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184. What Makes Biopharma IT So Unique with Matthew Dawson
Matthew Dawson Matthew Dawson is the Senior Director of IT at a biopharma company in the Dallas area. The biopharma space is uniquely different from his past experiences, especially...
183. David Stevens Reveals the One Skill You Need to Have to Move Up in IT
David Stevens David Stevens is the Vice President of Information Technology at TIE Industrial just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. David began his career as a programmer in 1994 before...
182. Prioritizing Your Approach to Cybersecurity with Rob Carson
Rob Carson Rob Carson is the Founder and CEO of Semper Sec. His company is a cybersecurity consulting firm that helps small to mid-sized businesses build security programs and...
181. Rob Glass Explains What It’s Like to Be an MSP
Rob Glass Rob Glass is the CEO of Computer Systems Plus Inc. The company was started by his father 38 years ago, and operates as an MSP (managed service...
180. How to Measure the Success of IT Projects with Mike Solverud
Mike Solverud Mike Solverud has nearly 20 years of experience in the IT industry, amassing an abundance of knowledge in security, disaster recovery, and complex infrastructure solutions. Mike has...
179. What Should Be in Your Security Policy with Jim Smith
Jim Smith Jim Smith is the Information Technology Security Specialist at Decisely, a company that offers HR services to brokers and small businesses. Jim has worked in IT for...
178. How Non-Profit IT Operates with Adam Lopez
Adam Lopez Adam Lopez is the Vice President of Information Technology at Goodwill South Nevada. He has been in the IT industry for over 20 years and is no...
177. How Mark File Enables His Entire Company
Mark File Mark File is the Director of IT at Gecko Robotics. He has been in IT for 20 years and joined Gecko Robotics about a year ago. From...
176. Stan Meshkov on Why IT Outsourcing is Becoming Even More Common
Stan Meshkov Stan Meshkov is the CEO and Founder of Umbrella IT Group. Stan has a long history of founding IT companies, along with companies that provide tools and...
175. Christian Scott Answers Why Some Clinics Don’t Have Wi-Fi and Other Healthcare Conundrums
Christian Scott Christian Scott is the Senior IT Manager at New Directions Behavioral Health. With 25 years of experience in IT, Christian has become well-versed in project management, team...
174. Staying Ahead of the IT Curve with Christian Haller
Christian Haller Christian Haller is the Director of IT at Diamond C Trailers. He started in the automotive industry dealing with blueprints after initially studying architectural technology and construction...
173. How Robby Jakovljevic Went From Refugee to Director of IT
Robby Jakovljevic Robby Jakovljevic is a Director of IT. After a lengthy application process, he arrived in Canada as a refugee from the civil war in Yugoslavia in the...
172. Digital Car License Plates? IT Manager David Ftacnik Explains
David Ftacnik David Ftacnik is the Senior IT Manager with Reviver, a company working on providing digital car license plates across the country. David has over 20 years of...
171. Praveen Malhotra Tells Us Why Dealing With Vendors is a Huge Part of Life Sciences IT
Praveen Malhotra Praveen Malhotra is the Vice President of Information Technology at TCR2 Therapeutics Inc. He has amassed over 20 years of experience transforming information technology in life sciences...
170. Director of IT Joe Whalen Takes a Break From Hosting His Own Podcasts to Be a Guest on Ours
Joe Whalen Joe Whalen is the Director of Information Technology at an electronics manufacturer in the DOD sector. With 30 years of experience in the industry, ranging from Radio...
169. David Meltzer Teaches Us Effective Project Management in IT
David Meltzer David Meltzer is the IT Director at Hickory Transportation. David joined the military out of college and, while enlisted, gained a wealth of IT and operational experience....
168. Why Your Company Needs Change with Sam Nafziger
Sam Nafziger Sam Nafziger is the IT Manager at Gripple USA. Despite his initial interest in technology, Sam ended up studying business administration at college before realizing that there...
167. How Timothy Laudell Jackson Manages IT in the Oil Industry
Timothy Laudell Jackson Timothy Laudell Jackson is the Chief Information Officer at Diamond Offshore. Timothy has 30 years of experience in IT and 18 years of experience in leadership...
166. Using IT to Enhance Quality of Life with Carlos Jofre
Carlos Jofre Carlos Jofre is the Executive Director of IT at BioTissue. Having worked in the industry for 30 years, Carlos is an expert in creating roadmaps for businesses...
165. How Drew Stone Turned His Farming Background Into an IT Career
Drew Stone Drew Stone is the Director of IT and Data Security at True Velocity Ammunition. Coming from a farming background, Drew didn’t have a normal path to IT...
164. Travis Pierce Tells Us Why Dairy IT is So Complex
Travis Pierce Travis Pierce is the Director of Information Technology at Tillamook County Creamery Association. Starting as a PC Technician in 1997, Travis has worked his way up throughout...
163. Understanding the Bottom Line as an IT Professional with Jose Garcia
Jose Garcia Jose Garcia is currently working as IT Manager for Datamark. Jose has been in the industry for over 20 years and, in addition to IT, he has...
162. How Andrey Stryukov Prevents Siloing of His IT Department
Andrey Stryukov Andrey Stryukov is CIO at CountBOX US and Information Technology Operations Manager at Lumen Property Management. A technology strategist and innovator with over 15 years of experience...
161. How John Lay Has Built Teams Since Cable TV Was New
John Lay John Lay is Vice President of Information Technology with Camping World and Good Sam. Since the 80s, John has worked in a variety of roles and industries...
160. Why Mitch O’Dell Won’t Assign Jobs He’s Not Willing to Do Himself
Mitch O’Dell Mitch O’Dell is the Director of Information Technology at Shimmick Construction, working his way up from Computer Operator Lead. Starting off, Mitch was initially a military man...
159. Is Stuart Smith a Geek or a Nerd?
Stuart Smith Stuart Smith is the IT Director at Medtronic. Stuart has been working at Medtronic for 22 years, climbing the IT ladder from Principal IT Project Leader to...
158. Why Chris Barnes Always Asks if New Projects Align With the Firm’s Values
Chris Barnes Chris Barnes is CTO of Operations and Strategic Services at Howard LLP. Howard LLP is a market leader in providing financial consulting, audit, assurance, tax, and IT...
157. Joshua Clemons Explains IT Security When Working With the Military
Joshua Clemons Joshua Clemons is the Director of Information Technology at Transhield Inc. He has worked in IT since 2007 and has held roles as a technical consultant, desktop...
156. When You Must Avoid Technical IT Terms with Roman Bulkiewicz
Roman Bulkiewicz Roman Bulkiewicz is the Chief Information Officer with HumanN. He has been working in the IT industry for over 25 years and has extensive experience building, optimizing,...
155. How Machine Learning Makes IT Better with Larry Hack
Larry Hack Today’s guest is Larry Hack, Chief Technology Officer at CPAP.com. Currently based in Cypress, Texas, Larry has been in technology for over 30 years and has worked...
154. Why Bob Williams Says You Need to Stay Humble in IT
Bob Williams Bob Williams is the Senior Director of Information Technology at ElectriCom, LLC. Bob has worked in the IT sector since 1997 and finds time to volunteer his services...
153. How Can IT Outages Impact Healthcare? With Brandt Swanson
Brandt Swanson Brandt Swanson is the Director of IT at Compass Medical. He has amassed over 25 years of experience driving technical initiatives to meet the dynamic needs of...
152. Why Phil Porcari Loves the Financial Side of IT
Phil Porcari Phil Porcari is Director of IT Services at McCollister’s Transportation Group. Phil is a proven leader in information technology management and project management, with a history of...
151. Dr. Erik J. Huffman Explains Our Biological IT Weaknesses
Dr. Erik J. Huffman Dr. Erik J. Huffman is a cybersecurity researcher, cyberpsychologist, TedX speaker, and award-winning entrepreneur. Currently, he teaches as an adjunct professor at Westcliff University, while...
150. What It’s Like to Work in Municipal IT with Kiason Turner
Kiason Turner Kiason Turner is the IT Director for the city of Weatherford, Texas. His IT career began in the year 2000, beginning as a network administrator and holding...
149. Handling the IT of a School District with Mark Schumann
Mark Schumann Mark Schumann is the IT Director of New Ulm School District in the state of Minnesota. At his current position, Mark has over 2,000 end users. He...
148. How Brian Kozlowicz Manages His Entire One-Person Team
Brian Kozlowicz Brian Kozlowicz is the Director of IT at Juice Press. He is an experienced information technology director with a demonstrated history of working in the public school...
147. How to Screen IT Vendors with Jeff Reed
Jeff Reed Jeff Reed is Vice President of Information Technology at The Buccini/Pollin Group. He has been in the business for almost 30 years, and has senior level desktop...
146. Amit Gaur Explains How to Get the Best Out of Your Team
Amit Gaur Amit Gaur is Chief Information Officer at On Campus Marketing (OCM). He has been working in IT for almost 20 years and held a variety of roles...
145. What Ryan Gruver Has Learned by Working With the Same Company for 14 Years
Ryan Gruver Ryan Gruver is the IT Director at Banner Health. He has been with them for over 14 years, working his way up the ladder from Data Center...
144. How Eric DiTillio Transitioned Into IT From the US Army
Eric DiTillio Joining me for this episode is Eric DiTillio, Head of IT at Stockmeier, as well as a US Army veteran. He has over 25 years of experience...
143. Do More Than Keep Computers Running: Own the Status Meeting with Randy Kellum
Randy Kellum Randy Kellum is the Director of Information Technology at ARC Automotive. ARC manufactures airbag inflators for automotive safety. Randy graduated from Charleston Southern University with a BS...
142. You Don’t Need a Piece of Paper to Work in IT with Cedric Wells
Cedric Wells 19+ years of combined experience directing, managing, building, implementing, and optimizing a broad range of IT infrastructure technology systems and services (including in a global capacity) has...
141. The Business Side of IT with Phil Volltrauer
Phil Volltrauer …is a CTO & CIO. He is an experienced IT leader with a demonstrated history of working in a variety of industries, including pharmaceuticals, oil and gas,...
140. Making Others Understand the Value of the IT Department with Mike Johnson
Mike Johnson …is a technically sophisticated and business savvy Senior Leader with a pioneering career reflecting strong leadership qualifications coupled with hands-on IT and networking expertise. Rising technology executive,...
139. How One Call with Phil Resulted in Saving 80% of IT Costs with Jakob Ragnarsson
Jakob Ragnarsson IT manager at GEOCON, Inc, Jakob is an Astaro Certified Administrator as of November 2009 (ACA), and has completed the Tekelec T6000 Service Administrator Course as well...
138. IT Leaders: Pull Everybody in the Room or Users Suffer Ramification! with Rusty Everhart
Rusty Everhart is a seasoned and credentialed Fortune 500 IT leader with over 20 years of enterprise level experience in the CPG, manufacturing, public service, banking, retail, QSR, telecommunications,...
137. Master a Golden Work/Life Balance & Your RFPs with John Carter Gillespie
John Carter Gillespie is an IT Management professional with over 15 years of experience in the fields of information security, enterprise architecture, cloud infrastructure, systems administration, and project management....
136. IT Fires Are Everywhere: Suit Up Your Solutions and Save Your Mental Health with Colin Keys
Colin Keys is an amalgamation of paradoxes with an exceptional ability to rise above uncertainty and instability to solve complex and ever changing problems. He holds a professional background...
135. IT Personnel Need to Develop Interpersonal Skills and Here’s How with Tom Watson
Tom Watson An experienced and proven leader and a sophisticated and tested problem solver, his experience is best described as the following: herder of cats, soldier, father, husband, and...
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