Michael Koziarski of Vend: Economist turned tech executive
How ‘Koz’ went from crawling under computers to heading technology architecture for a growing company, one fun, gruelling step at a time.
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Doing business with Michael Tapp and John Owen of Cyma: Pointers on how to do 'digital' properly
'We have deliberately built our operations around a hosted and paperless model'
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How enterprise architects can gain influence with the CIO
The relationship between the CIO and the architects that work for them often lacks a clear line of communication, which can result in a major gap between what the CIO really wants in a well-architected environment and what the architecture team ultimately delivers. Why? Although the CIO might have a high-level understanding of EA's value to the company, he is less likely to provide a clear problem set for enterprise architects to attack, resulting in too much emphasis on architecture design and too little on solving specific problems. Over time, it is primarily this lack of defined goals that leads EA teams into trouble when budgets get tight. Getting a clear set of CIO aligned EA goals positions EA to become a more valued member of the IT organisation.