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129. Identify Vendor Flags Using These Simple Questions with George Bica

You've Been Heard

Philip Howard

Tech News, Technology, Business, Management, News

0.00 Ratings

🗓️ 10 February 2022

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

George Bica George is the Director of information technology at HZO, a global company that delivers world-class water-proof nanocoating solutions that safeguard electronics, electrical products & critical applications in an ever-changing market. His position in IT is the highest leadership position within the organization in charge of information technology operations and vision for the future direction. George leads multiple teams across the globe tasked with supporting business operations. Identify Vendor Flags Using These Simple Questions with George Bica Here at Dissecting Popular IT Nerds Podcast, our host, Phil Howard, is up and ready to roll–despite having caught the COVID-19 variant. Join him and guest George Bica, director of information technology, to identify common pitfalls and practices that George has noticed from managing over six people personally in a 500-employee tech business. Find out why you should better balance your home life as priority over work life, the best practices George has ever used as a director, and even how he managed to overcome the Great Firewall of China.

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0:00.0

So in 91, the regime collapsed, and I got a chance to look at the first computers back then.

0:08.1

Probably 286 is my guess.

0:11.2

It was black and white.

0:12.8

I played chess on it.

0:14.1

And then I fell in love.

0:15.2

So that was it.

0:16.3

Was it impossible to beat the chess?

0:19.5

Was it hard enough that you couldn't beat the computer?

0:31.2

All right.

0:32.0

Welcome everyone back to dissecting popular IT nerds today talking with George Beka.

0:39.1

Did I pronounce that correctly?

0:41.4

Close it up.

0:42.8

All right.

0:43.1

Well, you pronounce it so we get it right, because I can't do, you know.

0:47.6

Beets up.

0:48.7

It sounds like pizza, but with a beat.

0:50.8

Beetsa.

0:51.6

George Beetsa.

0:52.4

Yeah.

0:52.8

Director of information technology.

0:55.7

And you are currently, are you in Raleigh?

0:59.3

It's nice down there.

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