Beware of Superheroes and Resume-Driven Development (Ep. 71)

June 12, 2018 Jeff Kelly

This week, Chad Sakac, a longtime EMC executive who in recent months joined Pivotal, joins the show to talk about his new role. Chad spends most of his time on the road working closely with enterprise customers, helping them achieve transformational business outcomes. Chad, Jeff and Dormain chat about the importance of focusing on business outcomes to achieve digital transformation success, why a superhero-led team usually isn't the best approach, and how to choose the right platform abstractions.

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Jeff Kelly

Jeff Kelly is a Director of Partner Marketing at Pivotal Software. Prior to joining Pivotal, Jeff was the lead industry analyst covering Big Data analytics at Wikibon. Before that, Jeff covered enterprise software as a reporter and editor at TechTarget. He received his B.A. in American studies from Providence College and his M.A. in journalism from Northeastern University.

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