Eagle Tech Talks

Program Management sits in the space between Project Managers, the Project Management Office and The Business.  The Program Manager typically provides oversight for a number of projects, ensuring a consistent set of strategic objectives are met. What does it take to be successful in this role?  What are the challenges?  How do you measure success?  All these questions and more are answered by this episode's guest, Axel Romberg.  Axel has a multi-decade career leading projects, working in both the private and public sector.  He shares with us his experience, his knowledge and what he feels are the key success factors for providing excellence in Program Management.

Managed Services and Outsourcing is a multi-billion-dollar-a-year industry in Canada alone.  As such, it makes up a very large part of the IT industry as well.  How is working at a Systems Integrator or Consulting Company different from working for an Enterprise or Gov’t organization directly? What does it take to become involved in this space? Joining Morley in this episode to share his thoughts on providing managed services is Raj Kapoor.  Raj is an Executive Partner at the Whitestone Group, a consulting company and IT service provider that specializes in technology governance, strategic vendor management, and outsourcing optimization.

Past Tech Talks have already discussed the curation and use cases of digital corporate data, and in this episode, Morley continues the conversation with Garry Ma, a leading data scientist and expert in artificial intelligence. They talk about how Data Science helps convert data into actionable business information and how AI uses that information to achieve business goals such as increased efficiencies, improving customer service, reducing time to complete tasks and scale business. Whether you're interested in working in the field, recruiting professionals for related jobs, or already immersed in the profession, you will find value in this interview!

Big Data is a popular topic today, frequently being discussed in the media for both its good and its bad. In this episode of Eagle Tech Talks, Morley is joined by John Pensom, CEO of PeopleInsight Workforece Analytics, a company that helps their clients make business sense out of their "people" data. They discuss the many roles related to Big Data (ex. Data Architect, Data Scientist) and how companies leverage data and analytics to make more sophisticated, strategic decisions.

In this episode, Eagle's own long-time permanent placement recruiter, Alison Turnbull, talks with Morley about what it takes to be successful as a technical recruiter. She shares the lessons she’s learned over the years of honing her expertise at permanent placement recruitment over the past 20 years.

As the saying goes "there is nothing more constant than change" and in today's world, that's an understatement! Today's Tech Talk features Len Nanjad, an expert who has been involved in the organizational change management space for over two decades as both a practitioner and an instructor at the university level. He and Morley discuss the field, what it takes to be successful in the role and how to identify both the right opportunities and professionals.

Quality Assurance is the process of testing code and applications to ensure they work as intended and provide the Software Developers with feedback needed to repair or improve the software product.  But in today’s uber-speed, hyper-change environment, with applications running globally for potentially millions of users, how does one complete proper and meaningful quality tests? Today's guest, Kevan Mikkelsen, has been involved in the QA process for more than 35 years. He and Morley disucss his experience with a focus on automated testing.

The need for Project Rescue specialists has been around for almost as long as there have been projects. This high-stakes, high-pressure scenario would scare away most people.  But some experts have built their career around such... opportunities. Today's podcast features Heike Cantrup where her and Morley discuss some of her ideas and philosophies that have helped her to be successful throughout her career.

GIS is everywhere in our daily lives. From social media, to our cell phones, to package tracking. And with so many applications, it's only natural here are also a number of career opportunities. In this Tech Talk, Morley is joined by Frank Letniowski to go through the ins and outs of what it takes to be successful in GIS.

Gabrielle Maussner-Schouten spends a lot of time working in and thinking about the Project Management Office (PMO). She’s recently co-written a white paper on this subject with an emphasis on its real world application. In this episode of Eagle Tech Talks, Morley discusses the PMO in-depth with Gabrielle, whose energy and enthusiasm on the topic is second-to-none. She talks about how it's evolving, the business drivers for implementing a PMO and what it takes to manage a successful one.