Webinar
Empowering the Public Sector: Embracing Hybrid Cloud Solutions for Enhanced Efficiency and Security
From Leadership Connect
In recent years, the public sector has faced an ever-growing demand for digital services, data management, and streamlined operations. To meet these challenges, government agencies and organizations are turning to hybrid cloud solutions as a strategic approach to modernize their IT infrastructure.
Tune into this panel as industry experts, government representatives, and cloud solution providers with experience in deploying hybrid cloud solutions within the public sector explore topics like benefits, challenges, and best practices of implementing hybrid cloud environments in the public sector. By the end of the webinar, participants will have a comprehensive understanding of the advantages and considerations of adopting hybrid cloud and be better equipped to embark on their digital transformation journey for the public good.
Speakers to come.
Moderator
Alan B. Thomas Jr.
Chief Solutions Officer
Leadership Connect
Alan is the Chief Solutions Officer at Leadership Connect. He also serves as an Operating Advisor to Enlightenment Capital. Prior to these roles, he was appointed and served as the Commissioner of the US General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service from June 2017 until November 2019. As Commissioner, Alan led 3,500 people responsible for delivering $65B in acquisition and technology solutions annually to enable efficiencies across the federal government. He also served as a founding member on two Congressionally mandated boards, the Technology Modernization Fund and the Federal Acquisition Security Council.
Alan started his federal career as a Presidential Management Fellow, serving on both the Army staff and in the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology & Logistics, where he earned the Secretary of Defense Award for Excellence and the Vice President’s Hammer Award for innovation in public service. Later in his career he returned to public service as a member of the Department of Defense’s Task Force for Business and Stability Operations in Iraq and on the staff of the Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence.
In the private sector, Alan held several leadership roles including Chief Operating Officer at both IntelliBridge and Berico Technologies, Vice President with Data Networks Corporation, and as a business unit leader at Unison. Earlier in his career he held delivery and account management roles with Booz Allen Hamilton and FreeMarkets.
Alan holds a Master of Business Administration from Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School, a Master of Public Affairs from the University of Texas’s LBJ School, and a Bachelor of Arts from Grinnell College. He maintains an active security clearance.
Alan provides guest commentary to Federal Computer Week and the Federal News Network.
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