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The California Public Sector CIO Academy is the premier leadership event for California's senior level technology executives to improve their management and business skills and to develop 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 CIO in the public sector and how to use IT as a strategic tool. 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 evolving role of the public-sector CIO.
Topics Include:
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Sacramento, CA 95814
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George Akiyama
Chief Information Officer
Department of Transportation
State of California
Andrew Armani
Deputy Secretary of Information Technology
Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency
State of California
PJ Bajwa
Chief Information Officer
Fair Employment & Housing
State of California
Jennifer Benson
Chief Information Officer
Department of Toxic Substances Control
State of California
Ben Bonte
Chief Information Officer
Industrial Relations
State of California
Brenda Bridges Cruz
Deputy Director, Office of Professional Development
Department of Technology
State of California
Jennifer Chan
Agency Information Officer
Department of Food & Agriculture
State of California
Scott Christman
Chief Information Officer, Deputy Director, Information Technology Services
Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development
State of California
Chad Crowe
Chief Information Officer
Department of Human Resources
State of California
Chris Cruz
Chief Information Officer
San Joaquin County
Patrick Dennis
Chief Information Officer
Department of Parks & Recreation
State of California
Adam Dondro
Agency Information Officer
Health and Human Services Agency
State of California
Christian Farland
Chief Information Officer
CalPERS
State of California
Tim Garza
Agency Information Technology Director
Natural Resources Agency
State of California
Rita Gass
Chief Information Officer
Secretary of State
State of California
Bill Glaholt
Chief Information Officer
Horse Racing Board
State of California
Barney Gomez
Vice Chancellor
California Community Colleges
Fredrick Gomez
IT Director & Chief Information Officer
Public Utilities Commission
State of California
Erica Gonzales
Assistant Program Budget Manager
Department of Finance
State of California
Sergio Gutierrez
Agency Information Officer
Environmental Protection Agency
State of California
Chief Scott Howland
Chief Information Officer
Highway Patrol
State of California
Marcie Kahbody
Deputy Secretary & Agency Chief Information Officer
Transportation Agency
State of California
Keson Khieu
Chief Information Officer
Emergency Medical Services Authority
State of California
Jon Kirkham
Chief Information Officer
Department of Rehabilitation
State of California
Maria Macgunigal
Chief Information Officer
City of Sacramento
Isaiah Mall
Agency Information Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs
State of California
Ricardo Martinez
Branch Chief, Policy, Training and Customer Services, Procurement Division
Department of General Services
State of California
Subbarao Mupparaju
Chief Information Officer, Deputy Director
Financial Information System for California
State of California
Kem Musgrove
Chief Information Officer
Franchise Tax Board
State of California
Rosanna Nguyen
Chief, Information Technology Consulting Unit
Department of Finance
State of California
Russ Nichols
Director, Chief Information Officer
Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
State of California
Cruz Nieto
Deputy Chief Information Officer
Secretary of State
State of California
George Okamoto
Agency Information Officer
Labor and Workforce Development Agency
State of California
Gail Overhouse
Chief Information Officer
Employment Development Department
State of California
Enrique Parker
Chief Technology Officer
Covered California
State of California
Heather Pettit
Chief Information Officer
Judicial Council of California
State of California
Jason Piccione
Chief Information Officer
Department of Consumer Affairs
State of California
Gary Renslo
Chief Information Officer
Department of General Services
State of California
Chris Riesen
Chief Information Officer, Deputy Director
Department of Health Care Services
State of California
Richard Rogers
Acting Deputy Chief Information Officer
Department of Technology
State of California
Karen Ruiz
Chief Information Officer
Covered California
State of California
Matt Schueller
Chief Deputy Director
Office of Systems Integration
State of California
Alice Scott-Rowe
Deputy Director of Communications
Department of Technology
State of California
Susan Slaven
Chief Information Officer
CalRecycle
State of California
Sarb Takhar
Chief Technology Officer
Natural Resources Agency
State of California
Amy Tong
Director, State Chief Information Officer
Department of Technology
State of California
Jeff Willoughby
Chief Information Officer
Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
State of California
Brian Wong
Chief Information Officer, Information Security Director; Deputy Director
Department of Social Services
State of California
Ben Word
Chief Architect
Deptartment of Technology
State of California
Kelly York
Chief, Document Technology Services
Employment Development Department
State of California
Rami Zakaria
Chief Information Officer
Sacramento County
Adelina Zendejas
Special Advisor to the Director
Department of Technology
State of California
Teri Bennett
NorCal Business Development & Sales Director
Accenture
Dennis Firenze
Sr. Major Account Manager
Juniper Networks
Dawn C. Ford
Chief of Strategy, Business Development
NetApp
Jason Green
Area Vice President
NTT
Tom Hartman
Manager, Data Center Sales
Dell Technologies
Greg Hussey
VP, Consulting Services
CGI
Dale Jablonsky
Public Sector CIO Advisory Director
KPMG
Todd Jerue
Director
KPMG
Ryan Labbe
Strategic Partnerships
NIC, Inc.
Jim Matteoni
Client Executive
IBM
Nate Merrill
Customer Relationship Executive
Deloitte
Steve Nagai
Enterprise Account Executive
NWN Corporation
Todd Olmeda
Technology Account Manager
Oracle America, Inc.
Scott Reilly
Strategic Account Manager
VMware
Mike Rockenstein
Director, Program Management
Red River
Mark Roese
Assistant Vice President
AT&T
Ron Speno
Director, Enterprise Sales
Comcast Business
Randy Wong
Client Executive
IBM
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Heather Earney
Government Technology
Phone: (916) 932-1339
E-mail: hearney@govtech.com
Sacramento, CA