TECH FOR EXECS brought to you by: 
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
10:00am - 5:30pm
Tech for Execs is a specialized technical program designed for the unique educational needs of executive and/or strategic, decision making level public safety communications professionals.
APCO International has partnered with Public Technology Institute to provide a cutting edge program that will provide the critical knowledge and tools required for executive leaders to more efficiently and effectively manage the technical functions of a public safety communications agency.
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Attendance is limited and registrants are first required to complete a brief application.*
Click here to apply! Application deadline is February 3rd!
Tech for Execs Qualifications
- Attendees must be an elected local government official or be employed by a local government department or agency that regularly uses public safety communications services.
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Attendees must be at a strategic, decision-making level (which may include elected officials) or executive management level (i.e., elected officials, Fire Chief, Police Chief, Sheriff, or Director of a department that provides public safety services in a department or agency).
Attendees of the 2009 Tech for Execs program are also eligible to receive credits towards APCO International’s RPL program.
Program*
*Program subject to change without notice and/or obligation
| Time | Topic | Description | Speaker(s) |
| 10:00am - 10:15am | Welcome & Introductions | ||
| 10:15am - 11:15am | General Keynote Session | ||
| 11:00am - 12:15pm | Managing Technology - The Big Picture (Governance) | What governance model might work best? There are several types each having their own pluses and minuses. Explore how each could apply to your operations. |
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| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch | ||
| 1:30pm - 2:30pm | Managing & Evaluating Key Technology Staff | What tools and best practices are available to best assess your technology staff & operations? |
Lieutenant Colonel Cindy M. Combs Assistant Chief Cincinnati Police Department |
2:30pm to 3:15pm |
Outsourcing as an Option? | Budgets are getting tighter and pressure to do more with less is becoming an overwhelming task. Can outsourcing some of your operations work? How? What best practices are out there that can help you better understand the potential benefits and risks? |
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| 3:15pm - 3:30pm | Email Break | ||
| 3:30pm - 4:15pm | The Art & Science of Purchasing Technology | Despite the title technology adaption and purchasing is still as political as rational. What are the latest trends in technology that you must know to better lead an effective public safety enterprise. What is SaaS and Cloud computing and why might this be growingly important to know?! In this session you will learn and discuss the latest trends and buzzwords will be digested into a coherent discussion that you will truly appreciate. |
Kent Koehler, PMP Senior Project Manager Division of Information and Operations Sedgwick County, Kansas |
| 4:15pm - 5:30pm | The Future of Dispatch Roundtable Leadership Discussion | What does the future hold from a technology standpoint? And can we afford it - or can we afford not to? What can we do to develop better leadership qualities from among our public safety technologists. Where are the disconnects? What are the remedies? |
Moderated by Alan Shark, |
