Leading Blog
MARCH 8, 2019
But in 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, I took a two-year leave of absence to serve as director of system architecture at Akamai Technologies, an MIT start-up located here in Cambridge. Back then, the vast majority of Akamai’s 100 engineering staff had been recruited directly from MIT and other top universities.
Lead Change Blog
JUNE 22, 2021
The devotion that many leaders feel for their businesses infuses everything, from company culture and engineering to the snacks in the kitchen. Identify a role within your company that you might assume at the right time in the future, that plays to your strengths, like chief evangelist or chief technology officer.
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Eric Jacobson
FEBRUARY 16, 2021
IT systems are evolving from static processing engines to agents of change. In their book, the authors use eight themes to offer guidance on how to change perspective and view the enterprise as a living organization, enabled by technology. Talent has progressed from a cost to be minimized to source of competitive advantage.
HR Digest
MARCH 7, 2024
The ex-employee, Google’s Linwei Ding, had been with Google since 2019, working as a software engineer who was granted access to confidential data for his work at the company. He had been offered a position as a Chief Technology Officer in 2022 and participated in investor meetings to raise capital for this organization.
Strategy Driven
FEBRUARY 20, 2019
Andrew Douthwaite has over 17 years of technology experience joining VirtualArmour in 2007 as a senior engineer. Now as Chief Technology Officer, Andrew focuses on leading growth in the managed security services business and ensuring VirtualArmour is a thought leader in the security industry. About the Author.
Harvard Business Review
MARCH 16, 2012
In recent years, however, the ability of our research ecosystem to sustain a leading global position has come into question, especially as new competitors emerge, such as China, which churns out huge numbers of new scientists and engineers and increases its research and development (R&D) expenditures at a 20% annual rate.
Strategy Driven
AUGUST 17, 2011
Fifty years ago, we did not have television news anchors, software engineers, web designers, or cosmetic surgeons. It is not enough to be a good surgeon, a civil engineer or a litigation lawyer. Today, half of Symantec’s patents are filed by engineers from outside the United States. But rainmaking is a lot more than just that.
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