2026 Speakers
Sarah Soto-Taylor
Deputy Secretary of Strategic Development, California Government Operations Agency
Chris Given
Deputy Secretary for Technology and Innovation, California Government Operations Agency
Angela Shell
Chief Procurement Officer, Department of General Services (DGS)
Chris Rouse
Chief Technology Officer (CTO), California Department of Human Resources (CalHR)
Fredrick Gomez
Agency Chief Information Officer, Director of Information Technology Services, California Department of Food and Drug Agriculture
Serenity Thompson
Deputy Director, Digital Services Division, California Department of Motor Vehicles
Douglas Leone
Chief Information Security Officer, Employment Development Department
Bradley Ponce
Chief Information Security Officer, Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation
Gregory Nelson
Chief Information Security and Privacy Officer, California Department of Social Services
Thomas Boon
Chief Information Officer, CA Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
Albert Lam
Agency Deputy Chief Information Security Office, California Health and Human Services
Melissa Stone
Chief Deputy Director, California Child Support Services
Alexander "Sasha" Sidorkin
Professor, California State University-Sacramento
Joseph Taylor
Department Chair, Information Systems and Business Analytics, California State University-Sacramento
Eudora Fleischman
CISO, City of Fairfield
Wallace Sermons II
Chief Procurement Officer, Office of State Procurement, Department of General Services, Maryland
2025 Speakers
Hebert Paguas
Chief Executive, National Agency for e-Government and Information Society (AGESIC), Government of Uruguay
Jared Johnson
Deputy State CIO & Chief Deputy Director, California Department of Technology
Serenity Thompson
Deputy Director, Digital Services Division, California Department of Motor Vehicles
David Noronha
Chief Information Officer, California Department of Insurance
Jake Margolis
Chief Information Security Officer, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Stephenson Loveson
Chief Information Officer, California Public Employees' Retirement System
Angela Shell
Chief Procurement Officer, Department of General Services (DGS)
Jennifer Elliott
Risk & Privacy Officer, California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA)
Mary Nicely
Chief Deputy Superintendent, California Department of Education
Dana Moore
Executive Director, California Utilities Emergency Association
Jennifer Chan
Assistant Chief, California Justice Information Services
John Roussel
Chief Information Officer, Assistant Deputy Director, California Department of Public Health
Adam Dondro
Chief Information Officer, California Health and Human Services Agency & Director, Office of Technology and Solutions Integration (OTSI)
Thomas Boon
Chief Information Officer, CA Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development
Chris Rouse
Chief Technology Officer (CTO), California Department of Human Resources (CalHR)
Mike Baca
Chief Information Officer, New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department
Ajit Girn
Chief Information Officer, Employment Development Department
Joseph Taylor
Department Chair, Information Systems and Business Analytics, California State University-Sacramento
Stephanie Diamond
Chief, Workforce Development Bureau, Human Resource Services Branch, Department of Social Services
Chuck Laughlin, PE
Chief, Office of Project Delivery Professional Development (PDPD), Division of Project Management
John Sanborn
California State Chief Learning Officer, California Department of Human Resources
John Meyer
Vice President Sales, Publicis Sapient
Kathy Baxter
Principal Architect, Ethical AI Practice, Salesforce
Eyal Darmon
North America Public Service Data, AI and GenAI Lead, Managing Director, Accenture
Shaw-chin Chiu
Managing Client Partner, State of California, IBM
Dr. Aaron King
Senior Solutions Engineer, Anthology, Inc.
Lily Lee
Director, Global Security Strategist, Splunk
Brad Jacobs
Strategic Account Director, Accela
John Gambaro
Vice President, State Local Government & Education, Freshworks Inc.
Joe Conti
Risk & Financial Advisor, Deloitte
Brent Cox
Principal Strategic Architect - PUBSEC, Elastic
Todd Timmerman
Vice President of Sales US SLED, ID.Me