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S1E4 - My first job in tech with Chris Wright - CTO at Red Hat

1h 8m · Tech Career Podcast · 20 May 16:09

Join us as we listen to Chris Wright share his story on his first job in tech. This is part of our series called My First Job in Tech where we hear from successful people share their stories about their first job in technology.

Chris Wright is Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Red Hat. He leads the Office of the CTO, which is responsible for incubating emerging technologies and developing forward-looking perspectives on innovations like artificial intelligence, cloud and edge computing, distributed storage, software-defined networking, network functions, virtualization, containers, automation, and continuous delivery, and distributed ledgers.

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