Thank you to everyone for a successful Conference. Save the date for April 22-25, 2025 where we will return to the La Cantera Resort & Spa in San Antonio, Texas for next years Conference.

Breakout Session Presentations

Do You Know Your Team?

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Fay Young - Information Technology Director, City of Port Arthur

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WTF With Frameworks: Winning the Frontline with Frameworks

Rob Carson - Founder and CEO, Semper Sec
James O'Brien - Information Security Officer, Port Houston

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Critical Response to Schools: Fostering GIS in Public Safety

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Betsi Chatham, GISP - GIS Manager, City of Grapevine

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Fortifying Networks: A Case Study of Citywide Transformation

Scott Joyce - Director of Information Services, City of Euless
Kevin Tucker - Assistant IT Director, City of Weatherford
Angela Wright - Chief Technology Officer, City of Beaumont

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Securing the Microsoft Cloud with Azure, Entra ID, and Office 365

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Ron Braatz - President, Liftoff LLC
Tom Erdely - Office 365 Senior Engineer, Liftoff LLC

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Unlocking Your Voice: Leveraging LinkedIn for Local Government IT Leaders

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Scott Joyce - Director of Information Services, City of Euless
Sean Trudeau - VP of Sales - SLED, ITPartners+

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Navigating the AI Horizon: Strategies for Secure and Responsible Integration of AI in Government

Nick James - Chief Executive Officer, WhitegloveAI
Omar Rodriguez - Chief Information Officer, City of McKinney

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GIS, Servers, and Relational Databases

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Nicholas Willette - GIS Manager, City of Euless

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City of Boerne’s Cybersecurity Journey - A Case Study in Securing IT with Confidence

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Mike Raute - Director of IT, City of Boerne
Sheldon Cravey - Assistant IT Director, City of Boerne
Andrew Cook - CTO, Recon Infosec

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The advantages of taking the Dialtone to the Cloud

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Wes Cooper - Director of Technology, City of Benbrook

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Leading Highly FUNctioning Teams

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John Jones - Assistant IT Director, City of College Station

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Cyber Risk is Business Risk - Why Senior Leadership Involvement is Important in the Cyber Conversation

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Tony Sauerhoff - Cybersecurity Coordinator/Senior Deputy CISO, Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR)

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Optimizing Park Ranger Operations: A Home-Grown ArcGIS Solution for Efficient Work Management

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Nathan Smith - Geospatial Services Manager, City of Round Rock

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From Chaos to Control: Harnessing Response Functions for Cyber Event Recovery

Jonathon Mayor - Field Technical Director, Cohesity

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Onboarding for Dummies: Automating User Account Management with Role Based Job Models

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Jared McArthur - IT Manager - Systems Operations, City of Round Rock
Megan Tschoerner - Assistant Director - IT, City of Round Rock

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What Ted Lasso Taught Me About My Own Leadership

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Al Sarria - Department Director & Chief Technology Executive, City of Cedar Park

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Cybersecurity Triumph on a Shoestring Budget: A Case Study of Grimes County, Texas

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Gregg Cannon - Director of IT, Grimes County Texas

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Utilizing AWS for GIS and Cityworks Hosting

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Brad Daugherty - President, NewEdge Services, LLC
Jeff Demuth - Senior Solutions Architect, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Angela Wright - Chief Technology Officer, City of Beaumont

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Closing Cyber Exposure Gaps in the Modern Attack Surface

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Chris Jensen - Public Sector Business Development Executive, Tenable

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Retrieval-augmented generation - Using generative AI with your City's Data

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Kevin Gunn - Chief Technology Officer, City of Fort Worth Texas

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Easier Said Than Done: Prioritizing Cybersecurity in Your Organization

David Bentz - President, D Bentz & Associates, LLC
Ted Gruenloh - CEO, Nomic Networks, Inc.
Chris Lee - Director of Information Technology, City of Lewisville

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Inter-City IT Disaster Recovery Collaboration: A Model for Urban Resiliency

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Chris Edwards - Chief Infrastructure & Security Officer, City of Carrollton
Alden Gleason - Enterprise Architect, City of Celina

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Developing a change management and adoption strategy for your Geospatial Enterprise

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Jacob Blind - Team Lead SLG Account Management, Esri

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State and Local IT Trends - A Customer Journey - City of Seguin

Philip Gonzalez - Sr. SLED Account Executive, Extreme Networks
Shane McDaniel - CIO, City of Seguin
Brian O' Connor - GM - Public Sector Director, Extreme Networks

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Look to the Cloud, Son: I Got 99 Problems, But a Blob Ain’t One

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Jim Daniels - Microsoft Technical Specialist, SHI

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Solution Session Presentations

Unleash the power of generative AI and Data Transformation

Sergio Ortega - Business Development Lead AI/ML for State and Local Government, Amazon Web Services

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Strategies Amidst Risk: Taking On-Prem to the Hybrid Multi Cloud

Phillip Jennings - Hybrid Multi Cloud Lead for NA Public Sector, Freeit Data Solutions
Brian Jones - Solutions Architect, Freeit Data Solutions

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Unlocking The Future of Geospatial Systems

Jacob Blind - Team Lead - Account Management, Esri
Zena Pelletier - Team Lead Solution Engineer, Esri

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Choosing a Winning Hand: The Winning Approach to Selecting the Right Solution Partner

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Lawrence Steed - Account Executive, MCCi
Nathan Whicker - Senior Solutions Architect, MCCi

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Know the Unknown: Nomic Networks Insight

Ted Gruenloh - CEO, Nomic Networks

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Unleashing the Future of Security with Palo Alto Networks Cortex XSIAM

Stuart Burden - Cortex Regional Sales Manager, Palo Alto Networks
Damien Tijerina - Systems Engineer, Palo Alto Networks

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Securing the Digital Front Door: Enhancing Email Security for Cities and Counties with Recon's Managed Security Operations

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Michael Robertson - Senior Security Analyst and Email Security Lead, Recon Infosec

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The Middle Way: An Actionable Method for Cloud Optimization in Government

Asim Iqbal - Field CTO – Cloud, CDW

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What Security Driven Networking Looks Like - FortiSwitches, FortiAPs, and FortiAI Ops in Action

Amy Arnold - Systems Engineer, III, Fortinet
Sam Barlass - Systems Engineer, Fortinet

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Enhancing Cybersecurity: The Value of Implementing a Framework

Kevin Fuller - President, ThinkGard