Overview

October 22

Contact tracing is a critical tool for slowing the spread of communicable diseases like COVID-19. It’s been estimated that the current effort will require more than 100,000 contact tracers, all dialing in remotely and delivering a steady stream of user and contact data that will need to be carefully coordinated on a close to real-time basis. Governments must mobilize quickly to meet this unprecedented challenge.

Join us October 22 at 11:00am PT/2:00pm ET for a special Lunch and Learn webinar in which our experts discuss how you can stand up a reliable contact tracing program at scale in a matter of weeks.
We’ll explore how to:

• Authenticate your contact tracing team members using their own devices
• Create a single control pane to centralize all contact tracing activity, facilitating quick, informed decisions and automated actions
• Intelligently address barriers to community health and productivity

Speakers

Roderick Bremby

Senior Director, Health and Human Services, Global Public Sector Digital Transformation Team, Salesforce

Rod Bremby leads and drives enterprise positioning and solution strategy for the Global Public Sector in the Health and Human Services (HHS) and Social Services markets. He joined Salesforce in 2019 after a 30-year public sector career. From 2003 - 2019, he served as a Cabinet member for 4 Governors while leading two health and human service agencies. Rod led Connecticut’s leading health and human service agency ($8.2B with 1,986 authorized positions) for eight years in service to over 1 million residents. Rod led the agency through an innovative Medicaid transformation resulting in a national best per member per month cost reduction, avoiding an estimated $2.25B in program costs while adding 220,000 additional members. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) application processing timeliness improved 57% between 2011 and 2016, 2017 (last nationally to 3rd best). Before coming to Connecticut, Rod was Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, the state’s largest and most complex regulatory agency. As Secretary, Rod became the first U.S. public official to deny a coal-fired energy plant operating permit due to climate change. The agency also led the Kansas response to the 2009 H1N1 pandemic. Rod completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Kansas (KU). He earned his MPA from KU’s Edwin O Stene Master’s Program in Public Administration, the nation’s top-ranked city manager’s program. He has received the following recognition: American Public Human Service Association 2017 State Member of the Year; Sierra Club’s 2011 Distinguished Achievement Award; the 2010 Kansas Public Health Association President’s Award; the 2009 Kansas Natural Resource Council Environmental Action Award; the 2008 Kansas Public Administrator of the Year, and the 2008 Edwin O. Stene Award for Managerial Excellence. While he resides with his wife Janet just outside of New Haven, CT, along the shore of Long Island Sound, they enjoy traveling to visit their adult children and grandchildren. Janet and Rod have a blended family of 7 children and nine grandchildren living in Arizona, Kansas, New York, and Texas.

Jack Alexander

Vice President of State and Local Government and Higher Education, Okta

Jack Alexander leads the State & Local Government group within Okta. Jack has spent over 20 years working with public agencies in a variety of capacities. For the last two years, Jack has helped government clients on their quest to improve their security posture while lowering cost and modernize end-user experience. Prior to Okta, Jack had a variety of roles, including as an executive of various technology start-ups prior to settling down in the Sacramento region.

Otto Doll — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

As the Minneapolis CIO for seven-plus years, Mr. Doll was responsible for all City IT services. Formerly South Dakota's CIO for 15 years with responsibility for all state government computing, telecommunications, state radio, and public broadcasting. While with IT research firms, Mr. Doll has advised Fortune 1000, Federal, State, and Local Government CIOs on information technology assessment and alignment to business needs. He has served as a Director with the United States General Services Administration, developing information technology strategic plans and oversight policy. Mr. Doll received his Computer Science degree from Virginia Tech and is a Senior Executive Fellow of the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He is a past President of NASCIO — a national organization of state CIOs. He also is a past President of the Metropolitan Information Exchange (MIX) — a national organization of city and county CIOs. Mr. Doll was named to Government Technology's Top 25 Doers, Dreamers and Drivers.

Webinar

Creating Safer Communities: How to stand up a contact tracing program quickly and at scale