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of products , each of which needed to be supported separately . “ I was faced with having to hire another person ,” says Dionisio , “ but by consolidating everything into Gensuite , I avoided increasing my headcount .” While the new program has brought immediate benefits by standardizing training , he points out that change has to be managed sensitively . “ Nobody likes being asked to abandon the thing they ’ re used to , even for a better system !”
Jim Dionisio loves his work , regularly arriving at the office at 5:30am and often extending his workday even beyond his 7:00pm arrival home . He ’ s a great believer in reading the latest literature and attending as many conferences as he can . “ As CIO , my job is to understand how IT tools can solve problems ,” he says . “ So , I need the wherewithal to know the business and identify the problems . If I kept my head in the sand , I ’ d miss the next new thing that ’ s just around the bend .”
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