Overview

June 10

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If your payment system frustrates people, they won’t use it. They’ll call, come to your office or, worse, delay payment altogether. In many cases, the issue isn’t pricing or policy. It’s accessibility.

For municipalities, digital payments are one of the most frequent touchpoints with constituents. When those experiences are difficult to navigate, hard to read or simply not built for real-world users, the impact shows up quickly: lower adoption, higher call volumes and growing pressure on staff.

This webinar takes a practical look at what accessibility really means for local government payment systems — and why it should be treated as a core design principle, not a compliance exercise. You’ll hear how inclusive design supports everything from on-time payments to operational efficiency, and what to look for in a platform built to serve everyone, not just the average user.

You'll learn:

  • How inaccessible payment systems drive real operational issues like abandoned transactions and increased call volumes
  • Why accessibility directly impacts trust and digital adoption across diverse constituent groups
  • Key design principles and platform capabilities that support accessible, scalable payments


Speakers

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Matt Radel

Vice President of Design & UX, InvoiceCloud

Matt Radel leads product design at InvoiceCloud, shaping the digital payment experiences used by government agencies, utilities, and insurers nationwide. Over a 20-year career in SaaS product design, he has led accessibility programs at multiple organizations, covering WCAG remediation and the internal education efforts that help teams move beyond checkbox compliance. His work sits at the intersection of product strategy, inclusive design, and the practical realities of modernizing public-facing digital services.

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Marquetta Aytes

Customer Service Supervisor at Helix Water District, CA

Marquetta Aytes is the Customer Service Supervisor at Helix water district, where she overseas daily customer service operations and team development. With 24 years of experience in customer service, including more than 11 years with Helix water district, she is passionate about building strong collaborative teams and delivering responsive community-centered service. At the core of Marquetta’s work is deep commitment to people. She believes we each have a responsibility to use our influence for the greater good, and that helping someone in their time of need is life’s most rewarding calling. Outside of work, Marquetta's world revolves around faith, family, and fun. Music fuels and inspires her daily, and she is a passionate sports fan and enjoys watching basketball, soccer, boxing, MMA, and any competition worth watching.

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Sean McSpaden — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Sean McSpaden is an executive level information technology professional with over 30 years of experience in the private, non-profit, and public sectors. His background includes the start-up and management of several small businesses and he has served on the Board of Directors or in Executive Director positions for several 501(c)(3) non-profit organizations. Sean’s public service experience includes progressively responsible positions as an IT analyst, and in statewide coordination, management and leadership positions within the Executive and Legislative branches of Oregon state government.

From June 2008 to September 2013, Sean served as the state of Oregon’s Deputy State Chief Information Officer. Since 2013, Sean has served as a Principal Legislative IT Analyst with the Oregon Legislative Fiscal Office and as the Committee Administrator for Oregon’s Joint Legislative Committee on Information Management and Technology. In addition, Sean serves as a member Oregon’s Task Force on Artificial Intelligence and as Oregon’s representative to the National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) Taskforce on Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Privacy.

Throughout his 26-year tenure in Oregon state government, Sean and the teams he has led have received several state, regional and national recognitions and awards. In addition, Sean has represented the state of Oregon on numerous state, regional and national project steering committees, task forces, governing boards, committees, commissions and associations, and has presented on various topics at local, state, regional, national, and international meetings and conferences.

Sean earned his Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree and Certificate of Public Management from the Willamette University, Atkinson Graduate School of Management. Sean is an ISACA Certified Information Security Manager (CISM) and holds a PMI Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.