As you know, choosing a career in IT doesn’t mean your job has to stay inside the IT department. Chris Romano is one such example. If you’ve been to a VMworld, EMCWorld, CiscoLive, or NetApp Insight conference, you may have…
A lot of studies that have revealed that growing up with grandparents living in the house, can significantly benefit children. Richard Loew, CIO of Motiva Enterprises, would agree. Growing up in Houston, Richard’s grandmother lived with his family, and it seems free…
David Africano, CISO of Caliburn International, is afraid of heights but instead of steering clear, he had a different approach. He looked at it as just a “veil to pass through.” So, he became a Paratrooper, jumping out of planes…
Have you ever been in a situation when it felt like the more you tried to control your circumstances, the worse your circumstances became? Speaking with Carl Goodman, former Director of IT for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, he…
Dennis Keane is the Chief Information Officer at Red Wing Shoes. A company with (not only great shoes), but over 2,000 employees and a product distributed in more than 110 countries, and over 4,000 U.S. retail locations. Since he was a…
Three years ago, Mike Smith and his wife were at an auction for the McKenna Claire Foundation, a charity that benefits the fight against pediatric brain cancer. At the event, they were introduced to Mike and Marla Madden, whom also had…
Have you ever noticed that one of your colleagues is simply better than you, at your job? It’s a difficult thing to admit but you can’t help but notice that this person next to you has the same years of…
Have you ever had a great idea for something that might be able help your company… but it was a little outside the scope of your actual title? Tyson Lutz did. And he found a way to bring it to his…
Imagine getting straight A’s… Having one of the highest GPA’s in school… Getting tons of accolades for your academics… … and then your parents tell you “good job, but you’re not that smart. You need a more challenging school.” That’s…
If you’ve ever maintained a SharePoint server, then you might be familiar with the name, Joel Oleson. Joel is one of the foremost authorities on SharePoint infrastructure, and you may also know him from LinkedIn, or his popular blogs, collabshow.com,…