Overview

July 12

To confront current workforce challenges and prepare for the years ahead, governments don’t just need to rethink their recruitment and hiring strategies. They need to understand the skills it will take to power the government of the future. What capabilities and expertise will they need down the road? How can agencies leverage smart automation of menial tasks to draw greater value from their employees?

In this final virtual conversation of our ongoing initiative on modernizing the talent strategy for the public sector, we’ll explore the new skills required for government – and how to retrain and augment staff to achieve them.

We’ll outline strategies for investing in reskilling and upskilling employees as part of an adaptive model that evolves as your needs change. We’ll discuss the role of technology in augmenting and automating repetitive tasks to unlock new efficiencies and enable employees to grow into new areas.

Speakers

Mike Leahy

Secretary of Technology, Maryland Department of Technology

Mike Timm

Director, Information Technology, Oakland County, Michigan

Mike Timm is a seasoned IT Professional with nearly 40 years in the IT field. He began his career in the automotive sector focused on manufacturing systems with an early bent toward lean manufacturing. Throughout his career there has been a focus on process improvement, project management, and systems integration. Mike joined Oakland County in 2017 as the Director, where he leads a talented team of IT professionals supporting 82 County divisions, more than 100 local governmental units (assessors, treasurers, law enforcement, etc.), and thousands of Access Oakland customers. Oakland County IT is an award winning, centralized IT organization supporting over 200 applications, over 4000 workstations, the CLEMIS system in a 10-county area of southeast Michigan, as well as the county’s 911 system (upgraded in 2017) and is going through a major public safety radio system upgrade, ERP and VOIP implementations, and campus WiFi upgrade. The IT Department has also been a leader in implementing a ‘cloud first’ strategy for infrastructure and applications.

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.

Webinar

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