Transportation Secretary Tata addresses NCTA Vendor Council Meeting

I had the honor of recently hosting the North Carolina Technology Association Government Vendor Council meeting, and the speakers were NC Secretary of Transportation,  Anthony Tata, and David Ullmer, the CIO for the NCDOT. The administration is looking more closely to streamline efficiencies, along with implementing more cloud services to reduce IT capital expenditure, and […]

North Carolina Digital Summit

This week, I attended the North Carolina Digitial Summit, hosted in Raleigh.    This conference brings together state and local government officials to focus on trends in IT governance, IT services, and new and innovative ways to deploy IT strategy.   Most attendees were state agency heads and Chris Estes, State CIO, delivered opening remarks. […]

August 29 Office Hours

My last Fall Office Hours were productive but not as busy as usual.    Starting next week, Office Hours will move to Fridays at noon. Chia Chi:  Chia Chi runs the IBM Global entreprenenurship Program and is very interested in working with me to offer a more structured mentoring program for the Hottovation program.   […]

August 28 Triangle J Council of Governments Meeting

On August 28 I attended, along with Morrisville Councilwoman Broadwell, the Board of Delegates Meeting for the Triangle J Council of Governments–one of the 17 regional North Carolina Councils of Governments (Region J) established by the North Carolina General Assembly for the purpose of regional planning and administration.  Delegates are encouraged to share this report with their elected colleagues. Recognition […]

Meet and Greet at Rabin and Sumitra Karkis

I enjoyed a wonderful Meet and Greet fundraising reception, hosted by Rabin and Sumitra Karki.    It was a pleasure to see and meet many leaders from the Nepalese community, and I am looking forward to democratic leadership in Nepal after the November elections. Secretary of State Elaine Marshall was the featured guest and she […]

Fun at the National Night Out

On Tuesday, August 6th, neighborhoods throughout Morrisville joined forces with thousands of communities nationwide for the “30TH Annual National Night Out” (NNO) crime and drug prevention event.     I enjoyed this event with family and friends and thank our staff, police and fire for a wonderful event. National Night Out, which is sponsored by […]

August 3 Breckenridge Triathalon

I had a wonderful time participating in the annual Breckenridge triathalon this morning and also volunteered for the kids race. Thanks to Jay Helms and the families for organizing this event and the 8 laps of swimming, and 4. 2 miles of running, since I do not have a bike!   Willingham is a killer […]