To Jay Wilson, security is a mindset, not a department, and for him there is no bad time to start on the journey of protecting data. In 2017 Wilson was asked to take the role of chief information security officer at Healthgrades—a technology and data company that connects patients and health care providers—after successfully launching […]
Features Region: West
Jake Hornsby – Cal State East Bay
By any ethnic or socio-economic standard, California State University East Bay is among the most diverse campuses anywhere. The most in the Golden State, at least in 2015, according to The Chronicles of Higher Education’s Almanac. That’s as much a source of pride as it is a challenge, reminds Chief Information Officer Jake Hornsby, who […]
Jeremy Davis – Capistrano Unified School District
A chemistry teacher doesn’t begin teaching safe chemistry at the end of the semester. That lesson starts before the first Bunsen burner is placed under a test tube. The same principle applies for introducing children to the internet, states Jeremy Davis, who has served the 49,000-student Capistrano Unified School District in Orange County, California, since […]
Jagan Gudur – Regis University
When you think of a typical college classroom, a very particular image comes to mind: the professor standing at the front, with rows of students sitting attentively. For all the ways in which technology has transformed learning, this dynamic remains the default setting at most universities. As chief information officer of Denver’s Regis University, Jagan […]
Jonathan Miller – J.D. Power
In 2011, J.D. Power President Finbarr O’Neill called J.D. Power’s former parent company McGraw Hill Financial, Inc. and asked for help. J.D. Power is best known for its consumer satisfaction research regarding new cars, and O’Neill wasn’t sure the company’s technology was competitive enough. McGraw Hill sent Jonathan Miller from New York to California to […]
Joseph Hartman – Carlsbad School District
In his role as director of assessment and technology for the Carlsbad Unified School District (CUSD) in Carlsbad, California, Joseph Hartman works hard to provide the district’s students, faculty and staff with the technological solutions they need to succeed in an increasingly digital world. With nearly a decade of experience in information technology, Hartman is […]
