President of Modelbenders

Roger Smith proposes the role of field-grade CTO

By rnd-admin
on 2 April, 2020

It may be time to re-think the notion of a C-suite Chief Technology Officer, says Roger Smith, President of Modelbenders LLC. He proposes instead taking a model from the military and introducing field CTO within the business units.

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