Talks

  • Consensus in the Chaos​: The Role of IT Architecture​

    Consensus in the Chaos​: The Role of IT Architecture​

    This session explains the weird and bizarre world of IT architecture. You will learn about the role an IT Architect and they work together navigate the enterprise to achieve the impossible of creating consistency across multiple business units with different goals.

  • From Custom COTS to Cloud: A Case Study in Solution Architecture

    From Custom COTS to Cloud: A Case Study in Solution Architecture

    They said it was impossible. They said it couldn’t be done. They said they would never move our customized commercial off the shelf (COTS) application and move it into the cloud. They were not a Solution Architect. Learn what it takes to do the impossible and modernize your COTS development.

  • Going Beyond PowerPoint: How to Kickstart Your Technical Presentations

    Going Beyond PowerPoint: How to Kickstart Your Technical Presentations

    Discover easy tools and techniques to create engaging presentations without relying on PowerPoint. Learn to use interactive visuals, live demos, and storytelling to captivate your audience and confidently deliver impactful presentations.

  • Hack the IT Governance Matrix: How Solution Architects Can Drive Change Without the Red Pill

    Hack the IT Governance Matrix: How Solution Architects Can Drive Change Without the Red Pill

    Discover the current state of AI and its impact on industries and society. Join the conversation and share your thoughts on the future of AI. Come learn, ask questions, and prepare for the future!

  • Integrations, Orchestrations, Automations: Paving the Path for AI in Enterprise Architecture

    Integrations, Orchestrations, Automations: Paving the Path for AI in Enterprise Architecture

    Discover how to modernize enterprise architecture with a strategic blueprint that integrates AI. Learn the essentials of integration, orchestration, and automation, and establish governance to unlock AI’s potential in your business. Perfect for professionals aiming to upgrade their strategies

  • Is AI Ready to Take Over the World?

    Is AI Ready to Take Over the World?

    Discover how to hack IT governance as a solution architect! Learn how to leverage your skills to drive change, build consensus, and foster collaboration across the organization. Join us for a fun and informative session!

  • It’s Scary Using New AI Technology

    It’s Scary Using New AI Technology

    I talk to CEO of Karve IT, Jared Kozak, about using bleeding edge technology like Generative AI and risks (and rewards) that come with it.

  • No Mission Impossible: How We Achieved the Unthinkable with Banner

    No Mission Impossible: How We Achieved the Unthinkable with Banner

    How do you upgrade a customized Banner SSB8 in record time and get ready for the cloud? With a lot of guts, grit, and humor. Jackson and David are here to tell you how. They have faced skeptics, challenges, and deadlines, but the key is to never give up. They rallied the campus community around the project’s vision and are making it happen. This is their story of turning the impossible into the incredible.