Episode 33

Humanity and Purpose: Sharing your Gifts with the World

Published on: 20th May, 2025

In this episode of The Smart IT podcast, I welcomed Victor L. Malloy to the show. We discussed the evolving role of IT professionals, the importance of purpose, and navigating a successful career in technology. We explored the generational shift between “digital immigrants” who grew up with early computing (like punch cards and DOS) and “digital natives” born into today’s AI-driven world. He emphasized the importance of bridging that gap through mentorship, experience sharing, and a shared commitment to learning.

Vic offered practical guidance for young IT professionals, encouraging them to go beyond technical certifications and develop real-world skills, business literacy, and human-centered capabilities like communication and leadership. He warned against becoming a “paper tiger”—someone with credentials but no practical application—and urged newcomers to embrace frustration as a natural part of growth.

IT isn’t just about solving technical issues; it's about understanding the business, aligning technology with strategic goals, and creating real value.

A key highlight of the episode is the PIVOT framework: Pause, Imagination, Vision, Organized Plan, and Take Charge. This personal growth model encourages intentionality, clarity, and action in both career and life. Vic also challenged listeners to reflect on five life-defining questions from Dr. Myles Munroe: Why am I here? Who am I? Where am I from? Where am I going? What can I do? These questions form the foundation of finding purpose and meaning, especially in fast-moving, high-pressure IT environments.

Vic closed with a powerful reminder that your gift is unique—and it’s your responsibility to develop and share it, not take it to the grave. With CHOOSE LIFE (Love, Integrity, Family, Education), he tied technical growth to deeper personal values.

Vic brought a blend of hard-earned wisdom, career advice, and life philosophy for anyone who wants to thrive in IT while staying true to themselves.

💬 “Frustration is the weight that builds your technical muscle. Embrace it.”

— Vic Malloy


Link to this episode: https://youtu.be/tTwuipZT-rk


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The Smart IT Podcast
Where IT explores what's next...
The Smart IT Podcast, where IT professionals can assemble and hear from each other, industry leaders, thought leaders, and those in adjacent fields to collaborate and learn from each other and explore what’s next for IT.

The Smart IT Podcast explores what’s next for IT as it continues to find ways to get the important things done for our organizations.
Preparing for the next decade, we need to think differently about how we approach our work to continue to thrive into the future.

Smart IT is an approach, conceptual framework, and development model to getting the important things done by transforming the way traditional IT thinks, works, and leads. It supports the disruption of the status quo, simplifies the complex, reduces uncertainty, and improves risk mitigation.

There has never been more pressure to deliver for our organizations; but I know IT is up to the challenge.

That will require IT to lead by working smarter. Let’s do it together.

About your host

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William Reed

I am an advisor of technology for business use, have seen the possibilities, the challenges, the constraints, and the risks. I have seen firsthand the technical debt, silos, broken communication, despair of IT, and business frustrations. And, I have seen the possibilities, the hopes, and the opportunities while working in the trenches of IT.

As someone that has analyzed, designed, built, and supported technology infrastructure for many businesses over the years, and followed the technology trends and cyber threats, I see the opportunities for our organizations and for the professionals of IT as a fulfilling and thriving career.

I believe we have been blessed with great opportunities to continue to improve ourselves and organizations. If it’s possible, there is no reason enterprise IT cannot reach new heights and help our businesses thrive in age of disruption, complexity, and risk.

I have a passion is bringing a fresh perspective to the challenges in front of IT and help inspire a team to tackle and win. And to help individuals and organizations make better decisions to improve outcomes and experiences.

I advise on matters of technology use for organizational benefits. He has over 20 years’ experience in the Information Technology field. He has worked for multiple technology value added resellers, representing the major vendors and technologies in the industry. He has consulted across the major industries, including banking, health care, retail, oil & gas, education, government, finance, and legal.