🎙️ Episodes

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Jan. 17, 2023

Interview with Mandy Crawford, CIO, State of Texas, Cassie Jordan, Deputy CIO, Texas HHS, and Shandra McGlohon, IT Policy Coordinator, EO of the Governor in the State of Florida

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 Intro 1:06 Exploring the Power of Positivity Through Mentorship 4:58 The 3 Types of Mentors 6:04 Mandy’s Mentors That Had An Impact 8:40 Cassie's Mentors That Had An Impact 12:25 Shandra's Mentors That Had An Impact 23:57 The importance of commit...
Jan. 17, 2023

Interview with Mandy Crawford, CIO, State of Texas, Cassie Jordan, Deputy CIO, Texas HHS, and Shandra McGlohon, IT Policy Coordinator, EO of the Governor in the State of Florida

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
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Jan. 13, 2023

Interview with Pierluigi Oliverio, fmr. Councilmember, City of San Jose & Planning Commissioner for the City of San Jose

Featuring Pierluigi Oliverio, fmr. Councilmember, City of San Jose & Planning Commissioner for the City of San Jose
Connect with Pierluigi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierluigioliverio/ 
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
5:32 Technology brings accountability ..
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Jan. 13, 2023

Interview with Pierluigi Oliverio, fmr. Councilmember, City of San Jose & Planning Commissioner for the City of San Jose

Featuring Pierluigi Oliverio, fmr. Councilmember, City of San Jose & Planning Commissioner for the City of San JoseConnect with Pierluigi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierluigioliverio/ Timestamps0:00 Intro 5:32 Technology brings accountability and transparency 10:37 Integrity and vulnerability 12:56 The value of asynchronous work and work management 17:49 The importance of having the right leadership team 25:46 The importance of sharing data 30:11 What technologies do you feel are most importan...
Jan. 13, 2023

Interview with Pierluigi Oliverio, fmr. Councilmember, City of San Jose & Planning Commissioner for the City of San Jose

Featuring Pierluigi Oliverio, fmr. Councilmember, City of San Jose & Planning Commissioner for the City of San JoseConnect with Pierluigi: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pierluigioliverio/ Timestamps0:00 Intro 5:32 Technology brings accountability and tr
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Jan. 12, 2023

Interview with Jon Rogers, Director, Strategic Workforce Planning, State of Indiana

Featuring Jon Rogers, Director, Strategic Workforce Planning, State of Indiana
Summary
Jon Rogers is the Director of Strategic Workforce Planning for the State of Indiana. He has a background in teaching, congressional work, and the CIA, and he was ...
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Jan. 12, 2023

Interview with Jon Rogers, Director, Strategic Workforce Planning, State of Indiana

Featuring Jon Rogers, Director, Strategic Workforce Planning, State of IndianaSummaryJon Rogers is the Director of Strategic Workforce Planning for the State of Indiana. He has a background in teaching, congressional work, and the CIA, and he was inspired to pursue a career in the public sector by his grandfather, who was a fire chief for 39 years. He has coached JV softball and was an assistant head coach for a state championship swimming team. On today's episode, with Jon, we cover the SEAL Pr...
Jan. 12, 2023

Interview with Jon Rogers, Director, Strategic Workforce Planning, State of Indiana

Featuring Jon Rogers, Director, Strategic Workforce Planning, State of IndianaSummaryJon Rogers is the Director of Strategic Workforce Planning for the State of Indiana. He has a background in teaching, congressional work, and the CIA, and he was inspired
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Jan. 10, 2023

Ep.116 Interview with Ray Yepes, CISO, State of Colorado

Featuring Ray Yepes, CISO, State of Colorado

Summary
Ray Yepes, CISO of Colorado, believes a centralized IT infrastructure model is most beneficial for security, economics, personnel resources, scalability, and disaster recovery. It provides better control, cost savings, and fewer people needed to manage the infrastructure, as well as increased scalability, better risk mitigation, and continuity of operations.

Before we get into this week’s podcast, I wanted to give a special shout-out to Tech...
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Jan. 10, 2023

Interview with Ray Yepes, CISO, State of Colorado

Featuring Ray Yepes, CISO, State of Colorado
Summary
Ray Yepes, CISO of Colorado, believes a centralized IT infrastructure model is most beneficial for security, economics, personnel resources, scalability, and disaster recovery. It provides better ...
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Jan. 10, 2023

Ep.116 Interview with Ray Yepes, CISO, State of Colorado

Featuring Ray Yepes, CISO, State of Colorado


Summary
Ray Yepes, CISO of Colorado, believes a centralized IT infrastructure model is most beneficial for security, economics, personnel resources, scalability, and disaster recovery. It provides better control, cost savings, and fewer people needed to manage the infrastructure, as well as increased scalability, better risk mitigation, and continuity of operations.


Before we get into this week’s podcast, I wanted to give a special shout-out to ...
Guest: Ray Yepes
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Jan. 6, 2023

Interview with Carolyn Staats, Director of Innovation, Information Systems Department Sonoma County

Featuring Carolyn Staats, Director of Innovation, Information Systems Department Sonoma County in California
Summary
Carolyn Staats is the Director of the Innovation and Information Systems Department in Sonoma County in California. She has a unique...
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Jan. 6, 2023

Ep.115 Breaking Tech Barriers: From Business to IT Leadership with Carolyn Staats, Director of Innovation, Information Systems Department Sonoma County

Summary
Carolyn Staats is the Director of the Innovation and Information Systems Department in Sonoma County in California. She has a unique story of how she got into IT, having started out with a business background and then taking IBM's training courses in RPG programming, database architecture, and system design. She learned from IBM the importance of taking the long view and designing sustainable, supportable systems that can grow with a business. She also discussed the importance of having ...
Jan. 6, 2023

Ep.115 Breaking Tech Barriers: From Business to IT Leadership with Carolyn Staats, Director of Innovation, Information Systems Department Sonoma County

Summary
Carolyn Staats is the Director of the Innovation and Information Systems Department in Sonoma County in California. She has a unique story of how she got into IT, having started out with a business background and then taking IBM's training courses in RPG programming, database architecture, and system design. She learned from IBM the importance of taking the long view and designing sustainable, supportable systems that can grow with a business. She also discussed the importance of having ...
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Jan. 6, 2023

Interview with Joseph Lopez, CIO, City of Groveland

Featuring Joseph Lopez, CIO, City of Groveland
Connect with Joseph: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lopez-jose/
Sponsor: Nagarro Public Sector
Nagarro excels at helping senior technology leaders in digital disruption from Cloud, AI, Big Data, and digita...
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Jan. 6, 2023

Interview with Joseph Lopez, CIO, City of Groveland

Featuring Joseph Lopez, CIO, City of GrovelandConnect with Joseph: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lopez-jose/Sponsor: Nagarro Public SectorNagarro excels at helping senior technology leaders in digital disruption from Cloud, AI, Big Data, and digital product engineering to system integration work across platforms. Check out https://www.nagarro.com/enSummaryJoseph Lopez, the CIO of the City of Groveland, was recently honored with an award for his innovation in technology for public use. He spoke abo...
Jan. 6, 2023

Interview with Joseph Lopez, CIO, City of Groveland

Featuring Joseph Lopez, CIO, City of GrovelandConnect with Joseph: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lopez-jose/Sponsor: Nagarro Public SectorNagarro excels at helping senior technology leaders in digital disruption from Cloud, AI, Big Data, and digital product
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Jan. 3, 2023

Interview with Raimundo Rodulfo, CIO of the City of Coral Gables

Featuring Raimundo Rodulfo, CIO of the City of Coral GablesConnect with Raimundo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raimundorodulfo/Sponsor: Nagarro Public SectorNagarro excels at helping senior technology leaders in digital disruption from Cloud, AI, ...
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Jan. 3, 2023

Interview with Raimundo Rodulfo, CIO of the City of Coral Gables

Featuring Raimundo Rodulfo, CIO of the City of Coral GablesConnect with Raimundo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raimundorodulfo/Sponsor: Nagarro Public SectorNagarro excels at helping senior technology leaders in digital disruption from Cloud, AI, Big Data, and digital product engineering to system integration work across platforms. Check out https://www.nagarro.com/en.SummaryJoe Toste interviews Raimundo Rodulfo, CIO of the City of Coral Gables. The city was founded by George Merrick, the founder...
Jan. 3, 2023

Interview with Raimundo Rodulfo, CIO of the City of Coral Gables

Featuring Raimundo Rodulfo, CIO of the City of Coral GablesConnect with Raimundo: https://www.linkedin.com/in/raimundorodulfo/Sponsor: Nagarro Public SectorNagarro excels at helping senior technology leaders in digital disruption from Cloud, AI, Big Data,
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Nov. 25, 2022

#112: Q Branch: Transforming Courts with AI & Automation in Maricopa County

Featuring:

Aaron Judy, Chief of Innovation and AI at Maricopa County Clerk of the Superior Court



In this episode, you’ll learn:

How Maricopa County's intelligent capture project targets 33% labor reduction in phase one with an additional 40% in phase two


How Cleo, their conversational AI, operates across multiple channels including web, Amazon voice devices, Google devices, text, email, and Facebook


How AI-powered System Reliability Engineering (SRE) helps triage and respond to syste...
Guest: Aaron Judy
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Aug. 2, 2022

Ep.110 The Psychology of Teamwork & Building a Mature IT Organization

Featuring Bill Zielinski, CIO, City of Dallas
Connect w/ Bill: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bill-zielinski-01566712a/
Sponsor: Nagarro Public Sector
Nagarro excels at helping senior technology leaders in digital disruption from Cloud, AI, Big Data, a...
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Aug. 2, 2022

Ep.110 The Psychology of Teamwork & Building a Mature IT Organization

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 digital product engineering to system integration work across platforms. Check out https://www.nagarro.com/en.SummaryGreat leaders work to create an efficient team and system that can run without them, creating trust and value. The ultimate takeaway? ...
Aug. 2, 2022

Ep.110 The Psychology of Teamwork & Building a Mature IT Organization

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