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8 data strategy mistakes to avoid

CIO Business Intelligence

Organizations can’t afford to mess up their data strategies, because too much is at stake in the digital economy. Unfortunately, the road to data strategy success is fraught with challenges, so CIOs and other technology leaders need to plan and execute carefully. Here are some data strategy mistakes IT leaders would be wise to avoid.

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How Trainline’s CTO stays on track with professional development

CIO Business Intelligence

Few would swap sunny San Francisco and the innovation of Silicon Valley for a train ticketing company serving disgruntled UK commuters, but try telling that to Trainline CTO, Milena Nikolic. There’s a reported international expansion on the horizon, government contracts to win and a new CDO, hired from Meta, now reporting into Nikolic. “I

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Tech Moves: Adaptive Biotech hires commercial officer; Instacart names new president; and more

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At Microsoft, she led global ad sales and strategy. Everson most recently was VP of Facebook’s global marketing solutions which works with the social networks top agencies and advertisers. The 9-year old company also turned to the Pacific Northwest for talent hiring former Porch executive Asha Sharma as COO in February.

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Tech Moves: Xbox hires Seattle gaming vet Kim Swift; Frontdoor adds Amazon Fashion leader; more

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. — Tony Bacos , former vice president and CTO of Amazon Fashion, has been hired at Frontdoor as the company’s first senior vice president and chief digital officer. Bacos will be responsible for the company’s digital execution and strategy. Memphis, Tenn.-based based Frontdoor is a provider of home service plans.

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9 tips for recruiting high-end IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Recruiting and hiring high-end IT talent is among the most challenging tasks IT leaders face today. The IT skills shortage is critical, with CIOs losing talented employees faster than they can hire them,” said Mbula Schoen, senior director analyst at Gartner, in a recent Q&A. “IT CIOs, and their recruiting teams, are well aware.

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Tech Moves: Delivery giant Gopuff adds Seattle-area execs; Wheels Up names president; and more

GeekWire

Heavily-funded delivery service Gopuff hired three more Seattle-based leaders: Former Beyond Meat COO Sanjay Shah as SVP of North America fulfillment. The Philadelphia company also hired Tim Collins as SVP of operations and Sharad Sundaresan as SVP of product and growth, both based in the Seattle region, earlier this year.

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Fed Tech News Roundup

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role in DOD's IT strategy - FedScoop FedScoop (Today) - FedScoopBig data's $1.6B 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). Big data's $1.6B sv1ambo / Flickr).

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