Clint Tuttle joined McCombs as an MIS Lecturer in Fall 2011. He’s a proud graduate of McCombs where he majored in MIS. After his BBA, Clint worked 9 years as a IT Consultant for Accenture, focusing on IT Project Management and delivering custom Oracle and SAP ERP implementations across the Retail, High Tech, and Healthcare industries. After his first semester teaching, he was awarded the Texas Exes Teaching Award, a student-nominated award. Clint was also awarded the 2015 Harkins Foundation Award For Effective Teaching. Clint teaches traditional and online versions of Intro to IT Management as well as the MIS capstone course, Business Systems Development. He holds a M.S. in MIS from the University of Arizona (Tuscon). Clint is happily married and in his spare time likes working out, playing with his two dogs, writing code, traveling overseas, playing music, and experiencing the fun Austin has to offer. He also continues to consult part-time for the Federal Government and in the summer works for a diabetic youth camp north of Dallas.

Talk Summary:
Do a Google search for “top skills for today’s job market” and you’ll see computer literacy at the top but not without also seeing Problem Solving and Communication Skills.  At the University of Texas we’re seeing tons of MIS majors take extra CS classes while many CS majors taking business classes.  The growing demand for a portfolio of skills and experience rather than one deep skill is becoming more obvious each day.  For example, many industry companies are beginning to consolidate IT offices and bring the IT skills back in-house rather than outsource everything.  This requires employees to possess a diverse set of technical and soft skills.  With the growing popularity of user-centric design in IT, data analytics, and even smart machines, we’re going to see that people that have a mix of technical and interpersonal skills can make a great impact and this is want many companies need.  Careful not to have tunnel-vision in your personal development plan.  Soft skills without technical will only take you so far and the same could be said for technical skills with no soft skills.