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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.

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12 AI predictions for 2025

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He expects the same to happen in all areas of software development, starting with user requirements research through project management and all the way to testing and quality assurance. Theres too much attention on AI for code development, which is actually just a fraction of the whole software development process.

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Building and managing an IT team for survival

CIO

Dennis Klemenz, CTO, Jovia Financial Credit Union : “I see technology jobs only increasing at companies. Investing in training but, more importantly, coaching is key. Klemenz: “The obvious answer is to become an expert — in data, development, networking, security, project management, something.

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

CIO

I work like no tomorrow,” says a project manager, working in financial services. Myself and a person I mentor both got told we were both diversity hires,” says a deputy digital director in public sector. Lomi Aschwanden, ISV principal partner manager at Salesforce. You haven’t got what it takes. I’ve heard that directly.”

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7 tips for leading without authority

CIO

He is also the chief scientific advisor at BeeKeeperAI, a healthcare AI collaboration platform he co-founded. So, he created a story — children in peril — that brought technologists, project managers, and people with the authority he needed to his cause. IT Leadership, Project Management Tools

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Product-based IT: A blueprint for success

CIO

Organizations don’t want fractional allocation — people rolling on to a project and rolling off,” he explains. Establish product ownership Traditional IT project teams are no match when the goal is all about building solutions quickly and being hyper responsive to customer needs. Gary Jeter, EVP & CTO, Trust One.

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Craig St. Jean, From Young Programmer to Chief Technology Architect

Xebia

Outside of technical firsts, I was also very lucky to have a mentor who ensured I was given great opportunities and showed me that I may have thought too highly of myself and would always have much to learn from others. With synergy between myself and Netlink Digital Solutions, I joined as an Engagement Manager.