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Shawn Bennett

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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 the best alternative to S3?

Cloud

Microsoft

Google

SAP

other

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Who does the CIO role in your organization report to?

Team & Organizational Design

Global CIO

CEO

CFO

Board

COO

Other

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What percent of your IT leadership is women?

People & Leadership

5-9

10-14

15-20

20+

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Have chatbot projects meaningfully impacted your revenue or cost?

Bots

Yes

Too early to tell

Haven't invested

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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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Do you have remote employees on your team?

Talent Management & Performance

Yes

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What are organizations using for annual employee performance evaluations and tracking leadership development progress?

Human Resources (HRIS)

Commercial SaaS Offering - Please provide details if possible

Internally Developed

Other - Please provide details if possible

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How long have you been in your current position?

People & Leadership Talent Management & Performance

<1 year

1 - 2 years

2 - 3 years

3 - 5 years

5+ years

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What, in your opinion, is the best hardware asset management tool and why?

Applications & Platforms

Shawn BennettSenior Vice President Technology Vendor & Asset Management in Media2 months ago

Need to add more context. Which platforms do you need to support? Windows, LINUX, Mobile Devices?

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What are your organization's plans for CrowdStrike following the recent outage? Are you re-evaluating your relationship, and if so, how are you avoiding making a knee-jerk reaction?

Relationship Management Crowdstrike Outage 2024 Crisis Management+3 more

Shawn BennettSenior Vice President Technology Vendor & Asset Management in Media2 months ago

We noticed that due to a balanced approach between Windows and non-Windows based systems, our portals and core systems were not significantly impacted by the outage. This resilience allowed us to concentrate on internal issues, ...read more

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What are the main applications that use AI to automatically audit expenses?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies

Shawn BennettSenior Vice President Technology Vendor & Asset Management in Media6 months ago

I believe you can detect easily (or more easily...) fraud actions on the expense reports.

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Is a four-day workweek feasible for Finance or IT teams?

Peer Insights People & Leadership Process Management+1 more

Shawn BennettSenior Vice President Technology Vendor & Asset Management in Mediaa year ago

Until 4 days are widely adopted I don’t think it will work. However for decades there have been major economies in the Middle East that work Sunday to Thursday with Friday and Saturday off

I think initially business ...read more

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Looking to understand how other procurement professionals are utilizing Ariba for software technology purchases - do you use a catalogue, ad hoc orders, etc?

Peer Insights

Shawn BennettSenior Vice President Technology Vendor & Asset Management in Media2 years ago

We use Ariba and the catalogs are from our resellers. We are in the process of starting the journey in Service Now for most tech HW and SW.

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What vendor do you use for your corporate credit cards? Amex, Visa, Diners, something else?

Financial Management Finance

Shawn BennettSenior Vice President Technology Vendor & Asset Management in Media2 years ago

Visa

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How do you think President Biden's recent trip to Kyiv will impact the ongoing Russia/Ukraine war?

Russian Invasion of Ukraine People & Leadership Peer Insights

Shawn BennettSenior Vice President Technology Vendor & Asset Management in Media2 years ago

I think the worst impact

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How can incidents like the recent train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio be prevented in the future?

People & Leadership Process Management

Shawn BennettSenior Vice President Technology Vendor & Asset Management in Media2 years ago

Not my area of expertise but in the spirit of innovation they should investigate how autonomous scanning of pipelines take place with deep scanners (pipe pigs)

They could tow a lot of equipment that scans the track, ...read more

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What are the best tools to use for sprint planning (engineering / design / product management)?

Engineering Productivity Tools Collaboration Solutions+2 more

Shawn BennettSenior Vice President Technology Vendor & Asset Management in Media5 years ago

Teams and planner is great, Azure DevOps is also awesome.

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What are you most looking for from vendors that pitch you?

Financial Management Vendor Management

Shawn BennettSenior Vice President Technology Vendor & Asset Management in Media6 years ago

I want to understand your how your product / service works techncialy, what is your company strategy and most importantly skip the marketing terms/hot topics. At the end of the day I want to know if you are a fit within my ...read more

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