What was the most valuable piece of career advice that you received? “As a student: get a degree that combines engineering and computer science. The future will be built from smart things; people who understand how things work and...
No matter the organisation, the IT tech stack is getting more complex by the day. To manage these demands businesses are grappling for the resources and skills to manage their digital infrastructure, maintain uptime, and keep on the...
Should the CIO role have additional responsibilities it does not currently include? “I personally see opportunity to work closer with CISOs, and to jointly drive business-wide efforts related to “good digital citizenship” of...
As tech leaders now look to gain deep and granular tranches of management control across their IT estates, there is a reasonable (if not compelling) argument for questioning the form, focus and fidelity of our observability viewpoint...
Boards care about risk – while boards are getting more IT-savvy members to cope with the challenges and changes that are taking place around their businesses, they really care about risk. Boards and executives are now approaching...
Explain your career path. Did you take any detours? “Some people would probably say the army was a detour, although I don’t think so. It was certainly an unusual introduction to the industry.”
What predictions do you have for the role of the CTO in the future? “With the increasing pace of innovation, CTOs will need to get better at disrupting their own products.”
Africa is trailing behind the world in developing a knowledge-based, digital economy but governments can change this by supporting tech start-ups through incentives and investment in workforce skills, says the World Economic Forum.
Do you think it is better to have technical or business skills – or a mix of both? “It’s better to have technical skills, business skills can be learned later”
Jez Ward, Head of Advisory and Executive Cloud Advisor at Cloudreach, discusses how IT leaders can develop Digital Quotient within a business and provides a few tips on ways organisations can educate their workforce.
What's the best career advice you ever received? “It sounds cliche, but I strongly believe that every role has a significant learning potential. Bring your best to the role, with the utmost sincerity and learn as you go.”
Christian Brink Frederiksen, CEO and Co-Founder at Leapwork looks at why so many companies are failing to successfully adopt and scale test automation, and how no-code test automation can help.