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FAQs about TEC Talks:How many episodes does TEC Talks have?The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.
December 15, 2025What Does a CISO and Tech Founder Do? With Ed VaskoCISO and CISSP, Ed Vasko sat down for our “What Does a [Technologist] Do?” segment to provide his insights as being a Tech founder. He also talks about his efforts in Idaho with Boise State University to produce a stronger cybersecurity workforce. You’ll love this episode!Technology Education Collaborative WebsiteTechnology Education Collaborative Discord...more17minPlay
October 02, 2025What Does a Mainframe Developer Do? With Leonard PennockMainframe Developer Leonard Pennock sat down for our “What Does a [Technologist] Do?” segment. If you ever wondered what it’s like to work with Mainframes, then this episode is for you!Technology Education Collaborative WebsiteTechnology Education Collaborative Discord...more14minPlay
August 03, 2025Laura Ellington on Building Systems to Tomorrow’s Women EngineersLaura Ellington has been a systems engineer since the 1970s. She discussed the challenges she faced and what young women who aspire to be engineers today need to consider. This episodes builds upon the popular with Laura published in August 2024.Technology Education Collaborative WebsiteTechnology Education Collaborative Discord...more26minPlay
June 25, 2025Ryan Murray Bonus EpisodeRyan Murray, the Arizona state CISO, sat down with TEC for a bonus 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.In addition to answering our usual five questions for our What Does a Technologist Do? segment, he also answered some questions about the specific cyberthreats facing Arizona and what’s being done to prevent and mitigate them.Technology Education Collaborative WebsiteTechnology Education Collaborative Discord...more13minPlay
April 13, 2025What Does an Arizona State CISO Do? With Ryan MurrayRyan 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 WebsiteTechnology Education Collaborative Discord...more17minPlay
February 12, 2025What Does a Technical Support Engineer Do? With Patrick SmithPatrick 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 WebsiteTechnology Education Collaborative Discord...more10minPlay
December 17, 2024HTTPS: Holiday TEC Talks Podcast SpecialIn 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 WebsiteTechnology Education Collaborative Discord...more23minPlay
November 12, 2024TEC Talks Podcast: Unhappy ProgrammersJoin 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 WebsiteTechnology Education Collaborative Discord...more19minPlay
November 12, 2024What Does a Digital Forensics Specialist Do? With Jonathan DellmarJoin 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 WebsiteTechnology Education Collaborative Discord...more14minPlay
November 12, 2024What Does a NSF Regional Hub Coordinator Do? With Gabe NogaJoin 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 WebsiteTechnology Education Collaborative Discord...more8minPlay
FAQs about TEC Talks:How many episodes does TEC Talks have?The podcast currently has 17 episodes available.