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  • EAFH29: April Jefferson – Agile for Humanity Social Impact




























    Dr. Dave:                      Hello, and welcome to the KnolShare with Dr. Dave podcast. I am Dr. Dave, your host. My conversation today is with April Jefferson, the Soul Crafts Woman, and we're going to discuss growing equity in Black lives and the agile community and beyond.
    Dr. Dave:                      I met April a few years ago at the Agile Alliance conference. What I can remember is that she walked up to me and a few African-American men and called us endangered species. Endangered species. And we're like, "Wow." I believe it was right after the death of Trayvon Martin or one of those other senseless death of Black men in the United States. We laughed about it at the time, but it sent a shock to my soul that I could be part of that statistics and it would be a reality. I just want to say that I'm super excited for this conversation today with April, and really look forward to the work we will be doing together, now and into the future. This is an important conversation for us to have, and I am just so grateful that we have the opportunity to do so.
    Dr. Dave:                      Let me start off with a ... I'm being very festive for you today. I want you to notice that I'm wearing a Hawaiian shirt because it's you, April Jefferson, the Soul Crafts Woman. How are you today?
    April:                            Oh, beautiful. Oh, I already know it's going to be fun. We're beginning right, with laughter
    Dr. Dave:                      You have to begin with some laughter and some fun, right? Well, that's what we're about, right? We're happy people, I would think.
    April:                            Yeah.
    Dr. Dave:                      So, hey, let's just jump into some questions. I have a few questions, and I know you're going to have great responses. I know you are. I don't have to worry about that. So I know you're leading this Growing Equity in the Agile Community for Black Lives initiative. What has surprised you most about the response and the participation by people?
    April:                            That people have put their guard down and stepped into vulnerability. And something that's quite polarizing, globally, that this is a global conversation, and that what I would I say, that the global Black community, we have been silent for a long time. And that there was no psychological safety to be completely forthright with what's going on within us. I felt that other people had the freedom to do so and that people gave space to listen. To listen to us. That we had a platform. Because oftentimes, that it involves us always listening first and not having the space or not it being reciprocal, right? To listen, and get curious. And that is about us accommodating versus people figuring out that taking time to be uncomfortable, and that's a big thing, is that it's a lot of work to be uncomfortable and say, "I'm going to sit here and figure out some tough things in that uncomfortability." The fact that people did that authentically.
    April:                            And what I've been hearing out of it, which is probably one of the most important things, is that authentic relationships have been formed from it. Some people have honestly articulated like, "Yeah, I don't have Black people in my life, any people of color in my life, personally." People have shared that. And it's not that there was any hate there. Just, "I've never had that." Maybe they're from communities where there's not a lot of diversity.
    Dr. Dave:                      Yeah.
    April:                            And to seek that out.
    37 min
  • EAFH28: Agile for Humanity Social Justice & Impact Series – Dr. Dave and Kemmy Raji



    Dr. Dave and Kemmy Raji



    Dr. Dave:          Hello and welcome to the KnolShare with Dr. Dave podcast. I’m Dr. Dave, your host. Today, the conversation is what my guest Kemmy Raji on the Agile for Humanity Social Justice and Impact Series. Kemmy and I recently connected to collaborate on the 5 Saturdays STEAM (https://5Saturdays.org) program that provides 21st century skills to high school students. The 21st century skills include design thinking, software development or coding, Agile delivery practices, entrepreneurship and job readiness on effective communications. I am super excited about this collaboration. Let’s begin the real talk with Kemmy Raji.



    Dr. Dave:          Hey, Kemmy, thank you for spending some time with us today. I want to learn more about you. We’re doing the Agile for Humanity Social Justice Series, and thank you for agreeing.



    Kemmy Raji:     Thank you for having me, doc. It’s great to be here. It’s just a pleasure.



    Dr. Dave:          Yeah, and I hear rumors that potentially, or maybe a reality, that you’re going to be joining the board for the Agile Alliance. I voted for you, just to let you know.



    Kemmy Raji:     Oh, thank you so much for voting for me. Yes, I guess we can say it’s a rumor, but I was nominated and I’m hoping that come next year it will become a reality.



    Dr. Dave:          Okay. Cheering you on. I’m going to be a big cheerleader for that.



    Kemmy Raji:     Thank you.



    Dr. Dave:          Yeah. So, here’s the thing. Let’s jump in and let me ask you a few questions, and we’re going to talk about an elevator pitch. I want an elevator pitch about you. I know about you a little bit, but I think you know more about yourself, so why don’t you go ahead and give us an elevator pitch about who you are and what do you do?



    Kemmy Raji:     Oh, wow. I hope I can turn that into an elevator pitch. I’m still trying to learn how to do that.



    Dr. Dave:          30 seconds.



    Kemmy Raji:     My name is Kemmy. I go by Kemmy, but my official name is Oluwakemi and it’s an urban name in Nigeria and it means God has been good to me. And I’m currently based in Canada, although I see myself as a global citizen. So, wherever I find myself is where I belong. So, right now I’m a Canadian. I am an adjunct coach. I coach our enterprise team organizations. And equally, I’m a professional coach, which means that I am not just an Agile coach, but I coach individuals around their career, life and all as well. I am involved in my community in Canada and I have been in the US as well, volunteering for Scrum Alliance or speaking webinars and conferences as well. So, I have got three boys, actually, ranging from 18 to three year old. And when I’m not doing Agile, that’s what keeps me busy.



    Dr. Dave:          Good. You forgot one very important thing that you’re involved with. You just started, what is that?



    Kemmy Raji:     Ah, that’s right. I missed it all because it’s still new to me, and that is the 5 Saturdays. It’s very close to my heart.
    36 min
  • EAFH27: Agile for Humanity Series with Dr. Dave and Stuart McCalla



    Dr. Dave and Stuart McCalla



    Dr. Dave:                      Hello, this is Dr. Dave Cornelius, AKA Dr. Dave. And I’m hosting the Agile for Humanity podcast series in partnership with the Agile Alliance. The goal is to have real talk with people in the Agile community that are black, indigenous, and people of color, as well as people that are white. The conversations will not be limited to people in the United States, so I’m going to do a virtual walk about globally to get different experiences about social injustice for black, indigenous, and people of color in the Agile community. In the Agile community we talk about changing the way we work, but do we change our hearts and humanity to love? Meaning being patient and kind people that look different than us. Today, I’m having a real talk with my friend Stuart McCalla and the Agile for Humanity podcast series. So hey, Stuart McCalla, my brother. How are you and your family? How are you guys doing during this season of COVID-19?



    Stuart McCalla:             Dr. Dave, we are doing okay. We’re inside. That’s like my dad joke. Everybody asks us, what’s going on? I’m like, “Oh, we’re inside.”



    Dr. Dave:                      We’re inside. Things are good?



    Stuart McCalla:             Things are good.



    Dr. Dave:                      Good.



    Stuart McCalla:             Can’t complain. And in this day and age there’s a lot to complain about, but we’re going steady.



    Dr. Dave:                      That’s great, man. So look, I’m grateful that you’re gracious to give us your time, to discuss our humanity and what it means in our lives and to people in the Agile community. When we talk, I know sometimes we go really deep about our experiences and we share some intimate moments and just what it’s like to be black men. We’re Caribbean roots, no doubt, living in the space that we do. And so before we jump into the interview, tell me, what have you been up to lately as a coach, an entrepreneur, husband, a dad, what’s been going on with you?



    Stuart McCalla:             So right now I’m a managing partner for a group called Evolution Services. We’re based out of LA. And so we coach primarily high-growth startups and then also larger systems as well too. We do a lot of depth work for our leaders that we coach. We do diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability work. We have an amazing leader that helps us with that named Rudy Nickens, and who we all support. As you can imagine right now he’s super busy and we get to support him as well. And you know, I think a little bit about sort of the Agile space and how does diversity, equity, inclusion, and sustainability… How has it manifested in the Agile space and how will it manifest in the Agile space, and certainly within business as well too.



    Dr. Dave:                      Okay, that’s good.
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  • E74: Startup Weekend Arizona 2020 E74: Startup Weekend Arizona 2020



    Aaron Eden and Dr. Dave



    Dr. Dave:          So, hello, Aaron. Thank you for hooking up for another session or for your session with the KnolShare with Dr. Dave podcast. How are you doing today?



    Aaron Eden:      It’s been great. Just another Monday even though it’s Tuesday.



    Dr. Dave:          Yeah. Just another Monday everyday somewhere. So let’s talk about, we’re going to talk about the Startup Weekend that you’re planning for in the Phoenix. And so, as you’re planning that, this statewide thing, what is this event all about anyway? What is the Startup Weekend? What does it mean? What’s the purpose? Why don’t you give us some insights about this program that you’re doing.



    Aaron Eden:      Whoops. Startup Weekend has been around for years. I don’t know how many years but years, probably at least 10, I guess. And it’s a global event really intended to ignite local entrepreneurial ecosystem. So getting entrepreneurs connected together, even if they don’t have a lot of experience, but they’re considering maybe starting a business, whatever the case may be. But really trying to get those entrepreneurs connected with each other and launching new businesses. Take that to Startup Weekend Arizona, what we’re really trying to do in that case is taking it up to a whole another level by having it being fully virtual across the State of Arizona. Number one, of course, connecting entrepreneurs and hopefully helping them launch successful businesses. But then one of the key opportunity areas that we see with entrepreneurs across the state is really diving deep with their customers and making sure that they’re solving real problems for real customers.



    Aaron Eden:      I can speak as a technologist, we love building stuff, and we love driving in those ways. And so really it’s important to know that we’re building stuff that customers actually need and care about and solves a problem for them. So what’s different about this Startup Weekend, we’re going to focus 100% over the course of this weekend on market research and understanding customers, and interviewing customers, and observing customers, and applying that to the business model and doing that with mentors. So it’s an exciting opportunity for our state.



    Dr. Dave:          That’s really cool, man. So this is really an ecosystem for people who are starting a business. Starting up some type of entrepreneurial venture, is really what we’re doing. And we’re bringing everyone together and you’re doing it in a virtual way as opposed to people coming together physically, otherwise we’ll have to have mask and so on and so forth, right?



    Aaron Eden:      Yeah. We’re only a month away and we’ve got regional representative… We’re trying to have regional representatives from every County in the state. So that it really is an Arizona thing, not a Tucson thing, but an Arizona thing. And we’ll see. Similarly on the mentoring side, make sure we’ve got mentors from all over the place. So lots of diversity.



    Dr. Dave:          Nice. So how long have you been involved with the Startup Weekends? Not just the Arizona one, but in general, how long have you been involved?



    Aaron Eden:      Man, eight years, nine years, something like that.



    Dr.
    18 min
  • EAFH26: 5 Saturdays STEAM Program 2020 Scholarship Recipients EAFH26: 5 Saturdays STEAM Program 2020 Scholarship Recipients

    Christabelle and Zaira



    Zaira and Christabelle received the 5 Saturdays STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Agile, and Math) program 2020 scholarship and shared their three year immersive learning experience.









    Interview with Zaira



    Dr. Dave: I’m really stoked that we got this opportunity to connect, to talk about your achievements, as one thing, but also really important, I’m really excited about the fact that we got to meet when you first came through the 5 Saturdays STEAM program three years ago, and just looking to see where you are today. So let’s start by talking about being one of the 5 Saturdays 2020 scholarship recipient. How does that make you feel? You think about it, for the very first time we met you, I think you just finished your freshman year or you were a sophomore and… How does it make you feel?



    Zaira: Well, I was somewhat shocked, but extremely grateful for the opportunity because I had gone to the workshop every summer while in high school and I learned so much from it and ate a lot. So I really thought that I benefited all I could have from it. But then you guys blessed me with a scholarship and I was like, “Oh, they just keep on giving.”



    Dr. Dave: That’s what we do. That’s what we do. So graduated from high school, which is awesome. Where are you going to go to college?



    Zaira: To the University of California, Berkeley.



    Dr. Dave: Wow. You’re going to be a Cal person.



    Zaira:



    Yeah.



    Dr. Dave: That’s amazing. What made you choose Cal?



    Zaira: I think their social justice programs and their involvement with the community and because I also want to major in sociology and minor in policy analysis to pursue a career in social work, specifically social welfare. It just seemed like overall fit.



    Dr. Dave: Well, that sounds wonderful, especially with what’s going on today. The challenges. So talk to me about the skills that you got from 5 Saturdays. You started it somewhere after your freshman year, and then you came back during your sophomore year, and then you came back in 2019 as a learning facilitator, which is… You got to change t-shirts, you got to be at the front of the room. What leadership skills did you learn?



    Zaira: Well, when I was a student, the end of my freshman year and the end of my sophomore year, I learned new strategies for brainstorming and bouncing off ideas off of different people. I learned how to work within a group while also being able to within my group work with other groups and brainstorm with them. There’s so many skills, it’s just hard off the top of my head, but as a learning facilitator, I think all those skills as a student carried on, because I knew what it was like to be a student and as a learning facilitator, I was like, “Okay, you don’t know blank, so let’s start from point zero and work up.” It just helped with process of brainstorming and creating businesses and expressing ideas.



    Dr. Dave: I thought it was fun. I always enjoyed the projects that you and your team came up with. It was really so much fun. So how will these leadership skills help you as you move to the next level in college?



    Zaira: Well, I know how to be a team player. I know how to lead within a team. And now I also know how to coach a team. So in college I can work as a student alongside my peers while also working as a tutor or a teacher’s assistant to help the people outside of my own learning circle.



    Dr.
    23 min
  • E73: Leaderless Leaders – Featuring Ervin (Earl) Cobb E73: Leaderless Leaders - Featuring Ervin (Earl) Cobb

    Ervin (Earl) Cobb and Dr. Dave Cornelius



    Dr. Dave: Okay, awesome. Let’s just get started. Hey, just welcome to the KnolShare with Dr. Dave podcast. I’m just really excited to have you on today. We’ve been having conversations back and forth via LinkedIn and through the Project Management Institute. I’m so excited to be able to talk to you about leadership. Do us a favor and just give us a one minute pitch about yourself so the audience can learn more about you. So whenever you’re ready, just jump on in and we’ll go from there.









    Earl: Yep. Very good. Yeah. The one minute pitch that I have formulated and that I give now most of the time is that when they say, who is Earl Cobb? I say, well, Earl Cobb currently is a very satisfied retired technology executive, 34 years. Most of that was with Motorola and at various levels. I ran venture companies. I was the CEO of a startup back in the late 90s called MedContrax. And my last corporate task, before I retired, I ran all of the critical data centers for Wells Fargo Bank, right before the Wachovia merger.



    After that merger, that’s when I got a chance to almost 10 years ago now to the corporate shield and just having a ball as a small business owner, entrepreneur, author, grandfather, loving husband, taking care of a wife who still is employed and traveling the world.



    Dr. Dave: Hey, all good stuff?



    Earl: He’s a blessed guy, put it that way. Yes.



    Dr. Dave: Man, that is so good to hear that you’re a blessed guy. Today we’re going to talk about leaderless leaders. A very interesting way of talking about leaders in a different way. So for you, how would you define a leaderless leader in your words, your experience?



    Earl: That’s a very interesting way to qualify leaders in terms of leaderless. What I’ve found, having studied and written about and talked about leadership specifically for the past 10 years, of course, 20 years before that actually having the responsibilities of an executive and leading large companies and initiatives. The idea of a leader, the way you would describe it within an organization is normally someone, supervisor, manager, team leader, VP executive, okay, who has a responsibility and finds out that a lot of other skills, a lot of other capabilities, but they run short on having the leadership skills and the leadership acumen that they need to do and be successful at the thing that they’re being asked to do right now. That’s how I would define a leaderless leader.



    Dr. Dave: Earl, if you think about the traits or attributes that you would expect out of a leaderless leader, what are some of those traits that you would think of?



    Earl: That’s interesting because when you think of leadership traits and for those who are somewhat of students of leadership, it’s normally classically defined in terms of traits and attributes and those types of things. But think about this, a trait, an attribute, whether it’s presence and vision, clarity, persistence they’re all nouns. From an experience standpoint, I mean when you actually are out there, when you’re actually faced with the need to elevate your level of leadership, you quickly find out that leadership is really a verb. Or this is how you describe an action.



    Earl: And when you think of all the traits out there, you can Google and go through all the research, dozens of traits. And most of the traits that you think about fall into the category of that one challenge that a particular individual had at that time. Whether it’s bringing a company out of a bankruptcy or whether it’s turning arou...
    35 min
  • E72: Debrief: Take the Learning Home

    Welcome to the KnolShare with Dr. Dave podcast, hosted on Grokshare.com and streamed on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify.   You are listening to Episode #72 with Dr. Dave Cornelius at the Agile Arizona Phoenix North Meetup 2020.



    Alan, Dr. Dave, and Perry. Agile Arizona South – Meetup





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    Debriefing Cube



    The Debriefing Cube has six sides that include 1) Goal, 2) Process, 3) Group Dynamics, 4) Communications, 5) Emotions, and 6) Take-aways. Recently, I spoke at the Agile Arizona North and South Meetups, as well as used the tool in a Advanced Scrum class to build a repository of questions that can be shared with learning communities during a debrief session or retrospective event. Please find the contributions of over 50 people sharing questions that can extend the debriefing cube initial set of questions.



    Goal (Explore shared understandings):



    * How familiar are you with fundamentals of Scrum?* Was the goal to understand the basics of Scrum?* Why did you play the game?* What did you expect and what did you learn?* Why did we play in groups?* Did the instructions help you understand the
    goal?* Was the goal and outcome the same thing?* How did you self-organize?* Did we understand what the goal was?* Was there a shared understanding?* What was this easy or hard?* What was the source to form our agreement?* What do you think the purpose of the game was?* What did you think would happen?* Did you feel like everyone was able to
    participate or was heard?* Did we have a shared understanding?* How do you know everyone understands before we
    start?* What does success look like (Acceptance
    Criteria)?* What was discussed, learned, or the objective?* Was there a reward / price?* Did we begin by seeking to solve first?* Was the goal / outcome the same thing?* Was the timeframe flexible and did we factor it
    into the goal?* Was the goal easy or hard?* Was there an expectation to learn?* Do we know when we are done (Definition of
    Done)?* Do we know when we are ready (Definition of
    Ready)?* What was the value of the goal?* Was the goal attainable?* Did you have control of everything needed to achieve
    the goal?* What the communication of the goal consistent?



    Process (Explore the journey and the result):



    * What roles and responsibilities emerged?* What step was hard?* What step was easy?* How could we make that more efficient?* What could we do differently?* Well? Not well? Better?* What did you end up feeling was the best way to
    sort?* What part of the process was hard?* How would effectiveness be different if roles
    were switched?* Do you feel everyone contributed?* How would it be different with more people?* If we had used Scrum.org would it have been
    faster?* If we had divided role and responsibilities at
    the beginning, would it have been better?* Was there any fun?* What approach did you take?* Did anyone step forward as a leader?* How did you participate?* Did you distribute the work?* Did you feel the process was worthwhile or
    36 min
  • EAFH71: Justin Williams, CIVX – Deliver Value EAFH71: Justin Williams, CIVX - Deliver Value

    Justin Williams, Founder CIVX, Tucson, AZ



    Welcome to the KnolShare with Dr. Dave podcast, hosted on Grokshare.com and streamed on iTunes, Google Play, and Spotify.   You are listening to Episode #71 with Justin Williams founders of CIVX in Tucson AZ.



    Interview



    Dr. Dave Cornelius: Okay. Let’s start off with your name.



    Justin Williams: My name is Justin Williams



    Dr. Dave Cornelius: Okay. And what organization that you belong to or that you lead?



    Justin Williams: Several, but I think the most relevant one would be CIVX.



    Dr. Dave Cornelius: Okay. And that’s CIVX?



    Justin Williams: Correct.



    Dr. Dave Cornelius: Okay. So what led you to your current position in your journey?



    Justin Williams: So with CIVX, it’s sort of the intersection of two threads of my world, that of an entrepreneur and an educator supporting the entrepreneurial innovation community here in Tucson, which is built on a paradigm of lean startup, and agile thinking, and customer value creation as a generalized set of principles and tools to help aspiring entrepreneurs build by creating high growth, often technology-enabled startup companies.



    Justin Williams: I created an organization in 2011 around that space called Startup Tucson. It was built to be a framework for catalyzing the startup ecosystem here in Tucson. And so we built and launched and ran a variety of programs through Startup Tucson focused on things ranging from networking mixers, Startup Drinks, to pitch feedback meetups like 1 Million Cups, to growth incubator or we called it a venture development program called Thrive, and large scale multi thousand person innovation festival called TENWEST, along with a variety of other initiatives like a coworking space, colab workspace. Startup Tucson was an entrepreneur support organization and an incubator of initiatives to grow the ecosystem.



    Justin Williams: Prior to that I had taken over the remnants of three nonprofits and merged them to become a local technology trade association called AMIT, Aerospace Manufacturing and IT. After running that for several years as the largest technology trade association in Tucson, we merged it with an organization called the Arizona Technology Council out of Phoenix and ran it for another three years before I left that organization. As part of leaving it, I also launched Startup Tucson at that point.



    Justin Williams: The origin of this shift from the technology company, business economic development landscape to the more action-oriented individual work would actually be launching the event TEDx Tucson here in Tucson in 2010. So that was another key piece of this. And all of this is sort of the intersections of people who think about the future, who are willing to take actions, and feel empowered that they have the right to do something, that they have wisdom to contribute to making their community better.



    Justin Williams: There’s an activist culture around leadership in a community, and so I began generalizing all of that work. The work in terms of building community through a trade association or a startup support organization using the values of having the empowerment or the permission structures that entrepreneurs and founders have to go implement some sort of change that they’d love to see instead of just feeling helpless, or feeling unable to, or without permission, or wisdom to be able to do something.



    Justin Williams: That’s all one growth. From managing its trade association through and their vision to improve the world through their startup ideas.
    33 min
  • EAFH25: Education in the Age of Agility, Software, and Digital EAFH25: Education in the Age of Agility, Software, and Digital



    Education Panelist: Stephanie Bermudez, Heather Betz, Blaine Young, and Dr. David Martinez



    The future of 21st century education will be affected by the Age of Agility, Software, & Digital. We will meet with a few high school student educators to learn about their context, plans, and actions to help high students be prepared to survive in a Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguity (VUCA) world.



    In a recent article by PWC titled the “ The talent challenge: Harnessing the power of human skills in the machine age”, CEO’s top business priorities are: 1) innovation (23%), 2) Human capital (15%), and 3) Digital and technology capabilities (15%).



    77% of CEOs struggle to find the creativity and innovation skills they need.



    Question 1: What are the biggest challenge students will face to be ready to work in the 21st century workplace, where there is a digital and soft skills requirement?



    Question 2: What is the big idea that will shape the level of readiness for high school students to complete in a 21st century workplace?



    Question 3: What are a few tangible steps we can take now that will help the high school students’ readiness?



    Panelists



    * Dr. David Martinez – Early College High School Principal* Stephanie Bermudez – CEO and Founder, Startup Unidos* Blaine Young – Chief Technology Officer, Tucson Unified District* Heather Betz – English Teacher, Hope High School



    Stephanie Bermudez BIO



    Stephanie is a
    gifted community builder, understanding the nuances of human behavior and how
    to encourage positive interactions. Her innovative ideas create cross-border
    communities and environments that expand on binational relationships to
    encourage collaboration and co-inspiration. She focuses on building up
    entrepreneurial communities and networks; including events, training,
    consulting and research. 



    Stephanie is passionate about taking her experiences and shaping binational business opportunities with Mexico and the United States. In April 2018, she was recognized and certified by Harvard University, University of Sonora and Sonora-lab for her business project, Startup Unidos and for her contributions in Strengthening The Innovation Ecosystem In The State Of Sonora. Stephanie is actively working with startups across the Arizona-Sonora by implementing Startup Unidos; most recently Startup Unidos Youth VozFrontera in Nogales, AZ and Pascua Yaqui in Tucson, AZ, Latinx In Tech Startup Weekend in Tucson, AZ and Emprende Amigo in Phoenix area.  In March 2019 she was recognized Minority Business Owner of the Year at Inside Tucson Businesswomen of Impact.



    In October 2018 she was recognized at Idea Funding for initial and future efforts to build the entrepreneurial community in Tucson and received the Larry Hecker and Sherry Hoskinson Bright Futures Award. In December 2016 she was recognized by Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce as 40 under 40 Woman of the Year.



    Blaine Young Bio



    Blaine Young is the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for Tucson Unified School District, the largest k-12 school district in southern Arizona. As the school district’s cabinet level representative responsible for Information Technology, Mr. Young must ensure IT strategy, planning and operations are fully aligned with the superintendent’s vision and the school district’s priority focus on student achievement and student preparation for college and career readiness. 



    Mr. Young has over 30 years’ experience in all aspects of Information Technology.
    53 min
  • EAFH21: Dr. Dave at PSUG Business Agility Portfolio







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