1.0La Fossehttps://www.lafosse.comlafossehttps://www.lafosse.com/insights/author/lafosse/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="uB0NUQGOjo"><a href="https://www.lafosse.com/insights/women-in-dev-2-ctos-software-and-sherlock-holmes/">Women in Dev #2: CTOs, software, and Sherlock Holmes</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.lafosse.com/insights/women-in-dev-2-ctos-software-and-sherlock-holmes/embed/#?secret=uB0NUQGOjo" width="600" height="338" title="“Women in Dev #2: CTOs, software, and Sherlock Holmes” — La Fosse" data-secret="uB0NUQGOjo" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.lafosse.com/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://www.lafosse.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Women-in-Dev-CTOs.jpeg320341​Heather Payne is the Chief Technology Officer and VP of IT at Avon, an assignment hot off the heels of her transformation of DMG Media. Beginning her career as an engineer, she was convinced to go into IT during a graduate programme at Ford Motors – and she’s never looked back. After several years working