Speaker Bio Chad serves as Creative Strategy Director in Pyxl's Knoxville and Nashville offices where he collaborates with clients to deliver results-driven digital marketing services and leads the Account Management team. A passionate student of brand building and strategy, Chad focuses on compelling online content and campaign development. Chad is also HubSpot certified and works with clients to create inbound marketing success. Before joining Pyxl, Chad led the web marketing team at Ruby Tuesday Inc., and worked in product development…

Brian Livingston Direct Placement Account Manager, TEKsystems Tricks of the Trade Join us for a conversation about tips, tricks, and common mistakes to avoid when putting together your resume. Take the guesswork out of interviewing as Brian shares how to navigate the interview process along with some simple tips on putting together your LinkedIn Profile. Biography Brian Livingston is the Direct Placement Account Manager with TEKsystems. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration with a concentration in Management Information…

Speaker: Jesse Trucks, Minister of Magic Splunk Title: Security Programs: The Art of the Possible Synopsis: Building a security program is daunting to anyone in any size organization. There are myriad ways for everything to go wrong and still have a breach. Many things will go wrong. Everyone will eventually have a breach. In this new reality, building an effective security program is quite possible if perfection and total security are removed as requirements. Learn from mistakes and successes of some…

The Smoky Mountain HDI Chapter invites you to join us Thursday, November 16 from 11:30-1pm for our first lunch meeting complete with food, drinks, door prizes, networking, and a roundtable discussion to help answer some of the top questions in the industry today. Do you have questions you wish you could discuss with other industry professionals?  Are you looking for new ideas on how to motivate your employees? Our next HDI Chapter meeting will give you the chance to explore these questions and…

"Defensive Security in 2018: A roundtable discussion" Facilitator: Jesse Trucks, Minister of Magic, Splunk In a recent publication by Gartner, Ramon Krikken noted that "security has been a major challenge for digital business for many years, recent events mark a shift in security incident and compliance trends. This shift will require technical professionals to practice strong planning and execution of information security initiatives for 2018."  Security has been a "buzz" word for many years and continues to be an area…

  "Leveraging Artificial Intelligence in IT" "Artificial intelligence is a transformative technology that will drive sustainable competitive advantage and business value. IT leaders must take action now to employ AI and deliver critical business outcomes, while constrained by scarce skills." -Gartner, 2018, "Artificial Intelligence Primer for 2018" Artificial Intelligence, more commonly known as AI, is the use of computer systems to mimic and perform actions typically requiring human involvement and, until recent years, has largely been a dream of science…