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Mark Smith
Mark Smith is a Manager of Classroom Technologies & Esports at CDW, and former Executive Director of MACUL, focused on higher-education technology.
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Oct 6, 2026
372: Best of #EDUCAUSE26
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Joe WayHOST
But first off, um, I know who you are, but please, for everyone else, please tell people who you are [laughs] and what you do.
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45:40Mark SmithGUEST
So pretty much manage everything on our ca- uh, that can go on a campus, in a stadium, in an arena, on a ball field, you name it.
HETMA + CDW = EDUCAUSE26
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3:00speaker_0HOST
Now what is the answer to those two questions?
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3:02Mark SmithGUEST
Yeah, so I think the biggest piece about it is, for the first time, we're really well positioned now to actually answer not only the software question with SaaS, but also with our AI integrations.
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3:18Mark SmithGUEST
We're managing our partnerships both for security, point of sale, and then we're blending in the technologies from monitor to AR, VR, AI, and then also adding traditional, right? So large format display, printer, projection, large format projection, conference, video solutions.
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3:34Mark SmithGUEST
And we figured out now collaboratively internally with our team structure to make all those work together.
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3:39Mark SmithGUEST
And then, of course, living and breathing in the background is our network teams, our data center teams, all the things that every campus needs.
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3:46Mark SmithGUEST
But we've also expanded partnerships in the last probably six months to support all of these areas in a way we never have before.
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5:55speaker_0HOST
yeah I beat that yeah I so I think you're gonna I think you're gonna retain it I think you're gonna retain a best of so I one other question for you obviously you see the W you are a global organization like you are you have so many verticals you serve why is it why is higher education an important one for you all as a company