Nikhil J. Deshpande was named Chief Digital Officer for the state of Georgia in 2017. He conceptualized and now heads the Office of Digital Services (DSGa) under the Georgia Technology Authority.
Nikhil envisioned and led Georgia’s user centric digital transition to an enterprise open source web-publishing platform. Under his direction, Georgia became the first state in the United States to use open source at an enterprise scale and meet special needs of constituents with a range of disabilities affecting vision, hearing, motion and cognition making the platform Section 508 and WCAG 2.0 AA compliant.
Nikhil advocated and set the framework for the use of social media for Georgia, back when using social media for government was not common. He established a presence for the state on Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter to quickly address citizens’ questions and concerns.
Prior to his career in digital government, Nikhil worked in advertising and digital media.
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The state of Georgia is one of the most populous states in the American south. With a population of 10.4 million people interacting with the state at some point, the state’s web presence needed a serious design makeover. With very little consistency amongst hundreds of Georgia’s websites, the state was struggling to maintain how these websites were designed and built. Ideally, an online platform...
New for 2019, the Regional Digital Government Summit is a place for provincial, state, and municipal government leaders to focus on the unique opportunities and obstacles they face. Chaired by some of North America’s digital government pioneers, join this intimate gathering of under 100 executives within FWD50.
The summit will cover a wide range of topics, including de-risking technology...
New for 2019, the Regional Digital Government Summit is a place for provincial, state, and municipal government leaders to focus on the unique opportunities and obstacles they face. Chaired by some of North America’s digital government pioneers, join this intimate gathering of under 100 executives within FWD50.
The summit will cover a wide range of topics, including de-risking technology...
New for 2019, the Regional Digital Government Summit is a place for provincial, state, and municipal government leaders to focus on the unique opportunities and obstacles they face. Chaired by some of North America’s digital government pioneers, join this intimate gathering of under 100 executives within FWD50.
The summit will cover a wide range of topics, including de-risking technology...
