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President, Local Government Division, National Information Consortium, Overland Park, Kan. 41Feb. 1Married"The Lexus and the Olive Tree" by Thomas FriedmanBachelor of science, business administration, marketing, Plymouth State College, Plymouth, N.H.Master of business administration, decision support systems, New Hampshire College, Manchester, N.H.Before joining NIC, was national partner in charge of KPMG LLP's Public Sector Electronic Commerce Practice. Also served as regional manager for KPMG Peat Marwick's West Coast eCommerce practice and manager of strategic vendor relationships.Before joining KPMG, was the regional manager for Open Environment Corp., an application development middleware provider focused on multitier application development, deployment and management."The demand for NIC in local government markets is outstanding. [In our partnership with] Public Technology Inc., we will focus on meeting the demands for assisting our prospective and current customers [to meet] or exceed their goals for using e-government solutions to increase service levels to constituents."Additionally, with the help of PTI, we will be convening an advisory council comprised of our current local government customers, and other city and county government officials from throughout the United States to influence solution evolution, governance and policy for the NIC local government division. Our goal is to work closely with local governments to build the unique solutions that meet their needs, rather than limit their selection to pre-packaged, one-size-fits-all solutions being delivered by the new breed of e-government companies attempting to emerge in the market.""A passion for excellence; a commitment to the success of each of our clients; a desire for governments to succeed at e-enabling their enterprise portal strategies; vision and leadership; strong industry contacts; contacts in government throughout the United States."