Kentucky Virtual Digital Government Summit 2021 | Government Technology | 13 May 2021 | Virtual

Government Technology's passion is promoting best practices and spurring innovation in the public sector – more important than ever in challenging times like these. The Virtual Digital Government Summit offers a unique opportunity to explore a variety of technology topics and possibilities. Please join us for a day of powerful sessions that provide inspiration, participation, education, and thought-provocation!

The conference is presented in a virtual format on Zoom for Government, a FedRAMP-certified infrastructure with advanced security controls, that is used for meetings and webinars by the Department of Homeland Security and numerous other federal, state and local agencies. Zoom for Government leverages one of the largest secured networks of government-specific datacenters in the country and meets high standards of security (Including: FedRAMP, CJIS, NIST, FISMA, SRG, FIPS, DFARS, EAR, IRS-1075).

2021 Speakers

SPEAKERS:

James Clear
Habits Expert, #1 New York Times Bestselling Author

Heather McGowan
Future of Work Strategist, Co-Author of The Adaptation Advantage

Jim Meskimen
Actor, Voice Artist, Comedian, Impressionist

Andrew C. Bledsoe
Deputy Executive Director, State Health Information Technology Coordinator, Office of Health Data and Analytics, Cabinet for Health and Family Services, Commonwealth of Kentucky

John Borkowski
Data Officer, Workday

David Carter
Chief Information Security Officer, Commonwealth Office of Technology, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Karen Chrisman
Chief Compliance Officer, Office of Technology, Commonwealth of Kentucky

David Couch
KY K-12 Chief Information Officer, KY Department of Education, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Bryna Dash
VP of Corporate and Government Market, Blackboard

Ruth Day
Chief Information Officer, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Carlos Felix
IT Director, Auditor of Public Accounts, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Dustin Haisler
Chief Innovation Officer, Center for Digital Government

Kenny Holmes
SLED Chief of Staff and GTM, Fortinet

Katrina Inch
Kentucky Account Director, DocuSign

Carlos Luna
General Manager, NIC Kentucky

Michael Martel
Senior Project Manager, BerryDunn

Joe Morris
Vice President of Research, Center for Digital Government

Marty Park
Chief Digital Officer, Office of Education Technology, Department of Education, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Joe Putnick
Chief Information Officer, CBTS

Shamlan Siddiqi
Public Sector CTO, NTT DATA

Chris Seidt
Director, Information Technology, Louisville Metro Government

Grace Simrall
Chief of Civic Innovation, Information Technology, Louisville Metro Government

Bindu Sundaresan
Director, AT&T Cybersecurity

Aldona Valicenti
Chief Information Officer, Lexington Fayette Urban County Government

Bill Walter
Vice President for Government and GPOs, Pitney Bowes

Steve Witt
Director, Public Sector, Nintex

Rick Woodruff
Executive Director, Office of Technology, Commonwealth of Kentucky

Phil Yaccino
Distinguished Engineer, Veritas Technologies, LLC

ADVISORY BOARDS GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES:

Dan Atkins
Director, Division of Platform Services, Commonwealth Office of Technology Commonwealth of Kentucky

Jim Barnhart
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Commonwealth Office of Technology Commonwealth of Kentucky

David Carter
Chief Information Security Officer. Commonwealth Office of Technology Commonwealth of Kentucky

David Couch
Chief Information Officer. Department of Education Commonwealth of Kentucky

Ruth Day
Chief Information Officer, Commonwealth Office of Technology Commonwealth of Kentucky

Wendy Dixie
Chief Information Officer Information Technology, Kentucky State University

Jennie Duffy
Executive Director, Office of Client Support Services, Commonwealth Office of Technology Commonwealth of Kentucky

Carlos Felix
IT Director, Auditor of Public Accounts Commonwealth of Kentucky

Kathy Harp
Chief Information Officer, Department of Agriculture Commonwealth of Kentucky

Sandy Harp
Executive Director, Office of Technology Services, Education and Workforce Development Cabinet Commonwealth of Kentucky

Brian Hiles
IT Director, Labor Cabinet Commonwealth of Kentucky

Kenneth Jones
Deputy Executive Director, OIT, Transportation Cabinet Commonwealth of Kentucky

Kristi Kays
Director, Division of Enterprise Solutions, Commonwealth Office of Technology Commonwealth of Kentucky

Maj. Jeremy Murrell
Chief Information Officer, Kentucky State Police Commonwealth of Kentucky

Mike Nugent
Director of Technical Services, Lexington Consolidated

Thangappan Patturajah
Chief Technology Officer, OATS, Cabinet for Health and Family Services Commonwealth of Kentucky

Chris Pedersen
Executive Vice President, Development & Planning Connected Nation

Robbie Perkins
Director, Division of Technology Services, Personnel Cabinet Commonwealth of Kentucky

Steven Puckett
Director, Division of Field Services, Commonwealth Office of Technology Commonwealth of Kentucky

Robert E Putt
Executive Director, Office of Health Data and Analytics Commonwealth of Kentucky

Chris Seidt
Director, Information Technology Louisville Metro Government

Grace Simrall
Chief of Civic Innovation, Information Technology Louisville Metro Government

Heather Stout
Executive Director of IT, Ky Transportation Cabinet Commonwealth of Kentucky

David Summerfield
Director of Information Technology, Clerk's Office Jefferson County

Aldona Valicenti
Chief Information Officer, Lexington Fayette Urban County Government

Kari Welch
Executive Director, Office of Architecture & Governance, Commonwealth Office of Technology Commonwealth of Kentucky

Rick Woodruff
Executive Director, Office of Infrastructure Services, Commonwealth Office of Technology Commonwealth of Kentucky

Jerry Wright
Director, Division of Network Services, Commonwealth Office of Technology Commonwealth of Kentucky

ADVISORY BOARDS INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES:

Todd Bullerdick
Account Manager, Fortinet

Wilson Chan
Enterprise Account Executive, Healthcare & Public Sector, Veritas

Tom Herrmann
Director of State and Local Sales, Blackboard

Katrina Inch
Regional Director, DocuSign

Billy Johnson
Senior Sales Executive, NTT DATA

Ross Kayser
Client Solutions Executive, AT&T

Carlos Luna
General Manager, NIC Kentucky

Michael Martel
Senior Consultant, BerryDunn

Joe Mudroch
Account Executive, Workday

Mark Vaughn
Senior Account Manager, CBTS

Bill Walter
National Director of Government, Pitney Bowes

Steve Witt
Director, Public Sector, Nintex

2021 Partners

CORPORATE PARTNERS:
• AWS
• AT&T
• Berry Dunn
• Blackboard
• CBTS
• CDWG People Who Get It
• Crowe
• DocuSign
• Easy Vote
• Extreme networks Advance With Us
• Fortinet
• HS - HyperScience
• Lenovo
• Microsoft
• NIC Kentucky
• Nintex
• NTT Data
• PaloAlto
• Pitney Bowes
• Red Hat
• Rubrik SLED
• Software Ag, Government Solutions
• Solarwinds Carahsoft
• Spectrum Enterprise
• Splunk
• TEKsystems
• Trace3
• Veritas
• Volta
• Whyline
• Workday