Tech Exec // Victoria Aspden: Executive General Manager - Digital & Transformation at Ampcontrol

About this episode

Victoria Aspden discusses her unconventional career journey and management philosophies in this episode of NTP's Tech Exec podcast.

Victoria Aspden, Executive General Manager - Digital & Transformation at Ampcontrol has had an unconventional career journey. Initially choosing technology for its earning potential, she managed to work her way through the field when recruiters valued her relationship-building skills over pure technical credentials. This pattern of people taking chances on her became a defining theme throughout her career. In this episode of NTP’s Tech Exec podcast series, Victoria sits down with James MacDonald to discuss her diverse career and her core management frameworks, including ‘problem before solution’, ‘people, process, tech, data’ and their interconnectedness, and the ‘cone of uncertainty’. Victoria advocates for hiring people smarter than yourself and creating environments where vulnerability and honest communication are valued over technical expertise alone. Tune in to hear Victoria’s advice for leaning into your weird, and how challenging traditional gender roles in her family has allowed her career success.

People in this episode

Host: James MacDonald

Guest: Victoria Aspden

Topics covered

• career journey
• management frameworks
• gender roles
• technology
• relationship-building
• vulnerability in leadership

Keywords

• career
• management
• technology
• leadership
• gender roles
• communication
• Ampcontrol

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ampcontrol

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