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40 years of professional journey of a tech. Leader(IBM Fellow Emeritus) | Nick Donofrio | #TGV265

Season 1, Ep. 265

40 years of professional journey as a technology Leader(IBM Fellow Emeritus) | NICK DONOFRIO | #TGV265


"You can't have everything you want, but you can have the things that really matter to you." 

~Marissa Mayer, President, and CEO of Yahoo!


Tune into #TGV265 to get clarity on the above topic. Here are the timestamp-based pointers from Nick Donofrio’s conversation with Naveen Samala


0:00:00 INTRODUCTION AND CONTEXT SETTING 


0:03:00 Nick’s PROFESSIONAL JOURNEY AND THE TOP 3 THINGS THAT HELPED IN His/Her SUCCESS


0:10:30 Proudest moment while working at IBM?


0:18:00 Impact that IBM has created on Modern Technology


0:22:00 Career challenges after retiring from IBM


0:26:00 Piece of advice for managers to become the best leaders to their employees?


0:30:00 WITTY ANSWERS TO THE RAPID-FIRE QUESTIONS


0:34:00 ONE PIECE OF ADVICE TO THOSE ASPIRING TO MAKE BIG IN THEIR CAREERS 


0:37:30 TRIVIA ABOUT Susan Kare 


ABOUT THE GUEST:

Nicholas Donofrio is an IBM Fellow Emeritus; IBM Executive Vice President Innovation and Technology (Ret.)


Connect with Nick:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-donofrio-7588609/


CONNECT WITH THE FOUNDERS ON LINKEDIN:

Naveen Samala: https://www.linkedin.com/in/naveensamala

Sudhakar Nagandla: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nvsudhakar


FOLLOW ON TWITTER:

@guidingvoice

@naveensamala

@s_nagandla




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