Helping Mid-Size Governments Thrive With the Cloud

Is your mid-sized local government experiencing increased demands and constrained budgets? You’re not alone. Mid-sized local governments face similar public and organizational service demands to larger agencies, only they must meet those expectations with fewer resources.

Center for Digital Government surveys show that many mid-sized local governments are turning to the cloud to maximize their resources, and for good reason – low-code and no-code cloud solutions allow organizations to develop and deploy new applications without costly upgrades or extensive coding expertise.

Join Government Technology, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Village of Bolingbrook, IL, as they share IT leadership experiences to help you benchmark your progress, and glean insights during this live 30-minute discussion on Monday, July 17, 2023, at 10 AM PT/ 1 PM ET.

We’ll cover:

Why mid-sized government organizations are enhancing their IT infrastructure
The tools mid-sized governments are using to optimize operations
The most effective approaches to modernization for mid-sized governments

Speaker and Presenter Information

Betsy Baker, Transformation Leader, SLG, Amazon Web Services

Betsy Baker is a Transformation Leader for the Amazon Web Services (AWS) state and local government team. In this role, she engages with public healthcare agencies across the U.S. to invent new ways to leverage technology to improve the constituent experience in government social programs (such as Public Health, Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)) and be more prepared to respond to public emergencies. Prior to AWS, Ms. Baker was a Director of Client Services at a mid-market healthcare analytics firm, where she curated an analytics solution for Medicaid agencies to identify top spend on beneficiaries and link to clinical data to influence program frameworks. Ms. Baker holds her Master’s in Public Health from the University of Colorado with an emphasis in health systems management and policy.

Danielle Hinz, Executive Government Advisor, Amazon Web Services

Danielle is currently an Executive Government Advisor for Amazon Web Services (AWS) helping public sector customers on their digital transformation journey. Prior to joining Amazon in 2017, she worked in public procurement for over 20 years, including higher education and local government. As Chief Procurement Officer for King County, Washington, she led a $3 billion procure-to-pay organization and was responsible for sponsoring multiple Lean Six Sigma transformation projects that reduced cycle time and improved the customer experience. She led procurement technology and policy modernizations at multiple organizations, and served for over a decade in leadership roles with NIGP-Institute for Public Procurement, Rocky Mountain Government Purchasing Association, and Colorado Municipal League. She is a Certified Public Procurement Official and earned her Masters Degree in Public Administration.

James Farrell, Chief Information Officer, Village of Bolingbrook, IL

Teri Takai — Moderator, Senior Vice President, Center for Digital Government

Teri Takai is the Senior Vice President of the Center for Digital Government, a national research and advisory institute on information technology policies and best practices in state and local government. She worked for Ford Motor Company for 30 years in global application development and information technology strategic planning. From Ford, she moved to EDS in support of General Motors.

A long-time interest in public service led her to the government sector, first as CIO of the State of Michigan, then as CIO of the State of California, and subsequently the CIO of the U.S. Department of Defense, the first woman appointed to this role. She then served as the CIO for Meridian Health Plan. She is a member of several industry advisory boards.

Teri has won numerous awards including Governing Magazine’s Public Official of the Year, CIO Magazine’s CIO Hall of Fame, Government Technology Magazine’s Top 25 Doers, Dreamers & Drivers, the Women in Defense Excellence in Leadership Award, and the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service.