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CEO of Salesforce AI Clara Shih has left

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Before that, she ran the AI company she co-founded, Hearsay Systems, a company that uses AI to help investment advisors. She’s something of a tech influencer , having published two books about the industry. She has also worked at Microsoft, Google — and also at Salesforce, much earlier in her career.

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Six steps to creating a successful IT strategy: A guide for CIOs

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Gerald Johnston , an adjunct research advisor with IDC’s IT Executive Programs (IEP), founded GJ Technology Consulting, LLC, where he assisted global financial institutions and helped launch a UK startup bank. Contact us today to learn more.

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Fintech startup Vise brings on Andrew Fong (formerly Dropbox) as CTO

TechCrunch

Vise , a fintech firm that focuses on helping financial advisors rather than automating them out of existence, has today announced that it is bringing on Andrew Fong as its chief technology officer. How can I actually take that knowledge and leverage it in a way that helps others in the industry or my peers at Vise?

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Liberis CTO Georgina Owens on the power of mentoring and apprenticeships

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CIO: How has your career evolved to becoming an IT director/CIO/CTO? This is how I found myself in the technology industry and my route has since been fairly traditional, as I progressed through development, architecture, project management and then into leadership roles. I am also an avid networker and supporter/mentor of start-ups.

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#783 Becoming a Leader that Crushes Technical Debt with Juan Orlandini, CTO at Insight

Modern CTO

Today we’re talking to Juan Orlandini, CTO at Insight of North America. We discuss what he’s realized recently as a CTO coach, what he’s learned about aging, and just spend time catching up with an old friend of the show. All of this right here, right now, on the Modern CTO Podcast! Have feedback about the show?

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How today’s enterprise architect juggles strategy, tech and innovation

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Trusted advisor: While enterprise architects can often be seen as the catalysts for technology they must provide credible guidance to business leadership, offering insights into technology trends, risks and opportunities and avoid repeating mistakes of the past. Observer-optimiser: Continuous monitoring, review and refinement is essential.

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Startup Mentors

SoCal CTO

I've had several Startup CTO Consulting sessions recently where it became apparent that the Founder needed help with the business and product as much or more than the technology. Then we discussed how they could go about finding this startup business advisor. Do you have any suggestions for how to find a good mentor?

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