Texas 🎙️ Episodes

FEATURING

Dr. LeeBrian Gaskins , Senior Associate Vice President of IT/CIO at University of Houston-Clear Lake


William Huang , Deputy CIO, University of Texas System




KEY POINTS

UT System declared 2024 "the year of the student," serving 256,000 students through leadership-focused programs and AI-enhanced education.


UHCL's 50-year NASA partnership established it as an aerospace education hub, now pioneering 24/7 AI tutoring systems for student success.


Both institutions demonstrat...

Featuring:

Josh Bright, CIO and Associate Vice Chancellor for IT at UC Santa Barbara (UCSB)


Kyle Bowen, Deputy CIO at Arizona State University (ASU)


Charles Elliott, Field CTO for Public Sector at Google




Episode Highlights:
High-Impact AI Strategies

ASU's language learning: German professor developed a custom AI tool that breaks free from "arcane phrases like 'where is the library'" to enable personalized conversational practice that adapts to student interests and provides immedia...

Featuring:

Cory Wilburn, Chief Information Officer, Texas McCombs School of Business


Doug Thompson, Chief Education Architect, Tanium




Episode Highlights:
Leadership Insight: The Chief Alignment Officer

Cory Wilburn redefines the CIO role as "Chief Alignment Officer," focusing on ensuring everyone understands how they contribute to the organization's mission (I love this Cory!)
Creating a "culture of safety" forms the foundation for innovation - "if you're trying to move the ball forwa...

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:

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...

EPISODE DESCRIPTION
Join Joe Toste (hey that's me!), host of The Public Sector Show by TechTables, as he shares insights from his journey interviewing over 100 public sector CIOs, CISOs, and technology leaders. Known for his engaging storytelling and deep understanding of the public sector, Joe dives into the lessons learned from these leaders who are driving change and innovation.




In this episode, you’ll discover:
• The power of mission-driven leadership in the public sector


• How to f...

Featuring



Mark Wittenburg, CIO of Raleigh


Rob Lloyd, Deputy City Manager of San Jose


Chris Stewart, former CIO of the City of Austin



Episode Highlights:

Building Responsive Government Services

San Jose's two-pronged approach to responsiveness using IAP2 spectrum for public participation and human-centered design to truly understand community needs


Austin's comprehensive accessibility initiatives ensuring digital services work for visually and hearing impaired residents and tho...

🎙️ Featuring Barbie Robinson, Executive Director at Harris County Public Health


🔗 Connect with Barbie: https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbie-robinson-146ab615/
"Collaboration without true integration really is just another form of fragmentation." 🔥🔥🔥 ~Barbie Robinson


In this episode of The Public Sector Show by TechTables, Barbie shares her public health journey across federal and county levels. Starting with the "ACCESS" initiative, a holistic care coordination model, Barbie shows us how tec...

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Show Notes
Featuring Lt Col. Chris Winnek, Commander, 102nd Information Ops Battalion & Cyber Operations Chief at the Texas Military Dept., and Chris Humphreys, Texas State Cybersecurity Council


"This is NOT the new normal to have people stealing your data and using it. We have to fight against that." - Chris Winnek
🔗 Connect with Chris W: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-winnek-a1388167/
🔗 Connect with Chris H: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-humphreys-5a563019/

🎙 About the episode...

Show Notes
Featuring Shauna Rogers, CDO, Texas Attorney General, and Celerino Torres, CISO, Texas Attorney General

🔗 Connect with Shauna: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shaunarogers2/
🔗 Connect with Celerino: https://www.linkedin.com/in/celerino/

🎙 About the episode


A favorite part of this Live Podcast Tour in Houston was bringing on someone unplanned who turned out to be a major contributor to the conversations of the day. It’s the beauty of these more intimate events, having the ability to p...

Show Notes
Featuring Ryan Murray, State CISO, State of Arizona; Krishna Edathil, CTO/Assistant Commissioner, Texas Higher Ed. Board, and Tim Roemer, ThriveDX President & Fmr. State CISO, State Arizona


We're all talking to the same people... How do we replicate that out to those other entities and then help give them the resources to do it? ~ Ryan Murray
I'm not the CTO; I'm the Chief Trust Officer... You can achieve [that] through the people and the relationship and then the trust that you bu...

Show Notes
🔗 Connect with Sindhu: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sindhumenon/
🎙 About the episode
It was the end of an incredible but long day of interviews at our Houston Live Podcast Tour, and we were thrilled to end on a quiet but powerful note with this episode. The room was packed to standing room only as Sindhu’s team drove across town to support their team captain, and it was obvious the admiration went both ways. Join us as we tap into Sindhu’s wisdom and experience on topics including:


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Show Notes
Featuring John Fowler, CIO, and Kenny Wright, Chief Process Improvement Officer at the Texas Department of Licensing & Regulation, and Darrell Tompkins, CIO, Texas Water Development Board


🔗 Connect with John: https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-fowler-1182926b/
🔗 Connect with Kenny: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenny-wright-a50990a3/
🔗 Connect with Darrell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/darrell-tompkins-0992132/

🎙 About the episode
In honor of our Live Podcast Tour taking place during t...

Show Notes
🔗 Connect with Dr. Chris Mitchell: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christopher-p-m-b4130b168/
🔗 Connect with Ryan Murray: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-murray-az/
🔗 Connect with Jeremy Deckert: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeremydeckert/
🎙 About the episode
You have to start with a risk assessment and oh, we're not defending against ghosts, right? - Dr. Chris Mitchell


"We don't necessarily need all of this fancy machine learning stuff. It helps us respond to machine-based threats at ...

Lisa Kent, CIO, and Summer Xiao, Deputy CIO, of the City of Houston, share insights on improving customer experience and creating a culture of empathy in large organizations. 

They stress the importance of learning from business units and providing them with guidance. They also discuss HR projects and critical vacancies. The speakers touch on resource management and how to handle under-resourced organizations. 

Finally, they talk about continuity of operations planning and training, including updating continuity plans and conducting exercises.

The BBQ Showdown - North Carolina vs. Texas

A big thank you to our brand partners who keep this podcast free to the listener:Nagarro is a leading provider of digital government services, partnering with state, local, and federal clients on some of their most strategic technology projects. Nagarro o

In today's TechTables Podcast episode, we talk about the perfect cup of coffee, communicating through the DISC lens, Public Sector IT predictions, and more with Mike Arismendez, Executive Director, Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.Featuring Mi

Connect with Mandy Crawford: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-crawford-dir/Connect with Cassie Jordan: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cassandramjordan/Connect with Shandra McGlohon: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shandra-mcglohon-pmp-8b9512b/ Timestamps0:00 I

Featuring Bill Zielinski, CIO, City of DallasConnect w/ Bill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-zielinski-01566712a/Sponsor: Nagarro Public SectorNagarro excels at helping senior technology leaders in digital disruption from Cloud, AI, Big Data, and digita

In this episode of The Public Sector Show by TechTables, join host Joe Toste as he sits down with Krishna Edathil, Director of Enterprise Solution Services (Cloud/AI) at the State of Texas, and Shauna Rodgers, Chief Digital and Data Officer at the Texas Attorney General’s Office, to dive into their digital deep dive strategies.