Enabling Collaboration in the New Workforce

In California, Gov. Newsom’s administration wants three-quarters of state workers to telework in offices where it’s possible, either full time or part time. This permanent shift to a hybrid work environment for thousands of California public sector employees will have a profound impact on how they connect with each other and constituents, and will require new tools to ensure an engaged, productive workforce.

Join Government Technology and Verizon on July 21 at 10 a.m. Pacific/1 p.m. Eastern as our experts discuss the importance of next-generation cloud VoIP services and collaboration tools in solving these challenges, and how California agencies can leverage the California Network and Telecommunications (CALNET) program to streamline procurement.

How to best support a dual office and work-at-home environment to maximize efficiencies
Why cloud-based VoIP services help you better serve constituents
Examples of agencies that have successfully migrated

Speaker and Presenter Information

Huib Coopmans

Product Manager, Advanced Communications, Verizon

Huib leads a team that helps to create, implement and market Verizon's global Unified Communications and Collaboration services to be the simplest, most effective and highly adopted tools that help our customers be more competitive and innovative in their industry through the tools they use everyday to talk, message, discuss, meet and share. His team supports national and global customers and Sales teams in US, Europe and APAC.

Bob Shafer

Product Marketing Manager, Verizon

Bob has been a Marketing and Product Management leader in business services at Verizon for 24 years. He has been helping support customers' communication needs, built and grown many of the B2B voice services, expanded them globally, and has helped transform them with the latest IP and 5G technologies. Prior to Verizon, Bob was a marketing leader at United Parcel Service. Bob has an MBA from Indiana University and a BS from Florida State University.

Bob Woolley — Moderator

Senior Fellow, Center for Digital Government

Bob was the chief technical architect for the state of Utah’s Department of Technology Services, including the development of the state’s Utah.gov portal. Utah has been widely recognized in these areas with numerous national awards. He has also been a technical lead and RFP writer for the WSCA/NASPO Cloud and Data Communication Procurements. He has experience with state, county and higher education employee skill assessments and technology upgrade implementations.