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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

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Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. They have full autonomy to decide whatever they want to do… to drive that goal, that mission and move that [business] metric in the way we expect.”

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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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Insightly helps engineering teams increase productivity and reduce burnout

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Founded in 2022, Insightly’s target users are chief technology officers and engineering vice presidents who want to analyze their DevOps research and assessment to help make decisions and identify the causes of issues that can potentially lead to less revenue, less productivity or employee attrition. Insightly’s cockpit.

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Subscript wants to rid the world of subscription revenue metric spreadsheets

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Targeting subscription-based SaaS companies, Subscript develops APIs that grab data from CRMs, general ledgers and billing products and organizes it so the data is not only easy to find, but provides up-to-date subscription revenue metrics. The company, still in beta, brought in $3.75 Subscript product dashboard. Subscript product dashboard.

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

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For example, most say they love both technology and problem-solving — a combination that often got them interested in the IT profession in the first place. For example, he took on the CTO role at Rodan + Fields because he “liked the appeal of being part of the product.” Second, be intentional. Curiosity tops his list. “I

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IT leader’s survival guide: 8 tips to thrive in the years ahead

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As an example, he points to a partnership TIAA has undertaken with New York University, in which employees can upskill through cyber programs that help them gain specialized knowledge and new skills. Technology staff, he argues, need to be empowered to advance and refine their skills to succeed with emerging technology.

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Where’s the ROI for AI? CIOs struggle to find it

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Kane has seen companies roll out Microsoft Copilot, for example, without any employee training about its uses. “I The concern about calculating the ROI also rings true to Stuart King, CTO of cybersecurity consulting firm AnzenSage and developer of an AI-powered risk assessment tool for industrial facilities.