Jay Field has worked in technology and higher education for 30+ years. He has programmed library automation systems at Stanford, worked as faculty in Instructional Technology at Santa Rosa Junior College, directed Instructional Technology at Sonoma State University, and served as CIO/CTO at Solano Community College, Long Beach City College, San Francisco City College and the California Virtual Campus-Online Education Initiative (CVC). After retiring from CVC, Jay worked for Quottly, the company who built the CVC platform, as an advisor about higher education. Fully retired (at least for the moment), Jay and his wife wife enjoy traveling and of course, kids and grandkids. This presentation will touch on five lessons that show several themes that have helped Jay throughout his career. Topics include communication, budgets, personnel, committee work, and more.