He has more than 15 years of experience working with large public safety and government agencies in the region, including cities such as Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, San Diego and San Jose.
Techwire is pleased to welcome T-Mobile to the Techwire family. The company wrapped its merger with Sprint on April 1 and will invest $40 billion during the next three years in its network and business. Its Project 10Million will close the digital divide with free Internet access and hardware for 10 million households over the next five years. T-Mobile's Connecting Heroes Initiative offers free unlimited talk, text and smartphone data to all first responders at public and nonprofit, state and local fire, police and emergency medical services agencies. For more information, visit t-mobile.com.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Mimecast to the Techwire family. Mimecast works to increase the safety of business email and data, evolving this area of cybersecurity from a focus on the perimeter to Email Security 3.0, a holistic, pervasive discipline. Its next-gen, cloud-based security, archiving and continuity services provide comprehensive risk management. Mimecast continues to expand its capabilities and integrate and connect with other security investments to defend more than 36,000 customers worldwide against email attacks, fraudulent brand activity and compliance challenges. For more information, visit mimecast.com.
The April 29 event will provide an overview into how CalPERS IT executives manage the agency's technology, provide leadership and counsel to the board and oversee CalPERS' technology portfolio.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Kronos Inc. to the Techwire family. Kronos updates vital processes including timekeeping, scheduling, and leave management; and provides workforce management and human capital management cloud solutions to government agencies, business, health-care providers and educational institutions. It’s used daily by tens of thousands of organizations and more than 40 million people in more than 100 countries, working in California with state departments, cities, counties, public school districts and university systems. For more information, visit kronos.com or contact Chad Kapler.
Techwire is pleased to welcome DocuSign to the Techwire family. DocuSign offers an array of products and services related to e-signature verification, contract life cycle management, mobile apps and blockchain. DocuSign also offers Agreement Cloud, a suite of applications and integrations for automating and connecting the agreement approval process, including contracts. Its other offerings facilitate document generation and negotiation, and agreement analytics using artificial intelligence. DocuSign reports having eSignature signers in 180 countries, and “99.99% availability with no maintenance downtime.” For more information, visit docusign.com/ or contact Jennifer.Baker@DocuSign.com.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Qumulo to the Techwire family. Qumulo provides enterprise-level hybrid cloud file storage capable of delivering real-time visibility and control of your data, both on-prem and in the cloud. Its scalable, software-defined system enables programmatic configuration and management of capacity, usage and performance. Besides storage, governments and educational institutions can use Qumulo to integrate with video surveillance system software and store CCTV and aerial images, body camera footage and security device data. For more information visit qumulo.com or contact Donald Schiltz.
The honorees, part of Government Technology magazine's Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers, also included the general manager of Los Angeles' transportation agency. Honorees stood out for being mission-driven, collaborative and trust builders.
Techwire is pleased to welcome InterVision Systems Technologies to the Techwire family. InterVision offers state and local governments leading-edge cloud services expertise and an understanding of practice deepened over 25 years. The company helps IT leaders quantify cost, risk and opportunity to identify strategic services that are the right fit. Among its public-sector use cases, InterVision tailored a multi-level cloud data storage system for the California Department of Tax & Fee Administration based on frequency of access. For more information, visit intervision.com or contact Tom Keane.
As part of its ongoing quest to more closely connect readers in gov tech and the technology industry, Techwire heard from Jennifer Chan, agency information officer at the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) on how her agency's IT shop is structured; on her role; and about ongoing CDFA initiatives.
Angelica B. Quirarte, assistant secretary for digital engagement for the California Government Operations Agency, told The Washington Post she’s part of what the newspaper called “a specialized digital team” tasked with launching “a coronavirus rapid response website.” She previously led the Alpha.ca.gov project to reinvent the state's website; it wrapped March 4.
Spending priorities among respondents in the Center for Digital Government's* Digital States Survey indicate a heavy emphasis on issues overseen by the California Health and Human Services Agency.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Planet Labs to the Techwire family. Planet provides geospatial insights that equip users with the data necessary to make informed, timely decisions. Planet Labs offers a diverse selection of imagery and analytic solutions, including hardware and software that services what’s believed to be the largest fleet of Earth-imaging satellites in orbit, and a 7+ petabyte imagery archive. It’s all available online through its platform and web-based tools.For more information, visit https://www.planet.com/ or contact Garrick Ballantine.
Special districts are sometimes overshadowed by those eyeing state and local government IT opportunities. These entities can be small, like rural mosquito abatement agencies, or much larger. Either way, their tech spend can be significant.
Techwire is pleased to welcome OpenGov to the Techwire family. A leader in cloud-based solutions for government, its OpenGov Cloud™ is believed to be the only integrated cloud solution for budgeting, performance, communications and reporting. Its multi-tenant Software-as-a-Service solution links users to the budget process, lets them forecast personnel costs accurately, and integrate with vital government systems. More than 1,000 public agencies in 48 states form a network through OpenGov, and its budgeting and related capabilities. For more information, visit https://opengov.com/ or contact Jason Carian.
California, being the most populous state, also has a gargantuan economy — and a massive workforce in local government, which includes cities, counties and special districts. Here’s a look:
Techwire is pleased to welcome Forrester Research Inc. to the Techwire family. Forrester, a research and advisory firm, uses its proprietary research, data and analytics to help business and technology companies shape their vision, strategy and execution in ways that accelerate growth. Its insights are founded on yearly surveys of more than 690,000 consumers and business leaders, as well as rigorous and objective methodologies and shared wisdom. The company serves more than 4,000 organizations worldwide. For more information, visit https://go.forrester.com/ or contact Cindy Biando.
The rideshare company is among entities that have joined Communities Against Rider Surveillance (CARS) and are opposing Mobility Data Specification, a technology used by Los Angeles and other government entities.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Ciena to the Techwire family. Ciena is a networking systems, services and software company, offering solutions that help customers create responsive, adaptable networks. Through high-touch consultative relationships, Ciena’s modern technology underpins agile networks with automation, openness and scalability. Its customers include 85 percent of the world’s largest service providers; cloud and regional service providers, enterprise networks, financial services; healthcare, utilities, public sector and all levels of education. For more information, visit https://www.ciena.com/ or contact Steve Montague.
A simplified log-in process and the availability of more 24-hour-a-day online services are the newest additions, announced Wednesday by Director Steve Gordon.
Michelle Thong, digital services lead at San Jose, the so-called capital of Silicon Valley, is heading to the private sector. She was a founder of the city’s Office of Civic Innovation.
Techwire is pleased to welcome LightBox to the Techwire family. LightBox provides location intelligence, due diligence, risk management and workflow solutions to local, state and federal governments across North America. It makes location technology accessible and easy to use, and has embedded that intelligence into the business workflows of more than 350,000 North American users. LightBox’s technologies and brands enable access to property records, commercial real estate buyers, due diligence and procurement services, and flood zone mapping. For more information, visit https://www.lightboxre.com/ or contact Will O’Keefe.
Techwire is pleased to welcome Elastic to the Techwire family. Elastic helps users explore and analyze their data differently with its unique search power across formats including social media, stocks, server logs and blog posts. Its workplace search, observability and security solutions can be deployed on premises, in the cloud, or in hybrid environments. Elastic helps government and education professionals make data actionable, increase visibility into their infrastructures, build better citizen experiences, and securely move to the cloud. For more information, visit https://www.elastic.co/ or contact Steven.Webster@Elastic.co.
The twice-a-year gatherings — one in spring and one in fall, alternating between Northern and Southern California — offer county IT directors, chief information officers, network managers and other IT professionals a chance to share insights and success stories, and it provides a venue for vendors and sponsors.
The federal-county joint effort supplements a big effort by Gov. Gavin Newsom to use new IT procurement methods to address the state’s chronic vulnerability to wildfires.
Applicants should also have a current Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute. The position has an annual salary range of $114,511 to $173,322.
