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Prafulla Patil

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Do you trust the data & reports from the big analysts?

Strategy & Architecture

Yes

Sometimes

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Are you happy in your current role?

People & Leadership Talent Management & Performance

Yes

Unsure

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What is more important to your IT organization?

Strategy & Architecture

Run day-to-day IT

Deliver innovation

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Which channel do you respond best to?

Peer Insights

Text

Slack

Facebook Messenger

Browser Notifications

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Do recent Facebook data scandals shake your confidence in Workplace by Facebook?

End-User Services & Collaboration Applications & Platforms

Yes

Neutral

What scandals?

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Which browser do you use at work?

Applications & Platforms

Internet Explorer

Microsoft Edge

Google Chrome

Mozilla Firefox

Safari

Brave

Other

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Office 365 or Google suite for global business? If you moved from one to the other, what were some of the reasons? What worked out well or not so well?

End-User Services & Collaboration Applications & Platforms

Office 365

Google Business Suite

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Who decides how much security risk to take for a specific system?

Security & GRC

Chief Information Security Officer

Chief Information Officer

Chief Risk Officer

Chief Executive Officer

Board

System Owner

Others (Please specify)

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SIEM Vendors - Have you used or evaluated?

Security & GRC

Exabeam

Alienvault

Sophos

LinkAmerica

Splunk

Other

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Which tech company would you be most proud to work at?

Culture & Values

Facebook

Google

Amazon

Tesla

Other (please comment)

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What are the most common leadership mistakes?

People & Leadership

Prafulla PatilHead of Enterprise Applications in Software2 years ago

Losing focus on employees as their key asset, prioritising business over people

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Can you put together your own CRM solution rather than buying one?

Customer Relationship Management (CRM)IT Strategy & Roadmap Business Applications

Prafulla PatilHead of Enterprise Applications in Software2 years ago

I spend most of my time now finding applications that allow for easy and robust integrations. It turns out that a lot of our legacy stack doesn't allow for that. We've been slowly changing our pieces, and it's ...read more

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Are you using any iPaaS (integration platform as a service) solutions for integration or are you doing your own point to point?

Integrations PaaS SaaS

Prafulla PatilHead of Enterprise Applications in Software2 years ago

We're doing integrations ourselves. We looked at iPaaS for a long time, but we started doing a lot of this integration before there were good iPaaS solutions on the market that were affordable. The middleware is not that ...read more

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There has been a buzz around Low-code or Zero-code which pitches for building systems without writing code i.e. with the help of configurations, settings and UI based mappings, plug and play of blocks.Though it is not new to me as various CMS and CRM have been existing which offer same but never referred as low-code solutions. What is your take on this proposition? have you implemented any such low-code tool which has reduced development efforts without compromising the expectations from Product and Business?

DevOps Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)No-Code

Prafulla PatilHead of Enterprise Applications in Software2 years ago

In the previous company I used to work for, we’d created an ERP only using Amazon Honeycode. We did it in 3-months time and it was the solution we were looking for, since the company was a last mile company with 320+ drivers ...read more

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Is “Build” vs “Buy” necessarily a dichotomy, or can you do both?

Strategy & Architecture Vendor/Product Recommendation Applications & Platforms+1 more

Prafulla PatilHead of Enterprise Applications in Software3 years ago

Many executives treat Build vs. Buy as comparable to the question that Morpheus asks Neo in The Matrix regarding the red pill vs. the blue pill. The situation, however, does not demand a dichotomy. You can have build AND ...read more

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What are some ideas to keep up team morale remotely? Are there specific or structured adjustments you've made to counteract burnout/keep up productivity and mental health?

People & Leadership Process Management Team & Organizational Design+9 more

Prafulla PatilHead of Enterprise Applications in Software4 years ago

organized a virtual escape room via https://www.puzzlebreak.us/ - even though his team lost it was a fun subtitue for just a "virtual happy hour"

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As a CIO, do you have an open door policy? Would you go visit your staff in their spaces?

Culture & Values

Prafulla PatilHead of Enterprise Applications in Software5 years ago

Absolutely....my door is rarely closed and I’m quite often out talking to my team members.

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What is the name of your group (CIO)? Considering a new name for my group.

Culture & Values

Prafulla PatilHead of Enterprise Applications in Software3 years ago

Office of the Chief Information Officer

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