Jon Rogers is the Director of Strategic Workforce Planning for the Indiana Office of Technology (IOT) – the state’s enterprise provider of IT services and resources. Jon has served in several roles at the local, state, and federal levels, including over ten years split between the United States Senate and Intelligence Community. In his current role, he has the privilege of augmenting IOT’s organization through his passion for hiring, recruiting, and developing public-service talent. Of note, he launched the first agency-based State Earn and Learn (SEAL) IT program in coordination with the Indiana Department of Workforce Development. Since March 2020, the award-winning SEAL IT program has hired over fifty individuals, and SEAL IT graduates continue to fill meaningful information technology/security staff roles with the State. Jon enjoys finding solutions through coaching and mentoring; he was honored by the Indiana Office of Work-Based Learning and Apprenticeship as a Work-Based Learning Ambassador, and he was twice nominated for the Director/Central Intelligence Agency Mentor of the Year award.