James Shore

JANUARY 10, 2025

If you did this exercise with your leadership team, youd probably get different answers. So were looking for people who have peer leadership skills, who are great at teamwork , who will take ownership and make decisions on their own. As it turns out, XPers love teamwork, peer leadership, and ownership. And were an XP shop.

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SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

I seem to encounter a lot of people who want to attach a CTO label to me as I'm the only programmer on the founding team of three. While I do fill that role at the moment, I'm a little hesitant to refer to myself as a CTO as we still haven't launched a product, acquired a single user, or turned or a penny in profit.

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CIO

AUGUST 16, 2024

Load a smart read onto your phone or e-reader or crack the spine of a new book and delve into some thought leadership on everything from leading an amazing team to building a productive company culture to reaching for a better mindset for guiding your organization forward. They returned home to found the SEAL leadership training team. “It

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

“Generative AI does have the ability to replace CIOs who don’t embrace the innovative shifts coming for companies,” says Tim Crawford, a former CIO himself and now a CIO strategic advisor at AVOA, a technology consultancy. But that becomes quite impersonal and doesn’t align with having leadership EQ.” But their role isn’t going away.

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CIO

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

More frequently, IT leaders are seeing the value of educating their peers and stakeholders as a win-win for increasing buy-in and budget for digital initiatives. We get consistent investment year over year,’’ says Yao Morin, CTO of global commercial estate company JLL. Leadership “puts their money where their mouth is.”

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CIO

MAY 18, 2023

For grasping artificial intelligence Sherry Comes, former CTO at IBM Watson and current managing director of conversational AI at PwC, thinks you need to read Age of Invisible Machines: A Practical Guide to Creating a Hyperautomated Ecosystem of Intelligent Digital Workers (Wiley, 2022) by Robb Wilson. CTO and co-founder of Digibee.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 10, 2022

No matter how much irresponsibility on the part of leadership or others within the organization may have contributed to said demise, the majority of the company’s employees likely worked very hard to help it be successful and don’t deserve to be mocked or ridiculed, even if not directly. Now on to funding rounds. More on this topic later).

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CIO

DECEMBER 5, 2023

“The net result is that some organizations’ technology debts are growing faster than anything else and robbing them of their budgets and ability to innovate.” The need to reorient IT’s budget toward future opportunities is one big reason CIOs are reviewing their IT portfolios now.

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CIO

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Each Hangar houses agile coaches, business analysts, data and analytics specialists, product owners, Scrum masters, software engineers, and user interface designers — all with one mission: to elevate the airlines’ digital customer experience before, during, and after the flight. Experience is not only the cherry on the cake.”

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

No IT organization wants to get caught short on processing or storage resources that could negatively affect operations, or have to suddenly add resources that exceed the budget. In this way, you can take advantage of the cloud’s agile, on-demand approach with unlimited capacity without breaking the budget.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

“It seems to be an increasing worry — worry over whether the enterprise is secure and its data is protected, because everything else falls to the wayside if that’s not taken care of first,” says John Buccola, CTO of E78 Partners, which provides consulting and managed services in finance technology and other professional areas.

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CIO

JUNE 26, 2023

Ross Meyercord never set out to make the leap from technology leader to CEO, but a set of intentional and opportunistic career choices delivered the breadth of business experience and leadership skills required to land the job. Neal Sample A transferable skill set Meyercord would certainly make that case.

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CIO

JANUARY 8, 2024

Double-down on cybersecurity We are in a cybersecurity pandemic right now, warns Juan Orlandini, CTO for North America at solutions and systems integrator Insight Enterprises. This could be an in-house team or trusted advisors who can make sure you’ve done what you can to protect yourself.” Assume that attacks are inevitable.”

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CIO

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

Organizations don’t want fractional allocation — people rolling on to a project and rolling off,” he explains. Gary Jeter, EVP & CTO, Trust One. This was not in the budget for the year nor was it on our roadmap, yet we were able to initiate cost-benefit analysis, do demos, and get it deployed as a two-month project,” he says. “In

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CIO

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

But as I aged, had project successes, earned budget and decision-making authority, and gained more confidence, power, etc., Soon after founding Netwatch Solutions as CTO, Beasley realized he would face even more barriers when acquiring funding. Beasley’s father was in the US Air Force, and so as a youth, Beasley moved worldwide.

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CIO

APRIL 20, 2023

A question of time Thomas Kiessling, CTO with Siemens Smart Infrastructure, part of the German engineering and technology conglomerate that makes trains, electrical equipment, traffic control systems, and more, understands that time is running out. As with most business challenges, data is instrumental.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

A senior technology executive says she was once ignored by a vendor in a sales pitch, despite being the most senior executive in the room and having the final sign-off on budget. Myself and a person I mentor both got told we were both diversity hires,” says a deputy digital director in public sector. They needed the allyship of men.

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CIO

MAY 20, 2024

And CIOs said the need for security improvements is the top driver of IT budget increases. That attitude is reflected by Broadcom’s late 2023 acquisition of VMware, which CIOs and their advisors say has become a top area of attention for many tech execs who are now assessing the deal’s potential impacts on costs and service.

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CIO

JUNE 7, 2022

If you’re building a team for the first time, you should understand that data science is an iterative process that requires a lot of data, says Matt Mead, CTO at information technology services company SPR. Executive leadership has a significant role in helping drive the success of AI programs, says EY Consulting’s Diasio.

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CIO

AUGUST 4, 2023

Initially, I was naïve about the infrastructure space, but was fortunate to have a great mentor. The largest budget proposals were made by railway ministers this year, under the leadership of Ashwini Vaishnaw, the Minister for Railways and Information Technology. India’s Vande Bharat trains are powered by WABTEC’s technology.

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CTOvision

MARCH 27, 2014

The CCSO provides leadership for the Internet2 cyber security program through strong working relationships and collaboration across the staff and community, including policy and operational areas. Project management skills; financial/budget management, scheduling and resource management. Click here to apply online. Internet2 is a 501.C.3

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CIO

AUGUST 29, 2024

Anil Cheriyan’s storied career spans multiple industries, including serving as EVP/CTO of strategy and technology at Cognizant, as the US Presidential Appointee in charge of Technology Transformation Services, and as Global CIO at SunTrust. Today, he develops and drives strategy as a board member, advisor, and investor.

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Puppies, Flowers, Rainbows and Kittens

DECEMBER 19, 2024

A common discussion with people I mentor is how to properly structure a resume or Curriculum Vitae. Crafting a resume that highlights your leadership journey while demonstrating value is an art form, particularly as you aim for senior roles like VP, CTO, or similar. Cut the Fluff Hiring managers and recruiters skim resumes.

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CIO

JULY 27, 2023

Strong peer relationships are vital for making strategic decisions, she says, pointing to her relationship with Johnson Controls CTO Vijay Sankaran. With that, T200 was founded with the mission to foster, celebrate, and advance women’s leadership in tech. Careers, IT Leadership

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CEO Tech Tips

APRIL 9, 2021

One of the first inquiries I get from non-technical founders is, when do I need a CTO? To answer that, you first need to understand how a CTO fits into your organization. If you are building a company reliant on technology and you don’t have a technical co-founder, I’d tell you that you’d need a CTO from day one.

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CIO

AUGUST 14, 2024

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott compared the company’s Copilot stack to the LAMP stack of Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP, enabling organizations to build at scale on the internet, and there’s clear enterprise interest in building solutions with these services. It’s going to cost you a lot of money,” she says.

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UruIT

DECEMBER 31, 2018

Find out 8 insightful conferences for CTOs that you should attend in 2019. As a CTO of UruIT, a nearshore development agency , I’ve seen first-hand how being a lifelong learner can lead to exciting opportunities for me and for my company. If you’re a CTO, I highly recommend attending a conference for all of the above reasons.

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Dzone - DevOps

MARCH 24, 2022

They aren’t just an excuse to spend your T&E budget, stay in a new hotel and see some bands that are over the hill. Unless you’re lucky enough to have a mentor with all the answers you need to grow your career, the best way to learn what you don’t know is by tapping into the developer community.

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CIO

JULY 13, 2023

As Seth Dobbs, CTO at Bounteous, explains, “We do creative work. Bringing in an IT person who is highly skilled in a specific area can work well for the company budget — allowing you to scale up and down quickly. Dobbs coaches his team in interviewing and does post-mortem on interviews to get the most out of this process.

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Honeycomb

MAY 29, 2024

As our Field CTO Liz Fong-Jones says , production excellence is important for cloud-native software organizations because it ensures a safe, reliable, and sustainable system for an organization’s customers and employees. These two correlated aspects make the CoPE a supremely helpful advisor to frontline teams and organizational leadership.

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Lacework

OCTOBER 23, 2023

Rohit Parchuri, SVP and CISO, Yext Our guests brought their A-game to each episode, sharing golden nuggets from their experiences in security leadership roles. You can do a great deal of work very early on, with very little team and budget. But the earlier you can set the foundations, the more dividends they will pay off over time.

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PowerSchool

MARCH 15, 2019

a former superintendent in two Pennsylvania school districts and current Lead Strategic Education Advisor for PowerSchool. Tony Davis, a former educator for 28 years and current Strategic Education Advisor for PowerSchool, dives deeper to explain tech’s role at multiple levels. Lange, Ed.D., It’s really like a marriage.

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Altexsoft

JUNE 16, 2020

But the former is in charge of the code quality and technical risks, while the latter undertakes all the rest — namely, tasks associated with budget, scope, and time frames. The enterprise architect usually reports directly to the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) or the Chief Information Officer (CIO). Leadership.

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TechFides Blog

OCTOBER 29, 2020

As a CIO for 25+ years he was the internal advisor to C-Level Executives of high growth entrepreneurial organizations. At CIO Suite, Kent’s team (2 resources) offers four core services: IT Solutions Health Check Fractional CIO Services (i.e. Most recently at Behringer’s peak he delivered CIO services to 15 organizations concurrently.

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PowerSchool

JANUARY 7, 2020

12 functionality, knowing where to efficiently focus resources and budgets can be difficult. We took a close look at the 2019 CoSN IT Leadership Survey Report, the organization’s annual survey of K?12 Frankie Jackson, K-12 CTO, Independent Director of Strategic Initiatives, Texas K?12 12 tech leaders from across the U.S.

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Mobilunity

AUGUST 20, 2024

Trendsetting CTO says: “Great developers who managed to get running on a challenging project quickly — even set the site up before being officially onboarded.” Then a mentor provides more complicated assignments with detailed implementation plans. Mobilunity vetted part-time developers for them, which ensured timely project completion.

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Mobilunity

AUGUST 20, 2024

Trendsetting CTO says: “Great developers who managed to get running on a challenging project quickly — even set the site up before being officially onboarded.” Then a mentor provides more complicated assignments with detailed implementation plans. Mobilunity vetted part-time developers for them, which ensured timely project completion.

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