Entries by Jeffrey Ton

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A little help from my friends…please?

  Many of you are also subscribers to my newsletter (“What? You have a newsletter”, you ask? Why yes, I do. You can sign up here), let me start again. Those of you who read my January newsletter saw the 2019 goal I have set for myself to write my next book. The book will […]

Status Go – Connecting Industry and Academia: Lou Lenzi

In Episode 10 of InterVision’s Status Go podcast, Lou Lenzi returns to discuss Indiana University‘s School of Informatics and Computing and the department of Human Centered computing, where, as Lou states, “It’s really about humanizing data.” As technology advances, the nature of business changes and entire industries transform, it is absolutely necessary for academia to evolve as well.  […]

Status Go – Design Thinking in IT: Lou Lenzi

In Episode 9 of InterVision’s Status Go podcast, we welcome Lou Lenzi. Trained as an industrial designer, Lou has led teams with the main mission of connecting design driven innovation to overall business strategies. Lou continues this mission as a Professor of Practice at IUPUI’s School of Informatics and Computing in the Department of Human-Centered Computing. In the […]

Status Go: 2019 Technology Predictions: Michael Bushong and Paul Clement

In Episode 8 of InterVision’s Status Go podcast, we discuss the 2019 technology predictions of two different experts – both contributors to InterVision’s Technology Predictions eBook. Michael Bushong, VP of Enterprise Marketing at Juniper Networks, discusses the repatriation of cloud workloads, offshore oil rigs as a model for modern IT and the diminishing importance of […]

Status Go: Securing and Automating Business Practices: Haley Altman

In Episode 5 of InterVision’s Status Go podcast, Haley Altman, licensed attorney and founder of Doxly, talks about automating and securing business processes and practices.  The same technology allowing us to move through critical business transactions with greater speed and agility also creates opportunity for security breaches and gross errors in communication, both carrying massive monetary and […]

Status Go: IT Transformation in the Public Sector: Aleta Jeffress

In Episode 3 of InterVision’s Status Go podcast, we discuss the challenge of thriving in a hyper-digital era. Aleta Jeffress, Chief Information and Privacy Officer for the City of Aurora, talks about how she handles the need for change, challenging the status quo and carrying out her IT vision among the unique challenges of the […]

Status Go – Driving Your Digital Strategy: Isaac Sacolick

In Episode 2 of InterVision’s Status Go podcast, Isaac Sacolick – founder and president of StarCIO – and I discuss digital strategy. We’ve all heard the phrase  “Every company is a tech company,” many times.  To the extent that every company must be leveraging technology for relevancy and competitive advantage, this is true.  From an […]

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Just Gene

For some, the title of this post will conjure up images of Sean Hayes’ character on the first iteration of Will and Grace, Jack McFarland, throwing both his hands up, palms forward to face-box himself and exclaiming, “Just Jack”. While that moment became iconic in the annals of television, I’d like to share a different […]

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Musings on 4,000 connections

I surpassed a milestone of sorts last month. When one Russell Bush reached out to me on LinkedIn requesting a connection, he became my 4,000th connection. FOUR THOUSAND! There was no balloon drop, no marching band, nothing to mark the occasion, only another cup of Starbucks coffee when me met up a couple weeks later (I […]