In 2020, the Small Business Administration will look to push a dozen legacy applications off its network and improve its enterprise view of its customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOver the last three years we\u2019ve been just really focused on the technology and modernization and really driving that change and now we really need to mature a lot of what we\u2019re doing on our processes,\u201d SBA Chief Information Officer Maria Roat told Federal Times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The modernization will continue into 2020. SBA is folding 12 different log-in pages to one through login.gov, easing password management for its customers. Roat told Federal Times that she hopes to have that project done by the end of March. Roat also said that there are about a dozen small legacy applications she wants off the SBA network in the next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSo it\u2019s gonna be a big push to get rid of those some of them are 15 years old,\u201d Roat said. “And they get modernized.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
SBA will also roll out an enterprisewide customer relationship management (CRM) platform to get \u201cthat 360 view\u201d of SBA customers. It has worked with several offices throughout the agency to get them to join the platform. Through the CRM, SBA will be able to see what tools its customers use and what they need. SBA needs the platform to see its customers over their lifecycles \u2014 from the time they go to a local SBA office to develop a business plan, to apply for a microloan and ultimately starting business with the federal government and receiving a certification like \u201cwomen-owned small business.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBeing able to see that journey of a customer end to end, we can\u2019t see that today,\u201d Roat said. \u201cAnd that\u2019s what we\u2019re driving to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The IT culture is a far cry from where the cabinet agency was a few years ago. Nagesh Rao, SBA\u2019s director of business technology solutions, recently praised the IT leadership of Roat and her deputy, Guy Cavallo. Rao said that the key to SBA\u2019s success thus far has been a \u201cclear, steady hand\u201d from CIO leadership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cMaria and Guy have done a great job in helping clean up the IT infrastructure at SBA, but they came in inheriting about 10 years of delinquency,\u201d Rao said at the Advanced Technology Academic Research Center Dec. 11.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For success to continue at SBA, Roat plans to take the same approach she\u2019s had all along.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cContinuing to be relentless, keeping up with the projects and holding people\u2019s feet to the fire on deadlines and continuing to show progress over time \u2014 I think that\u2019s really important,\u201d Roat said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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