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John Miri

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Key Areas of Expertise:

  • Bridging the gap between vision and real-world solutions
  • Simplifying citizen access to government
  • Statewide strategic planning in IT and cyber security
  • Social networking, Web 2.0, and web services platforms
  • Portals and electronic payments systems
  • Government technology contracting

John Miri is Editor-in-Chief at the Center for Digital Government. After a successful career as a private sector software executive, Miri was appointed by the Texas Governor to the top regulatory board overseeing statewide electronic government. He went on to lead transformational projects for two successive Texas State Chief Technology Officers and has become an advisor and close confidant to leading state and local government CIOs around the nation.

As the former Director of E-Government and Web Services for the State of Texas, Miri led the state to breakthrough results of 829 online services, 83 million citizen financial transactions, and $5 billion in online revenue. He helped found three web-based technology companies that leveraged Web 2.0 and cloud computing to achieve dramatic results for clients in the commercial markets. Miri has been a passionate advocate of next generation Internet technologies for more than a decade and is a nationally recognized speaker and author on government technology.

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