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

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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 Drug Agriculture

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Serenity Thompson

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

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

Melissa Stone

Melissa Stone

Chief Deputy Director, California Child Support Services

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Alexander "Sasha" Sidorkin

Professor, California State University-Sacramento

Joseph Taylor

Joseph Taylor

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

Eudora Fleischman

Eudora Fleischman

CISO, City of Fairfield

Wallace Sermons II

Wallace Sermons II

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

2025 Speakers

Herbert Paguas

Hebert Paguas

Chief Executive, National Agency for e-Government and Information Society (AGESIC), Government of Uruguay

Jared Johnson

Jared Johnson

Deputy State CIO & Chief Deputy Director, California Department of Technology

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Serenity Thompson

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

David Naronha

David Noronha

Chief Information Officer, California Department of Insurance

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Jake Margolis

Chief Information Security Officer, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California

California Speaker

Stephenson Loveson

Chief Information Officer, California Public Employees' Retirement System

Angela Shell

Angela Shell

Chief Procurement Officer, Department of General Services (DGS)

California Speaker

Jennifer Elliott

Risk & Privacy Officer, California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA)

California Speaker

Mary Nicely

Chief Deputy Superintendent, California Department of Education

Dana Moore

Dana Moore

Executive Director, California Utilities Emergency Association

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Jennifer Chan

Assistant Chief, California Justice Information Services

John Roussel

John Roussel

Chief Information Officer, Assistant Deputy Director, California Department of Public Health

Adam Dondro

Adam Dondro

Chief Information Officer, California Health and Human Services Agency & Director, Office of Technology and Solutions Integration (OTSI)

California Speaker

Thomas Boon

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

California Speaker

Chris Rouse

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

Mike Baca

Mike Baca

Chief Information Officer, New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department

Ajit Girn

Ajit Girn

Chief Information Officer, Employment Development Department

Joseph Taylor

Joseph Taylor

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

Stephanie Diamond

Stephanie Diamond

Chief, Workforce Development Bureau, Human Resource Services Branch, Department of Social Services

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Chuck Laughlin, PE

Chief, Office of Project Delivery Professional Development (PDPD), Division of Project Management

John Sanborn

John Sanborn

California State Chief Learning Officer, California Department of Human Resources

John Meyer

John Meyer

Vice President Sales, Publicis Sapient

Kathy Baxter

Kathy Baxter

Principal Architect, Ethical AI Practice, Salesforce

EYAL DARMON

Eyal Darmon

North America Public Service Data, AI and GenAI Lead, Managing Director, Accenture

Shaw-chin Chiu

Shaw-chin Chiu

Managing Client Partner, State of California, IBM

Aaron King

Dr. Aaron King

Senior Solutions Engineer, Anthology, Inc.

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Lily Lee

Director, Global Security Strategist, Splunk

Brad Jacobs

Brad Jacobs

Strategic Account Director, Accela

John Gambaro

John Gambaro

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

Joseph Conti

Joe Conti

Risk & Financial Advisor, Deloitte

Brent Cox

Brent Cox

Principal Strategic Architect - PUBSEC, Elastic

Todd Timmerman

Todd Timmerman

Vice President of Sales US SLED, ID.Me

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