Apr 18, 2017 By Scott Manley

Is Your Company Fundamentally Prepared to Take Innovation Past the Idea Stage?

As a Program Executive within the Innovation and Transformation CoE (ITC) at Salesforce, I have the good fortune of working with some great companies that not only want to be a leader in their current market(s), but they also want to continually redefine their company — as well as get into new... Read More

Cloud, Innovation

Jun 27, 2016 By Scott Manley

3 Ways CFOs Can Help Lead Their Company Out Of Bad Technology Debt

In our first two posts on technology debt, we explained what technical debt is as well as identified the top causes of bad technology debt. As a quick review, bad technology debt as the spending of money and resources that do not increase revenue or market share and/or have no lasting value on... Read More

Financial Services, IT, Leadership, Financial Services

Apr 26, 2016 By Scott Manley

Top 5 Originators of Bad Technology Debt

In our first post of this three part series on Technology Debt, we focused on explaining good vs bad technology debt and how it can impact a company’s bottom line. So now that we’ve explained what it is, it’s time to focus on how to find it, with the specific goal of better understanding the five... Read More

Cloud, Financial Services

Apr 07, 2016 By Scott Manley

What Every CFO Should Know About Technology Debt

As a CFO, you have the responsibility to formulate your company’s investment strategy. One area of investment most critical to any organization is technology. While the CFO can rely on the CIO to understand the technology, every CFO must have a full understanding of their company’s technology debt... Read More

Cloud, Financial Services