300- ChaChi Gallo on Generac’s IT Transformation and Career Advice for IT Newcomers

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

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5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 16 July 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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ChaChi Gallo With a non-traditional background in IT, ChaChi Gallo has risen through the ranks to lead a global team of 60-70 employees at Generac. His passion for technology and empathetic leadership style have driven success in managing complex IT environments, particularly during mergers and acquisitions. Outside of work, ChaChi chairs Generac’s Hispanic Latino ERG and serves on the board of IC Stars, an organization helping individuals from non-traditional backgrounds start IT careers. ChaChi Gallo on Generac’s IT Transformation and Career Advice for IT Newcomers How can IT leaders balance technical expertise with people skills? In this episode, ChaChi Gallo, IT leader at Generac, shares insights on managing IT teams, adapting to mergers and acquisitions, and fostering a culture of innovation. He emphasizes the importance of empathy, communication, and hands-on experience in IT careers, offering valuable advice for both seasoned professionals and newcomers to the field.

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0:00.0	Welcome, everyone back to Dissecting Popular IT Nerds.
0:10.4	This is the first podcast that I'm doing in the new studio.
0:13.8	I'm hoping it's not echoing too much in the background.
0:16.0	Maybe I need, I might need to soundproof this a little more.
0:18.6	We are talking with Chachi Gallo, and we have, who has never, ever in his entire life, ever
0:27.0	run into any Happy Days references, which is a surprising, which is surprising.
0:33.0	I'm very excited to have you on the show with Generac.
0:36.0	Did I pronounce that right?
0:37.2	I hope I'm pronouncing that right i hope i'm
0:37.7	pronouncing that right i only know that because i'm a customer i am a customer of yours you guys
0:42.5	are the ones that i pull my which i should have maybe i should have one buried in the ground
0:47.3	but i do have to pull it out of my garage and start up the generator to keep my i go refrigerator
0:52.4	going and i don't know heating in HVAC in the
0:55.6	winter times here in Connecticut.
0:58.0	So welcome to the show, sir.
0:59.7	Thank you so much for being on.
1:01.8	You have a very fun history that goes back to at least 2001.
1:07.5	I would assume that you remember Y2K of some sorts.
1:10.4	Any fond memories that come back. How did you get into this?
1:13.0	Wildness? I don't know. What was your first computer? And I don't know, what would you play around with as a kid, you know, other than maybe fireworks and stuff?
1:19.9	Yeah. So I didn't, I didn't really get into computers until probably late 90s, early 2000s, at least ones that, you know, like I own myself, all the way back to high
1:29.1	school, there was some form of computing that I was interested in. We had a local high school here
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