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MICHAEL PAYE , CTO , NETWRIX

Over 10,000 organisations worldwide rely on Netwrix solutions to secure sensitive data , realise the full business value of enterprise content , pass compliance audits with less effort and expense and increase the productivity of IT teams and knowledge workers . Michael Paye , CTO , Netwrix , tells us more about his job role at the company and his go-to productivity trick .

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Describe your current job role
As Netwrix ’ s CTO , I oversee our UK based development teams and work closely with the product development organisation to develop and bring to life the cloud strategy for our organisation . efforts and it is a testament to my team that the re-write was a success .
What style of management philosophy do you employ with your current position ?
What would you describe as your most memorable achievement ?
From a career standpoint , upon taking on my first CTO role , I focused our efforts on a full enterprise re-write while expanding our feature set .
Having seen numerous re-writes fail it was incredibly rewarding to see the benefits of our
It is really important for me to be as involved in the full spectrum of the business life cycle as possible , taking what customers need into both our day-to-day and the vision of the future of our products . How involved I am in the front-line implementation varies week by week , but it ’ s a great way to understand the challenges faced by our teams in delivering our products .
What do you currently identify as the major areas of investment in your industry ?
I am very excited by the continued efforts of certain large organisations to be more open and support crossplatform capabilities . When you compare the complexities and closed nature of software development 20 years ago to the capabilities now , it really is worlds apart . As someone who has worked with www . intelligentcxo . com
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