Amanda Crawford is the executive director of the Texas Department of Information Resources and the CIO for the State of Texas. In this role, she is responsible for the leadership, direction and daily operations of DIR, an agency with an annual fiscal profile of more than $6 billion per year. DIR's responsibilities include protecting the state's data and critical technology infrastructure, managing a multi-billion-dollar cooperative contracts program and providing strategic technology leadership, solutions and innovation to all levels of Texas government.
Prior to leading the team at DIR, Mandy served at the Office of the Attorney General of Texas for more than 17 years. She held various positions at the OAG, including ultimately serving as the deputy attorney general for Administration and General Counsel.
Mandy is a graduate of The University of Texas at Austin and earned her law degree from the University of Houston Law Center.

As the former Chief Information Officer (CIO) and Assistant City Manager for the City of Manor, Texas, a city outside Austin, Dustin quickly built a track record and reputation as an early innovator in civic tech. Dustin pioneered government use of commercial technologies not before used in the public sector – including Quick-Response (QR) barcodes, crowdsourcing, and gamification. Dustin was named as one of the nation’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers for government technology, was selected as an Eisenhower Fellow in 2019, and most recently, a 2021 Business Transformation 150 Leader by Constellation Research. Dustin’s work over the years has been featured numerous publications and books including Wired, Fast Company, the Wall Street Journal, Inc. Magazine, the Today Show on NBC, and Citizenville by California Governor, Gavin Newsom.
Dustin graduated Magna Cum Laude from LeTourneau University with a Bachelor of Business Administration and has worked with universities around the globe on incubating next-generation technologies in government including the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University and the University of Trento, Italy. Dustin continues to work with Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, academia, gov tech startups, and non-profits across the globe on innovation, go-to-market, and citizen engagement strategies.