How Iowa Centralized IT and Massively Overhauled State Systems
Government Technology:Iowa CIO Matt Behrens explains how his team spent the past two years completely reorganizing how the state runs IT, with a four-phased approach that eliminated redundancies, streamlined systems, and made state government more efficient and effective.
Photo Credit: Startup Iowa's Hot List/Diana Wright
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Startup Stories with Claimable: Turning Denied Claims into Human Stories
Startup Iowa's Hot List: Ben Goerdt and Zach Veigulis, of TAI member Claimable, sat down with Diana Wright and Tej Dhawan to share their startup story of tackling one of the U.S. healthcare system’s most frustrating and painful problems: insurance claim denials.
Iowa State Launches New Master of Financial Technology Degree
Ivy Iowa State: The Debbie and Jerry Ivy College of Business, in collaboration with the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences (Dept. of Computer Science), will offer a master of financial technology program beginning this fall.
“Rapid advances in computing — from descriptive and predictive data analytics to machine learning and blockchain — are transforming the financial industries. In today’s data-driven world, it is essential for financial and business leaders to be fluent in AI and machine learning technologies and to understand the security and privacy considerations that come with them.” – Pavan Aduri, interim chair of the Dept. of Computer Science
