Business Chief USA February 2019
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FINTECH<br />
“IT is the<br />
manufacturing<br />
arm of any<br />
financial services<br />
and insurance<br />
company”<br />
—<br />
Guru Vasudeva,<br />
Senior Vice President and <strong>Chief</strong><br />
Information Officer (CIO) of Program<br />
and Application Services, Nationwide<br />
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like machine learning, for instance, and<br />
invite a couple of people to study that<br />
topic and to teach other members<br />
of the team. It’s helped us create a<br />
clearly defined roadmap of how our<br />
employees can go from a novice to<br />
an expert in a topic. It’s helping to<br />
create a path to craftsmanship.”<br />
CRUCIAL COLLABORATION<br />
Nationwide has earned its stripes as<br />
a leading employer – it has gained<br />
recognition as one of the Best Companies<br />
to Work For by Fortune 100.<br />
Vasudeva is keen to point out that the<br />
talents of his team have been crucial<br />
in making this software development<br />
strategy a reality. “It could not have<br />
been possible without the partnership<br />
of my peers in IT leadership,” he says.<br />
So far, Nationwide’s software-development<br />
strategy has been a roaring<br />
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