Higher Education Episodes

What if your wearable could do more than track steps - and actually help detect cardiovascular risk before symptoms appear?

Heart disease is the deadliest disease on the planet. In the U.S. alone it killed close to 300,000 - more than cancer. And it’s a quiet killer: by the time you feel a symptom, the damage is usually already done.

Pengfei Zhou, Assistant Professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s School of Computing and Information, is trying to catch it earlier - building AI-powered wearables that read your heart continuously instead of waiting for a checkup.

That tracks with something deeper for me: my brother-in-law is a spinal surgeon, and a book called Outlive got him thinking about the “four horsemen” of disease. Heart disease topped the list. He’s been mostly plant-based ever since.

I sat down virtually with Pengfei, Matt de Lima Barbosa (Director of IT, Pitt’s School of Computing and Information), and Adrienne Garber, Chief Technology & Innovation Strategist fo…

In this episode, Mark Roman and Carlos Thomas from Info-Tech break down the enrollment cliff, AI disruption, and cultural skepticism hitting Higher Ed - and why the CIO is the one best positioned to lead through it.

In this Info-Tech LIVE New Orleans episode, Tom Zehren, CEO of Info-Tech Research Group, and John Burris, CIO of Southeastern Louisiana University, break down why AI efficiency is a growth mindset - not a cost-cutting exercise - and what the CIO role actually becomes when Agentic AI is the next IT super trend.

In this episode, Craig Woolley from LSU, Lizbeth Johnson from NC A&T, and Ron Ringgold from SentinelOne break down how a student-powered SOC model is scaling across 32+ institutions - and why the hardest part of cybersecurity leadership isn't the technology, it's the people.

In this episode, Dave Weil from Ithaca College and Mark Richards from Omnissa explore how a small liberal arts IT team built an AI tool that freed up 150 at-risk student meetings - and why human-to-human connection has to stay at the center of any real AI strategy.

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Josh Bright from UC Santa Barbara, Dwane Sterling from Virginia Tech, and JJ Mahon from Cisco ThousandEyes break down what it means to lead IT before the problems find you - from building a collaborative leadership team to monitoring the student experience before the first ticket ever lands.

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Lester Godsey from Arizona State University, Dan Kent from Cloudflare, and Matthew Leger from IDC break down why most institutions are still in the AI Wild West - and what it actually takes to govern, secure, and scale AI across a campus before agentic systems make the problem exponentially harder.

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Ed Clark from CSU, William Huang from UT System, and Chuck Romero from Palo Alto break down what it actually takes to close the AI divide across 460,000 students — and why browser security is now the front line.

In this EDUCAUSE episode, leaders from UCLA, Vanderbilt, and Ericsson break down the 5G vs WiFi campus debate and what it means for the future of higher education networking.

In this EDUCAUSE episode, leaders from Maricopa Community Colleges, Dell, and NVIDIA break down what's actually broken in higher ed workforce pipelines — and what AI workforce development can do to fix it.

In this EDUCAUSE episode, Kyle Bowen from Arizona State University, Joe Sabado from UC Santa Barbara, and Doug Thompson from Tanium make the case that efficiency was never supposed to be the finish line — and break down what responsible AI adoption actually looks like when it connects to the mission.

Featuring:

Kendra Ketchum, Vice President for Information Management and Technology and CIO at the University of Texas, San Antonio


Jared Pane, Director of Solutions Architecture at Elastic



Episode Highlights:

Leadership Philosophy & Team Building

Discover Kendra's transformative "humble, hungry, and kind" leadership philosophy that's reshaping technical teams at UTSA


Why Kendra actively avoids hiring "brilliant jerks" who might be technically strong but ultimately damage team cultu...

Featuring:

Timothy Winders, AVP and Deputy CIO at Purdue University


Zach Rossmiller, CIO, University of Montana


Mani Keerthi Nagothu, Americas Field CISO & Associate Director at SentinelOne



In this episode, you’ll learn:

How Purdue navigates the unprecedented challenge of scaling AI access across their university system - balancing million-dollar licensing costs against student equity


Inside the University of Montana's innovative state-wide cybersecurity hub that transforms studen...

Featuring:

Saby Waraich, CIO/CISO, Clackamas Community College


Wayne Bridges, Senior Solutions Engineer, Omnissa



In this episode, you’ll learn:

How Clackamas CC executed a 72-hour ransomware response protecting 10,000 students using out-of-band communication and multi-agency coordination


How Texas A&M transformed their digital experience from 15+ logins to a unified portal while preserving school-specific branding


The CARES framework (Communication, Adapt, Relationships, Empowerme...

Recorded at the 2024 Phoenix Live Podcast Tour at GMI on April 1st to 3rd.


Lester Godsey, CISO, Maricopa County

Lester serves as the Chief Information Security Officer for Maricopa County, the fourth largest county in the United States by population. With extensive experience in managing cybersecurity risks and implementing robust security protocols, Lester plays a crucial role in safeguarding the county’s digital infrastructure against various cyber threats.


Tina Carkhuff, Industry Execu...

Featuring Dr. Joe Way, Director of Learning Environments, University of Southern California


🌟 "The more we can say, 'Here's why you're going to come and pay that [tuition],' because we can actually prepare you for the workforce, the more we can give that direct adaptation from classroom to workforce." ~ Joe Way


🔗 Connect with Joe: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josiahway/


🎙️ What we cover:
04:00 - The Bridge from Classroom to Career: How USC's innovative learning environments prepare stude...

Show Notes
🔗 Connect with Matthew: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewjetthall/
🎙 About the episode
On this episode of The Public Sector Show by TechTables, we follow Matthew's journey from investment banking to HigherEd IT as he guides us through the twisty-curvy roads of driving innovation and spearheading transformation strategies in the digital landscape of universities, including:

* Matthew's background from Investment Banking to HigherEd

* Count Your Costs: The importance of knowing your...

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Today on the Public Sector Show by TechTables, we talk about experiential learning, innovative solutions trending at universities, the "mission pyramid," and more with Dr. Vanessa Kenon, Associate Vice President of Technology Compliance and Community Enga