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Davood Ghods

Davood Ghods is the leader of Direct Technology’s Government Solutions division. Specializing in business intelligence & analytics, custom software solutions, and IT consulting, Direct Technology fulfills the promise of technology for customers nationwide. For more information, please visit www.directtechnology.com/govsolutions.

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Commentary: How the Public Sector Can Accelerate Exponential Growth

To keep up with ever-changing tech, government can no longer see growth as linear — it must stay ahead of the curve. Government must make its growth exponential.

June 19, 2019
· Davood Ghods
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Commentary: Every Day is Earth Day With Next-Gen Tech

"One day after Earth Day, how can we put the promise of technology into action? What damage needs undoing? What efforts will have the most impact?"

April 22, 2018
· Davood Ghods
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Commentary: On Groundhog Day, a New Season in Government Tech

Commentary: "In addition to all the brand-new next-gen octane-fueled gadgets, I’m seeing a new shadow on the ground: I foresee a revolution of how government leverages technology in a way that not only improves organizational interaction with the public, but also betters the lives of their constituents. In the coming months and years, I believe we will see a refocus on the human side of tech."

Insider
February 01, 2018
· Davood Ghods
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7 Lessons the Public Sector Can Learn from Pokemon Go

The world’s most popular mobile gaming app holds some excellent lessons for any ambitious public organization, writes former California Office of Technology Services chief Davood Ghods.

August 09, 2016
· Davood Ghods
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Fads and Technology Jargon

IT is full of jargon. Sometimes you may even catch yourself composing a sentence of almost entirely acronyms. "We need to examine our DR/BC plan to determine the RTO and RPO and then run that by the CIO and the COO. Then, let’s see if we need to continue to back up to AIT or DDS or NAS, factoring in the WAN vs the LAN and the VPN." A lot of this jargon is driven by the hot topic or “fad of the day” in IT. While this lingo can make an IT person sound smart, does it serve an end goal?

May 31, 2012
· Davood Ghods