Embracing the Future of Work with Confidence: Strategies for Resilient Talent Acquisition and IT Infrastructure

How and where people work is evolving and will likely continue to evolve. To build resilient state and local governments that can navigate this changing landscape, agencies need strategies that can help them:

Become an employer of choice
Remove barriers to smarter, more effective government

To compete with the private sector for top talent, the public sector needs tools that make secure and collaborative hybrid work simple and seamless. And to execute strategic goals more effectively, agencies need solutions that help teams produce more work with fewer resources.

Dive into the strategies, tools and services that can help your state agencies modernize processes to serve the public with confidence during a webinar hosted by Government Technology on August 23 at 11am PT/2pm ET. During this webcast, our panel of experts will explore:

Strategies for freeing up resources and redeploying them to tackle modernization challenges
How to upgrade end-user technology to ensure employees stay secure and connected
Finding technology partners that understand the challenges governments face and can help innovate
Securing federal IT grant funding

Speaker and Presenter Information

Brian Lau, Strategy and Innovation Product Manager, HP Inc.

Brian Lau is a Future of Work Product Manager at HP focused on strategy and new business incubation. He works with teams to explore ideas and concepts related improving productivity, experiences and the way we work.

Previously, Brian worked in management consulting helping clients with challenging business problems. He often assisted leaders in the areas of strategy, operations, technology and partnerships.

Brian completed graduate and undergraduate business studies in Toronto, Canada and is an advocate for education access. He currently resides in the San Francisco Bay Area in California.

Russ Nichols — Moderator, Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Russ Nichols’ public service spanned over 32 years and included management and executive positions with the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the California State Controller’s Office, and the Employment Development Department.

In 2015, Nichols was appointed by Governor Jerry Brown as the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation Chief Information Officer and Director of Enterprise Information Services. While serving at the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Nichols also served as a board member for the Corrections Technology Association and served as CTA President from 2019 to 2021. In February 2021, Governor Gavin Newsom appointed Nichols Deputy State CIO and Chief Deputy Director at California Department of Technology. Prior to retirement, Nichols also served as Acting State CIO and CDT Director for several months.

During his career, Russ won numerous awards including the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s 2014 Administrator of the Year, Government Technology’s 2018 CIO of the year, and Government Technology’s 2023 California Public Sector Hall of Fame Award.