Farhan Abdullah is the Director of Information Technology at the NYC School Construction Authority (SCA). With over 18 years of public sector IT experience, Farhan has led several large-scale projects, integrating modern technology to optimize business processes and improve service delivery. At SCA, he spearheads the digital transformation of IT systems, focusing on operational efficiency and innovation to support New York City's school construction and maintenance efforts. Prior to joining SCA, Farhan held leadership roles at the NYC Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), where he implemented key initiatives that improved IT infrastructure and service reliability.

Yash is the U.S. State, Local, and Education (SLED) Corporate Services Transformation Leader for KPMG’s Government Line of Business (LOB) responsible for transforming and positioning government back-office operations across finance, procurement, HR, payroll, accounting, and budgeting operations. He has 20+ years of experience leading business operations and technology-based transformation initiatives for public sector entities across the United States.

Cindy Anderson is the Vice President of IT Service Management at NYC Housing Authority (NYCHA), leading the Business Client Services, Desktop & Device Management, and IT Customer Service Excellence teams. These teams foster stronger relationships between the IT department and the multiple business and operation teams across NYCHA, provide support for the physical hardware used by NYCHA’s staff and residents, and oversee service management practices such as service desk, and incident, change and knowledge management. Before joining NYCHA in 2021, Cindy worked for over 20 years in the private sector, managing and training support teams and implementing technology solutions in higher education, telecommunications, and energy. With a passion for continuous learning and deep appreciation for diversity of thought, Cindy enthusiastically collaborates with partners across NYCHA to uncover new ideas and opportunities for improvement.

Adam has 30+ years’ experience in the IT Consulting and Transformation space. He started his career as a field engineer and eventually gravitated towards the IT infrastructure space, spanning architecture, deployment, and delivery. His core area of competency is data center, infrastructure, data migrations and transformations to cloud, and Public Cloud Services (AWS, Azure and GCP). Adam is highly customer focused and a hands-on leader with a blend of technical, business and people skills.

Ronald M. Bergmann most recently served as vice president for Information Technology and CIO at Lehman College/CUNY. At Lehman, Ron and his team pioneered the use of analytics, automated major business processes, enhanced classroom technology and opened the first virtual reality lab in the region. Lehman was cited as an exemplar in the 2018 Horizon Report for its innovative Lehman 360 digital platform. Ron is a fellow of the EDUCAUSE/CLIR Frye (now Leading Change) Institute and was named in 2017 as one of the nation’s top technologists, transformers and trailblazers by the Center for Digital Education.
Ron previously served as first deputy commissioner of New York City's information technology agency where he was selected by Government Technology magazine as one of the nation's leading individuals redefining and advancing technology's role in government.

Vinita Bhushan is the President of Pontis Research Inc., a Cybolt company.  With almost 4 decades of experience as an enterprise security architect, she helps customers build solutions that meet specific business needs, comply with regulatory requirements, align with industry best practice, mitigate risk and scale over time to align with changing business initiatives.  She is recognized by vendors and customers alike for her ability to bridge the gap between business needs and complex technical solutions that are often required to address them.

Tiffany Blair is a Principal Digital Strategist and Industry Advisory at Salesforce supporting State and Local government customers. For the last four years, as part of the Salesforce Government Digital Transformation team, she has worked with agencies and programs to set their strategic vision and roadmap as they undertake complex technology transformation efforts. She has been working with government for over 20 years, having started her career as a Medicaid analyst for New York State, then transitioning to transforming government with CRM and Cloud technology with companies including IBM, Oracle, Pegasystems, and Salesforce.

Albert Caballero is a patented cybersecurity expert, technology strategist, and published author with a passion for security engineering, cloud computing, and threat hunting. Field CISO at SentinelOne, he has acted as Global Head of Security Engineering at Warner Bros. Discovery, CISO of HBO Latin America, and BISO within both WarnerMedia and AT&T. Co-founder of Trapezoid, a cybersecurity software company focused on firmware integrity management, and a SIEM Product Manager, he has also run a large Security Operations Center (SOC) at Terremark, a Verizon Managed Services Provider. He has helped defend government agencies and corporate entities by leading incident response teams and conducting forensic investigations at scale alongside Kroll and other major security services firms.  

Joe has been at Tenable for over 10 years in various roles including Support & QA/Dev before joining the SE org in '18. Joe is a Navy veteran, having served as an Electricians Mate on Los Angeles and Ohio class nuclear submarines. He is a founding member and contributor to our Tenable Veterans ERG. "Once a submariner, always a submariner, I can still sometimes be found in a dark room making "ping" sounds. I firmly believe puns are the highest form of comedy, and still buy CDs. Most of my free time is dedicated to my wife and my 8-year-old son, but I also enjoy classical music, opera, non-Euclidean geometry, Liverpool Football Club, Formula 1 racing, and Oxford commas." -Joe

Michael has over twenty five years of IT experience in NYC government.  Michael started his career at the NYC Department of Health as a college aide, desktop support technician and left after fifteen years as the Executive Director, IT Operations Manager at NYC DOHMH.  After a short stint in the private sector focused on Microsoft consulting, Michael joined the Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) as Chief Technology Officer and has led the agency as Chief Information Officer/Chief Information Security Officer and Associate Commissioner from 2017 until he began his tenure at the NYC Housing Authority on December 19th, 2022.   At NYCHA he is responsible for leading the IT Infrastructure and Operations teams in supporting the backbone of the authority’s technology and communication systems, building and maintaining a strong, stable and secure environment that enables NYCHA’s business teams to deliver services to New Yorkers effectively and efficiently.
Michael has an MBA in IT Administration and Management from New York Institute of Technology and a BS in Computer Science from CUNY - Brooklyn College.  Michael holds a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and numerous Microsoft technical certifications. 

Simone is the Co-Founder & Co-Director of the Cambridge SupTech Lab, and CEO of Digital Transformation Solutions, LLC. He is a public sector innovation expert and a frontier digital economy and financial market leader with 18 years of high-impact engagement in banking, payments, telecoms, and technology in over 60 countries. His passion is evidence-based, data-informed policymaking, and deploying technology and innovative processes to pursue economic efficiency and social equality. His current focus is the digital transformation of financial authorities.

Lisa M. Flores is a trailblazer in public procurement, recognized for her bold policy reforms and dedication to equity and transparency. As the City Chief Procurement Officer (CCPO) and Director of the New York City Mayor’s Office of Contract Services (MOCS), Lisa oversees over $40 billion in contracts, driving transformative changes in the procurement landscape. 
Born in Puerto Rico and raised in New York, Lisa’s leadership is defined by her commitment to equity and her innovative approach to policy reform. She advocates for a procurement system that reflects the diversity of New York City, ensuring all organizations have the opportunity to succeed. Under her leadership, MOCS has introduced numerous initiatives aimed at demystifying the New York City’s procurement process by tackling challenges like access to information, language barriers, and procedure reforms. In 2023, Lisa launched the "MOCS in Your Neighborhood" initiative, which consists of monthly in-person workshops intended to equip potential contractors with essential support for securing contracts with New York City. This initiative fulfilled her commitment to "meet businesses where they are." 
Prior to her role as Director, Lisa worked as the Deputy Comptroller for Contracts and Procurement, where she was responsible for reviewing all contracts, amendments, leases, and concessions between City agencies and vendors to assess their registration viability. 
Lisa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in International Politics and Spanish from Pennsylvania State University and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration from New York University's Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. 

Alex Foard is the executive director for Research and Collaboration in NYC Office of Technology and Innovation, where he runs the Office's first research team focused on projects, policy, and programming related to emerging technologies.
Alex began his City service at the Office of Management and Budget as part of the team managing the City’s $4.2 billion Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery program. He then spent over three years at the NYC Department of Correction as the director of the Performance Management and Analytics Unit. He then became a senior advisor in the Mayor’s Office of Operations, where he served as the project lead for the NYC Automated Decisions Task Force, before transitioning into leading the implementation of Executive Order 50, which created the AMPO position and established the mandate for an algorithms management framework for City agencies.
He received his BA from the University of Rochester in political science, and his MPA in Urban/Social Policy and Quantitative Analysis from Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

Matthew C. Fraser is New York City's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the Office of Technology & Innovation (OTI). The Chief Technology Officer coordinates technology-related projects and policy across the City.
Under the CTO's leadership, several technology offices were combined into the Office of Technology & Innovation. These included the Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT), the Mayor's Office of the Chief Technology Officer (MOCTO), NYC Cyber Command (NYC3), the Mayor's Office of Information Privacy (MOIP), the Mayor's Office of Data Analytics (MODA), NYC311, and the Algorithms Management and Policy Office. By consolidating all the City's information technology offices, CTO Fraser has put forward a central strategy to bring agility, efficiency, and modernization to the City's IT infrastructure.
CTO Fraser is committed to democratizing technology. He oversees projects to expand broadband and make City services easier to use for all. CTO Fraser also runs the Joint Security Operations Center (JSOC). JSOC is a new cybersecurity hub that allows city, state, and federal entities to coordinate efforts against cyber threats.
Most recently, CTO Fraser served as Deputy Commissioner for Information Technology at the New York Police Department (NYPD). At NYPD, he oversaw the successful launch of several community-based, crime reduction, and precision policing initiatives, including the NYPD On-Line Reporting Service, allowing members of the public to report low-level crimes. CTO Fraser spearheaded the efforts to leverage technology to address violent crime conditions through programs expanding Citywide gunshot detection coverage, increasing the number of ARGUS cameras deployed across the City, and rehabilitating security cameras covering NYCHA housing developments. These efforts led to faster response times and provided better context for responding officers to aid in the swift apprehension of violent perpetrators.
CTO Fraser also led the development and deployment of the NYPD's first digital workforce management suite of applications, giving NYPD leadership real-time access to workforce availability and detailed resource assignment information.
CTO Fraser has over 17 years of IT experience across government and the private sector. In addition to NYPD, he has worked with the NYC Department of Environmental Protection, the Mayor's Office, the NYC Department of Buildings, and as a Director of Consulting Services at Gartner.
CTO Fraser is a native New Yorker, born in Brooklyn, NY.

Nikhil Garg is an Assistant Professor at the Jacobs Technion-Cornell Institute at Cornell Tech and the Technion. He is a member of the Operations Research and Information Engineering field at Cornell University. His research interest is the application of algorithms, data science, and mechanism design to the study of democracy, markets, and societal systems at large. He received his PhD from Stanford University in 2020, where he was part of the Society and Algorithms Lab and Stanford Crowdsourced Democracy Team. He has spent time at Uber, NASA, Microsoft, the Texas Senate, and IEEE’s policy arm, and most recently was the Principal Data Scientist at PredictWise, which provides election analytics for political campaigns.

Michael J. Garner, MBA, was appointed New York City’s first Citywide Chief Business Diversity Officer by Mayor Eric Adams on February 16, 2023.   Mr. Garner formerly served as Chief Diversity & Inclusion Officer at the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). His tenure at the MTA spanned 14 years from February 2009- through February 2023.  He is a diversity champion, making it his personal and professional mission to create a more diverse business environment wherever he’s been.
By creating new programs, Mr. Garner and his teams have been responsible for more than $20 billion in payments to New York State/City Minority and Women-owned Businesses. In addition, since Mr. Garner’s arrival, the MTA has improved its hiring of Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians by 20% across the MTA’s six different operating agencies.

With over two decades of distinguished service in various roles within the City of New York, Joy Huang has consistently exemplified a commitment to public service and organizational excellence. As an IT leader at NYC Parks, she spearheaded the implementation of large-scale agency systems, including Parks’ Enterprise Asset Management System, earning the Driving Digital Government Award at the NYC Technology Forum in 2010. Currently serving as the Director of the Project Management Office (PMO) at the Department of Records and Information Services, Joy collaborates with city agencies to modernize and streamline the city's electronic records management. Her expertise and adaptability have been instrumental in enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of enterprise-level government technology initiatives.

Manny Innamorato recently completed government service after a distinguished career dedicated to seamlessly integrating business operations with cutting-edge technology and continues as an engaged professional. As the Chief Information Officer at the New York City School Construction Authority (SCA), Manny spent ten transformative years leading a digital-first revolution, driving continuous change leadership and digital transformation to enhance government efficiency through innovative tech solutions and laying the groundwork for the next wave of AI applications.
With a keen eye on disruptive technology trends, Manny has been a pivotal force in modernizing government functions throughout his 34 years of public service. His strategic partnerships have redefined how agencies deliver services and focus on their missions. Before his impactful tenure at the SCA, he served as the CIO for NYC MTAbus, where he continued to bridge operational needs with technological advancements.
Starting his career as a developer, Manny has always been at the forefront of connecting operational and tech professionals. He holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from the City University of New York.

Steve Israeli is currently the Executive Director, Enterprise Systems Services, in the Infrastructure Management Division, at the Office of
Technology and Innovation (OTI). Steve partners with Citywide Agencies, Community Boards, Vendors, and various technical teams throughout the city to provide Infrastructure support that facilitates supporting the City of New York.
Working for over thirty-four years in the IT field, Steve is a leader with the Service Delivery team who is responsible for ensuring the stability of OTI’s mission-critical Windows operations, Desktop Engineering and Support, Apple Engineering and support, Storage Infrastructure, Backup and recovery, Database, and Build teams. As a flexible leader he engages his teams to foster a sense of camaraderie, teamwork, in a positive and supportive environment.
Steve has been a resident of Brooklyn, New York, has strong ties to his community, which make him sensitive to the needs of New Yorkers. He is a dedicated public servant and is proud to support the city of New York.
Steve has a Bachelor of Science Degree in Telecommunications Management from New York Institute of Technology.

Erin Joe, formerly SVP, Strategy and Alliances at Mandiant, draws from her 25-year career serving as a transformational leader guiding organizational change as well as an Executive Leadership Coach developing other leaders. Erin is responsible for supporting the cyber industry, clients, and partners as a thought leader with insights into threats, strategies to protect, approaches to change, preparing for crisis, and improving business resilience.
Prior to Mandiant, Erin was a top-ranking FBI executive driving federal cyber response strategies and operations in partnership with the private sector. This includes co-authoring the FBI's first integrated strategy for Cyber, Counterterrorism, and Counterintelligence as well as implementing cyber operations executed in collaboration with Intelligence and Law Enforcement Communities, allied nations, and private industry. Erin was an FBI Special Agent and leader in four FBI Field Offices and five divisions at FBI Headquarters. Her career highlights include large scale crisis management along with trial and investigative work related to the Oklahoma City Bombing, 9/11, terrorist attacks against US Embassies, nation state cyber attacks against US critical infrastructure, and threats to US elections.
During her six years in the FBI’s Senior Executive Service, Erin improved intelligence sharing, threat preparedness, and operational collaboration with Fortune 500 company C-suite executives, and U.S. and foreign government counterparts.
As Director of the Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center, Erin delivered the current threat picture across government, chaired the board of the seven federal cyber centers, and assessed risk for international operations.
Erin holds cyber security certifications and completed Executive Programs at the Naval Post Graduate School, Carnegie Mellon University, Kellogg School of Business, Harvard Business School, Ross School of Business, and the University of Southern California.
She is a licensed attorney in Texas, lives with her family in Northern Virginia, and enjoys her advisory board and adjunct professor roles.

Christie Karrels has more than 20 years of cyber security experience at industry-leading technology companies. Christie Karrels is a solutions architect for Trellix, representing Department of Defense and national security programs. She was previously the Sales Engineer for the large telecommunications and Department of Defense services.
Prior to becoming a solution architect overseeing government initiatives, Christie was responsible for leading engineering efforts involving cyber security, leading DOD security efforts, as well as virtualization security. Since joining McAfee, now Trellix, in 2009, Christie has continued to lead the cyber efforts for DOD customers and protect our nation’s infrastructure. Christie was previously engineering lead on a number of proposals providing Information Security and Information Assurance expertise. She spent almost 7 years at The MITRE Corporation providing engineering efforts to internal and external customer projects. Prior to working at The MITRE Corporation, Christie was a software instructor and technical writer around systems administration as well as system and network security.

Professor of Urban Informatics and Director of Citizen Science, Center for Urban Science and Progress and Department of Civil and Urban Engineering, New York University 

With degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (MS, Ph.D.), NYU (MEng), and Columbia University (BS, BA), Prof. Debra Laefer has a wide-ranging background spanning from geotechnical and structural engineering to art history and historic preservation. Not surprisingly, Prof. Laefer’s work often stands at the cross-roads of technology creation and community values such as devising technical solutions for protecting architecturally significant buildings from sub-surface construction. As the density of her aerial remote sensing datasets continues to grow exponentially with time, Prof. Laefer and her Urban Modeling Group must help pioneer computationally efficient storage, querying, and visualization strategies that both harness distributed computing-based solutions and bridge the gap between data availability and its usability for the engineering community.
In her decade and a half as a faculty member in both the US and Europe, Prof. Laefer has served as the principal investigator for grants from a wide range of sponsors including the National Science Foundation, the US Federal Highway Administration, the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Science Foundation Ireland, and the European Research Council (including a €1.5 million single investigator award from the flagship ERC program for which she is the only civil engineer to have been funded in Ireland in the program’s 11 year history).
Prof. Laefer has authored over 160 peer-reviewed publications, been awarded 4 patents, and has supervised 15 doctoral and 20 Masters theses. Among many honors from IEEE, ISPRS, and other professional societies, the most notable is perhaps the 2016 commissioning and hanging of her portrait by the Royal Irish Academy as one of eight researchers selected for the Women on Walls project to celebrate Irish women in science and engineering. She currently helps form national research programs and policies in her governmental appointment to the Irish Research Council (2016-2020).

Bahiya Lawrence is a Certified Information Privacy Professional and Senior Counsel at the New York City Office of Technology and Innovation, Office of Information Privacy. Previously, Ms. Lawrence was an Assistant Attorney General at the New York State Office of the Attorney General and served in both the State Counsel and Criminal Justice Divisions of the office. Also, Ms. Lawrence served as an Assistant District Attorney at the Queens County District Attorney’s Office, where she investigated and prosecuted various criminal offenses. Ms. Lawrence is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc., and active with the New York City Bar Association. Ms. Lawrence is a graduate of North Carolina Central University School of Law and Clark Atlanta University.

Gary is currently a Field Strategist at CDW’s Global Security Strategy Office, focused on developing complex, cross-disciplinary solutions to improve customer cybersecurity resiliency, defense and operations.  He is a seasoned professional with over 25 years of experience working with a wide range of public and private sector organizations around the world to design, build and maintain large-scale cybersecurity and privacy programs. He is currently leading the design and deployment of cyber recovery solutions for CDW customers.He is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) and Certified Information Security Manager (CISM).

Sean McSpaden is an executive level information technology professional with over 30 years of experience in the private, non-profit, and public sectors. His background includes the start-up and management of several small businesses and he has served on the Board of Directors or in Executive Director positions for several 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. Sean’s public service experience includes progressively responsible positions as an IT analyst, and in statewide coordination, management and leadership positions within the Executive and Legislative branches of Oregon state government.
From June 2008 to September 2013, Sean served as the state of Oregon’s Deputy State Chief Information Officer. Since 2013, Sean has served as a Principal Legislative IT Analyst with the Oregon Legislative Fiscal Office and as the Committee Administrator for Oregon’s Joint Legislative Committee on Information Management and Technology. In addition, Sean serves as a member Oregon’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and as Oregon’s representative to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Taskforce on Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Privacy.
Throughout his 26-year tenure in Oregon state government, Sean and the teams he has led have received several state, regional and national recognitions and awards. In addition, Sean has represented the state of Oregon on numerous state, regional and national project steering committees, task forces, governing boards, committees, commissions and associations, and has presented on various topics at local, state, regional, national, and international meetings and conferences.
Sean earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and Certificate of Public Management from the Willamette University, Atkinson Graduate School of Management. Sean is an ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and holds a PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Darrick Mowrey has been a Cloud Architect for over a decade with a wide experience of applying data and AI to solve a diverse set of government issues.

Martha Norrick is the Chief Analytics Officer and Chief Open Platform Officer for the City of New York and Director of the Office of Data Analytics at the NYC Office of Technology and Innovation. Martha previously served as the Director of Data Strategy at the Mayor’s Office for Economic Opportunity, where she led multi-agency data integration and analytics projects, including data management for the rollout of the City’s pandemic emergency food program, and efforts to simplify and improve the delivery of social services. Previously, she served as a director in the Office of Management Analysis and Planning at the NYPD, in data leadership roles on presidential campaigns, and for the Democratic National Committee. Originally from Minnesota, Martha is a graduate of Barnard College with a degree in history and holds an M.S. in Applied Urban Science and Informatics from New York University.

Nitin Patel is the deputy commissioner of Information Technology and DCAS’ Chief Information Officer. In that role, he is responsible for providing technological guidance for the agency and for establishing and directing the strategic and tactical goals, policies, and procedures for the Information Technology department. He collaborates with the agency's commissioner and consults with all of the agency's lines of service to present new approaches and discuss system changes.
Prior to joining DCAS, Patel worked at New York City’s Financial Information Services Agency implementing Citywide Human Resources, payroll, and timekeeping systems. Previously, he worked in the consulting, media, and healthcare industries and has more than 22 years of experience working as an IT executive linking business strategies and technology solutions.
Patel has an electrical engineering degree from the Indian Institute of Technology.

Zach Patton is the chief editor of the Content Studio at e.Republic and Government Technology. He has been covering the public sector for nearly 20 years. Until 2019, he was the executive editor of Governing magazine, where he also had served as a staff writer for more than a decade.

Kesone Phimmasone serves as Chief Digital Strategy Officer for New York City. She previously was Vice President Global Online Analytics Platforms at Estée Lauder Companies and has delivered proven impact through hundreds of user-centric digital products for global brands including Apple, Estée Lauder, and Warner Media. This work includes the vision, strategy, and delivery of Estée Lauder’s unified enterprise data platform, Estée Lauder’s E-Commerce expansion from 10 North American websites to 250+ websites across 43+ countries and integrating the digital experience for Apple retail in stores and online.

Mr. Rivera is a proven senior executive and has 15+ years of experience delivering measurable results across the public and private sectors, both as an employee and external consultant. He currently leads multiple human capital transformation and strategy efforts across the practice, focusing his efforts at the US Department of Justice and State of New York. Mr. Rivera has a proven track record of successfully leading ecosystem projects that bring the public and private sector together to solve complex challenges that span travel, talent, and policy.
He received his bachelors from Florida International University and his masters from George Mason University, and currently lives in Washington D.C.

Jesse Roberts is an AWS Principal Solutions Architect with 27 years’ experience as an engineer, analyst, architect and executive. At Amazon Web Services, Jesse serves as the Lead Solutions Architect for their State, Local Government and Education business in the eastern United States where he is enthusiastic about leveraging cloud technology to help address some of the biggest challenges of government and education. Prior to AWS, he worked for 21 years at Boeing and General Electric in various system and data architecture leadership roles after which he joined Maximus becoming their Vice President of IT Architecture. Jesse has a passion for leveraging technology and design thinking to help solve complex problems. Outside of IT, Jesse is a co-founder of the Rensselaer Repair Café and serves on the Board of Trustees for both Woodland Hill Montessori School and the Arts Center of the Capital Region. He mentors formerly incarcerated students in coding and technology as well as lectures on various topics through the Justice Through Code project at Columbia University.

My name is Stanislav Rostov, and I transferred to DCAS from OTI, former DoITT. I was part of OTI Cloud Services team and joined DCAS to help with transformation to the Cloud. But enough about me. I would like to share our Cloud journey so far and look forward to continuing discussion at the Cloud Tactics session of the NYC Technology Forum, 2024.
The transformation of the DCAS Enterprise Projects team from a traditional on-premises team to a fully-fledged Cloud Services team has been a journey of innovation, adaptability, and growth.
Initially, our team focused on managing and maintaining on-premises infrastructure, ensuring the smooth operation of various business functions. However, as the technological landscape evolved, we recognized the need for a more scalable, flexible, and cost-effective solution - cloud computing.
Our journey towards becoming a Cloud Services team also involved a significant focus on security. Ensuring the safekeeping of our data across all services became a primary focus. We implemented several measures to enhance the security of our cloud operations and worked closely with the Cyber team to ensure security accreditations.
As we progressed, we expanded our scope to include cloud adaption, migrations, and application modernization, managing a significant number of resources in the cloud. We also ensured security compliance and scheduled patching through Azure Update Manager for on-premises servers, further enhancing our efficiency and productivity.
Today, as a Cloud Services team, we continue our journey, staying ahead of the curve, and embracing new technologies and methodologies to better serve the business needs of DCAS. Our journey from an on-premises team to a Cloud Services team is a testament to our adaptability, resilience, and commitment to excellence.

Jordan is a Principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP. He advises and helps organizations implement large-scale technology transformation programs and digital initiatives. His wide range of technology experience includes modernizing legacy systems, building and customizing Java and .NET solutions, and implementing cloud-based PaaS and SaaS platforms including Salesforce and ServiceNow.
Working at the intersection of innovation and government, Jordan has helped his clients achieve their missions through the use of technology. He works in Deloitte’s Government and Public Services practice and currently leads our Child Welfare Offering nationally within Deloitte’s Human Services Transformation practice. He has a passion for bringing human-centered design techniques to help achieve the most effective technology solutions for his clients. Jordan has worked closely with multiple states and jurisdictions across the United States to deploy technology solutions that improve the health and well-being of millions of Americans. He also leads our consulting work serving the City of New York.

IT management professional with over 25 years of hands-on, diverse experience across all facets of technology. I’ve dedicated my career to achieving impactful results—delivering efficient, innovative, and cost-effective solutions that align with the evolving needs of modern businesses. My journey began as a developer in mainframe technology, progressed through Oracle and ERP systems, advanced into Java, and has since led me to manage cutting-edge Microsoft-based solutions.
Working at Financial Information Service agency, I’ve had the privilege of leading the technical rollout of critical programs like NYCAPS and stabilizing essential systems, such as the CityTime. Currently, as a leader at DCAS—a central force in administrative services—I oversee a vast suite of CityWide applications. My focus is on building a cohesive, growth-oriented environment where teams can thrive, innovate, and elevate our capabilities to address complex technology challenges.
What drives me every day is the unique opportunity to apply transformative tech solutions to critical business problems, while fostering a culture of collaboration and growth. I’m excited to share my insights today on balancing innovation with security, prioritizing resource efficiency, and what it takes to keep applications stable and adaptable for the future.

Jay Wanek is the Vice President, Americas Solution consulting with Apptio, an IBM Company. He has 25+ years in technology consulting and 14+ focused on Technology Business Management and FinOps solutions. With certifications in both areas, Jay and his team work to align customer challenges with Apptio capabilities and value. These exercises provide IT leaders with solutions and outcomes which provide financial visibility and accountability for IT leaders to streamline and optimize their technology solutions.

Joe has been supporting data platforms, governance, and advanced analytics in the federal, state and local governments, and education across the United States since 2000. He has helped agencies understand and accelerate insight generation to modernize and drive business outcomes. Areas of focus have included health and human services, social services, labor and workforce, child protection, and education. His latest work has been helping agencies create a solid data foundation for data analytics, as well as understanding and securely leveraging Generative AI.