Well... what a first 5 months it has been with the team at IKOR PX! 5 countries, over 4 continents, in 5 months was not the start I was expecting but it has been amazing all the same.
I started in Munich where I had the opportunity to meet the rest of the leadership team as we sat down to plan our goals for the coming year. It was great to be able to set out a clear list of objectives not only for the company but also around how we wanted to grow, support and develop the team.
Next it was on to Poland where I planned to meet our development team (and would have done if it hadn't been for a 10hr delay), along with me first face-to-face client meeting.
Now for a little further a field as I headed off to Sydney to support the kick off for a new project with an existing client and meet the rest of the wider team (included most of the team from Poland!). After COVID, it was great to be back spending some considerable time in an office, getting to work physically side-by-side with colleagues and clients alike. It reminded me how we sometimes forgot how important those relationships are. Whilst there I also got the chance to join the team in celebrating the Go-Live of a hugely successful delivery with our biggest client. The project was real testament to how the team had challenged an already ambitious delivery and smashed it.
I decided to treat myself with a short lay over in Singapore before flying out to Las Vegas and #PegaWorld2024. Pegaworld was its usual fast-pace, high energy affair, where we got to see the latest innovations and uses of Pega, whilst getting to discuss new ideas and ways to implement them with faces old and new.
So.. what have I learnt in these last 5 months?
1. IKOR PX has an amazing team of highly skilled and highly knowledgably #PEGA experts who are focused on not only delivering the right solution but also developing our own products to support even more clients.
2. After 8 years, PEGA is still the place I want to be. With a platform so versatile and which is still at the leading edge of its technology, the opportunity to still have new ideas and implement
different ways of working is exciting.
3. They said the 'Age of the Internet' made the world shrink, the travel over the last 5 months has showed me its still a pretty big place, full of interesting people with new challenges. Challenges that the engineer in me wants to go and explore.
So here's to the next 5 months, one thing is certain, I don't think it will be quiet or boring.
Head of Investment (CIO) Private Equity (VC & RE), Public Equity & Fixed Income
1moBest of luck!