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NAMASTE. My journey – Librarian to Chief Technology Officer(CTO). Sebastian Joseph , CTO. disclaimer. The views expressed in this presentation are the views of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the view or policies of or it’s .
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My journey – Librarian to Chief Technology Officer(CTO) Sebastian Joseph, CTO
disclaimer The views expressed in this presentation are the views of the speaker and do not necessarily reflect the view or policies of or it’s
Why am I telling you my story? It is true, It is good and It is useful
Journey begins … April 1982 CW&PRS (Pune) Library
Worked during day-time (8.45 am – 4.00 pm) Attended night college (5.45 pm – 9.00 pm)
Accession Register Classification Periodicals Management Cataloguing ???? Issue Physical Audit ???? SDI
Game changer Water and Power Information System (WAPIS) UNESCO Project
WAPIS Project • Reprographics • Computerized Information System
Baptism by fire… ERCISSON PC • 256 KB RAM • 2 x 360 KB FDD • No Hard Disk
Opportunities galore … • Word Star • Word Perfect • Lotus 123 • Revelation • dBase III • BASIC • ……….
Jugaad - 1986… • National Informatics Centre (NIC) – NEC S 1000 Super Computer • Government organizations to connect to NEC S 1000 • Procurement of PCs “banned” • Specs modified – 8086 microprocessor based CPU
Computerized Information System • MINISIS – IDRC, Canada • HP 3000/58 series - Mini computer
Research Organization – commerce background • Not “challenging” enough • Would have retired as Librarian Grade II • IT sector was booming • Completed my Master’s
Next Port of Call- 1988 … • Marketing – IT Projects • IT Consultancy • IT Packaged Software Support • Computer Education • Software Development • Software Exports Marketing • Profit Centre Management • E-Learning • E-Commerce (e-tailing)
Other side of the table - 1995 … From IT Consultant to IT Practitioner • Head – IT • General Manager – IT • Vice President – IT • President – IT • Chief Technology Officer
Multiple industry verticals … • Computer Education • IT Consultancy • Software Exports • Manufacturing • Yellow Pages – Pre Press • E-Commerce • E-Learning • Advertising & Communications
Chief Knowledge Partner (CXO Suite)
Chief Digital Officer (CXO Suite)
WORKSPACE CHAT VIDEO POSTS BLOGS IDEAS DIRECT MESSAGES WIKIS GROUPS
Review Tasks Tasks Project Strategy Central Repository / Retrieval Collaboration life cycle
collaboration challenges • simplicity - rich user experience • flip side - falls back on emails, phones, etc. • negates capturing of interactions • loss of “organizational memory” Ease of Use of collaboration tools