Presentation Summary:
Ransomware has become a prime global cybersecurity threat and it is evolving into new and more dangerous forms. This webinar will look at some recent ransomware examples, types of ransomware in use today, the evolving ransomware toolset and techniques, detecting ransomware activity, responding to a ransomware event and preventive steps that can be taken against ransomware.

Presenter:
Tony English, Director of Operations, Big Cyber
Presenters Bio:
Anthony English is a seasoned IT and Security professional with multiple certifications in both disciplines. Anthony has worked in health care, utilities, law enforcement, lottery and gaming, auditing, education and consulting and has more than 30 years of applied experience. Anthony has volunteered on a Standards Council of Canada committee for IT Security, a Cloud Security Alliance committee for securing health care data in the cloud, as a member of the Disaster Recovery Institute of Canada’s Certification Committee and as a member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals CIPP certification exam committee.

Presentation Summary:
Cybersecurity can be overwhelming in today’s ever-evolving threat landscape. We’ll show you how easy it is to strengthen your security posture while enabling your team to be more productive.

Presenter: Dave Bailey, President & CEO, Arctic IT
Presenters Bio: Dave Bailey is President and CEO at Arctic IT. Through Dave’s leadership, Arctic IT is the go-to technology partner for clients in the government, tribal and commercial sectors. Dave has worked at Arctic IT since the company’s inception in 2003, and has held a variety of positions with the company, including Chief Technology Officer (a position of which we are actively seeking a replacement). Dave holds a Master of Science in Cyber Security at Maryville University and resides in New York with his family.

Presentation Summary:
With security and business continuity becoming paramount for modern operations, it’s no surprise more and more tribes are moving their ERP applications to the cloud. Join Arctic IT and Microsoft on TribalWise as we dive into the reasons for the change and how we can help you do the same.

Register today to save your virtual seat with our experts and learn about:
– The difference between legacy and cloud applications
– The top 10 reasons tribes are moving ERP to the cloud
– What options are available on the Microsoft platform

As a native-owned organization, Arctic IT’s expertise in cloud migrations and security for tribal governments and enterprises makes this a must-attend event.

Presenter: Matt Borkowski, Pre-Sales Solution Architect, Arctic IT
Presenters Bio: Matt Borkowski is a Principal Solution Architect for Arctic IT with a focus in ERP for Tribal, State, Local and Federal Governments. Matt has spent the past 15 years implementing ERP systems and business process improvements in the public sector and has emerged as an industry leader in cloud-based solutions that meet the unique needs of government agencies.

Presentation Summary: Cyberattacks on business-critical systems are on the rise! No matter the industry or size of the organization, everyone is at risk of being disrupted by crippling ransomware. Unfortunately, it is not a matter of “if”, but “when” you and your organization will fall victim to one of these attacks. Please join ConvergeOne to hear more about how tribes can avoid ending up as the next target.

Presentation Summary: The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act (CARES Act) and The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) were created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and designed to provide economic relief directly to Americans. The State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funding Program earmarks a subset of ARPA funds for State, local, and tribal governments specifically designated to create job opportunities for people in local communities and to bolster infrastructure. These separate funding streams, while having similar aims, do not have all of the same compliance and reporting requirements.

The guidance around compliance and reporting back on these separate funding streams can be particularly difficult to manage – especially with disparate data and systems. It can be especially difficult for tribal governments with a unique level of sovereignty, treaty-based funding, a lack of resources, staff turnover, and issues with managing separate awards that fund a variety of services. This session will provide you with an overview of the similarities and differences between the compliance and reporting requirements of these funding programs. Additionally, you will gain tips on how to create processes to support managing the funds your Nation has gained through these programs with centralized systems and data collection so you can concentrate on improving outcomes.

Presenter: Adam Roth, President and Founder, AmpilFund

Presenter’s 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. Adam was also honored with the NGMA Impact Award/Private Sector for exceptional contributions to advancing the field of grant management.

Presentation Summary: Does looking at Microsoft 365/ Office 365 licensing matrices give you a headache? Our experts will break down the subscription plans and help you discover what’s best for your technology needs.

Presenters Bio: As a Microsoft cloud expert, Justin Bryant brings a wealth of knowledge of the Microsoft stack to many organizations.

Presentation Summary: Currently, there are millions of dollars in federal dollars available to support Tribal technology projects. This is especially true for broadband and technology programs targeting education, healthcare, public safety, and community development. Many tribal organizations do not have full-time grant writing staff therefore, our webinar is designed to provide funding information directly to Technology Directors and Technology Support Staff. Join STEP CG as we discuss what equipment can be purchased with grant funding as well as information as to how Tribes can access free grant writing services.

Presenter: Dr. Cindy Joffrion, Sr. Director Grant Operations and E-rate at Extreme Network
Presenter’s Bio:Dr. Joffrion has over 20 years as a Tribal grant strategist and writer of winning federal and major foundation grant proposals for Tribal, education projects, capital campaigns, and healthcare.
Connect with Dr. Cindy Joffrion on LinkedIn HERE.

Presentation Summary: Since the COVID-19 pandemic started, tribal nations have had to adapt to a whole new way of managing day-to-day operations. As staff transition away from offices to remote-home locations, legacy paper-based document management and manual routing processes must evolve to allow remote staff access to critical information, create and share new content, engage in business process reviews and approvals, and improve visibility to metrics and productivity.

While these expectations existed prior to the pandemic, the impact of COVID-19 has exposed outdated document and process management operations in many organizations – and created new expectations for day-forward staff, member, and customer engagement and digital services.

Through our extensive experience with tribal nations, we understand that a scalable, enterprise solution that can address multiple tribal government and business needs is a must-have. That’s why tribal nations turned to Naviant’s OnBase Platform.

“OnBase is pervasive to our organization; it has changed how we do business.”
– Oneida Nation

“The high-level benefit that our organization has achieved by using OnBase has to be a single platform for our organization. It streamlined and created efficiencies and transparencies for communication across all facets of the organization.”
– Forest County Potawatomi

What OnBase Can Do for You
• Transform legacy paper to electronic content and put digital information to work through automated workflows to complete tasks faster, with more efficiency and accuracy, and with less staff.
• Automate labor-intensive, paper-based, manual data entry processes such as Accounts Payable, Human Resources, Contract Management, Grants Management, Agenda
Management, and more… and spend more time on meaningful, knowledge-based activities.
• Provide enhanced collaboration between you, your staff, and your members so you can serve your community more quickly and with increased satisfaction.

Presenter: Trevor Graham, Tribal Government Sales Exec, Naviant
Presenter: Tim Sniff, Business Development Manager, Naviant

Presentation Summary: Broadband internet is the electricity of the 21st century. It brings growth, prosperity and better quality of life wherever it goes. Yet, according to US Census Bureau estimates, almost half of Native Americans living on tribal lands are still deprived of this utility so essential for prosperity. The extended pandemic has exposed the digital divide like never before and underscored the importance of high-speed internet, whether it is for remote learning, tele-health, or community engagement in compliance with health and safety guidelines. The good news is that Teltech and Nokia have a cost-effective solution available now to bridge the digital divide for tribes. In this webinar, we will share how tribes can benefit from this dedicated internet solution that uses best-in-class broadband wireless technology and funds from the federal government.

Presenter: Pedro Tozzi Calvao, Private Wireless Business Development, Cloud and Network Services at Nokia
Presenter’s Bio: Pedro Tozzi Calvao works in private wireless business development for Nokia. He has 10 years of experience working on smart cities and network technology in North and South America. Pedro is currently working to help communities and industries in the U.S. gain better access to private wireless networks.

Presenter: Randal May, Senior Enterprise Business Manager
Presenter’s Bio: Randal May is a senior Enterprise Business Manager, with 22 years of wireless industry experience in RF Engineering and System Design as well as Deployments. Having designed and deployed Cell Site and Small Cell Networks for both Verizon Wireless and Nokia, Randal is now working to deploy these private networks for underserved communities.

Presenter: Mike Meagher, President, Teltech Group
Presenter’s Bio: As the President of Teltech Group, Mike Meagher is responsible for establishing plans and strategies to achieve profitable growth objectives.  Mike has over 20 years of leadership and experience in the telecommunications industry holding executive positions in operations, sales and finance for Ericsson and Nortel Networks.  In his most recent role, Mike was responsible to develop the strategy and design the infrastructure for Ericsson’s Factory of the Future, leveraging 5G technology and Industrial IoT to onshore 5G radio production inside the United States. Mike received his MBA with a Finance concentration from Southern Methodist University and his BBA with a Finance concentration from the University of Texas at Arlington.

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