Rebecca A. Friedman

Rebecca is driven to improve the business of government through innovation, enhanced communication, and collaboration. She has more than 15 years of experience, including consulting at a leading professional services firm, managing government technology education events and strategic workshop delivery, and project management and execution. She is a self-proclaimed “gov geek” and “people connector” whose goal is to communicate the value of technology and how pivotal it is to drive the business of government.

Rebecca served as the Media Services Director and unofficial “Chief Technology Translator (CTT)” for Los Angeles County’s Internal Services Department (ISD), the operational IT services provider for the County’s 37 departments. Prior to joining ISD, Rebecca worked as a National Conference Director for e.Republic’s Government Technology division, an events, media, and research company focused exclusively on state and local government technology and education development. She was responsible for acting as a government and industry liaison for events focused on employee and business development in 11 states, including the State of California. At Deloitte Consulting Rebecca worked on state and local government projects in the US and Canada with a focus on leading change management and training efforts.