Public Sector Tech Talk E36: The Changing Application Culture within the Federal Government

Event Overview

A culture shift is taking place within the federal government. In an environment that was traditionally slower to adopt new technologies, a new mentality is taking hold when it comes to modern applications – and that is to embrace apps that optimize and modernize operations versus clinging to legacy solutions. Agencies today cannot afford to hold onto and coddle legacy applications that cause issues. They need to decisively eliminate problematic applications and replace them with technologies that securely and effectively support their missions. During this Public Sector Tech Talk, experts from World Wide Technology and F5 Networks will discuss how this culture shift is impacting public sector agencies and key considerations that IT teams should bear in mind as they continue to modernize their application infrastructure.

Featured Speakers

Rick Pina

World Wide Technology

Chief Technology Advisor - Public Sector

Rick leads the Public Sector Technology and Innovation Group. Piña has over 30 years of experience in the information technology field. He joined WWT in 2015, after serving in the United States Army for 25 years. His culminating assignment was serving as the United States Army Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Principal Technical Advisor to the Army Chief Information Officer (CIO).

Rob Whiteley

F5 NETWORKS LIMITED

VP, GM NGINX

Rob leads product strategy and development for all NGINX open source, software, and SaaS solutions at F5. Specifically, overseeing engineering, product management, and marketing for the NGINX Product Group, a business unit within F5. He also maintains dotted-line responsibility for NGINX sales, support, professional services, finance, HR, and legal resources within corporate F5.

Goals and Objectives

After attending, viewers will gain a better understanding of how public sector agencies embrace new, modern applications within their environments.

Who should attend?

Public sector IT professionals looking to understand the culture shift taking place within public sector agencies around applications.