Bytes of Experience : CIOs Unplugged
Episodes
S01-E14 - Stronger Together: A CanSSOC Conversation
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bytes of Experience revisits CanSoC with guest Isaac Straley to explore how shared security works in practice. The episode digs into trust, real-time ...
S01-E13- Leading Culture, Not Just Controls: Cybersecurity in Higher Ed
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Bytes of Experience, Bo and Dana sit down with David Shipley, CEO and Co‑Founder of Beauceron Security, to explore how leadership...
S01-E12- Beyond the Silo: Translating Tech into Transformation - CIO Meets COO
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
COO Maroquine Aziz joins Dana and Bo to explore leadership beyond the IT silo—where systems thinking meets strategic vision. From her dual backgrou...
S01-E11- How CUCCIO United Canada’s University CIOs: The Untold Story
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
You're listening to Bytes of Experience with Dana Sanderson and Bo Wandschneider, joined by Lori McMullen, the inaugural ED of CUCCIO. In this episode...
S01-E10 - IT Is Something You Do With People, Not To Them
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keith McWhirter, a retired higher ed IT leader and coach, discusses closing the gap between technology and people by focusing on communication, engage...
S01-E09 - Benchmarking for change: Uniforum and the Alberta Approach
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Bo Wandschneider and Dana Sanderson talk with Brian Stewart, CIO at SFU, about Uniform, an administrative benchmarking system used in ...
S01-E08-Cutting Ourselves Short: IT, Strategy, and the Budget Crisis
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, Gayleen Gray, CTO at McMaster University, joins us to unpack why blanket budget cuts undermine institutional resilience when IT is tr...
S01-E07 -The CISO Tightrope: Balancing Boards, CIOs, and Campus Culture
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 7 welcomes CISO Isaac Straley to explore the evolving role of the CISO in higher education — from reporting lines and key relationships with...
S01-E06 Where IT Nightmares Become Leadership Legends—And Sometimes, Laughs. Part 2 - BETA
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of their storytelling arc, Bo and Dana unpack the leadership lessons behind their most memorable IT projects. From trust-building in crisi...
S01-E05 Where IT Nightmares Become Leadership Legends—And Sometimes, Laughs. Part 1 - BETA
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode Bo and Dana share unfiltered stories of major IT challenges and wins from their careers in higher education — from a risky Office 36...
S01-E04 CIO Tightrope - When Innovation Meets Tradition: Navigating Cultural Conflict - Part 2 - BETA
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Bytes of Experience, Bo and Dana explore the cultural conflicts CIOs face in higher education—resistance to change, shared go...
S01-E03 CIO Tightrope: Balancing Tech Strategy and Campus Culture - Part 1 - BETA
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bo Wandschneider and Dana Sanderson discuss the modern CIO’s challenges in higher education, exploring five themes: translation between tech and sta...
S01-E02 From Mainframes to the Cloud: Higher Ed IT Unfiltered - BETA
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Two recently retired CIOs, Bo Wandschneider and Dana Sanderson, reflect on decades of higher education IT evolution. They trace the journey from punch...
S01-E01 -Unfiltered CIOs: People, Power & Campus Tech - BETA
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the pilot episode of Bytes of Experience, retired higher-ed CIOs Bo Wandschneider and Dana Sanderson introduce themselves and share the journeys th...