Ep. 66 - Re-inventing productivity in business processes

Published: April 9, 2019, 3:27 p.m.

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In this episode, J. Richard Jones talks with\\xa0Jason Hermitage,\\xa0Vice President of Public Sector for Microsoft Canada. His work involves touching all levels of government to help them apply technology to enable strategic change to their business, cascading to better service delivery for (and on behalf of) Canadians.\\xa0

Jason\\u2019s Microsoft career started in 2002 and has taken him from Redmond, WA, to Fort Lauderdale, FL, to Paris, France before returning to his home in Canada. His work spans from leading the marketing initiatives of Microsoft\\u2019s $3B+ Server business, to growing the Latin American server business by double\\xa0digits, and\\xa0serving as the Chief-of-Staff to the President of Microsoft International where he visited 25+ countries each year.\\xa0

Jason is one of the speakers at our upcoming CGE Leadership and\\xa0TechGov\\xa0Summit taking place in Ottawa on April 24-25.\\xa0

In this show, hear more\\xa0about digital transformation and customer outcomes\\xa0and\\xa0case studies in digital transformation that\\xa0are saving time and increasing productivity. Jason shares more about the recent announcement about\\xa0Microsoft\\u2019s strategic partnership\\xa0with\\xa0StatsCan\\xa0to release building footprints to the OpenStreetMap community. He also delves into Superclusters and the latest in this field, which is opening up new collaborations as never before.\\xa0\\xa0

At the CGE Leadership and\\xa0TechGov\\xa0Summit,\\xa0Jason will talk about the best practices in AI and digital\\xa0transformation\\xa0in government by taking a look at what is happening in\\xa0other\\xa0countries. He will share\\xa0more about\\xa0how organizations\\xa0can get started in this\\xa0new wave of technology and\\xa0how we define the future.\\xa0\\xa0

To register for this event, go to techgov.ca.

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