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