Mississippi Virtual Digital Government Summit 2021 | Government Technology | 28 September 2021 | Virtual Event

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

Governor Tate Reeves
State of Mississippi

Senator Scott DeLano
Chairman, Senate Technology Committee, Mississippi State Senate

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

ADVISORY BOARD:

GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES:

Russell Armstrong
Information Technology Director, Attorney General, State of Mississippi

Michele Blocker
Chief Administrative Officer, Department of Information Technology Services, State of Mississippi

Paula Brown
Chief Information Officer, Department of Rehabilitation Services, State of Mississippi

Debra Brown
Communication Services Director, Department of Information Technology Services, State of Mississippi

Karen Clark
Deputy Director, IT, Department of Marine Resources, State of Mississippi

Ben Cohen
Chief Information Officer, Department of Transportation, State of Mississippi

Arlene Davis
Information Technology Director, Board of Medical Licensure, State of Mississippi

Deborah Dent
Chief Information Officer, Information Technology, Jackson State University

Brad Estess
Special Projects Consultant, Mississippi Division of Medicaid, State of Mississippi

Kevin Gray
Technology Planning Coordinator, Department of Information Technology Services, State of Mississippi

Steve Gray
Director, Government Affairs, Mississippi Association of Supervisors

John Helms
Information Technology Director, Mississippi Development Authority, State of Mississippi

David Johnson
Executive Director and Chief Information Officer, Department of Information Technology Services, State of Mississippi

Clay Johnston
Information Technology Director, Department of Public Safety, State of Mississippi

Denise Jones
Director, Division of Information Systems, Department of Mental Health, State of Mississippi

Joe Kirchner
Information Systems Manager, Information Technology, City of Ridgeland

Guy Martin
Deputy Executive Director, Department of Employment Security, State of Mississippi

Michael McRae
Information Services Director, Department of Wildlife, Fisheries and Parks, State of Mississippi

Steve Parrott
Chief Information Officer, Mississippi State University

Torome Porter
Director, Information Systems, Department of Archives & History, State of Mississippi

Nishanth Rodrigues
Chief Information Officer, Provost/VC for Academic Affairs, Information Technology, University of Mississippi

Alan Sang
Director of Management Information Services, Gaming Commission, State of Mississippi

David Sliman
Chief Information Officer, University of Southern Mississippi

Kurt Turner
Chief Information Officer, Information Technology, State Treasury of Mississippi

Katie White
Strategic Communications, Department of Information Technology Services, State of Mississippi

Mickey Yates
Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of Revenue, State of Mississippi

Kevin Yearick
Chief Technology Officer, Mississippi Medical Center, University of Mississippi

INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES:

Clinton Dear
Major Accounts Manager, Fortinet

Joe Forte
Regional Director, VMware

Rob McClure
Client Solutions Executive, AT&T

Dr. Craig Orgeron
Government Executive Advisor, Amazon Web Services

Tony Powell
Chief Strategist and Innovation Officer, Dell Technologies

Dana Wilson
Sr. General Manager, Mississippi Interactive

2021 Partners

CORPORATE PARTNERS:
• AT&T
• C Spire
• Dell Technologies
• Dynatrace
• EasyVote
• Fortinet
• Google Clouds
• MicroFocus
• NIC
• Paloalto
• Rubrik
• Software
• Strategic Communications
• Whyline