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Christopher Driscoll, Director of Technology at University of Pittsburgh How do you have a campus culture when everything is online? The IT Hierarchy Top 4 in Order #1: Security #2: Connectivity #3: Reliability #4: Resourcefulness

Len “The Tank” Svitenko – IT at Shell Oil We all go through adversity, How do you deal with it? When the feedback you receive is, “You’re fat and slow” Can’t hurt me Learn business analytics and you’ll be accepted. Where there are problems… there are remote workers and remote workstations.

Keith Tripp, IT Infrastructure Leader| Cybersecurity Risk Strategist| Technology Leader |Baltimore Aircoil Company Top 5 Tips from Keith Tripp #1: Collaboration kills silos #2: Master achieving buy-In from others #3: Learn to sell at the Executive Level #4: Communicate communicate communicate #5: Simplify as much as technology can allow

Jon Comstock, IT Manager @Berger Chevrolet “Don’t be afraid to say your piece, take chances and know who you are working for.” Building Asteroids and the Lunar Lander Delivering End-Users Phish in Newspapers Security cameras for car jackers Keep the cash register open I should get something for this: https://www.gmpartsnow.com/ Like a free SS or something with...

Jack Suess “Technology Legend” VP of IT and CIO at UMBC if you can’t sell the value of IT after the pandemic you probably shouldn’t be the leader of IT Actually, thinking about your coded before submitting. Who remember the past TCP battles? Working at a rate of 96 Baud The positives and negatives of...

Andre Green, IT Manager Luminis Health Not in IT?  Just make friends with IT people and work for free Small IT staff off 40 guys Medical Billing Loose note documents lol How do we prevent a ransomware attack… just google it Not in IT?  Just make friends with an IT Director and work for free...

Chris Perrin: Director of IT at A-1 Freeman Moving Group Pet Peeves surrounding Domains Justifying Costs for T1s Measuring people. IT people need to love selling If I gave you a million dollars to spend on IT where would you spend it? How do we break the numbers down and make the investment a no-brainer

New Jersey IT Director renames the iPhone appropriately, “Jersey Phone” Tony Fatouros, Director, IT – OCM and Change Enablement at Mattel, Inc. End users ask, “Why can’t we do what amazon does?” change is a constant now… get used to IT Knowing what to do is easy… but how do you know what to measure? What...

Harrison Woodard – IT Business Building Master How to exploit technology Where to Learn the Language of Business “I’m here for the solution” Rebuilding IT Forcing Yourself to Walk Away No One Want to Do Scarry Stuff The answer is so simple

The Missing OSI Layers How to cut time managing The fun of spear fishing end users How to deal with everything we do becoming obsolete Governing human factors with policy How do you pick what to learn next?

Aldino Parchment: Head Of Information Technology, Paramount Global Encouraging Fear What’s your Maturity Level Sounds like Panama is where it’s at How much Technology Foundation do you need? Challenge you order takers to take charge Live life as a project manager and you’ll be happier If you can’t do this, you might as well just lay...

WOW! What an Episode!!! Cia Hang, Senior Director of Information Technology at Chapter Aesthetics, deconstructs all my beliefs on Leadership being important.  At least we don’t have to worry about leading anymore, but we do have to worry about our genetics. Human relationships are a nightmare to navigate because people are not on the same page If you...

First… listen all the way to the end because this episode gets deep. Why would a CEO not want the person with full visibility across the entire business, all departments, and all groups of people sitting next him at the executive round table? Navy 1996 Radio Man Inappropriate viral emails spellcheck mistake Still on exchange…...

Zach Hill is the man creating IT futures.  For everyone asking, “How do I get started in IT?” … you need to listen to this episode.  Where do you get started? Where do go once you get started? How to deal with anxiety and fear? What to do if you get stagnant? How do you...

Ali Niroo & Phil discuss the backend program and engine behind Dissecting Popular IT Nerds. How to deal with heavy workloads, old iron on the desk, and preparing for scale ROI efficiencies & fiduciary benefits Taking a stance on cyber security Good business processes Forklifting environments while remaining lean & mean Real partners not disingenuous, indefensible product...

MIT grad & PHD holder Sidney Burks talks about Building a time machine for real Building a warp drive Sub-atomic particles, quantum mechanics / optics Different universes Logo on an 8088 We play, “Meraki I hate you because… “ “I hate you because you have no roll-based access” And many more And some unnecessary Mother’s...

Minority owned Businss IT leaders, Abuukar and Zakariya talk about their journey to start their IT company (PID Enterprise) at 18 years old. 19 years old with a CCNA, CompTIA & AWS certs. Helping minorities grow & support the community Setting positive examples for the younger generation How to travers a steep technology learning curve...

Chris Savage, IT Leader and Azure Synapse expert discusses AI: How machine learning delivers valuable business intelligence Spotting people hiding behind spreadsheets & PowerPoint presentations Due Diligence, governance, and learning to delegate The 286 days in Austin networking our homes Managing people effectively and the heartaches you’ll encounter Resources and support for new IT leaders...

Greg Chavarria is a proven transformation leader with strong focus on smart cities technology, customer centric agility and sustainability strategies across the public sector space. He is an innovator with a deep grasp of technology, change management and project management.  I ask him some tough questions… and he gives some powerful responses. Here are just...

Fred Gagle, VP of Technology CISO Overwhelming WFH issues Solving WIFI conflicts “You’re on Mute” Shared resources How IT makes the company Money Improving the customer journey Automating human tasks Going paperless What should kids study if they want to work into technology Networking Cloud Software Web Dev. Mobility AI Security