Leadership & Culture 🎙️ Episodes

June 25, 2024

#175: Ralph Johnson, Allen Ohanian, Martha Goodwin, and Dr. Muriel Reid – The Human Firewall: Cybersecurity's Next Frontier

Recorded at the 2024 Phoenix Live Podcast Tour at GMI on April 1st to 3rd. Ralph Johnson, the State CISO, Washington State brings a wealth of experience to his role as having previously served as CISO for Los Angeles County a...

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May 16, 2024

#174: Jack McCain & Tim Roemer - National Security from State to Local Governments

In this never-before-seen, closed-door only recording from the 2024 TechTables Phoenix Live Podcast , Navy veteran Jack McCain, CEO of Blue Sky Vantage, and former Director of Homeland Security and State CISO Tim Roem...

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April 26, 2024

Ep.173 Exclusive Interview with 23rd Governor Arizona, Doug Ducey [2024 Phoenix Live Podcast Tour]

"Cybersecurity is homeland security, cybersecurity is national security." ~ Governor Doug Ducey I recently had the incredible opportunity to sit down with former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey for an exclusive interview on The P...

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March 20, 2024

Ep.172 Creating a Transformational IT Culture in Santa Barbara County with Chris Chirgwin, CIO, Santa Barbara County

Chris Chirgwin is the first Chief Information Officer for Santa Barbara County. Now you may know Chris from his remarkable journey in the news as the former CEO of Lanspeed, an IT services firm headquartered in Santa Barbara ...

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Jan. 31, 2024

Ep.166 [JUST ANNOUNCED] 2024 Final Four Live Podcast Tour - Cybersecurity Showdown: State CISO vs Private Sector CSO. An Interview with Tim Roemer, Chief Security Officer at GMI

Mark your calendars for the 2024 Phoenix Live Podcast Tour April 1st-3rd, 2024 in Scottsdale, Arizona. Learn more here: https://www.techtables.com/2024-phoenix-live-podcast-tour Before we get into this week’s podcast, I wante...

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Dec. 13, 2023

Ep.163 The Secret Origin Story: How Florida Digital Service Built a World-Class CoLab from Scratch with Jen Cooke, the Partnership and Outreach Administrator at Florida Digital Services

In this episode, we speak with Jen Cooke, the Partnership and Outreach Administrator at Florida Digital Services, who spearheaded the CoLab for cross-agency collaboration and bringing world-class thought leadership to state government and beyond.

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Dec. 5, 2023

Ep.162 The Relationship Manager's 5 Keys to Building Unbreakable Partnerships with Brad Oswald, Customer Success Manager at FL[DS]

Brad Oswald is the customer success manager at Florida Digital Service. In this episode, Brad unpacks why he pivoted careers to serve partners with a “get out of the office” approach centered on empathetic listening, disciplined systems, and relationship building over simplistic adoption metrics.

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Nov. 16, 2023

Ep.159 Transforming Public Health: Insights with Barbie Robinson, Executive Director at Harris County Public Health

🎙️ 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 ...

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Aug. 31, 2023

Ep.150 The CIO Team Captain's Unwavering Passion for Victory

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 quie...

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Aug. 28, 2023

Ep.149 CIO Playbook: Proactive Strategies for Customer Service Success

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...

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Aug. 24, 2023

Ep.147 End-to-End User Experience: Bracket-Busting CIO Strategies That Work with Lisa Kent, CIO, and Summer Xiao, Deputy CIO, of the City of Houston

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, inclu…

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