1. SOFTWARE SOLUTION ARCHITECT Chris Shayan, Software Solution Architect, Pyramid Consulting How to become Software Solution Architect

2. Who Am I?

3. My Start-Ups Previous OnesNew Ones in VN

4. Architecture

7. Thinking about Career as SSA TechnologyStrategy Business Growth Interpersonal Skills

8. Thinking about Career as SSA TechnologyStrategyBusiness GrowthInterpersonal Skills  Get involve in Open Source  Contribute, get involve in Knowledge Sharing portals  Have Sandbox and give a try  Help others by fixing bugs or answering their questions

9. Thinking about Career as SSA TechnologyStrategyBusiness GrowthInterpersonal Skills  Follow research and advisory companies on IT like Gartner, Forrester and etc  Study Gartner Magic Quadrants  Follow CIO or CTO forums

10. Thinking about Career as SSA TechnologyStrategyBusiness GrowthInterpersonal Skills  inc.com is a good key  Follow Steve Blank  Get familiar with concepts like ROI and TCO  Study these books  The Innovator’s Dilemma & The Innovator’s Solution by Clayton M. Christensen The Innovator’s Dilemma & The Innovator’s Solution by Clayton M. Christensen  The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell  What Great Salespeople Do – Michael Bosworth What Great Salespeople Do – Michael Bosworth

11. Thinking about Career as SSA TechnologyStrategyBusiness GrowthInterpersonal Skills  Improve on communication skills  Challenge yourself with being disciplined  Get familiar with Change Management  Understand what is Knowledge Work and who is Knowledge Worker  Learn to inspire and be open to be inspired

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