268- Transforming Broken IT Environments with Nathan Lauderdale

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

Technology

5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2024

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Nathan Lauderdale Nathan Lauderdale is an accomplished IT leader with over 15 years of experience transforming dysfunctional IT environments. He currently serves as the Director of Information Technology at Atwoods Ranch & Home. Nathan specializes in aligning IT strategy with business goals to drive revenue, cut costs, and improve efficiency. He has led IT turnarounds at companies in manufacturing, healthcare, and other industries. Nathan takes a methodical, analytical approach to assessing IT challenges and developing high-impact technology roadmaps. He excels at communicating technology’s value, building trusted partnerships across the business, and delivering robust, cost-effective IT solutions. Transforming Broken IT Environments with Nathan Lauderdale What does it take to turn around a dysfunctional IT department? How can technology leaders drive real change in complex environments? In this podcast, we tackle these questions and more in an insightful discussion with IT transformation expert Nathan Lauderdale. Drawing on over 15 years of experience, Nathan shares his perspectives on diagnosing IT challenges, gaining executive trust, and aligning systems with business goals. Expect insights into where IT has been, the obstacles leaders face today, and advice for strategically positioning IT moving forward as we cover legacy debt, budget optimization, and forging partnerships. No matter where you are in your IT leadership journey, you will take away valuable lessons on assessing dysfunctional systems, communicating IT’s value, and maturing environments from the inside out.

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0:00.0	All right, welcome everyone back to dissecting popular IT nerds.
0:09.0	I'm really, I'm kind of upset because my Donald Trump sound effects are not going through the board like I need them to be, because I just wanted, you know, I just wanted to hear him say,
0:20.9	thank you very much.
0:22.2	And we're going to build a wall.
0:24.4	Let's see what else.
0:25.1	I don't think I have any really good vaccination sound effects for him.
0:29.0	Anywho, we have Nathan Lauderdale on the show,
0:34.5	Director of Information Technology with a past life in, I would say, large government
0:41.1	contracting space, not space as in flying into outer space, the space as in the contracting
0:47.7	space, unless you have had any, I'm still waiting for someone that's actually gone into
0:51.5	outer space and doesn't lie about it.
0:53.4	That would, uh, I think everyone does. I think that's, it's really a make believe space, but that's actually gone into outer space and doesn't lie about it. That would, uh, I think everyone does.
0:55.0	I think that's, it's really a make-believe space, but that's, uh, for another time.
0:59.1	I need to see it myself.
1:03.6	Known for coming into the mid-market space, cleaning up wires and messes and old silos and unifying them together.
1:15.0	And I would like to say increasing business productivity, making money with IT, stepping out of
1:23.6	the cost set being pigeonholed as a cost center and fixing broken, not just keeping the
1:30.5	blinky lights on. That's what you do. That sound like a fair statement. Yeah, whether I chose
1:38.5	it or not. It's just kind of... I think I just sounded like a salesperson for a second. Does that
1:41.6	sound like a fair statement? Are you following me?
1:45.4	Can I move on? And I agree. Sure. Yeah. This is, um, so I guess let's let's start with a history
1:54.5	of how you got into technology. What was your first computer? Did you drink out of the fire hose as a
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