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Robert Martin

VP of Technology, Oil City Iron Works, Inc.

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How much development are you doing in-house as opposed to outsourcing it?

Engineering Outsourcing & Managed Services

Less than 20%

Between 20%-30%

Between 30%-50%

Between 50%-70%

More than 70%

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Software ☠️ Piracy?!

Applications & Platforms Security & GRC

FORBIDDEN - could cost your job

HIDDEN - some users install in secret

COMMON - users openly pirate software

SYSTEMIC - Default software installed is pirated

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How do you interview for creative thinking skills in IT candidates?

Talent Sourcing & Hiring IT Strategy & Roadmap

Robert MartinVP of Technology, Oil City Iron Works, Inc. a month ago

The organization I'm now part of does not because interview scoring must be semi-algorithmic. However, in the past I've looked for creative thinking / resourcefulness in candidates by asking scenario-based questions with ...read more

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Moderna recently announced they are combining their IT and HR functions under a single chief people and technology officer. They say this will allow them to better design (or eliminate) roles based on what work people will perform, versus what technology will handle. Would you consider this at your organization? And do you think this scales to orgs of all sizes?

IT Strategy & Roadmap News

Robert MartinVP of Technology, Oil City Iron Works, Inc. a month ago

When you consider the ability for new AI, LLM, and Agent technologies to handle substantial components of HR workflows, there's a lot of merit to this thinking. Plus, when you consider employee engagement in the Remote/Hyrbrid ...read more

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