Speaking Engagements

Bob Roark speaks to executive leaders, boards, and senior teams on how technology service delivery impacts operational stability, safety, and public trust—particularly in K–12 and other regulated environments. His talks focus on helping leaders govern risk, strengthen reliability, and maintain confidence when systems, visibility, and expectations are under pressure. These talks reflect lived operational experience, not theory.

Speaking topics include:

• Operational Stability, Safety & Public Trust in K–12
  How districts stabilize technology so leaders can focus on instruction, safety, and governance.
• From Tickets to Trust: What School Leaders Actually Need from IT
  Why reliability, transparency, and confidence matter more than speed or volume.
• When Technology Fails, Leadership Is What the Community Sees
  Managing risk, communication, and credibility during high-visibility incidents.
• Governing Technology in Public Education
  What Boards, Superintendents, and Cabinets should expect — and demand — from IT leadership.
• Designing Service Assurance for Safety-Critical Environments
  Ensuring emergency communications, instructional continuity, and compliance don’t depend on heroics.
• The Grove Method™: Turning Service Delivery into Executive Confidence
  A practical framework for making technology predictable, measurable, and trusted.
• Collaboration Under Pressure
  How operations, security, communications, and education teams align when stakes are high.