Name: Utah Digital Government Summit 2016
Start: 2016-06-07T08:00
Location: Salt Lake Marriott Downtown at City Creek

Overview

To view speaker presentations where available, see Agenda page.

Government Technology’s passion is helping spread best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector. The Utah Digital Government Summit is designed to do just that. The summit has an advisory board that gathers public sector and private sector leaders to create an agenda designed to make that passion relevant and actionable to the state and local government organizations attending the summit. Participants tell us they use the inspirational keynotes, leadership discussions, networking breaks, and timely topics discussed in the numerous breakout sessions to help advance the goals of their organizations and their own career paths.

This Year’s Topics Include:

Effective Security Strategies
The Efficiency of Identity Access Management
Recruiting and Retaining the New Workforce
Coming to Terms with Big Data
Human Centered Design Thinking
Agile IT
Expectations of a Constantly Connected Generation
Metrics: Going Beyond the Numbers
Thwarting Threats: How to Stay Secure

A message from our Keynote Speaker

The world of IT is ever-changing. But you know what doesn’t change? Our commitment to staying up-to-date, learning all we can and continuing to grow. At our event you’ll be able to connect with your peers, all while participating in enlightening discussions and hearing from industry experts and insiders. The Utah Digital Government Summit is a wonderful chance to speak with others who share the same interests and challenges as you. I’m looking forward to it, and I hope we’ll see you there!

- Mike Hussey, Chief Information Officer and Executive Director, Department of Technology Services, State of Utah

Speakers

Manley Feinberg, II – Opening Keynote

Vertical Lessons, Inc.

Manley is an award-winning speaker, best-selling author, expert climber, innovative IT leader, published outdoor adventure photographer and professional musician. It is this expertise that he shares by applying lessons he’s learned in business and adventure to life’s daily challenges, inspiring audiences worldwide. During Manley’s eleven years with Build-A-Bear Workshop, his leadership direction helped take their revolutionary retail concept from 40 stores to over 400 worldwide. Manley’s influence was a key element in creating a workplace culture that landed Build-A-Bear on the FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® List seven years in a row. He is the co-author of the #1 best-selling book World Class Speaking in Action, a contributor to Support World Magazine, a member of the HDI Strategic Advisory Board and serves on the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) Leadership Training Staff.

Alan Cox - Featured Speaker

Executive Vice President & Publisher, Government Technology magazine

Alan is Executive Vice President of e.Republic and Publisher of Government Technology magazine. His duties include consulting on the editorial strategy for numerous magazines, papers and reports as well as oversight of the annual production of more than 200 events for Government Technology, Public CIO, Emergency Management, the Center for Digital Government, and the Center for Digital Education. Held regionally in state capitols and large metropolitan areas, the events address key strategy and policy issues surrounding the use of information technology in state and local government and education.

Alan has been a guest lecturer at Stanford University and a frequent speaker for key government and industry organizations. For nearly 30 years, Alan has worked with industry, education and government officials to help them better understand the importance and use of information technology. Alan received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration at California State University, Sacramento.

John Grotegut

Head of Global Talent Acquisition, HireVue – SAAS Comany

John Grotegut is the Head of Global Talent Acquisition for HireVue. In this role he leads HireVue's Talent Acquisition Strategy and Execution worldwide. He is responsible for finding and hiring incredible talent and pushing the envelope of HireVue's product offerings internally.
With over 16+ years of Talent Acquisition experience Grotegut is a pioneer user of video interviewing technology. Most recently he has been leveraging data science and automation to transform HireVue’s talent acquisition team and solve HireVue’s Business Initiatives.
Grotegut graduated from Brigham Young University in Business Management with an emphasis in Organizational Behavior.

Michael Hakkarinen

Technology Instructor, Utah Education Network

Michael Hakkarinen specializes in helping teachers engage students in the classroom with technology such as Mac Tools, Google Apps for Educators, iPads and more. He earned a Bachelor’s in English from the University of Maryland at College Park and a Master’s in Elementary Education at Mount Saint Mary’s University, where he also taught Instructional Technology at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He was a Technology Resource Teacher in Frederick County, Maryland, where he taught elementary school, and an EdTech for Canyons School District in Utah before joining the UEN PD team in 2014. He currently serves as an elected member of the UCET Board.

Customer Solution Architect, Big Data and Analytics, ViON Corporation

William “Billy” Hill is a Customer Solution Architect for Big Data and Analytics Solutions at ViON. He is a seasoned software and data engineer building and deploying analytic solutions to support DoD and commercial missions. He started his career as a computer programmer in the US Air Force as a member of the Air Intelligence Agency (now Air Force ISR). He’s been a software developer and data scientist for large IT organizations like IBM, Red Hat and SAS Institute as well as startups like Saffron Technology. Billy earned a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems from Boston University and a Bachelors in Computer Science from Park University. When not developing software, he competes in Predictive Analysis competitions and volunteers is various education outreach programs.

Jayne Friedland Holland

Chief Security Officer and Associate General Counsel, NIC Inc.

Jayne Holland manages NIC’s legal, policy and technology practices to ensure security of public sector Web portals and online services. She oversees enterprise-wide Payment Card Industry (PCI) compliance and performs internal infrastructure security reviews as a certified PCI Internal Security Assessor (PCI ISA).
Holland frequently writes and speaks on security trends, on building effective security management programs and on best practices in eGovernment security.
She advocates for best practices in the payment card industry and trains technology leaders on how to protect payment card information, which promotes secure payment processing. As a PCI ISA and practicing attorney, Holland provides valuable perspectives on organizations’ challenges in protecting their clients’ sensitive information.
Holland began her career as a trial attorney with McGlinchey Stafford Law Firm in New Orleans. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Newcomb College of Tulane University and a Juris Doctorate from Tulane Law School.

Robert Love

Development Team Lead, Department of Technology Services, State of Utah

Robert Love is a development team lead at the State of Utah's Department of Technology Services. His team is responsible for implementing the Unemployment Insurance (UI) Tax System which has won the best UI system in the nation for that past several years. He is a frequent speaker at technology conferences and events. He is a trained SCRUM master with a degree in Information Technology with an emphasis in Software Development from Western Governors University.

Darrus McBride

Information Technology Manager, Division of Enterprise Technology, Department of Technology Services, State of Utah

Darrus has worked for the Department of Technology Services since 2006 where he lead the team to create the State Employees Master Directory and Enterprise Authentication Environment. He was part of the team to consolidate the servers and Data Centers. He currently manages the Hosting Engineering section for Department of Technology Services.

Miriah Meyer

Assistant Professor, School of Computing, University of Utah

Miriah is a USTAR assistant professor in the School of Computing at the University of Utah and a faculty member in the Scientific Computing and Imaging Institute. Her research focuses on the design of visualization systems for helping researchers make sense of complex data. She obtained her bachelor's degree in astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State University, and earned a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Utah. Prior to joining the faculty at Utah, Miriah was a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard University and a visiting scientist at the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard.
Miriah is the recipient of a NSF CAREER grant, a Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship, and a NSF/CRA Computing Innovation Fellow award. She was named both a TED Fellow and a PopTech Science Fellow, as well as included on MIT Technology Review's TR35 list of the top young innovators and Fast Company's list of the 100 most creative people. She was also awarded an AAAS Mass Media Fellowship that landed her a stint as a science writer for the Chicago Tribune.

Andrew Mingl

State Open Data Coordinator, Department of Technology Services, State of Utah

Drew Mingl has spent the last 15 years building & connecting large student/school data warehouses and systems in Utah. His last project combined all Utah's K-12 public education data with college/university data into Utah's first statewide longitudinal student data and information system. He is Utah's first 'State Open Data Coordinator' and recently designed and built Utah's "Opendata.Utah.gov" platform/portal which combines publicly available data/information from over 40 different state, local and federal agencies and offers citizens a better way to access, analyze and use public information all about Utah."

John E. Nixon, CPA

Senior Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer, University of Utah

John Nixon joined the University of Utah’s Presidential Cabinet on March 1, 2014 where he now serves as the Senior Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer. In this new role, he oversees the university’s Administrative and Finance $3.6 billion enterprise, focusing on optimizing the use of resources and increasing administrative efficiencies as the university strengthens its undergraduate and graduate programs and builds its reputation as one of the world’s great research institutions. His portfolio includes a team of over 2,500 employees in the areas of Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Facilities, Administrative Services and Auxiliaries, and Public Safety.
Nixon served as Michigan’s budget director from 2011 to 2014, reporting directly to Governor Rick Snyder, where he led a department of 2,700 employees responsible for the oversight of the state’s $52 billion budget, government technology, and the administrative functions of state government.
Nixon is the former state budget director for Utah, having served for Governors Jon Huntsman and Gary Herbert. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds a BS degree in Corporate Finance from Brigham Young University and an MBA with an emphasis in Information Technology from the University of Utah.

Wayne Parker

Chief Administrative Officer, City of Provo

Wayne Parker is the Chief Administrative Officer of the City of Provo, Utah and has served in that role for 12 years. As the CAO, he directs the day-to-day activities of Provo City government under the direction of Mayor John R. Curtis.
Prior to his service in Provo, Wayne served for 8 years as the Director of Management Services for the City of Ogden, Utah. Wayne also served as Ogden City’s lobbyist at the Utah State Legislature.
Before working for the City of Ogden, Wayne was the director of state and local planning in the Utah Governor’s Office with Governor Mike Leavitt. He has also been city manager in Roy, Utah and city administrator in Merriam, Kansas and Smithville, Missouri.
Wayne received his bachelor’s degree in history and master’s degree in public administration from Brigham Young University. He has received awards from the Utah League of Cities and Towns, the International City/County Management Association (ICMA) and the City/County Communications and Marketing Association and was an L.P. Cookingham Fellow for the City of Kansas City, Missouri.

Kumar Rachuri

Director, State & Local Government Solutions, Product Management & Engineering, Adobe

Kumar Rachuri has worked with the State of Ohio as a public servant for 18 plus years and held various leadership roles across five different agencies, including both central services agencies as well as line of business/mission focused agencies.
Most recently, Kumar worked as the CIO for the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services. As a triple combined agency, OH DJFS houses Medicaid; Welfare; Child Support; Children Services; Child Welfare; Unemployment Compensation and Workforce Development along with administrative and support areas. This agency’s operating budget was in excess of $20 billion dollars and the IT budget was over $275 million dollars per fiscal year, as such the agency’s technology organization was the largest IT organization in a state government agency in the country. Under Kumar’s leadership as CIO, their technology team was recognized for “Excellence in Human Services Technologies” in the category of “Collaboration across Boundaries” by APHSA – ISM 2013.
Prior to OH DJFS, Kumar served at the Ohio Office of Budget and Management (OBM) in a dual role capacity as the CIO and the Director – Strategy and Business Development, Ohio Shared Services Center (OSS). OSS calls for consolidation of state’s fiscal operations from 26 cabinet level agencies to one business center. This project received accolades from notable organizations i.e. Gartner and Harvard Business Review, leading them to write white papers of Ohio’s cutting edge implementation of business process re-engineering eventually. Towards his efforts on technology front, Kumar was recognized as one of the Nation’s Top 25 leaders by Government Technology Magazine in 2011, a distinction given to innovative and visionary leaders as the “Doers, Dreamers, and Drivers” in United States.
After a long and fulfilling career as a public servant Kumar decided make his transition to private sector and accepted a very exciting opportunity at Adobe Systems Inc., in early December 2013 as their Director – Healthcare Innovation, US Public Sector practice. In this role his primary responsibility is to work with the State and Local HHS technology leaders, to align the Adobe products and expertise in resolving the needs of their business challenges.

Pat Wright

President, Utah Geek Events

Pat Wright has been working in Databases for the last 15 years. He has worked in both large and small environments working with critical reporting needs and high transactional Database systems. He has focused his time over the last 5 years on Big Data/No SQL solutions. He is president of Utah Geek Events and organizes several technical events for the community throughout the year.

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Agenda

Tuesday, June 7
8:00 am Mountain	Registration and Morning Refreshments Grand Ballroom Lobby
9:00 am Mountain	Opening Remarks Grand Ballroom, Salon D/E/F Mike Hussey, Chief Information Officer, State of Utah
9:15 am Mountain	Keynote - Leading on the Edge Grand Ballroom, Salon D/E/F Manley Feinberg, World-class Climber, Adventurer and IT Leader IT officials often struggle to deliver more value under tightening constraints and rising expectations. Throw in the complications of regulations, a changing workforce, constantly evolving technology, plus the chaos of day-to-day life, and you are facing some serious challenges. It can feel like you’re walking too close to the edge, and the old adage “Don’t look down!” applies just as much to a tough deadline as climbing the sheer face of El Capitan. Manley Feinberg has tackled and conquered impossible environments – from breakneck corporate expansion to nature’s most hostile terrains. In this unforgettable keynote, Manley reveals his 8 Vertical Lessons that will enable you to lead, contribute and inspire in ways that will take you – and your teams – to bold new heights.
10:15 am Mountain	Break Grand Ballroom Lobby
10:45 am Mountain	Concurrent Sessions Effective Security Strategies Grand Ballroom, Salon H/I Enterprise security continues to be one of the main challenges organizations have to face. In this hyper-connected world, true protection against the ever-present risk of cyber-attacks must be organization-wide and can only stem from strengthened internal governance. This session will cover best practices for aligning security strategy, using analytics to drive decision making, and the growing importance of information governance. Rosemary Cundiff, Government Records Ombudsman, Utah State Archives Jayne Friedland Holland, Chief Security Officer and Associate General Counsel, NIC Inc. Billy Hill, Customer Solution Architect, Big Data and Analytics, ViON Corporation The Efficiency of Identity Access Management Grand Ballroom, Salon G The rise of digital business has put identity access management in a position to contribute more than incremental improvements in efficiency. Today’s access management increases outcomes and citizen experience and embraces innovation. This session offers real-world insight into modern identity architecture and governance. David Fletcher, Chief Technology Officer, Department of Technology Services, State of Utah Darrus McBride, Information Technology Manager, Division of Enterprise Technology, Department of Technology Services, State of Utah Recruiting and Retaining the New Workforce Grand Ballroom, Salon J Recruiting and retaining Millennials --young adults in their 20s and early 30s-- can be challenging for IT organizations that don't understand how to attract and engage this next generation of workers. While compensation remains important, millennials are also looking for collaborative workplaces with a clear societal mission. This session will explore what makes the millennial worker tick, tips for attracting this next generation worker, and how you can inspire and retain your millennial workers. Moderator: Wayne Parker, Chief Administrative Officer, City of Provo John Grotegut, Head of Global Talent Acquisition, HireVue Ernesto Lazalde, Information Technologies Manager, City of Orem John Nixon, Senior Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer, University of Utah
11:45 am Mountain	Lunch Grand Ballroom, Salon D/E/F
12:30 pm Mountain	Featured Speaker - Exponential Government: The Future of Public Service Grand Ballroom, Salon D/E/F Alan Cox, Executive Vice President & Publisher, Government Technology magazine ex·po·nen·tial (adjective): becoming more and more rapid. The world we’ve known is changing at exponential speed. The iPhone has eclipsed the Blackberry, mobile devices are displacing PCs, the cloud is radically challenging long-held assumptions about data centers, and the Internet of Things is redefining connectivity. What we regard as state of the art today will look quaint tomorrow as exponential technologies unlock individual, organizational, and societal potential. Along the way, people get scared, old organizational models crumble, and legacy cost structures stop penciling out. Understanding these shifts and how they differ from previous shifts is imperative. This session provides a tour of the meta-trends that are reshaping our communities – demographics, economics, methods of work, customer expectations and the relevance of governmental institutions — all annotated with real world examples. By the end, you’ll have a clearer picture of what Exponential Government will look like, how it will act, and why your actions today can lead you to a preferred exponential future and a more perfect union. View Speaker Presentation here
1:30 pm Mountain	Break Grand Ballroom Lobby
1:50 pm Mountain	Concurrent Sessions Coming to Terms with Big Data Grand Ballroom, Salon H/I Big Data is pushing organizations to reinvent how they handle and leverage information. The shift is driven not just by the escalating demands for storage and access but also cost containment, compliance, live data streams, multiple data sources, security and business intelligence. This session focuses on how to adopt a more proactive approach to managing large quantities and varieties of information across your enterprise. Andrew Mingl, State Open Data Coordinator, Department of Technology Services, State of Utah David Stringfellow, Senior Economist, State Auditor’s Office, State of Utah Pat Wright, President, Utah Geek Events View Stringfellow Presentation Here Human Centered Design Thinking Grand Ballroom, Salon G In the past, design has most often occurred fairly far downstream in the development process and has focused on making products aesthetically attractive. Now supporting users by uncovering latent needs, behaviors, and desires are considered important design factors. Learn how the partnership of technology and business and always keeping the end user in in mind can lead to innovative solutions. Kumar Rachuri, Director – State & Local Government Solutions, Product Management & Engineering, Adobe Julianne Sabula, Transit Program Manager, Transportation Division, Community and Economic Development, Salt Lake City View Rachuri Presentation Here View Sabula Presentation Here Agile IT Grand Ballroom, Salon J Conventional project management and software development are deliberate and orderly, emphasizing rigorous specification and planning. Today, however, our consumer-centric society is speeding up the pace of development and response, leading to far shorter windows and putting a strain on traditional methodologies. This session looks into current thinking about how, when and why an agile approach is the right way to go. Robert Love, Development Team Lead, Department of Technology Services, State of Utah View Presentation Here
2:00 pm Mountain	Sponsor Briefing Cottonwood (Industry sponsors only.) This informal discussion is hosted by Chief Information Officer, Mike Hussey and Chief Technology Officer, Dave Fletcher. The focus will be on strategies, priorities, opportunities and the procurement process.
2:50 pm Mountain	Break Grand Ballroom Lobby
3:10 pm Mountain	Fast Track Sessions Grand Ballroom, Salon D/E/F Expectations of a Constantly Connected Generation Technology is transforming society in fundamental ways as new generations grow up using digital devices before they can even walk or talk. 24/7 connectivity and engagement are taken for granted, and citizens expect their government to follow suit. This session discusses the challenges and opportunities that IT professionals face as they prepare to meet these expectations. Michael Hakkarinen, Technology Instructor, Utah Education Network View Presentation Here Metrics: Going Beyond the Numbers Effective metrics help government agencies meet citizens’ expectations and justify spending but developing meaningful performance metrics isn’t easy. For starters, many agencies aren’t sure how to determine what exactly they should be measuring while others struggle to select metrics that communicate a project’s true value. Learn how to go beyond just dashboards and scorecards to have a broader visual approach driven by project objectives. Miriah Meyer, Assistant Professor, School of Computing, University of Utah Thwarting Threats: How to Stay Secure In a world where new threats pop up all the time, there’s nothing more important than being prepared. Organizations need to be prepared as they serve as the stewards of more and more citizen data. This session will identify current security concerns and help government organizations prepare to combat them. Jayne Friedland Holland, Chief Security Officer and Associate General Counsel, NIC Inc.
4:20 pm Mountain	Reception Grand Ballroom Lobby Conference times, agenda, and speakers are subject to change.

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Advisory Board

Government Representatives

Everette Bacon
Supervisor
Division of Services for the Blind
State of Utah

Anthony Booyse
Chief Technical Architect
Department of Technology Services
State of Utah

Daniel Bowden
Chief Information Security Officer
Information Security Office
University of Utah

Ron Boyer
Information Technology Director
Information Technology
Summit County

Dave Burton
Information Technology Director
Department of Transportation
State of Utah

David Fletcher
Chief Technology Officer
Department of Technology Services
State of Utah

Kim Hood
Executive Director
Department of Administrative Services
State of Utah

Laura Hunter
Chief Operating Officer
Utah Education and Telehealth Network

Mike Hussey
Chief Information Officer
Department of Technology Services
State of Utah

Kristen Jensen
Information Technology Portfolio Manager
Department of Heritige and Arts
State of Utah

Bryan Kasteler
Information Technology Director
Corrections, Board of Pardons and Parole
State of Utah

Andrew Mingl
State Open Data Coordinator
Department of Technology Services
State of Utah

John Nixon
Senior Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer
University of Utah

Greg Paras
Deputy Director
Department of Workforce Services
State of Utah

Wayne Parker
Chief Administrative Officer
City of Provo

Jon Pierpont
Executive Director
Department of Workforce Services
State of Utah

Jennifer Robinson
Director
Center for Public Policy and Administration
The University of Utah

Mark Schultz
Information Technology Director
Department of Workforce Services
State of Utah

Stephanie Weteling
Public Information Officer
Department of Technology Services
State of Utah

Scott Wolford
Information Technology Director
Governor's Office of Economic Development
State of Utah

Industry Representatives

Kent Lindquist
Account Executive
ViON

Jim Souder
Senior Account Executive
Adobe Systems, Inc.

Sara Watts
General Manager
Utah Interactive

Registration Information / Contact Us

Contact Information

2017 Sponsorship opportunities are available. For more information, contact:

Heather Earney
Government Technology
Phone: (916) 932-1435
E-mail: hearney@govtech.com

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Utah Digital Government Summit 2016

Overview

To view speaker presentations where available, see Agenda page.

A message from our Keynote Speaker

Speakers

Manley Feinberg, II – Opening Keynote

Vertical Lessons, Inc.

Alan Cox - Featured Speaker

Executive Vice President & Publisher, Government Technology magazine

John Grotegut

Head of Global Talent Acquisition, HireVue – SAAS Comany

Michael Hakkarinen

Technology Instructor, Utah Education Network

Billy Hill

Customer Solution Architect, Big Data and Analytics, ViON Corporation

Jayne Friedland Holland

Chief Security Officer and Associate General Counsel, NIC Inc.

Robert Love

Development Team Lead, Department of Technology Services, State of Utah

Darrus McBride

Information Technology Manager, Division of Enterprise Technology, Department of Technology Services, State of Utah

Miriah Meyer

Assistant Professor, School of Computing, University of Utah

Andrew Mingl

State Open Data Coordinator, Department of Technology Services, State of Utah

John E. Nixon, CPA

Senior Chief Administrative Officer and Chief Financial Officer, University of Utah

Wayne Parker

Chief Administrative Officer, City of Provo

Kumar Rachuri

Director, State & Local Government Solutions, Product Management & Engineering, Adobe

Pat Wright

President, Utah Geek Events

Agenda

Tuesday, June 7

8:00 am Mountain

Registration and Morning Refreshments

Grand Ballroom Lobby

9:00 am Mountain

Opening Remarks

Grand Ballroom, Salon D/E/F

9:15 am Mountain

Keynote - Leading on the Edge

Grand Ballroom, Salon D/E/F

10:15 am Mountain

Break

Grand Ballroom Lobby

10:45 am Mountain

Concurrent Sessions

Effective Security Strategies

Grand Ballroom, Salon H/I

Rosemary Cundiff, Government Records Ombudsman, Utah State Archives

The Efficiency of Identity Access Management

Grand Ballroom, Salon G

Recruiting and Retaining the New Workforce

Grand Ballroom, Salon J

11:45 am Mountain

Lunch

Grand Ballroom, Salon D/E/F

12:30 pm Mountain

Featured Speaker - Exponential Government: The Future of Public Service

Grand Ballroom, Salon D/E/F

1:30 pm Mountain

Break

Grand Ballroom Lobby

1:50 pm Mountain

Concurrent Sessions

Coming to Terms with Big Data

Grand Ballroom, Salon H/I

Human Centered Design Thinking

Grand Ballroom, Salon G

Agile IT

Grand Ballroom, Salon J

2:00 pm Mountain

Sponsor Briefing

Cottonwood

2:50 pm Mountain

Break

Grand Ballroom Lobby

3:10 pm Mountain