Rohith Perumalla | 12/29/2016 Download Post
Rohith Perumalla's research interview with the Chief Technology Officer of Cinemark.
11/21/16
I had the pleasure of interviewing the Chief Technology Officer of Cinemark, Mr. Doug Fay. Mr. Fay has experience with software development as well as databases and networking. At Cinemark, a multi-billion dollar company, Mr. Fay manages the entire IT department and leads them to provide the company’s technical solutions. During our interview we discussed the technology used at Cinemark and what his team handles.
We began the interview by discussing Mr. Fay’s tasks as the Chief Technology Officer at Cinemark. Mr. Fay leads a team of 42 (at time of interview) IT professionals who work together with their own unique skillsets to fulfill the company's software needs. Some of the things that he and the technology teams are responsible for include the Cinemark Theatres mobile application, Point of Sale systems at the registers at the various theatre locations, as well as the different types of networking around facilities. We also discussed some of the technical security procedures implemented at Cinemark.
As well as answering my questions about Cinemark’s technology Mr. Fay also gave me some insight on the where the world of technology is headed. Mr. Fay mentioned the growth of Internet of Things, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Machine Learning, and Artificial Intelligences. Another thing that Mr. Fay touched upon was the growth of data analytics. He stressed on how there was a bigger and growing need for data scientists who could analyze, and interpret data from varying metrics. Throughout the interview Mr. Fay also recommended that I learn C# and work with Xamarin to gain more experience with software development, he also recommended that I look into SQL and different cloud platforms like Azure, and Amazon Web Services Cloud platform to gain more experience with servers. Overall the interview was a great experience to learn more about corporate technology running in a multi-billion dollar company that has millions of customers annually, as well as getting some insight on where technology is headed.
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