Winter Leadership Summit

    January 22, 2021 | Virtual

    The Texas K-12 CTO Council Winter Summit will be held virtually on Friday, January 22, 2021, in conjunction with the virtual TASA MidWinter Conference. 

     

     

    Registration is now closed. Join us for our next event - TX CTO Clinic 2021 on June 16-17.

    Early-bird registration is open for the 2021 TASA Midwinter Conference, to be conducted virtually January 25-27. Save $100 per person by registering early! Registration includes access to live sessions plus video recordings of sessions through February 26. Register today!

    Virtual Winter Summit Program

     

    Time

    Session

    Location

    8:00 – 8:20am

    Welcome and Announcements

    Karen Fuller, Chair

    Alice Owen, Executive Director

    Zoom Room 1 

    8:20 – 8:30am

    Effectively Managing All OS-Types Within ONE Platform

    Stephen Mirante, VP, Americas - Filewave

     

    Zoom Room 1

    8:30 – 9:15am

    Keynote – SpaceX Project in Ector County ISD

    Kellie Wilks, CTO – Ector County ISD

    David Irwin, Co-Founder – Thru Consulting

    Nick Galano, Technical Project Manager, Space X 

     

    Zoom Room 1

     

    9:15 – 9:30am

    BREAK

     

    9:30 – 10:00am

    Myths and Realities of Cloud

    Tim Gipson, ENA

    Kyle Montieth, ENA

    Zoom Room 1

    10:00 – 10:30am

    Break Out Rooms for Networking with Sponsors

     

    1 – ENA
    2 – Safari Montage

    3 – ClassLink

    4 – Red River

                 

    Zoom Rooms 1-4

    Please join a room to discuss new solutions and current topics with our sponsors.  Some door prizes too!

    10:30 -11:25am

    Leadership Strand:
    Planning for Private LTE – 

    Steve Wentz, Retired CTO

    Stephen Johnston, Manager Bond Projects, Spring Branch ISD

    Jared Ledet, COO – Branch Communications

    Kenneth Thompson, CTO – San Antonio ISD

    Zoom Room 1

     

    10:30 -11:25am

    Technical Strand:  

    Solutions for Break Fix & Field Support during Remote Learning – Chris Kar

    Zoom Room 2

     

    11:30am -12:00pm

    Solutions for Live Streaming Success in K-12

    Darlene Rankin, Director, Instructional Technology - Katy ISD

    Kyle Berger, CTO - Grapevine-Colleyville ISD

    Tim Beekman, President & Co-Founder, SAFARI Montage

     

    Zoom Room 1

    12:00 – 12:30pm

    Announcement of Award Winners

     LUNCH BREAK

     

    Lunch on your own

    12:30 -12:40pm

    Leveraging Data Analytics to See and Track the Apps Your Students Are Using 

    Tommy Wallis, Former K-12 Superintendent

    April Hughes, CatchOn

     

    Zoom Room 1

    12:40 – 1:10pm

    Remote and Hybrid Learning Models

    Cara Carter, CTO - Northwest ISD

    Chris Lee, Technology Director - Northwest ISD

    Sean Jones, Systems engineer - Northwest ISD

    Jason Sanders, Coord. of Instr. Tech. – Northwest ISD

    Kate Anastario, VP of Success – ClassLink 

    Zoom Room 1

    1:10 – 1:20pm

    BREAK

     

     

    1:20 – 2:10pm

    Erate Update

    Ashley Brown– E-Rate Central

    Zoom Room 1

     

    2:15 – 2:45pm

    Break Out Rooms for Networking with Sponsors

    1 – FileWave

    2 – CatchOn

    3 – Managed Methods

    4 – ExtraHop

               

     

    Zoom Rooms 1-4

    Please join a room to discuss new solutions and current topics with our sponsors.  Some door prizes too!

    2:45 – 3:15pm

    Red River's Cyber Protection Solution for K-12 Education 

    Adam Fiend, Customer Solutions Architect – Red River

      

                                    

    Zoom Room 1

    3:20 – 4:00pm

    Leadership Strand:

    Update from TEA –– Schoology and Other Topics

    Melody Parrish, Melinda Dade, Shannon Terry, Kathy Ferguson

    Zoom Room 1

     

    3:20 – 4:00pm

    Technical Strand:  

    Meeting Cybersecurity Requirements during the Pandemic

    James Costello, Eric Pina – Cy- Fair ISD

    Zoom Room 2

     

    4:00 – 4:15pm

    Closing Remarks and Door Prizes

    Karen Fuller, Chair

    Zoom Room 1