Features Region: Southwest

For David Hood, information technology has never been just a job. It is a calling that stretches back to childhood, when he first started tinkering with computers and competing in team sports. Those two worlds — technology and teamwork — became the twin engines that would drive his career forward, eventually landing him in the […]

West Texas A&M University is leveraging a nearly century-old structure to redefine how higher education is delivered, using design, technology, and strategic partnerships to push beyond the limitations of traditional and even modern online learning. At the center of that effort is the transformation of the Geneva Schaeffer Education Building, a 1928 facility that once […]

From modernizing data centers during the dot-com era to now spearheading artificial intelligence initiatives at Integrated Real Estate Group, Rey Balderas has always viewed technology not as an endpoint, but as a catalyst for transformation. As director of IT for the Dallas-Fort Worth–based firm, Balderas leads with a people-first philosophy and a robust technical foundation, […]

Nestled on 740 acres in the pine-covered mountain town of Flagstaff, Northern Arizona University stands as a hub of innovation and access. A high-research university, NAU’s mission is to provide equitable postsecondary opportunities for students throughout Arizona and beyond. With its extensive online programs, Personalized Learning initiative and more than 30 community campuses across the […]

As the director of information technology for the City of Oklahoma City, Schad Meldrum is the chief architect of technological progress within the municipal government. With his extensive expertise and visionary leadership, Meldrum leads the way in revolutionizing how technology is leveraged to optimize the efficiency and effectiveness of various municipal operations.  At the helm […]

He’s a two-fer, this Greg Moore who wears the hats of vice president and chief information officer at KB Home. Blurry lines, if any, separate those responsibilities at this Los Angeles-headquartered homebuilder, he says. Technology is so essential to any task, and Moore hasn’t had much trouble selling the rest of the brass on the […]

Bob Fishtrom, the director of information technology at the Mountain View-Los Altos Union High School District, is a visionary architect shaping the future of technological innovation, academic excellence, and community empowerment in the heart of Silicon Valley.   “Our district reflects the diversity, ambition, and spirit of innovation that defines the region,” Fishtrom says.   The district […]

As Abe Alirez was growing up, he dreamt of driving a truck—hauling loads of freight that help keep the economy going while seeing the U.S. along its highways and byways. Alirez also loved technology. He wasn’t old enough to drive a truck, but he was old—and skilled enough—to repair his friends’ video game systems. For […]

Jeff Scheetz likes to joke that he moved from his native Colorado to Avondale, Arizona, to escape the snow. He’s done that, although it also means he left some of his favorite fishing streams behind when he became chief information officer for the city of 89,334 that’s on the western boundary of Phoenix. However, Scheetz […]

Six months after joining the City of New Braunfels, Texas, in 2018 as its director of information technology, Tony Gonzalez was brought into a meeting where an idea was presented to replace the city’s enterprise resource planning system. Understanding this project was going to have a price tag of $1.5 million to $2 million, Gonzalez […]