We discuss strategies to move up in your organization. We start with the first job in IT. It's important to get good at your job while working on the skills needed to take on the next role.

Jeff addresses the following questions and more: What are those skills and what are some resources you can use to work on them? How do you seek out mentors? What is the appropriate way to let it be known you are interested in taking on more responsibility? 

Jeff Roberts has more than 20 years of experience leading Information Technology for top financial services and real estate firms.  Since 2015 he has served as the first-ever Chief Information Officer of HFF (NYSE: HF), a commercial real estate capital intermediary, where he is leading a digital transformation and technology platform upgrade.  Prior to joining HFF, he served as CIO for four other companies: Carriage Services (NYSE: CSV), Situs, a private global commercial real estate firm, Saxon Mortgage, a Morgan Stanley company, and Litton Loan Servicing, a division of Goldman Sachs.  

 

In these roles, Mr. Roberts has gained significant experience integrating strategic custom software and analytics with leading 3rd party platforms; he focuses on enabling IT as a competitive advantage, going beyond margin efficiencies to make IT a driver of revenue.  Jeff is a graduate of the University of Tulsa, and did post-graduate business and leadership studies at the University of Houston and Rice University.