What have you been working on lately? I’m continuing to work on a lot of external-facing areas in terms of expanding the state of Michigan’s protection in…

Can you describe your role? My role is to facilitate IT services for the department, so initially that took the shape of getting everybody distributed, taking them…

Can you describe your role? Ohio has an IT innovation technology strategic plan, so the CIO and leadership team is really focused on that plan. My role…

Can you describe your role? It’s such a new office and was such a small team, so there’s an opportunity there to establish the brand and the…

What were some of the biggest lessons during the pandemic? We needed to learn or evolve in how to work fast, how to adapt and be more…

As we’re exiting the pandemic and getting back to normal, what are the lessons you think will last? I think prioritizing cybersecurity throughout the state is something…

What are the lessons from the pandemic you think will stick? The coronavirus has been very transformative, for normal people and businesses. The state was not set…

This interview was conducted May 28, prior to Maria Thompson’s announcement that she’d be stepping down from the North Carolina Department of Information Technology. She is now…

What are the lessons from the pandemic you think will stick? That state government can be and has to be more adaptable than we ever thought, that’s…

This interview was conducted May 26, before Jim Edman announced his departure from the South Dakota Bureau of Information and Telecommunications. He’s now a state cybersecurity coordinator at the…