In this episode, Morley speaks with a Canadian ex-pat, living and working in New Zealand. Travis Koch discusses where a career in IT has taken him -- personally and professionally -- and the various implications of relocating internationally, working for start-up companies, and more!

David Weiss is a senior executive with over 20-years‘ experience leading organizations.  He has worked at such companies as Nortel and Telus, leading high-performance teams in the functional areas of Strategy, Product Management, Marketing Communications, and Business Development. He‘s also been an adjunct professor at UBC’s Sauder School of Business for more than 5 years. In this episode of Tech Talks, David shares his knowledge and experience in working as a business leader and the role...

The approach to Software Development has undergone several changes over the years.  In this episode of Tech Talks, Steve Pereira, 20+ year veteran, who has embraced a business-centric, yet “humanistic” approach to software development, speaks about his ideas on software development excellence. Steve’s thoughtful take on software development, brings a decidedly “human feel” to the discussion.

Throughout its life, Salesforce has primarily been a tool that companies have used to manage its clients and sales funnel.  However, thanks to an active development community, additional enhancements were made enabling the solution to do much more.  It now has so many add-ons and is so easily configurable, there is an incredibly broad range of functionality that can be configured without the need for any customization of software. This has resulted in an entire career path for professionals...

Every organization needs to fulfill the need for a technical writer. Sometimes this falls onto their technical staff to complete, but more often than not companies hire someone who is a professional writer to complete their documentation requirements. This episode features Lisa Shipka who took her background based in Journalism and adapted it into a successful, multi-decade career as a Technical Writer working across a wide variety of companies and industries.  Lisa shares not only the scope...

Business Analytics is where the rubber meets the road for Information Technology.  It represents the actionable insights that can be drawn from the data that is collected. In this episode of Eagle Tech Talks, Dr. Prashanth Southekal shares his perspectives and insights on business analytics!

Eagle’s CEO, Janis Grantham, explores the topic of Diversity in IT and shares her experiences. Janis has been an owner and leader of Eagle since its inception over 25 years ago and over this time, she’s built a reputation as an industry thought leader and bellweather.

Software Developers come in numerous "stripes".  Some are focused on the user experience while others are more in-tune with how the application works and integrates into other systems.  Full-stack development integrates the two, providing a more wholistic approach.  This episode's guest, Kuljeet Nagra is the owner of Calibre Consulting, a software development company.  Her experience with software development projects goes back some 25 years and she shares her insights with Morley.

Enterprise Architects typically fit within the IT organization, but they spend much of their time working with the Business at strategic levels. The work that they do and the decisions that they make have significant impact on both sides. In this Eagle Tech Talk, Joshua Shoresh explains how, as an Enterprise Architect, he builds a bridge between Business and IT leadership to help organizations set their course forward.

The IT ecosystem is broad, encompassing SO MANY roles and supporting services.  There truly is something for everyone.  In this episode of Tech Talks, Alexandra (Lexy) Cutean, ICTC’s Chief Research Officer, discusses the role that Research Organizations play to support the various participants and stakeholders of this ecosystem.  So if you wish to be able to more easily keep up with the changing Technology landscape or are simply into statistics and research, this Tech Talk is for you!

This special episode of Eagle Teach Talks, Morley is joined by Lora Bucis from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT). She discusses technical education programming that is offered by post-secondary institutions, specifically when it somes to planning, designing and building the programming that will enable their students to pick up the skills and knowledge needed to excel in the IT labour market. Laura's insights as to the approaches educators use to keep their programming...

Solution Architects are part problem solver, part process analyst, part technical guru, and part business analyst. They bring all this together to plan and design the systems that meet their organization's business needs and solve its problems. In this Tech Talk, Stephen Marsh, who has worked in "architecture" for one of Canada’s largest energy companies, brings a wealth of real-world experience. He helps us understand the complex yet crucial role of the Solutions Architect, the career path...

Business Strategy and Information Technology go hand-in-hand as technology is such a great business enabler.  With an explosion of innovation on the tech-side making it difficult for business leaders to keep up with what’s possible, it only makes sense that people with a strong technology acumen earn a seat at the business planning and strategy table.  These IT business strategists help to paint a picture of what's possible in context to a company's goals and objectives. In this Tech Talk...

Every organization has Supply Chain and Vendor Management as part of its operations and companies "of size" have entire departments devoted to this crucial practice.  In this episode, Kevin Cornelius – a long-time practitioner in this space who has developed his own consultancy company (Make IT Work) - discusses his approach to the role. He strives to drive better, stronger, and more committed business relationships and has his clients realizing gains they would not have imagined were possible.

Mobile computing has transformed the way we live, work and play, but to make our smart phones work, we need applications, databases, security, and a whole lot more.  This is the world of mobile computing. In this episode Brad Gibson discusses his 20 years of diverse and rich mobile computing experience, spanning roles across Retail, Telecommunications and Energy sectors within Canada and Internationally. He sheds light on this technology from a business/functional perspective and will help...

Blockchain represents a technology, a business strategy and a new approach that enables a host of web and company based services that are reliant on maintaining a central data register.  Confused by this?  Well, you’re not alone. Today's guest, Jon Trask, will demystify much of it.  Jon is a business leader with a strong grasp on technology and has started multiple companies based on solutions that leverage Blockchain (and other leading edge) technologies.

In this Eagle Tech Talk, Kevin Choropita joins Morley and shares his knowledge and perspective about IT Executive Management Support, a role that is rather unique and directly supports the group of people who lead companies. These IT professionals need to work in a very personal, hands-on way. There is also an x-factor requirement -- the ability to MacGiver their way out of any situation when it is required of them.

In this Management Consulting episode of Eagle Tech Talks, Morley is joined by Yogi Schultz, an active freelance contributor to some of Canada’s most-read industry publications and journals, including IT World Canada. Having provided consulting services to industry and governments alike, Yogi has developed and perfected a management consulting approach that has been proven time and time and time again.

IT teams manage the delivery of Information Technology services to the organization’s various business units and clientele.  IT Service Management, or ITSM, encompasses all of the activities associated with the designing, creating, delivering, and supporting of services that the IT department provides.  Ian Watson joins Morley to discuss ITSM and share some of the current approaches that companies are using for their Service Management strategy.

Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) is a part of an organization’s big data analytics toolset.  Effective cyber security approaches require a tool to effectively manage and control attacks to their systems.  The level of sophistication of attacks and the the sheer scale of attacks require a level of automation that wasn't readily available even a decade ago.  Now, big data analytics tools offer a SIEM solution as part of its offering, providing security experts with the...

Program Management sits in the space between Project Managers, the Project Management Office and The Business.  The Program Manager typically provides oversight for a number of projects, ensuring a consistent set of strategic objectives are met. What does it take to be successful in this role?  What are the challenges?  How do you measure success?  All these questions and more are answered by this episode's guest, Axel Romberg.  Axel has a multi-decade career leading projects, working in both...

Managed Services and Outsourcing is a multi-billion-dollar-a-year industry in Canada alone.  As such, it makes up a very large part of the IT industry as well.  How is working at a Systems Integrator or Consulting Company different from working for an Enterprise or Gov’t organization directly? What does it take to become involved in this space? Joining Morley in this episode to share his thoughts on providing managed services is Raj Kapoor.  Raj is an Executive Partner at the Whitestone...

Past Tech Talks have already discussed the curation and use cases of digital corporate data, and in this episode, Morley continues the conversation with Garry Ma, a leading data scientist and expert in artificial intelligence. They talk about how Data Science helps convert data into actionable business information and how AI uses that information to achieve business goals such as increased efficiencies, improving customer service, reducing time to complete tasks and scale business. Whether...

Big Data is a popular topic today, frequently being discussed in the media for both its good and its bad. In this episode of Eagle Tech Talks, Morley is joined by John Pensom, CEO of PeopleInsight Workforece Analytics, a company that helps their clients make business sense out of their "people" data. They discuss the many roles related to Big Data (ex. Data Architect, Data Scientist) and how companies leverage data and analytics to make more sophisticated, strategic decisions.