Tech Talent Today

In this episode, I'm delighted to be joined by Angus Muir, a Senior Leader in Application Delivery at an international insurance firm. As an Agile practitioner and Agile coach for twenty years, Angus has drawn on his broad experience to guide organizations through the journey to implement and scale Agile. He has focused on building beyond team-level success, working with corporate leaders to solve complex issues of merging Agile principles into existing corporate cultures. You'll learn a lot from his experience merging the theory with the needs of the work team and the organization.

• Angus' beginning career [01:55]
• The broad uses for Agile [03:03]
• Focusing principles [07:27]
• Getting leaders onboard with Agile [12:38]
• The benefit of an outside coach [16:46]
• The unwritten rule of Agile [20:43]
• Finding Agile practitioners [23:04]
• The future of Agile [29:18]

• Toyota Production System
• The Problem with Agile - It's not the team, it's you - Toronto Agile Conference 2019
• Ken Akai, SPC, PSM - Director, Technology

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In this episode of Tech Talent Today, I'm excited to be joined by Steve Watts. Steve is a manager of storage, data protection, and automation services for a super-regional insurance carrier. He rose through the ranks from network engineer to storage engineer to storage & data protection architect to manager. With the increased prevalence of ransomware attacks, data protection, storage, and backup are essential topics. Listen to Steve's perspective to learn what companies can do to protect sensitive information.

• What can you do about ransomware? [02:53]
• How did Steve gain an interest in computers? [10:47]
• Automation's influence on storage [12:53]
• Desirable attributes for new team members [15:32]
• The pandemic's effect on hiring [20:30]
• Managing work/life balance while working from home [27:15]

• Pure Storage: A Modern Data Experience | Data Storage Company
• Bread: A Baker's Book of Techniques and Recipes

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In this episode of Tech Talent Today, I'm delighted to be speaking with Arthur Phidd, CIO. Art has more than 25 years of executive-level experience leading information technology and corporate-wide business transformation programs. He's worked in multiple industries, including retail, financial, gaming, eCommerce, government, and more. An award-winning leader, Art is also a faculty member at the University Of The West Indies graduate schools of business, where he lectures on contemporary topics impacting organizational change, technology management, and transformation HR management strategies. You'll want to hear what Art has to share from the transformation he's led across the globe.

• The biggest challenge in corporate transformation [02:24]
• How to encourage change in internal structure [06:40]
• Having a teaching mentality [10:01]
• Art's journey to technology [13:58]
• Combating complacency [20:35]

• The Prince, by Nicolo Machiavelli; CHAPTER VI Page 2
• Arthur Phidd, CIO of REEDS, Best CIOs of 2020

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In this episode of Tech Talent Today, I'm thrilled to be joined by Juliette W. Samson, CIO and VP of Supply Chain at CPG (Consumer Packaged Goods) - Food and Beverage. She's responsible for implementing new technologies and optimizing the supply chain process to increase speed, service, and profitability. Juliette is a graduate of Cornell and Columbia Universities and speaks four languages. She is a determined mom who left no stone unturned when she had to find her daughter a kidney. You won't want to miss Juliette's amazing story of her journey of balancing her role as a mother with her journey into leadership in the technical world.

• Juliette W. Samson's journey to CIO [01:45]
• Life as a female engineer in the 80s [07:07]
• The importance of mentors [10:32]
• Juliette's move into the financial world [14:56]
• Raising a family as a businesswoman [19:48]
• Managing difficult times and a career [22:55]
• Career advice for those in IT [30:33]

• The gap at the top - Korn Ferry
• Lafayette student receives a kidney from a stranger
• Renewal.org

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