Ryan Murray, the Arizona state CISO, sat down with TEC for our What Does a [Technologist] Do? segment of our podcast.

Ryan is both the Arizona CISO as well as the Deputy Director for the Arizona Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Statewide Information and Privacy Office and he told us all about what that looks like on a practical, daily level. Because as impressed as TEC was with both himself and his title, everyone gets the same five questions. :)

His answers were among the coolest, though, so be sure to give this episode a listen.

Technology Education Collaborative Website

Technology Education Collaborative Discord

Patrick Smith tells us what it’s like to be a Technical Support Engineer for a major credit card card company. He also offers some great tips on how not to annoy your company’s IT staff. :)

Technology Education Collaborative Website

Technology Education Collaborative Discord

In this casual, fun and festive episode we asked visitors to the Advanced Cyber Systems Lab what tech is on their wish list.

The rules were simple: Money was no object, it could be ANYTHING - from the military catalogue, NASA, or just Best Buy - but it had to exist in real life and incorporate some kind of computing power. The Answers. Were. Awesome. We had a blast making this episode and hope you enjoy listening to it - and get some last minute gift ideas!

Special thanks to all our guests, some of whom had no idea they’d be on a podcast that day.

Technology Education Collaborative Website

Technology Education Collaborative Discord

Join us today as we discuss and react to the most surprising headline from the StackOverflow 2024 Developer Survey - apparently, 80% of programmers are not happy?

To be more specific - only 20% of programmers explicitly stated they were actually happy, while the rest indicated complacency or unhappiness.

This is a special episode where we have three guests: TEC board members Andrew Karnes and Connor Johnson, community member Ryan Jones. Hosted by TEC CTO and board member Charles (Chuck) Knox.

Technology Education Collaborative Website

Technology Education Collaborative Discord

Join us today as we speak with Jonathan Dellmar, a digital forensics specialist who discusses what it’s like to examine digital evidence for the legal system…and reptiles.

Technology Education Collaborative Website

Technology Education Collaborative Discord

Join us today as we speak with Gabe Noga. Gabe discusses his role as Regional Hub Coordinator for a National Science Foundation grant aimed at getting more students involved in STEM.

Technology Education Collaborative Website

Technology Education Collaborative Discord

Today, Christina talks with David Koontz about what it’s like to be a senior software engineer.

You may have noticed this episode isn’t quite up to TEC’s usual quality standard. That’s because it wasn’t recorded at podcast studio in ACSL, so all you podcasters out there consider this a lesson: Come to the lab and record your podcast for free in the actual studio!

Technology Education Collaborative Website

Technology Education Collaborative Discord

Today, Chuck speaks with Jordan Andersen, co-director of Hermit Tech, whose team members are responsible for a few recent viral articles which can be read on one of their co-director Nikhil’s blog here.

Topics include the typical TEC Talks format with a few essential questions about what it’s like to be in Jordan’s shoes, and then Chuck and Jordan have a fun discussion about how AI can often get overhyped, overpromised, and oversold.

Technology Education Collaborative Website

Technology Education Collaborative Discord

A discussion with national political consultant and co-host of the Breaking Battlegrounds podcast Sam Stone on why lawmakers on all levels, from municipal government to Congress, just don’t seem to grasp what tech is, what it does, or how to regulate, govern or legislate about it. This is a nerdy, nuts-and-bolts discussion of tech policy and governance, not a political debate episode.

Technology Education Collaborative Website

Technology Education Collaborative Discord

We chatted with Connor Johnson about his experience as website developer for a medical university.

Technology Education Collaborative Website

Technology Education Collaborative Discord