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IT leaders: What’s the gameplan as tech badly outpaces talent?

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Dun and Bradstreet has been using AI and ML for years, and that includes gen AI, says Michael Manos, the companys CTO. And to further address the skills gap, 58% of organizations upskill employees, 47% use contract talent, 47% have implemented mentoring programs, 47% pay for professional certifications, and 46% use managed services.

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Lead Developer to CTO at a Startup

SoCal CTO

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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Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers

SoCal CTO

I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Did they really need a Startup CTO or Developer or both? And do I fit as a Part-Time CTO , Technology Advisor , CTO Founder , Acting CTO ? He needed some kind of CTO and as well Developers.

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IT leaders go small for purpose-built AI

CIO

SLMs and other traditional non-LLM AI technologies have many applications, particularly for organizations with specialized needs, says Dave Bullock, CTO at UJET, a contact-center-as-a-service provider experimenting with small language model AIs. Dayforce uses a human-reinforced ML process to assist recruiters.

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5 steps we can take to address the cyber skills shortage

CIO

The skills shortage creates challenges, of course. A blended approach to recruitment I’m a strong advocate of the traditional approach to recruiting talent, i.e., identifying individuals who have the right education, certifications, experience, and qualifications. Why is there a global medical recruitment and retention crisis?,

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How the ‘diversity hire’ accusation and other barriers remain for Black women in tech

CIO

Myself and a person I mentor both got told we were both diversity hires,” says a deputy digital director in public sector. Upon leaving the organization, the recruiter told her that she had been a token hire. Now we need to work on inclusion, and see the benefits we have to offer.” But sometimes this can do more harm than good.”

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Los Angeles CTO / VP Engineering Job Searches

SoCal CTO

As the organizer of the LA CTO Forum , I get lots of inquiries by job seekers and people looking for CTO / VP Engineering talent. I’ve written quite a bit about aspects of this topic, especially from the perspective of startup founders looking for talent – you can find these in: Startup CTO.