Dave Adamson , Chief Technology Officer , Espria
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Dave Adamson , Chief Technology Officer , Espria
wWhat would you describe as your most memorable achievement ?
I was part of a BID team delivering a presentation to a prospective customer who were having issues with their team in Australia accessing applications hosted in the UK and experiencing high levels of latency . I did a demo of using the cloud to host the apps , and at the end of the presentation revealed I had been running the deck from a VM hosted in Australia , showing how a well-architected solution could overcome their latency challenges . It landed well with the audience , and we were successful in winning the contract .
What first made you think of a career in technology ?
What style of management philosophy do you employ with your current position ?
I keep it very simple – I manage my teams on their output and the happiness of their stakeholders – whether that be customers or internal colleagues . I place my trust in the individuals I hire , and they return it in spades , which I think works well for all of us . I don ’ t mind if you want to go and watch your daughter ’ s school play , or you need to take the dog to the vet . I am happy to roll up my sleeves ; it ’ s important to me I wouldn ’ t ask people to do things I wouldn ’ t be prepared to do myself . Most of all , I try to say yes whenever I can , because why wouldn ’ t you ?
My Dad had a work laptop in the 90s which weighed about the same as a small house , and it came with the ‘ secret ’ game GORILLAS . BAS . Finding this led to me tinkering about with various settings I probably shouldn ’ t have , which helped nurture my love of problem solving . Nowadays the problems I help to solve are grander in scale but the mindset I developed as a child is still the same – wanting to know why something did or didn ’ t work . Curiosity and technology are natural bedfellows .
Nowadays the problems I help to solve are grander in scale but the mindset I developed as a child is still the same – wanting to know why something did or didn ’ t work .
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