Speakers

2026 Speakers

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Sarah Soto-Taylor

Deputy Secretary of Strategic Development, California Government Operations Agency

Chris Given

Chris Given

Deputy Secretary for Technology and Innovation, California Government Operations Agency

Thea Man

Thea Man

Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Data and Innovation

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Angela Shell

Chief Procurement Officer, Department of General Services (DGS)

California Speaker

Chris Rouse

Chief Technology Officer (CTO), California Department of Human Resources (CalHR)

Fredrick Gomez

Fredrick Gomez

Agency Chief Information Officer, Director of Information Technology Services, California Department of Food and Agriculture

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Serenity Thompson

Deputy Director, Digital Services Division, California Department of Motor Vehicles

Alicia Wong

Alicia Wong

Senior Vice President, Enterprise Project Services, State Compensation Insurance Fund

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Adam German

CISO, California Health and Human Agency

Douglas Leone

Douglas Leone

Chief Information Security Officer, Employment Development Department

Bradley Ponce

Bradley Ponce

Chief Information Security Officer, Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation

California Cyber Speaker

Gregory Nelson

Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer, California Department of Social Services

California Speaker

Thomas Boon

Chief Information Officer, CA Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development

Albert Lam

Albert Lam

Agency Deputy Chief Information Security Office, California Health and Human Services

Steve Nash

Steve Nash

Chief Information Officer, California Department of Child Support Services

Jimmie K Ramos

Jimmie K Ramos

Chief Information Security, Child Welfare Digital Services, Office of Technology and Solutions Integration

Joseph Taylor

Joseph Taylor

Department Chair, Information Systems and Business Analytics, California State University-Sacramento

Linda Dangerfield

Linda Dangerfield

Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, Office of State Procurement, Maryland Department of General Services

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Brad Bussie

CTO & CISO, e360

Anne Crew-Renzo

Anne Crew-Renzo

Chief Innovation Training Officer, Office of Data and Innovation (ODI)

Jennifer Uyeda Issertell

Jennifer Uyeda Issertell

Deputy Transformation Officer and Assistant Deputy Director, California Department of Technology (CDT)

Nikki Hatcher

Nikki Hatcher

Contracts and Procurement Services Branch Manager, Division of Business Services, Department of Water Resources (DWR)

Jeremiah Oakden

Jeremiah Oakden

Business Taxes Administrator III, California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA)

Jarrett Krumrei

Jarrett Krumrei

Lead Product Manager, Office of Data and Innovation

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Ganesh Rao

Senior Director, CCM Strategic Alliances, Quadient

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Darrel Lewis

Sr. Director and Architecture Lead, Delinea

Keith Nelson

Keith Nelson

Senior Strategist, Public Sector, OpenText

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Carm Taglienti

Chief Technology Officer, Insight

John Gambaro

John Gambaro

Vice President, State Local Government & Education, Freshworks Inc.

Nick Stohlman

Nick Stohlman

CJIS Program Strategy VP, Imprivata

Nick MTX

Nick Whitney

Co- founder and Chief Information Security Officer, MTX

Dhananjay Bapat

Dhananjay Bapat

Principal Product Marketer, Simpplr

Shaw-chin Chiu

Shaw-chin Chiu

Managing Client Partner, State of California, IBM Consulting

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Mike Rockenstein

Business Development Leader (State of California), IBM

Chris Petterson

Chris Petterson

Field Engineer, Chainguard

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