223- Navigating the Waters of IT with Marine Scientist Turned Tech Leader Chris Shumaker

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Philip Howard

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🗓️ 1 November 2023

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Chris Shumaker With over 20 years of experience, Chris Shumaker is an IT leader focused on strategy, security, and delivering value. He began his tech career after pivoting from marine science research, proving his ability to adapt and chart new courses. He has led IT teams, managed high-profile projects, and overcome major crises like ransomware attacks. Chris believes in taking a big picture approach to tech leadership and constantly evolving his skill set. He is passionate about community involvement and serves on several nonprofit boards. Navigating the Waters of IT with Marine Scientist Turned Tech Leader Chris Shumaker In this episode, host Mike Kelley talks with IT leader Chris Shumaker about his unique career journey from marine science to directing IT strategy and teams. They discuss the importance of disaster recovery testing, taking a holistic approach to technology, and being a community-focused IT leader. Chris also shares his insights on emerging technologies like AI and thoughts on continuously developing new skill sets. Tune in to hear key lessons on leading IT teams, overcoming challenges, and always looking for ways to maximize value.

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0:00.0	All right, well, good morning and welcome to another dissecting popular IT nerds, where we're allowed to geek out with fellow nerds, and there's no eye scrolls.
0:17.0	So this morning or today I'd like to introduce Chris Shoemaker, who comes to dissecting popular IT nerds with that same college degree, almost all of us have, of marine science.
0:30.0	So hey, Chris, tell us a little about yourself and let us know how marine science, marine science degree led to the director's chair in IT because,
0:39.2	wait a minute, marine science. Yeah, it's, you know, I'll start with, you know,
0:46.4	the biggest problem coming from marine science into IT is, is just the degree itself,
0:53.8	because 23 years ago, I've been in the business 23
0:57.0	years, actually 24 now, that marine science just wasn't who you hired. You hired an IT guy that
1:05.7	graduated with a programming degree or something else within IT. And it's about getting that foot in the door that first time.
1:14.6	But, you know, I always had my father told me growing up many, many times, all that matters
1:20.7	is you get the sheepskin.
1:22.6	It just means that you can learn highly technical material very quickly.
1:27.0	Nowadays, it's not like that. Nowadays, you can learn highly technical material very quickly. Nowadays, it's not like that.
1:28.5	Nowadays, you can learn a lot just watching YouTube and LinkedIn learning and Coursera and things
1:36.5	like that. You don't necessarily have to find that degree. And I've also noticed I've done a lot of
1:42.8	work in B.I that more and more people are hiring for BI purposes, art majors, other creative majors that or people that are just really good at art because it's all about visualization.
1:56.0	How do I show the data in a way that's most appealing and it's going to get you to the easiest.
2:02.9	Gone are the days of Excel notebook, Excel workbooks, you know.
2:06.8	And kind of a twist on that.
2:10.6	One of the things that I'd come to realize in the last few years was, you know, give me somebody with the right attitude and the right mentality.
2:21.5	And I can teach them the IT.
2:23.0	I can get them that technical skill set.
2:25.6	But having somebody that is customer service focused or, you know, detail oriented,
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