Jeremy Cox, CIO
Cybersecurity Advocate, Education Technologist, CETL®

Jeremy Cox is the Chief Information Officer and Technology Director for Washington County School District, where he leads cybersecurity, infrastructure, and innovation initiatives that support thousands of students and educators. With 24 years in education technology and 16 years in leadership roles, Jeremy is a Certified Educational Technology Leader (CETL®) known for bringing strategy and security together in the service of education.

He has served for over 16 years on the organizing committee of SAINTCON—Utah’s premier cybersecurity conference—and sits on the Board of Trustees for the UtahSAINT Organization. Jeremy’s experience also includes past staff service at DEF CON, advisory roles with UETN and USBE, and formal training in digital forensics, physical security, and emergency communications.

Jeremy is a highly regarded speaker who translates complex cybersecurity concepts into realworld strategies for schools and government entities. Outside of work, he enjoys outdoor adventures with his family, emergency preparedness, and DJing for youth events.

Jim Livingston, MBA
Chief Technology Officer, University of Utah and University of Utah Health.

Jim has a 40-year career in IT that began in the banking industry then moved into healthcare and higher education. Jim has broad experience in software engineering, data warehousing and analytics, healthcare applications, IT strategy development, innovation, IT infrastructure technology and operations, and enterprise architecture. Besides being a techie at heart Jim has extensive leadership experience and currently holds the position of Chief Technology Officer at the University of Utah and University of Utah Health. In this role Jim is responsible for setting the IT infrastructure strategy, consolidating IT infrastructure across the academic and healthcare sides of the organization, providing common infrastructure services, and building the technology foundation for digital transformation.