{"id":49476,"date":"2022-04-29T18:38:57","date_gmt":"2022-04-29T22:38:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/?post_type=bio&#038;p=49476"},"modified":"2023-01-23T03:43:31","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T08:43:31","slug":"gary-depreta","status":"publish","type":"bio","link":"https:\/\/scoopmedia-develop.go-vip.net\/statescoop\/bio\/gary-depreta\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary DePreta"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-industry-leadership-of-the-year\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Industry Leadership of the Year<\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Gary DePreta, Cisco\u2019s area vice president for the U.S. SLED market, has spent more than 20 years working alongside public-sector agencies, but now more than ever he sees the value of the \u201cstewardship role\u201d that those agencies play in residents&#8217; lives. \u201cWhen the pandemic hit, if you think about the IT resources throughout the country and in particular state, local and education, they really were unsung heroes because we pushed everyone out the door overnight and the world had to keep running,\u201d he says. 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