Strides Forward in IT Security at IT Connect!

Rod presented the Advanced IT Security course that he developed at the IT Connect Conference in Kenya in April for both English and French-speaking IT Administrators in Africa. At least 15 of these 45 IT administrators have now successfully completed the training module and have moved on to evaluate their IT departments with input from …

Advanced Info. Security Training Launched

The Advanced Information Security Training for IT Administrators that Rod has been developing is now launched! This training is part of a larger program to develop IT administrators in Africa. Each IT administrator will be mentored by an IT professional from the Africa Information Security Coaching Committee as they take the course, perform a self-audit …

Rod’s Disaster Recovery Exercise adopted by Lutheran Bible Translators

View my LinkedIn profile to read this recommendation from Paul Federwitz, CIO at Lutheran Bible Translators. “I have really appreciated Rod’s ability to create IT disaster scenarios. I have participated in two different scenarios that he has created for IT conferences and have seen how well they help participants wrestle with real issues that they …

All Hands on Deck … for Disaster Recovery!

What fully engages all the participants in a conference for IT administrators? Why, a disaster recovery simulation exercise, of course! During April, the ICCM (International Conference on Computing and Mission) and ITCC (IT Connect Conference) met for a joint conference of IT Administrators serving evangelical missions throughout Anglophone Africa. Training modules were presented on a …

Rod teaches at IT Connect / ICCM Africa hosted in Kenya

Thanks so much for your financial support and prayers for my part at the combined IT Connect / ICCM Africca conference. This event was held in Kenya during April 8-14. Most of the participants at this combined conference serve in 20 organizations in the Wycliffe Global Alliance and in SIL International … Both organizations serve …

Rod in Burkina Faso February 8-18

On February 8-18 I was in Burkina Faso for our annual IT Connect / ICCM Africa conferences. IT Connect is an annual conference held for information technology professionals working with SIL International and Wycliffe Global Alliance in numerous Francophone countries. Short interviews were done of all the participants, view IT Connect 2018 Ouagadougou Video Interviews. …

A Data Recovery Success Story

One of Rod’s responsibilities is co-managing the File Recovery Service for SIL. Some time back Rod had an opportunity to assist a colleague in restoring his data. The information at risk of loss included notes and a survey from a meeting of mission agencies in an important training program. The colleague states “I was dismayed and …