Gretchen Perry Governments around the world have been involved in helping find better ways to use technology for more than two decades. Over the past 14 years, he has led the practice of public and social impact worldwide at Slalm consulting.
He is now bringing his international experience to the Washington State As the new CTO of Washington Technology Solutions (WTAK)The
Watech was established as a consolidated technology service agency in Washington State in the 21st. The state is very nice to use the technology to provide services, this company is involved.
Perry is now working for implementation An ambitious new strategic plan He says that Washington is the goal of improving how the technology is used to serve residents. Is Perio Bellevue Innovation Exchange inaugurate Hall on Bellevue City on October 16.
A cultural change of focus on how Gikwire offers AI, cloud platforms, online services and upgrades to state residents – and Federal guidance and control around AI and Tech are still planning to use a cultural change in focus to do this to evolve. The interview was performed for Bravity and precision.
Gikwire: What has you attracted you to this role?
Perry: “I spent the last 20 years of management of my career, states and local governments help them to provide the results of their business better. At my previous farm, I led our global government education and non -profit business.
Gikwire: What is your top three priorities as CTO?
Perry: “I would say that my three -focus field is:
- We design and deploy the inhabitants first and in the heart in everything we deploy.
- Providing responsible technology – especially with some of the new and emerging technologies we see, with something, helps our staff to make the best decisions possible on how and when to get technology in their work.
- Using technology to improve our overall services.
From the online line online, we want to be able to supply where our services are, when they need and in any language they need to accept it. “
Gikwire: New 2025 has called for the development of enterprise standards for emerging technologies including AI, automation and cloud platform to ensure new 2025 IT strategic planning, equity and appropriate use. How big the lift do you think it will be?
Perry: “I think one of the biggest lifts is actually cultural. Governments always design their services from how their services operate, how residents and customers do not think about our services really. So this is the cultural change that I think is the most attractive transformation and the most task for us is the most task for us, with the right way we are looking for.
Another field where agencies are very interested in using new and emerging technologies are how we publish our Enterprise Knowledge Base – with chatboats and other issues that many jurisdictions are now deployed. We got very rich information but found that information could be a challenge for our residents. So to provide information to our residents is another region to use our Enterprise Knowledge base.
Computer vision is really one of the exciting fields, and we are trying to automatically inspect our staff, or to monitor our natural environment, we are watching it. There are cases of some interesting AI use in Puget Sound and in our ocean, or in the vicinity of detection and monitoring of various types of Illigus.
There are also conversations and translationic AIs. The technology has now come to a point where we are able to supply our content in hundreds of languages. Even in this case we have groups, our community that speaks unique language. And so technology progress allows us to reach them and allow them to communicate much easier than ever before.
Finally, (there is) agent workflow. It starts with our business activities around the scalp, starting with straight and ordinary things, such as shipping mills or other types of things where we can ensure that we are legalized, and then we can go to the hand work “”
Gikwire: It seems that one of your biggest challenges may be in the vicinity of the sealed information.
Perry: “Our problem is just as you say, we have silo in those categories that are operating their data. We are actually silo among the law enforcement agencies, where they have records management systems and their transmitting system and their proof management. So combining data between agencies is our first challenge and then the second challenge from multiple agencies.
Gikwire: As you are trying to bring AI to AI, it is even more challenging if you have to send AI to different places.
Perry: “Forty, and as long as we combine that data, we can truly identify and track the results we want to produce? We can track outputs, how many people we are serving with this kind
Gikwire: Federal guidance and rules on AI and Tech are still developed. How are you planning to navigate uncertainty and evolution at the national level?
Perry: “I am still in just over a month. (But it is almost) the federal criteria that had been for a while, benefited and confirm that we were providing our guidelines and rules that match the culture of Washington and (how) we want to create a welcome environment for everyone in this state. And this is what I can talk about.”
Gikwire: Does all you need to do in the IT strategic plan change the challenges of the current budget of the state?
Perry: “I think in this budget environment, it is even more important that we really rely on our technology to reach out to people who need it right now and provide more digital services so they can access them easily.”
Gikwire: If you were able to say about a year from Wahatk’s services given by Washington’s residents, what would it be?
Perry: “I think of this statement: ‘I hope I hope, but I’ll be great’.