“John is an inspirational entrepreneur who assembles the best and brightest people to build amazing products. He inspires everyone around him through this genuine personality and commitment to quality. For content management technologies, he is the go-to guy for knowing where the industry has been and where it is going.”
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With over 40 years of experience in digital transformation, I have co-founded and led two…
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Here's how you can confidently assert your opinions as a system architect.
In order to show empathy, I find it necessary to build empathy. That usually can only be done through a story, which must have some relevance to the subject. It can be tangentially related to the subject as long as it ties back in. The story itself sets the tone that you want to build that pathos you need for your argument. I usually try to make the story funny in order to open the audience to challenging or difficult subjects, either intellectually or emotionally. On occasion I have used a sad or unhappy story to build empathy toward the urgency a problem that must be addressed. Even discussing something as mundane as architectural choices, the openness and cooperativeness of an audience to a problem being posed is still important.
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Here's how you can confidently assert your opinions as a system architect.
Never assume that you know what the other people are thinking or what they know. Make sure you have covered the basics and there is common understanding between you and your audience in terms of what is being discussed, what terminology must be used, and what the most salient facts are relevant to what is being discussed. Ideally any presentation is a conversation rather than a one-way lecture. Even in a large audience, I often ask via a show of hands some indicator of what the audience knows, such as what level of experience do they have or what concepts are they familiar with. This allows you to skip the most basic part or give you a reason to go in more depth in some subject.
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Here's how you can confidently assert your opinions as a system architect.
Know your facts. You can only do that by doing the research and listening to alternative opinions. Weigh up these perspectives and come to your own conclusions based upon your own set of principles. If you are confident in your facts and know what the alternatives are, as long as you are confident in your conclusions, it is quite easy to present them assertively.
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As I come to the end of my sabbatical, I’m taking a moment to reflect on the experiences, fun times and memories made over the last 4 weeks. A…
As I come to the end of my sabbatical, I’m taking a moment to reflect on the experiences, fun times and memories made over the last 4 weeks. A…
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BIG NEWS!!!! I'VE JOINED G2 AS THEIR CMO! I've been a customer and fan of G2 for many years. The impact that G2 has made in the Saas industry -…
BIG NEWS!!!! I'VE JOINED G2 AS THEIR CMO! I've been a customer and fan of G2 for many years. The impact that G2 has made in the Saas industry -…
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Business Mentor in London
University of California, Berkeley
- Present 4 years 8 months
Economic Empowerment
Experienced entrepreneurs and alumni of the University of California mentor recent UC grads based in London in the development of their careers and prospects for starting new ventures.
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Trustee
LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre)
- 5 years 8 months
Arts and Culture
Trustee on the Board of the London International Festival of Theatre, a bi-annual celebration of theatre from around the world hosted in various venues across London in the summer.
Honors & Awards
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AIIM Award of Merit
AIIM - Association of Intelligent Information Management
The Award of Merit, established in 1954, is the highest award the association can bestow. This award recognizes lifetime achievement to the association and to the information management industry.
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AIIM Company of Fellows
Association of Intelligent Information Management
AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) is the global community of information professionals. Established in 1963, the Company of Fellows honors those individuals in the association who merit recognition and distinction for their outstanding contributions to the ECM industry.
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Computerworld Honors Program
Computerworld
Finalist for category of Business and Related Services
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Davos Technology Pioneer
World Economic Forum
Technology Pioneer at the World Economic Forum in Davos 2007. Also attended 2008.
Languages
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English
Native or bilingual proficiency
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French
Limited working proficiency
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Forbes Technology Council
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