Welcome to the third edition of 2 Dudes I Met This week. It took 3 tries but this week I prove, dudes can be female. At this weeks PONG meeting I met Paula Lukach. She was doing a presentation called where is the talent. The most memorable piece of the presentation for me was that all…
Two weeks ago I posted on LinkedIn that I got my Hubspot inbound sales certification. That post is the second highest read post in my LinkedIn feed with almost 1200 views. I decided to do some research on why. According to Inc magazine, a group of 20 CEO were asked the most important skill to…
When I was working for a fortune 500 company, it always amazed me how easily software upgrade projects were approved. We even built a strategy called “reducing technical debt” that was used to push software upgrades higher in our prioritization model. This wolf in sheep’s clothing model drove us to spend way too much money…
Welcome to the second edition of 2 Dudes I Met This week. Before to much ado dudes can be female. It is just coincidental that these 2 dudes are not female. At the weekly PONG meeting I saw George Gesior give a presentation on AI. I am not sure where I fall on the topic of AI. I…
Welcome to the first edition of 2 Dudes I Met This week. Before to much ado dudes can be female. It is just coincidental that my first 2 dudes are guys. Had the opportunity to meet 2 very interesting authors last week. On Tuesday I was in Wayne Breitbarth one hour LinkedIn webcast. Going in I thought…
Last Friday I was meeting with a local CIO and he has a vision to turn his IT shop into the best place to work in IT in Milwaukee. This week I was at a meetup and there was a young lady there who will soon graduate from UW Milwaukee and she is trying to…
In researching material for a post on executive responsibilities for IT I came across an interesting article on how a board of directors should make IT a focus. Here is a link to the full article Below is a synopsis of the article minus one of the items that I felt was too much detail…
I was having coffee with a friend of mine who is the CEO of a mid-sized business in Waukesha. We were talking about his company’s information technology and he was asking me what his role should be. He told me what he does, which is too far in the details. He said he had daily…
Today we will focus on the tools a VITE uses in the journey to help manage IT costs. All journey’s start with knowing where you are starting from. This journey starts out with the free assessment gig. Two of the dimensions in that deliverable are related to finances or costs. Maturity in these measures relate…
Thank you for taking the time to read this post explaining the duties of a virtual IT executive (VITE). Today I will take the time to explain the concept behind a VITE (pronounced Vie-Tay). First let me tell you what it is not. A VITE is not someone who works from home. It is also…
