Automation Now & Next Annual Report 2022

Automation Now & Next 2022 provides insights unavailable from any other data set as it is tightly focused on intelligent automation and how businesses are embracing—and succeeding—in the Automation Economy. This is a unique and comprehensive look at the efforts, experiences, and projections of more than 1,000 automation leaders and more than 3,800 Automation Anywhere customers—nearly 5,000 voices from across industries and regions. Since this report is the third edition, we can also now discern meaningful trends and shifts in how organizations are using automation today and plan to use it in the future.

Exclusive Interview – Stephanie Delgado, CEO & Founder, DataCents Analytics 

I am currently the CEO and Chief Data Office of DataCents Analytics, LLC. My company provides three services: Fractional Chief Data Officer/data science on demand services, social impact analyses like economic impact analyses, and data monetization services with a focus on data coming from the public sector. I’m an applied economist by training, and I’ve moved back and forth between the public, private and entrepreneurial spaces. What I love about my job is that I spend most days making people happy. There is so much data in so many different places in the public sector, but people either don’t know …

Speaker Spotlight Q&A: John Kaschak, Executive Deputy Secretary at Pennsylvania Department of Revenue

Conversely, COVID has led to a lot more emails and far fewer face-to-face interactions. And, despite leveraging technology such as Skype, Teams, etc. relationship and team building is much harder. Onboarding and training of new personnel have been more difficult. And we’ve learned that departmentwide communication has had its challenges. Employee awareness and engagement have suffered a bit.

Speaker Spotlight Q&A: Jenny Hedderman, Esq., State Risk Counsel, Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Jenny Hedderman, Esq., State Risk Counsel, Comptroller of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts State Risk Counsel with the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Comptroller’s Office. An expert and creative strategist in Government legal, finance, Risk Management and internal controls including Cybersecurity. Created CTR Cyber for cyber internal controls, speaker, Host of CTR Cyber 5 Series (Youtube), Professor and Board Member. Your Government Keynote: Risk & Reward: Cybersecurity and Privacy Awareness will detail how privacy awareness is a crucial component of cyber protection for the public sector - as it helps define the overall privacy culture in an organization. Mechanisms in place will help …

Speaker Spotlight Q&A: Chris Letterman, Chief Information Security Officer, State of Alaska, Department of Administration 

Born and raised in Kentucky, I am the youngest of 6 and straight from college (@University of Louisville) I joined the U.S. Navy to serve as an Electronics Technician. While in, I was chosen to attend specialty school in crypto and communication security. The Navy is what brought me to Alaska back in 1994. After the Navy, I relocated to Juneau and immediately fell into an opportunity to work for a national communications company building out a cellular network. I started my career in public service with the State of Alaska in 1998, and since then have worked for the …

Speaker Spotlight Q&A: Whitney Phillips, State Privacy Officer, State of Utah

Meet Whitney Phillips, State Privacy Officer, State of Utah Dr. Whitney Phillips was confirmed by the Utah Senate in December 2021 as the first State Privacy Officer. Prior to serving in this role, she spent four years as the Utah State Board of Education’s first Chief Privacy Office, and has held a variety of prior positions in education and government. Dr. Phillips is a Certified Information Privacy Manager (CIPM) and a Certified Information Privacy Professional for the U.S. (CIPP). She received her Ph.D. in Educational Inquiry, Measurement, and Evaluation from Brigham Young University, specializing in longitudinal data analysis.

Speaker Spotlight Q&A: Ed Kelly - Chief Data Officer, State of Texas

Meet Ed Kelly, Chief Data Officer, Texas Department of Information Resources He currently serves as the Chief Data Officer for the State of Texas at the Department of Information Resources (DIR). In his role, he works with state agencies and institutions of higher education to collaboratively develop data policies, standards, and best practices to improve data governance and data management statewide. Prior to joining DIR, he held public sector positions with the Texas Department of Agriculture as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) and with the Texas Department of Public Safety as Chief Information Officer (CIO). Additionally, Ed’s experience includes a variety …

Exclusive Interview with Jaime Schorr - Chief Procurement Officer at State of Maine Q&A

Jaime C. Schorr is the Chief Procurement Officer for the Maine Department of Administrative and Financial Services. In this capacity, she oversees Procurement Services, Information Technology Procurement, Central Services (Postal Operations and Surplus), Central Fleet Management, and the Central Warehouse. Jaime provides consolidated management and coordinates oversight over the various divisions of the Bureau. Her directional leadership and strategic management ensures purchases, procurements, and acquisitions of all contractual services, supplies, materials, and equipment facilitate the most economical use of public funds. Jaime holds a BA from The George Washington University, an MBA from New England College and a JD from …