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
Thea Man
Chief Information Security Officer, Office of Data and Innovation
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 Agriculture
Serenity Thompson
Deputy Director, Digital Services Division, California Department of Motor Vehicles
Alicia Wong
Senior Vice President, Enterprise Project Services, State Compensation Insurance Fund
Adam German
CISO, California Health and Human Agency
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
Steve Nash
Chief Information Officer, California Department of Child Support Services
Jimmie K Ramos
Chief Information Security, Child Welfare Digital Services, Office of Technology and Solutions Integration
Joseph Taylor
Department Chair, Information Systems and Business Analytics, California State University-Sacramento
Linda Dangerfield
Deputy Chief Procurement Officer, Office of State Procurement, Maryland Department of General Services
Brad Bussie
CTO & CISO, e360
Anne Crew-Renzo
Chief Innovation Training Officer, Office of Data and Innovation (ODI)
Jennifer Uyeda Issertell
Deputy Transformation Officer and Assistant Deputy Director, California Department of Technology (CDT)
Nikki Hatcher
Contracts and Procurement Services Branch Manager, Division of Business Services, Department of Water Resources (DWR)
Jeremiah Oakden
Business Taxes Administrator III, California Department of Tax and Fee Administration (CDTFA)
Jarrett Krumrei
Lead Product Manager, Office of Data and Innovation
Ganesh Rao
Senior Director, CCM Strategic Alliances, Quadient
Darrel Lewis
Sr. Director and Architecture Lead, Delinea
Keith Nelson
Senior Strategist, Public Sector, OpenText
Carm Taglienti
Chief Technology Officer, Insight
John Gambaro
Vice President, State Local Government & Education, Freshworks Inc.
Nick Stohlman
CJIS Program Strategy VP, Imprivata
Nick Whitney
Co- founder and Chief Information Security Officer, MTX
Dhananjay Bapat
Principal Product Marketer, Simpplr
Shaw-chin Chiu
Managing Client Partner, State of California, IBM Consulting
Mike Rockenstein
Business Development Leader (State of California), IBM
Chris Petterson
Field Engineer, Chainguard