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Are you a casino in the process of adding sports betting into your tribal casino?

Our CEO Daniel Kustelski has been in your shoes. Having integrated an online sportsbook into a land-based casino group 10 years ago, he’s well aware of the challenges and opportunities, based on his own experience and years of studying the data.

Also, three years into regulated sports betting in the US, we’ve got great examples of casinos rolling out sportsbooks to draw from.

Presenters:

Daniel Kustelski, CEO at Chalkline- Daniel is a West Point graduate and former Engineer Officer and Captain in the US Army with over 10 years at a senior level leadership in gambling and sports. Prior to Chalkline Sports, Daniel co-founded a leading sports betting company in South Africa that was sold to Sun International, Africa’s second-largest casino group, and now operates as Sunbet. Daniel’s co-founder in the sports betting business, Jason Foster, have worked together ever since. Prior to Sunbet, Daniel led teams and organizations in the sports marketing industry in positions at Octagon and Megapro. Daniel worked in securing sponsors for the 2010 World Cup, including Sony, and worked on brand partnerships with organizations such as Manchester United and South African rugby. Daniel is one of the few American sports betting leaders who holds gaming licenses in both North America and Africa. He is a regular speaker at conferences, including ICE in London, G2E in Las Vegas, ICE North America, and Gambling Regulators of Africa. Daniel earned his MBA from Wits Business School in Johannesburg, South Africa and a B.S. from The United States Military Academy in West Point, New York. Daniel is a proud and active father of two, and a member of several community organizations.

Joe Kustelski, Co-founder at Chalkline- Joe has spent nearly 20 years building and leading teams that live at the intersection of marketing, entertainment and technology. Prior to Chalkline, Joe served as CEO of Etix, and led the company to a successful exit in 2015. Etix processed annual ticketing receipts of $450,000,000 and employed over 100 team members. Etix acquired Rockhouse Partners, a company that Joe co-founded, before Joe took the lead role at the joint company. Previously, Joe led and scaled business divisions and products at Ticketmaster, Idealab and MediaNews Group, and served as the Product Manager for the 2010 launch of the Nashville Entrepreneur Center. Joe has lived and worked for two-year stints in both Asia and Europe, and spends his free time cooking, playing soccer and traveling with his wife, Annie.

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It took a health pandemic to tell us what many of us already knew: the government needs to invest billions into the U.S. tribal broadband infrastructure. Everywhere you look, there are new funding programs popping up: NTIA Tribal Connectivity, American Rescue Plan, USDA and US Infrastructure Plan are all promising billions of funding to be spent over the next several years. During this session, a panel of experts will help prepare you for what is to come as well as share insights into ways these funds can be used.

Presenters:

• Allyson Mitchell, General Manager at Mohawk Networks
• Godfrey Enjady, General Manager at Mescalero Apache Telecom and President of National Tribal Telecommunications Association
• Barak Harlan, Director of Engineering, CHR Solutions
• Greg Bathrick, Solutions Marketing Director, Calix

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Most casinos and in-person gaming and entertainment locations have struggled to build a profitable scaling business over the past eighteen months due to the pandemic.

This webinar talks about how you can leverage the power of Data & Analytics on Google Cloud to achieve operational efficiency and increase the overall return on investment for gaming and casino companies.

During this webinar, we’ll be addressing some important topics including:

– How you can integrate data from all fragmented source systems to build a global data warehouse and reporting for better decision making.
– How a data driven approach can help drive successful player engagement by understanding player behavior and journey and uncovering upselling and cross-selling opportunities.
– Understand what initiatives have a higher return on investment, measure Return on Ad Spent (ROAs) and optimize marketing campaigns.
– Do you currently have a data warehouse or a reporting setup that helps you measure the impact of, and optimize all initiatives across the enterprise?

Measure and optimize resource deployment and utilization across the casino floor, backend operations, hotel and F&B.

You will walk away from this webinar learning how you can integrate data from all fragmented source systems to build a global data warehouse and reporting for better decision making and how a data driven approach can help drive successful player engagement by understanding player behavior and journey and uncovering upselling and cross-selling opportunities.

Presenters:

• Arpit Agrawal, VP – Media & Gaming Platforms. Arpit currently leads the Global Media and Gaming practice for MediaAgility. Arpit is responsible for bringing the power of Cloud, and Data & Analytics to the customers with a sharp focus on helping customers achieve operational efficiency and improving user experience.
• Banh Vuong, Google Cloud – Tribal Enterprises Lead

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 the current federal technology-friendly grants and funding available for Tribal organizations and learn how to access no-cost grant writing resources available to assist Tribal organizations acquire funding.

Presenter: Pedro Tozzi Calvao, Private Wireless Business Development at Nokia
Presenters 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: Dan Gregory, PLTE Program Director at STEP CG

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Today’s cybersecurity threat landscape is everchanging. Long gone are the days where companies operated solely within their own four walls and could be protected by perimeter-based security. As business has moved to the cloud, the concept of a “secure perimeter” has become a thing of the past.

Zero Trust is a security strategy developed by industry analysts at Forrester Research who recognized the shortcomings of perimeter-based security and argue instead that organizations should design their security controls to be data-centric. Understanding what’s happening to your data— knowing whether it’s sensitive or confidential, overexposed, or under attack—is a more effective approach for protecting data proactively then relying on perimeter-based security alone. Organizations should assume hackers will be able to penetrate their network. The question is not “if” an attacker will get in, but “when.”

Speaker: Justin McErlean, Federal Account Executive, Varonis.
Justin has been working for 5 Years as an account executive in the cybersecurity space specifically focusing on Sovereign Nations.

Presentation Summary: The future of tribal government services and member management is here. We’re excited to introduce to you our newest line of cloud business applications designed exclusively for tribes.

Presentation Summary: The concept of a “Digital Workplace” has been accelerated over the past year due to the COVID pandemic. The need for employee flexibility and employee engagement is even greater as workplaces reopen in a vaccine-mandated world. In this webinar learn how Tribal Nations and their Gaming Enterprises can deliver and manage new types of business services.

-Learn how to easily capture vaccine status for employees and provide simple and intuitive testing protocols
-Standardize COVID response services to create and deliver new HR and Workplace services
-Quickly and seamlessly scale COVID response operations to create a safe, healthy, and employee-ready working environment
-Utilize HR and Workplace Safety reporting dashboards to rapidly communicate value and impact on business operations

Presenters:

• Eric Dowler, Employee Workflows Solution Consultant, ServiceNow 
  • Bio: Eric recently joined ServiceNow bringing over a decade of human capital experience ranging from practitioner to leading technology transformations. Eric serves as a Sr. Solution Consultant within the Employee Workflow family at ServiceNow.
• Ryan Mitchell, Employee Workflows Solution Consultant, ServiceNow
  • Bio: Ryan has been at ServiceNow for 3+ years supporting customers across the Public Sector and serves as a Solution Sales Executive in the Employee Workflows Business Unit  He has spent the past 15+ working in HR technology space supporting companies in the private sector and public sector as they work to deliver meaningful change to the workforce and workplace.

Join us for a discussion on simple changes that tribal Accounting & Finance leaders can make to accomplish these important goals for their operations:
1. Add revenue & improve profitability
2. Manage their Accounting operations more efficiently amidst labor challenges
3. Increase security and reduce exposure to bank fraud.

In this session, you will learn how to grow revenue without increasing customer spending or sales. We will also cover how these changes will maximize your Accounting team’s time while also improving banking security. Too good to be true? Attend and learn how this is done without any major changes to your tribal & gaming operations.

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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.

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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.

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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.