Summary: Now that the World Health Organization has declared COVID-19 a pandemic, IT departments must develop a pandemic response plan. As you strive to sift through the fast-evolving situation, and separate out misinformation from fact, we are hosting this webinar to share Info-Tech’s COVID-19 Resource Center resources you need to effectively navigate this crisis.

Impact and Results-What you need to know about COVID-19 and what you can do prepare NOW:

• Take immediate actions to provide calm and information, assign clear accountability, address work travel, promote proper hygiene and limit the opportunity for the virus to spread in your organization.
• Monitor updates daily from reputable health authorities about the spread of COVID-19
• Begin or review crisis management and business continuity planning for the inevitable impact to your organization as the situation deteriorates globally.

Presenter: Larry Fretz, Principal Research Director, Info-Tech Research Group

Presenter Bio:  As both the Native American technology and gaming, and hospitality practice lead at Info-Tech Research Group, Larry Fretz manages a team of analysts to develop and deliver best-practice research, specific to the tribal government, gaming, and hospitality industries. As owner of the NATRC and GHRC research agendas, he is responsible for agenda planning and directing research, while also providing measured value to chief information officers and key IT leaders. This enables organizational improvements and competitive advantage through strategic technology planning; excellence in project design and implementation; COBIT5-grounded IT governance; business process optimization; and technology road-mapping, selection, and contract negotiation. Larry brings more than a decade of international gaming and hospitality experience and 25 plus years of overall technology, marketing, supply chain, and other business operations expertise.

Presenter: Matt Borkowski, Tribal Pre-Sales Solution Architect

Presentation Summary:
Join this webinar to learn how tribal governments and enterprises are thriving with the latest ERP technology for procurement and inventory. Arctic IT’s Matt Borkowski will demonstrate how these applications are flexible, scalable, and secure.

Presenter: Bill Barkovic, Modern Workplace Sales Solution Professional, Microsoft
Presenter Bio: Bill came to Microsoft with an extensive background in Telecommunications and Security with Global Telco providers and US Government Contractors. He spent his first two years at Microsoft architecting and deploying Skype for Business within the Federal Space covering Civilian, DoD and National Security Group customers as a Senior Microsoft Consultant. He then moved over to our Sales Technical Unit as an SSP and has continued his education and assisting our Native American Tribal Customers in particular with their journey to the cloud.

Presentation Summary: Microsoft is likely the most widely used toolset and platform by tribes across the country. Consider the following:
-What are the best practices for leveraging a centralized and secure data platform, with Microsoft 365, Office 365, and Dynamics 365?
-What are the “modern workplace” benefits of integrated security?
-Consider what to look for in migrating to the cloud – is it right for you?
-Is staying on-premises really as secure as you think it might be?
In the last year, we’ve seen many more cyber-attacks affecting our Tribal Customers than in the past. During this webinar, speakers will reveal the top items you need to be considering to effectively secure your environment.

Presenter: Phillip Jackson, CIO, Arctic IT
Presenters Bio: Phillip Jackson serves as Chief Information Officer for Arctic IT. He is responsible for the company’s network infrastructure and implementing new technologies to keep the company at the forefront of cloud security. In addition, Doyon Limited, Arctic IT’s parent company, relies on Phillip’s expertise to drive workplace modernization for their organization. Phillip’s career is built on a passion for cloud services and security, the power of data-driven decisions, and the ability of technology to improve organizations to their highest efficiency.

Presentation Summary:
Did you know 91% of all breaches start with an email?
During this webinar, you will receive a ready-to-use training deck to share with your employees which teaches them what to look for with every suspicious email.

Presenter: Justin Raisor, Senior Account Executive, Nutanix
Presenter Bio: Justin Raisor is a Senior Account Executive for Native American Tribes who helps Tribal IT Department to modernize their datacenters. Before starting at Nutanix, Justin worked for a number of years as a Virtualization consultant and prior to that held positions as an IT Director and Network Administrator. After a successful career in IT and Consulting, Justin now assists Tribal IT Departments in designing cloud like private datacenters that provide high resiliency and security while eliminating a massive amount of complexity. Justin enjoys Amateur car racing and working on and driving classic muscle cars.

Presenter: Neil Ashworth, Principal Security Solutions Architect, Nutanix
Presenter Bio: Neil is a seasoned security professional with a career spanning 19 years and various security disciplines. Beginning in the British Military as a SIGINT operative, Then progressing to HUMINT with Royal Marines in support of dark site/ dark ops intelligence collection efforts.
Today and after 5 years living and working in the American private sector, Neil has expanded his experience to include Global InfoSec Compliance, Open Source Security, and is the Principal Security Solutions Architect at Nutanix; charged with supporting customers and partners with their security strategies for web-scale hyperconverged and cloud infrastructures.

Presentation Summary: 
Cyber-attacks and data breaches continue to rise, with more than 75% of organizations today falling victim to attacks. What about your Tribe, Tribal Enterprises, Casinos and Healthcare entities? How well are you protecting it against the onslaught of threats? Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility, including decision makers for IT infrastructure. Join us to discover how a security-first infrastructure strategy can improve your security posture and ability to protect your business.

 

Presenter: Bryan Schmidt, Sales Solution Architect, Arctic IT
Presenter Bio: Bryan Schmidt is a Sales Solution Architect for Arctic IT’s Tribal Government and Tribal Enterprise customers. Bryan has spent the past 6 years implementing Tribal Platforms Enrollment and other business applications in Indian Country and has emerged as an industry leader in cloud based and on-premise solutions for Native American organizations.

Presenter: Rob Jacobs, Tribal Client Services Manager, Arctic IT
Presenter Bio: Rob Jacobs has a decade of experience working in Indian Country business, serving in casino player development and marketing and a consultant with the National Indian Gaming Association, National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, Alaska Native and Tribal 8a companies, and the Presidential administration regarding Indian Energy and Indian Affairs.

Presentation Summary: 
Modernizing Member Management: Tribes are serving their members better with technology.
During this webinar Arctic IT will identify the top 5 challenges in providing services to members, and how to solve them.
Ensure your data is accurate and secure while enriching the member service experience.

Presenter: Doreen Jones, Partner Success Consultant, Skillsoft
Presenter Bio: Doreen Jones is a Partner Success Consultant for Skillsoft and has been in the learning industry for 18 years. She assists channel partners in strategizing the most effective training solutions to help learners achieve success. She is passionate about training and the trends that are changing the landscape of the eLearning industry.

Presenter: Paula Thoren, Channel Sales Director, Skillsoft
Presenter Bio: Paula Thoren has been with Skillsoft for more than 20 years focusing on creating and growing partnerships that provide synergistic learning solutions to each partner-specific learning audience. Paula is the overall account manager for TribalWise and works closely with the TribalWise team to ensure total solution options for the tribal community.

Presentation Summary: Quickly learn how your tribe or casino can take advantage of the best online training for unbelievably low prices through TribalWise. Whether you are looking for technology skills, leadership training, compliance, personal skill development, customer service or a wide range of business skills, we will quickly demonstrate the flexible and affordable options that can meet your training and education needs for individuals, groups, departments or the entire organization.

Presenter: Dave Bailey, CTO and Interim CEO of Arctic IT
Presenter Bio: Dave Bailey brings 20 years of experience to his role at Arctic IT. He leads our organization to provide Network/Cloud Architecture, Cybersecurity, and Business Application Design & Implementation for both private and public-sector enterprises. Through Dave’s leadership, Arctic IT is the go-to security vendor for clients in the government, tribal and commercial sectors. Dave holds a Master’s of Science in Cyber Security, Certified Ethical Hacker, Certified Cyber Security Analyst, and CISSP. He resides in New York with his family and enjoys traveling and spending time outdoors.

Presentation Summary:
Tribal Technology 2020: Security for a new decade
A TribalWise webinar hosted by Arctic IT
What are your organizational goals for the New Year? Join us as Arctic IT walks you through technology priorities to discuss and execute including:
• The shifting tide – why tribes are embracing the cloud
• Security is not an option – minimum requirements in the changing landscape
• Technology game plan – take action for your tribe or tribal enterprise

Presenter: Janet Talley, Partner/ERP Consultant

Presenter BIO: Janet Talley is a partner and senior accountant at Milestone Information Solutions. She has been working in their business software and ERP space for 18 years, with her primary focus in accounting operations and business consulting. Janet has experience implementing and migrating tribal organizations and gaming casinos off legacy software and understands the pains, operations, and functions needed in this specialized industry.

Presentation Summary: Preparing your tribal organization for a major accounting or ERP software change can be daunting. Join us on November 21st as Janet Talley walks us through mapping out current processes, how to identify and prioritize your software needs vs. wants, how to evaluate and select your next software, and finally preparing your organization for implementation.

Presenter: Charles Beck, Vice President, Sales at Tredent Data Systems, Inc.

Presenter Bio: Charles has worked at Tredent Data Systems, Inc (TDS) for over 27 years. Focusing on maintenance alternative solutions, TDS has been providing assistance to tribal entities and city governments, helping to guide them towards a comprehensive SMART approach to saving money on annual maintenance expenses.

Presentation Summary: This webinar will reveal strategic ways to maintain a high-level of maintenance integrity within your infrastructure while freeing up precious IT budget dollars.

Understanding Hostile Events in the Tribal Community

Presenter: Damian Wilk, Senior Risk Analyst, Gate 15

Presenter Bio: Damian Wilk is a Senior Risk Analyst with Gate 15. He is a retired Battalion Fire Chief with the District of Columbia Fire & EMS Department. As an officer in the Fire Department, Damian responded to countless acts of violence. As a chief with Special Operations, he worked closely with local and federal law enforcement. He was trained and equipped to respond to acts of terrorism. Damian supported security teams, bomb squads, and SWAT teams.

Presenter: David Pounder, Director of Threat and Risk Analysis, Gate 15

Presenter Bio: David Pounder is Gate 15’s Director of Threat and Risk Analysis. He advises on both physical and cyber security issues. Dave spent over 20 years in the Army as an Intelligence and Security Officer, specializing in counter-terrorism, force protection, and counterintelligence efforts as well as serving in the private sector for leading financial institutions responsible for information security and mobile applications. Dave twice served in senior command positions responsible for both counterintelligence operations and investigations.

Presentation Summary: Hostile Events are more than Active Shooters. The “Understanding Hostile Events in the Tribal Community” webinar will explore how to effectively prevent and prepare for all Hostile Events. It is vital for Native American organizations and enterprises to understand the ever-changing threat environment and to base preparedness activities on a threat-informed and risk-based approach. This webinar presents threat analysis, actionable recommendations, and best practices.

Presenter: Janet Talley, Partner/ERP Consultant

Presenter BIO: Janet Talley is a partner and senior accountant at Milestone Information Solutions. She has been working in their business software and ERP space for 18 years, with her primary focus in accounting operations and business consulting. Janet has experience implementing and migrating tribal organizations and gaming casinos off legacy software and understands the pains, operations and functions needed in this specialized industry.

Presentation Summary: In this webinar, we’ll discuss some of the latest tools and features you may have heard of. Which tools are worth the hype and which are more flash than function? We’ll also talk about how some of our tribal customers are applying new features and you you can evaluate these tools and decide which features can improve the way you do business.

Presenter: Chris Tristan

Presenter Bio: Chris Tristan is currently a Channel Systems Engineer at Aruba Networks for the Central US region. Prior to joining the Aruba team, Chris worked as a network engineer within the Casino industry out of Southern California for 10 years. With casino gaming experience in mind, he designed and implemented an enterprise grade WLAN solution ideal for the next generation of business connectivity and an enhanced patron experience. The success of this implementation put Chris at the forefront of an ongoing security effort to gain control and visibility into the network, a top of mind topic for all gaming organizations.

Presentation Summary: Understand how changes at the edge require a next generation networking architecture for the software-defined enterprise. Learn how mobile first requirements are driving the need for open, secure and operational simplicity. Gain insight into the changes in the traditional attack surface with the expansion of IoT. Hear how to deliver components of an overall application and technology platform for today’s digital user and IoT experiences.

Presenter: Janet Talley, Partner/ERP Consultant

Presenter Bio: Janet Talley is a partner and senior accountant at Milestone Information Solutions. She has been working in their business software and ERP space for 18 years, with her primary focus in accounting operations and business consulting. Janet has experience implementing and migrating tribal organizations and gaming casinos off legacy software and understands the pains, operations and functions needed in this specialized industry.

Presentation Summary: In this webinar we will discuss warning signs that your accounting software’s time may be running out and has become more of a burden on the organizations resources. We will discuss strategies and solutions to extend the life of your software, and pros and cons that tribal clients have experienced investing in a new accounting system. We’ll also discuss tips and tricks you can use while evaluating a new system, and deciding what is right for your organization.

How To Achieve Continuous Operations Throughout Your Tribal Community

Presenter: Sanjay Wadhwa, Data Storage Category Manager, Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE)

Presenter Bio: Sanjay Wadhwa is currently the North America Category Manager for the HPE Storage business unit.  He has been with HPE for 9 years and has worked as an Enterprise Solutions Architect for storage solutions supporting Boeing, REI, Microsoft and General Motor where he designed multi-petabyte high performing SAN solutions to smaller solution Hyper-Converged Solutions for smaller remote sites. Prior to joining HPE, Sanjay worked as a Pre-Sales Technical Consultant with EMC where he designed Enterprise Systems Monitoring and Configuration Management solutions.

Sanjay has a Master degree in Computer Sciences from Chico State University and a Bachelor of Sciences degree in Electronics from Mumbai University, India. Sanjay makes his home in Seattle Washington with his wife Andrea and dogs Clio and Cooper.

Presentation Summary: According to Gartner’s IT Glossary, Continuous Operations is defined as, “Those characteristics of a data-processing system that reduce or eliminate the need for planned downtime, such as scheduled maintenance. One element of 24-hour-a-day, seven-day-a-week operation.” The idea behind continuous operations is that operations never stop. Hardware and software solutions are put in place to eliminate planned maintenance, and applications will continue to service customers until they’re switched over to newer versions.
The value of continuous operations can be tied to the cost of downtime. For tribal gaming operations, casinos lose money whenever their machines are down. For tribal healthcare organizations, lives can literally be at stake if a doctor cannot access patient data. Continuous operations can require new approaches to your IT platform. These can include solution elements such as transformation to hybrid cloud, the use of containers, peer persistence, robust data backup, and data recovery. Businesses who transform their IT infrastructure for continuous operations will be at a competitive advantage. This webinar will help you understand what it will take to get to that advantage.

You’ve Been Hacked! – The Mind of a Hacker and How to Protect Your Tribal Data

Presenter: Ian McIntyre, Security Analyst at Varonis

Presenter Bio: Ian McIntyre is a Security Analyst on the Security Architecture and Incident Response team at Varonis. In his position at Varonis, Ian helps customers understand and implement the full scope of Varonis’ detection and alerting capabilities, as well as assisting with cybersecurity investigations. Ian holds an MS in Information Security Policy & Management and previously worked as a Security Analyst with the U.S. Navy at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, and at the CERT Insider Threat Center at CMU-SEI.

Presenter: Justin McErlean, US Public Sector Account Manager at Varonis

Presenter Bio: Justin McErlean is an Account Manager on the US Public Sector team focused on Sovereign Nations. At Varonis, Justin works with tribes to strengthen their security infrastructures, educating them on modern-day threats like Ransomware/Phishing and ultimately what the best practices are when it comes to protecting their network/data. As of today, he currently works with 23 tribes and is constantly working on a multitude of different challenges varying from data protection to compliance and combatting insider threats. Prior to Varonis, Justin obtained a Bachelor’s Degree from Penn State and his Master’s Degree in Criminology from John Jay College.

Presentation Summary: More now than ever in the Tribal community, we see networks being hacked, data being stolen, and organizations attempting to frantically fix the problem after it’s too late. Join us to learn about the various methods that hackers utilize in order to penetrate networks and more. Our live cyber-attack workshop will show you how a hacker can use a simple phishing e-mail to gain entry into the network and proceed to wreak havoc. See what you can do to be proactive against these sorts of threats with your Tribal data.

How Drones and Drone2Map Can Impact Your Tribal Lands

Presenter: Lain Graham, National Government Solution Engineer at Esri

Presenter Bio: Lain Graham is a Solution Engineer on the National Government Civilian and Sciences Team. She primarily supports Tribes, EPA and Census. She is an FAA certified drone pilot and a registered professional Archaeologist. She holds a BA in Physical Anthropology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, an MA in BioArchaeology from Georgia State University and she is in the final stages of her Ph.D. at the University of Central Florida where she is studying Sociology and GIS. In her position at Esri Lain assists federal agencies like tribes with the adoption and optimization of the ArcGIS platform to drive meaningful business solutions.

Presenter: Steven R. Marien, LS, CFedS, Geographic Information Officer at the Mohegan Tribe

Presenter Bio: Steven R. Marien, LS, CFedS, CAD/GIS Document Control Director, Geographic Information Officer; Connecticut licensed Land Surveyor; Certified Federal Surveyor, with 28 years of combined experience working with spatial information. Steven has spent the last 15 years developing a comprehensive spatial information program at Mohegan and providing the leadership and vision required to develop an effective Enterprise GIS in support of the Tribe’s strategic objectives including cultural and environmental preservation, land management, business growth, infrastructure life-cycle management and risk management.

Presentation Summary: Commercial drones are making remote sensing a personal technology. This webinar will navigate use cases, best practices, and common workflows. Esri’s Drone2Map application allows for the easy processing of drone imagery and the production of accurate, high-resolution 2D and 3D information products. You will hear about the Mohegan Tribe’s application of drone imagery and GIS technology from Steve Marien of the Mohegan Tribe and see a demonstration of Drone2Map from Esri’s Lain Graham.

 

Understanding, Identifying and Combating Insider Threats to Tribal Governments & Businesses

Presenter: Jim Coyle, Senior Public Sector Channel Systems Engineer, FireEye

Presenters Bio: Jim Coyle is the Senior US Public Sector Channel Engineer at FireEye, helping Federal, State, and Local Government, as well as Education institutions, understand today’s types of attacks, threat agents, and how to defend against them. For over a decade Jim has been working in the federal security industry in various capacities supporting the US Armed Forces both here at home, and abroad specializing in secure communication channels. This has provided Jim a solid background with intricate cryptologic systems, networks, and security architectures in the most demanding and challenging environments. Jim now takes his passion to help Government leadership and executives understand the ties between geo-political events on the world stage and complex cyber security issues.

Presentation Summary: There is no doubt that insider threats pose a significant risk to tribal governments, citizens and Native and non-Native organizations, as they can compromise sensitive and confidential data. Join FireEye’s Jim Coyle, Senior Public Sector Channel Systems Engineer, as he discusses how organizations must stay vigilant against external threats while keeping a keen eye on the risk that insider threats pose. Jim will also address what an insider threat looks like to your organization, what assets and systems are targeted by inside threat actors and steps to secure your organization against these threats.

How To Secure Vendor Privileged Access To Tribal Networks & Ensure Compliance Across Industries

Presenter: Justin Strackany, Chief Customer Officer at SecureLink

Presenter Bio: Justin Strackany is the Chief Customer Officer at SecureLink, the leader in vendor privileged access. He has been with SecureLink since it was founded in 2003 and has served in many customer-focused capacities, including sales engineering, implementation, customer success, account management, and onboarding new clients. Over the years he has developed deep partnerships with some of the largest, most complex enterprise organizations and technology vendors across the country and internationally in industries such as healthcare, gaming, legal, finance, and retail.

Presenter: Tony Howlett, CISO at SecureLink

Presenter Bio: Tony Howlett is a published author and speaker on various security, compliance, and technology topics. He serves as President of (ISC)2 Austin Chapter and is an Advisory Board Member of GIAC/SANS. He is a certified AWS Solutions Architect and holds the CISSP, GNSA certifications, and a B.B.A in Management Information Systems. Tony is currently the CISO of SecureLink, a vendor privilege access management company based in Austin.

Presentation Summary: Cybersecurity continues to be a significant area of concern, with an increasing frequency (63%) of a multi-million dollar, potentially deadly, security breaches, being attributed to a third party.*

These increasing risks bring stricter regulatory requirements such as being able to identify, control, and audit all access to your network – down to the individual level.

In this webinar, SecureLink’s Chief Customer Officer, Justin Strackany, and CISO, Tony Howlett, will discuss how to ensure your organization is adhering to regulatory compliance requirements such as NIGC, HIPAA, and CJIS specific to vendor remote access. They will also discuss:

– Lessons from recent third-party vendor-related data breaches

– Why privileged access should be managed differently for vendors vs. employees

– Tools and strategies to ensure third-party accountability

*Data Risk in the Third-Party Ecosystem, Ponemon Report 2017

 

Learn to Crush Performance At Work: How To Build, Engage and Ultimately Become the Workforce of the Future for your Tribal Organization

Presenter: Dan Negroni, Speaker, Master Coach, Best-Selling Author, CEO, at launchbox

Presenter Bio: Dan Negroni is a hyper-growth CEO and bold impact coach who guides companies in bridging the gap between managers and their millennial workforce and creating “next-gen” workforce cultures to increase employee engagement, productivity and profits. He is a serial entrepreneur, experienced business leader, attorney, master coach of CEOs and millennials, Inc. Top 100 leadership speaker, and Amazon best- selling author of Chasing Relevance: 6 steps to Understand, Engage and Maximize Next Generation Leaders in the Workplace.

Presentation Summary: It’s no secret that we’re in the middle of a fourth industrial revolution. AI, augmented reality, virtual reality, predictive bots, apps, and accessibility to big data everywhere- and we’re just at the beginning of this new future that is changing everything about the way we live and work! The Future of Work is already here- how are you preparing your secret weapon, your superpower, to foster success in your organization through this fourth revolution?

 

Tackling Challenges in Indian Country: Recruiting and Retaining IT Skills Expertise

Presenter: Linda Marie Arredondo, Director, Native American Technology Research – CIO

Presenter Bio: Experienced Information Technology executive with demonstrated success working in multiple vertical industries including: tribal government, housing, finance, healthcare, education, gaming, hospitality, and enterprise. Member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.

Presentation Summary: Tribal Nations face a constant challenge in finding the right skills to support new technologies while at the same time maintaining the skills in-house that support your existing platforms. Let the NATRC help you decide whether to retrain existing staff, hire new staff, contract, or outsource the work. Learn how to avoid poor decisions, higher costs, delays, or inadequate talent quality.

Presenter: Fred Starzyk

Presenter Bio: With almost 25 years of federal legislative and political experience, Fred Starzyk is the founding principal of Aronnax Public Strategies (APS), a federal government affairs firm that focuses on Indian Country, agriculture, and Department of Interior related issues. APS’s goal is to partner with clients to create solutions that matter.

Presentation Summary: In this webinar, Aronnax Public Strategies will address the digital divide in Indian Country, federal funding opportunities in broadband, and the opportunities and challenges these can present to Indian Country.

Presenters:
Brian Walski, VP of Sales and Marketing
Darrell Luery, Advisor to the CEO

Presenters Bio:
Brian Walski is the VP of HMBookstore Business Development, Sales and Marketing team overseeing strategic accounts and key customer relationships. Brian manages the strategic product roadmap based on customer feedback and industry trends. He has over 30 years of Business Operations and IT Management experience leading worldwide teams within the US and Asian markets delivering over $1B in business value.

Darrell Luery is the former president of the combined Bally’s and Paris Resorts in Las Vegas and former CEO of Swiss Casinos of America. Darrell assumed responsibility for Bally’s shortly after it filed bankruptcy and brought it to $100 million in earnings within six months by relying on its employees as the most knowledgeable source to define key issues needing improvement. Completed co-authoring a book on this experience and is in current contract negotiations with a major book publisher. Darrell serves as the advisor to the CEO of HMBookstore and remains a strong advocate for the power of employee engagement in achieving business success.

Webinar Summary: Employee productivity is important to any business. But typical “shadow” on-the-job training in today’s business environment is no longer enough. This webinar details how new online training techniques are raising core job performance and improving employee effectiveness up to 44% while creating a happier, more engaged workforce. This, in turn, reduces costly absenteeism and turnover up to 50%. This is a must-see webinar for GM’s, HR officials and department heads alike.

Presenters: Matt Lane, CIO and Brad Mayer, Director of Customer Relationships

Presenters Bio’s:

Matt Lane has performed Current/Future State Assessments, risk assessments, and vulnerability analyses for a wide variety of U.S. businesses and government organizations for JANUS over the past 20 years. He has assisted clients with remediation efforts in both technical and CISO roles. He has extensive experience in critical infrastructure organizations, such as financial operations, healthcare, casinos, Tribal governments, and utilities. He is an expert network and application specialist.

Brad Mayer has worked exclusively in Cybersecurity for over 15 years now. He has managed relations with many of the largest Casino and Tribal entities in the U.S. and is dedicated to customer satisfaction and delivery. In addition to Casinos and Tribal Governments Brad has extensive experience with banks, manufacturing, healthcare, and state and local governments entities, and he understands the current business and specialized cybersecurity challenges the each of these industries face.

Webinar Summary: In this webinar, we will discuss the current cybersecurity trends and challenges that tribal governments face. Specifically, how those challenges are faced internally within an organization and how both the technical and non technical managers approach and explain the importance of these challenges and initiatives internally.

Presenters: 

Mike Day, TribalHub Founder and Executive Officer

Katie Wolf, TribalHub Sales and Account Manager

Session Summary:

Tune in to learn how easy it is to find exclusive pricing and offers for tribal organizations and enterprises. Join Mike and Katie as they highlight the mission of TribalValue, walk you through the TribalValue Portal, talk about available deals and savings, and get you started on your path to a new way of purchasing for your organization. You won’t want to miss this webinar!

 

Presenters: Marina Pascali and Manessa Grisham Offering Managers, Watson Health

Presenter Bio’s:

Marina Pascali has over 20 years’ experience in the health industry, evaluating market trends and developing population health and care management products to meet the challenges of integrated care systems worldwide. In this role, Ms. Pascali supports the product lifecycle, identifying new market opportunities, working with clients to design solutions that meet their business objectives, managing the product roadmap, and supporting operations. Marina holds a PhD in Health Services and Policy Analysis from UC Berkeley and a MS from McGill University.

Manessa Grisham has worked in the healthcare industry for IBM Watson Health for the last 5 years. As an Offering Manager, her team is responsible for delivering a globally relevant population health management solution aimed at improving care and case managers’ workflows for high risk populations in the government and healthcare markets. Manessa earned her Bachelor of Science and MBA from Hardin-Simmons University in Abilene, Texas.

Webinar Summary:  In this session you will hear about the value of a whole person care approach to assessing and caring for individuals whose health is affected by a combination of physical, mental and social issues. Supporting team collaboration and engaging the individual as a contributor and owner of their care plan is key. A population health strategy that incorporates this broader perspective can effectively identify and address fundamental issues affecting the well-being of each of your tribal members.

 

Presenters: Jason Brescia and Matt Borkowski

Join Jason Brescia and Matt Borkowski for a very important presentation on the many ways you need to protect your tribe in today’s world. In this webinar, we will cover:

• The number one thing you can do to ensure your tribe is protected
• The different types of threats – and how to combat them
• The 7 layers of protection every tribe needs to have

Arctic IT has been serving Indian Country for more than 16 years by providing technology solutions. We empower tribes to thrive with managed services, application services and our proprietary solution, Tribal Platforms.

Presenter: Jeffrey Ward, VP, IBM Federal, MaaS360

Presenter Bio: Experienced Sales Executive with a demonstrated history of working in the computer and network security industry. Strong professional skilled in Cloud Computing, Public Sector Sales, IT Security, Enterprise Software, Solution Selling, and Software as a Service (SaaS).

Presenter: Douglas Harbert, Security Software Sales Leader

Presenter Bio: Senior level executive with over 25 dynamic years of sales and marketing experience in the high technology industry with extensive experience in enterprise software, security, hardware, storage, consulting, energy management, data warehousing, business analytics and managed services. My experience has allowed me to help direct my customers (partners) to solving their most complex IT problems in their respective companies, leading to great customer relationships and to demonstrate high levels of integrity, initiative, honesty and leadership.

Summary: While the endpoint continues to be the largest “attack surface” within most networks, securing them continues to be problematic.  Managing endpoints plus their users and data is a time-consuming task with conventional mobile device management (MDM) and enterprise mobile management (EMM) solutions.  Smart IT leaders are turning towards a cognitive unified endpoint management (UEM) approach that consolidates the management of smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktops, wearables,etc

Presenters: 

Troy Arwine, Federal Security Executive
Thom Oaks, Technology Solutions Professional-Identity
Brian Jamison, Technology Solution Professional – Cloud Security

Presenters BIOs: 

-Troy Arwine has worked at Microsoft for over 13 years in a variety of different roles. Currently, he is the Enterprise Security Executive, managing relationships with the Chief Information Security Officer’s of Microsoft’s largest accounts. In addition, Troy drives security solution scenarios through understanding customers’ long and short-term strategy.

-Thom Oaks is a Technical Solution Specialist supporting Security, Identity, and Enterprise Mobility featuring Azure Active Directory, Azure Information Protection, Azure Rights Management and Intune. I’ve worked at Microsoft for over 12 years in both Services and Sales supporting all facets of the Federal Government. Before focusing on Security, Identity and Mobility, I’ve enjoyed learning Exchange, SharePoint, Lync, and most recently Azure.

-Brian Jamison has been in the Information Technology industry for well over 19 years.  His emphasis for the bulk of his career has been in Identity/Access Management, Data Protection, Cybersecurity and Security Intelligence. As Brian has worked with several of the Top 5 world-wide IT companies, he has gained experience in commercial, Healthcare, Armed Services, Local & State and Federal Government as well as International industries. Currently, Brian serves as a Microsoft Technology Solution Professional (Technical Pre-Sales Role). The solutions Brian’s covers in this role are the Azure security components (Enterprise Mobility & Security suite, Intune, Azure Information Protection, Microsoft Cloud App Security, Azure Active Directory, Azure Advanced Threat Protection). In summary, Mr. Jamison has a vast background in the Information Technology industry.  That coupled with his military service in the United States Airforce, Brian is well equipped to assist his customers through their Digital transformation journey and beyond.

Session Summary: 

This webinar will discuss the need for strong Identity Management Practices and how this ultimately improves the Security footprint of tribal nations and their constituents. Through this webinar, tribal groups will learn about Microsoft’s optimized identity and security solutions, which will overall benefit data management and business productivity.

Presenters Name: Kris Reynolds, PMP, ITIL, Six-Sigma Black Belt, Arrowhead Consulting

Presenter Bio: Kris is a multifaceted individual with 20+ years of experience piloting highly effective projects and process improvement initiatives.  He is well versed in strategic planning, financial modeling and business development with a proven track record in leading diverse cross-functional teams with on-time and under budget completions.  Kris is customer focused with a reputation for innovation, organization and delivering results. Kris Reynolds is an International speaker and trainer, having presented on a myriad of topics to multiple companies and non-profit organizations in numerous industries both domestically and abroad since 2011. His areas of focus include Project Management, Innovation, Leadership, Process Improvement and Strategic Thinking.

Session Summary:TribalWise and OakTree IT Staffing and Training have partnered to bring you an introduction to Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) and  an opportunity to receive ITIL Certification. This webinar gives a sneak peek at the benefits, barriers and remedies to implementing ITIL within organizations and provides an overview of ITIL Foundations, the globally recognized certification for IT Service Management.  Here from industry expert Kris Reynolds regarding IT spending which has reached nearly $5 trillion at the end of 2017; up 25% from just 3 years prior.  The steep growth has resulted in IT service providers to turn towards Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) for its framework and best practice guidance in an attempt to control and monitor IT services. Plus, learn about the three day certification course being offered in Tulsa, OK and the option to participate virtually through the ProximiTree Online Learning System.

Presenters Name: Stephanie Licata. M.A. A.C.C.

Presenter Title: Training & Development Specialist

Company: Stephanie Licata, Training & Development Specialist

Presenter Bio: Stephanie Licata is a seasoned coach, trainer, consultant and adult learning strategist with over 18 years of experience. With a passion for serving tribal communities, she designs and delivers on-site and virtual leadership trainings for tribes and tribal-owned businesses some of which include NNGE, Redding Rancheria, Spokane Tribal Enterprises, Win-River Resort & Casino, Bear River Resort & Casino and in partnership with Player Performance Group out of Tulsa, OK. Stephanie has a Masters in Organizational Psychology from Columbia University and a coaching certification from NYU and the ICF.

Session Summary: Managing conflict successfully can dramatically impact any organization. This mini-course supports you in effectively managing 1-1 or group conflict within your tribe or organization. This webinar will address both gaming and non-gaming tribal organization’s. Case studies in working with tribal casinos and tribal government employees in the areas of healthcare, education, and technology will be discussed. Help people come together to achieve common goals and stay true to your tribe’s values.

Presenters Name: Matt Lane, CIO  and Brad Mayer, Head of Customer Relations

Presenter BIO: Matthew Lane has performed Current/Future-State assessments, risk assessments, and vulnerability analyses for a wide variety of U.S. businesses and government organizations for JANUS over the past 20 years.  He has assisted clients with remediation efforts, designed risk management tools for clients that enable them to lower costs of assessing their environments and planning for events, and advised government organizations on improvements in technology architecture.  He has extensive experience in critical infrastructure organizations such as financial operations, healthcare, and utilities and has led a number of risk analyses for these organizations.  He is an expert network and application specialist.

Presenter Bio: Brad Mayer has worked exclusively in Cybersecurity for over 15 years now.  He has managed relations with many of the largest Casino and Tribal entities in the U.S and is dedicated to customer satisfaction and delivery.  In addition to casinos he has worked with banks, manufacturing, healthcare, and state and local government entities.

Session Summary: Cybersecurity Best Practices for Securing Your Tribal Environment. In this webinar we will discuss current cybersecurity trends and exploitation avenues that hackers take to infiltrate your tribal business or organization. More importantly though we will discuss the best practices and layered approach on how to prevent the bad guys from accessing your critical tribal business systems.

Presenters Name: David J Clark, Federal Financing Executive, IBM Global Financing-Federal Market

Presenter Bio: Dave assists Federal clients to include Tribes in meeting their IT financing needs. Dave has held previous roles in banking at Bank of America and within early-stage financial technology firms. Additionally, he holds an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis where he studied finance and entrepreneurship.

Dave began his career as a US Army Officer where he served an Advisor to Afghan forces tasked with securing Kabul and surrounding provinces during the historic 2009 election. He also led an intelligence unit based in South Korea.

Dave serves on the board of a Mississippi-based start-up and speaks frequently at events promoting financial innovation and entrepreneurship in rural areas.

Session Summary: The webinar will cover how Tribes can match the right financing option to project needs.  Rapid technological change and the hidden costs of ownership are often overlooked when considering financing. We will discuss these challenges and highlight the power of Fair Market Leasing (FMV) for Tribal projects that include equipment and assets that face rapid obsolesce.

Instructors: Ronald Bushar, Global Government CTO, FireEye

Contact your FireEye representatives today!

Patrick Narus

[email protected]

Ron Bushar

[email protected]

Instructors: Dave Fore, Account Executive,Sophos and Tim Kinnerup, Vice President, Sales & Business Development, QCM Technologies

Contact your QCM representative today!

Tim Kinnerup, QCM Technologies
VP, Business Development & Sales
Phone: 480-483-4371 Direct
Email:  [email protected]
Website:  www.qcmtech.com

Instructor: David Larimer, Senior Systems Engineer for IBM System Storage, IBM

Contact your IBM representatives today!

Wayne A. Johnson
IBM Systems Sales Specialist
301-399-1780

Felecia R. Kornegay
IBM Client Manager
770-863-1947

Instructors: Carlos Marques, Enterprise Architect, Mainline Information Systems and Matthew Likes, Enterprise Architect, Mainline Information Systems

Contact Your Mainline Representative Today!

Tyler Burkett

Account Executive

Mainline Information Systems

[email protected]

Instructor: Even Brande, CEO of Handel IT and Assistant Lectures in Entrepreneurship, University of Wyoming

Instructor: Bill Babilon, Global ITOA Solutions Architect,Splunk

Instructor: Dave Bailey, CTO and VP, Arctic IT

Instructors: Stacey Wright, Intelligence Program Manager and Eugene Kipniss, Sr. Program Specialist,MS-ISAC

Instructor: Matt Stephenson, Sr. Security Technologist,Cylance

Instructor: Thom Oaks, Microsoft Technical Specialist Threat Intelligence, Microsoft​