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How I Got Promoted: Marques Stewart, VP of Technology at Achievement First

BetterCloud

A couple of weeks ago, we launched a new podcast called SaaSOps Leaders With David Politis. So, 2006 or 2007. I just knew there was always going to be something new to learn and I wasn’t going to get stagnant in it. ” At that time, I said, “You know what, I think I really want to become a CIO or CTO.”

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10 sureshot practices to supercharge your DevOps effectiveness

Audacix

After interacting with many new DevOps teams, my sense is that many of them are hamstrung by the imagination and risk appetites of their senior leaders, in a classic case of you don't know what you don't know. Amazon's tech innovation czar (and CTO) put it best as early as 2006, when he said: “You build it, you run it.

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11 proven, DevOps best-practices for continuous improvement

Audacix

After interacting with many new DevOps teams, my sense is that many of them are hamstrung by the imagination and risk appetites of their senior leaders, in a classic case of you don't know what you don't know. Amazon's tech innovation czar (and CTO) put it best as early as 2006, when he said: You build it, you run it.

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The Playbook to Hiring Your First VP of Sales and Not Screwing it Up…….with Cassidy Ventures Founder Brendon Cassidy (Video + Transcript)

SaaStr

And then last resort is somebody out of a big company like Salesforce, Oracle, again for all the reasons that had been stated before, but those are people that, generally speaking, you’re not going to be comfortable walking to a scenario without any brand, without customers, without potentially even a pitch and a message. New category.

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PODCAST 119: Show Gratitude & Build Relationships With Small Gestures with Brendan Kamm

Sales Hacker

The thought was, if I’m in New York, my client’s in Chicago, LA? I am a New Jersey-ian by birth. I’ve spent most of my life in the North East, working and living in New York or New Jersey. I was, I think, employee 19 at this company, so this is about 2006. It’s not really a gift.