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The skills and traits of elite CTOs

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Chief technology officers are key players in the enterprise C-suite, oftentimes working in collaboration with CIOs at the forefront of new and innovative technologies. They are among the most important hires organizations are making today due to the business value that successful technology deployments can bring.

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Coaching your IT team for change: 9 tips

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“You can have the best solution but if you don’t have adoption, it will fail,” says Wayne Tung, managing director of Sendero Consulting. There’s always change,” says Jim Moore, CTO at HR Acuity. “A Too many times we see clients put a new system in place and train users a day before it goes live,” says Sendero’s Tung.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

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Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. Can you provide specific examples of different types of customers, what they need, and what the system will do for them? Who are the customers?

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2023 CIO Hall of Fame inductees on building a successful IT leadership career

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For example, he took on the CTO role at Rodan + Fields because he “liked the appeal of being part of the product.” Srini Koushik, EVP and CTO, Rackspace Technology Rackspace Technology Koushik credits all his past positions for preparing him for where he is now and the AI role specifically. Second, be intentional.

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Farther, a wealth tech firm, banks $15M Series A as valuation hits $50M

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Building wealth is a long process and can be complex, but Farther is bringing both technology and advisors to the table to make these kinds of services more accessible. Meanwhile, Genser, CTO, is a military veteran who previously worked at Goldman Sachs leading an artificial intelligence team in private wealth.

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Product-based IT: A blueprint for success

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“There’s been a fundamental hunger for the responsive creation of new digital capabilities through the dawn of computing and now there’s actually an ability to deliver systems at the speed of business,” Betz says. Organizations don’t want fractional allocation — people rolling on to a project and rolling off,” he explains.

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11 ways to reduce your IT costs now

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“While it’s critical to control costs continuously, it becomes even more imperative during times of economic pressure,” says Jon Pratt, CIO at security managed services provider 11:11 Systems. These ‘small’ expenditures can add up to a significant sum,” says Vineet Arora, CTO at IT services firm WinWire.