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

CIO

According to a survey conducted by FTI Consulting on behalf of UST, a digital transformation consultancy, 99% of senior IT decision makers say their companies are deploying AI, with more than half using and integrating it throughout their organizations, and 93% say that AI will be essential to success in the next five years.

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Startup CTO or Developer

TechEmpower CTO

But hiring a lead developer, or even a VP of Engineering, can create a gap between the founders and the developers. Closing the Gap: Hiring A Fractional Startup CTO We’re not suggesting that early-stage startups should hire a full-time CTO. Instead, they should consider a Fractional CTO who can help close the gap.

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54gene valuation slashed by over $100M amid job cuts and CEO exit

TechCrunch

In August, it sacked 95 employees , mostly contract staff (in labs and sales departments) hired to work in 54gene’s COVID business line launched in 2020. In September, co-founder and VP of Engineering Ogochukwu Francis Osifo left the company. It’s been a strange couple of months at African genomics startup 54gene.

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Versa raises $120M for its software-defined networking and security stack

TechCrunch

. “We find ourselves in an extremely good place to have the right solution that meets the market needs.” They came from Juniper Networks, where Apurva Mehta was the CTO and chief architect of the mobility business unit and Kumar Mehta was the VP of engineering.

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The Best Product Engineering Org in the World

James Shore

This is a talk about what you do, as VP of Engineering, when somebody asks for the impossible. My managers tell me that theyre seeing shifts in behavior, with people volunteering to lead meetings and take on work they didnt before. The software didnt meet the FBIs needs. It cant be done. turn left] Im not.

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How Splice Builds Globally Distributed Engineering Teams

Gitprime

For the last ten years, Buriticá has successfully been building and scaling distributed engineering teams and Latin American open source software communities. In this interview, Buriticá delves into the ins and outs of sourcing engineers in other countries, including universal lessons he’s learned from his own very particular experiences.

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20 influential women in software development

Apiumhub

She has over 18 years of experience in software industry as an author, speaker, mentor, consultant, technology leader and developer. Maria Gutierrez is a VP of Engineering and an excellent example of Scotland’s commitment to employing women in the STEM sector. LinkedIn. 8 – Maria Gutierrez. LinkedIn. 10 – Liz Keogh.