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Greg Altman Greg is currently leading the Infrastructure team at Strike Construction. He has implemented Cato Networks, migrations to RingCentral and M365, Mitel phone systems, VS Code, Storage Spaces Direct clusters, and various Azure services. A problem-solver at heart, Greg has a breadth of knowledge that enables me to communicate with people at all levels...

Daniel Millbank Daniel is responsible for the successful completion of strategic initiatives around all aspects of IT, information architecture, knowledge management, and process improvement. With over two decades of experience in the technology field, he’s not only managed highly technical projects but also put an intentional focus on fostering healthy cultures, developing passionate people, and...

George Bica George is the Director of information technology at HZO, a global company that delivers world-class water-proof nanocoating solutions that safeguard electronics, electrical products & critical applications in an ever-changing market. His position in IT is the highest leadership position within the organization in charge of information technology operations and vision for the future...

Al Gardner  Al Gardner is the Vice President of Information Technology and Security for Denver-based Inspirato.  Mr. Gardner  specializes in strategic IT management and overall network operations management. Al is a passionate coach and mentor who has a reputation for building and motivating highly effective teams by creating a culture built on integrity, compassion, innovation,...

Milos Topic, CIO Digital Transformation Behemoth Most IT people struggle in certain key areas… Here’s what to do… When you struggle with telling the narrative When you struggle selling your big plan When people circumvent your IT leadership When you can’t convert someone  The power of 8 cents Stop the bleeding Enable the future Hire...

#126 – The Human Factor Engineer Calvin Nobles, Department Chair and Information Technology Professor There is no defined scientific discipline surrounding humans… and yet humans cause all the problems. What are the high friction Points with humans Cognitive abilities put to work Hands-on experience leads to advanced level skills. Why making your own lab could...

David Park is Director of Information Technology at Sambatek and a transformational leader with a high functioning form of Autism. “Working 80 hrs a week only to get insulted.” Crazy Example of Roadmap Failure at 38 min in. High level success with autism No Roadmap… welcome to hell Circumventing Upper management Stake holder buy-in

Dr Braden Myers, MBA, MIS helps you concur the dreaded comment, “It’s working fine, why should we change?” What truly is customer centric? IT is not a service or a function? How does business and IT align How does empathy work Why do good IT guys quit? And… Should you quit your job?

Malachi Salazar came in as a spy at 19 Years Old… Was taking a year off before college… Instead got hired to forklift massive multi-location company. Also on this episode… Old IT artifacts running XP Where do sales come from if IT doesn’t exist? 1st, 2nd, 3rd interviews for IT jobs Ambition + Direction = Progression How...

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

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

Tom Goral (IT Manager at 1888 industrial services) describes the 3 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? Check out his website here for wicked...

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...