The Public Sector Show by TechTables

The Public Sector Show by TechTables

The Podcast and Community for Public Sector CIOs and CISOs. Welcome to the The Public Sector Show by TechTables, featuring human-centric stories from C-level technology leaders. Hosted by Joe Toste, you'll gain valuable insights on current issues and challenges faced by top leaders. Through interviews, speaking engagements, and live podcast tour events, we unite public sector CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and technology leaders in fostering collaboration and meaningful connections in the ever-evolving technology landscape. techtables.substack.com

Episodes

July 9, 2025 42 mins

#208: Texas County Women Leading 6M+ Residents: From Flooded Data Centers to AI Innovation Lab to Building Unbreakable Teams [2024 Houston Live Podcast Tour]

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#207: Bringing Soldiers Home to Building the Digital Identity with Blake Hall, Founder & CEO, ID.me

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#206: Heavy is the Head that Wears the Crown - Navy SEAL to Extreme Ownership

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#205: From Hurricane Harvey to Beryl: Houston's "One Family" Emergency Response [2024 Houston Live Podcast Tour]

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#204: Why Texas DMV Chose $6M in Planning Over $150M (Plus TDLR's 25-Program Modernization) [Houston 2024]

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#203: UHCL's 6-Week Leadership Pivot + AI Student Concierge + NASA Innovation Culture [Houston 2024]

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#202: UTSA's Bold Careers 85+ Student Program + UCLA's 2028 Olympics Campus Transformation [EDUCAUSE 2024]

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#201: UHCL's NASA Partnership + UT System's Enterprise AI Strategy [EDUCAUSE 2024]

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#200: UCSB's Data-Driven AI Pilots + ASU's Multi-LLM Innovation Platform + Google's Higher Ed Partnerships [EDUCAUSE 2024]

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#199: Securing Decentralized IT at UT-McCombs & Tanium's 'Whole of Education' Framework [EDUCAUSE 2024]

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#198: Saint Mary's Student-Run Help Desk + SolarWinds' 3X ROI Higher Ed Solutions [EDUCAUSE 2024]

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#197: LSU's $7.5M Student-Powered SOC + NJIT's Life-Saving Analytics + Illinois' Creative Data Applications Powered by Splunk [EDUCAUSE 2024]

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#196: Building Cyber Warriors: UTSA's SOC & Elastic's AI Secret Sauce [EDUCAUSE 2024]

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#195: Purdue's Enterprise AI Challenge + Montana's State-Wide Cyber Hub [EDUCAUSE 2024]

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#194: How Clackamas CC Protected 10,000 Students + [Case Study] Texas A&M's Digital Transformation with Omnissa [EDUCAUSE 2024]

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#193: Strategic HR Evolution: Building Culture-Driven IT Organizations

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Will Smith, Chief of Staff at City of Seattle IT

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How Seattle IT revolutionized HR by embedding dedicated business partners within each department, transforming traditional personnel management into strategic partnerships that understand both technical operations and business goals

The critical intersection of organizational p...

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#192: From Forms to Freedom: Building Digital Services That Citizens Actually Want

Featuring:

- Soumam Debgupta, CTO, Washington State Department of Social and Health Services

- Rob Lloyd, CTO, City of Seattle

- Chris Chirgwin, CIO, County of Santa Barbara

In this episode, you’ll learn:

How Washington State DSHS reduced benefit application times from 50 minutes to 25 minutes by reimagining service delivery through a customer-first lens

Wh...

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#191: Securing the Public Cloud: How Seattle & LA County DCFS Are Transforming Cybersecurity

From Asset Management to AI: Building Modern Security for Vulnerable Communities

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Greg Smith, Chief Information Security Officer and Director of Security & Infrastructure, City of Seattle IT

Allen Ohanian, Chief Information Security Officer, Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services

Brent Byrnes, Account Executive S...

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* Melanie Griffin - ⁠https://twitter.com/melaniesgriffin⁠ & ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/melanie-s-griffin-esq-93393044/⁠

* Laura DiBella - ⁠https://twitter.com/FollowMeToFL⁠ & ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauradibella/⁠

🎙 About The Episode

* The Power of Prioritizing Employee Morale

* How to Understand the Needs of the Business

* The Pros and Cons of AI in the Workplace

* Revolutionizing Real Estate AI: ...

"Cybersecurity is homeland security, cybersecurity is national security." ~ Governor Doug Ducey


I recently had the incredible opportunity to sit down with former Arizona Governor Doug Ducey for an exclusive interview on The Public Sector Show by TechTables. Governor Ducey served as Arizona's 23rd governor from 2015 to 2023, during which time he transformed the state into a national leader in cybersecurity and technology moderni...


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