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Oklahoma IT Symposium 2026

The Oklahoma IT Symposium is Oklahoma's premier two-day event designed exclusively for the IT community. The event features a blend of training sessions and symposium content, providing attendees the chance to stay ahead of global tech trends and foster networking with peers, speakers, and solution providers. The program aims to help IT professionals integra…

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51Speakers
0Sponsors
150On the bill · sessions
28Companies · in total
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Speakers

Programmed at Oklahoma, in alphabetical order.
Ahmed Ashraf Butt
Assistant professor · The University of Oklahoma
Ben Bausili
Global Director of AI Solutions · InterWorks, Inc
Bo Phillips
Regional Manager · Rapidscale
Brandon Croley
Director, Information Technology · Williams
Brian Kastl
Sr. Manager, Sales and Engineering Applications · AAON
Brian Letzkus
Retired CIO · None
Brian Spratt
Director of Applications · Alliance Resource Partners
Bryan Williams
CIO · QuikTrip
Chay Chinsethagid
SVP, Information Technology & Engineering (Retired) · Helmerich & Payne
Chris Chism
Superintedent · Pearl Public School District
Christian Markes
Senior Generative AI Developer · Helmerich and Payne
David Malicoat
Director of Cyber Security · QuikTrip Corporation
David Turner
Dir. IT Service Delivery · AAON
DaVonna Smitley
Supervisor, Product Owner · AAON
Dr. Jeff Miller
Chief Information Security Officer · University of Oklahoma
Eli Sprague
Global Infrastructure and Security Operations Manager · InterWorks, Inc.
Gil Patrana
Senior Sales Engineer · Cohesity
Greg Coleman
Technical Alliance Engineer · Cribl
Hutch Helbig
IT Architect · TD Williamson
Jalen Byford
Chief Information Officer · Humana Healthy Horizons in Oklahoma
Jamey Rush
Senior Sales Engineer · Cohesity
Jason Cook
Field CTO Americas · Rubrik
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Agenda

Selected from 150 sessions on the bill.
  • Thu Aug 20, 1:00 PM

    Charity & Awards

  • Thu Aug 20 1:00 PM – 1:25 PM CDT

    Charity & Awards

  • Thu Aug 20 10:25 AM

    Career Development Track: CIO Panel: The Top 5 Mistakes We’ve Made - and What We’d Do Differently

    Every CIO has a highlight reel - and a blooper reel. In this candid panel discussion, seasoned CIOs share the five biggest mistakes they’ve made throughout their careers, spanning …

    Career Development Track
  • Thu Aug 20, 10:25 AM

    Career Development Track: CIO Panel: The Top 5 Mistakes We’ve Made - and What We’d Do Differently

    In this candid panel discussion, seasoned CIOs share the five biggest mistakes they've made throughout their careers, spanning technology decisions, leadership missteps, governance…

    Career Development Track
  • Thu Aug 20, 10:25 AM

    Leadership Development Track: Leadership Implementation Strategies for AI

    This session focuses on turning vision into action by equipping leaders with practical strategies to implement change, drive results, and sustain momentum within their teams and or…

    Leadership Development Track
  • Thu Aug 20, 10:25 AM

    Modern Architecture Track: AI's Impact on Modern Enterprise Architecture

    Session explores AI's impact on modern enterprise architecture and offers practical ways to strengthen your organization's IT systems and AI practices. Covering enterprise strategy…

    Modern Architecture Track
  • Thu Aug 20, 10:25 AM

    Real World AI Track: Real World AI Use Cases That Will Help Me Do My Job

    A practical, end user focused session on where AI actually helps in day to day work. You'll see how Copilot supports common workflows across Outlook, Teams, Word, and other M365 ap…

    Real World AI Track
  • Thu Aug 20, 10:25 AM

    Service Delivery Track: Using D365 to Support External Customers

    This Oklahoma IT Symposium breakout session will show how AAON is leveraging Dynamics 365, connected enterprise data, customer portals, analytics, and feedback loops to deliver a m…

    Service Delivery Track
  • Thu Aug 20 10:25 AM – 11:10 AM CDT

    Career Development Track: CIO Panel: The Top 5 Mistakes We’ve Made - and What We’d Do Differently

    Seasoned CIOs share the five biggest mistakes they’ve made and how they recovered, offering attendees practical insights to avoid common pitfalls and make better decisions.

    Career Development Track
Intermission
Part the Second · For the Buyer

An audience of 28 companies, parsed from the program.

28 companies in attendance.

The numbers below are derived from the speakers, sponsors, and exhibitors on this page, cross-referenced into one ledger. They are the only thing here that 10times.com cannot tell you.

Who's in the room
0All threespeak · spons · exh
0Sponsoringsponsor only
28Companies Speakingspeaker only
Speakers by seniority

47% of the speakers carry senior titles: C-suite, Founder, VP, or Director-level.

  • C-suite1122%
  • Founder / Owner24%
  • VP-level48%
  • Director / Head of714%
  • Manager / Lead816%
  • Engineer · IC1020%
  • Other roles918%

Of 51 on the bill · classified by free-text title

Most-represented companies
  1. 01AAON6V
  2. 02QuikTrip5V
  3. 03Williams4V
  4. 04InterWorks, Inc.3V
  5. 05Cherokee Nation2V
  6. 06City of Broken Arrow2V
  7. 07Cohesity2V
  8. 08Grand River Dam Authority2V
  9. 09Helmerich & Payne2V
  10. 10Phase22V
  11. 11Rubrik2V
  12. 12TD Williamson2V
  13. 13University of Oklahoma2V
  14. 14Alliance Coal, LLC1V
Sponsors by tier

Tiers were not disclosed for this event.