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Randy Sumrall

Randy Sumrall has more than 30 years of experience in K-12 educational technology. He has held Chief Technology Officer positions in large and small districts and he spent six years serving as Chief Information Officer of Education Service Center (ESC) Region 10.

Randy brings a rare combination of technology leadership skills, instructional experience, and insight into school data utilization, and the Strategic Partnerships Inc. (SPI) team will definitely benefit from his knowledge and expertise.

In the past, Randy has managed school networks serving over 30,000 devices and led technology departments with more than 60 employees. The reach of his management extended into broader technical needs, including networking, servers, cloud provisioning, user devices, telephony, audio/visual, door access, and security cameras.

Randy also has been a keynote speaker at conferences and served as an officer and a board member of many educational technology support organizations.

There are too many public entities to list that benefitted from Randy’s assistance and support. But, during his career he has advised the Texas Education Agency (TEA), Raise Your Hand Texas, 80 school districts, 25 charter schools, and five education service centers. He has presented to conferences held by the Texas Computer Education Association, the Texas Association of School Administrators, the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, the Texas Association of School Business Officials, and others.

Randy holds a Bachelor and a Master of Education in educational administration from the University of North Texas. He is certified to teach music, information technology, and driver education in Texas and holds principal, mid-management, and superintendent certifications.