Corporate Engineer: The New IT Admin The notion that IT is only important when stuff breaks is outdated. IT is now the gatekeeper and enabler of business solutions and productivity. Join Blair Sammons, Lead of Corporate Engineering at Weedmaps, for a deep dive into the core skills you need as the IT industry shifts and how to leverage these skills to uplevel your career.

1. The New IT Admin
Blair Sammons, Head of Corporate Engineering @ WeedMaps

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50. We are skilled, creative, and inclusive technology leaders on a new team at [Insert Your Company Name Here].
The Corporate Engineering team serves a variety of enterprise-wide technology functions that make our users more
productive, streamline business operations, support corporate technology infrastructure, and align our many
distributed technology investments.
Corporate Engineering leads three primary functions:
● Systems and Services. We provide and support robust and scalable systems, platforms, and SaaS offerings
for our global user base.
● Custom Solutions. We create new tools for our users, so they are productive and efficient.
● Business Engagement. We liaise effectively across the business and distributed technology teams to
understand and align on technology needs and directions.
To succeed on this team, you’ll need to be experienced, love technology, understand how business needs can be
addressed through IT, and enjoy proactively building relationships with colleagues across the business. You’ll be
passionate about being a part of a diverse and inclusive team and helping them do great things.
Corporate Engineering Manifesto

51. We are skilled, creative, and inclusive technology leaders on a new team at [Insert Your Company Name Here].
The Corporate Engineering team serves a variety of enterprise-wide technology functions that make our users more
productive, streamline business operations, support corporate technology infrastructure, and align our many distributed
technology investments.
Corporate Engineering leads three primary functions:
● Systems and Services. We provide and support robust and scalable systems, platforms, and SaaS offerings for
our global user base.
● Custom Solutions. We create new tools for our users, so they are productive and efficient.
● Business Engagement. We liaise effectively across the business and distributed technology teams to
understand and align on technology needs and directions.
To succeed on this team, you’ll need to be experienced, love technology, understand how business needs can be
addressed through IT, and enjoy proactively building relationships with colleagues across the business. You’ll be
passionate about being a part of a diverse and inclusive team and helping them do great things.

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69. We are skilled, creative, and inclusive technology leaders on a new team at [Insert Your Company Name Here].
The Corporate Engineering team serves a variety of enterprise-wide technology functions that make our users more
productive, streamline business operations, support corporate technology infrastructure, and align our many distributed
technology investments.
Corporate Engineering leads three primary functions:
● Systems and Services. We provide and support robust and scalable systems, platforms, and SaaS offerings for
our global user base.
● Custom Solutions. We create new tools for our users, so they are productive and efficient.
● Business Engagement. We liaise effectively across the business and distributed technology teams to
understand and align on technology needs and directions.
To succeed on this team, you’ll need to be experienced, love technology, understand how business needs can be
addressed through IT, and enjoy proactively building relationships with colleagues across the business. You’ll be
passionate about being a part of a diverse and inclusive team and helping them do great things.