A two-day virtual event, CAPS will feature a wide range of
experts across the public sector.
STATE
COLLEGE, Pa., Sept. 12,
2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Mission Critical Partners
(MCP) announced today the speakers for its fifth annual Conference
for Advancing the Public Sector (CAPS). The two-day, virtual
conference, which will be held September
17-18, 2024, is created for leaders of public-sector
organizations. Featured speakers include the following:
Since its inception five years ago, CAPS
has featured the public-sector's brightest minds exploring its
greatest challenges and opportunities, and this year's conference
is no exception. We're looking forward to another great
event.
Ani Dave is founder and group CEO
of Tech Unicorn, which specializes in delivering innovative
technology solutions for public-sector organizations, as well as
the healthcare, insurance, and banking sectors. She is
participating in the session "Artificial intelligence: exploring
the possibilities, dispelling the myths" and will be joined by the
following:
- Kirk Arthur, senior director,
worldwide government solutions, Microsoft
- David Williams, global public
safety and justice lead, Microsoft
- David Fritsche, program manager,
Mission Critical Partners
- Gary Pulford, manager of
alliance partnerships, Mission Critical Partners
Charles Werner is director of
Drone Responders and the former chief of the Charlottesville (Virginia) Fire Department and former chair of
the Department of Homeland Security's SAFECOM committee. He will be
exploring the exploding use cases for drones as part of the
session, "Disruptive technologies: what they are and how they are
taking emergency response to new levels," and will be joined by the
following:
- Christy Williams, director,
North Central Texas Emergency
Communications District (NCT9-1-1)
- Bob Finney, director,
Collier County (Florida) Sheriff's Office
- Bonnie Maney, 911 operations
manager, Mission Critical Partners
Darrin Reilly is president and
chief executive officer of Mission Critical Partners. Reilly will
leverage three decades of technology experience in the public
sector to provide visibility into numerous MCP-led projects that
are transforming emergency-response and justice outcomes.
Steve Butkovich is chief product
officer for CPI Security, a provider of intelligent security
solutions for residences and businesses; he also is president of
The Monitoring Association (TMA). He will be discussing how the
Automated Secure Alarm Protocol, jointly developed by TMA and the
Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO), is
reducing emergency-response times dramatically while relieving the
burden on 911 telecommunicators. He will be joined in the session
"Innovating 911 digital alarm response with the ASAP Service" by
the following:
- Jeff Carney, executive director,
Hamilton County 911 Emergency
Communications District
- John Chiaramonte, president of
consulting services, Mission Critical Partners
After serving as public safety engineer for SAIC under the
Interoperable Communications Technical Assistance Program — where
he designed, led, and evaluated public-safety exercise and training
events throughout the United
States — John Persano joined
Amazon Web Services in October 2020
and today is its emergency communications lead. Meanwhile,
Doug Gardner has more than 15 years
of software-engineering experience and assists public-sector
agencies with their technical application architectures as AWS's
principal solutions architect. They will lead the discussion during
the session "How Amazon Connect is changing emergency response" and
will be joined by the following:
- Chris Kelly, senior vice
president, Mission Critical Partners
- Gary Pulford, manager of
alliance partnerships, Mission Critical Partners
The rest of the speaker roster is as follows:
Cybersecurity trends: what's next and how to prepare for it
- Aparicio Clifton, network
operations manager, city of Raleigh (North
Carolina)/Wake 911
- Richard Osborne, director of
commercial services – Secure Halo, Mission Critical Partners
- Jason Franks, cybersecurity
analyst, Mission Critical Partners
Change management: why every public-sector organization should
be embracing it
- Sherri Griffith Powell, 911
services manager, Mission Critical Partners
- Bonnie Maney, 911 operations
manager, Mission Critical Partners
- Lindy Dages, change manager,
Mission Critical Partners
911 and 988 integration: why it is essential and how to achieve
it
- Bob Cozzie, director,
Portland (Oregon) Bureau of Emergency
Communications
- Dave Sankey, state 911 director,
Nebraska Public Service Commission
- Marie Jacques, director of 911,
Maine Public Utilities Commission
- Bonnie Maney, 911 operations
manager, Mission Critical Partners
What's new in outdoor warning systems
- Meena Janmohamad, emergency
manager, Beverly Hills,
California
- Brian Malinich, senior services
specialist, Mission Critical Partners
- Corey Thomas, technology
specialist, Mission Critical Partners
Remote operations: what this means in today's emergency-response
environment and how to leverage them
- Tim Kane, operations manager,
Arlington County (Virginia) Emergency Communications
- Jeff Wobbleton, system
administrator, Arlington County
(Virginia) 911
- Jamie Donley, assistant director
of operations, Kitsap 911
(Bremerton, Washington)
- Brad Flanagan, emergency
operations manager, Pitkin County
(Colorado) Emergency Communication
Center
- Brett Loeb, 911 division chief,
Pitkin County (Colorado) Regional Emergency Dispatch
Center
How to design and implement a public-safety grade facility
- Ashley Love, principal, ADW
Architects
- Vicki Callicutt, director of
communications, Union County
(North Carolina) Department of
Emergency Services
- Lisa Shorter, project manager,
Mission Critical Partners
- Frank Thomason, communications
consultant, Mission Critical Partners
"Since its inception five years ago, CAPS has featured the
public-sector's brightest minds exploring its greatest challenges
and opportunities, and this year's conference is no exception,"
said Morgan Sava, senior vice
president of corporate marketing and support services. "We're
looking forward to another great event."
Registration for this conference is open to any individual who
is working for a public-sector organization. Those interested in
attending can learn more and register to attend by clicking
here.
About Mission Critical Partners (MCP)
Mission Critical Partners (MCP) is a leading provider of
data-integration, consulting, and network and cybersecurity
solutions specializing in transforming mission-critical
communications networks into integrated ecosystems that improve
outcomes in the public safety, justice, healthcare, transportation,
and utility markets. Our comprehensive experience and
vendor-agnostic approach helps us develop modernized solutions for
our clients that achieve maximum value and optimal efficiency while
mitigating risk. Additional information and career opportunities
are available at http://www.MissionCriticalPartners.com.
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