Erik Bernhardsson

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Refer back to matters decided upon at the last meeting and attempt to re-open the question of the advisability of that decision. Technology When joining, require a 6-18 months rewrite of core systems. Blame the previous CTO. Encourage technical decisions based on wildly optimistic expectations of scale.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2007

I generally am working as an acting CTO for about 3-4 start-ups or other companies at any one time. I also found this interesting graphic of the changing needs around the CTO role in different size/type companies that somewhat echoes my experience. During Stabilization, often the focus is transitioning to a full-time CTO.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

With CIOs now often reporting directly to the CEO instead of the CFO, the emphasis has shifted from technical proficiency to business acumen. James Lawson from The IN Group emphasized the importance of storytelling in articulating one’s journey, whether to a search consultant or a C-level executive.

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CIO

AUGUST 28, 2023

To achieve that, Loura recognized the need to give up time performing the technical work he loved to do more of that decision-making. For example, he took on the CTO role at Rodan + Fields because he “liked the appeal of being part of the product.” NTT i 3 ), a research and development center; and CIO and CTO of Magellan Health.

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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. It advises us on people’s willingness to modify their ways of working.”

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CIO

AUGUST 6, 2024

It’s among CIOs’ most persistent and underdiscussed challenges: embracing innovative technologies without losing sight of mounting — and potentially crippling — technical debt. Therefore, always-lurking tech debt gets put on the backburner, says Daniel Saroff, group vice president for consulting and research at IDC.

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CIO

JANUARY 17, 2024

I take what I learned in the scriptwriting seminar about passion and the narrative arc into every meeting I attend,” one chief technology officer said. In that one meeting, I got the green light to invest and I always tried to explain technology in words and narratives that the non-techie board could absorb,” he said. “I

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Form a strong partnership Forming an effective IT-sales partnership requires embracing a startup mentality, even at large, long-established organizations, advises Amit Vashisht, assistant vice president at retirement services firm Jackson Enterprise Technology. Yet he also advises proceeding with caution.

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CIO

MARCH 21, 2023

“A pragmatic and structured architectural approach when moving to the cloud is critical,” says William Peldzus, senior director and Center of Excellence head with enterprise consulting firm Capgemini Americas. You must ensure at the start of the project that you have a full, holistic cloud budget,” Matin advises.

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CIO

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Legacy tech and all that goes with it Legacy systems and technical debt top the list of common innovation roadblocks. Many organizations still depend on legacy technologies that are costly to maintain, inflexible, and not compatible with modern, agile development practices,” says Christopher Gilchrist, principal analyst at Forrester Research.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Real-time data gets real — as does the complexity of dealing with it CIOs should prioritize their investment strategy to cope with the growing volume of complex, real-time data that’s pouring into the enterprise, advises Lan Guan, global data and AI lead at business consulting firm Accenture.

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CIO

APRIL 29, 2024

Tech debt and legacy tech Technical debt and legacy tech are both big speedbumps. Meanwhile, The Global CTO Survey 2023 released last November by IT consulting company STX Next found that 35% of responding tech leaders listed technical debt/refactoring as their biggest challenge — making it the No. 1 challenge listed.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2023

As technology projects, budgets, and staffing grew over the past few years, the focus was on speed to market to maximize opportunity, says Troy Gibson, CIO services leader at business and IT advisory firm Centric Consulting. This is no longer true. “As Krantz suggests that IT leaders should seek Ph.D.-level

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CIO

APRIL 26, 2023

This creates a culture of ‘ladder-climbing’ rather than a focus on continuous training, learning, and improvement,” says Nicolás Ávila, CTO for North America at software development firm Globant. Don’t fear attrition — fear stagnation, Ávila advises. “If By focusing on creating well-rounded teams, you’re thinking long term,” she says.

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CIO

MARCH 15, 2023

Yet, as any IT leader knows, when technical infrastructure fails to meet enterprise needs, hampering productivity and innovation, it’s often time to rebuild from scratch. Everyone will need time to adjust,” she advises. “Be A complete rebuild can be disruptive, time-consuming, and risky. The same can be said for IT operations itself.

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CIO

MARCH 26, 2024

For the more specialized IT needs, there just aren’t enough people to meet the demand,” says Michael Manos, CTO of Dun & Bradstreet. But CIOs are also working with niche consultancies and startups for skills in areas such as cybersecurity, AI, cloud, analytics, and DevOps.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

I’ve worked with 30+ early-stage companies in all sorts of capacities (and spoken to many, many more), so I thought it might be worthwhile trying to classify the various ways that I’ve engaged in different technology roles in startups. There’s a funny phenomenon where often the best sounding technical people are often the worst developers.

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CIO

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

Host Isaac Sacolick ( @nyike ) was joined by a bevy of consultants and practitioners who had no shortage of advice on the topic. Among those chat participants suggested: Will the senior consultants you sent on the sales call be doing the technical work or will you substitute cheaper, more junior consultants?

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CIO

MARCH 22, 2023

Similarly, Caroline Carruthers of global data consultancy Carruthers and Jackson recommended being true to yourself. Interim CIO at TDS Consulting Tony Healy added: “The most significant risk you can take is not taking any risks, getting bogged down in analysis paralysis and not making a decision.” It’s not all about the tech.

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CTOvision

MARCH 27, 2014

We are seeking an individual with deep technical skills that can engage with a technical community and staff as well as work in policy and procedure areas while mentoring operations teams. Advises executive staff on risk management issues to ensure the appropriate application of controls. Click here to apply online.

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CIO

OCTOBER 31, 2022

A product manager coordinates technical, marketing, and business functions, taking ownership over a specific product or service over the course of its lifecycle. Holly Hester-Reilly, founder and CEO of H2R Product Science, a product management coaching and consulting firm, is seeing similar numbers in her practice. Build a website.

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CIO

JANUARY 16, 2024

In the rush to establish technical strategies for making good on the promise of generative AI, many CIOs find themselves running headlong into what may be their most challenging task yet: preparing their organization’s end-users — from knowledge workers and assembly line laborers to doctors, accountants, and lawyers — to co-exist with generative AI.

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CIO

JANUARY 10, 2024

Be strategic with reserve pricing Reserve pricing for cloud services can reduce resource usage costs by as much as 70%, says David McKee, who in his role as fractional CTO, tech founder, and digital twins thought leader at Counterpoint Technologies acts as a part-time CTO for nine companies in the US and Europe.

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CIO

JANUARY 11, 2024

Banerji is the managing partner for the Data, Digital & Technology Leaders Practice at Caldwell, recruiting such roles as CIO, CTO, chief digital officer, chief data officer, CISO, and the related leadership suites. Heller: I advise these CIOs to consider, first of all, what are the big buckets?

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CIO

JULY 18, 2023

The biggest challenge is finding talented team members at the market rate,” says Patrick Isaac, CTO at Accuro Solutions, adding that the current environment demands more intensive recruiting efforts. At Ensono, Lobo has created academies for technical domains such as mainframe computing and cloud, enrolling students based on forecasted needs.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 2, 2013

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. The same is true of your advisors and mentors.

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CIO

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

“The general idea is that low-code/no-code is not yet mature enough to be used on a large scale because of its application to specific cases where security needs and constraints are low,” says Maximilien Kpodjedo, president of the CIO Association of Benin and digital adviser to Beninese president Patrice Talon.

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Modus Create

DECEMBER 10, 2024

Be mindful of ethical considerations when embracing GenAI Larry Fitzpatrick, Executive Vice President and CTO of OneMain Financial , asks executives to understand the ethical considerations of deploying GenAI. Sarah advises companies to ensure that AI is fully embedded into their digital products from the concept phase.

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Apiumhub

OCTOBER 18, 2022

He is the author of numerous technical books and videos from O’Reilly, including several books on Microservices, the Software Architecture Fundamentals video series, Enterprise Messaging video series, Java Message Service, 2nd Edition, and a contributing author to 97 Things Every Software Architect Should Know.

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Apiumhub

AUGUST 12, 2021

His main work is software development consulting, which combines actually writing code with advising clients on how to do that better. Developer Advocate with 15+ years experience consulting for many different customers, in a wide range of contexts (such as telecoms, banking, insurances, large retail and public sector).

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Strategy Driven

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Similarly, poor practices that allow a business to incur technical debt open the door to cybersecurity exploits that can bankrupt a business financially or through loss of trust and reputation in the eyes of its customers. ” Balmas advises: “If you can’t stop using fax, segregate the printers, put them on a separate network.”.

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Mobilunity

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

” This phrase describes problems like the absence of a CTO from the beginning, a lack of co-founders, or a team of inexperienced freelancers. Forbes also names technical implementation among the top 3 success factors for a tech startup. That’s because innovative and highly scalable companies leverage advanced technologies.

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Apiumhub

MAY 26, 2022

In addition to technical talks and hands-on workshops, it will be fun! In addition to hands-on consulting, Mark has authored numerous technical books and videos, including his two latest books Fundamentals of Software Architecture and Software Architecture: The Hard Parts that he co-authored with Neal Ford. He’s got a Ph.D.

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Apiumhub

MARCH 26, 2019

There will be technical talks by leading software architects from USA, UK & Spain , panel discussions and debates! Prior to forming R7K, Michael was the Chief Scientist of Obtiva and a consultant with Object Mentor International. He is a frequent presenter at national and international conferences. George Fairbanks.

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LaunchDarkly

MAY 20, 2020

The last thing I’ll mention here with respect to software and mental models is sorry for the block of text here, but “The chief merit of software engineering is its technical efficiency, with a premium placed on precision speed, expert control, continuity, discretion and optimal returns on input.”

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Mobilunity

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Additionally, we’ll advise on how to find a reliable partner and share some of Mobilunity’s case studies to explain how we approach customers challenges and offer beneficial solutions. Consultants with niche-specific skills will accelerate legal processes and ensure compliance with industry regulations. Recruiting.

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Codegiant

APRIL 21, 2020

Here, you are mapping out the technical approaches your team is going to take to build the product. Typically, there are a couple of technical methods. There should be attention to technical details. Throughout the sprint, it’s not advisable to make changes to the backlog. Gene, CTO at Static Jobs. “

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