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.

Dan Thurmon is the founder and President of Motivation Works, a company that helps leaders and their organizations move confidently through change and transformation so that they achieve and contribute MORE. Dan is an expert speaker and performer. He has delivered thousands of presentations across six continents for audiences including world leaders, Fortune 500 companies, entrepreneurs, educators, and even troops on the front lines of battle. In 2011, he was inducted into the prestigious Speaker Hall of Fame. Dan recently served as the President of the National Speakers Association. During his tenure, he led the Board of Directors and the 3,000+ member organization through a critical transformation, which included new governance, a new mission, higher member value, and greater financial accountability. He’s authored two books: Success in Action and Off Balance On Purpose. Dan produces an ongoing weekly video coaching series and podcast in which he shares leadership principles and life-enhancement strategies in under three minutes. He is a health and fitness advocate. In his 50s, Dan continues to train and perform advanced acrobatics, and enjoys hobbies such as golf, mountain unicycling and the flying trapeze.

Teri Takai is the Co-Director of the Center for Digital Government, a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government. She worked for Ford Motor Company for 30 years in global application development and information technology strategic planning. From Ford, she moved to EDS in support of General Motors. A long-time interest in public service led her to the government sector, first as CIO of the State of Michigan, then as CIO of the State of California, and subsequently the CIO of the U.S. Department of Defense, the first woman appointed to this role. She then served as the CIO for Meridian Health Plan. She is a member of several industry advisory boards. Teri has won numerous awards including Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year, CIO Magazine’s CIO Hall of Fame, Government Technology Magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers, the Women in Defense Excellence in Leadership Award, and the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.

Phil Bertolini is the Co-Director 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.

Dustin Haisler is the Chief Innovation Officer for e.Republic. As Chief Innovation Officer, he has a strategic role to help shape the company’s products, services, and future direction. Primarily, he leads e.Republic Labs, a market connector created as an ecosystem to educate, accelerate, and ultimately scale technology innovation within the public sector. Dustin began he career at a very young age as the finance director and later CIO for Manor, TX, a small city outside Austin. He quickly built a track record and national reputation as an early innovator in civic tech, for which he was named a Government Technology Top 25 Doer, Dreamer and Driver in 2009. A member of Code for America’s original steering committee, Dustin pioneered government use of commercial technologies not before used in the public sector – including Quick-Response (QR) barcodes, crowdsourcing, and gamification. Dustin went on to the private sector to help broaden the adoption of these and other civic innovations. His work has been featured in Wired, Fast Company, the Wall Street Journal, Inc., and the Today Show on NBC. An in-demand speaker, he has given two TEDx speeches – one on Disrupting Government (TEDxAustin) and the other on Disrupting Education (TEDxLivermore).

Prior to Governor Kelly’s appointment as Secretary of Administration, Dr. DeAngela Burns-Wallace served as the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Studies at the University of Kansas. Dr. Burns-Wallace started her career as a Foreign Service Officer (FSO) with the U.S. Department of State. Dr. Burns-Wallace has been selected for various leadership opportunities, awards and honors throughout her higher ed and government career, including the 2018 White House Champions of Change College Opportunity, and earning a Superior Honor and three Meritorious Honor awards from the U.S. State Department. Dr. Burns-Wallace serves as a national trainer and curriculum developer for various national professional development organizations, non-profits, and higher ed institutions on issues ranging including micro-aggressions, multigenerational workplace differences, diversity and inclusion, change management, professional development pathways, and strategic planning. Service is also a cornerstone of her journey. Dr. Burns-Wallace currently serves on Stanford University’s Board of Governors, and has previously held board roles in numerous local, regional, and national organizations, and international selection committees including Gates Millennium Scholars, Dell Foundation Scholars, and Rhodes, Marshall, and Fulbright fellowships. Dr. Burns-Wallace holds a dual bachelor’s degree in International Relations and African American studies from Stanford University, a Master in Public Affairs from the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, and a doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania.

Anthony Huey is a highly popular international speaker and communications consultant who offers session attendees pragmatic communications tools, tips and techniques they can use immediately in their professional and personal lives. His career includes tenures as a news reporter, magazine senior editor, crisis management specialist, media relations consultant and executive speech coach. Anthony heads Reputation Management, LLC, one of the nation’s leading communications training and crisis consulting companies. He has presented nearly 2,700 keynote speeches, workshops and seminars. His direct client work includes a wide variety of advertising, public relations and communications initiatives for hundreds of trade associations, municipalities and companies.

Kurtis Danka is the Chief Technology Officer within Enterprise Information Services at the State of Oregon in the Chief Information Officers office. His focus is to help the State of Oregon align technology with the strategic business direction—leading strategy, architecture, and planning. Kurtis has more than 20 years of public sector experience within the State of Oregon focused on Information Technology. His experience includes: serving as the Chief Information Officer at the Oregon Department of Transportation, IT operations and administration as the Deputy Administrator the State Data Center, strategic planning, process and policy development, and program development.
Kurtis holds a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering with an emphasis on fiber optics from California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo.

Ann Dunkin is a Chief Technology Officer and Strategist focused on state and local government at Dell. Prior to joining Dell, Ms. Dunkin was the Chief Information Officer for the County of Santa Clara. Ms. Dunkin also served in the Obama Administration as the Chief Information Officer of the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Prior her time in Washington D.C., she was the Chief Technology Officer for the Palo Alto Unified School District. Ms. Dunkin joined the School District after a long career at Hewlett Packard in a variety of leadership roles. Ms. Dunkin is a published author and sought after speaker on the topics of technology modernization, digital services and organizational transformation. She holds a Master of Science and a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering, both from The Georgia Institute of Technology. She is a licensed professional engineer in the states of California and Washington.

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.

Gary has over 25 years of experience in technology management and overseeing teams of managers, technical, and non-technical staff with a solid background in network administration, application development, and managing a global team. He enjoys leveraging the latest information technologies to unite teams and solve business problems.

Seth Kindley serves as a Principal Systems Engineer at Pure Storage, where he is a technical advisor to: engineering, product management, sales, marketing and presales leadership in the field.
Seth has been a trusted advisor to US Federal customers since moving into data storage in 2005. Prior to Pure Storage, Seth worked at EMC Inc. as a Senior Systems Engineer focused on HPC within the Department of Energy.
Based outside of Albuquerque, New Mexico, Seth lives with his wife and two children and enjoys fishing and working on his property.

Destah is a technology and innovation enthusiast with a career built around driving business disruption, customer advocacy and connecting good ideas and good people. A veteran of several of the smallest Silicon Valley Startups as well as some of the biggest behemoths, he has picked up enough knowledge and information to be relatively dangerous. From his humble beginnings as an Electrical Engineer he has touched the data networking, wireless data, and machine learning technologies as a customer facing evangelist and problem solver.
When using his powers for good, he is identifying emerging technologies and finding synergistic solutions for customers and professional colleagues. The latest shiny objects to have caught his fancy are XR (mixed reality), Cybersecurity, and IoT/Smart City technologies.

Elyse Rosenberg is the Business Engagement and Technology Strategy Manager in the City of Portland’s Bureau of Technology Services. Overseeing the business relationship management and enterprise architecture functions for the bureau, she leads her Division in understanding City business strategies, serving as the Voice of the Customer to technology service providers, matching needs to technology solutions, and shaping technology planning in the City. During her 20+ years in local government, Elyse has served as a navigator, bringing people together to develop a shared vision and enabling better ways to deliver service collaboratively. She has worked in a variety of strategic, financial, and policy roles in arenas including technology, criminal justice, management and budget, environmental protection, public records, and aviation. She is married, has two dogs, and enjoys fiddling and singing in various musical projects.

Renee Tarun has over 20 years' experience in the cybersecurity and information technology fields with leadership experience in development and engineering, operations, strategy, policy, and portfolio management, across the intelligence community, law enforcement, and private industry. As Deputy CISO at Fortinet, she focuses on enterprise security, compliance and governance, and product security. Prior to joining Fortinet, she served as Special Assistant to the Director, National Security Agency (NSA), for Cyber and Director of NSA's Cyber Task Force, in which she advanced NSA's execution of its cybersecurity and cyber-related missions by overseeing resources; defining and integrating mission capabilities; and shaping agency strategy and national level policy at the White House. Renee is also a board member for the George Mason University Volgenau School of Engineering, creating synergy between the school and the professional community by addressing workforce development demands, industry expectations, and employment trends. She is married with two children.

Energetic … engaging … lively … enthusiastic … inspiring … words that are often used to describe Saby. An international recognized speaker, trainer, and coach, Saby have assisted multiple diverse clients in their business transformation through project successes, bolstering communications across various departments, and assisted customers in creating effective solutions to complex problems. He is a Technology Leader, Angel Investor, Professor, Leadership Coach, Project & Program Management Expert, and Volunteer Leader with a diverse experience of over 20 years in both public and private sectors.
Saby is currently working as Chief Information Officer at Clackamas Community College. He speaks four languages, enjoys working with people, and brings enthusiasm, inspiration & leadership qualities.

Aaron is a member of AT&T’s Cybersecurity Team which focuses on advising our customers, partners and internal sales and marketing teams on Managed Cybersecurity, Unified Endpoint Management (formally EMM/MDM) & Security consulting services as it relates to various industries. In this capacity, he works with AT&T customers to create and execute on Cybersecurity strategies, assist AT&T customers with the influx of security risks, develop effective methods to increase security posture and decrease risk. Prior to joining AT&T, Aaron managed the product development and Go-to-Market for Nokia Unified Communications (UC) and Fixed-Mobile-Convergence (FMC) clients for Eseries devices. Aaron also co-authored Nokia Security Administration and Power-of-2 courseware and certification programs for CheckPoint. Prior to Nokia Aaron was with 3Com’s Carrier Service Organization, Crossbeam Systems & Level3 Communications. Aaron holds a BA in Chemistry from the University of San Diego.