North Carolina Digital Government Summit 2012
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Aug 29 - 30, 2012
"Tight budgets will continue to force information technology managers to cut costs and increase efficiency for several years, and the array of decisions is staggering. Cloud, private cloud or hosted? Outsourced or maintained in house? Personal devices or enterprise-issued? Please join us at the NC Digital Summit to share your thoughts and ideas on these and other topics."

- Jonathan Womer, State CIO, State of North Carolina

Speakers

Julie Batchelor

 Deputy State Controller, Office of the State Controller, State of North Carolina

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 10:45AM

Outsourcing, Insourcing, Rightsourcing

Outsourcing and insourcing aren't necessarily "all or nothing" propositions. Rightsourcing is finding the right balance. There is no doubt that staffing will be a major... more

David Boling

 Chief Information Officer, Rowan County

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 10:45AM

Outsourcing, Insourcing, Rightsourcing

Outsourcing and insourcing aren't necessarily "all or nothing" propositions. Rightsourcing is finding the right balance. There is no doubt that staffing will be a major... more

Peter Capriglione

 Manager of Business Applications and Legislative Technology, North Carolina General Assembly

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 2:15PM

Mobile Device Management

Rapid advances in mobile technologies are causing fundamental changes to social and workplace interaction, resulting in an overwhelming demand for mobile solutions and applications. But... more

Scott Cragle

 Advisor, Solution Strategy, CA Technologies

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 10:45AM

Cloud Hybrids - The Right Compromise?

Private clouds have their advantages - particularly with control and security - but public clouds are cheaper, easier and more accessible. Many government organizations are... more

Paul Denham

 Mobility Application Consultant, AT&T

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 2:15PM

Mobile Device Management

Rapid advances in mobile technologies are causing fundamental changes to social and workplace interaction, resulting in an overwhelming demand for mobile solutions and applications. But... more

Thursday Aug. 30 10:45AM

Mobile App Innovations

The population is getting more sophisticated - and demanding - about accessing services and information anytime, anywhere. Therefore pressure is mounting on government IT organizations... more

Brad Desilets

 Senior Systems Engineer, State, Local, and Education, VMware

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 10:45AM

Cloud Hybrids - The Right Compromise?

Private clouds have their advantages - particularly with control and security - but public clouds are cheaper, easier and more accessible. Many government organizations are... more

Ryan Draughn

 Chief Information Officer, North Carolina League of Municipalities

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 10:45AM

Outsourcing, Insourcing, Rightsourcing

Outsourcing and insourcing aren't necessarily "all or nothing" propositions. Rightsourcing is finding the right balance. There is no doubt that staffing will be a major... more

Brandyn Federlick

 District Manager, Laserfiche

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 10:45AM

BYOD

The boom in consumer technology means that everyone now owns devices that are probably far more powerful and useful than those provided by the workplace.... more

Mike Fenton

 Director of Enterprise Strategy, Information Technology Services, State of North Carolina

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 2:15PM

Enterprise Architecture Roadmap

It is a rule of thumb that IT planning should always look five years ahead, and enterprise architecture (EA) plays a fundamental role. EA provides... more

Maurice Ferrell

 Assistant Director, Center for Public Technology, School of Government, University of North Carolina

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 10:45AM

IT Skill Sets of the Future

Good IT people are hard to find...and even harder to keep. Impending retirements are pushing organizations to solve this challenge sooner rather than later. To... more

Tim Gard

 Author, Speaker Hall of Fame member
Tim Gard is an internationally recognized authority on stress reduction and conflict resolution. A highly sought-after speaker, Tim's travels have ranged from Bangkok to Boston, from Singapore to Sioux City, and Texas to Tasmania. He has won numerous awards, including his recent induction into the Speakers Hall of Fame - a prestigious honor that has been awarded to less than two hundred people worldwide. Tim's life experiences are both extensive and varied. He was raised in an Air Force family and "rebelled" by serving as a Navy man. Following his wartime service, Tim was employed in various capacities in County, State and Federal government. He became an expert fraud investigator and this work led him to extensively study human behavior, the art of persuasion, and various methods for resolving difficult situations. He quickly learned that humor is an indispensable tool in human relations. He now devotes himself to teaching these skills to others so that their interactions and life experiences can be expanded, maximized, and, most important of all, fun!

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Sessions

John Garing

 Vice President, ViON Corporation
John Garing is a Vice President of ViON Corporation of Washington, DC. Prior to joining ViON, he was a Principal Consultant with Suss Consulting. Until June, 2010, he was the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Director for Strategic Planning and Information. He supported the DISA Director in decision making, strategy development, and funding and resource allocations for an $8 billion budget. He was also DISA's Chief Information Officer exercising CIO authorities for both internal systems and enterprise services for the DoD. From 1998 to 2003, Mr. Garing led DISA's Defense Enterprise Computing Centers, DoD's 18 major data centers serving 5 million customers as a $700 million business in the Defense Working Capital Fund. He pioneered utility computing and developed innovative financing of data processing with acquisition of commodity-based, capacity on demand processing and storage as managed services rather than as capital assets. Prior to returning to federal service in 1997, Mr. Garing worked in the private sector for eight years. Mr. Garing enjoyed a 24 year career in the United States Air Force in telecommunications and IT retiring in the grade of colonel.

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Sessions

Pat Herbert

 Principle Systems Architect for Big Data, SAS
As Principle Systems Architect for Big Data at SAS, Pat Herbert is involved in the design and development of SAS products and components related to extremely large scale data access, analysis and management. He is focused on optimization of complex infrastructures including utilization of Hadoop systems to meet the demands presented by large, real-world problems. Pat started working at SAS in 1983 and has been using SAS software for over 30 years. Previous software development responsibilities include SAS Macro Language, SAS Data Step, and SAS Data Quality Server. He received a BS in Mathematics from UNC - Chapel Hill in 1983.

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Sessions

Thursday Aug. 30 10:45AM

Big Data

More than 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years and is expected to grow a staggering... more

Marc Hoit, Ph.D

 Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, North Carolina State Unive

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 10:45AM

BYOD

The boom in consumer technology means that everyone now owns devices that are probably far more powerful and useful than those provided by the workplace.... more

Jefferson "Beak" Howell

 Adjunct Professor, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, and Former Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center
Before joining the LBJ School faculty, Lieutenant General Howell served as director of NASA's Johnson Space Center until 2005. In that post he was responsible for planning and directing all of the center's programs, including the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. He also held specific responsibility for such areas as spacecraft engineering and design, flight crew training, space and life sciences research, and mission operations. Prior to this, Howell served with distinction in the U.S. Marine Corps, where he flew more than 300 combat missions, eventually becoming Commander U.S. Marine Forces, Pacific, responsible for over 80,000 personnel. He has held various staff positions at the U.S. Naval Academy, the Marine Corps Headquarters, the Pentagon and NATO. Howell is the recipient of numerous military decorations and awards, including the Department of Navy's Distinguished Service Medal. In 1980 he received the John Paul Jones Award for Inspirational Leadership from the Navy League of the United States. Howell has a B.A. in political science and an M.A. in economics from the University of Texas.

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Sessions

Thursday Aug. 30 9:15AM

Keynote Speaker - Lessons in Leadership

The Johnson Space Center is NASA's center for spaceflight training, research and mission control. Its workforce of 15,000 includes a hundred astronauts, hundreds of scientists... more

Seth McFarland

 IT Chief Application Architect, North Carolina General Assembly

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 2:15PM

Mobile Device Management

Rapid advances in mobile technologies are causing fundamental changes to social and workplace interaction, resulting in an overwhelming demand for mobile solutions and applications. But... more

Thomas Parrish

 Chief Information Officer, Department of Cultural Resources, State of North Carolina
Thomas Parrish is Chief Information Officer for the North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources. In this capacity, Parrish provides vision and direction for all Information Technology (IT) related projects and initiatives for the department. With a $67 million dollar fiscal budget, DCR is charged with managing all state historic sites, history and art museums and libraries. DCR also maintains and manages all state historic records and archives. IT is an intricate part of the services DCR provides to NC citizens. During his tenure achievements have been made in digital storage management, enterprise systems consolidation and enterprise system access and delivery.

Parrish joined Cultural Resources in April 2007 and has served in the capacity of CIO since. In 2009 he was elected Chairman of the to the North Carolina CIO Council where he served in that role for 2 years, joining the Council's planning board in July 2011.

Prior to joining Cultural Resources, Parrish was the Director of Academic Computing for the Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City North Carolina.

In this role, which he held from 2005 until April 2007, Parrish was accountable for all activities relating to voice, video and data communications. He was also responsible for the faculty, staff and student support services, backend services included Email, SAN/NAS storage, network security, cell phone, CATV and other communication services. The dominate IT initiative under his direction was the successful deployment of a 12 month $850,000 dollar campus-wide IP Telephony (Cisco) solution, servicing approximately 4,000 faculty, staff and students.

Parrish is a Certified Government CIO with over 12 years of CIO level experience including tenures at the City of Rocky Mount as CIO and the NC Office of the Governor as Director of MIS.

Parrish holds a Master of Science degree in Earth Science with a Geographic Information Systems (GIS) concentration from North Carolina Central University in Durham North Carolina. He is based in Cultural Resources' Raleigh, headquarters.

More information about Parrish's career can be found at http://www.linkedin.com/in/tparrish

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Sessions

Thursday Aug. 30 10:45AM

Social Media in Government Today

With the number of users of Facebook closing in on a billion and Twitter at half a billion, social media is clearly here to stay.... more

Jane Price

 Chief Information Officer, Department of Agriculture, State of North Carolina

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 10:45AM

Outsourcing, Insourcing, Rightsourcing

Outsourcing and insourcing aren't necessarily "all or nothing" propositions. Rightsourcing is finding the right balance. There is no doubt that staffing will be a major... more

Mr. Todd Sander

 Executive Director, Center for Digital Government
Sander has worked extensively with federal, state and local government since the early 1990s to improve public service though the use of information technology. He has served as Chief Information Officer/Assistant City Manager for the City of Tucson, Deputy CIO for the State of Washington and worked as a consultant in support of the Department of Defense, national intelligence communities and multi-state law enforcement agencies. He has received several national honors including the 2003 National Public Technologist of the Year by Public Technology Incorporated.

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Sessions

Skip Tappen

 Chief Operating Officer, NWN Corporation

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 2:15PM

Redefining the Cloud

Cloud computing is a paradigm shift, no doubt about it. But it's a paradigm that keeps on shifting, making it difficult to get a good... more

Greg Taylor

 Vertical Solutions Architect, Cisco Systems

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 2:15PM

Enterprise Architecture Roadmap

It is a rule of thumb that IT planning should always look five years ahead, and enterprise architecture (EA) plays a fundamental role. EA provides... more

Michael Taylor

 Deputy County Manager and Chief Information Officer, Pitt County

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 2:15PM

Public/Private Partnerships - When Do They Make the Most Sense?

A public/private partnership (PPP) is a contract between a public agency and a private sector entity in which each party shares not just skills and... more

Dr. Shannon Tufts

 Director, Center for Public Technology, School of Government, University of North Carolina at Chapel

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 10:45AM

IT Skill Sets of the Future

Good IT people are hard to find...and even harder to keep. Impending retirements are pushing organizations to solve this challenge sooner rather than later. To... more

Micky Verma

 Deputy Chief Information Officer, Information Technology Services, State of North Carolina

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 10:45AM

Outsourcing, Insourcing, Rightsourcing

Outsourcing and insourcing aren't necessarily "all or nothing" propositions. Rightsourcing is finding the right balance. There is no doubt that staffing will be a major... more

Jonathan Womer

 Chief Information Officer, State of North Carolina

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Sessions

Wednesday Aug. 29 2:15PM

Public/Private Partnerships - When Do They Make the Most Sense?

A public/private partnership (PPP) is a contract between a public agency and a private sector entity in which each party shares not just skills and... more

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