Presentation Summary: The storage industry is changing with a new platform that makes IT solutions more data-centric, intelligent and adaptable. This next level of storage has even more capabilities – plus a cost-effective new entry model that makes PowerStore accessible for Tribal organizations of all sizes.

Presenter: Todd Toles, CTO, Dell Technologies, Storage Portfolio
Presenters Bio: Todd is part of the global field CTO organization for Dell Technologies. He is responsible for designing and architecting storage and hyper-converged infrastructure solutions across our wide variety of products. He is a Data Center Architect for both storage networking and information availability design.

Presentation Summary: Moving your entire tribal organization from on-premise email to Microsoft 365 in the Microsoft Cloud can seem complex for many. The unknowns and the process may seem confusing, which is possibly why you haven’t made the move.

We find that many tribal organizations have a long list of questions and concerns about M365, migration, licenses, company adoption and how to plan and implement your journey. The good news is, we migrate companies and tribal organizations to Microsoft 365 every day. Join BigGreen IT and Chuck Scharnagle, CIO for The Mohegan Tribe as we discuss how The Mohegan Tribe navigated to Microsoft 365 in the Microsoft Cloud with the help of BigGreen IT.

We would like to share a story of planning, migration and implementation with you. One that will illuminate the process and help you get started with your journey.

We will cover the following:
• What to expect when you embark upon this journey – the whole story from a real migration experience
• How to choose the right licenses for the right members of your team. Maximize value while minimizing cost.
• How to leverage the data and info in a Microsoft 365 Assessment to save money, save time and ensure a smooth migration
• Plan and implement your M365 migration – Learn the tips that will save you time and money and the pitfalls that can derail your project.
• Ensure you have the right security and support plans in place

Presenters:

• Jeff Rogers, CEO, Big Green IT
• Wade Walker, Director of Cloud Services, Big Green IT
• Mike Prachar, COO & Director of Cloud Technologies, Big Green IT
• Chuck Scharnagle, CIO, The Mohegan Tribe

 

 

Presentation Summary: Casino Resorts have to provide a higher level of food and retail services than before COVID while operating more efficiently to maximize revenue and profits. 365 Retail Markets will share success stories on how self-service solutions meet today’s challenges while lowering operational costs and increasing customer satisfaction. Learn how your property can employ different unattended retail strategies for both the front and back of the house.

Presenter: Jon Floyd, Sr. Executive Account Manager – International
Presenters Bio: Jon Floyd has 12+ years of experience helping clients in the Casino Resort, Convenience, and Foodservice industries increase revenue, labor efficiencies, and client satisfaction through the use of multiple self-service technology solutions. Jon develops new business relationships and oversees existing clients and Strategic Accounts in the US and Canada for 365 Retail Markets. Jon has two sons, Ian and Miles, and resides in Colorado with his wife, Malia, where they climb mountains, just started to learn to fly fish and enjoy other outdoor activities on the weekends year-round. With a Marketing Degree from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Jon is a graduate of the NAMA Executive Development Program at the Broad College of Business. Get connected with Jon on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonfloyd/

Presenter: Seth Stillings, National Account Executive
Presenters Bio: Seth Stillings has been working with resort, entertainment, and gaming organizations for 6+ years, helping them to install and operate self-service technology, that has met the needs of their guests and team members while keeping operational & overhead costs down. With 365, Seth oversees strategic partnerships with numerous business organizations across the country, including tribal and non-tribal gaming entities. A native of Atchison, KS, on the Missouri River, Seth now resides in midtown Kansas City, Missouri with his wife, Hillary, and their 125 lb. rescue dog, Davy. Seth is a graduate of Pittsburg State University (Pittsburg, KS) with a BS in Public Relations. Get connected with Seth on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/sethcstillings

 

Presentation Summary: Tribal governments face unique challenges when it comes to managing Federal awards. A lack of resources, for instance, can prevent your tribe from not only maintaining compliance but also from securing future funding that positively impacts the life of your members. The key to success in staying compliant is standardization when it comes to processes, data, and reporting. This webinar will help you begin to make a step-by-step plan for standardizing your grant management efforts with technology, including how to create your own policies around Federal compliance requirements, and how to define data reporting requirements and standards. Access to free resources will be provided specifically for Tribal governments to help you devise a grant management process that works for your Nation.

Presenter: Adam Roth, Founder & President of AmpliFund
Presenters Bio: Adam Roth is the Founder and President of AmpliFund, the leading enterprise grant management software platform. Adam was one of nine grant reporting executives to sit on the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) DATA Act pilot program board. As a result, Adam has unique insight into grant regulatory guidelines. Adam often worked closely with industry and government officials to facilitate the development of improved regulatory guidelines for managing grant funding using standardized data structures. He now speaks frequently on the topic to audiences around the country. As a result of his work, he was honored with the NGMA Impact Award/Private Sector for exceptional contributions to advancing the field of grant management.

Presentation Summary: The various ways Tribal Nations can and do generate revenue to support their people is incredibly complex. Revenue sources are siloed and incredibly diverse as are the programs that they fund. As Tribal Nations look to scale their economies — taking full advantage of U.S. Federal Government funds, adding more business on reservations, and providing additional services to their communities — it is critical that they are able to manage all of this complexity in a modern, easy to use way.

This session will detail how to gain visibility into funding sources as well as investments to ensure proper stewardship and modern operations of critical businesses and services. Imagine being able to have full visibility into the services you provide your community as well as information on and their adoption rates. This enables you to engage directly to make improvements as needed and align the right resources to the right projects to deliver on the needs of your Nation. With workflow automated, Tribal Nations can align the work being done with overarching priorities and better track the results, ensuring that long-term strategic planning goals are being met.

Presenter: Mark Wohlgemuth, IT Transformation Consultant, ServiceNow

Presenter: Ryan Nunes, Tribal Nation Account Manager, ServiceNow
Presenters Bio: Ryan has been with ServiceNow for 3 years supporting Tribal Nations and their Enterprises leveraging workflow automation to accelerate digital transformation across departments and businesses. Prior to work with the Tribal Nations, he supported various federal agencies to modernize the delivery of services.

Presenter: Calvin Gerald-Kornmann, Tribal Nation Solution Consultant, ServiceNow
Presenters Bio: Calvin Gerald-Kornmann has more than 10 years of first-class support experience in the Non-Profit, Government, and Private sectors. Always delivering customer-focused, customer-driven IT service that has proven to provide “first contact resolution” to all support inquiries while decreasing costs and subsequent IT issues. ServiceNow Admin Certified and ITIL Foundations certified, Calvin has experience in driving customer solutions that help to improve business processes as well as increase user satisfaction with cloud-based workflow automation solutions.

 

Presentation Summary: This webinar will focus on a discussion of lessons learned from the impact of COVID-19 on the cybersecurity threat landscape and outlook for the next 6-12 months within Tribal Gaming.

Presenter: Brent Hutfless, IT Security Director at Wind Creek Hospitality
Presenters Bio: Brent leads the information security program for Wind Creek Hospitality, the gaming and hospitality enterprise of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians. Wind Creek offers a variety of hotel, casino, dining, shopping, and entertainment venues at 10 locations throughout the US and Caribbean.

Prior to his transition into gaming and hospitality, he held technology and security leadership roles at US Navy headquarters-level commands and a top US Federal contractor. Starting out in US Navy, his 25-year career spans aviation, defense, entertainment, hospitality, healthcare, intelligence, manufacturing, military, and training fields.

Brent holds degrees in Computer Science from Troy University and Software Engineering from the University of West Florida, in addition to a Medical Informatics certificate and CISSP certification. He has contributed to post-secondary textbooks, peer-reviewed medical research, and continues to publish on community forums. Brent enjoys research and presenting topics like artificial intelligence, hacking, the dark web, identity theft, foreign espionage, and interesting subjects that educate, entertain, and promote conversations that lead to change.

Presenter: Patrick Tinklenberg, Vice President Information Technology at Sycuan Casino Resort
Presenters Bio: Patrick Tinklenberg is the Vice President of Information Technology with Sycuan Casino where, for the last 8 years, he has been responsible for technology and strategy for the casino, hotel, and golf resort. Previously to this position, Patrick was the IT Director for the Barona Band of Mission Indians for 7 years where he ran the IT operations at all tribal government service facilities, government-supported enterprises, and the Barona Gaming Commission. A veteran of the IT industry for over 25 years, he has worked with companies in Hospitality, Transportation, Medicine, Real Estate, Government, Manufacturing, and Retail to align business objectives with technology.

Since joining the Tribal IT industry in 2005 he has facilitated projects across all areas of government and casino operations. As a gaming operations executive, he has been instrumental in the implementation of innovative loyalty programs, digital content management systems, CRM, and a number of strategic infrastructure initiatives. Highlights of government initiatives include: reservation-wide wireless broadband, GIS mapping, electronic document management, implementation of citizen service platforms, and unified communications.

Presenter: Gene Chayevsky, CEO at BIG Cyber
Presenters Bio: As President and CFO, Chayevsky is a key executive partner to BMM’s CEO in areas of business management, finance, and strategy. In addition, Chayevsky is responsible for BMM’s corporate development, including serving as CEO for BMM’s cybersecurity business, BIG Cyber. Prior to his current role, Gene served as BMM’s Executive Vice President for Europe and South America. As a world-class C-suite executive, Gene has over 29 years of private equity, executive management, entrepreneurial and investment banking experience in both the US and international markets, with 16 years experience in the gaming industry.

Before joining BMM, Chayevsky managed his own investment firm, KLW Capital, focused on private company investments in technology, gaming, and entertainment.  Prior to forming KLW, Chayevsky served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cadillac Jack (currently part of PlayAGS, Inc.).  Earlier in his career, Gene was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley and West Merchant.

Chayevsky graduated Magna Cum Laude with a BA in Economics from Columbia University and also attended the University of Cambridge. Gene is also a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (2018).

 

Presentation Summary: Many tribal governments are now learning what it’s like not only to receive grant funding from the Federal government but also to act as pass-through entities to provide funding to recipients in their own communities. As if managing funding on its own wasn’t complicated enough, managing pass-through funding as well as sub recipients comes with its own need for internal controls to ensure compliance and success for sub recipients. There are major advantages and disadvantages to pass-through grants, so what’s the best way for tribes to navigate and be successful? Join TribalWise and eCivis’ Certified Grants Management Specialist and Tribal Expert on April 29th at 1 pm ET to get five best practices tribes can start implementing now to manage their pass-through grants.

Specifically, attendees will learn:
• The ins and outs of pass-through funding
• What pass-through funding looks like in times of crises
• Five best practices tribes can use to manage sub recipients and pass-through funding

Presenter: Maria Howeth, MBA, CGMS, Sr. Customer Success Manager & Tribal Alliance Specialist, eCivis
Presenters Bio: Maria comes from the tribal government sector and is a proud member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. As eCivis’ Sr. Customer Success Manager and Tribal Alliance Specialist, Maria brings expert knowledge of grants and tribal government. She is a Certified Grant Management Specialist (CGMS) from the National Grants Management Association (NGMA) where she serves on their board of directors and is active in many committees. Maria holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Southern Nazarene University and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from East Central University. She also has training in Tribal Law from Oklahoma City University.

Presentation Summary: This conversation will share insights around sustainability approaches and shifting expectations and priorities from the industry. Is your technology 100% carbon neutral? Can it be? Should it be? The expectation for intentional sustainability while ensuring peak security and assured continuity of operations and systems are rapidly replacing “business as usual” conversations not only for Tribal organizations’ own leadership and operations as environmental champions and stewards, but also are becoming an increasing expectation of public sector agencies and clients that Tribal Organizations might have as customers.

Learn how you can tackle sustainability, security, interoperability, and the future of work, at the same time, without having to abandon legacy structures. All while leveraging a “Clean Cloud” for instant carbon neutrality at no additional cost.

Presenter: Banh Vuong, Sales Lead, Tribal Nations & Enterprises, Google

Presenter: Chris Talbott, Cloud Sustainability Lead, Google
Presenters Bio: I’m working to make sure Google Cloud is recognized as the most sustainable cloud, and supporting the demand from customers to engage us in their sustainability efforts. Also, launching new Google Cloud regions throughout the globe.

Presenter: Alexis Bonnell, Strategic Business Executive, Google
Presenters Bio: Changing every citizen’s life through technology.

Presentation Summary: Tribally-owned businesses often are highly complex in structure, with operations in several industries, including entertainment, hospitality and contracting government. Similar to other public sector entities, these organizations are highly connected and diversified making it difficult to protect their infrastructure and more importantly their supply chain. According to our threat research, nearly 90% of organizations experienced email fraud attacks last year with scams targeting their supply chains causing the most loss. Unfortunately, most organizations don’t have visibility into their overall supply chain risk. So how can you better protect yourself?

Join us to learn more about:
1. Real-world supply chain fraud examples
2. How to detect supply chain fraud threats targeting you
3. How to mitigate risk posed by impersonated and compromised suppliers

Presenter: Julie Stoneburg, Email Fraud Defense Specialist, Proofpoint
Presenters Bio: Julie Stoneburg is an Email Fraud Defense specialist at Proofpoint Inc. Before focusing exclusively on Email Fraud Defense, Julie consulted with a core group of high-profile clients in Manhattan – including some of the largest legal and financial services firms in the world. In that role, she recommended comprehensive solutions from Proofpoint’s world-class suite of over 25 different security products. Recognizing that email has become the largest threat vector to organizational safety, Julie now specializes in Email Fraud Defense and consults with leading companies all throughout the Americas.

Presenter: David Ray, Email Fraud Defense Specialist, Proofpoint
Presenters Bio: David Ray is an Email Fraud Defense Specialist for Proofpoint supporting the South region. In this role, he is responsible for addressing the challenge of online identity deception across enterprise, healthcare, and public sector accounts. David has an extensive background in IT, networking, and security representing a number of industry leaders such as Lenovo, Overture Networks (now ADVA Optical), Nortel, and MCI (now Verizon) in both sales and engineering capacities.

Presentation Summary: During a time of uncertainty, understanding how your players and guests are engaging can help tribes design the best possible experience for their visitors across all revenue streams.
Join us, along with Nancy Kolo of Amperity and Don Lionetti of Microsoft, to learn more about the ways tribes can use technology to organize data, focus on personalization and drive improved engagement and experience.

Presentation Summary: When it became apparent that COVID-19 disproportionately affected American Indian/Alaska Natives (AI/AN) compared to non-Hispanic whites, we knew we had to step in and help resolve a critical issue. As part of an initiative to protect our 100+ tribal clients and the communities they serve, NextGen Healthcare teamed up with the California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHB) to develop a COVID-19 task force, as well as a COVID-19 vaccine rollout strategy that could support all sovereign nations.

Register now to learn how the Tribal Health NextGen Consortium (THNC), the partnership between NextGen Healthcare and CRIHB, helps assess, prioritize, and support the implementation of nationwide initiatives that advance the use of: information technology, data collection and reporting infrastructure, telemedicine, and health information exchange at tribal health clinics and health centers.

Presenter: Kyte Castillo, EHR Integrated Care Coordinator, California Rural Indian Health Board

Presenter: Brandy Cunningham, Medical Informatics Manager, Muscogee (Creek) Nation Division of Health

 

Presentation Summary: With the latest federal stimulus package to provide COVID-19 relief, Tribal governments can expect up to $20 billion to support their respective communities. However, as the CARES Act has taught us, failing to properly streamline your grants processes can mean serious delays in getting funding out, properly allocating such funding, and audit findings down the road. So how can tribes properly prepare for this next wave of funding while putting their remaining CARES Act funding to use?

Presenter: Maria Howeth, MBA, CGMS, Sr. Customer Success Manager and Tribal Alliance Specialist
Presenters Bio:Maria comes from the tribal government sector and is a proud member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. As eCivis’ Sr. Customer Success Manager and Tribal Alliance Specialist, Maria brings expert knowledge of grants and tribal government. She is a Certified Grant Management Specialist (CGMS) from the National Grants Management Association (NGMA) where she serves on their board of directors and is active in many committees. Maria holds a Master’s in Business Administration from Southern Nazarene University and a Bachelor’s in Business Administration from East Central University. She also has training in Tribal Law from Oklahoma City University.