHI International

Dave is a consulting leader with a proven record of increasing operational efficiencies, controlling project costs/timeframes and implementing/maintaining technology initiatives to support business objectives. David brings 25-plus years of experience in security architecture design, systems development, project management, training and education, implementation and deployment.
Mr. Beidelman comes to SHI from Catholic Health East where he was responsible for designing and delivering technical vulnerability assessments and penetration tests, computer forensic investigations, incident handling, and security systems design. Prior to joining Catholic Health East, David successfully launched a security consulting practice at IntegraOne to provide security design and analysis services to K-12 school districts and public sector service organization. Before IntegraOne, Mr. Beidelman spent almost 6 years working as part of Lucent Technologies in various technical roles, including: systems engineer, security architect, incident handler and risk management.
At SHI, David has lead customer projects in the areas of Data Loss Prevention, encryption, Security Information and Event Management (SIEM), architecting high availability security solutions, redesigning complex logging and reporting environments, firewalls, proxy systems, IPS/IDS, email filters, VPN, secure authentication/authorization, biometric multi-factor authentication, application security, identity management and risk management. David also developed SHI’s Industrial Control SCADA Discovery and Assessment program that detects weaknesses and vulnerabilities within manufacturing and utility customers with almost zero risk of adverse Impact.

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David Demers, Ph.D.

Chief Information Officer, University of Maine System

David Demers is the Chief Information Officer for the University of Maine System. As CIO, he oversees the unified University Services Information Technology unit responsible for providing comprehensive technology, systems and infrastructure support for all of the campuses in the University of Maine system. Prior to his appointment with the University of Maine System, he served as CIO and Vice President for Enrollment, Marketing and Communications at SUNY Buffalo State College where he led a collaborative division responsible for information services, enrollment management and college relations. Dr. Demers also served as Chief Operating Officer for The American Women's College Online at Bay Path University where he managed the development of the innovative S.O.U.L. (Social Online Universal Learning) learning environment. Prior to this, he was Vice President for Academic and Administrative Technology at Bay Path College from 2009-2013 where he provided strategic vision and oversight of technology resources to support teaching and learning, student information systems, telecommunications and business systems. Demers has focused his career on the effective use of technology to enhance teaching and learning as a research topic and helped develop and deliver online programs at the University of Hartford (1999-2001), the University of Connecticut (2001-2005) and Sacred Heart University where he served as Director of Instructional Technology and Online Learning (2005-2009). Demers has a long history of scholarship having published articles in the International Journal on E-Learning, Family Medicine and Gene as well as textbooks and electronic resource guides for W.W. Norton & Co. and Allyn & Bacon. He has also been an active participant in and presented at Educause Annual Conferences and NERCOMP regional conferences. Demers completed his B.S. and Ph.D. at the University of California at Riverside where he pursued research interests in the field of Cell and Molecular Biology.

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Joshua Karstens

Director, Project Management Office & Business Process Management, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine

Joshua Karstens is currently Director of the Project Management Office (PMO) and Business Process Management (BPM) for the State of Maine. As PMO Director, he develops and implements PMO processes and policies and directs project management staff. He works with other State Agency leaders to define, prioritize and develop projects and programs and helps ensure they meet organization goals and requirements. As BPM Director, he leads a team responsible for business process optimization throughout State Agencies allowing for greater efficiencies, effectiveness and adaptive to change. Josh is a major proponent for Agile methodologies and has contributed to many Information Technology Government organizations and magazines regarding public sector adoption of Agile. He holds a MBA and Masters in Project Management.

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Mahesh Patel

Senior Manager, M2M/IoT Product Management, Business Solutions, US Cellular

Patel is an IoT industry veteran of 8 years. As a Senior. Manager of Product Management for US Cellular IoT products, Patel is responsible for driving innovation and developing an extensive IoT product portfolio and building a solid IoT business. In this role, he manages the overall IoT business, product portfolio and building an eco-system to deliver innovative customer solutions
Prior to joining US Cellular in 2015, Patel held a variety of executive, technical and leadership positions with industry pioneers that included Sixnet, Redlion, ADC, Motorola, T-Systems, and Lucent Technologies. In these positions, he managed large teams who worked closely with customers and product divisions to define business needs and requirements, resulting in the development of new business initiatives, revenues and markets via end-to-end customer solutions and broader market leading product portfolios.
Patel holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electronics Engineering Technology from DeVry Institute of Technology, a Master of Science in Computer Science degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology, and an MBA from DePaul University.

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Denise Reilly-Hughes

Customer Success Manager, State and Local Government, Microsoft US Public Sector

Denise Reilly-Hughes is a Cloud Technology Strategist with Microsoft supporting the New England States and is responsible for helping her customers meet and exceed their desired outcomes building their Modern Workforce in State Government.
Denise has almost 20 years of experience in solution driven technology with a focus geared towards modernizing US government organizations. Her specialties include user experience, business solution strategies, and enterprise cloud adoption.

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Nate Wildes

Engagement Director, Live + Work in Maine and Co-Founder, Flight Deck Brewing

Nate has served as Engagement Director for Live and Work in Maine since the initiative's founding in late 2015. Nate focuses on building partnerships and managing a year-round marketing campaign to increase the number of people who choose to Live and Work in Maine, by promoting the employer community and specific job opportunities therein through their job board.
In early 2017, Nate co-founded Flight Deck Brewing on the redeveloped Brunswick Naval Air Station (now called Brunswick Landing) in Brunswick, Maine to provide the kind of employment and community connection opportunities Live and Work in Maine seeks to enable across the State. In addition to brewing and serving fresh beer, Flight Deck hosts a robust calendar of community events at its tasting room and extensive outdoor patio.

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Agenda

Tuesday, October 24
8:00 am Eastern	Registration and Morning Refreshments
9:00 am Eastern	Opening Remarks Jim Smith, Chief Information Officer, State of Maine
9:15 am Eastern	Keynote – Leading on the Edge Manley Feinberg, World-class Climber, Adventurer and IT Leader (@manleyf) IT officials often struggle to deliver more value under tightening constraints and rising expectations. Throw in the complications of regulations, a changing workforce, constantly evolving technology, plus the chaos of day-to-day life, and you are facing some serious challenges. It can feel like you’re walking too close to the edge, and the old adage “Don’t look down!” applies just as much to a tough deadline as climbing the sheer face of El Capitan. Manley Feinberg has tackled and conquered impossible environments – from breakneck corporate expansion to nature’s most hostile terrains. In this unforgettable keynote, Manley reveals his 8 Vertical Lessons that will enable you to lead, contribute and inspire in ways that will take you – and your teams – to bold new heights.
10:15 am Eastern	Networking Break
10:45 am Eastern	Concurrent Sessions Optimizing the Workforce and Workplace of Tomorrow Are you getting the full potential from your workplace technology? This session will showcase applications and solutions that help you optimize your workplace technologies, improve productivity and enhance your skills. Introduction by: Dawnna Pease, Director, Enterprise Windows Applications & Hosting, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine Denise Reilly-Hughes, Customer Success Manager, State and Local Government, Microsoft US Public Sector Smarter Communities and IoT It’s clear that smart technologies and IoT are the future of our communities. Is government ready for billions – soon to be trillions – of sensors and devices connected to one another that will transform our society? This session explores some innovative “Smart Applications” currently being implemented as well as what’s on the horizon, how to cope with what’s coming and, most importantly, how to secure it all. David Beidelman, Senior Security Architect, Security Practice, SHI International Turbulence Within the Cloud Cloud service adoption and use continues to ramp up for government agencies. But do you know what the major security, compliance and data considerations are before agreeing to and using a cloud service? Come learn about the most important considerations before adopting a cloud service and how to build a solid foundation with your cloud service provider. Jeffery Jordan, Deputy Associate Chief Information, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine Brian Oliver, Deputy Director, Applications Development, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine
11:45 am Eastern	Lunch
12:30 pm Eastern	Featured Speaker – State and Local Government Threat Landscape Stacey A. Wright, Senior Intel Program Manager, Center for Internet Security (CIS), Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC) Cybersecurity is a top concern for every sector in our country. The worldwide reach of the internet means that attacks against our organizations and employees can happen from hackers in the United States and from foreign countries. This session will cover the emerging cyber threats to the government sector and how awareness training can help combat the risk.
1:30 pm Eastern	Networking Break
1:50 pm Eastern	Concurrent Sessions Next Generation Analytics 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 and more. This session explores ways to leverage data to drive smarter decisions, faster responses and better service. David Demers, Ph.D., Chief Information Officer, University of Maine System Kimberly Duplisea, Director of Operations & Marketing, Maine.gov - A service of InforME Building a Culture & Capacity for Agile Development Maine’s agile journey began five years ago and has had significant success. This session will feature a roundtable on Agile and Scrum best practices that can help your organization to increase the quality of deliverables, cope better with change, provide better estimates while spending less time creating them and be more in control of project schedules. Joshua Karstens, Director, Project Management Office & Business Process Management, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine (@Dabear052273) Barbara O’Connor, Enterprise Agile Coach and Technology Capability manager for the Agile Coaching Team, Unum Best Practices in Answering “Are We Secure Yet?” Security continues to be a top concern for IT leaders, government executives and elected officials. In fact, our recent elections have escalated security breaches to the highest national levels. As hackers continue to innovate, IT organizations will be challenged to keep up. In this session, an expert panel will present their top best practices in the ongoing war against cyber-crime. Raymond Albert, Ph.D., Program Coordinator for Cybersecurity and COS-related degree programs and Professor of Computer Science, University of Maine Fort Kent Victor Chakravarty, Associate Chief Information Officer of Infrastructure, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine Stacey A. Wright, Senior Intel Program Manager, Center for Internet Security (CIS), Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC)
2:00 pm Eastern	Sponsor Briefing (Industry sponsors only.) This informal discussion will focus on strategies, priorities, opportunities and the procurement process. Hosted by Jim Smith, CIO, State of Maine.
2:50 pm Eastern	Networking Break
3:10 pm Eastern	General Session – “You Can Get There From Here” – Innovation & Technology Come see what’s happening with innovative organizations using technologies in new ways. Remote sensing technology is changing the world! Through Global Positioning System technology and sensors, IoT has enabled public employers to track their employees. GPS trackers in watches, badges, bracelets, caps and the like can be invaluable for tracking employees, especially when they are going into potentially dangerous areas. Some agencies are creating visual maps of workers’ days in hopes of improving productivity. Sensor tags worn on shirts, in badges or in smart caps are helping workers with organizational tasks. This session will open your eyes to the possibilities! Mahesh Patel, Senior Manager, M2M/IoT Product Management, Business Solutions, US Cellular Live, Work & Brew in Maine Nate Wildes, Engagement Director, Live + Work in Maine and Co-Founder, Flight Deck Brewery
4:15 pm Eastern	Networking Reception Network with your colleagues and discuss technology solutions with the event exhibitors. Conference times, agenda, and speakers are subject to change.

Augusta Civic Center

76 Community Drive
Augusta, ME 04330
(207) 626-2405

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Advisory Board

Government Representatives

Marcus Ballou
Senior Member Services Representative
Maine Municipal Association

Dan Boutilier
Director of Information Systems
City of Portland

Victor Chakravarty
Associate Chief Information Officer, Infrastructure
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

Kevin Dieterich
Director
Maine State Legislature
State of Maine

Timothy Earle
Information Technology Director
City of Lewiston

Tonia Ennis
Program Manager
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

Jerry Gerlach
Information Technology Director
City of Biddeford

Donna Grant
Deputy Secretary of State for Information Services
Secretary of State
State of Maine

Cathy Harrison
Application Manager
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

Jeffrey Jordan
Deputy Associate Chief Information Officer
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

Jason Judd
Director
Project Login
Educate Maine

Joshua Karstens
Director, Project Management Office & Business Process Management
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

Bill Longfellow
Director of Innovation
Department of Environmental Protection
State of Maine

Patricia O'Brien
Deputy Director of Unemployment Compensation
Department of Labor
State of Maine

Kelly Rickert
Director, Workforce Development
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

James Ritter
State Librarian
Maine State Library

Paul Sandlin
Associate Chief Information Officer for Applications
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

Sandy Saunders
Director of Communications and Administration
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

David Simsarian
Director of Business Technology Solutions
Department of Health and Human Services
State of Maine

Jim Smith
Chief Information Officer
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

Richard Thompson
Chief Information Officer
University of Maine

Nathan Willigar
Deputy Associate Chief Information Officer
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

Industry Representatives

Dan Andrews
General Manager
InforME/Maine Information Network

Nick Repp
IT Solutions Provider
SHI International Corp.

Registration Information / Contact Us

Contact Information

2018 Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contact:

Heather Earney
Government Technology
Phone: (916) 932-1435
E-mail: heather.earney@govtech.com

Maine Digital Government Summit 2017

Overview

A message from our Keynote Speaker

Speakers

Manley Feinberg, II – Keynote

World-class Climber, Adventurer and IT Leader, Vertical Lessons, Inc.

Stacey A. Wright - Featured Speaker

Senior Intel Program Manager, Center for Internet Security (CIS), Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center (MS-ISAC)

Raymond Albert, Ph.D.

Program Coordinator for Cybersecurity and COS-related degree programs and Professor of Computer Science, University of Maine Fort Kent

David Beidelman

Senior Security Architect, Security Practice, SHI International

David Demers, Ph.D.

Chief Information Officer, University of Maine System

Joshua Karstens

Director, Project Management Office & Business Process Management, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine

Mahesh Patel

Senior Manager, M2M/IoT Product Management, Business Solutions, US Cellular

Denise Reilly-Hughes

Customer Success Manager, State and Local Government, Microsoft US Public Sector

Nate Wildes

Engagement Director, Live + Work in Maine and Co-Founder, Flight Deck Brewing

Agenda

Tuesday, October 24

8:00 am Eastern

Registration and Morning Refreshments

9:00 am Eastern

Opening Remarks

9:15 am Eastern

Keynote – Leading on the Edge

10:15 am Eastern

Networking Break

10:45 am Eastern

Concurrent Sessions

Optimizing the Workforce and Workplace of Tomorrow

Smarter Communities and IoT

Turbulence Within the Cloud

11:45 am Eastern

Lunch

12:30 pm Eastern

Featured Speaker – State and Local Government Threat Landscape

1:30 pm Eastern

Networking Break

1:50 pm Eastern

Concurrent Sessions

Next Generation Analytics

Building a Culture & Capacity for Agile Development

Best Practices in Answering “Are We Secure Yet?”

2:00 pm Eastern

Sponsor Briefing

2:50 pm Eastern

Networking Break

3:10 pm Eastern

General Session – “You Can Get There From Here” – Innovation & Technology

Remote sensing technology is changing the world!

Live, Work & Brew in Maine

4:15 pm Eastern

Networking Reception

Augusta Civic Center

Advisory Board

Government Representatives

Industry Representatives

Registration Information / Contact Us

Contact Information

Venue

Augusta Civic Center