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Uncommon Thinkers: MagniX CTO Riona Armesmith geeks out over electric aviation

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Armesmith was leaving one of the world’s best-known manufacturing companies, Rolls-Royce, where she was head of programs for aviation futures. million, five-year contract from NASA to demonstrate electric propulsion technologies for aircraft, and has branched out to build hydrogen fuel cells as well as electric motors.

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How Important Is “Perfect Data” To Data Analytics Programs?

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The question of "where to start" on a data analytics program was another important question raised by the DorobekINSIDER attendees. Don't just recruit and hire data analysts. Don't get so caught up in planning exercises that you're accused of "analysis paralysis." Related reading: Dashboarding Open Data Program Governance.

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Fed Tech News Roundup

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Don’t Hire A Chief Data Officer Unless You’re Serious About Becoming A Data-Driven Company TechCrunch (Today) - There’s a lot of discussion in the business world right now about chief data officers (CDOs). It’s centered primarily around two questions: When should a business hire a CDO? (sv1ambo / Flickr). This is a 1965.

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Building digital fluency in the C-suite and beyond

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We get consistent investment year over year,’’ says Yao Morin, CTO of global commercial estate company JLL. Another is Guild Network, a program designed to foster continuous learning and development through communities of practice, Durvasula says. The payoff can be significant. “We Leadership “puts their money where their mouth is.”

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MACH37: America’s premier market-centric cybersecurity accelerator

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Here is more on Mach37 from their website: The MACH37™ Accelerator is an intensive 90-day program that transforms innovative cybersecurity product ideas into validated, investment grade early stage companies that are positioned to provide the next generation of cyber security technologies. The program consists of two 90-day sessions per year.

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From CIO to CEO: IT leaders rise to the top

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Meyercord participated in upwards of 100 customer sales calls each year and got a crash course in internal customer satisfaction through a Salesforce program that encouraged employees to freely air grievances, no matter how small. That has served me incredibly well.” Cultivate an appetite for risk.

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How BUiLT unites Black IT pros and builds equity

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Soon after founding Netwatch Solutions as CTO, Beasley realized he would face even more barriers when acquiring funding. Sponsorship and collaborations on hiring and retention BUiLT is also open to company sponsorships. Through this program companies can choose to sponsor full chapters of BuiLT or individual events.

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