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Season 4: Episode 33: The City & County 2025 Tech Outlook As with previous years, Dr. Alan Shark shares his views about what to look for in 2025. This podcast’s content is based on a commentary he wrote for State Tech Magazine, see: https://statetechmagazine.com/article/2024/12/12-trends-watch-2025-city-and-county-outlook

This episode borrows from an informative webinar where PTI held a Part 2 as part of Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Jamil Niazi, Director Of Information Technology, City of Stockton CA; Elizabeth Di Bene, CISO, Loudoun County VA; William Mann, CGCIO™, CISO, Borough of West Chester PA. Moderated by Dr. Alan Shark.

This episode borrows from an informative webinar where PTI kicks off Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Panelists include: Nikki Milburn, CISO, Franklin County, Ohio Ryon Saenz, Deputy Director, Information Technology Services, Alexandria, Virginia Samantha Sendrowski, Director of IT Administration, City of Worcester, Massachusetts

A Conversation with Brooke Smith, NIGP-CPP, MIS, MMC, UCC, City Recorder, Murray City Corporation Recently, Brooke has embraced AI technology to update City Policy, prepare new RFPs and bids, and streamline operations. She is dedicated to training other procurement and government employees on the ethical and responsible use of AI. Brooke's mission is to equip government professionals with AI and C...

A conversation with Mark Hampton, Ph. D., Executive Education Advisor, Amazon Web Services    As an Executive Education Advisor, Mark works with higher education executives and line-of-business leaders to understand how cloud technologies can enable digital transformation efforts, particularly around the effective use of data and analytics. Prior to joining AWS, Mark served for 30 years as an admi...

A conversation with James Farrell, CIO, Village of Bolingbrook, IL, with co-host Mary Frances Coryell, Chief Revenue Officer, Citibot. James Farrell has lived and worked in Bolingbrook for nearly 20 years and has been instrumental in modernizing digital services for the village. Serving as CIO for five years, he now sees things differently. Conversely, his peers and citizens view him in a new way—...

Season 4: Episode 27: A Sure Bet, Reducing 200 IT Projects into Three Slots A conversation with Bob Leek, CIO of Clark County NV, with co-host Mary Frances Coryell, Chief Revenue Officer, for CITIBOT. (This Sharkbytes. Net episode is co-hosted with Mary Frances, Chief Revenue Officer , CITIBOT) Bob Leek is the CIO of Clark County, Nevada. He started out as the deputy CIO in 2021 and soon became th...

A conversation with Robert Newell, PhDCS, CGCIO is the CIO, City of Ardmore, OK   With hurricane and tornado seasons increasing in duration and intensity, Robert Newell shares his story of a recent set of tornados that hit his city. How he responded to some unprecedented incidents is remarkable and a story we can all learn from. New to the mitigation strategies was the use of artificial intelligen...

Season 4: Episode 25: AI and Chatbots – Beyond Scripted Response A conversation with Bratton Riley, co-founder and CEO of CITIBOT Bratton first appeared on Sharkbytes. Net in September 2020, when machine learning ruled the industry. Today, with AI on the rise, CITIBOT is now an industry leader. Learn how much has changed since then and how AI is playing a safe and meaningful role. As the son of lo...

A conversation with Dr. Alan Shark, author of Artificial Intelligence-A Primer for State and Local Government: Everything You Need to Know Since Yesterday.” In this episode, we go behind the scenes of DR. Alan Shark’s new book, “Artificial Intelligence – A Primer for State and Local Government: Everything You Need to Know Since Yesterday. You will discover the significance of the Octopus on the co...

A conversation with Dr. Stephanie Deitrick, Chief Data Officer, City of Tempe, AZ, and Nick Stowe, Chief Technology Officer, Washington State. This special episode is a re-broadcast from The American Society for Public Administration’s (ASPA) Section on Science & Technology Interest Group (STTIG) “Lunch and Learn Webinar Series, that took place on January 24th. It is offered here given its ent...

A conversation with Jamie Wasculus, CIO, Saint Paul, MN; Jon Eichten, Deputy Commissioner, MNIT, MN; Barry Condrey, former CIO, Chesterfield County, VA; Shawn Riley, former CIO State of North Dakota. This special episode was recorded from the closing session at the PTI Fusion Learning Partners Annual IT Symposium, December 14, Saint Paul MN. Listen to what this expert group has to say about the is...

A conversation with Stacey Mansker-Young, former Deputy CIO, City of Chicago Always the innovator and strategist, Stacey Mansker-Young served as deputy CIO for the City of Chicago for some 22 years before leaving for the well-respected consulting firm, Plante Moran. Stacey has witnessed monumental change during her tenure at the City of Chicago, serving under at least 5 CIOs. Now Stacey has entere...

A Conversation with Jasper Appleton, a former student athlete, sports podcaster, ISO. Jasper was a student athlete in swimming before Covid hit that ultimately upended his athletic opportunities and ambitions. He describes how he had to change course and navigate new career opportunities. Jasper will inspire you as he maintains a healthy and realistic degree of optimism in his quest to change dire...

Season 3: Episode 19: 12 Tech Predictions for 2024 – AI Is Everywhere – Including the Guest Host Guest chatbot host, Roberta interviews Alan Shark as he speaks to his annual list of predictions. This year is a first in many ways and the predictions will certainly surprise you! This year there are 12 as opposed to 10, and there are some completely new ones worth explaining. The ending is unsettling...

A conversation with Lorena Jordan, Policy and Government Librarian, Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University. Jordan is the policy and government librarian, a position dedicated to supporting undergraduate and graduate students. She is experienced, driven, talented, and a successful professional, with comprehensive experience and solid adeptness at delivering information serv...

A Conversation with Rob Reynolds, CISCO, City of Raleigh, NC Rob Reynolds is the CISO, (Chief Information Security Officer) for the City of Raleigh. With nearly 30 years of experience, he started his career in the private sector, has been a CIO and CISO with most of his career in the public sector. He is a CGCIO as well as a Certified Chief Information Systems Professional in addition to two Maste...

Season 3: Episode 16: A Vision of Cybersecurity Through the Eyes of a CISO: Part 1 A conversation with Nikki Milburn, CISO, Franklin County, Ohio. Nikki Milburn is the CISO (chief information Security Officer) for Franklin County, Ohio. Nikki is a certified CISO by three of the leading certification organizations. She has a steady track-record of accomplishments that are county-wide and shares som...

A conversation with Sophia Moshasha, Vice President of the DC chapter of the VR/AR Association   Sophia Moshasha is on a mission to accelerate the adoption of immersive and emerging technologies. Behind the scenes, on camera, and center stage, she propels multiple initiatives dedicated to elevating education and engagement with XR across diverse industry domains. Sophia serves as the Vice Presiden...

A conversation with Dr. Stephanie Deitrick, Chief Data Officer at City of Tempe, AZ.  Tempe is one of the first cities to establish a ethical AI Policy for the city government and approved by the City Council. Dr. Deitrick played the leadership role in crafting this unique and comprehensive AI policy. Learn what led to its creation and what comes next, and how her skill sets in decision support,...

CBS, NBC, CNN continue to cover the significance of cities hiring “Chief Heat Officers”. The first in the Nation was Phoenix. Prior to all the national attention we had a chance to interview David Hondula for this podcast. Weather is an awe-inspiring phenomenon that captures the attention of everyone at some point in their lives, but it’s also powerful and can be deadly as well. When we think of l...

A conversation with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, author of the best-selling book, Data Governance for Dummies – a compelling book and discussion for all. Jonathan is a multiple-award-winning technology and business leader whose career has spanned both the private and public sectors. He’s been a senior software engineering manager, a director of technology innovation, and has served as chief informatio...

A Conversation with Robert Ferdan CGCIO, IT Director, Alameda County Mosquito District. Few realize that there are over 700 mosquito abatement districts (MADs) across the US – most with a critical IT component. These quasi-governmental organizations play a vital role in controlling the world’s most deadly disease-carrying insect. The Alameda County (CA) Mosquito Abatement District long ago secured...

Season 3: Episode 10, May 18:  A conversation with Eric Skomra, State & Local Government Chief Technology & Innovation Strategist Central US and Canada, for Dell EMC.   Eric has a unique view of the state and local technology having served as the CIO for a city, a county, a hospital, as well as CIO for the largest county in Ohio at Franklin County Data Center. He also was the state CIO fo...

A conversation with Kerry Goode, Chief Information Officer, and DeWayne Kendall, Chief Technology Officer, for the City of Durham, North Carolina Kerry and DeWayne share how they perfected a working model that initially was designed to address key IT staff shortages and has grown to much more. Originally a presentation at PTI’s recent Local Government CIO & Tech Leader Summit, this presentatio...