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Sep 2021

23m 53s

The Rise of the Business Technologist

About this episode

Organizations that effectively support business technologists are 2.6x more likely to accelerate digital transformation.

In this episode, ThinkCast host Kasey Panetta is joined by Jaime Capella, Distinguished VP, to talk about business technologists and the democratization of digital delivery. The increase in the number of business technologists highlights a significant shift in how organizations think about technology and analytics. Technology is no longer reserved solely for IT departments and four out of five technologists work in business areas outside of IT.

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