James Gfrerer

CEO; Federal Business LLC; Former CIO, Department of Veterans Affairs

Prior to being a founding partner in Federal Business, LLC, Mr. Gfrerer was Assistant Secretary and Chief Information Officer at US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). In this role, he led the largest single centralized IT portfolio in the Federal Government of 8,000 IT professionals plus an additional 8,000 full-time contractors. While at VA, he implemented a Digital Transformation strategy of the nearly $6B portfolio which modernized the massive VA Enterprise. Mr. Gfrerer’s background also includes being Executive Director at Ernst & Young and Senior Advisor at the Department of State for cyber and intelligence activities.

Conference Day One: July 23, 2024

4:30 PM CLOSING PANEL DISCUSSION: EXPLORING VA EFFORTS IN AI INNOVATION

  • Overview of current AI programs across the VA and VHA enterprises 
  • Successes in handling veteran’s claims using Content Classification Predictive Service (CCPS) 
  • Implications of the VA Artificial Intelligence Tech Sprint encouraging innovators across America to create AI-enabled tools 

Conference Day Two: July 24, 2024

10:00 AM PANEL SESSION: CARE ON THE GROUND - VISN AND VAMC DIRECTOR ROUNDTABLE

·      Insight into how VISN Network Directors, CMOs and VAMC Directors engage into coordination for developing stakeholder support and resourcing to meet the networks programs and objectives

·      Evaluating strategies for improving medical care and administrative and operational support across the VISN and within the VAMC

·      How VISN leaders and VAMC directors work to determining funding across various VISN care services and various VAMCs

Check out the incredible speaker line-up to see who will be joining James.

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