California Public Sector CIO Academy 2021 | Government Technology | 24 March 2021 | Virtual Event

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 virtual 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 address the most important policy, management and leadership issues surrounding the future of digital government and the evolving role of the public-sector CIO.

2021 Speakers

SPEAKERS:

Bonnie St. John
Paralympic Ski Medalist, Fortune 500 Business Consultant, Rhodes Scholar, Former White House Official and Best-Selling Author

Susan Goldberg
Editor in Chief, National Geographic / Editorial Director, National Geographic Partners

Scott Gregory
Deputy Director of Technology, Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, State of California

Andrew Armani
former Deputy Secretary of Information Technology, Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, State of California

Liana Bailey-Crimmins
Chief Information Security Officer, CalPERS, State of California

Phil Bertolini
Co-Director, Center for Digital Government

June Bivins
Strategic Client Executive, State of California, VMWare

Caroline Cerf
Senior Account Executive, Adobe

Neeraj Chauhan
Chief Deputy Director, Fi$Cal, State of California

Christopher Cruz
Director and Chief Information Officer, Information Systems Division, San Joaquin County

Maisha Dottery
Chief, Information Technology Operations, Office of the State Treasurer, State of California (ITLA 28)

Ann Dunkin
Chief Strategy & Innovation Officer, Dell Technologies

Gulrez “Alam” Gaur
Data Architecture Unit Lead, Department of Child Support Services, State of California (ITLA 28)

Lori Harmon
Vice President, Global Cloud Sales & Customer Success, NetApp

Miriam Barcellona Ingenito
Director, FI$Cal, State of California

Keson Khieu
Chief Information Officer, Emergency Medical Services Authority, State of California

Karl Kopper
Chief Information Security Officer and Information Security Officer, Caltrans, State of California

Kevin Matsuo
retired CIO, Department of Education, State of California; and Government Consultant

Brad Minnis, CPP
Vice President of Environmental, Health, Safety & Security, Juniper Networks, Inc

Subbarao Mupparaju
Chief Information Officer, Department of Financial Information System for California (FISCal)

Steve Nash
Chief Information Officer, Department of Fair Employment and Housing (DFEH), State of California

Cruz Nieto
Director, Office of Project Management, California Secretary of State

Vitaliy Panych
Chief Information Security Officer, State of California

Heather Pettit
Chief Information Officer, Judicial Council of California, State of California

Jason Piccione
Deputy Director, Office of Information Services, Department of Consumer Affairs, State of California

Fletcher Previn
Chief Information Officer, IBM Corporation

Mike Rockenstein
Director, Program Management, Red River

Srini Subramanian
State & Local Government, Higher Education (SLHE) Sector Leader, Deloitte

John Sulenta
Chief Information Officer (acting), Franchise Tax Board, State of California

Shannon Swain
Superintendent, Office of Correctional Education, California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

Teri Takai
Co-Director, Center for Digital Government

Amy Tong
Director and State Chief Information Officer, Department of Technology, State of California

Kathleen K. Webb
Chief Deputy Director, Department of Motor Vehicles, State of California

Deanne Wertin
Deputy Agency Information Officer, Health & Human Services Agency, State of California

Jefferson Willoughby
Chief Information Officer, Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, State of California

Brian Wong
Chief Deputy Director, Office of Systems Integration, Health and Human Services Agency, State of California

ADVISORY BOARD:

George Akiyama
Chief Information Officer, Department of Transportation, State of California

Jennifer Benson
Chief Information Officer, 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

Scott Capulong
Chief Information Officer, Department of Tax and Fee Administration, State of California

Justin Cohan-Shapiro
Chief Strategist, California Department of Technology, 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 Office, 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

Marcie Kahbody
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

Subbarao Mupparaju
Chief Information Officer, Deputy Director, Financial Information System for California, State of California

Steve Nash
Chief Information Officer, Fair Employment & Housing, State of California

Rosanna Nguyen
Chief, Information Technology Consulting Unit, Department of Finance, State of California

Russ Nichols
Agency Information Officer, Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, State of California

Heather Pettit
Chief Information Officer, Judicial Council of California, State of California

Jason Piccione
Agency Information Officer, California Business, Consumer Services and Housing Agency, 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 Depubty Chief Information Officer, Department of Technology, State of California

Susan Slaven
Chief Information Officer, CalRecycle, State of California

Sumi Smith
Chief Information Officer, California Department of Housing and Community Development, State of California

Amy Tong
Director, State Chief Information Officer, Department of Technology, State of California

Joe White
Acting Chief Information Officer, Secretary of State, State of California

Jeff Willoughby
Chief Information Officer, Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board, State of California

Brian Wong
Chief Deputy Director, Office of Systems Integration, State of California

Rami Zakaria
Chief Information Officer, Sacramento County

Adelina Zendejas
Special Advisor to the Director, Department of Technology, State of California

2021 Sponsors and Partners

CORPORATE PARTNERS:
• Accenture
• Acquia
• Adobe
• AWS
• AMD
• AT&T Beyond Trust
• Autho
• AvePoint Public Sector
• Beyond Trust
• Calabrio
• Cask
• CDWG
• CGI
• Check Point
• Citrix
• Crown Castle Fiber
• Dell Technologies
• Deloitte
• Delphix
• Docu Sign
• Easy Vote
• Elastic
• Ens-Inc
• EY
• ExtraHop
• First Data
• Fortinet
• Fujitsu
• Google Cloud
• Granicus
• Grant Thornton
• Hewlett Packard
• HP
• IBM
• Informatica
• Juniper
• Kovarus Ahead
• KPMG
• Lexis Nexis
• Lumen
• McAfee
• Microsoft
• NetApp
• NIC
• Netscout Presidio
• NIC
• Nice in Contact
• NTT
• Okta
• Oncore Consulting
• Oracle
• Paloalto
• Plural Sight
• Public Consulting Group
• Pure Storage Rubrik
• Red Hat
• Red River
• Rimini Street
• Sales Force Carahsoft
• SAP
• Service Now
• SLED IT Solutions, Inc/Sentinel One
• Software Ag
• Splunk
• Symsoft
• T Mobile For Government
• Tanium
• TIG
• Trinity Technology Group
• Ui Path
• Veeam
• Verizon
• Visionary Integration Professionals
• VM Ware
• Wave Business
• Whyline
• Workday
• Zscaler