Lisa Bobo was appointed Chief Information Officer in 2012 for the City of Rochester and is responsible for leading the city’s process and technology strategy, as well as managing overall Information Technology (IT) operations. Her initiatives include improving service delivery with an emphasis on enterprise planning, process improvements, innovation, and technology.
Lisa’s prior experience includes work in several capacities of city government.
Under Lisa’s leadership, she has expanded the business process services organization, implemented a city-wide governance process, continues to drive an enterprise architecture perspective to service delivery, initiated an information security program, built a geographical information services group and provided multiple collaborative opportunities with local high schools, colleges, corporations, and other government entities.
Her accomplishments include leading diverse teams and overseeing implementation of high-priority projects for the City, including the enterprise process and systems initiative for ERP, website revitalization, implementation of a city-wide 311 program, disaster recovery program, virtualization of the server environment, expansion of video surveillance and most recently the deployment of body cameras.
Making Rochester a better community is part of her drive and dedication as a city leader. She believes every aspect of her work is ultimately to improve our community and looks at every challenge as an opportunity for growth. Lisa’s community involvement includes service to Digital Rochester, as a panel member for career development discussions, technology workshops, and STEM related activities. In addition, she is a board member for the Western NY Chapter of the Society of Information Management (SIM), the NYS Local Government Records Archive Committee, and Foodlink.
Lisa received her degree in Mathematics and Computer Programming from Nazareth College in Rochester, New York. She currently lives in Rochester with her husband and has two children pursuing STEM careers. In her free time, she enjoys running, biking and tennis.

Sean Brophy is the regional Vice President, Public Sector for Tableau. In that role, he is responsible for leading the Public Sector practice for Tableau. He works closely with government and education leaders globally to help them implement outcomes-based performance strategies to deliver the best possible outcomes for their citizens, students and institutions.

Melanie Fekete has been with Intel Americas for 19 years in her current role as Strategic Public Sector Programs Manager, Melanie helps to evangelize where technological innovation is creating unprecedented opportunities for state and local government to serve and connect with the public. This includes architecture, ecosystem and security solutions expertise that enable governments to cost-effectively modernize operations and advance the future of smart cities and states.

Miguel Gamiño, Jr. is the Chief Technology Officer for the City of New York under the leadership of Mayor Bill de Blasio.
As CTO, he is leading major technology initiatives for the city including developing a meaningful and innovative Smart City and “Internet of Things” (IoT) strategy in collaboration with City agencies and departments; and leading the City’s Broadband Program with agencies, private industry and academia aimed at fulfilling Mayor de Blasio’s promise to provide every New Yorker and NYC business access to affordable, reliable, high-speed broadband service in all of New York by 2025.
Prior to NYC, Mr. Gamiño served as the City Chief Information Officer and Executive Director of the Department of Technology for the City and County of San Francisco. His team and colleagues brought "broadband" to the mainstream conversation and charted the course for a connected city of the future.
As an industry technologist, Mr. Gamiño participates in thought-leadership conversations with global colleagues, emphasizing the significance of pervasive broadband connectivity and the value of disrupting civic services through digital transformation.
He is a proud recipient of 2017 HITEC 100, 2016 State IT Executive of the Year, 2016 Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers, and 2016 Top 21 Inspiring CIOs on Twitter. 2015 CIO 100 award from CIO Magazine, and Top 20 Social CIO by Forbes Magazine, and Top 100 Social CIOs by Huffington Post in 2015 and 2016.

A 15+ year IT industry veteran and a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), David is responsible for building brand awareness, aligning product functionality with market demand, and driving sales through marketing, education, as well as direct pre and post-sales efforts. Since joining Varonis in 2006 he has held positions of Sales Engineer, Sales Engineer Manager, Director of Technical Marketing, and VP of Marketing. Prior to Varonis, David was a New York based systems engineer for Tripwire, and worked as a network management and security engineer at International Integrated Solutions, ltd.

Executive Deputy Commissioner New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

In March of 2012 Governor Cuomo appointed Mr. Green to the position of Executive Deputy Commissioner of the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services. From this post Green leads the agency responsible for many key parts of the criminal justice system in New York, including the State’s DNA database, Criminal History Repository and Sex Offender Registry. Green’s duties also include serving as chair of the New York State Commission on Forensic Science, and as a member of the New York State Sentencing Commission and the New York State Justice Task Force. Major initiatives Green is leading at DCJS include GIVE (Gun Involved Violence Elimination) working with local law enforcement to address shootings with evidence based strategies and an emphasis on procedural justice, the redesign of ATI funding to incorporate evidenced based principles to the delivery of ATI services funded by the state, expansion of the state’s network of Crime Analysis and Real Time Crime Centers and implementation of Raise the Age legislation. Under his leadership in 2017 DCJS was named the number one large employer to work for in the Capital Region by the Albany Times Union based on employee surveys.
Prior to joining DCJS, Green served for 25 years in the Monroe County District Attorney’s Office, including eight years as the elected District Attorney. In 2007 Governor Spitzer appointed Green to the Sentencing Reform Commission. In 2008, Green was appointed to the New York State Juvenile Justice Task Force by Governor Paterson. Mr. Green was named 2009 Prosecutor of the Year by the New York Prosecutors Training Institute. In 2011 the District Attorney’s Association of the State of New York awarded District Attorney Green their Distinguished Service Award and in 2012 he received the prestigious Hogan award from the association recognizing a “lifetime of distinguished and honorable service.”
Mr. Green has served as an adjunct professor in the Criminal Justice Department at Rochester Institute of Technology. He has served as faculty for the National College of District Attorneys at the National Advocacy Center and has lectured for the New York Prosecutors Training Institute.

Natalie is VP of Ecosystem Development for The Impact Lab, collaborating with a broad network of academic, development, and philanthropic organizations to increase the use of open data standards, APIs, and ethical algorithms in scaling data science efforts to improve social service delivery. She has dedicated over 16 years of technical and strategic expertise in the development and delivery of data-driven software and platform solutions for the Federal Government. Most recently as a Senior Policy Advisor in the Obama Administration, she founded the Data Cabinet - a federal data science community of practice that develops best practice tools to assess and advance federal data capacity needs. Natalie has a Masters in Public Administration from George Washington University, a BS in Computer Science and a BS in Sociology from University of Maryland Eastern Shore.

Michele Hasso currently serves as Assistant Director for The Bureau of State Payroll Services (BSPS) in the Office of the New York State Comptroller (OSC). BSPS supports State Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli in his role as the State’s Chief Fiscal Officer, specifically, in carrying out the office’s responsibilities to provide payroll services to more than 240,000 state employees. BSPS produces a weekly payroll for over 120,000 employees.
Michele currently oversees the activities of the New York State Payroll System. Her responsibilities include ensuring the system is in full compliance with Federal, State and local laws, as well as managing hundreds of system changes each year. She also has managed upgrades to the payroll System.
Michele has over 35 years’ experience working within state government. During that time, she has worked on a variety of IT projects which include, the creation of the state’s first enterprise, the New York State-Local Internet Gateway Prototype; the integration of payroll charges into the Statewide Financial System (SFS), OSC’s first online portal application that included the Public Authorities Reporting System, the vendor responsibility application and more. Throughout her career, Michele has led and participated in cross-divisional teams to implement a variety of data sharing systems across OSC.

Dr. Helbig is Deputy Director for the Division of Information and Statistics in the Office of Quality and Patient Safety at the New York State Department of Health. As Deputy Director, she oversees the Health Data NY open data platform, Health Profiles, and other initiatives focused on the use of data by a range of stakeholders. Natalie is also the acting director of the Bureau of the All Payer Database (APD). The APD program will provide policymakers, researchers, and consumers with a comprehensive, health-focused, data warehousing and analytics solution.
Prior to working at the New York State Department of Health, Dr. Helbig was Assistant Research Director at the Center for Technology in Government, State University at Albany, an affiliate faculty member in the College of Computing and Information’s Department of Informatics, and taught courses at the Nelson A. Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy’s Department of Public Administration.
Dr. Helbig’s research interests focus on how public agencies design, manage, and use their data and information resources. Dr. Helbig earned her doctorate in public administration and policy at the University at Albany’s Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy.

Serge Leontiev has 20+ years of IT experience and has been with Oracle for 6 years. Prior to Oracle, Serge worked as an IT Consultant and Software Architect for various Government agencies. He is currently an Enterprise Cloud Architect at Oracle, and supports Public Sector customers across US and Canada. He helps customers develop strategy and solutions and strategies around Mobility and IoT.

Nonie Manion was appointed as Executive Deputy Commissioner in June 2013. With over 25 years with the Department, she has held leadership positions in several divisions, most recently the Audit Division.
As the Director of Tax Audits since 2004, Ms. Manion expanded the focus of audit programs to more broadly support the Department’s mission by promoting voluntary compliance. She has been a leader and strong advocate—within New York State and nationally—of utilizing business analytics and automated workflow to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of tax enforcement processes. As a result, the Department is able to more comprehensively detect and prevent fraud, resulting in hundreds of millions of dollars in annual expense savings for New York State taxpayers.
Previous positions with the Department include serving as the Director of the Compliance and Audit Systems Division and Director of the Taxpayer Services and Revenue Division. She serves on the Board of Directors for the national Federation of Tax Administrators and participates in the North Eastern States Tax Officials Association.
In 2012, Ms. Manion’s innovative approaches to tax administration were recognized at the national and state levels through leadership awards from the Federation of Tax Administrators and the State Academy for Public Administration. More recently in September 2016, she was the recipient of the Hugh L. Carey Award. This award is named after the late Governor and is awarded to a public steward who has a personal and dedicated commitment to public service, as did Governor Carey.
Ms. Manion is a graduate of Siena College. She lives in Saratoga County with her husband Roger.

Andrew D. Morris is the Director, Tax Processing Division, with the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance.
He has served in previous executive positions with the Department as the Director, Business Tax Processing; Director, Personal Income Tax Processing Bureau; Director, Systems Analysis and Testing Bureau; and, Director, Revenue Services Bureau.
During the course of his career, Mr. Morris has advanced the Department's efforts in the growth of electronic filing of tax returns and payments; implementation of advanced document, tax return and payment processing technologies; and, cost savings initiatives.
In 2017, the New York State Academy for Public Administration recognized Mr. Morris with its Public Excellence Award.
Prior to joining Tax, Mr. Morris was with the Office of the Secretary, U.S. Department of the Treasury where he began his career as a presidential management fellow.
Mr. Morris completed his master of public administration degree at The George Washington University and his bachelor's degree at Siena College. He has also pursued executive education at the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton Business School.

Karen is the IBM Lead Global Services Partner for the State of New York integrated account appointed to this position in March, 2016. She and her team are responsible for driving innovative solutions to address the State of New York’s most critical needs.
Most recently, Karen was the IBM Vice President of Industry Solutions for Public Sector that includes: Healthcare, Life Sciences, Education, Government, Defense, and Smarter Cities. In the IBM Software Group role, she was responsible for the cross brand and cross-divisional strategy and execution for industry specific solutions across these industries world-wide. Karen accepted this position in January, 2011. Four years earlier, she accepted the position of Vice President of Industry Solutions & Frameworks in Software Group focused on incubating new industry offerings across 17 industries for IBMs Smarter Planet initiative.
Prior to this, Karen led the Business Intelligence & Data Warehousing business for seven years. During her tenure, she and her team delivered significant growth across the IBM portfolio of products and services in this space.
In June, 2000 Karen was appointed the Executive Assistant to the General Manager of Pervasive Computing. Karen played a key role managing the operational and customer relationship activities for IBM’s emerging business, Pervasive Computing.
In previous positions within IBM, Karen was the Manager of Solution Development in the Sales and Distribution division, responsible for the deployment of their Investment Business Management System; and the replication of Business to Business solutions across key industries such as Distribution, Finance, and Communications.
Karen joined IBM in 1987; and spent her first 10 years in IBM’s sales force as a Client Executive in the Distribution Sector servicing customers such as Kmart and Melville.
Karen attended Fordham University where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree and later obtained her Master of Business Administration from Pace University. She was married for 25 years and is the mother of two daughters. In her spare time, Karen serves on the Board of Trustees for St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx, Board of Advisors and Executive in Residence for Fordham University and President of the Board of Directors for the Pleasantville Academy of Music Arts.

Melissa Pratt is currently the Assistant Director of the Enterprise Services Bureau in the Tax Department’s Processing Division. Her responsibilities include oversight of design, development, and testing activities related to the Online Services portal, email services, electronic payments processing, and data analysis. Melissa is also the Lead of the Tax IT Partnership Team.
Prior to joining the Tax Department’s Processing Division, Melissa supported the Tax Department from an IT perspective for nearly 13 years. She managed multiple information technology areas for the department and played a critical role in the design and delivery of the e-MPIRE integrated tax processing systems, as well as several customer-centric web applications.
Before she worked for New York State, Melissa worked for Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina and Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield of New York as an Information Technology Project Manager and Design Specialist, and also as an Applications Development Manager.

Dana Rosenstreich currently serves as the Business Solutions Director for the Office of Temporary and Disability Services (OTDA) in the Human Services Cluster of the Office of Information Technology Services.
Dana’s tenure in various positions has given her a well-rounded view of New York State. She started in the Division of the Budget, handling the Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance budget, moved to work on OTDA’s technology projects in 2002, and transitioned into the Office of Information Technology Services when it was established under Governor Andrew M. Cuomo in 2013.
In graduate school, Dana helped implement the historic Personal Responsibility and Work Reconciliation Act, enacted by President Clinton, in Schenectady County. This project helped solidify for her the necessity for a strong model built on people, process and technology to successfully deliver human services and ultimately drive positive social change. Dana has worked extensively on business-driven modernization initiatives including the Functional Roadmap and the Health and Humans Services Business Transformation Project. She is responsible for maintaining and enhancing NYS’s Human Service application portfolio. Dana holds a BA in Sociology/Political Theory from Bates College and a MPP from the Rockefeller School at SUNY Albany.
Ms. Rosenstreich lives in Columbia County with her husband, their two children, and a whole host of animals. She loves running, telemark skiing and both playing and listening to bluegrass music.

Jason Schogel’s career in enterprise IT started in 1995 after graduating from RPI in Electrical Engineering. He has held various roles in system administration, technical staff management, pre-sales consulting, and product development. These are a few notable positions Jason has held over the past 20 years:
Co-Founder and IT Director of OneNineStudios, a 3rd party video game developer specialized in Nintendo/Wii/Mobile Games.
Senior Systems Engineer at Oracle covering public sector and higher education
Senior Lead Design Analyst at SIAC (American Stock Exchange) – building, deploying, operating backend infrastructure and applications for amex.com
Technical specialist at NetApp covering global financial clients such as Morgan Stanley, HSBC, Bank of America, and Credit Suisse
Currently positioned as a Senior Systems Engineer at Splunk, helping State and Local government customers with data analytics.

Mohini is a member of the Portfolio Solutions Marketing team at Juniper Networks. Working across multiple verticals, she focuses on communicating creative ideas to the market, innovative insights on market trends and Go-to-Market strategies. Her strong background in telecom and data communications networking along with extensive expertise in LAN, WAN, Cybersecurity and Cloud technologies help Mohini bridge the gap between technology, business, and customer needs.
Previously, Mohini has designed and validated solutions ranging from Mobile backhaul, Residential and Business services on the Service Provider side to Data Center workload mobility for enterprises. She holds two patents for dynamic and software defined policy control.
Prior to Juniper Networks, Mohini was at Lucent Technologies (now Nokia), Avici and Airvana.

The Enterprise Business Solutions Cluster (EBS) is part of the New York State Office of Information Technology Services. The EBS Cluster services the Department of State, the Higher Education Services Corporation, and the State Liquor Authority. In addition, the cluster contains multiple lines of business, including Business Formation and Licensing, Contact Center Services, Grants Reform, and Mobile, Web, and Cloud Development. Collectively, EBS business solutions, products, and services touch upwards of 40 agencies with the goal of improving and modernizing business processes while making it easier for New Yorkers to engage with state agencies. Projects of note over the past year include the Excelsior Scholarship web application, the MTA Genius Transit Challenge portal, and the Department of Agriculture and Markets Plant Inspections Mobile Application.

Phil Yaccino is a Senior Strategist at Veritas, specializing in Information Governance. He has over 25 years of diverse experience in the information technology industry. He works primarily with State and local governments, helping them overcome their unique information challenges. Phil works with agencies to understand their unique retention strategies in order to determine how to best apply it to their data. He is an author of a popular blog for data professionals looking to enhance their knowledge. His responsibilities range from product strategy and direction, industry trends, best practices, and competitive landscape. Phil advocates Cloud adoption and promotes how it is vital in today's government strategy. His goal is to collaborate with your organization to help you conquer your data management issues your organization is facing.