Anton Perez

Tag: banking

  • I do my best thinking after 10 pm

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    Always have. Ideas and epiphanies show up at night. The noise stops, the inbox stops, and I can actually think. The problem: I work for a bank. We start early. Nearly 30 years in US tech, I worked mostly on my own schedule. Startups, SRE, DevOps/platform teams — output mattered more than hours. It fit…

  • Governance Comes First — Even When the Vendor Is Your Friend

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    Every leader in a regulated environment eventually faces this. A vendor you trust — and genuinely enjoy working with — makes a mistake that impacts your systems, your customers, or your risk posture. The first instinct is to handle it quietly. Have a call. Align. Move forward. I’ve learned that instinct can be wrong. Trust…