Analyst Profile
Adelaide O'Brien
Research Manager, Government Services Delivery
Adelaide O'Brien is a research manager with IDC Government Insights, and responsible for developing and publishing research, based on primary and secondary information, for innovative government services delivery. Publications include research on federal government leadership through transformation, collaboration, and citizen participation; government use of social networking and best practices in Web 2.0; shared services; data center consolidation; and innovative sourcing vehicles used by GSA.
Ms. O’Brien regularly contributes to the government services delivery blog in the IDC Government Insights Community (http://idc-insights-community.com/government). She is often quoted in CIO Magazine, Government Technology, Nextgov.com, and Web 2.0 Journal.
Ms. O’Brien began her career working in various state and local governmental staff positions, including Minnesota State Government. She draws on more than 25 years of experience in high-tech corporations, including Honeywell, AT&T, Lucent, and Avaya, where she was an award winning marketing executive. She is known for her leadership skills, strategic thinking, and ability to collaborate on complex projects.
Ms. O’Brien has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from Marquette University, a Masters of Public Affairs from the University of Texas, where she published several articles on government policies and processes, and a Masters of Business Administration from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota. She has received a Volunteer of the Year Award from Women in Technology, and is actively engaged in the American Council for Technology Industry Advisory Council, where she serves as the Vice Chair of the Collaboration and Transformation Shared Interest Group.
Research Authored by Adelaide O'Brien
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A Time and Place for Social Media in Government
Adelaide O'Brien
May 2010 - Doc # lcUS22332810
IDC Link
As noted in Secrets to social media acceptance revealed — Government Computer News, panelists at the recent Open Government and Innovations Conference (which I attended) advised those in attendance to remain fearless proponents of using soc ...
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Federal Agencies Are Green as White Blankets Washington
Adelaide O'Brien
Feb 2010 - Doc # lcUS22204210
IDC Link
February 6 will be remembered as the day of the blizzard and two feet of snow for those who live and work in and around our nation's capitol. However, for many federal agencies, February 6 was a milestone date for meeting four key Open Gove ...
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IDC Insights Predictions 2010: Government
Thom Rubel, Alison Brooks, Ph.D., Shawn P. McCarthy, Adelaide O'Brien, Jan A. Duffy, Alex S. Kim
Jan 2010 - Doc # GI1CAG10
Event Proceeding
In this IDC Government Insights web conference, Thom Rubel, (Vice President of Research, IDC Government Insights), Dr. Alison Brooks (Research Director, Public Sector), Jan Duffy (Research Director, EMEA), Alex Kim (Research Di ...
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