A former CTO for the state of Arkansas, Claire Bailey moved to Compuware where she now works to advance the company's public sector opportunities in mainframe technologies. She works to optimize the application life cycle for mainframes with a focus on development, testing and performance.
Prior to joining Compuware, Claire Bailey served as the Agency Director for the Arkansas Department of Information Systems on the Cabinet of Governor Mike Huckabee and continued to serve as the Agency Director of the Arkansas Department of Information Systems and Arkansas Chief Technology Officer on the Cabinet of Governor Mike Beebe. In this role, she had firsthand experience with ensuring the operational and cost effective delivery of services to Arkansans and our federal partners. When she retired from the state, she joined Compuware because of their new leadership and dedication to innovating the tools needed to maximize the mainframe platform which is a critical asset for the public sector. There are few industry partners coming forth with solutions to help innovate citizen centric services, leverage assets owned by public entities and assist emerging technologists.

Hon. Michael A.L. Balboni is the President and Managing Director of RedLand Strategies, which provides expert consultation services in crisis and emergency management, market development, and governmental affairs for technology firms, local municipalities, and Fortune 500 companies. RedLand has consulted for Pure Storage since March 2017. Before founding RedLand Strategies, Balboni served the public in both the legislative and executive branches of New York state government. Following this, Balboni was appointed Deputy Secretary for Public Safety and Homeland Security Advisor to the New York State Governor, where he oversaw all security, law enforcement and emergency management agencies.
Currently, Balboni is a member of the Board of Directors for the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security at George Washington University and a Trustee for the New York State Trooper Memorial Foundation. He was appointed by Governor Andrew Cuomo and confirmed by the State Senate to the New York Power Authority’s Board of Trustees, where he serves as the Chair of the Cyber and Physical Security Committee.
In addition to his government service as an elected official, Balboni held other leadership positions, including:
● Advisor to the Homeland Security Transition team for President Barack Obama
● Member of NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Homeland Security and Public Safety Transition team
● Chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, and Military Affairs, the first-ever appointed in New York State
● Security Chair for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
Balboni completed his undergraduate studies at Adelphi University and earned his Juris Doctorate degree at St. John’s Law School.
Balboni appears on Fox News, CNN, and MSNBC and is often invited to speak at national and international conferences on topics including terrorism, cyber security, crisis communications, politics, technology, media strategy, brand protection, and emergency response. He recently presented at the BCI World Conference in London and the NCT Europe Conference in Germany.

Patti Bayross is the Deputy Commissioner of Service Management at the New York City Department of Information Technology & Telecommunications (DoITT).
Her teams oversee the Citywide Service Desk, Incident/Problem/Change Management, Service Asset Configuration Management, Agency Relations, and several other key functions like Service Quality Management.
Having spent 18 years working for the City of New York, Patti is bridging her passions for technology and public service.
From the application in the cloud to the charging station on the street, Patti is a strong believer in technology's ability to transform our everyday lives.

Michael Bott is the Chief Information Officer for the New York City Office of the Comptroller, where he leads all technology operations supporting critical financial and operational functions for New York City. These functions include: managing over $180 billion for the City’s pension fund assets, monitoring the City’s daily cash flows and short-term investments, reviewing all of the City’s contracts, processing all claims filed against the City, enforcing the City’s labor laws, conducting audits of all City Operations, issuing all City bonds, and publishing the City’s financial statements.
Michael has over 40 years experience in both the public and private sectors.
Upon joining the Comptroller’s office in 2003, Michael initiated a transformation of the technology organization, positioning technology as a key strategic and tactical resource to support the critical business functions which the Comptroller’s Office provides to the City of New York. He has provided leadership and input on key technology issues and projects impacting New York City. He led the development and deployment of Checkbook NYC, New York City’s award-winning financial transparency website. He is currently the Chairperson of the New York City Municipal Information Technology Council, serves on the New York City CIO Council, and participated on the Executive Steering Committee for NYCAPS, a key City-wide human resources system supporting the City’s 364,000 employees.
Prior to joining the New York City Comptroller’s Office, Michael was Senior Vice President, Information Technology – Corporate Systems, at Verizon. He also held senior technology positions with National Westminster Bank, Sony Corporation of America, and KPMG Peat Marwick.
Michael's academic credentials include earning an MBA in Finance and Quantitative Analysis, and a Bachelors degree in Accounting and Economics. He has participated in the Cambridge Forum of Executive Leadership at Harvard University and Managing for Competitive Advantage, at Stanford University.
Michael has also participated on the Client Advisory Boards for IBM, the Bank of New York/Mellon, and PeopleSoft. He is also a member of the CIO Executive Board and published as a contributor on key current technology and business topics.

As the Commissioner of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services (DCAS), Lisette Camilo leads the agency that handles New York City government’s commercial real estate, public buildings, procurement, contracts, personnel, and Civil Service. She was appointed to this post in January of 2016.
Commissioner Camilo has a long history of public service. She was appointed as the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (MOCS) and City Chief Procurement Officer by Mayor Bill de Blasio in April of 2014, where she ensured Mayoral agencies’ compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements related to the City’s procurement of billions of dollars of goods and services. Commissioner Camilo began at MOCS in 2011 in the legal unit, and also served as its Acting General Counsel.
Prior to MOCS, Commissioner Camilo served as Legislative Counsel at the New York City Council for the Contracts, Juvenile Justice and General Welfare Committees where she drafted legislation and coordinated oversight hearings. Previously, Camilo was an attorney practicing Immigration law at a private law firm. She began her legal career as Counsel for UNITE HERE Local 100, which represents hotel, restaurant and commercial cafeteria food service workers.
Born and raised in Washington Heights, Lisette Camilo is a graduate of Columbia College, Columbia University, and George Washington University School of Law.

Mr. Formoso is an information technology executive, with proven record leading and managing all aspects of global IT organizations in a wide range of industries. His experience includes 25+ years transforming and leading IT and IS organizations for NYC DOF, IBM, Konica, PepsiCo, Phillip Morris, Altria, Coca-Cola, Diageo, ServiceMaster and PHH Mortgage. He is currently the NYC Department of Finance CIO where he has implemented a new Business Tax System, and fist of a kind Parking Tix Payment of Dispute mobile app. He is currently implementation a new property tax system and the transformation of the key DOF systems.

Dan has been with General Code for over 16 years. During this time, he has been responsible for expanding the Company’s relationships with current and new customers in the Enterprise Content Management market. Dan has many years of experience in business management and operations as well as managing client relationships. He has provided leadership in developing ECM and software strategies for General Code’s customers. Dan’s extensive business and strategic planning experience, as well as experience working with our government customers, provides our team’s insight in understanding and mapping business process and document workflows.

Jeffrey S. Grunfeld has served as a Public CIO for approximately 15 years, at both the NYS Office of the State Comptroller (OSC) and in his current position at The NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission (TLC). Throughout his career Jeff has used his development background and training to spearhead a number of initiatives designed to provide better information for smarter, safer, more user friendly government.
Jeff’s implementations have included, OSC’s Data Warehouse, which provides information on all NYS expenditures, secure self-service systems that enable TLC licensees to handle most business transactions on-line, and a cellular-based, credential-lookup/summonsing system that was awarded the NYC Excellence in Technology Award for Best Mobile Project.

Henry Jackson is the Deputy Commissioner for Technology and Strategic Resources at New York City Emergency Management. Since 1999, he has been responsible for the strategic direction and implementation of the agency's technology requirements. In addition, his areas of responsibility include Facilities Management, Geographic Information Systems, Fleet Management and Logistics. Prior to being named Deputy Commissioner, Jackson served as the Deputy Director for Administration at NYCEM and also served in various technical and support capacities in the NYC Office of the Mayor from 1986 through 1997. Jackson was chosen as the recipient of the Overall Excellence in Technology award by the Center for Digital Government in 2002 for his work to restore the NYC Emergency Operations Center after the attacks of September 11th. Additionally, he was selected by the Fund for the City of New York as the recipient of the Sloan Foundation Public Service Award in 2006. A 1982 graduate of Hobart College, Jackson also holds a master's degree in public administration from New York University.

Lois Last is the User Experience Director of the NYC Gov Lab & Studio at NYC’s Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) where she oversees the visual and interactive design strategy. Lois leads the team charged with delivering customer-centric, scalable and flexible UX and Human Centered Design services and training for Citywide programs and initiatives.
Prior to joining City government, Lois held a variety of leadership positions in the financial, advertising and media industries, including Vice President of XE Capital Management, Art Director at Time Inc. Interactive, and Senior Designer at the Walt Disney Company. Lois received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Kay Meyer is a Senior Manager working with the SAS US Government practice. She brings experience, best practices and strategies to help government successfully implement strategic analytic solutions including establishing Centers for Analytics. Kay has over 25 years of experience in information systems development and implementation across a variety of industries. Prior to joining SAS, Kay spent 18 years in state government and led the efforts in North Carolina to set the strategic vision, definition and implementation for the North Carolina Government Data Analytics Center. Prior to the GDAC, Kay led in the formation of NC’s first enterprise fraud, waste, and improper payment detection program, as well as the implementation of NC’s first integrated criminal justice system. Kay holds a Bachelor of Science in Management Information Systems from the University of Virginia and a Master of Business Administration from George Washington University.

Nitin Patel serving at DCAS as the CIO from 2014. He provides technological guidance within the agency by establishing and directing the strategic and tactical goals, policies and procedures for the information technology department. He collaborates with the agency's Commissioner and consult with all Lines of Services to exchange information, present new approaches and discuss system changes.
Prior to joining DCAS he works at FISA implementing citywide human resources, payroll and timekeeping systems. Besides government Mr. Patel had worked in consulting, media and healthcare industries.
Nitin Patel is an electrical engineer from Indian Institute of Technology and love to solve complex problem involving human and technology. He has over 22 years’ experience working as an IT executive linking business strategies and technology solutions to create sustainable success. In spare time he enjoys golfing and skiing.

Ganesh Ramratan serves a dual role as the Department of Investigation’s Deputy Commissioner for Agency Operations and Chief Information Officer. He leads the transformation and modernization of the Agency’s information technology infrastructure. Ganesh has introduced a collaborative, customer-centric strategy with DOI’s business units and accelerated their use of technology to execute on the Agency’s strategic mission.
Ganesh has more than 20 years of experience in various technology roles throughout the City of New York, including at the Department of Transportation and the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications. He holds numerous technical certifications, including Project Management Professional (PMP), Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer (MCSE) and VMWare Certified professional (VCP). He studied Aerospace Engineering at Polytechnic University and received his undergraduate degree in Technology Management from Western Governor’s University. Ganesh is an MBA graduate from the SUNY Polytechnic Institute.

Samir Saini was appointed Commissioner of the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) and Citywide Chief Information Officer (CIO) by Mayor Bill de Blasio in January 2018. As Commissioner of the largest municipal IT organization in the country, Saini is responsible for delivering tailored technology solutions to more than 100 City agencies and entities, enabling them to serve and empower millions of New Yorkers.
Saini has broad experience across the public and private sectors building, streamlining, and strengthening complex and customer-centric IT systems.
He most recently served as Chief Information Officer and IT Commissioner for the City of Atlanta, transforming the Information Management department by improving and expanding its service portfolio while strengthening partnerships across all City agencies to ultimately deliver more than 500 IT projects across 20 agencies. During his tenure, Saini improved reliability, efficiency, and security of the city's technology systems and core infrastructure, established a centralized Project Management Office, and spearheaded the development of the city's first-ever Smart Cities initiative in partnership with City Leadership, academia, and external partners. The SmartATL program brought several influential projects to life on Atlanta's streets, using IoT sensors, big data analytics, and other civic innovations to significantly improve public safety, mobility, and overall City operational efficiency.
Previously, Saini served as CIO of the Atlanta Housing Authority, where he modernized the agency's IT operations to significantly reduce operating costs, enhance regulatory reporting, and improve overall service delivery and business productivity.
Saini held a number of leadership positions in the private sector prior to his service to the City of Atlanta, including Vice President for Corporate Systems for MGM Resorts, where he successfully implemented the largest back-office technology standardization initiative in the gaming sector across 17 casino resorts, and the General Electric Company (GE), where he stood up technology for the $250 million GE Energy Rentals initiative.
Saini's service to the City of New York began over two decades ago as an aide to the Bridge Design Bureau while a student at the New Jersey Institute of Technology, where he received a B.S. with honors in Civil Engineering. He lives in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

Cordell Schachter leads New York City Department of Transportation’s IT & Telecom organization which innovates IT services in mobility, software development, mapping, communications, on-site and cloud infrastructure, project management, public data, and customer support. IT & Telecom has received multiple awards for excellence and has appeared in multiple periodicals including the Drucker Institute’s Monday* e-magazine about taming big data.
NYC DOT embraces technology of all kinds to achieve its goal of Vision Zero: eliminating traffic fatalities and serious injuries. IT & Telecom partners with all DOT divisions to work Safer, Faster, Smarter, and Cheaper.
Schachter has over 20 years of experience in New York City government and private sector technology management. He is certified as a Project Management Professional-PMP by the Project Management Institute-PMI and is an IBM Senior Certified Professional in project management. He holds an MS in Management from NYU's Wagner School of Public Service and a BA in Economics from the State University of New York at Buffalo. He serves on the board of directors of the Intelligent Transportation Society of America, is an adjunct associate professor at NYU’s Center for Urban Science + Progress, and lectures at Saint Peter's University Master of Public Administration program.

As HPD's Chief Information Officer, Anthony Thomas has introduced processes and disciplines that foster quality and timeliness of technology solutions, including process automation for the enforcement of New York's housing code, decision support for building and preserving affordable housing, and Web access to opportunities for New Yorkers to obtain affordable housing.
Prior to joining New York City government, Thomas was the chief technology officer and a key decision maker at Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, the largest health care management company in New Jersey. He has established technology strategies and architectures at other respected brands in the financial, service, and manufacturing industries, including TIAA-CREF, American Express, and DuPont. He holds an M.S. in physics from the University of Maryland.

William E. Travis, Jr. is the CEO of WTravis Associates and the chair of the Advisory Board for the Center for Technology in Government. Mr. Travis is the retired New York State Human Services Cluster Chief Information Officer (CCIO) for the Office of Information Technology Services (ITS). As the CCIO, he partnered with the NYS CIO, the NYS Division of Budget, Commissioners and other CCIO’s to develop and complete the NYS IT transformation process. Additionally, he was responsible for organizing and delivering IT services to the NYS human services agencies included in the cluster. Prior to this role, he was the Deputy Commissioner and CIO for the NYS Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS).
Over the past several years, he has been on various boards both in and out of government and has over 35 years of experience in the Health and Human Services field, with an emphasis in directing large mission-critical initiatives. In the private sector, as a Sr. Vice President with Sourcecorp, he partnered in and expanded a startup business that focused on business process outsourcing. He has spoken publicly at numerous IT conferences regarding the past, current and future of technology in government.
On April 17, 2013, Bill received an award as he was elected into the NYS IT Leadership Hall of Fame recognizing his outstanding and accomplished leadership in the NYS IT community. In March of 2014 he was selected by Government Magazine and the NYS CIO as NYS IT leader of the year. Mr. Travis is an empowering leader who builds strong organizations, sets ambitious goals, and achieves results through collaboration.