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Hosted by James Symons · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 14 episodes
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Strategic Syncing is a conversation-led podcast for education and workplace IT — technology as it shows up in real life: devices, access, security, service, and the people keeping it moving. Hosted by James Symons, CEO of PC Locs and LocknCharge, each episode brings candid talks with IT leaders and operators on what’s working, what isn’t, and what they’d do differently — so you leave with practical takeaways and plenty to ‘sync’ about.
James Symons hosts Strategic Syncing, a technology show with 14 episodes published.
Atlanta Public Schools serves 50,000 students across 80+ campuses. Natasha Rachell leads instructional technology for all of it, with a team that's shrunk from 39 people to 13.Her district is currently proposing screen t
Teachers use AI to build the lesson. Teachers use AI to grade the lesson. Students use AI, and it's cheating.Maurice Dragon, CIO of Orange County Public Schools, thinks the AI cheating conversation in K-12 has almost not
Lacey Merrifield is the Technology Director at Bosqueville ISD, a K-12 district of around 750 students near Waco, Texas. Her team is two people. Between them: 1,300 Chromebooks, 165 Microsoft devices, 60 iPads, the websi
What keeps an entire industry moving when literally no one is in charge? No single boss. No central conductor. Thousands of strangers, across different countries and languages, and somehow, every single day, it works. To
On his first day as Director of Technology Innovation and Integration at Arlington ISD, Steve Simpson made a decision most leaders wouldn't: he moved out of his closed-door office and into a cubicle with the rest of his
How do you lead technology for 100,000+ students across 127 campuses, without becoming the bottleneck, the bureaucrat, or the burnout? This week, host James Symons sits down with Kris Trejo, Assistant Superintendent for
Dustin Harden runs technology for Clear Creek ISD, a Texas district where NASA engineers sit on the school board, students earn National Merit honors, and 12-year-olds team up on Discord to outsmart the district's filter
What does it really mean to lead technology in a district of 33,000 students across 35 campuses? Cara Carter is the CTO of Northwest ISD in Texas, one of the fastest growing districts in the DFW Metroplex. She started as
What does it really mean to lead technology in a district of 33,000 students across 35 campuses? Cara Carter is the CTO of Northwest ISD in Texas, one of the fastest growing districts in the DFW Metroplex. She started as
What does real IT leadership actually look like?In this episode of Strategic Syncing, James sits down with Dr. David Benjamin Weems — a former petroleum engineer turned CTO — who transformed one of the most remote school
What does real IT leadership actually look like?In this episode of Strategic Syncing, James sits down with Dr. David Benjamin Weems, a former petroleum engineer turned CTO, who transformed one of the most remote school d
In this episode of Strategic Syncing, we speak with Dr. Chad Jones, Executive Director of Technology at Lamar Consolidated ISD. Managing technology for nearly 50,000 students and 70,000+ devices, Chad shares what it real
In this episode of Strategic Syncing, we speak with Dr. Chad Jones, Executive Director of Technology at Lamar Consolidated ISD. Managing technology for nearly 50,000 students and 70,000+ devices, Chad shares what it real
Most IT challenges don’t start with technology. They start with people, workflows, and unclear ownership. In this first episode of the Strategic Syncing Podcast, James sits down with Aaron Alonzo, Executive Director of T
Most IT challenges don’t start with technology. They start with people, workflows, and unclear ownership. In this first episode of the Strategic Syncing Podcast, James sits down with Aaron Alonzo, Executive Director of T
Dr. Chad Jones
Executive Director of Technology · Lamar Consolidated ISD
2 appearances on this show
Kris Trejo
Northside Independent School District
1 appearance on this show
Dustin Harden
Clear Creek ISD
1 appearance on this show
Cara Carter
Northwest ISD
2 appearances on this show
Aaron Alonzo
San Antonio Independent School District
2 appearances on this show
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