Developer to Manager: What Are You Doing Wrong?
In the world of technology, a funny thing happens. People who have technical backgrounds, technical experience, technical education climb the ranks within the company and then become technical managers. Now, think about this for a minute. A person ...
Why CTO's Must be Hands-On to Survive
If you are not hands-on, you are getting yourself fired. 2016 was not a very good year for technical companies or their CTOs. And it isn't just tech companies that have a CTO these days. In fact, every company is a tech company in today's world giv...
Bill Rate: The Biggest Scam
Bill rates are a bizarre anomaly in our industry. In one example, I can sum up why: I have five people that are not capable for the job, but I can hire all of them because they are less than $100/hour; but I cannot hire one guy who is capable of com...
10 Things a Developer Should Do
As the CEO of a company, I have had a lot of opportunities to work with different kinds of developers. To be a great developer, a person should embody certain qualities that make him better than others in his field. In this article, I've listed some ...
Top Mistakes Tech Execs Make
The low hourly rate creates a challenge for a lot of US-based consulting companies. It's workable for my company, but I could easily see how mid-size consulting companies with no offshore resources may not be able to work at that rate.
Top Mistakes Tech Execs Make
As an expert in the tech field, I get to speak at top conferences all over the world. My work includes everything from training developers and architects how to write code that is sustainable, modular and scalable to advising executives how to be mor...
Are Big Consulting Companies On The Verge of Extinction?
Are Big Consulting Companies On The Verge of Extinction? - Part 2
As CEO of several software and software services businesses and a speaker at conferences internationally, I have met with tech companies and techies all over the world and have come across some fundamentals worth sharing. As CEO of several software a...Are Big Consulting Companies On The Verge of Extinction?
As CEO of several software and software services businesses and a speaker at conferences internationally, I have met with tech companies and techies all over the world and have come across some fundamentals worth sharing. As CEO of several software a...
Top reasons why CIOs fail
This article is a manifestation of my actual experience in the Corporate World. I came to this country 8 years ago, found some amazing mentors, worked hard, succeeded in software development consulting (my team does custom software/web/app developmen...
Enterprise Search
Developed a successful, cost-effective strategy for a Fortune 500 client in the Entertainment Industry to phase out Endeca and incorporate reliable, more flexible enterprise search.
Digital Ecommerce
Architected/Developed a Digital ECommerce Website using CDNs, 3-tier caching and complex search algorithms for one of our clients in the Entertainment Industry. It was great experience working on implementing the new Digital Ecommerce strategy for a ...