Intern to CIO, Growing Adaptivity, Learnings in the QAD Space - With Scott Nigh

QAD Customer Podcast is back! In this episode we talk to Scott Nigh about his experience moving from Intern to CIO,  experiencing multiple acquisitions, growing Adaptivity, and his thoughts on the QAD space. Scott started as an intern at A.O. Smith, Scotts division was acquired by Tower in 1997 and worked his way up at Tower to become the CIO in 2017. He then moved over to Adaptivity in March 2021, where he has been since. We hope you enjoy listening to this episode of QCP, leave us a comment on any of our LinkedIn pages and tell us what you thought of this episode of the QAD Customer Podcast. Make sure you subscribe to be the first to know when we release the next episode of QCP.

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0:45 intro to Scott

1:45 When did Scott get started at QAD

3:50 Journey through the ranks at Tower to CIO

7:45 Words of advice for moving into senior management 

12:08 The beginning of Adaptivity

13:00 Big difference between corporate and being a QAD partner

17:00 Scott’s thoughts on the changes in the QAD space

20:00 Asking the right questions to get the right answers

25:00 Adaptivity Assist, Adaptivity CXO, Focusing on QAD

27:30 Adaptivity - The Newest Oldest Kids on the Block