Marriott gets a new Tech Chief
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Marriott gets a new Tech Chief
Marriott hired the CIO from Merck CIO, I'm ever hopeful this is hopefully the start of fixing some of the simplest things that seem not to be fixed, well at least I can hope, LOL
Sorry if this is old news, but I'm excited at least for a brief second of hope.
Sorry if this is old news, but I'm excited at least for a brief second of hope.
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For example, I have been involved with data migration efforts before and the way they handled "merging" of SPG and Marriott accounts was one of the most hilariously broken, untested, and poorly conceived processes I've seen of that sort. Try reconciling many sources of media with varying levels of inconsistency in their metadata, and matching things appropriately between a user's own tracks, store tracks, streaming, etc into a unified cloud library. That's a level of complexity way beyond the merging of the Marriott and SPG accounts which both are very well-defined in what information they will have and how it's structured.
When companies like Marriott truly realize the potential value of leveraging data about their customers to offer personalization in a way that gets them to spend more money, they're going to regret not having technology as a core competency. I feel like some banking institutions in the world are already feeling the pain of this, whether it be because of outsourcing or just outright lack of investment.
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When companies like Marriott truly realize the potential value of leveraging data about their customers to offer personalization in a way that gets them to spend more money, they're going to regret not having technology as a core competency. I feel like some banking institutions in the world are already feeling the pain of this, whether it be because of outsourcing or just outright lack of investment.
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Call me cynical, but I have no confidence that a new tech chief will impact the piss poor IT functionality or their strategy of outsourcing everything and going live with minimal/zero testing and seeing what happens.
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My company was responsible for the data conversion and migration. Sorry for anyone who lost anything or had to call in to get something fixed!
And no, I did not work on that project or know anyone directly involved
And no, I did not work on that project or know anyone directly involved