Overview
Join Your State, Local and Education Peers for Oracle Innovation Day @ Austin
Discover how AI, OCI and the latest innovations from Oracle AI World can help your organization streamline operations and accelerate digital transformation. This is not just another cloud event — it’s a focused, hands-on opportunity for Texas public sector leaders to explore how to responsibly and efficiently adopt AI and cloud infrastructure. You’ll walk away with:
- Knowledge of how OCI Services make it easy for agencies to build and deploy AI—without needing massive GPU infrastructure—using prebuilt tools for language, vision, and anomaly detection that integrate directly with OCI. We’ll explain how public sector teams can start fast, control costs, and scale confidently.
- Real examples of AI and Oracle Data Platform success stories in government from agencies who went from zero GPU capability to fully operational AI workloads — and how they did it quickly and securely on Oracles Data Platform.
- Oracle Cloud Infrastructure and AI Platform Services goes beyond GPUs delivering unmatched performance, control, and cost efficiency for state agencies building real-world AI solutions.
- Practical steps to get started with OCI and Oracle Gen AI Data Platform for both traditional infrastructure and AI initiatives including a roadmap and migration considerations. In addition, OCI differentiators including cost savings, hybrid cloud options, and performance advantages.
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AgendaWelcome & Opening Remarks - Mike Hussey & Amanda Crawford, State of TexasHow Oracle Powers the Future of AI:- AI Everywhere: Unified Intelligence Across the Oracle Stack - Mike Hussey, Oracle
- Why OCI: Powering AI and Mission-Critical Workloads Without Compromise - Eric Rothrock, Oracle
- OCI Journey
- AI Data Platform - Scott Herman, Oracle
- Oracle 26ai - Henry Byorum, Oracle
Accelerating AI & Data Intensive Workloads on OCI with AMD From AI Vision to Reality: Build and Deploy End-to-End AI Apps in Weeks, Not Months –Frank Yuk-Kwai Lee & Laura St John, MisaLabsBreakouts:- Expanding What’s Possible: Why Leading Organizations Are Choosing OCI – TJ Lamphier & Syed Imam, Oracle
- Oracle Multi-Cloud Data Platform for Freedom of Choice
Breakouts:- Data-Driven Decisions, & Real-time Data Replication for Texas State Agencies - Chelsa Vinklarek, Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
- OCI Project Flair – Bringing AI Resources to Texas – TJ Lamphier, Oracle
Networking Reception & Simulator
![]() Mike Hussey,Industry Executive Director for State and Local Strategy for Oracle Government and Education Mike Hussey is an industry executive director for state and local strategy for Oracle Government and Education. Mike has 25 Read full bioMike Hussey is an industry executive director for state and local strategy for Oracle Government and Education. Mike has 25 years of senior leadership experience with the State of Utah where he most recently served as CIO for the State of Utah and the executive director for the Department of Technology Services. While serving in this cabinet-level position, Mike was known as a collaborative and transformative leader who enjoys applying technological advances available in the market. Among some of his accomplishments while the state CIO, Mike led the state’s cloud journey and digital transformation efforts, created the state’s first cyber center, and formed the state’s first innovation fund.
Mike has been recognized as a “Top 25 Doer, Dreamer and Driver” in the public sector.
![]() Amanda Crawford,Executive Director and State of Texas CIO, Texas Department of Information Resources As Executive Director and State of Texas Chief Information Officer, I am responsible for the overall leadership, direction, and Read full bioAs Executive Director and State of Texas Chief Information Officer, I am responsible for the overall leadership, direction, and daily operations of the Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR), an agency with an annual fiscal profile of more than $6 billion per year. DIR’s responsibilities include protecting the state’s data and critical technology infrastructure, managing a multi-billion dollar cooperative contracts program, and providing strategic technology leadership, solutions, and innovation to all levels of Texas government. ![]() Eric Rothrock,AVP of AI/ML at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Eric Rothrock is the AVP of AI/ML at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), where he has spent the past two years Read full bioEric Rothrock is the AVP of AI/ML at Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), where he has spent the past two years spearheading OCI’s innovative AI services across Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) and, most recently, Platform as a Service (PaaS) models. With deep expertise in artificial intelligence, Eric specializes in bringing products to market that accelerate the adoption and advancement of generative AI technologies within commercial enterprises, government agencies, and higher education institutions throughout North America.
Eric is passionate about driving growth and innovation, particularly in launching new business ventures for established corporations and scaling emerging startups. He joined Oracle following his leadership role at a successful AI-driven software startup. Throughout his career, Eric has consistently leveraged Oracle technologies, and he is now proud to be at the forefront of OCI’s transformative AI initiatives.
Based in northern New Jersey, Eric enjoys adventure travel with his wife and two daughters, continually striving to appreciate and cherish every moment shared with his family.
![]() Scott Herman,Master Principal Enterprise Cloud Architect, Oracle Scott is an Oracle Certified Database Administrator with proven ability to Read full bioScott is an Oracle Certified Database Administrator with proven ability to effectively manage databases, applications, and projects. Excel at analyzing products and procedures to generate new ideas to improve efficiency and production quality. ![]() Henry Byorum,Vice President Product Management, Oracle(OCI) Oracle product manager and business development professional that has built instrumental product Read full bio Oracle product manager and business development professional that has built instrumental product development and marketing programs.
Henry has broad experience across: PaaS and SaaS, Database and application server middle-ware, business-to-business integration and Internet commerce platforms. ![]() Laura St John,Co-Founder and COO, MisaLabs Laura is Co-Founder and COO of MisaLabs, guiding company strategy, operations, and partnerships Read full bioLaura is Co-Founder and COO of MisaLabs, guiding company strategy, operations, and partnerships to scale AI adoption across industries. Before co-founding MisaLabs, she spent over 20 years at Intel in senior finance and corporate development roles, leading $30B in strategic partnerships and chairing multiple governance boards. Laura brings a deep background in business transformation, execution discipline, and strategic growth. ![]() Frank Yuk-Kwai Lee,Founding VP of Engineering, MisaLabs Frank is the Founding VP of Engineering at MisaLabs, where he leads the development of modular Read full bio Frank is the Founding VP of Engineering at MisaLabs, where he leads the development of modular and scalable AI infrastructure that enables rapid enterprise AI transformation. With over 25 years of experience in AI, cloud computing, and media systems, Frank has built and scaled global engineering teams and launched AI-driven SaaS platforms used worldwide. Previously, he served as VP of Engineering at Krane Inc. and Senior Director of AI Engineering at Ampere Computing (acquired by Softbank), driving real-world deployment of large-scale AI and generative systems. ![]() Davide Teixeira,Senior Field Application Engineer, AMD’s Global Center of Excellence With over 20 years of experience in High-Performance Computing (HPC), I have spent Read full bioWith over 20 years of experience in High-Performance Computing (HPC), I have spent the past several years specializing in Artificial Intelligence. My expertise centers on AMD Instinct™ GPUs for AI and HPC workloads, while I also work with EPYC™ CPUs when needed. ![]() Chelsa Vinklarek,Deputy Director, Fiscal Management Division State of Texas CAPPS ERP—including all the lexicon and concepts that accompany a large multi-tenant Read full bioState of Texas CAPPS ERP—including all the lexicon and concepts that accompany a large multi-tenant system. Chelsa has a strong background in payroll policy, expertise in fiscal policy, fund accounting, and the Comptroller’s traditional systems.
ITIL | CTCM, CTCD | Agile Expert ![]() Vijay Kumar,Director of Business Development, AMD Vijay Kumar is a technology executive with deep expertise in cloud infrastructure and Read full bioVijay Kumar is a technology executive with deep expertise in cloud infrastructure and GPU computing. As Director of Business Development for AMD’s Datacenter GPU group, he drives strategic initiatives with hyperscale partners, leading the OCI AMD GPU program for next-generation AI and HPC workloads.
Previously, Vijay served as Director of Cloud Strategy at Broadcom, where he led the development of VMware’s joint offerings with AWS, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, helping to expand VMware’s multicloud ecosystem. |
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