Interop is on the agenda of many public sector organizations around the world, for many, knowing where and how to start building a strategy that effectively addresses the needs of citizens, businesses, and government can be a daunting challenge.

To address this, and as part of Microsoft's Connected Government Framework initiative team, Lorenzo Madrid specializes in developing and delivering Strategy workshops.

In this interview, Lorenzo outlines a number of important areas for consideration, which of course he will expand on to some depth in his workshops.

• Interop as an opportuity for Public Sector
• Typical issues public sector want to address through a successful interop strategy
• Impacts a successful strategy can have on key stakeholers
• Constraints that can impede or slow strategy execution

If you want to contact Lorenzo you can do so directly at lorenzo.madrid@microsoft.com or through the public sector division within your local subsidiary.

In the next few weeks, I will also be recording interviews with Alan Grose and Marth Naelbuff on related workshops that we offer on Technology and Intellectual Property respectively.

 Jonny