Technology First Taste of IT 2019: Full Schedule

Małgorzata brings more than 25 years of experience in the IT and education sectors to her role at Lingaro. In addition to leading its marketing, sales, and delivery functions, Małgorzata has played a key role in aligning the company around its core values of Technology Excellence... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 8:00am - 8:50am EST
Exhibit Hall

Keynote Speaker

9:00am EST

Business Continuity: Today, Tomorrow, & Beyond

Protecting your business from cybersecurity risks and common causes of downtime has become a critical necessity for businesses of all sizes. During this session, we will discuss the ways to protect your business, starting with implementing a business continuity solution today. We’ll then discuss how you can plan for tomorrow and into the future as we explore what business continuity may look like over the next 5 years. Joins us to learn how to safeguard your organization in this presentation by Datto, the leader in Total Data Protection.

Speakers

Kyle Hamilton

Opti-Vise IT

For the past 12 years, Kyle has led the Opti-Vise IT team to become a valuable and respected business partner to more than 65 small business organizations in the Dayton, OH area. Opti-Vise IT is on a mission to serve the business community, empowering small businesses with Network... Read More →

Eric Torres

Opti-Vise IT

ERIC TORRES, DATTO, INC. Recently named to CRN Magazine’s “100 People You Don’t Know, But Should” list, Eric Torres serves as Channel Development Manager for Datto, Inc. Datto offers business continuity, disaster recovery, and file backup and sync solutions to half a million... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 9:00am - 9:45am EST

Breakout Session, Strategy

9:00am EST

Defend Forward: Persistent Engagement Cyber Strategy’s Operational Concept

Defend Forward: Persistent Engagement Cyber Strategy’s Operational Concept
News reports of US cyber operations to defend our elections, attribution uploads to Total Virus, and degradation of Iranian database capabilities spring from the shift to a US cyber strategy of persistent engagement, which leverages the core operational concept of defend forward. This presentation reviews both the origins of the strategy and concept and how they will help secure US national interests in and through cyberspace.

Speakers

Dr. Richard Harknett

Professor and Head of Dept of Political Science, University of Cincinnati

Dr. Richard J. Harknett is Professor and Head of the Department of Political Science at the University of Cincinnati (UC). He is the author of over fifty publications in the area of international relations theory and international security studies. In 2016, he served as the first... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 9:00am - 9:45am EST

Breakout Session, Security

9:00am EST

Intelligent Hyperconverged Storage for Backup

Discover how to get better backups using the only hyperconverged secondary storage (HCSS) for backup with data deduplication purpose-built for all leading backup applications. Because data is written at the speed of disk and the most recent backups are stored in their complete undeduplicated form, this solution delivers fast restores, fast VM instant recoveries, and fast offsite tape copies.

Speakers

Dan Zuccarelli

ExaGrid

Dan Zuccarelli, a Senior Systems Engineer with ExaGrid, has been training and providing pre-sales and technical briefings for customers and strategic partners for over 20 years. Prior to joining ExaGrid in 2013, Dan worked at Sun Microsystems, Oracle, and EMC Isilon Systems where... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 9:00am - 9:45am EST

Breakout Session, Infrastructure

9:00am EST

Kroger’s API Journey

Follow Kroger’s API journey with an emphasis on technical and product lessons learned through the evolution of a BigCo team which transformed from an ad hoc API factory into a maturing API organization.

Speakers

Robert Buchanan

API Program Technical Lead, Kroger

Nick Rapier

Product Manager, Kroger

Nick is on the Product Management team at Kroger leading API Strategy, Platform, and Developer Marketplace. He is passionate about collaboration and co-innovation, while focusing on the healthy tension between action and planning. He thrives when leading others with energy and vulnerability... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 9:00am - 9:45am EST
TBA

Breakout Session

9:00am EST

Machine Learning: From Science Fiction to Reality

Two of the hottest, and often misunderstood, technologies today are Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence. ML and AI aren’t technologies just for robots and science fiction, they are here now. What are these technologies? How do I harness their power in my everyday business to affect my desired outcomes? Come hear about ML/AI applications applied to retail, life sciences, healthcare and other industries with some practical advise on how to get started.

Speakers

Austin Gresham

RoundTower

Austin has over 25 years of experience in Information Technology, holding roles in operations, engineering, architecture and consulting. Austin has worked with clients in state and local government, financial services, telecommunications, manufacturing, retail and healthcare. His... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 9:00am - 9:45am EST

Breakout Session, Analytics

9:00am EST

Shift Happens

Shift happens. Do you resist the change or embrace it? This is one story of an organization that embraced Agile and unexpectedly took their entire business model to a new level. What started out as a new cloud architecture initiative resulted in a complete paradigm shift in their business operating model. Embracing Scrum led to a collaboration between business and IT like never before. This case study focuses on the shift, the journey, and the unintended yet incredibly powerful changes that precipitated.

Speakers

Janna Fichera

Vana Solutions

Sara Wiggerhaus

Aileron

Wednesday November 13, 2019 9:00am - 9:45am EST

Breakout Session, Strategy

9:45am EST

Networking/Exhibit Time

Wednesday November 13, 2019 9:45am - 10:25am EST
Exhibit Hall

Breakfast/Lunch/Break

10:25am EST

AI: Hope vs. Hype

AI is being hyped everywhere and healthcare is no exception. There are very real applications of AI in healthcare that will soon become transformational. Also, there are billions of venture capital dollars being wasted on solutions that will not work within healthcare. This presentation will discuss the challenges of real world implementation of predictive analytics and AI in healthcare.

Speakers

J.D. Whitlock

Dayton Childrens Hospital

CIO at Dayton Children's. 23 years experience in healthcare IT & analytics, hospital administration, practice management, and health plan management. Retired Air Force Medical Service Corps.

Wednesday November 13, 2019 10:25am - 11:10am EST

Breakout Session, Analytics

10:25am EST

Analytics & Good Cyber Hygiene on Print

Security is everyone’s job and that also means Cyber Hygiene is everyone’s job. Cyber hygiene is a challenge in which the threat landscape changes and new variants of attacks occur daily. Volume of vulnerabilities in hardware, software, underlying protocols and dynamic threat environment make it impossible for most companies to keep pace. When looking at data around print environments it’s clear that poor hygiene is being practiced. We will dive into the data of the IoT Security Framework that’s being assessed and how IT
leaders are taking action with automation and compliance reporting.

Speakers

David Rose

David is a security consultant at HP Inc. and joined them from one of HP’s channel partner organizations. With over 10 years of experience, he has worked with SMB, SLED, and enterprise accounts as a consultant and solutions implementation specialist. He has coordinated numerous... Read More →

Leah Seymour

MOM

Wednesday November 13, 2019 10:25am - 11:10am EST

Breakout Session, Security

10:25am EST

Introduction to Azure Streaming Analytics

Speakers

Warren Sifre

Principal Consultant, Moser Consulting, Inc.

Warren Sifre has been in the IT community since 1998 and has worked in a variety of industries deploying solutions utilizing MS SQL Server in one capacity or another. In 2003, he decided to make SQL Server his mastery and has since developed skills in most defined disciplines of MS... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 10:25am - 11:10am EST
Exhibit Hall

Breakout Session, Analytics

10:25am EST

Using Public Wi-Fi and Visitor Analytics to Support Economic Development in your City

This session will explore Public Wi-Fi, the foundation of a smart city. More than just the provision of high speed internet, an intelligent Wi-Fi network can provide a platform for communication, branding, placemaking, and public engagement. An intelligent Wi-Fi network can also collect valuable analytics on who comes downtown, how they travel, how long they stay, and how often they return. Cities and economic development practitioners can use this data to study the impact of events, provide information for business attraction and retention, and drive decision making, just for starters. The session will discuss data collection, data privacy, and highlight several case studies including Covington, KY and Fairborn, OH.

Speakers

Katie Meyer

Cincinnati Bell

Katie Meyer is the Smart City Policy and Program Manager at Cincinnati Bell. In her role, Katie works with municipalities and organizations to navigate smart city planning and implementation. Prior to Cincinnati Bell, Katie served as the Executive Director of Renaissance Covington... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 10:25am - 11:10am EST

Breakout Session, Analytics

10:25am EST

What’s next? Technology Trends & Hiring-Own Change

Wondering about the latest trends and insights driving IT? Having difficulty keeping up with the rapid pace of change and hiring qualified candidates? We will take a look at the latest IT trends disrupting the industry for 2019 and beyond and discuss some of the challenges and success stories around hiring.

Speakers

Greg Riddle

TEKsystems

Greg Riddle has worked for TEKsystems in the Dayton office for over 9 years and is currently a National Strategic Account Executive. Greg has over 11 years of experience in the IT staffing/services industry and has spent the last 25 years building relationships in Dayton. He lives... Read More →

Sarah Downs

TEKsystems

Sarah Downs has worked with TEKsystems for the past 12 years. She’s held a variety of roles with TEKsystems including IT Recruiter, Network and Infrastructure Account Manager, Regional Operations Manager, Sales Manager and is currently the Director of Business Operations for Cincinnati... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 10:25am - 11:10am EST

Breakout Session, Strategy

10:25am EST

You Can Affordably Own the Software that Runs Your Business with a Custom, Open Source Solution

Buying Commercial Off The Shelf (COTS) Software has been the established standard in IT for decades. In almost all cases, it is still the best approach. Our presentation will look at why it is not ALWAYS the right approach. We believe that companies should consider developing custom software when the software is core to its business operations.

In the last several years, two things have happened: 1) it has gotten easier to develop software and 2) software companies have gotten more creative in licensing, maintenance fees and support tiers. The Software-as-a-Service model entices customers with low initial costs but allow price increases that “boil the frog”. Our presentation does not dwell on the financial reason of why companies should consider developing their own core software; we believe the most compelling case is that companies should control their own product roadmaps. #OwnTheCode

This presentation will utilize a case-study of a large/local healthcare provider that decided to develop their own core business software after:
· Their current vendor sunset their software
· Concluding the current COTS options did not meet their requirements
· Realizing the ROI of migration/licensing costs justified the investment
· Wanting to direct their own software roadmap

We will then discuss how Afidence used open source software, scrum and modern software development to build their new core software, and why you should consider doing the same.

Speakers

Andy Hickey

Afidence

Andy Hickey is a Sr. Lead Consultant and Sr. Project Manager with Afidence. Andy has experience successfully completing a wide variety of strategic business and IT projects.. He specializes in bringing organization and momentum to energize and effectively implement challenging projects... Read More →

Bryan Hogan

Afidence

Bryan Hogan is the President/CEO and co-owner of Afidence. Bryan’s experience spans over 30 years in the IT industry and is seeded with a deep sense of integrity, strong business acumen, and industry leadership. Bryan and his wife, Barbara, launched Afidence in 2010 with a goal... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 10:25am - 11:10am EST

Breakout Session, Infrastructure

11:15am EST

A Hackers Playground: Five Common Attack Vectors Used By Attackers

The current security landscape is a rapidly evolving playground. Staying on top of the latest security trends has become a difficult task.
Currently, patch management, social engineering, insecure web apps, insecure WIFI configurations, and bad password hygiene are just a few of the many way’s attackers are obtaining network footholds. The Mako Group will demonstrate how an attacker may exploit each of these attack vectors and provide real world ways to remediate these before they can be exploited by an attacker.

Brandyn Fisher and Dylan Foos are a part of The Mako Group’s Security Team and regularly perform a wide variety of security assessments across many different industry verticals including penetration assessments, network architecture reviews, maturity assessments, and security research. Brandyn and Dylan are actively involved within the security community and have spoken at events across the Midwest.

Speakers

Brandyn Fisher

The Mako Group

Brandyn Fisher is the Information System Security Manager out of The Mako Group’s Fort Wayne office, where he has obtained a diverse background and experience in multiple security domains. In his time at The Mako Group, Brandyn has worked with financial institutions, hospitals... Read More →

Dylan Foos

The Mako Group

Wednesday November 13, 2019 11:15am - 12:00pm EST

Breakout Session, Security

11:15am EST

Cloud Security: Fundamentally Incompatible?

The public cloud has seemingly looked like the perfect way to get your data hacked and leaked over the past few years. But at the same time cloud platform vendors are telling us that their environments stand up to the highest levels of security standards. So, what gives?
Why do companies the world over keep making headlines when it comes to (lacking) security in the cloud? In today's session we'll walk through this proverbial minefield and help you make it out unscathed on the other end.

Speakers

Jorn Lutters

SOPHOS

Jorn Lutters is a Senior Security Architect for Sophos' Public Cloud team and an avid cloud enthusiast. His experience over the last 15 years includes Sophos security, Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Compute Cloud, Cisco networking, wireless technologies, firewalling and much... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 11:15am - 12:00pm EST

Breakout Session, Security

11:15am EST

Hit Your Project's Bullseye with Tech Anthropology

Your project cannot hit the bullseye if you haven’t defined the target. Tech Anthropology is a method for capturing the voice of user.It uncovers the true goals of the user and balances them with the project goals defined by the business. Tech Anthropology: Ensures the user’s needs are kept in the forefront Defines the project’s goals and scope Designs a system that supports the project’s goals Prioritizes design features Transfers knowledge to the Development Team This presentation will show you how to use Tech
Anthropology to define your project’s target and hit the bullseye.

Speakers

Mary Schock

Smart Data

Mary Schock is a Tech Anthropologist for Smart Data where she uses her strengths and skills to help Development Teams, Product Owners and Customers achieve their goals. Her ability to see and understand situations from various viewpoints makes her a natural fit for the role of a Tech... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 11:15am - 12:00pm EST

Breakout Session, Strategy

11:15am EST

Innovative Partnerships – Sustaining Talent Pipeline

Meeting the challenge of delivering people to the technology talent marketplace is something Central State University is confronting head on. As a key resource in Central Ohio, and one of two Land-Grant Universities in Ohio, CSU sees first-hand how small obstacles in the journey of talent result in quality candidates dropping out of the pool.
Through a series of bold innovations, Dr. Tonjia Coverdale is introducing technologies that can deliver vital educational resources to students in our region, keeping them on track to enter our technology talent pool. These innovations can scale and form a solid and on-going talent development and delivery infrastructure, fueled and supported by the collaboration between an education pioneer and the regional innovation economy.

Speakers

Dr. Tonjia Coverdale

Central State University

Dr. Tonjia Coverdale is Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio. In her role, she focuses on strategic technology implementation for operational efficiencies and institutional effectiveness with an emphasis... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 11:15am - 12:00pm EST

Breakout Session, Strategy

11:15am EST

Log Aggregation and the Beginning of a SIEM

After experimenting with multiple solutions, Sinclair has implemented an affordable centralized log management service based on Elasticsearch (a.k.a. ELK Stack) for the purposes of cybersecurity monitoring and gaining insight into user activity on the campus network. We’ll demonstrate some of the problems we’ve faced, what we’ve been able to accomplish, and what we want to do in the future.

Speakers

Adam Magoto

Sinclair College

Adam Magoto is a Systems Engineer at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, OH. In the Server-Based Computing group of IT, he focuses on Windows and Linux administration, Office 365, storage, SCCM, Powershell automation, and much more. Prior to being in Higher Education, he has also... Read More →

Anthony Gerdes

Sinclair College

Anthoney Gerdes is a Systems Engineer at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, OH. In the Server-Based Computing group of IT. Anthoney focuses on Linux and Windows server administration, Office 365, storage, and much more. Prior to being a Systems Engineer, Anthoney was an Engineer... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 11:15am - 12:00pm EST

Breakout Session, Infrastructure

11:15am EST

Text Messaging Communication Platform Supported by AI

The landline based home phone, calculator, yellow pages, digital camera, and stand alone GPS are all dead, replaced by the mobile phone. But even then, the voice conversation is quickly being eclipsed by text messaging, in fact SMS Text messaging is now the number one activity on a mobile device and the number one form of communication for people under 55. To address this change in the way people communicate, Cincinnati Bell has developed a SMS Text messaging platform utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI). This technology is in use today at Cleveland RTA, Columbus City Schools, Cincinnati Public Schools and powers a solution under development to help address the opioid crisis. Attend this lesson to see a demo and to learn more about this exciting technology.

Speakers

John Putnam

Cincinnati Bell

John Putnam started as the Smart Cities Program Manager at Cincinnati Bell and CBTS in January 2018, focusing on Smart City initiatives throughout the country.John has a BA in Finance and a MBA with a focus in Marketing from Miami University. He has spent the previous 25+ years in... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 11:15am - 12:00pm EST

Breakout Session, Analytics

12:00pm EST

Lunch

Wednesday November 13, 2019 12:00pm - 12:30pm EST
Exhibit Hall

Breakfast/Lunch/Break

12:30pm EST

Multi-Domain Superiority Through Strategic Experimentation

Speakers

Christopher Ristich

SES, Strategic Planning Development & Experimentation (SDPE), Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL)

Christopher J. Ristich, a member of the Senior Executive Service, is Director, Air Force Strategic Development Planning and Experimentation (SDPE) office, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The office is responsible for facilitating Air Staff sponsored development... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 12:30pm - 1:30pm EST
Exhibit Hall

Keynote Speaker

1:45pm EST

The Onion Defense: Layered Security for Amazon Web Services

Cyber attacks happen, but you don’t need to be a victim. Tenet3, as an AWS Partner, has helped many government organizations to secure their computing infrastructure in the cloud. In this talk, we’ll showcase some of the fundamental tools and techniques that your team should be using on Amazon Web Services to keep the bad guys out of your critical infrastructure. We’ll cover access control, encryption and ways to build hardened applications that can’t easily be compromised.

Speakers

Jake Hewitt

Lead Cloud Engineer, Tenet3

Jake Hewitt is the lead cloud engineer for Tenet3. He received his Bachelors of Science in Computer Science from Wright State University and is currently pursuing his Master of Science in Cyber Security. In his 3 years with Tenet3 he has created a dynamic and scalable cloud infrastructure... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 1:45pm - 2:30pm EST
Exhibit Hall

1:45pm EST

An Introduction to WebAssembly

Speakers

Guy Royce

Developer Advocate, Redis Labs

Combining his decades of experience in writing software with a passion for sharing what he has learned, he helps his team build great software. In his personal life, he is a hard-boiled geek interested in role-playing games, science fiction, and technology. He also has a slightly... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 1:45pm - 2:30pm EST
Exhibit Hall

Breakout Session

1:45pm EST

Disrupting Innovation in Recruiting using AI and ML

Recruiting is one of the toughest issues businesses face today. Finding the right talent with the right skills in a reasonably fast time is critical for business success. AI and ML based solutions can assist with Recruiting Efficiency (e.g. AI powered Assistants that make it easy to schedule interviews) and Recruiting Effectiveness (e.g. AI based analysis of Candidate’s Video Interviews to Identify Top Tier candidates based on analysis of what they say, how they say it - micro facial expressions, in addition to Knowledge, Skills, Cognition)

Speakers

Vishal Verma

Talent Now

Vishal is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder of several AI/ML startups in several industries - Healthcare (RxPredict), Fraud (Guardinex) in addition to technology leadership roles in Education (AdmitAlly) and Recruiting (TalentNow). Prior to his entrepreneurial journey, Vishal served... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 1:45pm - 2:30pm EST

Breakout Session, Analytics

1:45pm EST

Hired for Strategy but Never Getting Out of the Weeds

Have you ever been asked by an executive, “What is your IT strategic plan?” Sweat beads begin to form as you think, when do I have time to create a strategy when all I do is fix problems to keep the business running? This presentation will help solve this dilemma by demonstrating and efficient process to create your IT Strategic Plan. Research firms have 90-page slide decks on the process but it is not practical for the small and mid-size business to complete. You will leave this presentation with a real example and templates to create an IT strategic plan, define services, and prioritize business requests.

Speakers

Scott Dennull

AtriCure

Scott is an accomplished IT executive with a track record of success in technology leadership and organizational change spanning 34 years in many industries including manufacturing, insurance, utilities, IT services, and medical devices. He earned his Master of Information Systems... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 1:45pm - 2:30pm EST

Breakout Session, Strategy

1:45pm EST

Leveraging Social Science Theories to Thwart Cyber Attacks!

Today's cyber criminals have discovered that the fastest and easiest pathway to your digital assets is through your users. It doesn't have to be this way - or at least it should be a lot harder! This session will focus on the evidence-based best practices from the social sciences that can help us transform our user communities from easy targets to resilient allies in our ongoing battle to protect our data and systems from cyber attacks. In this session we will share the foundations of our cyber-mindfulness training model, explain how we developed and implemented our Awareness-Agency-Action engagement practices and discuss examples and best practices for successfully designing, delivering and sustaining an on-going education campaign.

Speakers

Dr. Thomas Skill

University of Dayton

Thomas Skill (Ph.D.1984 SUNY/Buffalo) is Associate Provost & CIO at the University of Dayton. He has over 35 years of computing and communications technology experience in higher education and is a tenured professor in the Department of Communication at the university. Among his... Read More →

Dr. James Robinson

University of Dayton

James D. Robinson is a Professor of Communication at the University of Dayton. He joined the University in 1982 and served as the Director of Graduate Studies for more than fifteen years. During this time he has published two books, 43 refereed journal articles, and 25 book chapters... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 1:45pm - 2:30pm EST

Breakout Session, Security

1:45pm EST

The New Governance: Staying on Top of O365

I have yet to hear 1 valid reason as to why Governance shouldn’t be implemented. Governance is not an option in any organization if you want your processes and procedures followed by employees. If there is no one source of truth in how all the functions of the business run, how are you going to build a solid foundation and keep it running at the level it needs to be successful? As for another twist lets insert an application that changes on a regularly. Not to mention in the changes you have new features and deprecating features. So much involved, so how do you manage and maintain it?

Speakers

Stacy Deere-Strole

Focal Point Solutions

Stacy Deere-Strole is the Owner of Focal Point Solutions LLC, a Cincinnati, OH based company that provides SharePoint & O365 Solutions for all. With 20+ years of experience in the IT Industry, Stacy has mainly focused on Collaboration Solutions. She has numerous environment deployments... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 1:45pm - 2:30pm EST

Breakout Session, Infrastructure

2:30pm EST

Networking/Exhibit Time

Wednesday November 13, 2019 2:30pm - 3:10pm EST
Exhibit Hall

Breakfast/Lunch/Break

3:15pm EST

Augment Your Ransomware Defenses with Scale-Out Storage

Stay ahead of ransomware attacks with a multi-faceted security plan that includes perimeter security, intrusion/malware detection and isolation, and a backup/recovery process with well-defined frequency. We’ll show you how snapshots on a scale-out NAS appliance can be completely immutable, fully protecting the unstructured data while the CDP feature takes immutable snapshots every 10 seconds for the first hour, then on an hourly, daily, weekly and monthly basis. Should a ransomware attack occur, the snapshots are completely unaffected, and immune from any modification or deletion.

Speakers

Matt Kern

StorageCraft

Matt Kern is a 25-year industry veteran with over 15 years of experience in Disaster Recovery, Data Protection, and Storage technologies. He has also served as a .NET developer and DBA prior to working in the computer security space. He started his career as System Administrator for... Read More →

David Byrd

StorageCraft

Wednesday November 13, 2019 3:15pm - 4:00pm EST

Breakout Session, Security

3:15pm EST

Enterprise IoT systems that scale to the cloud

Speakers

Johan Botha

Chief Technologist, Digital2DNA

Johan has over 25 years of experience in various roles in Information Technology with roles varying from Developer, DBA, Architect and Management. He leads a small company focused on custom development and consulting, leveraging previous experience and lessons learned in order to... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 3:15pm - 4:00pm EST
Exhibit Hall

Breakout Session

3:15pm EST

How to get your users to love your IT department

As technologies improves, employees can find it a challenge. After talking to their IT Department, how do they feel, frustrated, angry or was it good enough to give your department a good survey rating? I will share our survey with results as well as proven techniques that will improve how your users will feel about your IT Department.

Speakers

Tim Irey

American Trim

Tim Irey - PC Technician/Trainer - Has worked for American Trim for 8 years. He has spent most of his career being that first point of contact when there is an IT issue. Tim also has taught computer classes for Adult Ed at Miami Valley CTC and Upper Valley CTC. In his free time he... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 3:15pm - 4:00pm EST

Breakout Session, Strategy

3:15pm EST

Integrating IoT Devices to Azure IoT Central

Will use Azure IoT dev kit to run home automation project. Project will include (but will not be limited to) sensors for things like: • Stove (whether each burner is on/off) o Will send alerts when the burner has been left on for a specified amount of time • Door (Open/closed, and locked/unlocked) o Will send alerts if door is unlocked while I’m not at home • Windows (open/closed)

Speakers

Justin Ballen

Expedient Technology Solutions

Justin Ballen is a problem solver and driver of innovation. His research and Computer Engineering studies at Sinclair University led him to a career at Expedient. In 2016 he began working in the HelpDesk and quicklly moved into a Level 2 Engineer Role and is currently a NOC Engineer... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 3:15pm - 4:00pm EST

Breakout Session, Infrastructure

3:15pm EST

Problem Solving using Data Science

Are you new to data science and data mining? Perhaps you are familiar with the topic and would like to know more. Maybe, you are interested in seeing an application of data mining technology. Curious? Then this session is for you. This presentation introduces data mining by using examples and demonstrations. The presentation will provide both theoretical knowledge and practical topics of data mining including a demonstration of data mining software [SAS Enterprise Miner]. Topics covered include sampling data, exploring relationship, and modifying/preparing data for analysis, creating models and assessing integrity.

Speakers

Karl Konsdorf

Sinclair College

Karl Konsdorf is the Director of Research, Analytics and Reporting at Sinclair Community College. He is responsible connecting institutional strategy with data. In addition, he develops the marketing and communication plans for the Business Intelligence program for the college. Aside... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 3:15pm - 4:00pm EST

Breakout Session, Analytics

4:15pm EST

CIO Time Study: Four Weeks That Will Change Your Life

“CIO Time Study: Four Weeks That Will Change Your Life”
Info-Tech Research will share the result of a time study of over 160 CIO members. These results demonstrate how successful CIO’s spend their time and deliver better value and client satisfaction compared to their peers. We have analyzed the data and will demonstrate how you can achieve better results by focusing your energy where it matters most. Join Jacques Lirette, an Executive Services counsellor at Info-Tech for this interesting presentation.

Speakers

Jacques Lirette

Senior Director, Executive Services, Info-Tech

Jacques is responsible for delivering Information Technology Research and Data-Driven programs that unlock client potential. Jacques provides Information Technology Leaders with insight and guidance on using Info-Tech Research tools and services for improved IT performance and business... Read More →

Wednesday November 13, 2019 4:15pm - 5:00pm EST
Exhibit Hall

Keynote Speaker, Analytics