In this episode of Tech Talks with Tim, Nevada State CIO Tim Galluzi sits down with Brian Bowles, Director of the Office of Project Management, for a practical conversation about ERP modernization in state government.

ERP stands for enterprise resource planning. In plain English, it is the system that helps government manage core business functions like finance, human resources, and operations. It may not be flashy, but it is foundational.

Tim and Brian discuss what it took to reset a struggling implementation, rebuild around strong project management, treat the vendor as a true partner, and keep moving toward a more standardized “One Nevada” approach. They also talk about organizational change management, cybersecurity benefits that come from simplification, how governance changes once a project becomes an operational product, and why the future of ERP may include safe, secure AI tools that help employees learn faster and make better decisions.

The episode closes on a simple piece of leadership advice that still does a lot of heavy lifting: be kind.

Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:29 Welcome to Tech Talks with Tim

00:50 Brian Bowles’ path to public service

03:37 From Wildlife to one of the state’s biggest IT efforts

05:15 What ERP actually is

07:52 Resetting a struggling implementation

10:07 Rebuilding with project management discipline

11:03 Choosing the right partner and moving fast

13:06 Why modernization cannot copy old processes

15:06 “One Nevada” and standardization

17:31 Simplification and cybersecurity

18:23 When governance has to grow up

22:22 What AI could do inside ERP

25:15 Leadership advice: be kind

26:12 Outro

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