Features Region: Southwest

As the current chief information officer at McKinney Independent School District (ISD), David Spann has spent 33 years in public education. Starting out as a classroom teacher, he eventually transitioned into an assistant principal role where he became involved with and in charge of the technology at the high school where he was working. After […]

Funding is a constant challenge for public schools, especially those serving low-income communities. In a time when student and teacher access to technology has never been more crucial, Matthew Peterson, director and chief information officer for Glendale Elementary School District (GESD) in Glendale, Arizona, has taken a value-oriented approach to building up the district’s technology […]

Albuquerque, New Mexico, has long been a place for visionaries in technology, perhaps beginning in 1975 when two young men moved to the high desert city to start Microsoft. Though the city has never lacked for talented programmers and entrepreneurs, its data systems were woefully slow and out of date by 2009. Albuquerque was hampered […]

Medley Communications Inc., founded in 1990 by Darrin Medley, is a customer service-based cable TV subcontractor headquarted in Southern California. The company exclusively serves telecommunications giants: Cox Communications (Cox), Time Warner and Comcast – providing Internet, telephone and video to millions of customers throughout the Midwestern and western United States. In an industry and climate […]

With so many information technology applications and tools, the market is flooded with choices, leaving many companies wondering what the ideal solution is for their organization. Navigating the chaos and helping companies determine the best user interface to deliver productive workflow is Atlanta-based Technical Innovation LLC. “The goal is to bring a simple and elegant […]