Focused on practice over theory, Mark is a pragmatic modern work expert who spends his days working with organizations to unleash their potential. His mission; inject modern ways of working, a transformation mindset, and the power of expert storytelling into everything he does.

Mark is Atlassian’s resident modern work coach, bringing over a decade of experience experimenting with modern work practices and helping people, teams, and organizations transform at places like Boeing, Nordstrom, Charles Schwab, and Rocket Mortgage. 

Amina Al Sherif is a technical engineering lead in machine learning and generative AI at Google. Amina focuses on areas such as State and Local Government, Federal and Defense, and has a background in AI Ethics. Amina has experience working with early stage machine learning and AI startups in the defense and intelligence space, and established a 501 c(3) non-profit organization (The Data Ethics Consortium for Security) focusing on the crossroads between security (physical, virtual) and AI in the public sector space.

Amina holds a BA in Linguistics and Arabic from the University of Mississippi and a Masters in Professional Studies in Cybersecurity and Information Sciences from Penn State University. She regularly blogs on Medium documenting her self-taught technical career. In January 2020, she published her first book An Approach to Machine Learning in Cyber Defense for the Department of Defense. She is also working on a three-part young adult fiction novel series and is a published author with her debut novel Nadiri, A Novel Part I. She also blogs regularly on her website, https://www.aminaalsherif.camp. 

Laura Dunwoody, Director of Resident Engagement
City and County of Denver 

Salesforce - 311 Overview and Sunny AI chatbot introduction 

Joe Howe, Security Analyst
City and County of Broomfield

Sysmon and the required rule sets are an effective way to improve the information available to Information Security teams. This presentation will demonstrate how to install and configure Sysmon to improve the data available during incident response and threat hunting. 

Jonna Haberthier, IT Learning and Development
Boulder County

Come join in on the discussion of training new hires.

Boulder County will present the content/curriculum for new hires and discuss how we partnered with HR/Risk Mgmt/Resource Conservation/Benefits/Transportation to provide virtual trainings for all new hires. We’ll discuss what works and what doesn’t. The good and bad of being hybrid.

CJ Dickinson, Senior Systems Administrator
City of Lafayette

Discover how Lafayette has implemented Intune for inventory management, pre-configuration and deployment for new and existing systems. We will be reviewing the obstacles of standing up a hybrid Azure/Entra environment for Microsoft shops. Also involved in the process is using Intune vs GPOs to deploy security, manage system configuration, and windows controls. We will also go over deploying new machines from the vendor directly (Auto Pilot) to the end user and speeding up internal deployment without imaging or manual installations.  

Izabela Flowers, Assistant IT Director
City of Colorado Springs

To help your executive leadership and IT department understand where you want to take your technology services and how you want to get there, you must have a written plan. But how do you go about it? In addition, having a plan is not enough. You must be able to turn it into action to make a real change. Izabela Flowers, Deputy CIO for the City of Colorado Springs will share Colorado Springs approach to creating an IT Strategy and tips for successful execution. 

Conrad Gonzales, IT Applications Development Manager
Boulder County

HB 21-1110's deadline is 3 weeks away! This is a continuation of our Accessibility Workshops, but prior participation is not a requirement. Let's discuss where we are, what work remains, our organization's strategies for compliance, interpretations of the rules, and calls for help. 

Ken Kim, Senior Business Analyst
City and County of Broomfield

Broomfield will share our experiences implementing a full scale agenda and meeting management System called AgendaLink. The process included changing our internal processes for creating meeting agendas, running a meeting using in-meeting tools, and resident engagement through our public portal. 

Sarah Teitelbaum, Senior Business Analyst
Boulder County

Despite its groan-inducing reputation, team building helps engage employees, which fosters creativity, better team morale, and increased trust between employees. In information technology, we face unique challenges when it comes to effective team building due to introverted personalities, heavy workloads, and remote, hybrid, and onsite workspaces. This session will give participants the opportunity to test introverted-friendly team building activities tailored for in-person, virtual, and hybrid meetings. 

Please come prepared to share one ordinary fact about yourself with the group. Are you wearing a purple shirt? Do you live in Colorado? What's a TV show you watched recently? Don’t stress about the fact, just come participate! 

Jesse Dubin, IT Manager
City of Wheat Ridge

On August 29, 2022, the City of Wheat Ridge shut down all systems and servers in response to a ransomware incident by the threat actor, BlackCat. City staff, with the help of numerous experts and contractors, redesigned their infrastructure and rebuilt systems over the course of six months. The response, reputation management and restoration is one of the greatest tests the City has faced. Hear lessons learned and more importantly, how you can prepare for a cyber incident. 

Karah Maloley, Leadership Coach
Coach Karah

Learning agility is a multifaceted skill crucial for thriving in our rapidly changing world. In this training, participants will learn the essential components of learning agility: mental agility, people agility, change agility, results agility, and self-awareness. They will gain practical skills such as critical thinking, effective communication, adaptability to change, goal-setting, and self-reflection. Through interactive exercises and discussions, they will understand how to analyze complex situations, build strong relationships, embrace change, achieve desired outcomes, and enhance self-awareness. The training emphasizes the role of clear communication in all aspects of learning agility, from conveying ideas to resolving conflicts and tracking progress. Participants will have a toolkit of strategies to become more adaptable, collaborative, and effective in their professional lives.