Name: New York IT Leadership Academy 2017
Start: 2017-03-15T08:00
Location: The Desmond Albany Hotel

Overview

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The New York IT Leadership Academy is the premier leadership event for New York’s senior level technology executives with the intent to improve their management and business skills and to develop the IT leaders of the future. The purpose of this invitation-only event is to foster discussion and dialogue on what it means to be a successful IT Leader in the public sector and how to use Information Technology as a strategic tool for managers, executives and policy makers. This event is a one-of-a-kind opportunity for government and industry executives to collaborate and address the most important policy, management and leadership issues surrounding the future of digital government and the role of the public-sector IT Leader.

Topics Include:

Organizational Assessment Tools
Transformative Change Initiatives – How to Thrive not just Survive!
Turbulence Within the Cloud
Fostering a Security-Minded Culture at Your Organization
Government Innovation - It’s all about the Citizen!
Ready Data: Part 1 – The Key to Rapid Analytics
Private Sector Role in Innovation: It’s all about the Citizen!
Ready Data: Part 2 – The Key to Rapid Data Analytics
I, You, They, We – Customer Service Perspectives

A message from our Keynote Speaker

We are pleased to partner on the 11th Annual New York State IT Leadership Academy. As IT leaders, we must continue to develop and hone our business skills to keep pace with growing customer demands and increasing reliance on technology in an ever-changing New York State government. The annual event provides a forum rich in learning and sharing where IT leaders can come together to focus on strategy and leadership to be better equipped to solve today’s business challenges. I encourage you all to attend this year’s event.

- Margaret Miller, NYS Chief Information Officer and Director of the NYS Office of Information Technology Services

Speakers

H. James Dallas - Keynote

Author, Speaker, Consultant, Change Agent

James Dallas is an accomplished senior executive with extensive experience as an agent of change in large domestic and international corporate settings. James has successfully implemented more than 10 transformational and turnaround initiatives, 30 acquisition integrations, five centers of excellence and three innovation centers. He has more than 30 years of experience in general management and business operations roles, as well as Chief Information Officer positions. The majority of his career has been focused on bridging the gap between strategy and execution, using IT both strategically and entrepreneurially, in addition to leadership development. He has been named one of the most powerful black men in corporate America several times in his career by Black Enterprise and Savoy magazines. He currently serves on several boards, including KeyCorp, Capella Education Company, WellCare Health Plans, Grady Memorial Hospital and The Atlanta Community Food Bank. James recently authored the popular book Mastering the Challenges of Leading Change: Inspire the People and Succeed Where Others Fail, for which he was named a Silver Medalist for the 2016 Georgia Author of the Year Award by the Georgia Writers Association. In 2013, he founded J. Dallas & Associates, a change management company that assists businesses leaders, nonprofits and governmental agencies achieve the organizational alignment needed to successfully implement transformational change.

Dr. Trish Holliday - Featured Speaker

Assistant Commissioner, Department of Human Resources & State Chief Learning Officer, State of Tennessee

Dr. Holliday’s commitment to public service and her passion for helping professionals reach their greatest potential is rooted in her experience as a certified facilitator, adult educator and executive coach, and her early years in full-time ministry as a missionary in Tennessee Appalachia.
Tennessee was the first state in the country to have the executive role of CLO developing and guiding an enterprise wide learning and development strategy. As the state’s CLO, Dr. Holliday, creates and leads learning efforts focused on the mission and goals of a customer focused government, building a common culture through a rigorous and consistent set of business and leadership skills.
She provides state appointing authorities with executive coaching in workforce planning and leadership development. Dr. Holliday drives the overall curriculum focus and development of all statewide leadership programs. Her passion and talent for developing successful leaders and purpose-driven individuals are reflected in these nationally recognized programs.
As a successful change agent, facilitator and storyteller, Dr. Holliday is often asked by state leaders to undertake complex problem solving opportunities by bringing people together and helping them discover innovative solutions and develop the leaders needed to execute. In recognition of her work in the state-wide LEAD Tennessee leadership development program. Dr. Holliday was selected as a 2016 Winner for the Leadership Excellence Awards in the Top Corporate Leader Award – Over 35 category. She was ranked 6th in the top 30 winner’s circle which were chosen from over three hundred applicants. Dr. Holliday received the 2016 Edwin L. Swain Award of Excellence, the IPMA-HR Southern Region’s highest award given to an individual who has distinguished her/himself throughout their career in HR. Recently she was asked to facilitate the International Public Management Association – HR (IPMA-HR) 2020 strategic visioning task force, identifying critical leadership competencies needed for the future success of the HR profession. In 2016, Dr. Holliday was also awarded the MTSHRM Development Professional of the year. Dr. Holliday’s influence reaches beyond state government by serving as an executive leadership coach for private sector businesses, impacting leaders from Kingsport to Memphis. As a result of her influence as a leader, she was selected to participate in Leadership Tennessee, class IV.
Dr. Holliday serves on the Board of Visitors for the College of Education at Lipscomb University, Tennessee State University’s College of Public Service and Urban Affairs Advisory Board, Impact Nashville, Habitat for Humanity of Tennessee, past-president of Toastmaster’s International Tennessee Government Leadership Chapter, Tennessee SHRM state council board member, and past board member of Special Olympics Tennessee. In 2016, Dr. Holliday was elected to serve as the Middle Tennessee State Director on the SHRM State Council. Dr. Holliday earned her Doctorate of Education with an emphasis in Learning Organizations and Strategic Change from Lipscomb University in December, 2015. Dr. Holliday is driven by a passion to help leaders develop strategies to create learning organizations and implement effective change initiatives.

Phil Weinzimer - Featured Speaker

Author and Consultant, Strategere Consulting

Phil Weinzimer is president of Strategere Consulting and works with clients to develop business and IT strategies that focus on achieving business outcomes. Mr. Weinzimer was previously the Managing Principal-Professional Services for IT Business Management at BMC Software. He also held Managing Principal positions in the Professional Services organizations for ITM Software, CAI, Sapient, and Unisys.
Management experience includes executive positions in the defense and manufacturing industries in the areas of Vendor Management, Materials Management, Operations, and Finance. Mr. Weinzimer's consulting experience includes building and leading consulting practices, selling Professional Services, managing multiple engagements in the US and Europe
Industry experience is in Health Care, Manufacturing, Pharmaceutical, and Financial Services industries. Mr. Weinzimer uses creative and innovative coaching techniques-through workshops-to enhance new organizational skills, knowledge, and teamwork in IT Strategy, Process Redesign, and Organizational Change.
Mr. Weinzimer’s new book, The Strategic CIO: Changing the Dynamics of the Business Enterprise, Taylor & Francis, focuses on how CIOs strategically transform IT organizations by leveraging information and technology to create new customer value, increase corporate revenue, and enrich shareholder value. His previous book, Getting it Right: Creating Customer Value for Market Leadership, John Wiley, focuses on transforming an organization using a 3P strategy: PREPARE personnel to work together as a team, PERCEIVE customer needs, and PROVIDE new products and services that create sustainable and profitable value.
Mr. Weinzimer speaks regularly on IT strategy and writes an ongoing column for AITS.org focusing on The Strategic CIO, and for CIO.com on the subject of Transforming IT for Business Success. Mr. Weinzimer has written articles for CIO magazine on the subject of strategic CIOs, and co-authored a case study for Harvard Business School (HBS).
He is also a journalist for Sarder TV, a division of Netcomlearning, interviewing CIOs, IT and business executives, and academic thought leaders on the subject of Leveraging Information and Technology for Competitive Advantage. Mr. Weinzimer also hosts a video series on TheStrategicCIO.com, interviewing business executives on the strategic use of IT to create customer value, increase margins, and enhance shareholder growth.

Chad Pregracke - Keynote

President and Founder, Living Lands & Waters

Chad Pregracke is the internationally named 2013 CNN Hero of the Year, founder and president of Living Lands & Waters; a nonprofit river cleanup organization, author and professional public speaker. He is proof one person can make a difference.
Best known for starting out as a young man in East Moline, Illinois wanting a cleaner waterway, Chad has become the champion for the Mississippi River. Growing up on its banks, he worked as a commercial shell diver during his early years, experiencing the river from the bottom up. Sometimes spending 10 hours a day in the depths and current of the pitch black waters, he crawled nearly 150 miles of the river bottom over six years. Chad saw its beauty and was frustrated by the neglect. At the age of 17, he decided to clean it up. Twenty two years later, Chad and his Living Lands & Waters crew have organized and led over 1000 community cleanups on 23 rivers in 20 states and removed 9.3 million pounds of garbage. Chad had an idea that evolved into a movement that has helped to restore one of America’s greatest icons, the Mississippi River.
Chad has been recognized by former President, George W. Bush as a national “Point of Light.” He received a standing ovation at the Kennedy Center from all four living former U.S. Presidents for his inspirational message on dreaming big, taking action, persevering, leading and collaborating. He has been the keynote speaker for college graduations, business conferences and events, classrooms, nonprofit organizations and more. Named “America’s Hardest Working Person” by Mitchum, Chad’s enthusiasm, sense of humor and passion amplifies his story and entertains audiences. Ultimately, his message inspires people to believe they can make a difference.

Lisa Bobo

Chief Information Officer, City of Rochester

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.

Public Safety Cluster Business Solutions Director, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State

Colin Brady is the Business Solutions Director for the Public Safety Cluster in ITS. He oversees an application portfolio of 370+ applications for the following customer agencies: DCJS, DHSES, DOCCS, NYSP, OPDV, OVS, and SCOC. Colin has held previous positions involved in Strategic Planning, Project Management, and Solutions Implementations.

Eyal Darmon

Managing Director of Health & Public Service Practice, Accenture

Eyal Darmon is a Managing Director in Accenture’s Health & Public Service Practice. Eyal has more than 16 years of experience working with government clients to modernize their business operations, 7 of which are specific to pension transformations and Innovation. As Accenture’s Digital Pensions Lead, Eyal was instrumental to the creation of the Digital Retirement concept and the resulting mobile, social and analytic capabilities. In his current role, Eyal continually encourages his team to think innovatively and disrupt the status quo. He is responsible for analyzing trends and market disruptions to identify emerging new market opportunities and works with others to help them generate innovative ideas. Throughout his career, Eyal has demonstrated outstanding leadership ability, inspiring his teams to consistently deliver ahead of schedule and under budget. He is well respected among his peers and within the North American pension community.

Vice President, Customer Experience, Oracle

Bill Deakin leads the Customer Experience team as member of the CX Group and is based in Chicago, IL. Bill has deep experience in Consumer Packaged Goods, Innovation, Digital Strategy, Market Development, Social Media and Customer Experience Leader in the development of the EY Social Media Global Centers of Excellence, with offices in Europe, India and Silicon Valley. He earned patents for digital innovations at The Coca-Cola Company. Bill also led Market Development, Sales and Innovation functions over his 18 year career and has worked with the top 50 global CPG companies and many top retailers organizations on a broad range of critical industry initiatives including data standards, global consortia, retail innovations, RFID and shopper programs. Through both academic and professional experiences Bill has developed a well-rounded view of the value created when driving innovation enabled by technology.

Thomas Duffy

Senior Vice President of Operations & Chair, Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, Center for Internet Security

Tom is the Senior Vice President, Operations, and the Chair of the Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, at the Center for Internet Security (CIS). He is responsible for managing all aspects of the CIS Security Operations and as well as services provided by the MS-ISAC. The MS-ISAC has been designated by DHS as the focal point for cyber threat prevention, protection, response and recovery for the nation's state, local, territorial and tribal (SLTT) governments. He provides leadership in developing program, organizational and financial strategies. He also manages the operation of the CIS 24-hour cyber security watch and warning operations center, which provides real-time network monitoring, early cyber threat warnings and advisories, vulnerability identification and mitigation and incident response. Mr. Duffy works closely with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), including its National Cyber Security and Communication Integrations Center, as well as with SLTT officials across the country.

Michael Geraghty

Director, NJCCIC, Division of Cybersecurity, Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, State of New Jersey

Mike Geraghty, Director of New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell (NJCCIC), the State’s Information Sharing and Analysis Organization (ISAO), was named to this position in July 2016.
Prior to his appointment, Mr. Geraghty served as the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of the Hudson’s Bay Company, Chief Information Officer of the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and Vice President of High Technology Investigations at Prudential Financial. Previously, Mr. Geraghty served 12 years with the New Jersey State Police, where he led the formation and development of the High Technology Crimes Investigation Unit.
Mr. Geraghty has lectured extensively throughout the world on the topic of cybersecurity, high tech investigations and computer forensics, providing technical and investigative assistance to law enforcement agencies both domestically and internationally, including the FBI, Secret Service, Department of Homeland Security, Naval Intelligence, New Scotland Yard, and the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary Service. He has provided expert testimony before congress and in federal, state, and international courts on computer crime investigations and forensics. Geraghty is also a past president of the Northeast Chapter of the High Technology Crimes Investigation Association and has held leadership roles in the National Strategic Policy Council on Cyber and Electronic Crime.
Mr. Geraghty earned his Bachelor’s Degree from Thomas Edison State College. He is married with three children and resides in Union County, NJ.

Sarah Jackson

VP Public Sector Sales Consulting – Apps, Oracle

Sarah Jackson is the Vice President of Public Sector Applications Sales Consulting for North America. Sarah leads a team of product and industry experts who demonstrate the business value delivered by Oracle Applications across Federal, State & Local and Canadian Public Sector markets. Sarah's entire career, including her 18+ years at Oracle, has been focused on applying technology and innovative solutions to solve Public Sector challenges. In addition to leading her team, Sarah serves as executive sponsor for key customers, participates on strategic steering committees and is active with industry leadership groups such as Women in Government. Outside of Oracle, Sarah serves on the board of directors for Washington Tennis & Education Foundation (WTEF), an organization committed to improving the life options of some of Washington DC’s most at-risk children.

Noland Joiner

Vice President, Healthcare and Life Sciences Solutions, CenturyLink

Noland Joiner has over 28 years of experience in various technology consulting and general management roles as a corporate executive, non-profit board member, educator and entrepreneur. He specializes in developing and implementing strategies which improve patient outcomes by transforming the entire healthcare ecosystem. Noland has proven experience in building a high performance teams, driving organizational effectiveness, optimizing processes, implementing enabling technologies, facilitating change management, leading operational management, developing staff and nurturing client relationships.
Prior to joining CenturyLink as Vice President of Healthcare and Life Sciences, Noland was the Chief Technology Officer for MarkLogic Corporation, a Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for GE Healthcare, a Principal and Central Region Practice Leader for Cap Gemini Consulting and Regional Vice President of Consulting for Oracle Corporation. In addition, Noland has held several leadership and client-facing positions at IBM Global Services, Business Systems Engineering, Inc. (a company he co-founded), Deloitte & Touche, Anderson Consulting and Unisys Corporation.
Noland is a graduate of Tennessee State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Science. He holds a Masters Degree from Northwestern University in System Strategy & Management. Noland also attended Information Technology Executive Management Programs at the Massachusetts Institution of Technology and DePaul University. Noland has also served as an adjunct professor for Information Technology in the graduate program for Systems Strategy & Management at Northwestern University and the Applied Technology Program at Illinois Institute of Technology.
Noland’s career and education have enabled him to facilitate and drive change on an enterprise level in a corporate environment as well as within non-profit organizations. He has proven himself to be insightful, understanding and effective through his commitment, dedication and long-standing track record of success.

Barbara Latulippe

Chief Data Governance Officer, Dell

Barbara Latulippe, Dell’s Chief Data Governance Officer, has more than two decades’ experience in the healthcare and high tech industries. She has provided expertise and leadership in the areas of Information Management, MDM, Governance, Data Quality, Data Science as a Service, and most recently Big Data Governance. Her broad experience in technology and business processes drives strategic change and organizational transformation. Barbara’s approach of “actionable data governance” leverages information assets based on consumption value. This approach results in prescriptive insights which in turn enable business outcomes.
Her passion is enabling information as a differentiator in consumer experiences and to monetize the value of data. Her current innovation at Dell is the creation of an Information Marketplace, enabling both IT and the business to collaborate on how to search and surface data sets rapidly in a business context. Big data platforms are challenged to understand the ocean of information available to analytics teams; verifying it is from a trusted source, driving cross functional collaboration and data sharing, and governing effectively (domain experts). Barbara has a proven track record of mobilizing and leveraging cross-functional knowledge teams, building relationships and securing executive buy-in. These dynamics drive innovation with information to achieve actionable business value.
Barbara is a recognized thought leader and industry advocate for innovative approaches and effective use of technology to improve business performance. She delivers solutions to business challenges by democratizing information for advanced analytics, operational efficiency and personalized consumer experiences. Information fuels experiences.

Senior Principal, CSRA Inc.

H. Giovanni is currently a Senior Principal at CSRA (the result of the merger between CSC and SRA International). He was previously the Director, Global Public Sector Practice at Grant Thornton, LLP. Prior to that position, he was the Associate CIO at the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), responsible for the most effective management oversight of the Department’s $3.2 billion investment in technology, and all capital planning and investment control, and cybersecurity, activities associated with it, including the safeguarding the Office of the Secretary of Transportation’s interest in NextGen, as well as the Intelligent Transportation System.

Karen Parrish

Vice President and Lead Partner, IBM

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.

Anne Roest

Commissioner, Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, New York City

Anne M. Roest was appointed the eighth Commissioner of the New York City Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications (DoITT) by Mayor Bill de Blasio in May 2014. As Commissioner, Roest is responsible for the City's foundational IT infrastructure and systems as well as oversight of major technology initiatives, including LinkNYC, a first-of-its-kind communications network that will bring the fastest available free public Wi-Fi to millions of New Yorkers, small businesses, and visitorS. At DoITT, she leads a staff of nearly 1,000 people who meet the information technology needs of 45 Mayoral agencies, dozens of other governmental entities, and nearly 300,000 employees that serve 8.4 million New Yorkers, and reach millions more worldwide.
Commissioner Roest has led a distinguished career in the information technology field spanning more than three decades. She began as a programmer for Fidelity Investments, before continuing on to technology roles at Norstar Bank and Microsoft. In 1986, she joined the New York State Department of Taxation and Finance. During her nearly 20-year tenure as IT director and project director for the agency, Roest spearheaded a massive systems modernization project, including planning, budgeting, staffing, systems development, and the analysis of business processes. In 2005, Roest was appointed as Chief Information Officer and Deputy Commissioner at the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services, where she was charged with implementing and governing the information technology used for criminal justice and with driving collaboration across all of the state's public safety agencies. In 2008, she received the Alfred E. Smith Award from American Society for Public Administration for her leadership in establishing a disaster recovery program to safeguard the state's public safety operations in the event of a natural disaster or terrorist attack.
Roest was appointed as the Public Safety Cluster Chief Information Officer at the New York State Office of Information Technology Services in 2012, where she continued her work to improve, transform, and consolidate information technology programs and resources across New York State public safety agencies. Roest was recently named to the Technology Hall of Fame at the New York State Government Technology Conference.

Sean Telles

Manager of Systems Engineering, Public Sector State & Local, ForeScout Technologies

Sean heads up ForeScout Technologies’ Public Sector State & Local government SE practice for the US, has seventeen years of hands-on experience architecting and building security solutions and managing production environments, integrator, and manufacturer, and in leading security teams from all sides of the table. Sean is responsible for articulating and demonstrating how the ForeScout value proposition of “See-Control-Orchestrate” for IOT, SCADA, and critical infrastructure controls fills the gaps between defense-in-depth tools, and lets state, county, and municipal authorities build their own self-defending networks leveraging the tools they have already invested in. Previously, Sean has worked at Symantec, SRA International, and Northrop Grumman, where he has held a variety of roles in Cyber Security Architecture, Cloud Infrastructure and Security, Network and Infrastructure Security, Systems Management, Network Management. He holds his Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration, and resides in Northern Virginia.

Jennifer Walden

Senior Manager, Health & Public Service, Accenture Consulting

Jennifer Walden is an experienced leader within Accenture’s Talent & Organization practice Jennifer has over 12 years of experience helping Public Service organizations achieve their transformation goals. Her specialties include Organization & Change Management, Business Transformation & Readiness and Communications and Stakeholder Management.

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Agenda

Wednesday, March 15
9:00 am Eastern	Registration and Morning Refreshments King Street Courtyard
10:15 am Eastern	Opening Remarks King Street Ballroom Mike Perrin, Deputy Director of State Operations, New York State
10:30 am Eastern	Keynote – Leadership in Times of Change King Street Ballroom H. James Dallas, Author, Speaker, Consultant, Change Agent (@hjamesdallas) Change is rampant within and across all industries and society as a whole, driven in no small part by Information Technology. The increasing pace and degree of change are causing many people to struggle and, unfortunately, get left behind. This is particularly challenging to those who are tasked with leadership and team-building. This session will identify how change and culture are intertwined; why leaders often fail during times of change; and what you must know and do to not only succeed but also thrive.
11:45 am Eastern	Lunch Fort Orange Courtyard and Shaker Room
12:45 pm Eastern	Featured Speaker – The Strategic CIO King Street Ballroom Phil Weinzimer, Author and Consultant, Strategere Consulting There is no better time to be a Leader in IT. You have the perfect opportunity to help your business colleagues leverage information and technology to improve the efficiencies and quality of services for your organization. Are you ready for the challenge? Do you have the trust of your business colleagues to engage in a strategy discussion? Does your IT organization have the business skills needed to succeed? This highly interactive session will explore how strategic IT Leaders transformed their IT organization into a strategic asset and how they can transform IT Personnel from Technologists into Business Team Members. View Presentation Here View Handout 1 Here View Handout 2 Here
2:00 pm Eastern	Networking Break King Street Courtyard
2:30 pm Eastern	Concurrent Sessions Organizational Assessment Tools High Street 24/26 (3rd Floor) Assessing the business competencies and skills of your IT organization is a critical element in successfully collaborating with agency personnel to leverage information and technology to improve services provided to State constituents and agency personnel. Building on the Strategic CIO session, attendees will utilize the assessment methodology to: 1. Assess the strategic maturity of your department's competencies and skills, 2. Establish a maturity goal for the future 12-18 month timeline 3. Identify the gaps to overcome to achieve maturity goal 4. Identify critical success factors to achieving maturity goal 5. Develop a high-level plan to achieve maturity goal. Phil Weinzimer, Author and Consultant, Strategere Consulting View Presentation Here Transformative Change Initiatives – How to Thrive not just Survive! Town Hall Amphitheater The key question to Sustaining Organization Change is how is each system within the organization is either helping or hindering the desired change? It is essential that internal systems of measurement, performance management, rewards & recognition, and a focus on optimization be leveraged to successful sustain long-term change. In addition to discussing these essential elements of change, customer examples will be communicated to illustrate real-world examples of how organizations have sustained significant organizational change. Moderator: Chris Lloyd, Chief Portfolio Officer, Information Technology Services, New York State H. James Dallas, Author, Speaker, Consultant, Change Agent (@hjamesdallas) James Dowling, Executive Change Management Consultant, Abreon View Dowling Presentation Here Dr. Trish Holliday, Assistant Commissioner, Department of Human Resources & State Chief Learning Officer, State of Tennessee View Holliday Presentation Here Jennifer Walden, Senior Manager, Health & Public Service, Accenture View Walden Presentation Here Turbulence Within the Cloud Fort Orange 7/9 Cloud Service adoption and use continues to ramp up for Government agencies. But do you know what the major security, compliance and data considerations are before agreeing to and using a Cloud Service? This session will outline what you should agree to before using a Cloud Service to protect your data so you don’t end up in a fog of bewilderment and put your data and agency at risk. Come learn about the most important considerations before adopting a Cloud Service and hear vendor responses that will lead to a solid foundation and Cloud Service Provider relationship. Moderator: Moses Kamya, Chief Information Officer, Office of the Attorney General, New York State Steve Bobarakis, Public Sector Business Development Executive for Government, Health Care & Education, Oracle View Bobarakis Presentation Here Joe Merces, Chief Information Officer, Department of Law, New York City View Merces Presentation Here Greg Morin, Cloud & Cognitive Technical Leader, Public Sector, IBM
3:45 pm Eastern	Networking Reception King Street Courtyard Everyone is invited! Please join in networking with your peers over refreshments.

Thursday, March 16
8:00 am Eastern	Registration and Morning Refreshments King Street Courtyard
9:00 am Eastern	Keynote – From the Bottom Up King Street Ballroom Chad Pregracke, President and Founder, Living Lands & Waters Chad Pregracke, 2013 CNN Hero of the Year, is living proof that one person can make a difference. As the founder of America’s only “industrial strength” river clean-up organization, Chad tells a compelling, uplifting, and inspiring story about growing up on the river and how his experiences led to his unique vision to clean up the Mississippi River and start an internationally recognized not-for-profit, Living Lands & Waters. In this session, Chad takes us out on one of the world’s greatest waterways – a journey filled with endless challenges and gripping adventures – to inspire us to dream big, take action, collaborate, persevere and boldly lead in the face of seemingly insurmountable odds.
10:00 am Eastern	Networking Break King Street Courtyard
10:30 am Eastern	Concurrent Sessions Fostering a Security-Minded Culture in Your Organization Town Hall Amphitheater Security and compliance continue to be a top concern for IT leaders, government executives and elected officials. In fact, our recent elections have escalated security breaches to the highest national levels. This session will focus on the role of IT Leadership in ensuring their organizations make security and compliance a priority and how to develop a culture that takes a holistic approach to security. By combining technology and security awareness to develop a comprehensive ongoing program. How do you communicate cyber hygiene practice to employees to maximize adoption and minimize impact to delivery of services? Security and compliance also have a cost. What are the factors measuring risk when considering objectives to implement solutions and how do you communicate to employees? Come listen to the experts in this session as they share information on tools and techniques used to foster a culture of security in organizations. Moderator: Deborah Snyder, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Information Technology Services, New York State Jim Davies, Systems Engineer, ForeScout Technologies Inc. View Davies Presentation Here Thomas Duffy, Senior Vice President of Operations & Chair, Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, Center for Internet Security Michael Geraghty, Director, NJCCIC, Division of Cybersecurity, Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, State of New Jersey (@njcybersecurity) Government Innovation - It’s all about the Citizen! High Street 24/26 (3rd Floor) Technology is changing at a furious rate and with these rapid advancements comes the opportunity for innovation. With innovation, comes disruption that challenges our existing business models and how we have traditionally interacted with our customers, the citizens. With human empowerment we no longer adapt to new technology but control the technology to deliver a new way of doing business that our public is expecting. This session will highlight how Government is taking advantage of these new technologies and preparing for the future with our citizens in mind. Come learn about innovative applications being used to enhance the citizen experience and the building blocks of services to keep in mind as you take control and shape technology to fit the citizen’s needs. Moderator: Joan Sullivan, Executive Director, NYS Forum Colin Brady, Public Safety Cluster Business Solutions Director, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State View Brady Presentation Here Brian Digman, Chief Information Officer, Thruway Authority, New York State Adam Gigandet, Enterprise Architect, Information Technology Services, New York State Ready Data: Part 1 – The Key to Rapid Analytics Fort Orange 7/9 New and emerging technologies are making it possible for data to have new meaning in modern day organizations. We can now generate, store, access and use data in ways that were previously unimagined. Advanced technologies have made it possible to raise questions that give organizations insight into previously impenetrable topics. Unfortunately, many organizations are hampered in their efforts to maximize the potential of new data stores and new tools because their data is not ready for use. Research shows analysts spend as much as 80% of their time readying data before they can begin using it to ask questions to guide policy and strategy. In many cases, organizations don’t have a 21st century data management framework in place that ensures analysts will have access to data that is both ready and fit for use. This panel, which is Part 1 of a two-part program, will share insights about the cost to organizations of a lack of ready data and discuss the critical role of data governance in creating a set of enabling conditions for making data ready for use. Moderator: Todd Harbour, Chief Data Officer, Information Technology Services, New York State View Harbour Presentation Here H. Giovanni Carnaroli, Senior Principal, CSRA Inc. View Carnaroli Presentation Here Jim Penn, Senior Consulting Manager, Analytics, Oracle Public Sector View Penn Presentation Here Ashley Turchiarelli, Project Lead, Administrative & General Services Cluster, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State View Turchiarelli Presentation Here
11:45 am Eastern	Lunch King Street Ballroom
12:30 pm Eastern	General Session – We Are All in IT Together King Street Ballroom What attributes define a great leader? According to a recent Pew Research Center survey on women and leadership, most Americans find women indistinguishable from men on key leadership traits such as intelligence and capacity for innovation, with many saying women are stronger than men in terms of being compassionate and organized leaders. So why, then, are women in short supply at the top of government and business in the United States? And what can be done to eliminate the gap? In this dynamic general session, embark in a conversation about women in leadership. Join our panel which includes prominent women leaders in industry and government, as they discuss their experiences as successful leaders. Panelists: Barbara Latulippe, Chief Data Governance Officer, Dell Sarah Jackson, Vice President, Public Sector Sales Consulting – Apps, Oracle Karen Parrish, Vice President and Lead partner IBM State of New York team Anne Roest, Commissioner, Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, New York City
1:30 pm Eastern	Networking Break King Street Courtyard
2:00 pm Eastern	Concurrent Sessions Private Sector Role in Innovation: It’s all about the Citizen! Town Hall Amphitheater Everyone wants to innovate. New ideas and approaches lead to efficiencies and progress in day to day operations. Technology is moving so fast that failure to innovate leads organizations to be out of touch and stale. But what happens to the citizen in these times of fast-paced change? This panel of industry experts will discuss cases of innovation and what it has and will mean to their customers, whether they are government leaders, taxpayers or patients. Of course, with any great achievements there are cautionary alerts! Moderator: Leah Ziamandanis, Datacenter Specialist, New York State Government, Dell EMC Eyal Darmon, Managing Director, Health & Public Service Practice, Accenture Jim Davies, Systems Engineer, ForeScout Technologies Inc. William J. Deakin, Vice President, Customer Experience, Oracle H. Giovanni Carnaroli, Senior Principal, CSRA Inc. View Presentation Here Ready Data: Part 2 – The Key to Rapid Data Analytics Fort Orange 7/9 For organizations to fully benefit from big data and data analytics, they must reduce the time between question and answer by increasing the readiness of their data. But making data ready for use is a time-consuming and expensive process. To close this readiness gap, organizations need to carefully manage the larger data management landscape, ensuring that all parts of the organization are working toward readying their data for use. This panel will continue the discussion started in Part 1 of this session and discuss tools and techniques for closing the readiness gap, thereby reducing the time between questions and answer. Experts will discuss some of the things organizations can and must to do to reduce the time it takes between question identification and insights from analytics. Moderator: Dr. Theresa Pardo, Director, Center for Technology in Government Noland Joiner, Vice President, Healthcare and Life Sciences Solutions, CenturyLink Karen Parrish, Vice President and Lead partner IBM State of New York team I, You, They, We – Customer Service Perspectives High Street 24/26 (3rd Floor) There are many definitions of great customer service. A panel composed of both NYS ITS representatives responsible for providing IT services, and NYS and NYC agency professionals that are the recipient of these services, will discuss how they would define great customer service. Following the panel discussion, audience participants will be led through a roleplaying exercise to analyze customer service scenarios from the perspective of the different stakeholders involved. Moderator: Joan Sullivan, Executive Director, NYS Forum Panelists: David Adkins, Director, Enterprise Platforms Services, Information Technology Services, New York State Sheila Carey, Executive Director, Developmental Disabilities Planning Council, New York State Grace Dillon, Customer Relations Manager, Information Technology Services, Human Services Cluster, New York State Nonie Manion, Executive Deputy Commissioner, Department of Taxation and Finance, New York State Joseph Merces, Chief Information Officer, Department of Law, New York City Steven Spalten, Deputy Chief Operations Officer, Information Technology Services, New York State
3:15 pm Eastern	Break
3:30 pm Eastern	The IT Leadership Academy Awards Program and Reception King Street Ballroom Conference times, agenda, and speakers are subject to change.

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Advisory Board

Government Representatives

David Adkins
Director, Enterprise Projects
Information Technology Services
New York State

Bryan Amedio
Chief Information Officer, Disabilities and Aging Cluster
Information Technology Services
New York State

Simeon Ananou
Vice President & Chief Information Officer
University at Albany

Jim Bell
Director
Senate Technology Services
New York State Senate

Shoshanah Bewlay
Chief General Counsel
Information Technology Services
New York State

Lisa Bobo
Chief Information Officer
City of Rochester

Stephen Campbell
Chief Informaton Officer, Public Safety Cluster
Information Technology Services
New York State

Donna Canestraro, PMP
Program Director
Center for Technology in Government
University at Albany

Gregg Chottiner
Chief Information Officer, Administrative & General Services
Information Technology Services
New York State

Rick Cobello
Chief Information Security Officer
Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance
New York State

Sunil Dadlani
Chief Information Officer, Citizen Services Cluster
Information Technology Services
New York State

Shannon Fitzpatrick
Director, Workforce Strategy and Planning
Information Technology Services
New York State

Adam Gigandet
Enterprise Architect
Information Technology Services
New York State

Lorne D. Green
Chief Information Officer
Department of Management Information Systems
Sullivan County Government Center

Todd Harbour
Chief Data Officer
Information Technology Services
New York State

Moses Kamya
Chief Information Officer
Office of the Attorney General
New York State

Ellen Kattleman
Assistant Commissioner
Department of Civil Service
New York State

Angela Liotta
Communications Director
Information Technology Services
New York State

Chris Lloyd
Chief Portfolio Officer
Information Technology Services
New York State

Bob Loomis
Chief Information Officer
Office of the Comptroller
New York State

John McInnes
Chief Information Officer, Health Cluster
Information Technology Services
New York State

Kim McKinney
Chief Technology Officer
Thruway Authority
New York State

Joe Merces
Chief Informaton Officer
Department of Law
New York City

Maggie Miller
Chief Information Officer
Information Technology Services
New York State

Nancy Mulholland
Chief Information Officer, Revenue & Transportation
Information Technology Services
New York State

Mahesh Nattanmai
Executive Deputy Chief Information Officer
Information Technology Services
New York State

Stacy Panis
Chief Information Officer, Human Services Cluster
Information Technology Services
New York State

Rajiv Rao
Chief Technology Officer
Information Technology Services
New York State

Ray Rose
Chief Operating Officer
Information Technology Services
New York State

Deborah Snyder
Deputy Chief Information Security Officer
Information Technology Services
New York State

Steven Spalten
Deputy Chief Operations Officer
Information Technology Services
New York State

Karen Starke
Chief Information Officer
State Education Department
New York State

Joan Sullivan
Executive Director
NYS Forum

Industry Representatives

Mark Anderson
Public Sector Accounts
ForeScout Technologies, Inc.

Scott Gerstner
Named Account Manager
Palo Alto Networks

Alan Lawrence
President
PCMG

Joe Lynch
Regional Vice President
Cloud Infrastructure
Oracle America, Inc.

Jack Milvaney
Client Executive
IBM

Preetham Morkonda
Senior Manager
Accenture

Thomas Silvious
Director
CSRA State and Local Solutions, LLC

Michael Walsh
Senior Global Relationship Manager
CenutryLink

Leah Ziamandanis
Account Manager, Enterprise
Dell EMC

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New York IT Leadership Academy 2017

Overview

To view speaker presentations where available, see Agenda page.

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A message from our Keynote Speaker

Speakers

H. James Dallas - Keynote

Author, Speaker, Consultant, Change Agent

Dr. Trish Holliday - Featured Speaker

Assistant Commissioner, Department of Human Resources & State Chief Learning Officer, State of Tennessee

Phil Weinzimer - Featured Speaker

Author and Consultant, Strategere Consulting

Chad Pregracke - Keynote

President and Founder, Living Lands & Waters

Lisa Bobo

Chief Information Officer, City of Rochester

Colin Brady

Public Safety Cluster Business Solutions Director, Office of Information Technology Services, New York State

Eyal Darmon

Managing Director of Health & Public Service Practice, Accenture

William J. Deakin

Vice President, Customer Experience, Oracle

Thomas Duffy

Senior Vice President of Operations & Chair, Multi-State Information Sharing and Analysis Center, Center for Internet Security

Michael Geraghty

Director, NJCCIC, Division of Cybersecurity, Office of Homeland Security and Preparedness, State of New Jersey

Sarah Jackson

VP Public Sector Sales Consulting – Apps, Oracle

Noland Joiner

Vice President, Healthcare and Life Sciences Solutions, CenturyLink

Barbara Latulippe

Chief Data Governance Officer, Dell

H. Giovanni Leusch-Carnaroli

Senior Principal, CSRA Inc.

Karen Parrish

Vice President and Lead Partner, IBM

Anne Roest

Commissioner, Department of Information Technology and Telecommunications, New York City

Sean Telles

Manager of Systems Engineering, Public Sector State & Local, ForeScout Technologies

Jennifer Walden

Senior Manager, Health & Public Service, Accenture Consulting

Agenda

Wednesday, March 15

9:00 am Eastern

Registration and Morning Refreshments

King Street Courtyard

10:15 am Eastern

Opening Remarks

King Street Ballroom

10:30 am Eastern

Keynote – Leadership in Times of Change

King Street Ballroom

11:45 am Eastern

Lunch

Fort Orange Courtyard and Shaker Room

12:45 pm Eastern

Featured Speaker – The Strategic CIO

King Street Ballroom

2:00 pm Eastern

Networking Break

King Street Courtyard

2:30 pm Eastern

Concurrent Sessions

Organizational Assessment Tools

High Street 24/26 (3rd Floor)

Transformative Change Initiatives – How to Thrive not just Survive!

Town Hall Amphitheater

Turbulence Within the Cloud

Fort Orange 7/9

3:45 pm Eastern

Networking Reception

King Street Courtyard

Thursday, March 16

8:00 am Eastern

Registration and Morning Refreshments

King Street Courtyard

9:00 am Eastern

Keynote – From the Bottom Up

King Street Ballroom