Kristina Boardman was appointed administrator of the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Division of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on February 21, 2016. Prior to her appointment as administrator, Boardman served as Wisconsin DMV deputy administrator for three years and as the director of the DMV Bureau of Field Services for five years. During her tenure with the Wisconsin DMV, Boardman has led teams in the implementation of REAL ID as well as administration of the division’s role in Wisconsin’s voter ID law. Before working for the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Boardman spent 10 years with the Wisconsin State Assembly, where she served as the committee clerk for the Assembly Committees on Education, Rural Affairs and Forestry, and Transportation. Kristina currently serves as Chair of the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators International Board. Boardman is a graduate of Augustana College in Rock Island, IL, with a degree in Political Science and Philosophy.

Business and Technology Analyst/Manager with biomedical and public sector experience in strategic business relationships, service delivery plan development, changing culture and/or building organizations that define, develop, and deliver profitable new products and services that are committed to customer service excellence, growth & integrity.

Tommy Gardner is HP’s Chief Technology Officer for HP Federal, spanning the US Federal Agencies, Higher Education, K-12 Education, State and Local government customer segments, as well as Federal Systems Integrators. His current responsibilities include technology leadership, strategic technology plans, product and technology strategies, sales force technical support, and customer and partner relationships.
Previously, Tommy has served as the Chief Technology Officer for Jacobs Engineering, Scitor, and ManTech. Earlier in his career he was a senior technical executive at Raytheon. In the U.S. Navy he served as the Deputy for Science and Technology for the Chief of Naval Research. He oversaw the Navy’s Deep Submergence Program as well as its Advanced Technology Program. He also commanded the nuclear submarine, USS San Juan (SSN 751).
Tommy’s educational background covers multiple disciplines and fields of interest including: cybersecurity, data science, blockchain, quantum information science, artificial intelligence, high performance computing and systems integration.
Tommy holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the U.S. Naval Academy, a Masters in Public Administration from Harvard University, an M.S. in Management of Technology from MIT and a Ph. D. in Energy Economics from George Washington University. He is a Professional Engineer, an ASME Fellow, and serves on the ASME Board of Governors, the ANSI Board of Directors and the U. S. Council on Competitiveness as the Co-chair of the Advanced Computer Roundtable.

J. Wolfgang Goerlich is an Advisory CISO for Cisco Secure. Prior to this role, he led IT and IT security in the healthcare and financial services verticals. Wolfgang has held VP positions at several consulting firms, leading security advisory and assessment practices. He is an active part of the security community. Wolfgang regularly advises on the topics of security architecture and design, identity and access management, zero trust, and resilience.

Katie Grant is the Digital Communications Section Manager for the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. As a leader of the department’s Office of Communications, Katie oversees strategy and content creation for all of the department’s social media along with managing the video team and overseeing the department website. She is also the host and executive producer of the department’s Wild Wisconsin – Off The Record Podcast. Katie got her start in social media through her own business of teaching health coaches how to build their businesses online and has worked in various industries including non-profit events, restaurants and groceries. Katie is fascinated by how digital storytelling is always evolving and making the world a smaller place.

Alan Greenberg is the Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) for the Department of Administration, State of Wisconsin. In this role, Alan is responsible for developing information security policy and strategy while executing a vision that promises to establish a high level of protection while enabling the state to conduct safe and secure operations.
With over thirty years of progressive experience, Alan has held senior leadership positions as the Security Lead for DoD Companies, Energy Companies, a Major University; and a Senior Cyber Security Technical Director/Program Manager. Alan is a retired Army Major with multiple assignments including the National Security Agency, Tactical Signal Assignments and VII Corp Communications Officer during Desert Storm.
Alan has a BA in Political Science/Pre-Law from Western Illinois University and an MSA in Administration from Central Michigan University.

Chris Hein runs a team of 50+ customer engineers for Google Public Sector. His team is responsible for architecting technical solutions to solve Public Sector problems. He’s been with Google for 8 years as a Solution Architect, Technical Evangelist, and now Director of Customer Engineering. During that time Chris has helped Fortune 10 companies and state governments alike work more like Google. He is also a member of the Executive AI Principles Fellowship at Google focused on ensuring ethical use of AI both internally and externally. His goal is to help public sector organizations become more efficient and effective in furthering their mission using best in breed technologies and methodologies.

Danielle is currently an Executive Government Advisor for Amazon Web Services (AWS) helping public sector customers on their digital transformation journey. Prior to joining Amazon in 2017, she worked in public procurement for over 20 years, including higher education and local government. As Chief Procurement Officer for King County, Washington, she led a $3 billion procure-to-pay organization and was responsible for sponsoring multiple Lean Six Sigma transformation projects that reduced cycle time and improved the customer experience. She led procurement technology and policy modernizations at multiple organizations and served for over a decade in leadership roles with NIGP-Institute for Public Procurement, Rocky Mountain Government Purchasing Association, and Colorado Municipal League. She is a Certified Public Procurement Official and earned her Master’s Degree in Public Administration.

Kenny Holmes became the leader of go-to-market strategy for Public Sector at Fortinet in March 2019. He was selected due to extensive industry experience, expertise in a wide range of technologies, and his proven sales execution and analytics background. An advocate and speaker for the Public Sector, he has been in Information Technology for more than twenty years and held more than ten technology certifications and positions spanning from Engineering to Sales Executive. He is an expert in cybersecurity with a background in cryptography. He has worked in the Federal Government, State Governments, Research Institutions, and Universities on some of the largest security projects in the world. Kenny currently resides in the Chicagoland area with his amazing wife and ten-year old daughter. He spends as much time as possible with them including taking them along whenever possible on his business travels.

Steven Hopper is the Associate Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer for the University of Wisconsin System and has served in that role since July 2018. Steven has extensive experience in streamlining IT operations and establishing a common strategic IT vision across a diverse set of stakeholders.
Previously, Steven was Interim Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the University of North Carolina (UNC) System, where he served for 19 years at both the campus and system level. He also held positions as Associate Chief Information Officer for Application Services and Director of Online Services, both at UNC. He was twice nominated for the Governor’s Awards for Excellence in North Carolina.
Steven earned his Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees, both in Computer Science, from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Denise Jess has served as executive director of the Wisconsin Council of the Blind & Visually Impaired since 2016. The Council’s mission is to promote the dignity and empowerment of Wisconsinites living with vision loss through advocacy, education and vision rehabilitation services. Denise is pleased to apply her diverse talents and her lived experience with vision loss toward achieving the Council’s mission and expanding its reach.
Serving with honor on multiple national, state and local commissions, committees and boards, Denise brings the perspectives of those living with vision loss into the mainstream. She advocates on issues ranging from transportation equity and pedestrian safety to website accessibility, disability voting rights, equitable health care access and employment equality. She believes that if we are to create truly inclusive communities, people with disabilities, including blindness, must have a seat at the table and be engaged in the dialogue.

Matt Johnson is the IT Director of Governance and Business Solutions for Milwaukee County. He has over 15 years of experience in multiple areas of IT with a focus on governance, risk, and compliance. At Milwaukee County, he oversees the governance functions along with delivering value-added technology solutions for Milwaukee County’s 40+ departments. Matt received a Bachelor of Science and Master of Accountancy degrees from the University of Tennessee. Prior to joining Milwaukee County, Matt held multiple IT positions in the private sector with public accounting, power and utilities, manufacturing, and financial services companies.

Jim Jorstad is Senior Fellow for the Center for Digital Education and the Center for Digital Government. He is a retired emeritus interim CIO and Cyber Security Designee for the Chancellor’s Office at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse. He served in leadership roles as director of IT client services, academic technologies and media services, providing services to over 1,500 staff and 10,000 students. Jim has experience in IT operations, teaching and learning, and social media strategy. His work has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, Forbes and NPR, and he is a recipient of the 2013 CNN iReport Spirit Award. Jim is an EDUCAUSE Leading Change Fellow and was chosen as one of the Top 30 Media Producers in the U.S.

Neeraj Kulkarni is the Chief Information Officer and IT Director for Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development. Neeraj has experience has over 25 years of experience leading IT teams in private and public sectors. Neeraj's focus areas include modernization, digital transformation of citizen services to increase efficiencies, access and availability, information security and reducing technical debt. Neeraj is passionate about using data analytics and data-driven decision making strategies and continuously strives to simplify, streamline IT operations.

Tawnya Lancaster has led cybersecurity research and thought leadership for 10 years. In her role at AT&T, she works with the AT&T Alien Labs™, the threat intelligence unit of AT&T Cybersecurity, and with the AT&T Chief Security Office, the business unit within AT&T that protects the AT&T global IP backbone, to identify trends in threat actor TTPs (tactics, techniques, and procedures) and emerging security technologies and strategies. Ms. Lancaster’s recent research includes: the security implications of 5G, edge computing, and IoT; use of machine learning and analytics in threat intelligence; increasing importance of Zero Trust as a strategic approach for security; consolidation of security services in virtualized/cloud environments, including “SASE” and “XDR”; and the measurement of cybersecurity maturity across industries.

Rick is the Chief Information Officer and Administrator for the Technical Services Division of the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR). As a member of the agency's executive leadership team, Rick is responsible for providing vision and leadership for its technology strategy and ensuring that its technological capabilities are responsive to the agency's overall business goals.
Since joining DOR in 1999, Rick has held roles of increasing responsibility within information technology including technical architect, chief of infrastructure and operations, and deputy division administrator. Under Rick’s leadership, DOR is consistently recognized as an innovative leader in the application of business technology.
Prior to working at DOR, Rick worked in a variety of IT roles within the private sector, including positions at a global engineering company and a multinational tele-servicing company.

Joining WEDC in 2011 as Systems Architect, designed and built a cloud-first technology architecture that redistributed IT resources from low-value commodity services to value-add system integrations, process automation and stakeholder engagement, making IT a true partner to the business. Now Lead Solution Engineer at Salesforce, Andy helps State and Local agencies modernize their constituent experiences.

Lance Spranger is the Chief Information Officer for Waukesha County. He has been an IT leader for over 15 years and is responsible for the strategic technology initiatives and innovations for the County. Lance received Bachelor and Master of Science degrees from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse. Prior to arriving at Waukesha County, Lance was the Chief Information Officer for St. John’s Health in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Chris Stotesbery is the Network Access Management Section Chief for the State of Wisconsin within the Department of Administration in the Division of Enterprise Technology (DET), Bureau of Infrastructure Support. He focuses on continued support and future development of network and network access security, identity access control, and cyber security infrastructure for the State of Wisconsin’s Enterprise. With nearly 20 years serving the State of Wisconsin in Information Technology services as a contractor and full-time employee, Chris has worked in numerous IT positions across multiple state agencies. His skill set and knowledge within the IT community have been an incredible asset to the State of Wisconsin. Chris is focused on robust, flexible, secure infrastructure environments to protect all state applications, services, and the ability to safely connect, access, or participate with the state’s citizens. He guided multiple inter-agency teams in securing citizen identities, file transfer systems, next-generation firewall solutions, virtual private networks, enforcement of multifactor solutions, and network access control around all state office buildings. Chris holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse and a Master of Science from the University of Wisconsin – Madison.

Chad Zadrazil is the new General Manager of NIC Wisconsin, which is now part of Tyler Technologies. He is passionate about helping Wisconsin achieve its digital government goals. Prior to becoming General Manager, he served as Director of Operations of the local Wisconsin-based team who strives to create connections between state agencies and the citizens of Wisconsin by developing and improving the standards for online service development and websites though efficient and transparent means. Previously, Chad served as the Director of Research and Legislative Affairs for a national non-profit organization focused on creating model state laws regarding drug misuse and abuse, and he was the first Director of the State of Wisconsin’s Prescription Drug Monitoring Program (PDMP) the creation of which he managed for the State. Chad received a B.A. from the University of Wisconsin- Madison and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School.