Wednesday, January 15 at 1:00 PM ET | 10:00 AM PT
Today’s rapidly changing landscape has put IT talent in the spotlight. Traditional talent strategies are no match for the new technologies, expectations, and generations that are reshaping the IT workplace. To successfully deliver on the vision of IT’s exponential future, IT leaders must reimagine talent processes, organizational structures, and their own notions of what it takes to lead IT.
Info-Tech’s IT Talent Trends 2025 report explores six key trends that promise to topple traditional IT talent building blocks and transform the IT workforce.
Research Director
Heather is a Senior Research Analyst in the People & Leadership practice at Info-Tech Research Group. She has a breadth of knowledge in HR topics including talent acquisition, employee relations, performance management, employee experience, leadership coaching and development, and engagement and culture.
Heather has worked in the public and private sectors as an HR Generalist for over 15 years. Specific industries of experience include financial services, higher education, manufacturing, professional services, and hospitality and tourism. Heather’s experience includes building and leading strategic HR teams and advising leaders on HR best practices.
Heather holds a Bachelor of Management in Human Resources and Labour Relations and is an MBA Candidate at the University of Fredericton. She is also a Certified Employee Benefits Specialist (CEBS) under the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (IFEBP).
Research Director
Brittany Lutes is a Research Director in the CIO practice, specializing in operating models, organizational design, and IT talent management. She helps organizations strategically align and operationalize IT talent beyond just moving the lines and boxes on an organizational chart – which yields little to no value. Instead, she guides you to build a foundational operating model that defines how your IT and digital strategic objectives can be achieved. Once this is established, the functional organizational structure can easily layer on top, followed by an updated organizational chart. Once satisfied with the right future state of your IT organization, Brittany can support your organization in designing, implementing, and sustaining the necessary changes.
Prior to joining Info-Tech Research Group, Brittany earned her Masters of Science in Business and Economics from the University of Guelph and obtained a Bachelors of Arts in Sociology & Psychology from Trent University. The combination of these two degrees allows her to explore the organizational design process from an industrial-organizational psychology perspective. Additionally, she worked for a variety of roles in the public, private, and nonprofit sectors, including banking, higher education, local government, hospitality, and charitable organizations before finding her passion in research.
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