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ITsmiths: Christopher Davis, Chief Information Officer at Southern Veterinary Partners
Have you ever not received the promotion you wanted? You took it pretty hard, right? You were probably even a little angry. What did you do about it? Well that happened to Christopher Davis, and it upset him. But he…
ITsmiths: Michael Garner – Director of Information Security for Community Health Systems
Ever wonder if you should go back to school and get your degree? Michael Garner, Director of Information Security at Community Health Systems did. And that says a lot, considering he’s also a former member of the Army Special Forces.…
ITsmiths: Michael Loggins, Global Vice President of IT at SMC
Have you ever worked for multiple bosses, at the same time? When Michael Loggins, Global Vice President of IT for SMC, first took over IT in Europe, he had over 20 bosses. He also had to deal with inherent skepticism…
ITsmiths: Raghu Bala, Serial entrepreneur and founder of NetObjex
At heart, Raghu Bala is an IT professional. He started programming at the young age of 12, and has never stopped. He said he actually loves it so much, even if he wasn’t paid for it, he’d still do it…
ITsmiths: Jeff Roberts, Long time CIO and founder of Innovation Vista
Jeff Roberts has been a CIO for mid-size companies, for 14 years, and recently started his own niche technology consulting company, Innovation Vista. That’s impressive, but something even more impressive is that during that 14-year tenure in the C-suite, Jeff…
ITsmiths: Eric Rosenzweig, VP of IT for Qdoba Restaurant corporation
Eric Rosenzweig is currently the Vice President of IT for Qdoba Restaurant corporation… a company with over 740 restaurants in the US and Canada. In addition to Qdoba, Eric has also held a few other leadership and CIO positions, including…
ITsmiths: Andy Smith, VP Intercontinental Hotel Group, PLC
Andy Smith has excelled in many executive-level positions in IT, including Vice President positions within the IT departments of some of the World’s largest companies. In his most recent role, he was the Vice President of Global Infrastructure, Cloud, Operations…
ITsmiths: Kal Majmundar, SVP, CTO of Patelco Credit Union
Growing up, did your parents hint at the type of career they’d like you to pursue? Kal Majmundar’s parents did. His hardworking parents had immigrated from India and they made it very clear that failure was not an option. They…
ITsmiths: Chris Romano, Global Chief Technologist at Dell EMC
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…
ITsmiths: Richard Loew, CIO at Motiva Enterprises
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…