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Tony Holmes

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United States (Virginia)
Available to 
North America,
Europe
City 
Richmond
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Languages 
English
Volunteer
Yes

Personal Details

Bio

Passionate problem solver, and serial question asker, a lifelong student of mental models, creating thought provoking ideas where the creative and analogical meets socratic method. For more than two decades Tony has been solving complex problems for some of the largest, and most forward thinking technology organizations in the world; including British Broadcasting Corporation, Digital Equipment Corporation, Microsoft Research, Opsware, Hewlett Packard, Oracle and currently Pluralsight.

Presentations

Presentations (3)
The Cybersecurity Staffing Crisis: Finding Talent Outside the Box

What is the cost of lost opportunity when hiring in Cybersecurity, and how can we avoid it? How does the problem relate to global warming? How do these challenges relate to mythological Greek heroes? What does the current skills hiring crisis have to do with any of this? I challenge you to think differently when hiring for complex roles, and offer the benefit of a different perspective when trying to hire top talent, for roles that benefit from creative problem solving.

How Do You Hire an Astronaut

Every organisation wants to attract and hire the very best, and most capable technical talent. The current talent shortage especially in cloud seems almost insurmountable in many ways. This talk will challenge the way we think about what talent means in the current and future government technical landscape, and suggests that maybe thinking a little differently will have a positive impact beyond simply solving our immediate staffing issues.

Notes from the Field - The Journey Towards A Culture of Learning

In this session Tony takes us on a whistle-stop tour covering the ever accelerating speed of tech, why organizations are struggling to keep pace, how we got to this point, and why we should even care. If you're interested in understanding what a culture of learning looks like, who it impacts positively (that'd be everyone!), and why organizations often see as much as 5x more performance when compared to those without a culture of learning, join me while I share my notes from field, from both Public and Private Sector.

Past talks (13)
The Evolving Federal Workforce Model (Panelist)
Meritalk's Agency Anywhere and Everywhere -
Virtual
September 30, 2021
Workforce Leadership with Pluralsight AI
SLED & PTI Reverse Industry Day
Virtual / Webex
January 14, 2021
Opening Remarks / Keynote Introduction
Virtual Workshop Data & Analytics -- Smart Strategies for 2021
Virtual / Online
November 10, 2020
Government Technology Lunch & Learn
Upskilling Your Workforce to Succeed in Digital Transformation
Online / Virtual
September 27, 2020
Leading Remote Teams with Data Driven Results
Govexec's Leaning into a New Normal - The State of the Federal Workforce
Virtual Online
September 23, 2020
COVID Impact on Upskilling and Reskilling for Government Workforce
Essential People, Critical Work, Virtual town Hall
Online Virtual
July 27, 2020
How Do You Hire an Astronaut
ATARC - The Role of Emerging Technology in the Federal Emergency Response
Virtual Summit - Cloud and Infrastructure.
June 10, 2020
The Cybersecurity Staffing Crisis: Finding Talent Outside the Box
ITAC - The Future of the Cybersecurity Workforce Symposium
The Globe and Mail Center, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
October 28, 2019
The Cybersecurity Staffing Crisis: Finding Talent Outside the Box
930Gov Cyber & IT Security Conference
Walter E Washington Convention Center, Washington DC
August 19, 2019
The Best Defense Is a Great Offense - Security is more than protecting your data against breaches. Stop playing defense and reacting to the emerging security requirements.
Oracle MySQL Day
Columbia MD
February 12, 2019
How your data can meet new EU GDPR Security Requirements
MySQL Insights
Atlanta, GA
January 31, 2018
MySQL HA & Ignition - Options for Deploying Ignition when Uptime Really Matters.
ICC 2016
Folsom, CA
September 19, 2016
MySQL and Countering Today’s Cyber Threat Landscape
Affigent GovTransformer Podcast
Podcast
June 7, 2016
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Cyber Hiring Talk at the 930 Cyber Conference in Washington DC
Cyber Hiring Talk at the 930 Cyber Conference in Washington DC
Perspectives in Leadership Podcast - How to Hire an Astronaut
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Pluralsight's Tony Holmes on the Power of Upskilling in the Public Sector - GovIT, a DLT Solutions Podcast

Expertise (15)

Business
Skills & Trades
Technology
Education
creative business creative careers hiring process hiring the right people Hiring Top Talent Alternative Education Education Reform Public Sector Government Solution Architecture Employee Recruitment

Clients

ITAC - Information Technology Association of Canada
DGI - Digital Government Institute
Inductive Automation
Triangle Technology Executives Council
Affigent
Oracle Corporation
The Advanced Technology Academic Research Center (ATARC)
NextGov
Route 50
GovExec
e.Republic
Federal Computer Week
Public Sector 360
CompTIA
Recommendations
Why choose me? 

I challenge audiences to think differently about solutions to problems they often take for granted.

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