Season 3: Episode 11: The Last Episode??Final thoughts as CompTIA Sharkbytes ends and Sharkbytes continues as Sharkbytes.Net. Host and moderator Alan Shark explains.

Season 3: Episode 10: A State & Local Government Technologist Views from Many Lenses

May 17th, 2023 18m 15s

Season 3: Episode 10, May 18A conversation with Eric Skomra, State & Local Government Chief Technology & Innovation Strategist Central US and Canada, for Dell EMC. Eric has a unique view of the state and local technology having served as the CI

Season 3: Episode 9, May 4: Managing Managed Service Providers

May 4th, 2023

A conversation with Kerry Goode, Chief Information Officer, and DeWayne Kendall, Chief Technology Officer, for the City of Durham, North CarolinaKerry and DeWayne share how they perfected a working model that initially was designed to address k

Season 3, Episode 8: Truth and Consequences – Disinformation and Misinformation

Apr 19th, 2023 27m 5s

A conversation with Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow at the non-partisan Stimson Center as well as non-resident Distinguished fellow, Business Executives for National Security, and former CIO of the Federal Communications Commission. Dr. Br

Season 3: Episode 7, April 5: New York City 311 Call Center Celebrates Twenty Years with 524 million Calls and More.

Apr 5th, 2023 28m 45s

A Conversation with Joe Morrisroe, Deputy Commissioner and Executive Director, NYC311, Office of Technology and Innovation - City of New York.New York City Mayor Eric Adams recently celebrated the 20th anniversary of the launch of New York City

Season 3: Episode 6, March 22: A Conversation with Alexa and ChatGPT – Communicating with AI

Mar 22nd, 2023 25m 4s

This might be one of the first – podcast interviews with AI. This episode takes a unique approach as host Alan Shark chats with both AI powered platforms, Alexa and ChatGPT. Topics explored are the differences between Alexa and ChatGPT, definin

A conversation with Eddie Dinkins, IT Director of Warrior Foundation Freedom Station

Mar 9th, 2023 14m 7s

Small nonprofits have their own challenges when it comes to safeguarding their enterprise. Eddie Dinkins operates a small managed service provider company called Silicon Beach Computer Services and Coastal Eddie Technical Services. He served as

A conversation with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, author of the best-selling book, Data Governance for Dummies – a compelling book and discussion for all.

Feb 23rd, 2023 31m 1s

Jonathan is a multiple-award-winning technology and business leader whose career has spanned both the private and public sectors. He’s been a senior software engineering manager, a director of technology innovation, and has served as chief info

Season 3: Episode 3, Part 2: 2023 State and Local Government Tech Forecast: What Lies Ahead?

Feb 9th, 2023

A conversation with Doug Robinson, Executive Director and Alan Shark, Executive Director, CompTIA Public Technology Institute. Now in its twelfth year, this webcast attracted over 500 registrations. The audio portion is offered here as a podcas

Season 3: Episode 2, Part 1: 2023 State and Local Government Tech Forecast: What Lies Ahead?

Jan 26th, 2023

Beneath the Surface of Cloud Contracts – Stormy Weather Ahead?

Jan 11th, 2023 26m 29s

A conversation with Darryl Polk, Chief Technology Officer, County of Riverside, CA and CGCIO graduate. Darryl, once a public safety dispatcher and having spent many years as the Director of Innovation & Technology (CIO) at the City of Rancho C

It's a Wrap! Looking Back at our Predictions for 2022

Dec 22nd, 2022 12m 36s

A year-end summary with host Alan Shark, CompTIA Vice President, Public Sector and Executive Director for the Public Technology Institute.

Digital Transformation in Cork Ireland – Navigating Over Time

Dec 1st, 2022 30m 14s

A conversation with Ruth Buckley, Director Cork City Council and CIO.Ruth Buckley has been with the City of Cork Ireland. As a member of senior management team for over 20 years she has led an ambitious digital transformation program, the deliv

A European Perspective – Diversity, Inclusion, and Transparency in Tech

Nov 17th, 2022 26m 21s

A conversation with Nadira Hussain, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Martin Ferguson, Policy and Research Director, Society for Innovation, Technology and Modernization (SOCITIM), United Kingdom. Formed in 1986, SOCITIM focuses on how technolo

Reflections from an All-Star CIO (Private Sector CIO, State CIO, City CIO, County CIO)

Nov 3rd, 2022 30m 51s

A conversation with Steve Emmanuel, Partner and Director, Consulting Services, State and Local Government, CGI.Now back in the private sector, Steve has not strayed from his roots or his passion for public service. Few have the employment portf

Cybersecurity - How One Person Does it all – Is This Sustainable?

Oct 20th, 2022 26m 25s

A conversation with James E. Pacanowski, CGCIO – Network Administrator, Ventnor City, NJJim is all too typical of most local government CIOs who have little to no staff. While Jim’s official title is “Network Administrator” he is a one-person o

Cybersecurity Awareness and Preparedness Includes the Need to Recruit Greater Diversity in the Cyber Workforce and a Call to Public Service

Oct 6th, 2022 29m 13s

A conversation with Maria Thompson, CISSP, CRISC, SLG Leader, Cybersecurity Amazon Web Services (AWS). Maria has a passion for public service and in particular, cybersecurity awareness and readiness. Maria served as North Carolina’s top cyberse

Using Web 3.0, the Metaverse to Support Inclusive Spaces (Part 2 of 2)

Sep 22nd, 2022 21m 57s

A conversation with Giselle Mota, Creator of NFTY Collective and Founder of Versd, and Deborah Schildkraut, CompTIA’s Vice President for Global Community Engagement. Giselle Mota is highly regarded as a leading futurist and thought leader focus

Using Web 3.0, the Metaverse to Support Inclusive Spaces (Part 1 of 2)

Sep 8th, 2022 25m 30s

ities and the Metaverse – Making the Case A conversation with Lena Geraghty, Director, Sustainability & innovation Center for City Solutions, National League of Cities

Aug 25th, 2022 20m 37s

A conversation with Lena Geraghty, Director, Sustainability & innovation Center for City Solutions, National League of Cities. Lena will share in some of the basic themes found in NLC’s recent publication, Cities and the Metaverse. This publica

Transformation and Innovation – It’s not the Difference but the Outcomes that Matter.

Aug 12th, 2022 27m 34s

Season 2: Episode 19, July 28: Transformation and Innovation – It’s not the Difference but the Outcomes that Matter. A conversation with Behzad Zamanian, Chief Information Officer at Washoe County, NV. In this episode we discuss the difficultie

Taking on The Heat with Tech – Meet the City of Phoenix’s “Chief Heat Officer”

Jul 28th, 2022 31m 19s

Recently CBS, NBC, CNN covered the significance of cities hiring “Chief Heat Officers”. The first in the Nation was Phoenix. Prior to all the national attention we had a chance to interview David Hondula for this podcast. Weather is an awe-insp

When it comes to Tech – it’s all about Building the Team

Jul 11th, 2022 25m 50s

A conversation with Scott Conn, Chief Information Officer, City of Modesto, CA. In this episode, Scott shares his passion for public service and improving the citizen experience. For many years Scott has volunteered as a coach and we explore ho

A City’s Journey Toward Transformation – How Leadership Matters

Jun 11th, 2022 34m 10s

Arriving at the City of Fort Collins just before the pandemic struck and having spent some dozen-plus years as a senior executive in the insurance industry Kevin describes his journey in public sector service and his quest for digital transform

All Things Cyber – Have We Turned the Page on Threat Awareness and Action?

May 27th, 2022 30m 46s

A conversation with Chuck Brooks one of the nation’s foremost cybersecurity thought leaders. Chuck Brooks is a globally recognized thought leader and evangelist for Cybersecurity and Emerging Technologies. LinkedIn named Chuck as one of “The To