Government IT Forum

A collaborative opportunity to develop compelling new strategies for serving your community

Today’s IT leaders use technology strategically to make decisions and leverage that technology in a way that connects government with its constituents. With the current challenging budget environment and increasing security concerns, it is important to strike the proper balance between technological advancement and safety, all while justifying the ROI of new investments. A myriad of options, including cloud computing, shared services, social media, and ERP, exist to help your organization stay ahead of the curve and maximize performance. Join your peers to discuss how leading industry trends will impact public sector operations in the future, and explore strategies to improve service to your constituents.

Consero brings together the industry’s leading practitioners to participate in high-level discussions to develop best practices in their fields. Solution providers chosen for their best-in-class services, market ingenuity, and leading reputations will enhance these dialogues by providing solutions to critical business issues.

HEADLINE TOPICS INCLUDE:

• Beyond “Doing More with Less”: Survival Tactics for Today’s Government CIO
• Bridging the Digital Divide: How Wired is Your Government?
• Transitioning to the Cloud: Planning Migration and Mitigating Risk
• Achieving Cost Savings Through Consolidation and Shared Services
• The New Public Square: Engaging with Residents Through Social Media
• Virtualizing Desktops, Servers, and Workspaces to Innovate and Reduce Cost

FORUM FACULTY: 

To see a comprehensive set of biographies of our Forum's distinguished faculty, please visit
Consero Insights. Each individual biography can be found by following the faculty member's respective link below.

• ALLEN LIND (Commonwealth of Kentucky, Council on Postsecondary Education, Kentucky), Vice President for Technology and eLearning
• BERNARD SORIANO (State of California, Department of Motor Vehicles), Chief Information Officer
• BRENT NAIR (Memphis, Tennessee), Chief Information Officer
• BRIAN R. BODOR (Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP), Partner
• BRIAN COX (Mecklenburg County, North Carolina), eGovernment and Customer Service Director
• CHARLES T. THOMPSON (Houston, Texas), Chief Information Officer
• DAN PETERSEN (Blackboard Connect), Vice President
• DONALD COX (United States Department of Labor), Senior Information Technology Specialist and Program Manager
• ELAYNE STARKEY (State of Delaware), Chief Information Security Officer
• GAIL ROPER (Raleigh, North Carolina), Chief Information and Community Relations Officer
• GORDON PETERSON (Carlsbad, California), Information Technology Director
• GREG WASS (Cook County, Illinois), Chief Information Officer
• GWENDOLYN SIMMONS (Mecklenburg County, North Carolina), Chief Information Officer
• IRA LEVY (Howard County, Maryland), Chief Information Officer
• IVAN DRINKS (Kansas City, Missouri), Chief Information Officer
• JEFF SUGGS (City of La Porte, TX), Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC), and IT Director
• JON W. FURNER (ResultsPositive), President and CEO
• JOHN D. CONLEY (Colorado Statewide Internet Portal Authority), Executive Director and Chief Technology Officer
• KERRY L. GOODE, SR. (City of Durham, North Carolina), Chief Information Officer
• KEVIN TEDER (Zanett), Senior Vice President
• LEE KICKER (Blackboard Connect), Sales Executive
• MATT MISZEWSKI (Salesforce.com), Senior Vice President
• MICHAEL SHEPHERD (Cisco Systems), Sales Business Development Manager
• MICHELE HOVET (Arvada, Colorado), Information Technology Director
• MIKE DUNCAN (St. Louis County, Missouri), Chief Information Officer
• MIKE HARMAN (Oklahoma County, Oklahoma), IT Director
• PAUL HAUGAN (Lynwood, Washington), Chief Technology Officer
• ROB MANCINI (District of Columbia), Chief Technology Officer
• RONALD MCKENZIE (Miami Gardens, Florida), Chief Information Officer
• ROSA AKHTARKHAVARI (Orlando, Florida), Chief Information Officer
• TERRY BLEDSOE (Catawba, North Carolina), Chief Information Officer
• THOMAS MCQUILLAN (Prince William County, Virginia), Chief Information Officer
• TOM AMBURGEY (Wellington, Florida), Chief Information Officer
• TONY BERLINGERI (Cisco Systems), Business Development Manager

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