Leading a 300+ Person Technology Center | Jarek Dąbrowski, Senior Technology Director & Board Member

Описание: In the second episode of the Tech Leaders' Corner podcast, we are talking to Jarek Dąbrowski, Senior Director of Technology and Member of the Board at IGT Poland.

We cover topics related to what it's like to lead a 300+ person technology center, project management best practices, decision making processes, the progression of technology over the decades, and what it's like to deliver large scale projects in a highly regulated industry.

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This episode is hosted by Hisham Itani-Kleinschmidt, Head of Marketing at ITMAGINATION.

At ITMAGINATION, we help our clients accelerate innovation by providing professional custom software design & development services, building data solutions, and extending their IT team’s capacity.

For over 15 years, ITMAGINATION has successfully delivered more than 500 projects enabling our clients to innovate better and faster to gain a competitive advantage.

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In today's video, we will be covering the following topics:
0:00 Sneak Peek & Intro
0:33 Expanding a US Company In Europe from the 1990's
4:11 Transitioning to a Career in Project Management
5:20 Becoming a Regional Manager & Warsaw Technology Center
6:20 Challenges of Operating in Diverse Business Environments
9:20 Establishing & Growing the Warsaw Technology Center
12:32 The Benefits of Investing Mentoring & Training People Upfront
13:58 Successes & Challenges in Scaling the Technology Center Team
16:40 Software Development Management Changes Over Three Decades
22:05 Choosing The Best Project Management Approach Per Project
28:40 Dealing With Complexity & Geographically Diverse Projects
33:20 Planning, Resource Allocation, and High-Level Strategy Best Practices
39:04 The Importance of Decision Making - What Makes a Good Rroject Manager
43:25 What it Takes to Move to an Executive / Senior Leadership Position
44:45 The Executive's Role - Do's & Don'ts
47:50 Supporting Women in IT & STEM
51:46 Advice for Progressing Your Career & Closing Words

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A very special thanks to the video editing and post-production done by our colleague Yevhenii Petrenko.