Workforce and People

The Georgia Institute of Technology expanded its Advanced Manufacturing Pilot Facility into a larger, AI-focused manufacturing testbed for companies, researchers and students to develop and prove automation systems.

Maricopa County CIO Richard McHattie oversees several hundred employees in the nation’s fourth most populous county, all in a remote work environment that was also among the first in government to deploy ChatGPT.

Across the U.S., universities are using student employees to support internal cybersecurity operations and provide lower-cost services to schools, businesses and governments in the region.

San Diego CIO Jonathan Behnke said that despite some of AI‘s drawbacks, like a loss of knowledge among entry-level workers, most employees are seeing its upsides.

In Charlotte, CIO Markell Storay is making sure his team has the skills they need to stand up new tech. He's also putting policies in place to support their efforts.

Nevada’s inaugural deputy director of the Office of Information Security and Cyber Defense, created last year, will join the county as its new director of government affairs for the sheriff's office.

In Latah County, CIO Laurel Caldwell doesn’t anticipate adding to her staff of six full-time employees, but rather embracing new technologies by expanding their skillsets.

A former technology executive for the Internal Revenue Service, Shukla worked on modernization and AI efforts at the federal agency. He replaces Mark Combs, who has announced his retirement.

In Chesterfield County, CIO Scott Furman says he is looking to hire critical thinkers who can keep up with the accelerated pace of change.

The state’s new chief transformation officer served as a senior White House official and has since held leadership roles with Connecticut government and Yale University’s Tobin Center for Economic Policy.

In Louisville, CIO Chris Seidt has hired a chief AI officer who‘s growing a four-person team, while acknowledging staff concerns around the impact of AI technologies.

Scott Conn acknowledges that staff with lots of technical know-how can have blind spots, so his leadership strategy includes opportunities to grow skills like public speaking, resulting in well-rounded employees.

Nearly a month after California Department of Technology Director Liana Bailey-Crimmins retired, Gov. Gavin Newsom has found her replacement, at the Government Operations Agency.

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