January 23, 2017 Technology Transformation Team Meeting Conducted on January 23, 2017

January 23, 2017 Succession Planning with Certified Education Technology Leadership (CETL) Training

January 23, 2017 Meeting with Aruba’s Chief Executive Officer, Dominic Orr

January 24, 2017 Data Center Virtualization Project Status and Progress Meeting on January 24, 2017

January 24, 2017 Instructional Technology Purchasing Process Review

January 24-26, 2017 Leadership Team Career Conversations and Mid-Year Performance Review

January 25, 2017 Meeting with David Corona (ProComputing) to Review Promethean Board Support

January 25, 2017 Meeting with Layer3 to Conduct a Project Review of Open Items and Upcoming Plans

January 26, 2017 Local Area Chief Technology Officer Onsite District Visit and Meeting

January 27, 2017 Closing Message and Weekly Reflection

Technology Leadership and Communication (TLC)

Week Ending January 27, 2017

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer January 27, 2017

For all Topics

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer January 23, 2017

Technology Leadership Team Conducts Technology Transformation Team (T3+) Meeting

Frankie Jackson led the Technology Transformation Team (T3+)

leadership meeting on Monday, January 23, 2017. The notes from the

meeting are here. For the leadership topic, the team discussed Ten

Things That Immediately Happen When Real Leadership Shows Up.

Also during the meeting, each team leader reviewed their progress

and transformations from the previous week as well as plans,

schedules, and issues for this week. The team also discussed their

“one word” for the year, which are shown on the here.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer January 23, 2017

Technology Leadership Team Participates in the Certified

Education Technology Leadership (CETL) Study Program

On Monday, January 23, 2017, Kim Bowlin, Leonard Chance, and Doug Baker started a group study for the

Certified Education Technology Leader (CETL) program. Frankie Jackson is facilitating a National Certified

Education Technology Leadership (CETL) study group with the Consortium of School Networking (CoSN).

Frankie asked members of our leadership team to participate in the study in an effort to promote the certification

and expand the leadership capabilities of the team. Expanding the participation to the leadership team is in

alignment with our cross training and succession planning efforts. This week the study group focused on

Leadership and Vision.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer January 23, 2017

Meeting with Aruba’s Chief Executive Officer

Dominic Orr

Frankie Jackson met with Stuart Snow and Dominic Orr, Aruba’s Chief Executive Officer, on January 23, 2017

as Dominic made customer visits before retiring. Also joining the meeting was Jack Martin and other Aruba

HPE representatives. Frankie and Stuart presented Dom with a card, including our 2014 Bond strategic

partnership poster. Katie Hernandez also prepared a 100 slide PowerPoint presentation with pictures and

progress showing the impact that Aruba’s enterprise wireless technology has had on Cypress Fairbanks ISD.

Jack Martin (Aruba HPE), Frankie Jackson, and Dom Orr Frankie Jackson, and Dom Orr (Aruba HPE CEO)

January 24, 2017

Frankie Jackson stopped in to participate in part of the data center virtualization project status and progress

meeting on January 24, 2017. The Network Infrastructure Communications (NIC) team, including representatives

from Layer3, Cisco, VMWare, Presidio, and EMC participated in reviewing updates, timelines, and plans. This

project is part of RFP #14-10-4578 that was approved by the Board of Trustees in February 2016.

Data Center Virtualization Project Status and

Progress Meeting on January 24, 2017

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer January 24, 2017

Instructional Technology Purchasing

Process Review

Frankie Jackson led a review of the Instructional Technology purchasing process with Mary Jadloski and Becky

Cook on Tuesday, November 24, 2017. Jay Johnson, Kim Bowlin and Leonard Chance provided specific data

and details to help support the meeting. Their input was invaluable.

Technology Concerns from the

11-17-2016 Meeting

The objective of the meeting was to: Assess the current Instructional Technology

ordering process and responsibilities, and identify areas for improvement. The full

agenda with meeting notes of all items discussed is available here.

Next Steps Include:

• Implement actions

and process

improvements as

agreed to in the

meeting (see here)

• Monitor closely

• Be open to change

and process

improvement

• Meet the first week in

March and/or before

Spring Break to assess

the results of our

process improvements

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Leadership Career Conversations, Job Description

Review and Mid-Year Performance Reviews

Frankie Jackson met with four of the five

Technology Services department

organizational team leaders to discuss

each leader’s career growth and goals,

and review mid-year performance review.

• Paula Ross, leading the Enterprise,

Communication, and Networks team

on January 24, 2017

• Jennifer Miller, leading the Customer

Care Center (CCC) team, January

25, 2016

• John Crumbley, leading the

Information Service and Applications

team, on Friday, January 25, 2016.

• Jay Johnson, leading the Acquisitions,

Assets, and Accountability team on

Thursday, January 26, 2016

January 24-26, 2017

TOPICS

• Career planning conversations

• Sign job descriptions

• Mid-Year performance review

• Support needed in career growth

• Key Performance Indicator (KPI) definitions

• Any other items of interest, concern, or topic.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Meeting with David Corona (ProComputing) to Review

Promethean Board Support

Frankie Jackson met with David Corona on January

26, 2017 to review the support we are receiving for

our Promethean board technology installations and

service. David is the project manager for

ProComputing, the service provider for installing

and supporting our Promethean boards. During the

meeting they talked about the importance of staying

on schedule and communicating all deliveries to Jay

Johnson’s Acquisition, Assets, and Sustainability

team.

January 26, 2017

Frankie Jackson with David Corona (ProComputing

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Meeting with Dave Kapavik (Layer3) to Conduct a

Full Project Review of Open Items and Upcoming Plans

January 26, 2017

Kirk Elementary School Tanner Trailer Park

Frankie Jackson met with Dave Kapavik (Layer3) on January 26, 2017 to

review the projects that are underway. Layer3 is the strategic partner

providing all enterprise wireless support and datacenter virtualization design.

Additionally Layer3 is proposing a remote access point wireless technology to

provide home access for students without connectivity. Preliminary design

work is underway. Shown in the following picture is a proposal to connect the

Tanner trailer park to Kirk elementary. A full cost proposal is being developed

for our review. All projects are progressing on schedule.

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Cypress Fairbanks ISD Participating at the Local Level in

Technology Leadership with 8 Surrounding Districts

January 27, 2016

Frankie Jackson met with the Region IV area district technology leaders on Thursday, January 27, 2016.

Districts include Fort Bend, Klein, Houston, Cypress Fairbanks, Pasadena, Katy, Spring Branch, and Clear

Creek. This month’s meeting was held at Klein ISD. The group meets monthly, rotating the meetings at a

different district each month. The meeting this month was in Clear Creek ISD.

Frankie Jackson, CTOLong Pham, CTO

Lenny Schad, CIO

Karen Fuller, Exec Director

Kevin Schwartz, CTO

John Alawneh, CIO

Bob Bayard, CTO

Venu Rao, CTO

Items of discussion included

the following:

• Finding quality, high-

performing technology

staff

• Ways of being

accountable for

technology staff’s work

and showing value

• Security breaches and

controls

• Firewall performance

issues

• Types of Learning

Management Systems

used

Leadership and Vision

Posted by Frankie Jackson, Chief Technology Officer

Closing Message and Reflection for the Week

January 27, 2017

Be the

Districtthat

Transforms

Education

LEAD in

Providing

World-Class

Quality

K-12 Systems

Core Values

Efficient

Accessible

Systematic

Highly-Skilled

Student-Focused

Service-Oriented

Leadership

We Transform

Education

Providing LEADing technology solutions is the

goal of our transformation initiatives. Starting

to work on plans to provide access to students

without connectivity down to working to improve

processes to order technology for staff and students, our

team works with persistence and passion. I always get to the

end of the week and feel so proud about the value that we

provide to our district. In every one of our department teams,

we are achieving amazing results. I am so grateful for the

opportunity to work with our team - Frankie Jackson