James Fitzgerald manages a Cloud Business Development Team for Oracle at its Dublin office.
Within a few years he has progressed from working as a Business Development Consultant to an Account Manager. More recently, he has been promoted to leading his own team of multinational Technology consultants. The main objectives of the team are to create a dialogue with customers about new business and to guide them on the journey that will equip and transform the way they collect, manage and visualise their data.
Since taking on a management role, James' team has become one of the most successful in Europe in terms of performance against target, frequently being cited by both customers and internal stakeholders for their dedicated and innovative approach. In his spare time James enjoys competing in triathlons, reading and travel.
In this episode, James shares how to make meritocracy work in your favor and where to begin. What it means to be good at your job and how to make sure you are not the only one convinced by your good work. Your career is a marathon not a sprint and with that have an objective in mind to share at the right time. Furthermore, James explains to approach ambitions backwards.
As closing, he explains how he made the right connections, developed his career by his choice of multiple mentors and finding the right timing to open up and talk about his career objective and follow his why constantly. So you can follow his footsteps that bring positive results.
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