Overview

October 26

Attracting and retaining talent is one of the biggest issues facing government leaders today. Join Government Technology Oct. 26 to hear how the state of Oklahoma is confronting this challenge and building its workforce of the future.

We’re hosting a live webcast with state officials and experts from Workday to explain how Oklahoma is implementing an innovative statewide human capital management platform to support the broad transformation of its human resources processes. Register now to find out how the state is:

Using cloud-based technology to modernize its HR system
Giving state employees convenient new self-service options
Gaining new employee insights to help it attract, develop and retain the workforce talent it needs

Speakers

Justin Marlowe — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Justin Marlowe is a research professor at the University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy. His research and teaching are focused on public finance, and he has published five books — including the first open-access textbook on public financial management — and more than 100 articles on public capital markets, infrastructure finance, financial disclosure, public financial technology, and public-private partnerships. He is an admitted expert witness in federal and state courts, and has served on technical advisory bodies for the state of Washington, the California State Auditor, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, the National Academy of Sciences, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and many other public, private and nonprofit organizations. Prior to academia, he worked in local government in Michigan. He is a Certified Government Financial Manager and an elected Fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration, and he holds a Ph.D. in political science and public administration from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.

Dana Webb

Deputy Director, Office of Management and Enterprise Services

With over 27 years public-service experience, Dana Webb has a well-deserved reputation within Oklahoma state government as an innovative and knowledgeable state leader. Webb currently serves as OMES' deputy director and oversees the essential services provided by several OMES divisions, including the state’s procurement, health insurance and capital assets management offices. Most recently, Webb has been a key leader in the implementation of a statewide, cloud-based human capital management solution, Workday@OK, that will bring all Oklahoma state agencies onto a central platform for the first time in state history. This two-year initiative, that involved extensive collaboration from all state agencies, will revolutionize the state’s HR systems and ultimately lead to better services for both state agencies and Oklahoma citizens. Additionally, Webb led the initiative to modernize Oklahoma state government’s physical footprint through the implementation of more collaborative workspaces and a standardized telework model. This project has led to annual savings of over $400,000 for OMES alone and has established a new example recognized by the state legislature for other agencies to follow. Webb earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from Central State University. In her free time, she enjoys spoiling her grandchildren, cooking and spending time with her family, and is an active member of Choctaw Road Baptist Church in Choctaw, Okla.

Liz Brandon

Director of Workday Operations, Office of Management and Enterprise Services

Liz Brandon is the Director of Workday Operations at the Office of Management and Enterprise Services where she leads Workday strategy across the state. Working with multiple cross-functional teams, Liz handles Workday@OK support, governance and future planning to ensure the system remains an efficient and effective tool for the entire state. She holds a B.A. in Journalism and an M.PW in Professional Writing from the University of Oklahoma. Liz has worked in training, instructional design, technology, higher education and program development for 15 years, beginning at the University of Oklahoma Women’s Outreach Center before moving on to head the Volunteer and Service Learning Center at the University of Central Oklahoma. She taught financial literacy for 5 years with Oklahoma Money Matters, until October 2011 when she moved to Training Coordinator for the Oklahoma College Assistance Program, a division of the State Regents for Higher Education. At OMES, Liz has served as Director of Statewide Learning Services and project manager for the statewide implementation of the Oracle Learning Management System. She joined the BrightPath project to serve as both Change Management and Learning lead before moving into her role as Director of Workday Operations. She is a certified instructor for Myers Briggs Type Indicator, Franklin Covey’s 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, 5 Choices for Extraordinary Productivity and Leading at the Speed of Trust. She is working on her project management certification. Liz has served as Vice President of the Oklahoma Jump$tart Coalition for Personal Financial Literacy, Vice President of the Board of Directors for Esperanza en Accion, and is a member of the Central Oklahoma Chapter of Association for Talent Development and the International Public Management Association for Human Resources.

Webinar

How the State of Oklahoma is Building its Future Workforce