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Kerrica Laake
Chief Information Officer
City of Austin
Speaker Topics
- Organizational Change
Speaker Bio
Kerrica has over 30 years of local government experience and for over twenty years she has successfully engaged leadership teams, stakeholders, customers, staff, and vendors to create innovative, customer driven, community focused technology solutions for the Austin community. As the Chief Information Officer for the City of Austin, she focuses on digital transformation efforts that will help the city modernize its technology portfolio and improve the digital experience for employees, the community and business operations. Additionally, her teams provide the essential IT services that the City depends on daily. Kerrica is a University of Texas alumna and she’s active in the Austin technology community serving as an advisor to the SIM (Society for Information Management) Austin Board of Directors and sits on the ACC Continuing Education IT Advisory Board. She was awarded the Statescoop Local IT Leader of the Year Award in 2023 and the Best New CIO Award from the Texas Technology Consortium in 2024.
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Session
Monday, October 20, 2025 07:30 AM - 09:00 AM EDT
State/Local Government Networking Breakfast: Innovation Addressing the Triple Squeeze in Government
Liana Bailey-Crimmins,
Chief Information Officer, State of California
Peter Wallace,
Chief Information Officer, City of Virginia Beach
Craig Orgeron,
Chief Information Officer, State of Mississippi
Kerrica Laake,
Chief Information Officer, City of Austin
State and local government agencies are facing unprecedented new challenges and opportunities. State-led efficiency efforts, federal funding, regulation changes and increased use of AI are some of the reactionary impacts. Attend this session to learn from four state and local government leaders on how they are capitalizing on these recent challenges.
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