🎙️ Episodes
#228: Ithaca College & Omnissa on Nebula, ICare Team & 150 Students Who Almost Slipped Through
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.
#227: UCSB, Virginia Tech & Cisco ThousandEyes on Leading IT Before the Problems Find You
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.
#226: ASU, Cloudflare & IDC on AI Governance in the Higher Ed Wild West
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.
#225: CSU, UT System & Palo Alto Networks on AI Access, Cybersecurity at Scale & the CSU Promise
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.
#224: UCLA, Vanderbilt & Ericsson on 5G vs Wi-Fi on Campus
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.
#223: Maricopa Community Colleges, Dell & NVIDIA on AI Workforce Development
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.
#222: ASU, UCSB & Tanium on Why AI Efficiency Isn't Enough in Higher Ed
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.
#221: 2026 World Cup, Fusion Teams, AI Wins, Leading Well
#221: Lisa Kent, Melissa Kraft, Derek Williams - 2026 World Cup, Fusion Teams, AI Wins, Leading Well Featuring Lisa Kent is the CIO & Director, City of Houston leading IT for America’s fourth-largest city as she prepares for ...
#220: From Admin to Youngest CIO — How Curiosity & Collaboration Built Two Public-Sector Leaders
#220: From Admin to Youngest CIO — How Curiosity & Collaboration Built Two Public-Sector Leaders Featuring: Erica Early , Chief Information Officer, Washington State Office of the State Treasurer Lisa Faison , Chief Informati...
#219: How Seguin IT Built a 27+ Award Culture — And What Port Houston & Flower Mound Teach About Leadership
#219: How Seguin IT Built a 27-Award Culture — And What Port Houston & Flower Mound Teach About Leadership Featuring: Shane McDaniel , CIO, City of Seguin & 2025 TAGITM President James O’Brien , Information Security Officer, ...
#218: How 3 State CIOs Cut Through AI Hype to Save Millions with Bill Kehoe, Tim Galluzi, Alan Fuller
#218: How 3 State CIOs Cut Through AI Hype to Save Millions with Bill Kehoe, Tim Galluzi, Alan Fuller Featuring Bill Kehoe , Chief Information Officer and WaTech Agency Director, State of Washington Tim Galluzi , Chief Inform...
#217: Supercharging Cyber Resiliency — How Texas Cities Achieve Enterprise-Level Security
#217: Supercharging Cyber Resiliency — How Texas Cities Achieve Enterprise-Level Security [2025 TAGITM] Episode Highlights What if cybersecurity in government isn’t about buying the newest tools — but trusted relationships, s...
#216: From Coast Guard to CIO — Craig Hopkins on Purpose-Driven Leadership in San Antonio
#216: From Coast Guard to CIO — Craig Hopkins on Purpose-Driven Leadership in San Antonio Episode Highlights What if the secret to transformational leadership isn’t being the smartest person in the room, but being the “humble...
#215: CapMetro Built AI So Human Callers Can’t Tell + How Austin Put Data Stewardship Before AI Hype + UTSA’s “Humble, Hungry, Kind” Culture — All With Limited Resources
#215: CapMetro Built AI So Human Callers Can’t Tell + How Austin Put Data Stewardship Before AI Hype + UTSA’s “Humble, Hungry, Kind” Culture — All With Limited Resources [2025 TAGITM] Brought to you by: SentinelOne —Learn how...
#213: How 3 Texas Women CIOs Orchestrate Change — From TxDOT's 29% Crash-Reducing AI to CapMetro & Austin Breaking Silos
#213: How 3 Texas Women CIOs Orchestrate Change — From TxDOT's 29% Crash-Reducing AI to CapMetro & Austin Breaking Silos [2025 TAGITM Live Podcast Tour] Brought to you by: SentinelOne —Learn how SentinelOne empowers this stat...
#212: From COBOL to Salesforce: Washington State Liquor Board’s 9-Year, Multi-Million Modernization + Army Leadership Lessons
#212: From COBOL to Salesforce: Washington State Liquor Board’s 9-Year, Multi-Million Modernization + Army Leadership Lessons Brought to you by: SentinelOne —Learn how SentinelOne empowers this state to stay secure. Verizon F...
#211: South Florida CIO Roundtable: 1,000+ Sensor Network, Centennial Celebration, Miami Beach's AI Agents & More
#211: South Florida CIO Roundtable: 1,000+ Sensor Network, Centennial Celebration, Miami Beach's AI Agents & More Brought to you by: SentinelOne —Learn how SentinelOne empowers this state to stay secure. Verizon Frontline — T...
#210: Maricopa County's AI Teams Save 100s of Hours (Plus AZ's Child Safety 30-Year Data Strategy & Building AI for Service-First Gov.)
#210: Maricopa County's AI Teams Save 100s of Hours (Plus AZ's Child Safety 30-Year Data Strategy & Building AI for Service-First Gov.) Brought to you by: SentinelOne —Learn how SentinelOne empowers this state to stay secure....
#209: Teena Piccione, J.R. Sloan, Mark Wittenberg, Jonathan Feldman & Joe Durante
#209: Teena Piccione, J.R. Sloan, Mark Wittenberg, Jonathan Feldman & Joe Durante [Better Together Series] Brought to you by: SentinelOne —Learn how SentinelOne empowers this state to stay secure. Verizon Frontline — The adva...
#208: Texas County Women Leading 6M+ Residents: From Flooded Data Centers to AI Innovation Lab to Building Unbreakable Teams
#208: Texas County Women Leading 6M+ Residents: From Flooded Data Centers to AI Innovation Lab to Building Unbreakable Teams [2024 Houston Live Podcast Tour] Brought to you by: SentinelOne —Learn how SentinelOne empowers this...
#207: Bringing Soldiers Home to Building the Digital Identity with Blake Hall, Founder & CEO, ID.me
#207: Bringing Soldiers Home to Building the Digital Identity with Blake Hall, Founder & CEO, ID.me Brought to you by: SentinelOne —Learn how SentinelOne empowers this state to stay secure. Verizon Frontline — The advanced ne...
#206: Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown - Navy SEAL to Extreme Ownership
#206: Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown - Navy SEAL to Extreme Ownership Brought to you by: SentinelOne —Learn how SentinelOne empowers this state to stay secure. Verizon Frontline — The advanced network that keeps first...
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#205: From Hurricane Harvey to Beryl: Houston's "One Family" Emergency Response [Houston 2024]
#205: From Hurricane Harvey to Beryl: Houston's "One Family" Emergency Response [2024 Houston Live Podcast Tour] Brought to you by: SentinelOne —Learn how SentinelOne empowers this state to stay secure. Verizon Frontline — Th...
#204: Why Texas DMV Chose $6M in Planning Over $150M (Plus TDLR's 25-Program Modernization)
#204: Why Texas DMV Chose $6M in Planning Over $150M (Plus TDLR's 25-Program Modernization) [Houston 2024] Brought to you by: SentinelOne —Learn how SentinelOne empowers this state to stay secure. Verizon Frontline — The adva...