IT Solutions Think-Tank Introduction

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Welcome to the IT Solutions Think Tank. The purpose of this blog is to collaborate on solutions to various problems, as it relates to Information Technology and IT Organizations. I will post topic areas, and we can all provide commentary in on how to best address the issue. If you have some areas that you would like addressed, place a response to this post, and I will open up blog entries that we can work.

So, you may be asking, who is this blogger? I'm a 30 year veteran of IT, practically all of it in applications development. I am currently a vice president of enterprise applications for a large insurance company, and have worked in both industry and consulting at different times in my career. From practice leading to successive industry management positions. From waterfall, to iterative, RUP, Agile and all the hybrids (water-scrum-fall???). From onshore to offshore and near-shore, from centralized to distributed, small scale to huge, I've pretty much played an integral part in all of it at sometime in my career.

Most importantly though is the feedback and collaboration we will develop on this blog. This is a place where IT professionals can come to discuss topics, opinions and approaches. The IT Solutions Think Tank hopefully will be a rewarding sounding board for most of you and a place to visit to gain additional insights into a complicated, yet highly rewarding field.

Best wishes,
Gus Tepper

P.S. If you would like to email me directly, send your thoughts to gustepper@cox.net.