Marina Nitze
Partner and Crisis Engineer, Layer Aleph (2013 – Present); CTO of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (2013-2017); Co-Author, Crisis Engineering and Hack Your Bureaucracy
Marina Nitze, co-author of Hack Your Bureaucracy & Crisis Engineering, energizes audiences — particularly those facing crises and bureaucratic inertia — with inspiring, often funny stories of getting big things done in some of the world’s most impossible environments, including the White House and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, where she was the CTO.
Under $25,000
Marina Nitze brings a unique blend of crisis engineering expertise, government tech transformation, and innovation in social impact. Known for her strategic and empathetic approach, Nitze leverages her experience as the former Chief Technology Officer of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and as a partner at Layer Aleph to tackle mission-critical IT challenges. Her work spans from co-authoring Hack Your Bureaucracy and Crisis Engineering to developing scalable, bipartisan solutions in foster care and veterans’ benefits. Nitze's presentations offer actionable insights into navigating bureaucracy, emerging stronger from crises, and driving innovation in high-stakes environments. Audiences benefit from her practical frameworks, drawn from her roles in government and in solving tech crises in the private sector. Nitze’s inspiring, often humorous stories work especially well in public sector agencies, large bureaucracies, and those facing complex systems and challenges.
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Hack Your Bureaucracy
In this inspiring and often humorous talk, Marina Nitze shares proven tactics to navigate and transform bureaucratic organizations from her book, Hack Your Bureaucracy. Drawing from years in government and tech, Nitze guides audiences through actionable steps to define problems, identify overlooked solutions, and leverage organizational dynamics for change. From mapping "the real org chart" to cultivating key relationships, her insights reveal how to gain support and implement change in even the most rigid systems. Audiences leave with tools to break through red tape, foster innovation, and drive impactful change, no matter their position in an organization.
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