The document provides an overview of Vittorio Viarengo's career journey from Italy to Silicon Valley, highlighting key lessons learned along the way in developing innovative products and high-performance teams. It discusses founding his first company ViVi Software in the 1990s, the company's acquisition by BEA Systems, and his subsequent roles at BEA and Oracle developing middleware platforms. The document outlines lessons on identifying opportunities, embracing change, hiring the right people, executing with focus and passion, and recognizing technology cycles.

1. Vittorio Viarengo Vice President Development Service Delivery Platform Oracle Fusion Middleware [email_address]

3. Buon Pomeriggio

5. From Zena….

6. You Are Here

11. ViVi Software’s First Trade Show

14. ViVi Software

15. ViVi Software @ Work

17. ITEA Prize

22. You Are Here… … now

24. Lesson Learned Vendi, Guadagna e… Pentiti

25. You Thought you were going to be here… … but you a really here now

27. BEA

28. Oracle

30. Creating Innovative Products The IT World Seen from a Simple Baker’s Eyes

31. Most high-performance teams are motivated by one thing (primarily)…

34. The Idea

39. The Team

40. “ What matters is not ideas, but the people who have them. Good people can fix bad ideas, but good ideas can't save bad people” Paul Graham

42. Team-Hiring/Interview Remember!!!!! As hire As Bs hire Cs

44. Team-Hiring In many cases you will spend more time with your new hire that with your relevant other…

46. “ The leaders of Great Groups love talent and know where to find it. They revel in the talent of others .” Warren Bennis & Patricia Ward Biederman, Organizing Genius

47. “ The leaders of Great Teams, are fanatic, relentless, persistent, aggressive… recruiters”

55. Embrace change

56. Team Functions The “One ass to kick” Principle

69. The Importance of “Doneness” Definition of Done

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