Andrea S. Ballinger is an executive IT leader and strategist who directs high-caliber teams, crafts high-level guiding visions and aligns technology investments with business goals. Andrea has been in higher education for more than 20 years, serving in many senior capacities that include CTO, CIO, COO and, briefly, CEO. During her tenure in higher ed, Andrea has been a key driver for IT operations, transformations and strategies, building high-performing teams and bringing complex projects to fruition.
In her current role as Vice Provost for University Information and Technology with Oregon State University, Ms. Ballinger is responsible for providing senior strategic vision and leadership for the overall IT environment in support of OSU’s mission. She leads the OSU IT community across the university, providing the crucial information technologies and services that directly enable teaching, learning, research, engagement and administrative activities.
Before Oregon State University, Andrea served as Louisiana State University’s Associate Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, providing leadership, vision and direction to the university’s investment, deployment and strategic use of information technology resources across its several campuses. Prior to that role, she served as Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Information Officer for the University of Illinois Alumni Association, with a brief role as CEO during a leadership transition, where she gained a great deal of advancement skills. Andrea also held several senior-level titles for both Illinois State University (CTO, AVP for Administrative Technologies) and the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (AVP for Decision Support and other Decision Support titles), where she led the initiative to modernize their IT ecosystems, including implementing ERPs, CRMs and business intelligence environments. Prior to joining higher education, Andrea spent 10 years in the banking and finance industry, where she was last a Vice President of Operations at a large Midwest Bank working in several mergers and acquisitions.
Andrea has a passion for reimagining the student experience, building strong IT teams, using analytics as a decision-making beacon and achieving operational excellence. Andrea has an undergraduate degree and an MBA, both from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Phil Bertolini is senior vice president of the Center for Digital Government, a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government. Previously, he served as deputy county executive and CIO for Oakland County, Michigan. During his 31-year tenure, Phil built a world-class IT organization in the second-largest county in Michigan, just north of Detroit. As Oakland County CIO, he oversaw more than 150 employees serving over 1.2 million residents. In 2005, he was also promoted to deputy county executive, holding dual positions until his retirement. Phil’s efforts earned the county national attention, winning numerous awards for technology innovation and excellence. He was named Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year and Government Technology Magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers. He was also honored by the President Obama White House as a Champion of Change.

Ray Blair is a Distinguished Architect with Cisco Systems. He started his career in 1988 designing industrial communication systems and has worked with technologies from ATM to ZMODEM. Ray has three CCIE certifications, a CISSP, is a Certified Business Architect, and coauthored four technology books.

Alexis Bonnell is a Senior Business Executive and the Emerging Technology Evangelist for Public Sector at Google. Government is navigating unprecedented times, unprecedented opportunity and can leverage unprecedented technology to solve our nations and the world’s most pressing challenges. More than ever, Public Servants are leading the charge to create a better, more equitable, and empowered experience for citizens.
Alexis was one of the first members of the Internet’s original Trade Association, served as a Chief Profit Officer for companies transitioning to a digital existence, applied her communications, project management, innovation and technology application skills in over 20 warzones, global disasters, and major transformation projects for the United Nations. At USAID, Alexis was a public servant who led Transformation and Knowledge Management in the Management Bureau, was the Chief of Engagement for Education, one of the Founders of USAID’s U.S. Global Development Lab, and recently completed her service as USAID’s Chief Innovation Officer.
At Google, Alexis dedicates her time to helping public servants catalyze their missions with technology.

Shamir Colloff is a Senior Product Manager and Government Strategy Lead working closely with the Relativity user community to assess needs, business opportunities and help drive future product development priorities. Prior to Relativity, Mr. Colloff was the CTO at Relativity Hosting Partner, Evolve Discovery. He has extensive large case management experience and has supervised multi-terabyte projects in all phases, including data collection, processing, analysis and production.

Steve Corbató serves as Executive Director of Link Oregon (the dba for Oregon Fiber Partnership), the non-profit organization formed by Oregon’s four largest research universities and state government to develop and operate a high-speed, statewide broadband network in support of the founding partners’ missions of education, research, healthcare and public service. Prior to assuming this role in 2018, he was Chief Technology Officer with responsibility for IT infrastructure at OHSU. Corbató has nearly three decades of experience around Internet-based network development and deployment. While at the University of Utah (2006-2015), he served as a member of the governing board of the long-standing Utah Education Network (now UETN) and launched two partnerships with public transportation agencies for access to optical fiber and conduit for network expansion. Earlier at the Internet2 national non-profit organization, he led the national, high-speed network that supports U.S. research and education. Previously, while at the University of Washington in the 1990's, he was a member of the steering group that developed the Washington State K-20 Network connecting all sectors of public and higher education. Over his career, he has served on numerous boards for regional and national networking organizations. He currently serves as a board member for the Northwest Access Exchange (NWAX), the Internet Exchange in the greater Portland area, and board chair for The Quilt, the national affinity group of non-profit regional networks serving the research & education community. He resides in Portland, Oregon.

Debbie Estabrook currently serves as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the State of Oregon Health & Human Services agencies - Oregon Department of Human Services (ODHS) and Oregon Health Authority (OHA). She joined the state in 2015 as the Deputy Chief Information Officer before moving into the CIO role in 2020.
Debbie has been instrumental in the development of the agencies’ ODHS/OHA Strategic Technology Plan aligning business strategy to technical strategy, and adoption of the Performance Management System practicing operational excellence and accountability.
Debbie’s most recent focus includes leading the IT organization in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, enabling thousands of staff to work remotely; incorporating an equity framework; and continuing modernization in alignment with enterprise and business strategy.
Debbie’s 25+ years in IT has included work in both the public and private sectors across aerospace and manufacturing industries, local and state government, consulting, and health and human services. She has a bachelor’s degree in Mathematics from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and a master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Michael has over 27 years of Information Technology experience in both private sector high-tech manufacturing as well as Government IT services. Michal began his career in technology in the late 90’s as an application developer working at Sony Disc Manufacturing. He joined Lane County in 2003 supporting Enterprise Resource Applications and Countywide Services. Since 2014, Michael has served as Chief Information Officer with Lane County Technology Services – a regional technology provider helping Lane County and partner agencies serve over 380,000 residents. During his tenure as CIO, Michael has focused on building a strong leadership team, driving superior IT business alignment and value as well as supporting a vision for broadband that helps meet the needs of Emergency Management and underserved communities.

Karl is a strategic technology leader with over 15 years’ experience leading digital projects from both a technology and operations perspective. His work includes overseeing systems that securely process over $440 million annually and he has managed nearly 1,000 digital government applications. His experience in software development, infrastructure, and information security helps partners achieve secure and cost-effective technology solutions.

Throughout Gary's 20 plus years as a technologist and executive-level manager, he has proven himself to be a strong leader at both the corporate and now, state-wide levels.  Gary has a long career of experience in which he has consistently proven his ability to attain ambitious business objectives through the practical application of his strong skills in leadership in technology management as well as his knowledge of the most up to date technology and industry standards.  
Most recently Gary has spent the last 12 years in the public sector with the State of Oregon. In his current role as Chief Information Security Officer for the State of Oregon, he’s directly responsible for ensuring cyber security for all state agencies in Oregon and it’s 40K plus workforce. Prior to his present role, Gary served as the Oregon Department of Revenue’s Chief Information Officer and Division Administrator of an organization of over 200 staff.

Mike Lauer is Director of the Fortinet Capture Team. His expertise is in managing business development and strategy for state and federal government agencies. He has spent his career honing technical project management skills to support SLED initiatives and to help architect and buildout multi-party and agency initiatives that range from K-12 to Higher education to healthcare. Mike’s unique background bridges knowledge gaps to facilitate projects connecting service providers, erate applicants, USAC HCF for Healthcare programs, NG911 (wireline and wireless) initiatives and rural broadband development and deployment.

Daniele Loffreda is Marketing Lead for Ciena’s Virtualized Edge Solution State/Local Government and Education (SLED) and Healthcare in Ciena’s Solutions Development organization. In this role he leads Ciena’s initiatives applying next generation networking technologies to help these sectors deliver higher quality experiences to their constituents through disruptive technologies, optimized cloud strategies, virtualized infrastructure and improved data security.
Daniele has more than 25 years of experience helping customers leverage Information, Communications and Technology solutions provide greater value, streamline their operations and generate higher returns on network investments. In addition to his current role at Ciena, Daniele has worked in pioneering roles at AT&T, Sprint and Fujitsu. He has presented at numerous industry conferences, and published articles and posts on next generation network connectivity as a critical foundation of enterprise transformation.

Sean McGillagreen builds technical strategy for organizations. He consults with banks, clothing retailers, telecom and cable providers, hospitals, Saas developers, digital media content managers, and recently focuses on state and local governments. Sean uses organizational goals to drive technical strategy and inspire adoption and cooperation across divisions.

Dan has been in public service for the entirety of his 19-year career. For the past 9 years, Dan has focused on State service having served as a Senior Business Analyst, Application Development Manager, Interim Deputy CIO, CIO, IS Service Delivery manager for ODOT and is currently the Natural Resources policy area Assistant State CIO. For the first 10 years of his career, he served as IT Manager in a local government organization and is a veteran of the U.S. Navy. Dan enjoys working in government organizations specifically bringing people together in collaboration to meet their, and their agencies, goals, and objectives. Dan has earned his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from Western Oregon University and his master’s degree in Organization and Change Leadership from Gonzaga University.

Wes Mouw is the program coordinator in Integrated Client Services (ICS), a shared service between the Oregon Department of Human Services and Oregon Health Authority. ICS connects individuals across multiple state programs and agencies and supports a group of analysts who forecast ODHS and OHA caseloads used for program budgeting. Additionally, ICS supports a statewide need for bespoke integrated data used for statewide research and analytic projects. Prior to his work in ICS, Wes worked as a Special Education research analyst for the Oregon Department of Education and as a lead researcher for the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department and holds a Master of Science degree from OSU in environmental psychology/sociology.

As the Assistant Vice President, Mark leads all AT&T public sector business activities serving the states of Oregon, Washington, and California. Mark manages a highly skilled sales and technical support team delivering strategic technology solutions and services focused on network transformation, infrastructure modernization, wireless communications, and advanced cyber capabilities.

Aaron joined the National Digital Inclusion Alliance in 2022 as Director of Research and Programs. His expertise lies in working with local leaders and elected officials to build consensus and develop place-based solutions to the most pressing challenges communities face. Throughout his career Aaron has been an outspoken advocate for leveraging data and information to empower communities and individuals to affect positive change. Prior to joining NDIA, Aaron was the Director of Data and Mapping at the Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, where he headed the agency's work in data analytics, visualization, and GIS. He also established the organization's strategy and programming for broadband and digital inclusion. Aaron's career experience includes working as an urban planner and research director primarily in public and nonprofit organizations. He is a two-time graduate of The Ohio State University, with a master’s degree in city and regional planning and a bachelor’s degree in sociology. A recent transplant to Oregon, Aaron lives in Portland and serves on the Portland Digital Inclusion Network Planning Team.

Dennis Tomlin is the Chief Information Security Officer for Multnomah County, where he is responsible for leading the county’s cybersecurity efforts. He manages a team of 6 security professionals that ensures endpoint and perimeter protection, incident response, forensics, identity management and regulatory compliance (HIPAA, CJIS, PCI-DCS).
He is responsible for establishing policies and providing leadership and consulting for in-house county security initiatives. The county protects employee and residents data and privacy by employing a security model based on the NIST Cybersecurity Framework along with CIS controls which consists of cyber intelligence, defense in depth and incident response.
In addition to public speaking and participating in panel discussions, Mr.Tomlin serves the sector and his community as an appointee by Governor Kate Brown to be a voting member of the Oregon Cyber Advisory Council.
In addition Mr. Tomin serves on: SLTTGCC (CISA State Local Tribal Territorial Governing Coordinating Council), Mt Hood College Cybersecurity Program Advisory Board, Clackamas Community College Healthcare Program Security Advisor, Evanta CISO Governing Board, SecureWorld Advisory Board.
Mr. Tomlin attended Portland State University where he majored in Elementary Education. He was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Paraguay from 1978 to 1981.

Terrence brings over 18 years of leadership and knowledge having served as the Chief Information Officer and Administrative Services Administrator for the Oregon Department of Revenue; Chair of the State of Oregon Chief Information Officer Council; Director of Information Technology for the Oregon Health Authority; and Deputy Chief Information Officer for the Department of Human Services. Outside the public sector, Terrence was a regional technology manager, and he served as a human resources manager for three years.