Name: Maine Digital Government Summit 2018
Start: 2018-09-25T08:00
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 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:

Data Governance
Assessing Cybersecurity Risk, Vulnerability and Chances of Survival
Agile IT
Making all Clouds Work as One
Data Privacy
Government’s Quest for Talent
Procurement – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Autonomous and Connected Vehicles
Uberizing Government

A message from our Keynote Speaker

It is my great honor to welcome you to this year’s Maine Digital Summit – this will be our 16th Summit! And while many of the sessions will feature new and innovative topics such as SaaS, IoT, artificial intelligence and virtual reality, traditional topics like workforce, cyber security, and legacy modernization have become annual critical subjects. The Summit also always provides the opportunity to network, the chance to hear industry experts, and the ability to visualize the future together. We have had great response from attendees in the past, both on the timely topics and the knowledgeable speakers; I believe this year’s event will continue that tradition of excellence. I look forward to seeing you at the Augusta Civic Center on September 25 for the Maine Digital Summit.

– Jim Smith, Chief Information Officer, State of Maine

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 N. B.A. Draft. Thurl spent twelve of his sixteen-year professional basketball career in the N. B. A., 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 "N.B.A.'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 N. B. A.'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.

Glenn Mills - Featured Speaker

Chief Economist, Department of Labor, State of Maine

Glenn Mills is the chief economist in the Maine Department of Labor’s Center for Workforce Research, which collects and disseminates workforce data on employment, unemployment, and wages. He develops workforce forecasts, provides staff support to the Consensus Economic Forecasting Commission, and works with a wide range of customers to provide context to the dynamics of the economy in light of often-contradictory indicators.

Jeremiah Bartlett

Transportation Systems Engineer, Department of Public Works, City of Portland

Jeremiah Bartlett is the City of Portland's Transportation Systems Engineer and manages the Transportation Engineering group at Portland's Department of Public Works. He began his career in the private sector, first with transportation impact studies for mixed-use urban projects in the Boston area, and later with transportation planning studies throughout Maine.
Jeremiah currently oversees planning and programs for Portland's transportation infrastructure, ranging from street design to sidewalk to signal design to multi-modal design projects. As part of this work, he is actively involved with a number of City initiative, including the deployment of adaptive signal technologies and the introduction of Highly Autonomous Vehicles in Portland's urban core, likely in 2019.
Jeremiah lives in Auburn with his wife, the Reverend Sara Bartlett and Joshua and Tristan, where he is the Vice Chair of the Lewiston-Auburn Complete Streets Committee.

Melissa Boudreault

Vice President, New England, CGI

As Vice President for Consulting Services, Melissa works with commercial, state and local clients in the development of innovation and transformation strategies, including roadmaps, technology design and business architecture.
Melissa advises decision-makers, commercial clients and state agencies on best practices and implementation strategies for technology solutions with a focus on incremental modernization, interoperability, user experience and policy implementation, as well as emerging technology trends. She has extensive expertise in Health Care and Information Technology, and has focused throughout her career on the intersection of IT and program design. She has led efforts to use a blend of business architecture and IT to transform a number of key areas, including digital transformation, system modernization and user experience.
Prior to joining CGI Melissa created Dell’s State HIT practice, where she advised agencies, legislators and advocates on the ACA and technology strategies. She is also a founder of Massachusetts's Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector. She focused on the policy, regulatory and IT solutions required for the implementation of the precursor for Medicaid expansion under the ACA, Commonwealth Care. Melissa has designed and implemented a number of systems in operations in organizations as diverse as the Dana Farber Cancer Institute, BBN Technologies, and The Carter Center in Atlanta.
She has a Masters Degree in History from Boston College and undergraduate degree from Simmons College.

Emily Carbonara

Consultant, State Government Consulting, BerryDunn

Emily Carbonara is a Consultant in BerryDunn’s Government Consulting Group. Her primary focus resides with state government clients spanning the sectors of health and human services, and justice and public safety. Emily provides project management and business analysis support for various client projects, including business process redesign, Medicaid Eligibility and Enrollment, and system IV&V Services. You can read her latest blog post on data governance for government agencies on our website, berrydunn.com.

Andrew Laing

Chief Data Officer, Agency of Digital Services, State of Vermont

Andrew serves as the State of Vermont’s Chief Data Officer under a newly-created Agency of Digital Services. In this role, he oversees the broad range of data management functions across the State and is helping the State unlock the power of its rich data assets through governance, integration, and intelligence efforts. Before taking on this role, Andrew directed the Systems Engineering team for Vermont's Health and Human Services agency and developed strategic, operational, and information architecture that drove IT and business change projects. He is trained as an electrical engineer, lives in Burlington VT with his three kids, loves the outdoors and gardening, and even roasts his own coffee!

Charlie Leadbetter

Principal, State Government Consulting, BerryDunn

Charlie is a Principal in BerryDunn’s Government Consulting Group and leader of the firm's State Government Consulting practice area. Over the last 25 years, Charlie has led independent consulting project teams primarily serving the needs of state government clients. Charlie specializes in large scale system planning, system selection, project management, and IV&V projects. Charlie has recently been involved in the development of data governance programs for Health and Human Service Departments in Vermont and Michigan. When he’s not overseeing projects, Charlie enjoys spending time with his family on their horse and blueberry farm in Maine.

Auta Main

Veteran’s Program Manager, Bureau of Employment Services, Department of Labor, State of Maine

Auta Main is the Veterans Program Manager for the Maine Dept of Labor’s Network of CareerCenters, where she has been employed since 2006. Prior to coming to work for the State of Maine, Auta was the Executive Director of the TimeBanks USA Network and Maine Time Banks in Portland, Maine for 8 years. She has a bachelor’s degree in business and has owned, operated and sold two small businesses in Southern Maine. Her previous work included facilitation of employment, training and entrepreneurship programs for women and minorities at the Maine Centers for Women Work and Community (now New Ventures Maine). Early in her career, Auta also spent 4 years in the USAF, where she was trained as a Russian Linguist.

John Pavlov

Partner - Director of Emerging Technology, CGI

John Pavlov has a wide range of experience as a development leader, performance engineer and enterprise architect with a unique blend of leadership and technical skills encompassing agile transformation and DevOps.

Director, Maine National Guard Human Resources Office

Mike graduated from Brewer High School in 1982. He earned is Bachelors of Science in Secondary Education and was commissioned an Infantry 2nd Lieutenant from the University of Maine at Orono in 1986. He taught social studies at Houlton High School until 1992 then began his full time employment with the Maine Army National Guard in 1993.
He held various command and staff assignments in the 1st Battalion, 152nd Field Artillery, Maine Army National Guard, to include battalion commander until the fall of 2007. After command, Mike volunteered for deployment to Afghanistan as an embedded training team chief. After training at Ft Riley, Kansas, he arrived in Zabul province where he led a team of 12 Soldiers which trained a 500 man Afghan infantry battalion, where much of the training occurred during combat operations. He redeployed stateside in December of 2008 and became the Maine Army National Guard’s Deputy Director of Personnel. He currently is the Director of Human Resources. Mike earned a Masters of Business Administration from Thomas College in 2000 and a Masters of Strategic Studies from the US Army War College in 2013. His awards include the Bronze Star and Combat Action Badge.

Kevin Scheirer

Senior Business Development Specialist, Government Consulting, BerryDunn

Kevin manages BerryDunn’s procurement contract vehicles to support the firm in the pursuit of new business opportunities. Kevin brings to the BerryDunn team the unique perspective of having worked on both sides of the procurement process—both as a former procurement director for the State of Maine and currently as a contracted vendor. Kevin has over 10 years of experience in state government procurement, and extensive knowledge of both public and private sectors. He has expertise in strategic sourcing and procurement modernization and is knowledgeable about procurement trends and best practices.

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Agenda

Tuesday, September 25
8:00 am Eastern	Registration and Morning Refreshments Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room
9:00 am Eastern	Opening Remarks Auditorium David Whitt, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Administration and Finance, State of Maine Ande Smith, Chief Operating Officer, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine
9:30 am Eastern	Keynote – I See Potential in You! Auditorium Thurl Bailey, Inspirational Speaker & Retired Professional Basketball Player (@bigTbailey) How those 5 words changed my life! How can we best discover how much 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. 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 Eastern	Networking Break Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room
11:00 am Eastern	Concurrent Sessions Data Governance Washington/York (2nd Level) Data has become the lifeblood of organizations, and to make the most of that information, a successful Data Governance Strategy brings together the right people, processes, and technology to effectively identify, classify and protect the state’s critical and regulated data. Organizations need a framework that addresses all of the issues of data quality, standards and management. This session will be a lively discussion on what an organization needs for good data governance to enable data sharing, to ensure data security, and to maintain transparency. View Presentation Here Emily Carbonara, Consultant, State Government Consulting, BerryDunn Charlie Leadbetter, Principal, State Government Consulting, BerryDunn (@CKLeadbetter) Assessing Cybersecurity Risk, Vulnerability and Chances of Survival Kennebec/Penobscot (1st Level) Can we ever be 100% digitally secure in this age of IoT, cloud, mobility, data-sharing, hacktivism, cyberwarfare, et al.? The answer, of course, is no. But at the same time, failure is not an acceptable option for stewards of private information. What can we do to improve the odds? The first step is understanding how to manage risk. Much can be gleaned from debacles and near-misses in the public sector. This session takes a no-nonsense look at how, why and where governments go wrong. Jonathan Mahoney, Cyber Security Practice Manager, Presidio Agile IT Piscataquis (2nd Level) Effectively implementing agile practices requires grasping methodologies, and fine tuning your team strategy. This session will present best practices and current thinking about when and why an agile approach is appropriate, help you to increase the quality of deliverables, cope better with change, how to manage Agile at scale, and overall improve your Agile initiatives. John Pavlov, Partner – Director, Emerging Technology, CGI Making all Clouds Work as One Sagadahoc (2nd Level) Cloud service adoption and use continues to ramp up for government agencies. But do you know what the major security, compliance, operating models and data considerations are before agreeing to and using a cloud service? Do you know what applications should go into the cloud and which should not? This session will cover cloud application migration strategies including On-premise, Off-premise and Hybrid cloud infrastructures and how to implement operating models that support cloud hosted technologies. Mark Johnson, Vice President, Cloud Automation, Managed Services, Mythics
12:00 pm Eastern	Lunch Auditorium
12:45 pm Eastern	Featured Speaker – Maine Workforce Outlook Auditorium Glenn Mills, Chief Economist, Department of Labor, State of Maine Current workforce conditions in Maine are very tight with unemployment and other measures of labor market slack at historically low levels. The State’s population is rapidly aging making the already difficult hiring environment even more challenging. Technology and automation will be key components for employers to meet product and service demand, which will have many impacts on IT professionals and STEM jobs. Join Glenn Mills, Chief Economist at the Maine Department of Labor, as he shares his insights on the future of the Maine workforce.
1:30 pm Eastern	Networking Break Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room
1:50 pm Eastern	Concurrent Sessions Data Privacy Kennebec/Penobscot (1st Level) As technology becomes more invasive in our lives, it’s said that the debate between privacy and security is over, and privacy lost. Fortunately for us, that’s not quite true. But there are pressures pushing us in that direction, including transparency, public safety and rampant consumerization. An astounding amount of our personal information is in the hands of third parties, including government agencies. This session ponders one of the hottest issues of our times and what it means for the public sector. Mark Johnson, Vice President, Cloud Automation, Managed Services, Mythics John Scott, Enterprise Infrastructure Architect, Office of Information Technology, State of Maine Todd Tolhurst, Director of Development, InforME, NIC Government’s Quest for Talent Sagadahoc (2nd Level) It is no secret - government needs a strong backbone of talented workers to successfully deliver public services. But challenges in the employee recruitment and retention process continue to plague organizations. Building a diverse workforce with limited resources to compete with the private sector mean agencies must get creative. It’s not easy, but not impossible. This session discusses the latest in attracting, retaining and enhancing your future IT workforce including an introduction to Maine’s program to recruit and welcome Veterans to the workplace. You will leave with actions you can take to help solve your “Quest for Talent”. Auta Main, Veteran’s Program Manager, Bureau of Employment Services, Department of Labor, State of Maine Randall A. Liberty, Warden, Maine State Prison Colonel Mike Pooler, Director, Maine National Guard Human Resources Office Procurement – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly Washington/York (2nd Level) Where there’s frustration there’s opportunity, right? So that means procurement must offer an awful lot of opportunity! Some things to look into are: How can we leverage contracts and purchasing power to save more time and money? Is there anything we can do to make the process smoother for providers? Is there a way to better manage vendor contracts and relations? This session explores ways to turn procurement into something more sublime to all parties involved. Moderator: Kevin Scheirer, Senior Business Development Specialist, Government Consulting, BerryDunn Melissa Boudreault, Vice President, New England, CGI Michelle Fournier, Director of Special Projects, Office of Contract Administration and Planning, Bureau of Business Management, State of Maine Chad Lewis, Procurement Planning Manager, Division of Procurement Services, State of Maine View Presentation Here Sponsor Briefing Somerset (2nd Level) (Industry sponsors only) This informal discussion will be hosted by Maine Chief Information Officer, Jim Smith. The focus will be on strategies, priorities, opportunities and the procurement process.
2:50 pm Eastern	Networking Break Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room
3:10 pm Eastern	General Sessions – Emerging Technologies Auditorium Autonomous and Connected Vehicles There are definitive moments in history when technology exceeds our wildest dreams and faces us with one realization: the future is here. For many, that moment comes with the onset of autonomous and connected vehicles. But as technology races ahead, it raises important questions about how government will implement, regulate and oversee these high-tech vehicles. Jeremiah Bartlett, Transportation Systems Engineer, Department of Public Works, City of Portland Uberizing Government Uber, Amazon, Alexa, Siri, AirBnB – these are just a few of the innovations that have given rise to entirely new paradigms in customer experience. Can government do the same? Absolutely! There’s no other choice. Sooner or later, it must be done. The good news is that it’s closer and more attainable than one might expect. This session looks at some innovative tools and strategies that will revamp and revitalize government’s relationship with its citizens. Dan Andrews, General Manager, InforME, NIC
4:15 pm Eastern	Networking Reception Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room 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

Brad Achorn
Programmer Analyst
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

Marcus Ballou
Senior Member Services Representative
Maine Municipal Association

Victoria Bourret
Deputy Director of Information Systems
City of Portland

Ken Boykin
Cyber Security Manager
Department of Labor
State of Maine

Victor Chakravarty
Enterprise Architect
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

David Demers
Chief Information Officer
University 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 CIO
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

Jason Judd
Director
Project Login
Educate Maine

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

Angela Oechslie
Program Coordinator
Project Login
Educate 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

Eric Stout
IT Consultant
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

Nathan Willigar
Deputy Associate CIO
Office of Information Technology
State of Maine

Industry Representatives

Dan Andrews
General Manager
InforME/Maine Information Network

Justin Hughes
Oracle Platinum Partner
Mythics

Joshua Karstens
Director of Consulting
CGI

Charlie Leadbetter
Principal
State Government Consulting Group
BerryDunn

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Contact Information

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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Maine Digital Government Summit 2018

Overview

A message from our Keynote Speaker

Speakers

Thurl Bailey - Keynote

Inspirational Speaker & Retired Professional Basketball Player

Glenn Mills - Featured Speaker

Chief Economist, Department of Labor, State of Maine

Jeremiah Bartlett

Transportation Systems Engineer, Department of Public Works, City of Portland

Melissa Boudreault

Vice President, New England, CGI

Emily Carbonara

Consultant, State Government Consulting, BerryDunn

Andrew Laing

Chief Data Officer, Agency of Digital Services, State of Vermont

Charlie Leadbetter

Principal, State Government Consulting, BerryDunn

Auta Main

Veteran’s Program Manager, Bureau of Employment Services, Department of Labor, State of Maine

John Pavlov

Partner - Director of Emerging Technology, CGI

Colonel Mike Pooler

Director, Maine National Guard Human Resources Office

Kevin Scheirer

Senior Business Development Specialist, Government Consulting, BerryDunn

Agenda

Tuesday, September 25

8:00 am Eastern

Registration and Morning Refreshments

Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room

9:00 am Eastern

Opening Remarks

Auditorium

9:30 am Eastern

Keynote – I See Potential in You!

Auditorium

10:30 am Eastern

Networking Break

Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room

11:00 am Eastern

Concurrent Sessions

Data Governance

Washington/York (2nd Level)

Assessing Cybersecurity Risk, Vulnerability and Chances of Survival

Kennebec/Penobscot (1st Level)

Agile IT

Piscataquis (2nd Level)

Making all Clouds Work as One

Sagadahoc (2nd Level)

12:00 pm Eastern

Lunch

Auditorium

12:45 pm Eastern

Featured Speaker – Maine Workforce Outlook

Auditorium

1:30 pm Eastern

Networking Break

Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room

1:50 pm Eastern

Concurrent Sessions

Data Privacy

Kennebec/Penobscot (1st Level)

Government’s Quest for Talent

Sagadahoc (2nd Level)

Procurement – the Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Washington/York (2nd Level)

Sponsor Briefing

Somerset (2nd Level)

2:50 pm Eastern

Networking Break

Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room

3:10 pm Eastern

General Sessions – Emerging Technologies

Auditorium

Autonomous and Connected Vehicles

Uberizing Government

4:15 pm Eastern

Networking Reception

Augusta/Capitol/Pine Tree Room