May 9, 2023 – 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

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May's Topic:

O365 tools during COVID and in Higher Education

Overview and demo of how Teams was adopted in 30 days by NYSERDA to support remote staff and DOL Unemployment processing during COVID plus a look at the use of Teams and O365 at UAlbany’s College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity

UAlbany College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security & Cybersecurity

David Adkins is currently a Professor of Practice and Undergraduate Director of Cybersecurity at the College of Emergency Preparedness, Homeland Security, and Cybersecurity at SUNY Albany and a consultant focused on Cybersecurity, Training, Energy Grid systems, and IT Management areas.

David was formerly the CIO (Chief Information Officer) for NYSERDA (New York State Energy Research & Development Authority. He was responsible for managing the Authority's Information Technology, Data Governance/Analytics/Architecture and Web Operations units and served as a key leader responsible for implementing and maintaining technology systems that enabled NYSERDA to advance its ability to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and support renewable energy.

Prior to this, he served as part of the Senior CIO Executive Team at NYS ITS leading End User Services for over 120,000 members of the state workforce and oversaw WebNY, a division supporting over 160 websites across New York State.

Before State service, he was the Chief Technology Officer for the 75,000-member New York State Bar and the Director of Information Technology for NYSUT (New York State United Teachers).

Dave has a degree in Telecommunications from Syracuse University, an M.B.A. from the School of Business, University at Albany, and a Ph.D. in Information Science from the University at Albany. He is currently a member of Hudson Valley Community College's School of Business Advisory Council.