2024 Agenda | Texas Association of State Systems for Computing and Communications

2024 TASSCC Annual Conference Agenda

2024 TASSCC Annual Conference Agenda

Celebrating Past, Present and Future.

August 4 – 7, 2024
Houston Marriott Marquis | 1777 Walker St | Houston, TX 77010

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8:30 am - 2:00 pm	Community Service: Golf Tournament - Benefitting Kids' Meals! Wildcat Golf Club, 12000 Almeda Road (15-20 mins away from conference hotel), Houston, Texas 77045 Separate Registration Required: Player Registration. Register for Golf
9:00 am	Community Service: Pickleball Tournament - Benefitting Kids' Meals! East River 9, 65 Hirsch Rd (10 minutes from conference hotel), Houston, Texas 77020 Separate Registration Required: Player Registration. Register for Pickleball
2:00 - 6:00 pm	Registration, Registration Hospitality, and Community Service Texas Ballroom Foyer Registration Sponsored by: Accenture \| Registration Hospitality Sponsored by: Maximus
4:30 - 5:00 pm	New Attendee Orientation Myerland Room Sponsored by: Allied Consultants
6:30 - 8:00 pm	Welcome Reception Houston Ballroom Sponsored by: Atos
8:00 - 11:00 pm	Hospitality Event - 70's Game Show Showdown and Disco (get groovy with your 70's attire) Texas Ballroom F Sponsored by: Insight Public Sector, Inc. \| Loblolly Consulting \| SentinelOne
10:15 - 11:00 pm	Late Night Snack Texas Ballroom Foyer Sponsored by: Capgemini

7:30 am - 5:00 pm	Registration Texas Ballroom Foyer Sponsored by: Accenture
8:00 - 9:00 am	Breakfast and Exhibits Texas Ballroom C Breakfast Sponsored by: Slalom
9:00 - 9:30 am	Opening Welcome Session Texas Ballroom DE
9:30 - 10:30 am	Opening Keynote Session Texas Ballroom DE Love and Work: How to Unleash the Most Powerful Force in Business Marcus Buckingham - Leadership Expert, Author Sponsored by: Deloitte
10:30 - 11:00 am	Morning Break and Exhibits Texas Ballroom C Sponsored by: Signature Advisory Partners
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
	Artificial Intelligence/Security Track Myerland Room Collaborative Synergy: The CFO and CIO Partnership for GenAI Optimization Robert Cohan - Managing Director, Strategy and Consulting, Global Public Service Generative AI Captain, Accenture Anh Selissen - CIO, TxDOT Suzy Whittenton - Chief Finance Officer, Department of Public Safety Education Track Sponsored by: Carahsoft
	Technology Innovation Track Briargrove Room Navigating Accessibility: Practical Strategies for ADA Compliance in Website Design Andy Kucharski - President & CEO, Promet Source Education Track Sponsored by: Info-Tech Research Group
	Leadership Track Kingwood Room Recruit & Retain 2.0: Navigating Tomorrow's Talent Terrain Will Hilton, MBA, CISSP - Deputy Chief Information Officer, Texas Department of Motor Vehicles Jerry White - Human Resources Director, Texas Workforce Commission Education Track Sponsored by: Internal Data Resources, Inc. (IDR)
	Strategy Track Montrose Room Strategic Roadmapping Using Visual Tools for Effective and Collective Engagement Carol Lee - Founder and CEO, Sunrise Strategic Solutions LLC Katelyn Russell - Senior Project Manager, Information Technology Services, The University of Texas at Austin Education Track Sponsored by: Lenovo
12:00 - 1:30 pm	Keynote Session/Lunch Texas Ballroom DE 50 Years of TASSCC: Past Presidents' Perspective Moderator: Cory Wilburn - TASSCC President - 2022-2024 Panelist: Bowden Hight - TASSCC President - 2008-2010 George Rios - TASSCC President - 2010-2012 Rudy Montoya - TASSCC President - 2014-2016 Lisa Petoskey - TASSCC President - 2018-2020 Sponsored by: Genesys
1:30 - 2:30 pm
	Solution Showcase Myerland Room Unlocking Potential: Harnessing Technology to Enhance Texas Government Case Management Shawn Deines - Senior Solutions Engineer, Box Jeffrey Quade - Principal Sales Engineer, Salesforce Melissa Watts - Strategic Account Executive, Box Presented by: Box
	Solution Showcase Briargrove Room Governing the Next Generation: Securely Innovating in the Public Sector Terry Dorsey - Evangelist and Architecture Lead for North America, Denodo Presented by: Denodo
	Solution Showcase Kingwood Room GitLab DevSecOps: Enhancing Security and Adhering to Compliance Fernando Diaz - Senior Developer Advocate, GitLab Presented by: GitLab
	Solution Showcase Montrose Room The Journey to Generative AI Enabled Intelligent Search with the Office of Attorney General Antonia Hernandez - Chief Data Officer, Texas Office of the Attorney General Patrick Le - Director of Technical Strategy and Enterprise Architecture, Texas Office of the Attorney General Tina McLeod - Chief Information Officer, Texas Office of the Attorney General Presented by: Microsoft
	Solution Showcase Westchase Room SandcastleCX: Don’t Settle for Generic Demos Kelley Jacob - VP, Public Sector Sales, TTEC Digital Keaton Opila - Solutions Architect, TTEC Digital Presented by: TTEC Digital
2:30 - 2:45 pm	Transition Break
2:45 - 3:45 pm	General Session Texas Ballroom DE Architect Your Future Jonathan Brill - AI Inventor, HP Global Futurist, Bestselling Author Sponsored by: Oracle
3:45 - 4:15 pm	Afternoon Break and Exhibits Texas Ballroom C Break Sponsored by: Zendesk
4:15 - 5:15 pm
	Artificial Intelligence/Security Track Myerland Room Transformative Readiness for AI: Harnessing Enterprise Data and Robotic Process Automation Kristina Miller, Lean SixSigma, ITIL - AI & Automation Lead, Texas Department of Transportation Suresh Sundarajan, CSM, MCSP - Data Management Officer, Texas Department of Transportation Education Track Sponsored by: Carahsoft
	Technology Innovation Track Briargrove Room Is Accessibility an Obligation or Opportunity? Tammy Gardiner, CISA - Executive Director, Digital Accessibility, University of Houston System Hiram Kuykendall - CTO, Microassist Education Track Sponsored by: Info-Tech Research Group
	Leadership Track Kingwood Room Closer To Fine - Female Leaders in the “Real World” vs. Barbieland Stacie Butler - Sr. Director, Slalom Lindsay Sharrock - General Manager, Slalom Marie Todd - Sr. Director, Slalom Education Track Sponsored by: Internal Data Resources, Inc. (IDR)
	Strategy Track Montrose Room Bridging the Gap: Embracing Business-Led IT for Organizational Success Joe Sepulveda - Director of Geographic Infastructure & Technology, Texas Water Development Board Education Track Sponsored by: Lenovo
5:15 - 8:00 pm	Free Time/Dinner on Your Own
5:30 - 6:30 pm	Higher Education Attendee Reception Westchase Room
8:00 - 11:00 pm	Hospitality Event - 80's Night with the Spazmatics Texas Ballroom F Sponsored by: Amazon Web Services \| Apollo Information Systems, Corp. \| RFD & Associates, Inc.
10:15 - 11:00 pm	Late Night Snack Texas Ballroom Foyer Sponsored by: The North Highland Company

8:00 am - 4:00 pm	Registration Texas Ballroom Foyer Sponsored by: Accenture
8:00 - 9:00 am	Breakfast and Exhibits Texas Ballroom C Sponsored by: Snowflake Inc.
9:00 - 9:30 am	State of TASSCC / General Membership Meeting Texas Ballroom DE Heather Hall - TASSCC President Elect
9:30 - 10:30 am	Keynote Session Texas Ballroom DE Strategy in a World of Disruption Shawn Kanungo - Disruption Strategist, Bestselling Author, Former Innovation Expert for Deloitte Sponsored by: NTT Data
10:30 - 10:45 am	Morning Break and Exhibits Texas Ballroom C Break Sponsored by: Summus Industries
10:45 - 11:45 am
	Artificial Intelligence/Security Track Myerland Room Securing Texas: Navigating Great Power Competition in Cyber Space Chris Winnek - Lieutenant Colonel, CIO/J6, Texas Military Department Education Track Sponsored by: Carahsoft
	Technology Innovation Track Briargrove Room Penetrating the AI and Automation Hype: A Framework for Identifying How to Apply AI in your Organization Morgan Page, CIA - Partner-in-Charge, Digital Transformation and Automation, Weaver Education Track Sponsored by: Info-Tech Research Group
	Leadership Track Kingwood Room Learning To Lead Dion Bullock - ITSM Manager, Prairie View A&M University Education Track Sponsored by: Internal Data Resources, Inc. (IDR)
	Strategy Track Montrose Room Embracing Change: Agile and Multi-Vendor Strategies at the Texas Secretary of State's Modernization Moderator: Moses Garcia - Cardinal Source LLC Panlist: Charles Collier - Principal, Heath & Government Solutions, KPMG US Meg Hare - Managing Director, Health and Public Services, Accenture Uday Katira - GPS Strategy & Analytics USDC Leader, Deloitte Consulting LLP Dan Teczar - Chief Information Officer, Texas Secretary of State Brian Tulga - Cardinal Source LLC Education Track Sponsored by: Lenovo
11:45 am - 1:15 pm	Awards Luncheon Texas Ballroom DE Sponsored by: IBM
1:15 - 2:15 pm
	Artificial Intelligence/Security Track Myerland Room How to Protect the Unwilling Baltazar Santaella, CISSP - Deputy CISO, University of Texas El Paso Claudia Escobar, CISSP - Senior Solutions Engineer, SentinelOne Education Track Sponsored by: Carahsoft
	Technology Innovation Track Briargrove Room Data-Driven Public Health: All Things Data Pooja Bahadur - Data Architect, Texas Health and Human Services Commission Uday Katira - Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting Karla Martinez - Data Governance Team Lead, Texas Department of State Health Services Balakrishnan Thiagarajan - Enterprise Architect, Texas Health and Human Services Commission Education Track Sponsored by: Info-Tech Research Group
	Leadership Track Kingwood Room Beyond Advice: Cultivating Trust as your Foundation Meg Hare - Managing Director, Health and Public Services, Accenture George Rios - SIM Leadership Institute, Texas Leadership Facilitator Education Track Sponsored by: Internal Data Resources, Inc. (IDR)
	Strategy Track Montrose Room TxDOT’s ITD-PMO: Taking to the Skies Melynda Olivares, PMP - ITD-PMO Operations Lead, TxDOT Diana Sawyers, PMP, CTCM - ITD-PMO Section Manager, TxDOT Education Track Sponsored by: Lenovo
2:15 - 2:45 pm	Afternoon Break and Exhibits Texas Ballroom C Break Sponsored by: CDW Government Inc.
2:45 - 3:45 pm	General Session Texas Ballroom DE Navigating the Future: Policy and Governance of Generative AI in Texas State Government Panel Discussion Moderator: Jeff Martinez - Vice President, SLG & EDU, Rackspace Technology Panelist: Fred Cook - ITD Chief Technology Officer, Texas Department of Criminal Justice Anh Selissen - CIO, TxDOT Mark Stone - Chief Information Officer, Texas A&M University System Jason Wicker, Chief Technology Officer-U.S. Public Sector, Rackspace Technology Public Sector Sponsored by: NWN Carousel
3:45 - 8:00 pm	Free Time/Dinner on Your Own
4:00 - 5:30 pm	Community Service Kids' Meal Project David Mitzner Room
8:00 - 11:00 pm	Hospitality Event - Casino Royale (formal attire encouraged) Texas Ballroom F Sponsored by: Apex Systems, Inc. \| iBridge Group, Inc. \| Palo Alto Networks \| SHI Government Solutions
10:15 - 11:00 pm	Late Night Snack Texas Ballroom Foyer Sponsored by: TEKsystems

8:00 am - 12:00 pm	Registration Texas Ballroom Foyer Sponsored by: Accenture
8:00 - 9:00 am	Breakfast Texas Ballroom Foyer Sponsored by: Dell Technologies
9:00 - 10:00 am	General Session Texas Ballroom DE Stories, Not Just Statistics Alyson Van Hooser - President & CEO, Van Hooser Associates Sponsored by: MongoDB
10:00 - 10:30 am	Morning Break Texas Ballroom Foyer Sponsored by: ISF
10:30 - 11:30 am	General Session Texas Ballroom DE Executive Director Perspectives on IT Moderator: Brian E. Francis - Retired Executive Director Panelist: Courtney Arbour - Executive Director, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation Ed Serna - Executive Director, Texas Workforce Commission Porter Wilson - Executive Director, Employees Retirement System of Texas

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2024 TASSCC Annual Conference Agenda

Celebrating Past, Present and Future.

Share and engage with @TASSCC using #TASSCC24 on social media.

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