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426- AI Breaks Faster Than Broken Processes w/Eric...

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2026/05/21

Eric Brosius, Vice President of IT at Sun River Health, joins Mike Kelley to talk about the real pressure behind healthcare technology leadership. He shares how his team supports multiple entities with different risk profiles, what COVID demanded from healthcare IT, why AI governance now has to account for PHI and vendor behavior, and how leaders build teams that answer the 4AM database call. The conversation is a grounded look at AI, compliance, process discipline, and the

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00:53:55

Security Is Just Business Risk

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2026/05/19

Edward Marchewka, CIO at Illinois Bone and Joint Institute, joins You've Been Heard for a practical conversation about board communication, cybersecurity leadership, and the gap between technical expertise and business trust. He explains the information asymmetry gap, why fear-based security messaging often backfires, and how IT leaders can connect risk to confidentiality, finance, people, reputation, availability, and data integrity. The episode also covers adult learning,

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00:33:21

All My Projects Are Your Projects

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2026/05/12

Dario Sarmiento started as a help desk fixer at one of the world's largest law firms during the dot-com boom. He thought his job was solving tech problems. Turns out, his real job was understanding how every department actually works.Now CIO at Wilshire Law Firm, Dario brings a unique perspective shaped by 25 years in legal tech and a master's in theological studies. His approach? Servant leadership that puts people first and treats IT as the connective tissue of the

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00:33:21

All My Projects Are Your Projects

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2026/05/12

Dario Sarmiento started as a help desk fixer at one of the world's largest law firms during the dot-com boom. He thought his job was solving tech problems. Turns out, his real job was understanding how every department actually works.Now CIO at Wilshire Law Firm, Dario brings a unique perspective shaped by 25 years in legal tech and a master's in theological studies. His approach? Servant leadership that puts people first and treats IT as the connective tissue of the

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00:30:47

423- There Is A Cost To Know Things w/Steve Goudreau

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2026/05/07

Steve Goudreau has been in IT leadership long enough to know the difference between being at the table and being heard. At his current role, he has a seat at the executive round table. At his previous company with five times as many direct reports, he didn't even have director-level access.The difference? Understanding what executives actually need from IT. Not helpdesk metrics or project status updates. Information that helps the company make better decisions about technology,

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00:30:47

423- There Is A Cost To Know Things w/Steve Goudreau

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2026/05/07

Steve Goudreau has been in IT leadership long enough to know the difference between being at the table and being heard. At his current role, he has a seat at the executive round table. At his previous company with five times as many direct reports, he didn't even have director-level access.The difference? Understanding what executives actually need from IT. Not helpdesk metrics or project status updates. Information that helps the company make better decisions about technology,

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01:04:06

422- AI Needs Architecture Before Automation w/Robert...

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2026/05/05

Robert Sheesley explains why AI needs business architecture, capability maturity, intelligence architecture, and organizational change management before it can create durable value.

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00:53:41

421- There Is No Zero-Fail Environment w/Drew Ludwick

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2026/04/30

Drew Ludwick brings military communications pressure, network engineering depth, and modern CIO judgment to a blunt lesson: technology will fail. The work is making sure the mission does not.

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421- There Is No Zero-Fail Environment w/Drew Ludwick

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2026/04/30

Drew Ludwick brings military communications pressure, network engineering depth, and modern CIO judgment to a blunt lesson: technology will fail. The work is making sure the mission does not. Drew Ludwick did not plan to become an IT leader. He started as a network engineer who liked hard environments, messy infrastructure, and the pressure of making systems work when the stakes were real. That background shaped his view of so-called zero-fail environments. Drew argues that

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00:53:41

420- Lead How Technology Gets Leveraged w/Bart Waress

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2026/04/28

Bart Waress has led IT across healthcare, telecom, banking, oil and gas, mining, data centers, and energy. His lesson is blunt: transformation sticks when IT listens first, speaks the business language, and proves value where work actually happens.

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00:53:41

420- Lead How Technology Gets Leveraged w/Bart Waress

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2026/04/28

Bart Waress has led IT across healthcare, telecom, banking, oil and gas, mining, data centers, and energy. His lesson is blunt: transformation sticks when IT listens first, speaks the business language, and proves value where work actually happens.

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00:48:01

419- Common Sense Over Theatrics w/Nick Feczko

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2026/04/23

Nick Feczko took the VP IT seat at DuBois Chemicals six months ago after walking away from an environment that ran on ego and politics. He came looking for a place where IT careers get built on common sense instead of theatrics, and he is running the AI rollout the same way.

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419- Common Sense Over Theatrics w/Nick Feczko

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2026/04/23

Nick Feczko took the VP IT seat at DuBois Chemicals six months ago after walking away from an environment that ran on ego and politics. He came looking for a place where IT careers get built on common sense instead of theatrics, and he is running the AI rollout the same way.

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00:48:21

418- Regional Execution, Global Governance w/Thomas Wolf

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2026/04/21

Thomas Wolf runs IT for DEUTZ Corporation in Atlanta, the Americas hub of the 162-year-old German engine maker. His job is balancing global governance with local execution.

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00:39:33

417- You Can't Be Just a Nerd Anymore w/Josh Siddon

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2026/04/16

Josh Siddon is rolling out managed Wi-Fi across three hundred multifamily properties at MAA. The infrastructure is the easy part. The hard part is pulling IT out of the back room and into the business, where it now has to live. Josh Siddon is VP of IT Architecture at MAA, one of the largest multifamily operators in the country, and the founder of ResiQ, a consultancy helping smaller operators navigate managed Wi-Fi, cloud migration, and PropTech vendor selection. His team is

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00:49:24

416- Your IT Team Should Work Without You w/Scott Kutz

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2026/04/14

Scott Kutz runs IT at a construction equipment dealership where excavators connect to the internet and OEMs move faster than the infrastructure can follow. His answer isn't to be the hero. It's to make himself unnecessary. Scott Kutz is five months into his role as IT Manager at Brooks Tractor, a construction equipment dealership where service managers remote into customer excavators in real time and OEM vendors push cloud platforms faster than most dealers can upgrade their

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00:40:30

415- Work Smarter Not Harder w/Rob Spellman

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2026/04/09

Rob Spellman spent 25 years thinking he had to be the smartest person in the room. Then he learned that being a bulldog who gets things done beats being the expert every time.

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415- Work Smarter Not Harder w/Rob Spellman

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2026/04/09

Rob Spellman spent 25 years thinking he had to be the smartest person in the room. Then he learned that being a bulldog who gets things done beats being the expert every time.

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00:50:05

414- The Complexity of Simplicity w/Antonio Marin

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2026/04/07

Antonio Marin spent decades thinking CIOs earn their seat by talking technology. Then he learned business leaders don't care about CPU utilization, they care about business outcomes.

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414- The Complexity of Simplicity w/Antonio Marin

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2026/04/07

Antonio Marin spent decades thinking CIOs earn their seat by talking technology. Then he learned business leaders don't care about CPU utilization, they care about business outcomes.

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