
Intentional Leadership in the Modern Workplace – Experienced Leaders
April 30 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm EDT
This session is for experienced leaders with five or more experience in a leadership role. If you are an emerging leader, we invite you to register for our emerging leader session.
Join Terrance Cooley, Decision Scientist and Data Architect with over 13 years of experience building solutions for mission-critical public sector initiatives, as he explores how to:
- Create targeted talent management strategies
- Integrate these strategies into organizational culture
- Measure their effectiveness
This interactive session is designed specifically for experienced leaders with 5+ years in leadership roles. Terrance will share proven approaches for building high-performing teams that leverage diversity of thought while providing concrete methods to track team effectiveness.
The 45-minute presentation will be followed by a 15-minute Q&A where participants can engage directly with Terrance through audio or chat.
Key Takeaways:
- Apply diversity of thought principles to enhance team outcomes
- Develop frameworks for building high-performance teams
- Implement practical methods to assess policy effectiveness
Speaker Information

Terrance Cooley is a decision scientist and data architect with over 13 years’ leadership building solutions for no-fail public sector missions. A former cyber threat hunter for the US Air Force, he blends expertise in process engineering, program management, HR and IT to champion cross-functional transformations that unlock human-digital potential vital to innovation agility. Terrance additionally serves as an adjunct instructor for Fullstack Academy, sits on the atlas copilot advisory board and the Leader Transition Institute board of directors, and co-chairs the Western Governors University California Tech Impactors Network.
A retired foster care resource parent with over 23K hours of direct service across IL and CA, Terrance earned his BS in Cybersecurity and Information Assurance, MBA in IT Management, and MS in Data Analytics from Western Governors University. He is pursuing his PhD in Community Psychology at National Louis University. His current certifications include PMP, SPHR, GPHR and SSCP.