CXOTalk

Information technology in the federal government is large, complicated, and often slow. Our guest, Mark Schwartz who is Chief Information officer of the US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USICS), wants to change that by applying lean methods and shifting the focus of IT toward consumers inside the government and citizens on the outside. In this show, Schwartz shares his experience with DevOps and other methods to improve IT and enable digital government.

CIO's must evolve to meet the needs of sophisticated business users. In this episode, Brian Lillie, CIO of Equinix, explains how a CIO can play a strategic, customer-facing innovation role in a large technology company.

Gerri Martin-Flickinger is Adobe's senior vice president and chief information officer. She oversees the company's global Information Technology team, providing strategic direction and management for the company's IT infrastructure worldwide, including

For this special event, three important thought leaders discuss innovation, technology, and change in the federal government.

The amazing CIO of Harvard Medical School and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston discusses health care from an innovation perspective.

Lisa Davis is Georgetown University's Vice President for Information Services and CIO.

Michelle McKenna-Doyle is Senior Vice President and CIO of the National Football League. She is responsible for the NFL’s technology strategy, shared service delivery and management of the league’s corporate technology activities.

Patty Hatter is Senior Vice President, Operations & Chief Information Officer, and is responsible for innovating and executing a sustainable transformation of McAfee's operational processes and infrastructure across the global organization. As CIO, Hatter is responsible for driving cross-functional partnerships to accelerate delivery of strategic business priorities that impact bottom line profitability. Focused on driving world-class operational effectiveness and scalability, Hatter leads all facets of McAfee's ongoing transactional business and shared services, as well as IT, risk and compliance, and M&A integration.

Sonny Hashmi was the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Named as CIO in May 2014, Mr. Hashmi is responsible for managing the agency's $600 million Information Technology (IT) budget and ensuring alignment with agency and administration strategic objectives, information security and enterprise architecture.

Dr. David A. Bray is Chief Information Officer for the Federal Communications Commission. Dr. Alissa Johnson (Dr. J) is Deputy Chief Information Officer (DCIO) for the Executive Office of the President (EOP)