John O’Leary

John O’Leary heads up State and Local Government research for the Deloitte Center for Government Insights. John served in several senior leadership roles for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, including Chief Human Resource Officer and Commissioner of the Division of Unemployment Assistance.

A graduate of MIT, John’s research explores how new technologies can successfully be integrated into the public sector. He was a distinguished research fellow with the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University and is the co-author of the best-selling book “If We Can Put a Man on the Moon: Getting Big Things Done in Government.”