Chris Chambers on LinkedIn: "All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is… (2024)

"I was bredtobe a warrior,Kal-El,trained my entire lifetomaster my senses. Where did you train? ON A FARM!!!"--General Zod to Clark Kent aka SupermanFor those not familiar with the storySuperman was sent by his parents to EarthLiving with his Earth parents who found him, The Kents, on a farmAfter their planet Krypton's core became unstable and the planet explodedSuperman is an alien on Earth who became physically superior to humans on Earth due to the differences between Earth and Krypton's sun.The explosion killed all Kryptonians or so Superman thoughtEnter General Zod and his teamA military leader from Krypton who was off-planet at the time ofThe explosionThe quote reflects General Zod being incredulous at Superman declining to join the Kryptonians and take over Earth.Villians are more complex than just good vs badI understood why General Zod was furious with SupermanBecause he had trained his entire life to prepare to leadThe Kryptonian people and the planetAs the rightful next-in-line leader in their successionI set that stage to demonstrate what is most important in the age of artificial intelligence, real-world experience in applying intelligence across multiple domains and roles."I feel like you were mistitled as a Product Manager"--My WifeIt is not very often I disagree with my better halfBut on this subject, I have had to respectfully disagreeIn 2017, I was nominated to a Product Leadership Summit at the BKFS headquarters in Jacksonville.During the week-long summitA select group of product managersAcross all divisions of Black KnightBecame certified in the Optimal Product Process by ProductsideIt was in that process I came to learnOnly CEOs, Senior Executives, and General ManagersAre more important than a Product Manager in Corporate AmericaBased on a CBS NewsLet me soften that a bitImportance = ResponsibilitiesOnly CEOs, Senior Executives, and General ManagersHave more responsibilities than a Product Manager in Corporate America“When you’re a product manager, you’re generally not the boss. You need to gain authority through your actions and your leadership skills, not your role.”--Ken Norton, Product Partner at GVThe hardest part about being a product managerIs also the most rewarding aspect of the jobYou are 100% accountable for leading the resources of a company towards a vision with none of the authority to make them perform under the threat of termination.It is the purest leadership role in Corporate AmericaAnd for 4 years across multiple software companiesI scored near-perfect performance evaluationsBy August 2018, I had trained my entire life and took the leap of faith to become CEO of Chambers Capital Ventures, Inc.The role of Product Manager was my final corporate training ground16 years of my lifeFor 17 years of my life, I have used the University of Phoenix as my academic training ground3 classes away from a 4.0 GPA in my MBA

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🎙️Henry Boulos, that was exquisite!! Let’s put this rest across the board..In hip-hop, college graduate Jermaine ColeKnown as J. Cole is well-regarded for beingUndefeated on featuresA feature is when another artist comes on a song with you and contributes a verse to the song…Boiler Room changed my view of the world in 2002No longer did I want to be a Doctor(Accepted into a pre-med program at The University of Texas Medical Branch at 17)Nor did I want to be a Lawyer(Named Who’s Who Among American High School Students)I wanted to be a stockbroker driving a Ferrari🏎️ living in a big house like the main characters in the movie.In Boiler Room, I discovered the field of Sales.My first sales job at 18 years old was sellingMobile Homes for Palm Harbor HomesAdjacent to some of the most racist towns in TexasSanta Fe and FriendswoodI had no fear of racism stopping me from selling because I noticed something during my interview process.There was a Modular Triple WideA 3,000+ square foot pre-fabricated homeWith stucco, tape and textured walls, and modern appliancesWith a porch and front door that resembled a residential homeThe other homes on the lot were what you would expect a mobile home to look like.I became the Modular Triple Wide sales specialist on the lotThat customer was affluent and owned significant acres of landAnd were comparing our Modular Triple Wide with Residential Home BuildersTo custom application development companies and the explosion of the ideology of 100% commission referral partnerships as a revenue-driving strategy.You are destined to fail in that strategy:At 19, with the next youngest peer being 27 years oldI closed $11 million in loans in 9 months as an Account Executive for AmeriquestTop 5 every month of my tenure out of 125 repsAt 22, I ranked in the Top 5% ofDiTech.comLoan OfficersAt 24, I closed over $1.8 million in Technology Solutions Sales as a Client Solutions Executive at InsightAt 27, I generated $30,000 a week in gross margin as a Business Development Manager at Robert Half TechnologyAt 29, I generated $10 million in pipeline in 9 months as a Sales Executive at Wisem*n ConsultingBy 30, I sold a Director of a software company on the idea that my revenue-driving experience was perfectly aligned with the Product Marketing Manager’s core responsibilities in the Pragmatic Marketing Model so I could own a $15 million P&LLeapfrogging the corporate ladder to the 4th most important (most responsibilities) job in corporate America to become one of the decision-makers you are trying to get referred into a relationship with.By 31, I owned a $33 million P&L with a $6 million CAPEX budget as a Senior Product Manager.This was my training ground to be CEO of Chambers Capital Ventures, Inc. As a policy at CCVWe will no longer entertain talks ofPartnership, if the company’s idea of partnershipIs bringing no sales skills, money, or clients to the table.🎤⬇️

"We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one we intend to win, and the others, too."--John F. Kennedy, 35th President Never once in my career at Black Knight Financial ServicesDid a President, CTO, or VP of Product that I reported to say"Chris, your plate is too full, I will assign this business initiative to someone else"I have modeled my approach to business based on my track recordAs a dual role Senior Product Manager and Business EngineerFor a $1.6 Billion Firm with 9 divisions and 4,000+ employeesCTO - "Chris, I am going to pair you with an infrastructure project manager, I need you to figure out how to convert our division from 12 departments, 300+ resources onshore/offshore into a 3-tier support hub with 8 areas of focus with a central command center for reporting to our executive team which will report to the executive team of Black Knight"Proxy to Division President Daniel SogorkaVP of Product - "Chris, we are going to transition from Product Managers to Product Owners and our Product Strategy Manager just resigned. You will serve as Product Owner for the Exchange platform, Valuation Insight, and Quality Insight products and assume the responsibilities of the Product Strategy Manager proxy reporting to Chief Product Officer Shelley Leonard's Product Team"In 2017, I was nominated for the BKFS Product Leadership Summit as the sole representative of my division.President - "Chris, great to meet you in Jacksonville I am looking forward to working with you. Put together a SEAL team of SMEs across the division to work on some of the operational challenges we are facing that I have been hired to turn around. Choose any member from any team you need and if a manager has a problem with it, tell them I have approved this initiative."I served as the Business Application OwnerLed the Intern Program of 15+Led Cross Divisional Integration ProjectsLed Technical Integration Feasibility Projects for Mergers and AcquisitionsLed Organizational Readiness for the Closing Insight Product LaunchWhile managing feature enhancements, product backlogs, profit and loss (P&L), issue resolution testing, and technical solutions scoping for custom implementations of our Exchange Platform for a customer list that includedJP Morgan ChaseBank of AmericaWells FargoBB&TOld Republic TitleStewart TitleAnd 50% of the largest banks and title companies in AmericaI am carrying a 4.0 GPA in my MBA program because of BKFSI spent 3 years executing MBA-level skills to the tune of near-perfectEvaluationsHR Director Artie Odoms "I have no idea what you said to our CTO to make him make you an offer in one interview on a Saturday, something he has never done in 10+ years"

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“Success in business depends more on relationships than spreadsheets.”—Alan CohenI can't wait to attend! Thank you Henry L. Wright

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"Systems thinking is a discipline for seeing wholes. It is a framework for seeing interrelationships rather than things, for seeing ‘patterns of change’ rather than static ‘snapshots.’"--Peter SengeWhat has always led to empires in historyIs the ability to connect critical systems to large populationsOver large geographical areasThe Roman aqueduct is the primary reason the empire was able to reach the scale it accomplished.A feat of engineering that solved a critical problem ofConnecting a large water source to the nearby populationTo enable the eradication of many diseases that are born ofThe inability to properly clean large populations of humansWe see diseases like dysentery in the famines of the planet todayCarving pathways through rock to connect the intakeOf the system to the water that was transported over long distancesThrough a combination of surveying the lay of the landCreating a conduit pathway above the elevation of the populationWhere water flowed across an aqueduct bridge built to control the flow andPathway of the water to an intricate network of waterways in the cityTwo mentors of mine have helped me see how I will be able to contributeTo build the bridges in the Colorado ecosystem to fosterRelationships, Community, and the EcosystemHenry L. WrightYesterday, I got to learn about the intricacies of supply chain managementFrom a 20-year veteran St. Claire L. Gerald, CSCPI began to piece together what I believe is the modern-dayRoman Aqueduct for Colorado Innovation & EntrepreneurshipTaking a supply chain approach to the current Colorado ecosystemThe raw materials are ideas or startupsThe end customers are large players in the business and tech marketsIn order to connect the idea generators to the large players we would needTo justify the investment in oversight of a program dedicated to Fostering the innovation culture of Fortune 500 industry leadersThe business case is built on competition and creating agile responses to rapidly changing market conditions that create opportunities and threats with every new release of an LLM into the market.A reservoir of water (Ideas and Startups)Needs the proper intake (Ecosystem Innovation Program)The right conduits (Ecosystem Innovation Program Webinars, Newsletters, Live Events)An aqueduct bridge (Trusted Advisors with C-Suite Relationshps)To connect to the city (The Large Players in the Market)This engineering approach is time-tested and has been applied multiple times in history:The Railroads of AmericaCreated the ability for interstate commerceThe Pipelines of AmericaCreated the ability for transportation of oil, natural gas, fuels, etc.The Highways of AmericaCreated the ability for interstate transportation of commerce at an unprecedented scaleEvery one of these systems is built upon The same principles as the Roman AqueductConnecting valuable resourcesTo an efficient transportation systemTo serve a large population

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“In systems thinking, increases in understanding are believed to be obtainable by expanding the systems to be understood, not by reducing them to their elements. Understanding proceeds from the whole to its parts, not from the parts to the whole as knowledge does.”--Russell AckoffAt the onset of an idea that generatesA repeatable set of steps to obtain engaged evaluators (buyers)You have laid the foundation of sales operationsThis operation is the lifeblood of the company andGenerates the capital necessary for the idea creator to investIn broader communication of their idea's valueThe foundation of marketing operationsWhen the business has closed enough customersThere needs to be an investment in customer serviceIn-house or outsourced, customers expect to the business to be responsiveThe foundation of revenue operations has been cementedThe data being generated from the activities ofSales, marketing, customer service, and invoice collectionsCreates the foundation of business operationsThe idea creator has expanded past themselvesScaling the company by hiring additional idea creatorsThis is the foundation of product development operationsThe scaling of all of these operations leads the business towardsEstablishing finance and risk management operationsPowered by its investment in IT operations and People operations (HR)Connecting these operations is a daunting challenge:Sales and Marketing uses CRM (Customer Relationship Management)Business Operations uses ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)Customer Service uses CSS (Customer Support Software)Finance uses FSS (Financial System Software)IT uses SDS (Service Desk Software)Product Development uses DevOps, Github, TFS (Team Foundation Server), Jira, Asana, Atlassian, and many more systemsBy the time we got comfortable enough with artificial intelligenceAfter 2 cold winters in the 70+ year history of the technologyWe have created so many technology and business systemsIntegrating an input-output system like generative AI into the spider web of technology systems and business processes that comprise mid-market and enterprise-level business operations requires more than a fundamental understanding of-Identifying the primary use cases-Selecting the development platform or framework-Mapping conversational paths and dialogue trees-Defining intent classification, entities, and slots-Incorporating branching logic, context management-Implementing intent recognition and entity extraction models-Developing conversation logic and flow control-Integrating with external data sources or APIs-Developing natural language generation techniques-Connecting the AI to desired communication channels-Designing the User Interface-Setting up logging and tracking mechanisms-Collecting and annotating training data-Training and fine-tuning the NLP models and dialog management systemBut before architecting the chatbot, determine which operations should AI integrate into 1st.

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