ON June 2015 | Page 10

9 Kevin McCarron Kevin McCarron, Director, Business Innovation Group: “When I started out in IT, we were still in the days when the technical ‘know-it-all’ ruled. There was latitude given and a certain sense of awe around somebody with technical expertise. Things have shifted dramatically. Today technology has become commoditized and so IT—from the CIO on down— has had to identify new technologies that can do more for clients and develop much better soft skills to stay relevant. We have had to become technologists even more than engineers to be able to stay on top of emerging trends.”