As a Systems Engineer Manager of the State & Local Government practice at SAS, Brian Whittington is in charge of pre-sales engineering and customer retention in the western United States. By understanding the challenges and opportunities facing state and local government his engineering team architects solutions that really make a difference to citizens and policymakers. Brian’s team also works closely with our customers to make sure they get full value out of their investment in SAS technology and professional services. During his 8 years at SAS, Brian has worked in various technical sales roles applying SAS’s business intelligence, data integration and analytical capabilities to solve real-world business problems. He was instrumental in the rollout of SAS 9 to customers in the Western United States and for the past 6 years has focused exclusively on applying his knowledge and skills within state and local government. Brian holds a degree from California State University Fullerton and resides in West Linn, Oregon where he enjoys hiking, fishing, and reading but most of all, spending time with his wife and two young children.
Most people don’t think about government when they hear the word “innovation”, but it’s happening, and has been since long before “The Great Recession.” However, the current economic conditions have certainly moved things along. Government responds very similarly to private industry when faced with challenges. SAS manages to do relatively
It is inspiring for me to see the determination of government employees working to provide us the level of service we have all grown accustomed to even in the midst of "The Great Recession". I don’t need to tell you that the need for government services goes up dramatically during
I come across many government agencies that are tackling very important issues (i.e. fraud & improper payments, bio-surveillance, patient outcomes, etc.) using rules, basic analytics and intuition. These are techniques that have been used successfully for years especially when government was smaller, the dollars involved were less significant, and the
