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CIO at UNIV OF CALIF REGENTS / UCLA

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Do you attend webinars anymore?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Financial Management Vendor Management

Yes, regularly

Yes, occasionally

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What percentage of your team's budget goes towards technology?

Financial Management

< 5%

5-10%

11-15%

> 15%

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What do you think is the next biggest thing?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies AI & Machine Learning Augmented & Virtual Reality (AR/VR)+5 more

AI, ML, DL

Blockchain

Robotics / Cobotics

Chatbots

AR/VR

Connected Home

Quantum Computing

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How involved is the IT team at your organization with the messaging of the company's brand?

Strategy & Architecture Business Applications

Very involved.

Somewhat involved.

Not involved at all.

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What will be the primary affect of automation on your talent pool?

People & Leadership Strategy & Architecture End-User Services & Collaboration+35 more

Increased Headcount

Decreased Headcount

Altering of responsibilities or job skills

Enhanced productivity

Decreased productivity

Other

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When purchasing cloud services through a systems integrator:

Cloud Financial Management

My organization negotiates hard on pricing and discounts for cloud services with our SI

The SI is my trusted advisor so I have full visibility into discounts

My organization lacks the internal knowledge and cloud experience to understand and negotiate cloud pricing

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Are you currently actively advising a startup?

People & Leadership

Yes

No, but I'm interested

No, but I have in the past

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Is your team entirely located in the same time zone?

People & Leadership Process Management Team & Organizational Design+1 more

Yes

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Which of the following career moves do you have planned for 2022?

People & Leadership Training & Certification

Get a salary raise/promotion from my current employer

Earn a tech certification

Begin looking for an IT job with a new employer

Start / take an IT job with a new employer

Change careers and depart IT

Switch to a consultant/IT service provider

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Cybersecurity expertise in corporate boardrooms is long overdue.

Board Engagement Security Strategy & Roadmap Security

Strongly agree

Agree

Neutral

Disagree

Strongly disagree

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What tools have employees demanded since the growth in popularity of AI tools? How have you handled the demand?

Howard MillerCIO at UNIV OF CALIF REGENTS / UCLA in Education5 months ago

In our environment, while we prioritize cybersecurity, we also allow people to explore and use AI. We provide them with some guardrails, but there isn't a specific demand for particular tools. Many of our platforms have intentional ...read more

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What approaches have you found effective in rolling out new employee tools that encourage adoption without overwhelming employees?

Howard MillerCIO at UNIV OF CALIF REGENTS / UCLA in Education5 months ago

In my experience, traditional methods like email blasts and team channels often don't work. Instead, we've had success with lunchtime appointments where tech support is available to answer questions about the new tools or ...read more

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How do you encourage continuous learning and provide opportunities for employees to engage with new tech to drive organizational growth?

Howard MillerCIO at UNIV OF CALIF REGENTS / UCLA in Education5 months ago

I believe in the power of peer learning. As a CIO, I interact with various groups including the Board of Directors, our internal business and IT teams, and external entities such as vendors. We're currently in a stage where ...read more

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What tools and tech are you using to streamline workflows, automate mundane tasks, and enable employees to focus on more strategic, value-adding activities?

Howard MillerCIO at UNIV OF CALIF REGENTS / UCLA in Education5 months ago

We recently had an ERP implementation, which was a great opportunity to reevaluate how tasks are being done. Our vendor offered numerous enhancements to streamline our processes. We are also exploring robotics and other technologies ...read more

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How do you measure the organizational efficiency of your software engineering team? Do you have a process or tools that you rely on?

Engineering People & Leadership KPIs, Metrics & Reporting

Howard MillerCIO at UNIV OF CALIF REGENTS / UCLA in Education9 months ago

First and foremost, we set clear goals for the team. Without goals, it’s hard to evaluate anything. Transparency is crucial — we need to know where we’re heading with the product. Metrics are important, but they’re secondary ...read more

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How is your org protecting IP created using GenAI?

AI & Machine Learning Generative AI

Howard MillerCIO at UNIV OF CALIF REGENTS / UCLA in Education9 months ago

Trying to keep everything within our protected Microsoft entities in this space

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Can you share any experiences with building partnerships or collaborations with external vendors in GenAI adoption?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies Generative AI Process Management

Howard MillerCIO at UNIV OF CALIF REGENTS / UCLA in Educationa year ago

Yes. I'm actually working with a couple of external vendors now (who I can't name in this forum) to move forward with 2 separate use cases.

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Does anyone have experience with Higher Ed academic continuity exercises that involve all levels of executive leadership (Presidents, provosts, deans, etc.)? If so, are there any recommended vendors?

Applications & Platforms Strategy & Architecture Security & GRC

Howard MillerCIO at UNIV OF CALIF REGENTS / UCLA in Educationa year ago

The Big 4 (and probably more specifically, Deloitte) will likely have a playbook here.

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What strategies have been effective in fostering a culture of mentorship and knowledge sharing within your IT department?

People & Leadership

Howard MillerCIO at UNIV OF CALIF REGENTS / UCLA in Educationa year ago

I firmly believe that the foundation of fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and mentorship starts with assuring everyone that it's okay to fail. We view our mistakes and failures as invaluable learning opportunities. ...read more

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Has anybody explored / implemented a chatbot to help employees navigate information security policies and standards, be they business users, IT admins, DevSecOps people, etc.?

5G Augmented & Virtual Reality (AR/VR)Bots+8 more

Howard MillerCIO at UNIV OF CALIF REGENTS / UCLA in Educationa year ago

Yes. have implemented with our IT ticketing system to know more about the organization policies

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