Most IT leaders are promoted for what they know, not how they lead. This session hits the hard truth about why technical excellence creates a ceiling, not a career, and what it actually takes to build a team that scales.

We’ll also dig into where AI is reshaping the IT leadership landscape, what it means for your team’s decision-making, and why a human in the loop is still needed - especially with the AI noise in the IT landscape today.

Topics covered:
• The technician-to-leader identity shift (and why most people skip it)
• Building accountability systems that don’t depend on you
• AI as a force multiplier — and its limits in human-led organizations
• What your next-gen IT leaders need to develop NOW

Presented by Adam Lopardo, Client Experience Director at Stronghold Data. Sponsored by eSCO Processing and Recycling.

Members are free, Nonmembers are free this month. Networking and lunch begin at 11:30 with programming following at approximately noon.

PARKING available (map):
Lot 47A (and street parking) along Jefferson
Lot 59 directly across from Jefferson entrance (old Meek’s lot)
Lot 48 at corner of Jefferson & Phelps (enter before Phelps)
Lot 56 (entrance off of Robberson)