https://simplecast.com CIO Classified Candid conversations with leading CIOs. 2020 Caspian Studios en Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:58:32 +0000 Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:58:42 +0000 https://ciopod.com CIO Classified https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/0fbf8762-6bec-40e1-a613-43c587e19540/b6ef5f10-f5eb-449b-a937-93dcfa80ba92/3000x3000/cio-classified-proposed.jpg?aid=rss_feed https://ciopod.com episodic Candid conversations with leading CIOs. Caspian Studios false https://feeds.simplecast.com/v0zodk2g box, cdo, cio chat, chief digital officer, chief information officer, cio podcast, chief technology officer, cio, cio roundtable, cio show, ciso, cto, digital transformation, information technology, it, okta, remote work, security, slack, tech, tech podcast, technology, zoom Caspian Studios fbfb0871-a654-4a3e-ac16-ff4c37f5a7f8 Leading IT Across Vertical Businesses with Ellora Sengupta of EverCommerce When Ellora Sengupta joined EverCommerce as CIO, she inherited the IT of over 50 acquisitions — multiple operating models, fragmented tech stacks, and business units that had zero reason to trust a central IT function. 

Most CIOs would have reached for a consolidation roadmap. Ellora reached for something better: earning the right to be plugged into, instead of just mandating it. In this episode, Ellora tells Yousuf how she's drawn the line between what actually needs to be standardized and what should be left alone so acquired businesses keep their edge. 

Key Moments:
[00:01:00] What Is EverCommerce — and What Makes 50+ Acquisitions So Unusual
[00:03:00] The CIO's Real Job: Standardize Some Things, Protect Others
[00:04:30] What Multi-Acquisition IT Looks Like vs. Organic Growth
[00:05:00] How Ellora Built Trust with Business Units That Didn't Ask for IT
[00:07:30] High-Growth SaaS DNA: Customer Obsession, Speed with Discipline, and AI
[00:09:30] Why AI Doesn't Get Its Own Budget at EverCommerce
[00:11:00] The Personal Story: Starting Over as an Immigrant with Zero Network
[00:15:30] How Her Leadership Philosophy Evolved — and the Family Myth She Unlearned
[00:17:30] Running the SVASE CIO Educational Fund and Giving Back
[00:21:00] The Skills That Actually Matter for Future IT Leaders
[00:22:00] Lightning Round

About Ellora: 
Ellora Sengupta is the CIO of EverCommerce, where she oversees enterprise applications, data and analytics, security, corporate IT, infrastructure, and enterprise PMO across a portfolio built through 50+ acquisitions. She brings a "General Manager" mindset to IT leadership, having scaled technology functions at high-growth pre-IPO companies and $50B+ enterprises alike — including stints at Procore, Samsara, Cisco, and Workday. Ellora was named Bay Area CIO of the Year in the 2022 ORBIE Awards (Large Corporate category). She currently serves as president of the SVASE CIO Educational Fund, raising scholarships and providing mentorship for underprivileged students pursuing careers in technology.

Guest Highlights:
"My success is not how fast can I standardize or make things consistent. My success is — are those vertical businesses ready to plug into the shared services that my team is creating because it makes them better."

"Your team is not your family. In a family, it's unconditional. But in a team you need everybody to perform. It doesn't help anyone if you are carrying along a non-performer — the rest of the team has to carry that slack."

"I don't have a separate budget for AI. I have a budget and I need to make sure that my tools are AI enabled."

- Visit ciopod.com for more episodes. Check out our new YouTube channel and subscribe to never miss an episode.

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With a complete contextual understanding of your codebase, Blitzy is ready to be deployed at the beginning of every sprint. Blitzy handles the heavy lifting, delivering over 80% of the work autonomously. The platform plans, builds, and validates premium-quality code at the speed of compute, turning months of engineering into a matter of days.

It’s the secret weapon for Fortune 500 companies globally. To hear how engineering leaders are transforming the way they deliver software, visit blitzy.com. Schedule a meeting with their consultants to enable an AI-Native SDLC in your organization today.


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]]> Thu, 19 Mar 2026 13:58:32 +0000 Caspian Studios https://ciopod.com When Ellora Sengupta joined EverCommerce as CIO, she inherited the IT of over 50 acquisitions — multiple operating models, fragmented tech stacks, and business units that had zero reason to trust a central IT function. 

Most CIOs would have reached for a consolidation roadmap. Ellora reached for something better: earning the right to be plugged into, instead of just mandating it. In this episode, Ellora tells Yousuf how she's drawn the line between what actually needs to be standardized and what should be left alone so acquired businesses keep their edge. 

Key Moments:
[00:01:00] What Is EverCommerce — and What Makes 50+ Acquisitions So Unusual
[00:03:00] The CIO's Real Job: Standardize Some Things, Protect Others
[00:04:30] What Multi-Acquisition IT Looks Like vs. Organic Growth
[00:05:00] How Ellora Built Trust with Business Units That Didn't Ask for IT
[00:07:30] High-Growth SaaS DNA: Customer Obsession, Speed with Discipline, and AI
[00:09:30] Why AI Doesn't Get Its Own Budget at EverCommerce
[00:11:00] The Personal Story: Starting Over as an Immigrant with Zero Network
[00:15:30] How Her Leadership Philosophy Evolved — and the Family Myth She Unlearned
[00:17:30] Running the SVASE CIO Educational Fund and Giving Back
[00:21:00] The Skills That Actually Matter for Future IT Leaders
[00:22:00] Lightning Round

About Ellora: 
Ellora Sengupta is the CIO of EverCommerce, where she oversees enterprise applications, data and analytics, security, corporate IT, infrastructure, and enterprise PMO across a portfolio built through 50+ acquisitions. She brings a "General Manager" mindset to IT leadership, having scaled technology functions at high-growth pre-IPO companies and $50B+ enterprises alike — including stints at Procore, Samsara, Cisco, and Workday. Ellora was named Bay Area CIO of the Year in the 2022 ORBIE Awards (Large Corporate category). She currently serves as president of the SVASE CIO Educational Fund, raising scholarships and providing mentorship for underprivileged students pursuing careers in technology.

Guest Highlights:
"My success is not how fast can I standardize or make things consistent. My success is — are those vertical businesses ready to plug into the shared services that my team is creating because it makes them better."

"Your team is not your family. In a family, it's unconditional. But in a team you need everybody to perform. It doesn't help anyone if you are carrying along a non-performer — the rest of the team has to carry that slack."

"I don't have a separate budget for AI. I have a budget and I need to make sure that my tools are AI enabled."

- Visit ciopod.com for more episodes. Check out our new YouTube channel and subscribe to never miss an episode.

Our Sponsor: 
Want to accelerate software development by 500%? Meet Blitzy, the only autonomous code generation platform with infinite code context, purpose-built for large, complex enterprise-scale codebases.

While other AI coding tools provide snippets of code and struggle with context, Blitzy ingests millions of lines of code and orchestrates thousands of agents that reason for hours to map every line-level dependency.

With a complete contextual understanding of your codebase, Blitzy is ready to be deployed at the beginning of every sprint. Blitzy handles the heavy lifting, delivering over 80% of the work autonomously. The platform plans, builds, and validates premium-quality code at the speed of compute, turning months of engineering into a matter of days.

It’s the secret weapon for Fortune 500 companies globally. To hear how engineering leaders are transforming the way they deliver software, visit blitzy.com. Schedule a meeting with their consultants to enable an AI-Native SDLC in your organization today.


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]]> Leading IT Across Vertical Businesses with Ellora Sengupta of EverCommerce Caspian Studios 00:26:38 EverCommerce acquired 50+ companies in five years — and Ellora Sengupta was handed the job of making it all work together without killing what made each business successful. EverCommerce acquired 50+ companies in five years — and Ellora Sengupta was handed the job of making it all work together without killing what made each business successful. false full 68 511cead4-2f59-47a3-b441-2884c2c156ea From Technical Debt to 4x Engineering Velocity with Gayatri Narayan of Builders FirstSource Two words that make most engineers shudder: code refactoring. Now raise the stakes — refactoring decades of legacy systems inside a large enterprise.

A tech debt-heavy project of this scale needs a leader who has driven complex digital transformations, like Gayatri Narayan (formerly PepsiCo, Microsoft, Amazon). Now, as President of Technology at Builders FirstSource, Gayatri Narayan is achieving a 3–4x increase in engineering velocity since joining less than a year ago. 

Gayatri joins host Yousuf Khan to unpack the strategy behind those results, including how to deploy AI across the SDLC, how to rigorously evaluate ROI on AI investments, and how to lead change across complex enterprise tech stacks.

Key Moments:
01:30 – Why Construction Technology Is Ready for Transformation
04:05 – AI Strategy: Elevating UX and Customer Experience
08:20 – Evaluating AI Investments: ROI, NPV, and Operating Costs
12:45 – Achieving 3–4x Engineering Velocity
16:05 – Humans in the Loop: Craft, Code Review, and AI Amplification
18:35 – Where the Industry Gets AI Adoption Wrong
20:30 – Leadership Advice: Start with the Customer

About Gayatri: 
Gayatri Narayan is a general management executive with more than 15 years of experience leading product, engineering, data science, and operations across global enterprises, with full P&L responsibility and a track record of driving profitable growth through digital transformation. 

She currently serves as President of Technology at Builders FirstSource, where she leads enterprise technology strategy, modernizes legacy systems, and embeds AI into the software development lifecycle to accelerate innovation across the residential construction value chain. 

Previously, she served as Senior Vice President of Digital Products and Services at PepsiCo and held multiple general management roles at Microsoft, including leading Product and Engineering for Intelligent Communications across Teams and Skype as well as Enterprise PaaS and SaaS businesses; she also held leadership roles at Amazon spanning Marketplace Transportation and Logistics and several major retail categories.

Guest Highlights:
“We’ve seen a three to four times increase in engineering velocity — especially in refactoring legacy systems where historically there was very little knowledge of how the system actually worked.”

“With generative AI, companies that have existed for 20 or 30 years don’t have to get bogged down by legacy stacks. They can embrace emerging technologies without spending 18 to 24 months just refactoring.”

“It really comes down to efficiency of time. The developer’s surface area of impact expands dramatically — it’s not just about writing code anymore, it’s about delivering business value faster.”

Visit ciopod.com for more episodes. Check out our new YouTube channel and subscribe to never miss an episode.

Our Sponsor: 
Want to accelerate software development by 500%? Meet Blitzy, the only autonomous code generation platform with infinite code context, purpose-built for large, complex enterprise-scale codebases. 

While other AI coding tools provide snippets of code and struggle with context, Blitzy ingests millions of lines of code and orchestrates thousands of agents that reason for hours to map every line-level dependency. 

With a complete contextual understanding of your codebase, Blitzy is ready to be deployed at the beginning of every sprint. Blitzy handles the heavy lifting, delivering over 80% of the work autonomously. The platform plans, builds, and validates premium-quality code at the speed of compute, turning months of engineering into a matter of days. It’s the secret weapon for Fortune 500 companies globally. 

To hear how engineering leaders are transforming the way they deliver software, visit blitzy.com. Schedule a meeting with their consultants to enable an AI-Native SDLC in your organization today.


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]]> Thu, 26 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Caspian Studios https://ciopod.com Two words that make most engineers shudder: code refactoring. Now raise the stakes — refactoring decades of legacy systems inside a large enterprise.

A tech debt-heavy project of this scale needs a leader who has driven complex digital transformations, like Gayatri Narayan (formerly PepsiCo, Microsoft, Amazon). Now, as President of Technology at Builders FirstSource, Gayatri Narayan is achieving a 3–4x increase in engineering velocity since joining less than a year ago. 

Gayatri joins host Yousuf Khan to unpack the strategy behind those results, including how to deploy AI across the SDLC, how to rigorously evaluate ROI on AI investments, and how to lead change across complex enterprise tech stacks.

Key Moments:
01:30 – Why Construction Technology Is Ready for Transformation
04:05 – AI Strategy: Elevating UX and Customer Experience
08:20 – Evaluating AI Investments: ROI, NPV, and Operating Costs
12:45 – Achieving 3–4x Engineering Velocity
16:05 – Humans in the Loop: Craft, Code Review, and AI Amplification
18:35 – Where the Industry Gets AI Adoption Wrong
20:30 – Leadership Advice: Start with the Customer

About Gayatri: 
Gayatri Narayan is a general management executive with more than 15 years of experience leading product, engineering, data science, and operations across global enterprises, with full P&L responsibility and a track record of driving profitable growth through digital transformation. 

She currently serves as President of Technology at Builders FirstSource, where she leads enterprise technology strategy, modernizes legacy systems, and embeds AI into the software development lifecycle to accelerate innovation across the residential construction value chain. 

Previously, she served as Senior Vice President of Digital Products and Services at PepsiCo and held multiple general management roles at Microsoft, including leading Product and Engineering for Intelligent Communications across Teams and Skype as well as Enterprise PaaS and SaaS businesses; she also held leadership roles at Amazon spanning Marketplace Transportation and Logistics and several major retail categories.

Guest Highlights:
“We’ve seen a three to four times increase in engineering velocity — especially in refactoring legacy systems where historically there was very little knowledge of how the system actually worked.”

“With generative AI, companies that have existed for 20 or 30 years don’t have to get bogged down by legacy stacks. They can embrace emerging technologies without spending 18 to 24 months just refactoring.”

“It really comes down to efficiency of time. The developer’s surface area of impact expands dramatically — it’s not just about writing code anymore, it’s about delivering business value faster.”

Visit ciopod.com for more episodes. Check out our new YouTube channel and subscribe to never miss an episode.

Our Sponsor: 
Want to accelerate software development by 500%? Meet Blitzy, the only autonomous code generation platform with infinite code context, purpose-built for large, complex enterprise-scale codebases. 

While other AI coding tools provide snippets of code and struggle with context, Blitzy ingests millions of lines of code and orchestrates thousands of agents that reason for hours to map every line-level dependency. 

With a complete contextual understanding of your codebase, Blitzy is ready to be deployed at the beginning of every sprint. Blitzy handles the heavy lifting, delivering over 80% of the work autonomously. The platform plans, builds, and validates premium-quality code at the speed of compute, turning months of engineering into a matter of days. It’s the secret weapon for Fortune 500 companies globally. 

To hear how engineering leaders are transforming the way they deliver software, visit blitzy.com. Schedule a meeting with their consultants to enable an AI-Native SDLC in your organization today.


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]]> From Technical Debt to 4x Engineering Velocity with Gayatri Narayan of Builders FirstSource Caspian Studios 00:22:53 Gayatri Narayan, President of Technology at Builders FirstSource, shares how she is driving 3–4x engineering velocity and turning technical debt into a competitive advantage. Gayatri Narayan, President of Technology at Builders FirstSource, shares how she is driving 3–4x engineering velocity and turning technical debt into a competitive advantage. false full 67 7841f366-55a6-41e4-8687-1a20d0b41166 Scaling IT for Millions: How to Lead When Every Device Talks Back with Ravi Thadani of Enphase Energy On this episode of CIO Classified, host Yousuf Khan sits down with Ravi Thadani, Global Head of IT at Enphase Energy, a company powering over 5 million homes across 160 countries with clean, solar-driven energy. With 85 million microinverters producing 30 gigawatts of power, Ravi’s team is at the epicenter of a massive, real-time data operation—and every IT decision directly impacts the customer experience.

About Ravi: 
Ravi Thadani is a seasoned IT executive with extensive experience leading large-scale digital transformations across Fortune 500 companies. He has driven strategic initiatives across ERP, CRM, PLM, HCM, SCM, analytics, AI/ML, network architecture, cloud infrastructure, and M&A integration. With oversight of multi-$10M budgets and teams of over 300, Ravi has supported business units ranging from $2B to $70B in revenue.

Known for his strategic vision and execution, Ravi is recognized for fostering cross-functional alignment, driving agile transformation, and cultivating high-performing teams. His leadership approach is grounded in strong business partnerships, stakeholder governance, innovation, and a relentless focus on outcomes.

Timestamps:
01:50 – Enphase Energy's Global Operations
03:40 – Ravi's Role and Responsibilities
06:00 – Managing Customer Data and CRM
16:45 – Driving Change as a CIO
19:50 – The Role of Data in AI
20:55 – The Importance of Data Cleaning
21:20 – Effective Data Governance Strategies
23:45 – Architecting for Scalability
27:30 – Challenges in Hardware and Software Integration

Guest Highlights:
"AI isn’t replacing you—people using AI are. The adoption curve is about enabling people to do more, not just reducing headcount."

"The biggest failure point in IT projects? Treating them like IT projects. Every transformation has to be owned by the business."

"Your architecture should always assume 10x growth. Even if you’re not scaling today, you need a conscious plan for when you do."

Get Connected:

Hungry for more tech talk? Check out latest episodes at ciopod.com: 

Learn more about Caspian Studios: caspianstudios.com

Our Sponsor: 
Want to accelerate software development by 500%? Meet Blitzy, the only autonomous code generation platform with infinite code context, purpose-built for large, complex enterprise-scale codebases.

While other AI coding tools provide snippets of code and struggle with context, Blitzy ingests millions of lines of code and orchestrates thousands of agents that reason for hours to map every line-level dependency.

With a complete contextual understanding of your codebase, Blitzy is ready to be deployed at the beginning of every sprint. Blitzy handles the heavy lifting, delivering over 80% of the work autonomously. The platform plans, builds, and validates premium-quality code at the speed of compute, turning months of engineering into a matter of days.

It’s the secret weapon for Fortune 500 companies globally. To hear how engineering leaders are transforming the way they deliver software, visit blitzy.com. Schedule a meeting with their consultants to enable an AI-Native SDLC in your organization today.


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]]> Thu, 12 Feb 2026 10:00:00 +0000 Caspian Studios https://ciopod.com On this episode of CIO Classified, host Yousuf Khan sits down with Ravi Thadani, Global Head of IT at Enphase Energy, a company powering over 5 million homes across 160 countries with clean, solar-driven energy. With 85 million microinverters producing 30 gigawatts of power, Ravi’s team is at the epicenter of a massive, real-time data operation—and every IT decision directly impacts the customer experience.

About Ravi: 
Ravi Thadani is a seasoned IT executive with extensive experience leading large-scale digital transformations across Fortune 500 companies. He has driven strategic initiatives across ERP, CRM, PLM, HCM, SCM, analytics, AI/ML, network architecture, cloud infrastructure, and M&A integration. With oversight of multi-$10M budgets and teams of over 300, Ravi has supported business units ranging from $2B to $70B in revenue.

Known for his strategic vision and execution, Ravi is recognized for fostering cross-functional alignment, driving agile transformation, and cultivating high-performing teams. His leadership approach is grounded in strong business partnerships, stakeholder governance, innovation, and a relentless focus on outcomes.

Timestamps:
01:50 – Enphase Energy's Global Operations
03:40 – Ravi's Role and Responsibilities
06:00 – Managing Customer Data and CRM
16:45 – Driving Change as a CIO
19:50 – The Role of Data in AI
20:55 – The Importance of Data Cleaning
21:20 – Effective Data Governance Strategies
23:45 – Architecting for Scalability
27:30 – Challenges in Hardware and Software Integration

Guest Highlights:
"AI isn’t replacing you—people using AI are. The adoption curve is about enabling people to do more, not just reducing headcount."

"The biggest failure point in IT projects? Treating them like IT projects. Every transformation has to be owned by the business."

"Your architecture should always assume 10x growth. Even if you’re not scaling today, you need a conscious plan for when you do."

Get Connected:

Hungry for more tech talk? Check out latest episodes at ciopod.com: 

Learn more about Caspian Studios: caspianstudios.com

Our Sponsor: 
Want to accelerate software development by 500%? Meet Blitzy, the only autonomous code generation platform with infinite code context, purpose-built for large, complex enterprise-scale codebases.

While other AI coding tools provide snippets of code and struggle with context, Blitzy ingests millions of lines of code and orchestrates thousands of agents that reason for hours to map every line-level dependency.

With a complete contextual understanding of your codebase, Blitzy is ready to be deployed at the beginning of every sprint. Blitzy handles the heavy lifting, delivering over 80% of the work autonomously. The platform plans, builds, and validates premium-quality code at the speed of compute, turning months of engineering into a matter of days.

It’s the secret weapon for Fortune 500 companies globally. To hear how engineering leaders are transforming the way they deliver software, visit blitzy.com. Schedule a meeting with their consultants to enable an AI-Native SDLC in your organization today.


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]]> Scaling IT for Millions: How to Lead When Every Device Talks Back with Ravi Thadani of Enphase Energy Caspian Studios 00:39:29 What does it take to manage IT at the scale of 85 million connected devices? In this episode, Ravi Thadani shares how he's leading transformation at Enphase Energy—where technology decisions affect millions of global customers in real-time. What does it take to manage IT at the scale of 85 million connected devices? In this episode, Ravi Thadani shares how he's leading transformation at Enphase Energy—where technology decisions affect millions of global customers in real-time. false full 66 5939ec2b-7a6d-4858-a4d9-0635b3f6bcb5 AI-Augmented SDLC with Jason Adams of State Street Alpha & Charles River Development; Accelerating Software Development at Enterprise Scale When you’re managing $60 trillion in assets across dozens of products and 30 global jurisdictions, technical debt isn’t just an inconvenience—it’s an existential risk.

Jason Adams, Interim CTO of Charles River, a State Street Company, leads 800 engineers building mission-critical trading platforms for the world’s largest asset managers. Joined by Sid Pardeshi, Co-Founder and CTO of Blitzy, he explains how State Street is using an AI-augmented SDLC to modernize decades-old systems, refactor legacy code, and dramatically increase developer productivity—without compromising the rigor required in financial services.

Jason frames the strategy around three pillars: 

  • AI for engineering (copilots and polyglot support),
  • AI for operations (APM, observability, and proactive monitoring), and
  • AI embedded in products (LLM-powered explainers).

Using Blitzy’s agentic approach—iterative context building, dependency mapping, and targeted code generation—State Street compressed months of work into weeks while maintaining strict quality gates.

About the Guests:
Jason Adams
Jason Adams is the Interim CTO of Charles River, a State Street Company. He brings deep expertise in modernizing legacy fintech infrastructure into scalable, cloud-native systems that support mission-critical financial services at global scale.

Previously, Jason was Head of Platform Product and Strategy at Charles River Development and CTO of Mercatus (acquired by State Street and now part of Charles River for Private Markets). He has led high-impact initiatives across engineering, product, and cloud infrastructure, with extensive experience guiding end-to-end delivery teams.

Today, Jason is driving a comprehensive SaaS transformation at CRD, focused on building resilient, future-ready architectures. From scaling global engineering organizations to delivering secure, high-performance platforms, he is committed to advancing innovation, agility, and long-term growth across Charles River, State Street Alpha, and State Street.

Sid Pardeshi
Sid Pardeshi is a technology leader and entrepreneur, currently Co-Founder and CTO of Blitzy. He holds a Harvard MS/MBA and previously served as a Software Architect at NVIDIA, where he built deep expertise at the intersection of AI, large-scale software systems, and product innovation.

At NVIDIA, Sid was recognized as a Master Inventor, earning the Inventor’s Jacket for driving AI-powered product innovation, with more than 25 U.S. patents filed across gaming, augmented reality, and virtual reality. He is also a seasoned software engineer with a strong track record in application performance optimization, delivering native client load-time improvements of up to 90%.

Beyond hands-on engineering, Sid has led and coordinated software design, framework requirements, and application architecture across global teams of 500+ engineers. Today, he applies this blend of innovation, technical depth, and organizational leadership to building autonomous software development platforms that help enterprises modernize at scale.

Timestamps:
00:30 – Jason on Managing $60 Trillion in Assets
01:55 – Challenges and Strategies in Financial Services
07:00 – Embracing AI for Modernization
09:10 – AI in Software Development Lifecycle
15:55 – Ensuring Quality and Compliance with AI
23:55 – AI in Operations and Incident Response
26:00 – Proactive Workflow Monitoring
26:20 – AI in SDLC: Creation to Operations
30:00 – Challenges in AI Recommendations
33:20 – Iterative Context Building with AI
36:00 – Human Side of AI Transformation
42:30 – Adopting AI Tools in Financial Services

Guest Highlights:
"One of the things that excites me the most right now is the ability to use an AI-augmented SDLC to drive modernization. Otherwise, with this many systems, it's too hard." — Jason 

"You have to invest in the non-attractive parts first. You have to build a foundation that's gonna support being able to bring on solutions and tools that could change your overall enterprise SDLC. That's a lot of work and that's a major investment." — Jason 

"We are unlocking by adding these additional capabilities and additional assurance that improves quality exponentially more than we could have in the past. Now I can have an agent swarm check itself—multiple agents doing code review at a level of depth we just don't have time to get to." — Jason

Get Connected:

Hungry for more tech talk? Check out latest episodes at ciopod.com: 

Learn more about Caspian Studios: caspianstudios.com


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]]> Tue, 6 Jan 2026 05:00:00 +0000 Caspian Studios https://ciopod.com When you’re managing $60 trillion in assets across dozens of products and 30 global jurisdictions, technical debt isn’t just an inconvenience—it’s an existential risk.

Jason Adams, Interim CTO of Charles River, a State Street Company, leads 800 engineers building mission-critical trading platforms for the world’s largest asset managers. Joined by Sid Pardeshi, Co-Founder and CTO of Blitzy, he explains how State Street is using an AI-augmented SDLC to modernize decades-old systems, refactor legacy code, and dramatically increase developer productivity—without compromising the rigor required in financial services.

Jason frames the strategy around three pillars: 

  • AI for engineering (copilots and polyglot support),
  • AI for operations (APM, observability, and proactive monitoring), and
  • AI embedded in products (LLM-powered explainers).

Using Blitzy’s agentic approach—iterative context building, dependency mapping, and targeted code generation—State Street compressed months of work into weeks while maintaining strict quality gates.

About the Guests:
Jason Adams
Jason Adams is the Interim CTO of Charles River, a State Street Company. He brings deep expertise in modernizing legacy fintech infrastructure into scalable, cloud-native systems that support mission-critical financial services at global scale.

Previously, Jason was Head of Platform Product and Strategy at Charles River Development and CTO of Mercatus (acquired by State Street and now part of Charles River for Private Markets). He has led high-impact initiatives across engineering, product, and cloud infrastructure, with extensive experience guiding end-to-end delivery teams.

Today, Jason is driving a comprehensive SaaS transformation at CRD, focused on building resilient, future-ready architectures. From scaling global engineering organizations to delivering secure, high-performance platforms, he is committed to advancing innovation, agility, and long-term growth across Charles River, State Street Alpha, and State Street.

Sid Pardeshi
Sid Pardeshi is a technology leader and entrepreneur, currently Co-Founder and CTO of Blitzy. He holds a Harvard MS/MBA and previously served as a Software Architect at NVIDIA, where he built deep expertise at the intersection of AI, large-scale software systems, and product innovation.

At NVIDIA, Sid was recognized as a Master Inventor, earning the Inventor’s Jacket for driving AI-powered product innovation, with more than 25 U.S. patents filed across gaming, augmented reality, and virtual reality. He is also a seasoned software engineer with a strong track record in application performance optimization, delivering native client load-time improvements of up to 90%.

Beyond hands-on engineering, Sid has led and coordinated software design, framework requirements, and application architecture across global teams of 500+ engineers. Today, he applies this blend of innovation, technical depth, and organizational leadership to building autonomous software development platforms that help enterprises modernize at scale.

Timestamps:
00:30 – Jason on Managing $60 Trillion in Assets
01:55 – Challenges and Strategies in Financial Services
07:00 – Embracing AI for Modernization
09:10 – AI in Software Development Lifecycle
15:55 – Ensuring Quality and Compliance with AI
23:55 – AI in Operations and Incident Response
26:00 – Proactive Workflow Monitoring
26:20 – AI in SDLC: Creation to Operations
30:00 – Challenges in AI Recommendations
33:20 – Iterative Context Building with AI
36:00 – Human Side of AI Transformation
42:30 – Adopting AI Tools in Financial Services

Guest Highlights:
"One of the things that excites me the most right now is the ability to use an AI-augmented SDLC to drive modernization. Otherwise, with this many systems, it's too hard." — Jason 

"You have to invest in the non-attractive parts first. You have to build a foundation that's gonna support being able to bring on solutions and tools that could change your overall enterprise SDLC. That's a lot of work and that's a major investment." — Jason 

"We are unlocking by adding these additional capabilities and additional assurance that improves quality exponentially more than we could have in the past. Now I can have an agent swarm check itself—multiple agents doing code review at a level of depth we just don't have time to get to." — Jason

Get Connected:

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]]> AI-Augmented SDLC with Jason Adams of State Street Alpha & Charles River Development; Accelerating Software Development at Enterprise Scale Caspian Studios 00:52:23 Jason Adams, Interim CTO of Charles River, a State Street Company, and Sid Pardeshi, Co-Founder and CTO of Blitzy, discuss how State Street's 800-engineer organization uses AI-augmented SDLC to modernize a 30-million-line codebase managing $60 trillion in assets. Jason Adams, Interim CTO of Charles River, a State Street Company, and Sid Pardeshi, Co-Founder and CTO of Blitzy, discuss how State Street's 800-engineer organization uses AI-augmented SDLC to modernize a 30-million-line codebase managing $60 trillion in assets. false full 65 51d1a79e-8cd3-4bbc-a8b0-36e2260bc563 How Autonomous AI is Solving the Enterprise Modernization Challenge with Brian Elliot of Blitzy Most enterprises have roadmaps stretching 3-5 years out. What if you could compress that to 1-2 years? 

Brian Elliot is the Co-Founder and CEO of Blitzy, an enterprise-focused autonomous software development platform tackling one of technology's toughest problems: how do you modernize 20-100 million lines of legacy code when the developers who wrote it retired 15 years ago?

In this episode, Brian explores:

  • Why orchestrated AI agents can handle 80% of transformation work autonomously (and why humans still matter for the other 20%)
  • The realities of enterprise buying cycles and why embedded on-site teams accelerate change management
  • Why documentation and test coverage are the unsexy first steps that make everything else possible

About the Guest: 
Brian Elliott is CEO and Co-founder of Blitzy. A serial entrepreneur, former Infantry Officer with the 1st Ranger Battalion, and West Point graduate in Systems Engineering with a Harvard MBA, Brian brings a unique blend of military precision, engineering expertise, and entrepreneurial vision to transforming enterprise software development.

As CEO, Brian leads Blitzy's mission to empower systematic AI adoption across enterprises, transforming traditional development lifecycles into AI-native workflows. Under his leadership, Blitzy has developed an agentic platform where thousands of specialized AI Agents cooperate at inference to autonomously deliver enterprise-scale code that is tested, validated, and compiled.

Focused on operational deployment at scale, Brian architected the company's proven Agentic SDLC Accelerator—a structured methodology that systematically guides engineering organizations from technical validation to full-scale enterprise adoption. This framework unlocks autonomous capabilities across the complete software development lifecycle.

Timestamps:
01:25 – Understanding Blitzy's AI Capabilities
03:25 – Challenges and Solutions in Enterprise Software
06:00 – The Genesis of Blitzy
07:30 – Insights from Nvidia and AI Development
11:00 – Implementing AI in Enterprise Systems
18:00 – Change Management and Customer Collaboration
20:30 – Understanding Enterprise Security Needs
25:10 – Improving Code Quality and Test Coverage
28:15 – Blitzy's Mission and Market Direction
30:10 – Challenges and Opportunities in Enterprise Software

Guest Highlight:
"Code is beautiful in that it's verifiable. We're following enterprise best practices—everything goes to a dev branch where a human can look at it, review it, go through a typical QA process. The first thing we're gonna do is document their code so they know what's going on, then add test cases, then develop software at scale that's highly verifiable."

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Enterprise Engineering leaders start every development sprint with the Blitzy platform, bringing in their development requirements. The Blitzy platform provides a plan, then generates and pre-compiles code for each task. Blitzy delivers 80%+ of the development work autonomously, while providing a guide for the final 20% of human development work required to complete the sprint.

Public companies are achieving a 5x engineering velocity increase when incorporating Blitzy as their Pre-IDE development tool, pairing it with their coding co-pilot of choice to bring an AI-Native SDLC into their org.

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]]> Tue, 16 Dec 2025 10:00:00 +0000 Caspian Studios https://ciopod.com Most enterprises have roadmaps stretching 3-5 years out. What if you could compress that to 1-2 years? 

Brian Elliot is the Co-Founder and CEO of Blitzy, an enterprise-focused autonomous software development platform tackling one of technology's toughest problems: how do you modernize 20-100 million lines of legacy code when the developers who wrote it retired 15 years ago?

In this episode, Brian explores:

  • Why orchestrated AI agents can handle 80% of transformation work autonomously (and why humans still matter for the other 20%)
  • The realities of enterprise buying cycles and why embedded on-site teams accelerate change management
  • Why documentation and test coverage are the unsexy first steps that make everything else possible

About the Guest: 
Brian Elliott is CEO and Co-founder of Blitzy. A serial entrepreneur, former Infantry Officer with the 1st Ranger Battalion, and West Point graduate in Systems Engineering with a Harvard MBA, Brian brings a unique blend of military precision, engineering expertise, and entrepreneurial vision to transforming enterprise software development.

As CEO, Brian leads Blitzy's mission to empower systematic AI adoption across enterprises, transforming traditional development lifecycles into AI-native workflows. Under his leadership, Blitzy has developed an agentic platform where thousands of specialized AI Agents cooperate at inference to autonomously deliver enterprise-scale code that is tested, validated, and compiled.

Focused on operational deployment at scale, Brian architected the company's proven Agentic SDLC Accelerator—a structured methodology that systematically guides engineering organizations from technical validation to full-scale enterprise adoption. This framework unlocks autonomous capabilities across the complete software development lifecycle.

Timestamps:
01:25 – Understanding Blitzy's AI Capabilities
03:25 – Challenges and Solutions in Enterprise Software
06:00 – The Genesis of Blitzy
07:30 – Insights from Nvidia and AI Development
11:00 – Implementing AI in Enterprise Systems
18:00 – Change Management and Customer Collaboration
20:30 – Understanding Enterprise Security Needs
25:10 – Improving Code Quality and Test Coverage
28:15 – Blitzy's Mission and Market Direction
30:10 – Challenges and Opportunities in Enterprise Software

Guest Highlight:
"Code is beautiful in that it's verifiable. We're following enterprise best practices—everything goes to a dev branch where a human can look at it, review it, go through a typical QA process. The first thing we're gonna do is document their code so they know what's going on, then add test cases, then develop software at scale that's highly verifiable."

Get Connected:

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Our Sponsor: 
This episode is brought to you by Blitzy, the Enterprise Autonomous Software Development Platform with Infinite Code Context. Blitzy uses thousands of specialized AI agents that think for hours to understand enterprise scale codebases with millions of lines of code.

Enterprise Engineering leaders start every development sprint with the Blitzy platform, bringing in their development requirements. The Blitzy platform provides a plan, then generates and pre-compiles code for each task. Blitzy delivers 80%+ of the development work autonomously, while providing a guide for the final 20% of human development work required to complete the sprint.

Public companies are achieving a 5x engineering velocity increase when incorporating Blitzy as their Pre-IDE development tool, pairing it with their coding co-pilot of choice to bring an AI-Native SDLC into their org.

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]]> How Autonomous AI is Solving the Enterprise Modernization Challenge with Brian Elliot of Blitzy Caspian Studios 00:39:34 Brian Elliot, Co-Founder and CEO of Blitzy, reveals how autonomous software development is compressing years-long modernization projects into months and helping enterprises finally tackle legacy system transformation. Brian Elliot, Co-Founder and CEO of Blitzy, reveals how autonomous software development is compressing years-long modernization projects into months and helping enterprises finally tackle legacy system transformation. false full 64 a93a90f3-94e4-44e5-af9e-11c6858fb030 How AI is Expanding the CIO Role with Chetna Mahajan of Webflow In this episode, Chetna explains how new automation strategies are evolving not only productivity, but the role of the CIO. Chetna emphasizes the importance of data quality and security when scaling a fast-growing company, as well as transparency and partnership in vendor relationships. 

About the Guest: 
Chetna is an award winning CIO, board member, and VC advisor with over 25 years of experience working in the Fortune 100 and serving as a 3X CIO for hyper-growth SaaS businesses. Chetna currently serves as CIO of Webflow, a hyper-growth Website Experience Platform SaaS company. Previously, she served as CDIO at Amplitude and ZoomInfo.

Chetna is an advisor to prominent VC firms including Sequoia Capital, Accel, Ridge Ventures, and Mayfield and serves on the Customer Advisory Board (CAB) at Veza and, Productiv and was formerly at Snowflake and Google Cloud Platform CAB. She served on the Tech Committee with Carlyle and Thoma Bravo, and on the Advisory Board of Ninja Focus and Women & AI.

She was a finalist and nominee for the Bay Area ORBIE, CIO award, a finalist for “2019 Markie’s Cultivator Award for Best Lead Management Program,” a recipient of the Delta Dental Women in Business Stevie Award of Excellence in Healthcare Transformation, and a Boeing Spirit of Excellence Award recipient. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, hiking, and skiing and has a passion for exploring different cultures.

Timestamps:
01:41 - About Chetna
04:53 - Automation as a starting point
07:16 - Employee productivity and the CIO
11:25 - Discovering new AI tools
13:44 - Evolving revenue systems
22:47 - How will the CIO role evolve?
28:37 - Lightning round

Guest Highlight:
“ AI has really taken productivity at a whole different level now. It has really helped us drive the pace in productivity we couldn't have fathomed before the event of the content generation. It's not just content generation anymore. It's way beyond that. The velocity at which we are innovating on the product is huge.”

Get Connected:

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Our Sponsor:
This episode was brought to you by Blitzy, the Enterprise Autonomous Software Development Platform with Infinite Code Context.

Blitzy uses thousands of specialized AI agents that think for hours to understand enterprise scale codebases with millions of lines of code. Enterprise Engineering leaders start every development sprint with the Blitzy platform, bringing in their development requirements. The Blitzy platform provides a plan, then generates and pre-compiles code for each task. Blitzy delivers 80%+ of the development work autonomously, while providing a guide for the final 20% of human development work required to complete the sprint.

Public companies are achieving a 5x engineering velocity increase when incorporating Blitzy as their Pre-IDE development tool, pairing it with their coding co-pilot of choice to bring an AI-Native SDLC into their org.

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]]> Thu, 6 Nov 2025 19:20:39 +0000 Caspian Studios https://ciopod.com In this episode, Chetna explains how new automation strategies are evolving not only productivity, but the role of the CIO. Chetna emphasizes the importance of data quality and security when scaling a fast-growing company, as well as transparency and partnership in vendor relationships. 

About the Guest: 
Chetna is an award winning CIO, board member, and VC advisor with over 25 years of experience working in the Fortune 100 and serving as a 3X CIO for hyper-growth SaaS businesses. Chetna currently serves as CIO of Webflow, a hyper-growth Website Experience Platform SaaS company. Previously, she served as CDIO at Amplitude and ZoomInfo.

Chetna is an advisor to prominent VC firms including Sequoia Capital, Accel, Ridge Ventures, and Mayfield and serves on the Customer Advisory Board (CAB) at Veza and, Productiv and was formerly at Snowflake and Google Cloud Platform CAB. She served on the Tech Committee with Carlyle and Thoma Bravo, and on the Advisory Board of Ninja Focus and Women & AI.

She was a finalist and nominee for the Bay Area ORBIE, CIO award, a finalist for “2019 Markie’s Cultivator Award for Best Lead Management Program,” a recipient of the Delta Dental Women in Business Stevie Award of Excellence in Healthcare Transformation, and a Boeing Spirit of Excellence Award recipient. Outside of work, she enjoys traveling, hiking, and skiing and has a passion for exploring different cultures.

Timestamps:
01:41 - About Chetna
04:53 - Automation as a starting point
07:16 - Employee productivity and the CIO
11:25 - Discovering new AI tools
13:44 - Evolving revenue systems
22:47 - How will the CIO role evolve?
28:37 - Lightning round

Guest Highlight:
“ AI has really taken productivity at a whole different level now. It has really helped us drive the pace in productivity we couldn't have fathomed before the event of the content generation. It's not just content generation anymore. It's way beyond that. The velocity at which we are innovating on the product is huge.”

Get Connected:

Hungry for more tech talk? Check out past episodes at ciopod.com: 

Learn more about Caspian Studios: caspianstudios.com

Our Sponsor:
This episode was brought to you by Blitzy, the Enterprise Autonomous Software Development Platform with Infinite Code Context.

Blitzy uses thousands of specialized AI agents that think for hours to understand enterprise scale codebases with millions of lines of code. Enterprise Engineering leaders start every development sprint with the Blitzy platform, bringing in their development requirements. The Blitzy platform provides a plan, then generates and pre-compiles code for each task. Blitzy delivers 80%+ of the development work autonomously, while providing a guide for the final 20% of human development work required to complete the sprint.

Public companies are achieving a 5x engineering velocity increase when incorporating Blitzy as their Pre-IDE development tool, pairing it with their coding co-pilot of choice to bring an AI-Native SDLC into their org.

Visit Blitzy.com and press book demo to learn how Blitzy transforms your SDLC from AI Assisted to AI Native.


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]]> How AI is Expanding the CIO Role with Chetna Mahajan of Webflow Caspian Studios 00:31:30 Three-time CIO Chetna Mahajan describes how AI-first strategies can drive high-impact automation and productivity across organizations. Three-time CIO Chetna Mahajan describes how AI-first strategies can drive high-impact automation and productivity across organizations. false full 63 d8c82ac5-a07d-47de-91be-5e712a6009d3 Running IT Like a Growth Engine with Chidi Alams of Just Born, Inc. This episode features Chidi Alams, CIO of Just Born — the company behind candy classics like Peeps, Mike and Ike, and Hot Tamales.

Chidi shares how his team is using AI, automation, and smarter data systems to modernize operations, strengthen supply chain resilience, and double the business impact of technology. It’s a conversation about what it really means to run IT like a growth engine — not just keeping the lights on, but driving strategy, efficiency, and innovation.

Plus, much more:

  • Chidi’s take on “physical AI” in manufacturing
  • How the CIO role is evolving into a more strategic leadership position
  • Why a values-driven tech culture might be the secret to long-term success

Whether you’re a CIO, IT leader, or simply curious about how AI and data are reshaping business, this episode delivers grounded, real-world insights. 

About the Guest: 
Chidi Alams, CIO at Just Born, Inc., is a transformation executive with a proven track record of leading strategic initiatives that drive operational excellence, organic growth, and digital innovation. His experience includes both Fortune 500 and private equity-backed companies.

Timestamps:
02:10 Transitioning Between Industries
03:26 Role and Responsibilities of a CIO
06:05 Business Transformation and Strategy
08:12 Managing Peak Seasons and Supply Chain
14:26 Leveraging Data and AI
21:20 Talent Acquisition and Company Culture
27:51 Future of Technology and CIO Role

Guest Highlights:

“ A lot of how we ran the business, even during the peak season, was a tremendous amount of tribal knowledge. We can't scale based on tribal knowledge, right? So having data systems, particularly as we bring in new people into the organization, helps us to be more predictive and meet demand during peak season.”

“ CIOs have to become more business centric.  When you look at what's happening in large enterprises, you're seeing a fragmentation of technology leadership.  I do believe that there will be a convergence at some point.”

“ I'm extremely interested and have been tracking what I think is a very important trend, not just in CPG but in retail and any consumer space — even pharma — and that is how can we leverage large language models that are trained for CPG to help drive product innovation. It’s already happening.”

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]]> Thu, 16 Oct 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Caspian Studios https://ciopod.com This episode features Chidi Alams, CIO of Just Born — the company behind candy classics like Peeps, Mike and Ike, and Hot Tamales.

Chidi shares how his team is using AI, automation, and smarter data systems to modernize operations, strengthen supply chain resilience, and double the business impact of technology. It’s a conversation about what it really means to run IT like a growth engine — not just keeping the lights on, but driving strategy, efficiency, and innovation.

Plus, much more:

  • Chidi’s take on “physical AI” in manufacturing
  • How the CIO role is evolving into a more strategic leadership position
  • Why a values-driven tech culture might be the secret to long-term success

Whether you’re a CIO, IT leader, or simply curious about how AI and data are reshaping business, this episode delivers grounded, real-world insights. 

About the Guest: 
Chidi Alams, CIO at Just Born, Inc., is a transformation executive with a proven track record of leading strategic initiatives that drive operational excellence, organic growth, and digital innovation. His experience includes both Fortune 500 and private equity-backed companies.

Timestamps:
02:10 Transitioning Between Industries
03:26 Role and Responsibilities of a CIO
06:05 Business Transformation and Strategy
08:12 Managing Peak Seasons and Supply Chain
14:26 Leveraging Data and AI
21:20 Talent Acquisition and Company Culture
27:51 Future of Technology and CIO Role

Guest Highlights:

“ A lot of how we ran the business, even during the peak season, was a tremendous amount of tribal knowledge. We can't scale based on tribal knowledge, right? So having data systems, particularly as we bring in new people into the organization, helps us to be more predictive and meet demand during peak season.”

“ CIOs have to become more business centric.  When you look at what's happening in large enterprises, you're seeing a fragmentation of technology leadership.  I do believe that there will be a convergence at some point.”

“ I'm extremely interested and have been tracking what I think is a very important trend, not just in CPG but in retail and any consumer space — even pharma — and that is how can we leverage large language models that are trained for CPG to help drive product innovation. It’s already happening.”

Get Connected:

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]]> Running IT Like a Growth Engine with Chidi Alams of Just Born, Inc. Caspian Studios 00:31:13 From supply chains to strategy, CIO Chidi Alams shows how AI and data are driving real-world results inside one of America’s most iconic candy companies. From supply chains to strategy, CIO Chidi Alams shows how AI and data are driving real-world results inside one of America’s most iconic candy companies. false full 62 082df423-df29-4e1d-bb96-4a5d5eeed853 What Manufacturing Can Teach You About Scaling Enterprise AI CIO Classified is back! 
More CIO secrets. More battle-tested IT wisdom. 
Straight from leading CIOs across a wide range of industries. 

In this episode, host Ian Faison and co-host Yousuf Khan dive into the deep end of technology leadership in manufacturing. Ben Davis, Executive Vice President of IT at Cambria, joins the show to talk about his sweeping digital transformation at the quartz manufacturing leader, and shares how his startup past helped him turn IT from a reactive function to a trusted business advisor. 

Plus much more:

  • How Cambria is leveraging AI in demand forecasting
  • How to optimize supply chains and improve customer experience 
  • How to do it all while managing a legacy infrastructure and cybersecurity

This episode is a must-listen for the modern CIO looking to bridge the gap between traditional industries and modern technologies without sacrificing security or business continuity. 

About the Guest: 
Ben Davis, EVP  IT, Cambria, is a technical leader who is passionate about introducing new technology, improved processes and unexplored data sets to businesses in a manner that allows them to achieve scalable revenue growth. He does this by helping business-minded technologists use automation, prioritization and critical thinking to deliver technology, process improvement and data in a high-value, cost-effective way. 

Timestamps:
02:30 – From startups to manufacturing: Applying entrepreneurial DNA
07:00 – Communicating tech value across the organization
09:30 – Why AI in manufacturing is a game-changer
15:00 – Cybersecurity training, scorekeeping, and zero-trust realities
17:30 – Modernizing legacy infrastructure in manufacturing
23:00 – AI adoption vs. business architecture readiness
26:00 – Staying close to the customer experience as CIO
28:00 – Building, retaining, and empowering high-impact IT teams
31:00 – Governance, shadow IT, and the rise of internal agents
35:00 – AI tooling, data gaps, and minimizing technical debt
38:00 – Manufacturing success, excitement, and the human side of tech

Guest Highlights:
“ I think everybody under spends on cybersecurity. If I had an unlimited budget, I’d put the money towards that. I would also spend the money on data scientists, data modeling, data governance, mass data management to ensure that our data was ready to really take advantage of AI.”

Get Connected:

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]]> Thu, 18 Sep 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Caspian Studios https://ciopod.com CIO Classified is back! 
More CIO secrets. More battle-tested IT wisdom. 
Straight from leading CIOs across a wide range of industries. 

In this episode, host Ian Faison and co-host Yousuf Khan dive into the deep end of technology leadership in manufacturing. Ben Davis, Executive Vice President of IT at Cambria, joins the show to talk about his sweeping digital transformation at the quartz manufacturing leader, and shares how his startup past helped him turn IT from a reactive function to a trusted business advisor. 

Plus much more:

  • How Cambria is leveraging AI in demand forecasting
  • How to optimize supply chains and improve customer experience 
  • How to do it all while managing a legacy infrastructure and cybersecurity

This episode is a must-listen for the modern CIO looking to bridge the gap between traditional industries and modern technologies without sacrificing security or business continuity. 

About the Guest: 
Ben Davis, EVP  IT, Cambria, is a technical leader who is passionate about introducing new technology, improved processes and unexplored data sets to businesses in a manner that allows them to achieve scalable revenue growth. He does this by helping business-minded technologists use automation, prioritization and critical thinking to deliver technology, process improvement and data in a high-value, cost-effective way. 

Timestamps:
02:30 – From startups to manufacturing: Applying entrepreneurial DNA
07:00 – Communicating tech value across the organization
09:30 – Why AI in manufacturing is a game-changer
15:00 – Cybersecurity training, scorekeeping, and zero-trust realities
17:30 – Modernizing legacy infrastructure in manufacturing
23:00 – AI adoption vs. business architecture readiness
26:00 – Staying close to the customer experience as CIO
28:00 – Building, retaining, and empowering high-impact IT teams
31:00 – Governance, shadow IT, and the rise of internal agents
35:00 – AI tooling, data gaps, and minimizing technical debt
38:00 – Manufacturing success, excitement, and the human side of tech

Guest Highlights:
“ I think everybody under spends on cybersecurity. If I had an unlimited budget, I’d put the money towards that. I would also spend the money on data scientists, data modeling, data governance, mass data management to ensure that our data was ready to really take advantage of AI.”

Get Connected:

Hungry for more tech talk? Check out past episodes at ciopod.com: 

Learn more about Caspian Studios: caspianstudios.com


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]]> What Manufacturing Can Teach You About Scaling Enterprise AI Caspian Studios 00:38:29 How do you digitally transform a manufacturing giant while securing legacy tech and scaling AI? Ben Davis shares the blueprint CIOs need to hear. How do you digitally transform a manufacturing giant while securing legacy tech and scaling AI? Ben Davis shares the blueprint CIOs need to hear. false full 61 2c70a16f-33ee-4e00-84af-620a73ab8357 Why the Smartest CIOs Are Becoming Business Strategists with Eric Johnson of PagerDuty Eric Johnson, CIO at PagerDuty, shares why today’s most impactful CIOs are evolving into strategic business leaders. He explains how AI is driving a fundamental shift in how IT organizations operate—moving from reactive support functions to proactive, value-creating business enablers.

About the Guest: 
Eric Johnson is the Chief Information Officer at PagerDuty, responsible for PagerDuty’s critical IT infrastructure, data management and enterprise systems. Prior to joining PagerDuty, he was the CIO at SurveyMonkey, DocuSign and Talend. Before that, Eric spent 12 years at Informatica driving the information technology vision and strategy as the company scaled to a modern SaaS architecture. He is an active advisor and board member to several early-stage companies and a regular contributor to IT thought leadership.

Timestamps:
*(05:20) -  Embrace shadow IT and AI tools
*(18:40) -  Changing role of the CIO
*(30:00) -  Security and cybersecurity awareness
*(33:35) -   Future of automation and AI

Guest Highlights:
“In the CIO org, they need to be business experts as much as the partners that they work with… because AI and the use of it and finding those high value use cases, it's gonna take folks in the CIO org to be a lot more knowledgeable about how the company operates and processes.”

“Obviously, certain roles are going to change much more than others, but I think across the board, roles are going to change.”

“As these changes come, how do you reorient the organization—the humans in the organization—to be able to find that higher value work?”

Get Connected:

Resources:

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]]> Thu, 8 May 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Ian Faison, Eric Johnson https://ciopod.com Eric Johnson, CIO at PagerDuty, shares why today’s most impactful CIOs are evolving into strategic business leaders. He explains how AI is driving a fundamental shift in how IT organizations operate—moving from reactive support functions to proactive, value-creating business enablers.

About the Guest: 
Eric Johnson is the Chief Information Officer at PagerDuty, responsible for PagerDuty’s critical IT infrastructure, data management and enterprise systems. Prior to joining PagerDuty, he was the CIO at SurveyMonkey, DocuSign and Talend. Before that, Eric spent 12 years at Informatica driving the information technology vision and strategy as the company scaled to a modern SaaS architecture. He is an active advisor and board member to several early-stage companies and a regular contributor to IT thought leadership.

Timestamps:
*(05:20) -  Embrace shadow IT and AI tools
*(18:40) -  Changing role of the CIO
*(30:00) -  Security and cybersecurity awareness
*(33:35) -   Future of automation and AI

Guest Highlights:
“In the CIO org, they need to be business experts as much as the partners that they work with… because AI and the use of it and finding those high value use cases, it's gonna take folks in the CIO org to be a lot more knowledgeable about how the company operates and processes.”

“Obviously, certain roles are going to change much more than others, but I think across the board, roles are going to change.”

“As these changes come, how do you reorient the organization—the humans in the organization—to be able to find that higher value work?”

Get Connected:

Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Why the Smartest CIOs Are Becoming Business Strategists with Eric Johnson of PagerDuty Ian Faison, Eric Johnson 00:42:18 Eric Johnson, CIO at PagerDuty, shares why today’s most impactful CIOs are evolving into strategic business leaders and how AI is accelerating the shift. Eric Johnson, CIO at PagerDuty, shares why today’s most impactful CIOs are evolving into strategic business leaders and how AI is accelerating the shift. cio, it false full 60 cd626b36-4c0d-4000-b5f7-f7773ad9736e CIO Leadership in AI Security and Innovation with Siroui Mushegian of Barracuda Siroui Mushegian, CIO at Barracuda, shares how she’s building a smart, secure foundation for AI—-from setting up an AI council, to governing agents, and creating employee guidelines that protect innovation. She also shares how AI is transforming IT operations and unlocking new levels of productivity across the enterprise.

About the Guest: 

Siroui Mushegian is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Barracuda. Siroui joined Barracuda most recently from BlackLine, where she was responsible for all aspects of BlackLine's internal corporate IT. Before BlackLine, she held executive IT leadership roles at PBS’s WNET New York Public Media, the NBA, Ralph Lauren, and Time, Inc. Bringing more than 20 years of executive and IT leadership experience, Siroui has successfully built strong operational environments that eliminate technology silos, elevated the maturity and impact of technology within her enterprises and delivered measurable and scalable business outcomes. Siroui holds a Master of Business Administration in Management and Strategy from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business and a bachelor’s in mathematics and finance from University of Connecticut.

Timestamps:

*(04:10) -  Skills for Future CIOs

*(07:00) -  Barracuda’s AI and Automation Projects

*(08:50) -  Tips for AI Security 

*(33:25) -   The Importance of Community and Collaboration

Guest Highlights:

“ A lot of people are worried they are going to work themselves right out of a job. It remains very important for us to keep our position as thought leaders to hold that mantle high.”

“ Your partnerships with your colleagues and leaders across the enterprise will help you get more done than any AI agent will.”

“ I love the concept of the education we're getting ready to roll out  in a curated way to people who are going to take these tools and come up with solutions that I could never in my life think of because I don't sit in their shoes every day.”

Get Connected:

Resources:

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]]> Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:34:57 +0000 Ian Faison, Siroui Mushegian https://ciopod.com Siroui Mushegian, CIO at Barracuda, shares how she’s building a smart, secure foundation for AI—-from setting up an AI council, to governing agents, and creating employee guidelines that protect innovation. She also shares how AI is transforming IT operations and unlocking new levels of productivity across the enterprise.

About the Guest: 

Siroui Mushegian is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Barracuda. Siroui joined Barracuda most recently from BlackLine, where she was responsible for all aspects of BlackLine's internal corporate IT. Before BlackLine, she held executive IT leadership roles at PBS’s WNET New York Public Media, the NBA, Ralph Lauren, and Time, Inc. Bringing more than 20 years of executive and IT leadership experience, Siroui has successfully built strong operational environments that eliminate technology silos, elevated the maturity and impact of technology within her enterprises and delivered measurable and scalable business outcomes. Siroui holds a Master of Business Administration in Management and Strategy from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business and a bachelor’s in mathematics and finance from University of Connecticut.

Timestamps:

*(04:10) -  Skills for Future CIOs

*(07:00) -  Barracuda’s AI and Automation Projects

*(08:50) -  Tips for AI Security 

*(33:25) -   The Importance of Community and Collaboration

Guest Highlights:

“ A lot of people are worried they are going to work themselves right out of a job. It remains very important for us to keep our position as thought leaders to hold that mantle high.”

“ Your partnerships with your colleagues and leaders across the enterprise will help you get more done than any AI agent will.”

“ I love the concept of the education we're getting ready to roll out  in a curated way to people who are going to take these tools and come up with solutions that I could never in my life think of because I don't sit in their shoes every day.”

Get Connected:

Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> CIO Leadership in AI Security and Innovation with Siroui Mushegian of Barracuda Ian Faison, Siroui Mushegian 00:37:01 Siroui Mushegian, CIO at Barracuda, shares how she’s building a smart, secure foundation for AI—-from setting up an AI council, to governing agents, and creating employee guidelines that protect innovation. Siroui Mushegian, CIO at Barracuda, shares how she’s building a smart, secure foundation for AI—-from setting up an AI council, to governing agents, and creating employee guidelines that protect innovation. cio, barracuda, it false full 59 e321919d-19b0-4cb0-bae3-44152de177ea AI-Driven Workplace Transformation with Saket Srivastava of Asana Saket Srivastava is the Chief Information Officer at work management platform Asana. Saket oversees Asana's IT organization, including optimizing technology systems and processes, connecting technology strategy to overarching business strategy, and ensuring that technology infrastructure supports organizational goals. Previously, Saket held executive positions at Square, Guidewire Software, and other leading technology companies. Saket holds a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, and an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.

Timestamps:
*(01:30) -  Asana's Impact and Internal Operation
*(08:15) -  AI and Employee Experience
*(13:25) -  Collaboration and Cross-Departmental Partnership
*(19:05) -  Future Trends and Skills

Guest Highlights:

“When you add business understanding with technology understanding, that makes a deadly combination where you can serve and help move the needle for your business.”

“The reality is we get sold all the time, every day. When you show up as a practitioner, as a peer, and you're ready to talk about the good, the bad, the ugly, there's a lot of power.”

“ Good news is bad news being delivered early. It's so important to be able to create a healthy environment where you can talk about those risks.”

Get Connected:

Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Thu, 3 Apr 2025 09:00:00 +0000 Ian Faison, Saket Srivastava https://ciopod.com Saket Srivastava is the Chief Information Officer at work management platform Asana. Saket oversees Asana's IT organization, including optimizing technology systems and processes, connecting technology strategy to overarching business strategy, and ensuring that technology infrastructure supports organizational goals. Previously, Saket held executive positions at Square, Guidewire Software, and other leading technology companies. Saket holds a Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from the Institute of Management Technology, Ghaziabad, and an MBA from UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.

Timestamps:
*(01:30) -  Asana's Impact and Internal Operation
*(08:15) -  AI and Employee Experience
*(13:25) -  Collaboration and Cross-Departmental Partnership
*(19:05) -  Future Trends and Skills

Guest Highlights:

“When you add business understanding with technology understanding, that makes a deadly combination where you can serve and help move the needle for your business.”

“The reality is we get sold all the time, every day. When you show up as a practitioner, as a peer, and you're ready to talk about the good, the bad, the ugly, there's a lot of power.”

“ Good news is bad news being delivered early. It's so important to be able to create a healthy environment where you can talk about those risks.”

Get Connected:

Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> AI-Driven Workplace Transformation with Saket Srivastava of Asana Ian Faison, Saket Srivastava 00:31:25 Saket Srivastava, CIO at Asana, shares how his team at Asana is using AI to reshape the workplace by improving the employee experience. Saket Srivastava, CIO at Asana, shares how his team at Asana is using AI to reshape the workplace by improving the employee experience. hr, ai, cio, asana false full 58 29c64a39-418e-49c0-916d-bcaf601fdc93 The CIO Roadmap to Executive Leadership with Rich Horwath of Strategic Thinking Institute Rich Horwath, CEO of Strategic Thinking Institute and best-selling author, shares strategies that help CIOs to elevate their strategic thinking—providing a roadmap for transitioning from technical leaders to visionary business executives. Drawing from his advisory work with top-tier technology leaders, Horwoth breaks down the critical skills needed to move beyond operational management and position themselves as strong CEO candidates.

About the Guest: 

Rich Horwath is the founder and CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute where he facilitates strategy workshops to help executive leadership teams think, plan, and act strategically to set direction, create advantage, and maximize their leadership performance. He is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books on strategic thinking, including his new book: STRATEGIC: The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence. He’s published two articles in the Harvard Business Review this past year and has helped more than one million leaders develop their strategic thinking and planning skills over the past two decades in pursuit of his vision to teach the world to be strategic.

Timestamps:

*(01:35) - The CIO to CEO Journey

*(07:25) - Innovation and Competitive Strategy

*(28:45) - Future State Thinking for CIOs

*(44:05) - Transitioning from CIO to CEO

Guest Highlights:

“The great CIOs understand that it's not about copying. It's about creating and innovating by understanding the competition.”

"If you're really being strategic, you're going to tick a lot of people off internally and externally."

“What are we trying to achieve? And how are we going to do it? So planning can be too complex sometimes, but it boils down to those two questions.”

Get Connected:

Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Thu, 5 Dec 2024 17:35:22 +0000 Rich Horwath, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com Rich Horwath, CEO of Strategic Thinking Institute and best-selling author, shares strategies that help CIOs to elevate their strategic thinking—providing a roadmap for transitioning from technical leaders to visionary business executives. Drawing from his advisory work with top-tier technology leaders, Horwoth breaks down the critical skills needed to move beyond operational management and position themselves as strong CEO candidates.

About the Guest: 

Rich Horwath is the founder and CEO of the Strategic Thinking Institute where he facilitates strategy workshops to help executive leadership teams think, plan, and act strategically to set direction, create advantage, and maximize their leadership performance. He is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of eight books on strategic thinking, including his new book: STRATEGIC: The Skill to Set Direction, Create Advantage, and Achieve Executive Excellence. He’s published two articles in the Harvard Business Review this past year and has helped more than one million leaders develop their strategic thinking and planning skills over the past two decades in pursuit of his vision to teach the world to be strategic.

Timestamps:

*(01:35) - The CIO to CEO Journey

*(07:25) - Innovation and Competitive Strategy

*(28:45) - Future State Thinking for CIOs

*(44:05) - Transitioning from CIO to CEO

Guest Highlights:

“The great CIOs understand that it's not about copying. It's about creating and innovating by understanding the competition.”

"If you're really being strategic, you're going to tick a lot of people off internally and externally."

“What are we trying to achieve? And how are we going to do it? So planning can be too complex sometimes, but it boils down to those two questions.”

Get Connected:

Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> The CIO Roadmap to Executive Leadership with Rich Horwath of Strategic Thinking Institute Rich Horwath, Ian Faison 00:52:21 Rich Horwath, CEO of Strategic Thinking Institute and best-selling author, shares strategies that help CIOs to improve their strategic thinking—providing a roadmap for transitioning from technical leaders to business executives. Rich Horwath, CEO of Strategic Thinking Institute and best-selling author, shares strategies that help CIOs to improve their strategic thinking—providing a roadmap for transitioning from technical leaders to business executives. cio, strategic thinking institute, rich horwath, ceo false full 57 685525ac-a93c-4cec-a4ed-745a21e95317 Best Proactive Cybersecurity Strategies for CIOs with Carl Froggett of Deep Instinct Carl Froggett, CIO at Deep Instinct, breaks down the AI-driven disruptions reshaping the cybersecurity landscape. From navigating complex security architectures to busting big data myths, Carl offers strategic advice for CIOs and CISOs on staying one step ahead in a rapidly evolving tech world.

About the Guest: 

Carl Froggett, CIO of Deep Instinct, brings nearly 30 years of experience to the role. Previously, as Head of Global Infrastructure Defense and CISO Cybersecurity Services at Citi, he led risk reduction efforts across devices and networks in 100+ countries. Now, he oversees Deep Instinct’s infrastructure growth, internal systems, security, and processes to support global expansion and strategic partnerships.

Timestamps:

*(08:10) - The Impact of AI on Cybersecurity

*(25:45) - Rising IT Spending and Persistent Breaches

*(28:00) - Challenges and Strategies for Modern CIOs and CISOs

*(32:10) - The Future of Cybersecurity and Deep Learning

Guest Highlights:

“It takes a level of leadership to say, ‘Hey, our investment over here has been great for the last 5, 6, 7, or 10 years, but that is no longer good enough. We need to replace, we need to reinvest, and we need to retrain.’”

“We need to be more aggressive on the front-foot as the defenders. Just protecting your endpoint is not enough—your endpoint's the last resort. If your endpoint fails, game over.”

“When opportunity knocks, you say, ‘Come on in.’ It doesn't matter if it’s a role that you were hired to do and it's outside of that role, say yes and get involved. More experience leads to you knowing more people.”

Get Connected:

Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. 

Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Thu, 21 Nov 2024 10:00:00 +0000 Ian Faison, Carl Froggett https://ciopod.com Carl Froggett, CIO at Deep Instinct, breaks down the AI-driven disruptions reshaping the cybersecurity landscape. From navigating complex security architectures to busting big data myths, Carl offers strategic advice for CIOs and CISOs on staying one step ahead in a rapidly evolving tech world.

About the Guest: 

Carl Froggett, CIO of Deep Instinct, brings nearly 30 years of experience to the role. Previously, as Head of Global Infrastructure Defense and CISO Cybersecurity Services at Citi, he led risk reduction efforts across devices and networks in 100+ countries. Now, he oversees Deep Instinct’s infrastructure growth, internal systems, security, and processes to support global expansion and strategic partnerships.

Timestamps:

*(08:10) - The Impact of AI on Cybersecurity

*(25:45) - Rising IT Spending and Persistent Breaches

*(28:00) - Challenges and Strategies for Modern CIOs and CISOs

*(32:10) - The Future of Cybersecurity and Deep Learning

Guest Highlights:

“It takes a level of leadership to say, ‘Hey, our investment over here has been great for the last 5, 6, 7, or 10 years, but that is no longer good enough. We need to replace, we need to reinvest, and we need to retrain.’”

“We need to be more aggressive on the front-foot as the defenders. Just protecting your endpoint is not enough—your endpoint's the last resort. If your endpoint fails, game over.”

“When opportunity knocks, you say, ‘Come on in.’ It doesn't matter if it’s a role that you were hired to do and it's outside of that role, say yes and get involved. More experience leads to you knowing more people.”

Get Connected:

Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. 

Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Best Proactive Cybersecurity Strategies for CIOs with Carl Froggett of Deep Instinct Ian Faison, Carl Froggett 00:49:18 Carl Froggett, CIO, Deep Instinct shares his top cybersecurity strategies for CIOs to enhance data protection and minimize cyber threats. Carl Froggett, CIO, Deep Instinct shares his top cybersecurity strategies for CIOs to enhance data protection and minimize cyber threats. information technology, cyber security, ciso, chief information officer, ai, cio, chief information security officer, deep learning, deep instinct false full 56 c70de07f-36bb-4a9a-9a85-908488d8873a Engineering Leadership for Scale, Agility, and Momentum with Jason LaFollette of Yext Jason LaFollette, CTO at Yext, shares his product-driven approach to leading agile teams, maintaining tech debt, and using a “top-down, bottom-up” style to keep productivity and momentum high.

About the Guest: 

Jason LaFollette is Yext's Chief of Technology. Jason joined the company in 2014 and built out the enterprise consulting side of the business before moving over to product engineering and technology. Prior to joining Yext, Jason was CEO and co-founder of Citrrus, a professional services company specializing in mobile app development and wearable devices, which Yext acquired as the company's first acquisition. 

Timestamps:

*(02:30) - Understanding Yext's Business Model

*(04:55) - Leadership and Team Management Strategies

*(14:20) - Scaling and Technical Debt Management

*(24:00) - Adopting New Technologies and AI

Guest Highlights:

“What I'm looking for is momentum with the teams, momentum with the people, momentum with the systems. If you get fixated on the tactical parts... It's a false sense that you're doing something great, but you’ll hit a ceiling quickly in terms of productivity.”

“We only want process when it accelerates us… Once we've proven that we know how to do it manually by keeping smart and talented people in the loop and making good situational decisions is our secret sauce to scale with a lot less pain.”

“If something is important to us, the company, or the management team and we aren't measuring and watching it, other people aren't going to value it either. I've come to adopt a mix of top-down and bottom-up leadership where we can't have all-of-one or all-of-the-other, or everything falls apart.”

Get Connected:

Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. 

Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Thu, 7 Nov 2024 05:00:00 +0000 Jason LaFollette, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com Jason LaFollette, CTO at Yext, shares his product-driven approach to leading agile teams, maintaining tech debt, and using a “top-down, bottom-up” style to keep productivity and momentum high.

About the Guest: 

Jason LaFollette is Yext's Chief of Technology. Jason joined the company in 2014 and built out the enterprise consulting side of the business before moving over to product engineering and technology. Prior to joining Yext, Jason was CEO and co-founder of Citrrus, a professional services company specializing in mobile app development and wearable devices, which Yext acquired as the company's first acquisition. 

Timestamps:

*(02:30) - Understanding Yext's Business Model

*(04:55) - Leadership and Team Management Strategies

*(14:20) - Scaling and Technical Debt Management

*(24:00) - Adopting New Technologies and AI

Guest Highlights:

“What I'm looking for is momentum with the teams, momentum with the people, momentum with the systems. If you get fixated on the tactical parts... It's a false sense that you're doing something great, but you’ll hit a ceiling quickly in terms of productivity.”

“We only want process when it accelerates us… Once we've proven that we know how to do it manually by keeping smart and talented people in the loop and making good situational decisions is our secret sauce to scale with a lot less pain.”

“If something is important to us, the company, or the management team and we aren't measuring and watching it, other people aren't going to value it either. I've come to adopt a mix of top-down and bottom-up leadership where we can't have all-of-one or all-of-the-other, or everything falls apart.”

Get Connected:

Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. 

Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Engineering Leadership for Scale, Agility, and Momentum with Jason LaFollette of Yext Jason LaFollette, Ian Faison 00:35:26 Jason LaFollette, CTO at Yext, breaks down his product-driven approach to leading agile engineering teams, balancing tech priorities, and keeping momentum strong. Jason LaFollette, CTO at Yext, breaks down his product-driven approach to leading agile engineering teams, balancing tech priorities, and keeping momentum strong. engineering leadership, engineering teams, cto, cio classified, jason lafollette, yext, cto advice, product driven, team building false full 55 12d178a4-8bfc-4d18-8799-c3eb831293a7 AI Business Strategy for CIOs with Naveen Zutshi of Databricks Naveen Zutshi, CIO at Databricks, shares his strategies for successful AI implementation. This must-listen episode is perfect for tech leaders wanting to learn how to craft an effective AI strategy, bridge gaps in tech teams, and drive innovation in your organization.

About the Guest: 

Naveen Zutshi is the CIO at Databricks, previously CIO at Palo Alto Networks where he managed analytics, applications, and infrastructure. Before that, he was SVP of Infrastructures & Ops at Gap and held roles at a SaaS startup and Cisco.

Timestamps:

*(04:40) - Cybersecurity and Data Privacy

*(20:00) - Ensuring Data Quality and AI Strategy

*(28:45) - Future Trends and Innovations in Tech

*(31:35) - Advice for CIOs 

Guest Highlights:

“There's a significant amount of pull from CEOs on the CIO to define the AI strategy for their company. As technology leaders… We have an opportunity to actually provide data and AI strategy, and then help influence that strategy towards ultimate business goals.”

“Often, we want to move quickly into the AI world but then realize our data set is in bad shape… First and foremost, you need a clear data strategy and you need to execute on the strategy.”

“Having business and users buy-in is key — making sure that you are solving for the right problem rather than looking for a problem because you now have a solution.”

Get Connected:

Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. 

Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Thu, 24 Oct 2024 15:10:10 +0000 Naveen Zutshi, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com Naveen Zutshi, CIO at Databricks, shares his strategies for successful AI implementation. This must-listen episode is perfect for tech leaders wanting to learn how to craft an effective AI strategy, bridge gaps in tech teams, and drive innovation in your organization.

About the Guest: 

Naveen Zutshi is the CIO at Databricks, previously CIO at Palo Alto Networks where he managed analytics, applications, and infrastructure. Before that, he was SVP of Infrastructures & Ops at Gap and held roles at a SaaS startup and Cisco.

Timestamps:

*(04:40) - Cybersecurity and Data Privacy

*(20:00) - Ensuring Data Quality and AI Strategy

*(28:45) - Future Trends and Innovations in Tech

*(31:35) - Advice for CIOs 

Guest Highlights:

“There's a significant amount of pull from CEOs on the CIO to define the AI strategy for their company. As technology leaders… We have an opportunity to actually provide data and AI strategy, and then help influence that strategy towards ultimate business goals.”

“Often, we want to move quickly into the AI world but then realize our data set is in bad shape… First and foremost, you need a clear data strategy and you need to execute on the strategy.”

“Having business and users buy-in is key — making sure that you are solving for the right problem rather than looking for a problem because you now have a solution.”

Get Connected:

Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. 

Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> AI Business Strategy for CIOs with Naveen Zutshi of Databricks Naveen Zutshi, Ian Faison 00:36:23 Naveen Zutshi, CIO at Databricks, shares his strategies for successful AI implementation. Naveen Zutshi, CIO at Databricks, shares his strategies for successful AI implementation. automation, databricks, chief information officer, ai business strategy, it leadership, cio, ai strategy, naveen zutshi false full 54 59593469-1a18-41a1-856c-67d0a29de034 Business-First IT in the AI Era with Cisco Sanchez of Qualcomm Cisco Sanchez, SVP and CIO at Qualcomm, shares his business-first philosophy to technology cultivated over 25 years of IT experience. Sanchez emphasizes the importance of IT professionals loving both technology and the business, creating roadmaps that align with business goals, and utilizing frameworks like Charlie Feld's approach. 

About the Guest:

Cisco Sanchez is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Qualcomm Incorporated. As the leader of Qualcomm’s global IT organization, Cisco is responsible for leading the strategic direction for IT infrastructure, Information Security & Risk Management, Cyber Resiliency, Enterprise Applications, and End User Productivity solutions. Cisco is also responsible for driving large scale Pre-Silicon, Post Silicon and Enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives improving Qualcomm’s agility, leverage, efficiency and security. He collaborates with the executive and business unit leadership and focuses on enabling forward-looking innovative technology solutions to achieve Qualcomm’s vision and deliver strategic value.

Guest Highlight:

"We love technology. I love technology. I'm a developer, but we should also love the business and understand it thoroughly. So when I first came in, my goal was to not make drastic changes, but understand the business to the best ability possible. I use a framework that looks at the models and try to understand, here's what the business does, here's how it does it, the technology underneath, here's how the enablement activity works. And I think by doing that, it gives you a different, deeper perspective of how the business is interacting and what they do.”

Timestamps:

  • *(03:30) - The Role of AI in Modern IT
  • *(09:10) - Frameworks for Business-First IT
  • *(17:50) - Selling the Vision
  • *(18:50) - AI Innovations at Qualcomm
  • *(23:30) - The Convergence of IoT and AI

Links & Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. 

Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Thu, 29 Aug 2024 09:00:00 +0000 ian Faison, Cisco Sanchez https://ciopod.com Cisco Sanchez, SVP and CIO at Qualcomm, shares his business-first philosophy to technology cultivated over 25 years of IT experience. Sanchez emphasizes the importance of IT professionals loving both technology and the business, creating roadmaps that align with business goals, and utilizing frameworks like Charlie Feld's approach. 

About the Guest:

Cisco Sanchez is Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Qualcomm Incorporated. As the leader of Qualcomm’s global IT organization, Cisco is responsible for leading the strategic direction for IT infrastructure, Information Security & Risk Management, Cyber Resiliency, Enterprise Applications, and End User Productivity solutions. Cisco is also responsible for driving large scale Pre-Silicon, Post Silicon and Enterprise-wide digital transformation initiatives improving Qualcomm’s agility, leverage, efficiency and security. He collaborates with the executive and business unit leadership and focuses on enabling forward-looking innovative technology solutions to achieve Qualcomm’s vision and deliver strategic value.

Guest Highlight:

"We love technology. I love technology. I'm a developer, but we should also love the business and understand it thoroughly. So when I first came in, my goal was to not make drastic changes, but understand the business to the best ability possible. I use a framework that looks at the models and try to understand, here's what the business does, here's how it does it, the technology underneath, here's how the enablement activity works. And I think by doing that, it gives you a different, deeper perspective of how the business is interacting and what they do.”

Timestamps:

  • *(03:30) - The Role of AI in Modern IT
  • *(09:10) - Frameworks for Business-First IT
  • *(17:50) - Selling the Vision
  • *(18:50) - AI Innovations at Qualcomm
  • *(23:30) - The Convergence of IoT and AI

Links & Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. 

Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Business-First IT in the AI Era with Cisco Sanchez of Qualcomm ian Faison, Cisco Sanchez 00:39:19 This episode features Cisco Sanchez, SVP and CIO at Qualcomm, who shares his business-first philosophy to technology cultivated over 25 years of IT experience. This episode features Cisco Sanchez, SVP and CIO at Qualcomm, who shares his business-first philosophy to technology cultivated over 25 years of IT experience. qualcomm, iot, generative ai, ai, cio, it false full 53 9b115cdd-e491-49a9-ba42-bfb596a17f52 Empowering Citizen Developers and Reshaping Business with AI with Carter Busse of Workato Carter Busse, CIO at Workato, explores how AI is reshaping business decisions and empowering citizen developers. With over 20 years of IT leadership experience, Carter shares real-world automation examples and advice on navigating point solution vendors, and also discusses orchestrating data across systems, democratizing automation, and future trends that will revolutionize the industry. 

About the Guest:

Carter Busse, CIO at Workato, is one of the leading innovators in IT/Business partnerships in automation. An accomplished IT executive, Carter brings a rich history in technology, including leading IT during three IPOs—Excite@Home, Salesforce.com, and MobileIron. Carter was hired by Marc Benioff personally as employee #70 at Salesforce. Over the years, he has developed a specialty in constructing highly effective, collaborative teams (90+), executing business strategies, and driving revenue growth while reducing operating costs. Carter is a sought-after advisor of IT leaders around the country, a Bay Area Orbie CIO Award winner, and listed on the Forbes CIO Next list of the top 50 CIOs in the United States.

Guest Highlight:

“Architecture is key. Very key. So, you set up the right infrastructure in a secure place to let people iterate in a safe place—that takes a lot of architecture. You don't want stuff being put into production that these guys built and break. Who gets the first call? It's IT.  So, I really feel like our role is changing from doing more building and more enabling and more architecture.”

Timestamps:

  • *(00:00) - Impact of AI on business decisions
  • *(04:15) - Empowering citizen developers
  • *(07:20) - Real-world automation examples
  • *(20:05) - Navigating point solution vendors
  • *(23:35) - Democratizing automation with training and metrics
  • *(31:15) - Future trends and CIO secrets

Links & Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. 

Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Thu, 25 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000 Ian Faison, Carter Busse https://ciopod.com Carter Busse, CIO at Workato, explores how AI is reshaping business decisions and empowering citizen developers. With over 20 years of IT leadership experience, Carter shares real-world automation examples and advice on navigating point solution vendors, and also discusses orchestrating data across systems, democratizing automation, and future trends that will revolutionize the industry. 

About the Guest:

Carter Busse, CIO at Workato, is one of the leading innovators in IT/Business partnerships in automation. An accomplished IT executive, Carter brings a rich history in technology, including leading IT during three IPOs—Excite@Home, Salesforce.com, and MobileIron. Carter was hired by Marc Benioff personally as employee #70 at Salesforce. Over the years, he has developed a specialty in constructing highly effective, collaborative teams (90+), executing business strategies, and driving revenue growth while reducing operating costs. Carter is a sought-after advisor of IT leaders around the country, a Bay Area Orbie CIO Award winner, and listed on the Forbes CIO Next list of the top 50 CIOs in the United States.

Guest Highlight:

“Architecture is key. Very key. So, you set up the right infrastructure in a secure place to let people iterate in a safe place—that takes a lot of architecture. You don't want stuff being put into production that these guys built and break. Who gets the first call? It's IT.  So, I really feel like our role is changing from doing more building and more enabling and more architecture.”

Timestamps:

  • *(00:00) - Impact of AI on business decisions
  • *(04:15) - Empowering citizen developers
  • *(07:20) - Real-world automation examples
  • *(20:05) - Navigating point solution vendors
  • *(23:35) - Democratizing automation with training and metrics
  • *(31:15) - Future trends and CIO secrets

Links & Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. 

Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Empowering Citizen Developers and Reshaping Business with AI with Carter Busse of Workato Ian Faison, Carter Busse 00:40:05 Carter Busse, CIO at Workato, discusses the impact of AI on business decisions, empowering citizen developers, and future trends in automation and technology. Carter Busse, CIO at Workato, discusses the impact of AI on business decisions, empowering citizen developers, and future trends in automation and technology. democratization, automation, carter busse, generative ai, chief information officer, workato, ai, cio, data democratization false full 52 5e45b1e7-abac-4f92-97d1-74e67971703b Modernizing Legacy Systems with AI with Shelia Anderson of Aflac In this episode, Sheila Anderson, CIO at Aflac, discusses how the company is using AI to modernize while handling legacy systems. Sheila highlights key initiatives such as digital claims processing, establishing an AI center of excellence, and transforming internal operations.

About the Guest:

Shelia Anderson is an information technology executive with extensive Fortune 100 CIO, services, and consulting experience, particularly in Financial Services and Insurance. Partnering with C-level stakeholders, she drives business change and digitally enables organizations through multi-million dollar technology strategies, agile development, and support initiatives for applications and infrastructure. She is well-versed in a range of technologies, from legacy systems to cloud, AI, and LLMs, focusing on maturing organizations through cloud migration, agile transformation, and digital enablement. With a significant passion and proven results in mentoring and developing talent in STEM, supporting women in technology, and building exceptional teams, Shelia has demonstrated organizational leadership over 2000+ employees across multiple global locations and managed budgets exceeding $600 million.

Guest Highlights:

“[When it comes to AI] start with your business. Simple, really. Understand your business, your business challenges, and your business opportunities. Always start with ‘why’ and anything that you deliver from there, the closer you can tie the work that you're doing to the business value, the more successful both you and your company will be at the end of the day.”

Timestamps:

*(01:40) - Aflac’s AI Journey

*(03:55) - AI at Scale: Transforming Aflac

*(09:00) - Building Automation and Innovation into Culture 

*(26:15) - Leadership Insights and Advice

*(31:15) - Future Trends and Strategies

Links & Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. 

Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Thu, 11 Jul 2024 09:00:00 +0000 Sheila Anderson, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com In this episode, Sheila Anderson, CIO at Aflac, discusses how the company is using AI to modernize while handling legacy systems. Sheila highlights key initiatives such as digital claims processing, establishing an AI center of excellence, and transforming internal operations.

About the Guest:

Shelia Anderson is an information technology executive with extensive Fortune 100 CIO, services, and consulting experience, particularly in Financial Services and Insurance. Partnering with C-level stakeholders, she drives business change and digitally enables organizations through multi-million dollar technology strategies, agile development, and support initiatives for applications and infrastructure. She is well-versed in a range of technologies, from legacy systems to cloud, AI, and LLMs, focusing on maturing organizations through cloud migration, agile transformation, and digital enablement. With a significant passion and proven results in mentoring and developing talent in STEM, supporting women in technology, and building exceptional teams, Shelia has demonstrated organizational leadership over 2000+ employees across multiple global locations and managed budgets exceeding $600 million.

Guest Highlights:

“[When it comes to AI] start with your business. Simple, really. Understand your business, your business challenges, and your business opportunities. Always start with ‘why’ and anything that you deliver from there, the closer you can tie the work that you're doing to the business value, the more successful both you and your company will be at the end of the day.”

Timestamps:

*(01:40) - Aflac’s AI Journey

*(03:55) - AI at Scale: Transforming Aflac

*(09:00) - Building Automation and Innovation into Culture 

*(26:15) - Leadership Insights and Advice

*(31:15) - Future Trends and Strategies

Links & Resources:

Can’t get enough AI? Check out The New Automation Mindset Podcast for more in-depth conversations about strategies leadership in AI, automation, and orchestration. Brought to you by the automation experts at Workato. 

Start Listening: www.workato.com/podcast


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]]> Modernizing Legacy Systems with AI with Shelia Anderson of Aflac Sheila Anderson, Ian Faison 00:36:44 Shelia Anderson, CIO at Aflac, discusses how the company is using AI to modernize while handling legacy systems. Shelia Anderson, CIO at Aflac, discusses how the company is using AI to modernize while handling legacy systems. cio classified, generative ai, ai, cio, legacy systems, modernization, aflac, it false full 51 1992b456-fc30-44e4-97d1-904787e174f9 Powerful Partnerships That Push CIOs to the Next Level Just like the role of the CIO has transitioned from a back-office data manager to a business enabler, how CIOs build and maintain internal and external partnerships has also greatly evolved. In this episode, Madlin Sadler, COO of the International Rescue Committee, and Colleen Berube, CIO and SVP of Operations at Zendesk, draw insights from their own collaboration to talk about the many ways partnerships can be powerful—from bringing in new perspectives to providing resources and solutions—as well as share their advice on building strategic partnerships for today's CIO.

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“The need to have great partnerships with people who are helping us push our thinking has been more critical than ever… particularly for us, meaning that we transform and innovate in a way that I don't think we could if we didn't know what was out there and what the world was capable of achieving with us. Partnerships for us are really pushing us to the next level.” - Madlin Sadler, COO of the International Rescue Committee

“Part of the value that you can bring as a technology leader is really not about the technology at all—it's about having the visibility to see what's happening in different parts of the business, and you can bring those things together and influence different thinking by looking more holistically at what could be happening in the company.” - Colleen Berube, CIO and SVP of Operations, Zendesk

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Time Stamps:

* (1:46) Meet Madlin and Colleen, and learn about their roles

* (6:38) How the role of CIO has evolved to include operations

* (11:21) Emphasizing productivity in the hybrid workplace

* (16:46) Why internal and external partnerships are important for success 

* (23:27) Secrets every CIO and exec should know

* (24:53) Madlin and Colleen ask each other questions

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]]> Wed, 7 Sep 2022 09:00:00 +0000 Madlin Sadler, Colleen Berube, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com Just like the role of the CIO has transitioned from a back-office data manager to a business enabler, how CIOs build and maintain internal and external partnerships has also greatly evolved. In this episode, Madlin Sadler, COO of the International Rescue Committee, and Colleen Berube, CIO and SVP of Operations at Zendesk, draw insights from their own collaboration to talk about the many ways partnerships can be powerful—from bringing in new perspectives to providing resources and solutions—as well as share their advice on building strategic partnerships for today's CIO.

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“The need to have great partnerships with people who are helping us push our thinking has been more critical than ever… particularly for us, meaning that we transform and innovate in a way that I don't think we could if we didn't know what was out there and what the world was capable of achieving with us. Partnerships for us are really pushing us to the next level.” - Madlin Sadler, COO of the International Rescue Committee

“Part of the value that you can bring as a technology leader is really not about the technology at all—it's about having the visibility to see what's happening in different parts of the business, and you can bring those things together and influence different thinking by looking more holistically at what could be happening in the company.” - Colleen Berube, CIO and SVP of Operations, Zendesk

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Time Stamps:

* (1:46) Meet Madlin and Colleen, and learn about their roles

* (6:38) How the role of CIO has evolved to include operations

* (11:21) Emphasizing productivity in the hybrid workplace

* (16:46) Why internal and external partnerships are important for success 

* (23:27) Secrets every CIO and exec should know

* (24:53) Madlin and Colleen ask each other questions

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]]> Powerful Partnerships That Push CIOs to the Next Level Madlin Sadler, Colleen Berube, Ian Faison 00:28:33 Just like the role of the CIO has transitioned from a back-office data manager to a business enabler, how CIOs build and maintain internal and external partnerships has also greatly evolved. In this episode, our guests draw insights from their own collaboration between Zendesk and the International Rescue Committee to talk about the many ways partnerships can be powerful—from bringing in new perspectives to providing resources and solutions. Just like the role of the CIO has transitioned from a back-office data manager to a business enabler, how CIOs build and maintain internal and external partnerships has also greatly evolved. In this episode, our guests draw insights from their own collaboration between Zendesk and the International Rescue Committee to talk about the many ways partnerships can be powerful—from bringing in new perspectives to providing resources and solutions. partner strategy cio, madlin sadler, irc, strategic partnerships, international rescue committee, partnerships, chief information officer, information technology leader, colleen berube, cio, zendesk false full 50 2a5b2441-2b4a-4296-9445-fdc5d32961da Investment Priorities for the Transformative CIO Spending money is easy when investment opportunities are everywhere, but it’s harder to predict if something is worth the cost. In this episode, IT leaders from the public and private sectors tell us about the times their investments paid off—from new technology to the employee experience. You’ll hear advice from Tim Chester, VP of IT and CIO at the University of Georgia, and Carrie Rasmussen, CIO at Ceridian, on how to keep pace with the increasing demand for digital transformation, and much more.

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“Frankly, it’s time to invest… AI machine learning and science hires are key, and we're investing in our high-performance computing to support faculty in those important fields.” - Tim Chester, VP of IT, CIO, at the University of Georgia

“We do have to put certain initiatives on the back burner, but more importantly, we are being asked how do we take inefficiencies and repurpose them so that it's not a budget cut, but a reallocation of funds through proper harvesting.” - Carrie Rasmussen, CIO at Ceridian

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Time Stamps:

* (1:46) Meet Tim and Carrie, and learn about their roles

* (5:35) How to priortize spending and when to reallocate funds

* (20:54) Peer leadership advice for discussing budgets

* (23:32) Investing in human capital with DEI efforts

* (35:40) Tim and Carrie ask each other questions

* (35:40) Secrets every CIO should know

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]]> Wed, 24 Aug 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Ian Faison, Timothy Chester, Carrie Rasmussen https://ciopod.com Spending money is easy when investment opportunities are everywhere, but it’s harder to predict if something is worth the cost. In this episode, IT leaders from the public and private sectors tell us about the times their investments paid off—from new technology to the employee experience. You’ll hear advice from Tim Chester, VP of IT and CIO at the University of Georgia, and Carrie Rasmussen, CIO at Ceridian, on how to keep pace with the increasing demand for digital transformation, and much more.

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“Frankly, it’s time to invest… AI machine learning and science hires are key, and we're investing in our high-performance computing to support faculty in those important fields.” - Tim Chester, VP of IT, CIO, at the University of Georgia

“We do have to put certain initiatives on the back burner, but more importantly, we are being asked how do we take inefficiencies and repurpose them so that it's not a budget cut, but a reallocation of funds through proper harvesting.” - Carrie Rasmussen, CIO at Ceridian

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Time Stamps:

* (1:46) Meet Tim and Carrie, and learn about their roles

* (5:35) How to priortize spending and when to reallocate funds

* (20:54) Peer leadership advice for discussing budgets

* (23:32) Investing in human capital with DEI efforts

* (35:40) Tim and Carrie ask each other questions

* (35:40) Secrets every CIO should know

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]]> Investment Priorities for the Transformative CIO Ian Faison, Timothy Chester, Carrie Rasmussen 00:40:47 In this episode, IT leaders from the public and private sectors tell us about times their investments paid off, and share advice for CIOs to keep pace with the increasing demand for digital transformation. In this episode, IT leaders from the public and private sectors tell us about times their investments paid off, and share advice for CIOs to keep pace with the increasing demand for digital transformation. spending, ceridian, it budget, prioritize, carrie rasmussen, chief information officer, cio, digital transformation, employee experience, timothy chester, university of gerogia, investment false full 49 80c7c4c8-50d5-4595-942b-fe19ba8f4dc1 The Future of Employee Experience: Insights From the World’s Leading CIOs The competition to attract and retain talent remains fierce, and today’s leading CIOs understand that creating an employee experience model should be just as high of a priority as technology and innovation. In this episode, we’ve compiled advice from CIOs and technology leaders who are creating employee-centric cultures at their companies, and examine strategies used by successful organizations—from VMware to the Boston Red Sox—that keep employees engaged, productive, and happy.

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“The key is to offload work that doesn't require synchronous co-creation to the machine. Find ways to make that work readable, visible, doable, and extensible by the machine.” - Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO, Nutanix 

“You need to have a defined workflow that is the map of how work gets done across the organizations. Then, have some monitoring on them to make sure that you're continually reflecting and speeding yourselves up.” - Alex Hood, CPO, Asana

“We've done a few things to mix it up a bit in town halls. For example, we've had people on the team kick off the meeting. We've had some people singing—some people play the guitar. We've even had some people singing and playing guitar at the same time. We always try to mix it up and have something interesting upfront.” - David Vidoni, VP of IT, Pegasystems 

“There's a tendency to throw human capital at problems. We're looking at ways where we can bring a lot more automation and hopefully, a lot more efficiency to how their particular jobs operate. This way, people can be better informed and able to leverage data that they've never had before—really make decisions that otherwise were historically time-consuming.” - Brian Shield, SVP and CTO, Boston Redsox.

“If we can fundamentally change the culture and get into a place where people feel genuinely and sincerely delighted, surprised, and amazed by the experience of using technology, they will be more productive. They will feel good about who they work with and what they're doing.” - Jason Conyard, SVP and CIO, VMWare

“We've been really focused on the onboarding experience because so many people boarded during the pandemic. We've been trying to keep our game up by making it very simple and seamless, especially when you're doing it from a remote perspective.” - Ginna Raahauge, EVP and CIO, Zayo Group

“We get employees involved in the decision-making process. We want them to have a say in which tool, vendor, and features they like… We believe technology is now a utility and everybody needs to participate in the decision-making process.” - Prasad Ramakrishnan, SVP of IT and CIO, Freshworks

“We can't just assume people coming in know how to be a technologist, or know the basics of tackling technology. We have to create a great employee experience before they start, the day they start, and all the way through.” - Carter Busse, CIO, Workato

“Continuously learning about new technologies or new ways of working… that creates a resilient culture by default.” - Apratim Purakayastha, CTO, SkillSoft and SumTotal

“If your team is happy and productive, that customer experience will resonate and other people in the organization will look to IT to help solve their problems rather than a potential blocker to getting things done.” - Johan Dowdy, Global Head of IT, Asana

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Time Stamps:

* (1:45) Why it’s important to create less work about work

* (8:05) Creative solutions to increase employee engagement

* (11:50) Ideas for optimizing the employee onboarding process

* (16:57) How to make employees feel like their voices are heard

* (21:36) How to build resilience into the workplace culture 

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]]> Wed, 10 Aug 2022 15:00:00 +0000 Wendy Pfeiffer, Alex Hood, David Vidoni, Brian Shield, Jason Conyard, Ginna Raahauge, Prasad Ramakrishnan, Carter Busse, Apratim Purakayastha, Johan Dowdy https://ciopod.com The competition to attract and retain talent remains fierce, and today’s leading CIOs understand that creating an employee experience model should be just as high of a priority as technology and innovation. In this episode, we’ve compiled advice from CIOs and technology leaders who are creating employee-centric cultures at their companies, and examine strategies used by successful organizations—from VMware to the Boston Red Sox—that keep employees engaged, productive, and happy.

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“The key is to offload work that doesn't require synchronous co-creation to the machine. Find ways to make that work readable, visible, doable, and extensible by the machine.” - Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO, Nutanix 

“You need to have a defined workflow that is the map of how work gets done across the organizations. Then, have some monitoring on them to make sure that you're continually reflecting and speeding yourselves up.” - Alex Hood, CPO, Asana

“We've done a few things to mix it up a bit in town halls. For example, we've had people on the team kick off the meeting. We've had some people singing—some people play the guitar. We've even had some people singing and playing guitar at the same time. We always try to mix it up and have something interesting upfront.” - David Vidoni, VP of IT, Pegasystems 

“There's a tendency to throw human capital at problems. We're looking at ways where we can bring a lot more automation and hopefully, a lot more efficiency to how their particular jobs operate. This way, people can be better informed and able to leverage data that they've never had before—really make decisions that otherwise were historically time-consuming.” - Brian Shield, SVP and CTO, Boston Redsox.

“If we can fundamentally change the culture and get into a place where people feel genuinely and sincerely delighted, surprised, and amazed by the experience of using technology, they will be more productive. They will feel good about who they work with and what they're doing.” - Jason Conyard, SVP and CIO, VMWare

“We've been really focused on the onboarding experience because so many people boarded during the pandemic. We've been trying to keep our game up by making it very simple and seamless, especially when you're doing it from a remote perspective.” - Ginna Raahauge, EVP and CIO, Zayo Group

“We get employees involved in the decision-making process. We want them to have a say in which tool, vendor, and features they like… We believe technology is now a utility and everybody needs to participate in the decision-making process.” - Prasad Ramakrishnan, SVP of IT and CIO, Freshworks

“We can't just assume people coming in know how to be a technologist, or know the basics of tackling technology. We have to create a great employee experience before they start, the day they start, and all the way through.” - Carter Busse, CIO, Workato

“Continuously learning about new technologies or new ways of working… that creates a resilient culture by default.” - Apratim Purakayastha, CTO, SkillSoft and SumTotal

“If your team is happy and productive, that customer experience will resonate and other people in the organization will look to IT to help solve their problems rather than a potential blocker to getting things done.” - Johan Dowdy, Global Head of IT, Asana

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Time Stamps:

* (1:45) Why it’s important to create less work about work

* (8:05) Creative solutions to increase employee engagement

* (11:50) Ideas for optimizing the employee onboarding process

* (16:57) How to make employees feel like their voices are heard

* (21:36) How to build resilience into the workplace culture 

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]]> The Future of Employee Experience: Insights From the World’s Leading CIOs Wendy Pfeiffer, Alex Hood, David Vidoni, Brian Shield, Jason Conyard, Ginna Raahauge, Prasad Ramakrishnan, Carter Busse, Apratim Purakayastha, Johan Dowdy 00:26:21 The competition to attract and retain talent remains fierce, and today’s leading CIOs understand that creating an employee experience model should be just as high of a priority as technology and innovation. In this episode, we’ve compiled advice from CIOs and technology leaders who are creating employee-centric cultures at their companies. The competition to attract and retain talent remains fierce, and today’s leading CIOs understand that creating an employee experience model should be just as high of a priority as technology and innovation. In this episode, we’ve compiled advice from CIOs and technology leaders who are creating employee-centric cultures at their companies. employee engagement, attrition, chief information officer, cio, employee experience, retention false full 48 1dd4137f-7ea3-4793-8ed4-f3436158a083 How Effective CIOs Build Key Partnerships with Internal Departments with Adam Glick, CISO at SimpliSafe, and Marc Linster, CTO at EDB Key partnerships between CIOs and their internal departments are evolving rapidly, creating new ways of working and opening up new revenue streams. In this episode, we talk to Adam Glick, CISO at SimpliSafe, and Marc Linster, CTO at EDB, about where they see relationships with CIOs going in the future and ask them their secrets for success when it comes to cloud infrastructure, data security, and more. 

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“Where you're going to see a big separation between organizations is how they're wielding technology, so the CIO has a really large task. They're most successful when they're thinking about the needs of the business and the employee experience.” - Adam Glick, CISO, SimpliSafe

“I see more and more the CIO becoming a facilitator of information. Yes, IT has to be managed in the right way securely, but it has to be accessible – it has to be usable.” - Marc Linster, CTO, EDB

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* (1:47) Meet our guests, Marc & Adam

* (6:40) How to strategize for creating cloud infrastructure 

* (9:30) Cloud security best practices for CIOs

* (14:15) The CIOs role in strengthening data security

* (18:35) How CIOs can help CTOs turn volumes of data into actionable insights

* (20:42) What does the future role of the CIO look like?

* (23:25) Working with other departments to improve the employee experience

* (29:51)  Projects on the horizon for EDB and SimpliSafe

* (33:06) Marc and Adam ask each other questions

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]]> Wed, 27 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +0000 Marc Linster, Adam Glick, Ian Faison, SimpliSafe, EDB, Caspian Studios https://ciopod.com Key partnerships between CIOs and their internal departments are evolving rapidly, creating new ways of working and opening up new revenue streams. In this episode, we talk to Adam Glick, CISO at SimpliSafe, and Marc Linster, CTO at EDB, about where they see relationships with CIOs going in the future and ask them their secrets for success when it comes to cloud infrastructure, data security, and more. 

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“Where you're going to see a big separation between organizations is how they're wielding technology, so the CIO has a really large task. They're most successful when they're thinking about the needs of the business and the employee experience.” - Adam Glick, CISO, SimpliSafe

“I see more and more the CIO becoming a facilitator of information. Yes, IT has to be managed in the right way securely, but it has to be accessible – it has to be usable.” - Marc Linster, CTO, EDB

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* (1:47) Meet our guests, Marc & Adam

* (6:40) How to strategize for creating cloud infrastructure 

* (9:30) Cloud security best practices for CIOs

* (14:15) The CIOs role in strengthening data security

* (18:35) How CIOs can help CTOs turn volumes of data into actionable insights

* (20:42) What does the future role of the CIO look like?

* (23:25) Working with other departments to improve the employee experience

* (29:51)  Projects on the horizon for EDB and SimpliSafe

* (33:06) Marc and Adam ask each other questions

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]]> How Effective CIOs Build Key Partnerships with Internal Departments with Adam Glick, CISO at SimpliSafe, and Marc Linster, CTO at EDB Marc Linster, Adam Glick, Ian Faison, SimpliSafe, EDB, Caspian Studios 00:41:36 Key partnerships between CIOs and their internal departments are evolving rapidly, creating new ways of working and opening up new revenue streams. In this episode, we talk to a leading CISO and CTO about where they see relationships with CIOs going in the future and ask them their secrets for success when it comes to cloud infrastructure, data security, and more. Key partnerships between CIOs and their internal departments are evolving rapidly, creating new ways of working and opening up new revenue streams. In this episode, we talk to a leading CISO and CTO about where they see relationships with CIOs going in the future and ask them their secrets for success when it comes to cloud infrastructure, data security, and more. cto, data security, employee productivity, internal department relationships, ciso, chief information officer, key partnerships, cio, employee experience, cloud infrastructure false full 47 bdd6e99e-f4f5-4201-9379-491fc64fc53f How CIOs Are Effectively Adapting to New Economic Challenges with Jason Conyard, CIO at VMware, and Ginna Raahauge, EVP & CIO of Digital Transformation at Zayo Group The impact of today’s economic climate is felt everywhere – even in the CIO’s office. In this episode, we ask two leading CIOs how they save money on IT and talent while still producing results. You’ll hear from Jason Conyard, CIO at VMware, and Ginna Raahauge, EVP & CIO of Digital Transformation at Zayo Group, who discuss how to keep attrition in check and streamline and optimize your organizational costs, plus much more.

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“We're seeing interest rate changes. There are concerns about the availability of fuel and the impact of the cost of power around the world. I think that's going to probably color the 2nd half of the year and almost certainly into next year as well. Now, some people of course will look at that and they'll be concerned… but I also recognize that this presents an opportunity for companies to cut some of the sandbags that have been weighing down the balloon as organizations have grown. They've probably focused on transforming and not necessarily turning things off, or optimizing business processes. As we see that challenge ahead, it also creates that opportunity for us to streamline and optimize.” - Jason Conyard, CIO at VMware

“Just because I can technically solve your problem doesn't mean I should solve it with technology. I think this does go back to the old adage of systems, processes, and data. I think if we give more of our users, customers, and partners access to data insights, they can make different decisions around things. Then sometimes, you can even avoid some of the process of reengineering that takes a long time and a lot of energy, and it isn't even a system or a process that you need.” - Ginna Raahauge, EVP & CIO of Digital Transformation at Zayo Group

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* (1:51) Meet our guests, Jason & Ginna

* (4:07) New economic challenges facing CIOs in 2022

* (11:04) Keeping attrition in check by improving the employee experience

* (17:04) When should I use technology to improve employee productivity?

* (21:53) Projects on the horizon for VMware and Zayo Group

* (28:03) Secrets CIOs should know 

* (32:25) Lessons CIOs can learn from working in a startup  

* (37:11) Jason and Ginna ask each other questions

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]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2022 09:00:00 +0000 Ginna Raahauge, Jason Conyard, Ian Faison, VMware, Zayo Group https://ciopod.com The impact of today’s economic climate is felt everywhere – even in the CIO’s office. In this episode, we ask two leading CIOs how they save money on IT and talent while still producing results. You’ll hear from Jason Conyard, CIO at VMware, and Ginna Raahauge, EVP & CIO of Digital Transformation at Zayo Group, who discuss how to keep attrition in check and streamline and optimize your organizational costs, plus much more.

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“We're seeing interest rate changes. There are concerns about the availability of fuel and the impact of the cost of power around the world. I think that's going to probably color the 2nd half of the year and almost certainly into next year as well. Now, some people of course will look at that and they'll be concerned… but I also recognize that this presents an opportunity for companies to cut some of the sandbags that have been weighing down the balloon as organizations have grown. They've probably focused on transforming and not necessarily turning things off, or optimizing business processes. As we see that challenge ahead, it also creates that opportunity for us to streamline and optimize.” - Jason Conyard, CIO at VMware

“Just because I can technically solve your problem doesn't mean I should solve it with technology. I think this does go back to the old adage of systems, processes, and data. I think if we give more of our users, customers, and partners access to data insights, they can make different decisions around things. Then sometimes, you can even avoid some of the process of reengineering that takes a long time and a lot of energy, and it isn't even a system or a process that you need.” - Ginna Raahauge, EVP & CIO of Digital Transformation at Zayo Group

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* (1:51) Meet our guests, Jason & Ginna

* (4:07) New economic challenges facing CIOs in 2022

* (11:04) Keeping attrition in check by improving the employee experience

* (17:04) When should I use technology to improve employee productivity?

* (21:53) Projects on the horizon for VMware and Zayo Group

* (28:03) Secrets CIOs should know 

* (32:25) Lessons CIOs can learn from working in a startup  

* (37:11) Jason and Ginna ask each other questions

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]]> How CIOs Are Effectively Adapting to New Economic Challenges with Jason Conyard, CIO at VMware, and Ginna Raahauge, EVP & CIO of Digital Transformation at Zayo Group Ginna Raahauge, Jason Conyard, Ian Faison, VMware, Zayo Group 00:44:10 The impact of today’s economic climate is felt everywhere – even in the CIO’s office. In this episode, we ask two leading CIOs how they save money on IT and talent while still producing results. The impact of today’s economic climate is felt everywhere – even in the CIO’s office. In this episode, we ask two leading CIOs how they save money on IT and talent while still producing results. attrition, information technology, it budget, technology investment, chief information officer, cio, digital transformation, employee experience, employee retention false full 46 62de9e73-55f9-47d3-8d48-f9e09c1fced3 How CIOs Can Get the Most out of Artificial Intelligence with Darren Person, Global CIO at The NPD Group, and Max Chan, CIO at Avnet In this episode, Darren Person, Global CIO at The NPD Group, and Max Chan, CIO at Avnet, share their insights about the use of AI in enterprise industries and reveal how to reap its benefits without breaking the bank. They address knowing when it is time to introduce AI, how to approach boards about it, how to leverage AI to drive employee experience and expand your business, and much more.

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“You cannot do AI or machine learning without good data. Don't ever think that AI is this black box that magically is going to solve all your problems. You have to go through the hard work, the iterations, the training of the models, testing the algorithm. Don't forget the importance that data is for this journey because without it, there's really no way to be successful and scale for your organization.” - Max Chan, CIO at Avnet

“Data tells a story. It's our job to figure out what story that data tells, and then how to make sure that we are telling the right story with it. Like anything in statistics, you can use data in a variety of different ways. It’s about the quality of the data that really drives that story. All these tools will help you get there, but at the end of the day, you still need to make sure that the story that you tell is accurate, to the point, and it's understandable within the data as well.” - Darren Person, Global CIO at The NPD Group

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Time Stamps:

* (1:53) Meet our guests, Max and Darren

* (3:33) The current state of AI for enterprise B2B and B2C companies

* (13:12) How to scale AI in your company

* (21:40) The approach boards should take toward AI

* (28:01) How to leverage AI to drive employee experience 

* (32:37) Secrets CIOs should know about data

* (31:59) Max and Darren ask each other questions

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]]> Thu, 30 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000 Max Chan, Darren Person, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com In this episode, Darren Person, Global CIO at The NPD Group, and Max Chan, CIO at Avnet, share their insights about the use of AI in enterprise industries and reveal how to reap its benefits without breaking the bank. They address knowing when it is time to introduce AI, how to approach boards about it, how to leverage AI to drive employee experience and expand your business, and much more.

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“You cannot do AI or machine learning without good data. Don't ever think that AI is this black box that magically is going to solve all your problems. You have to go through the hard work, the iterations, the training of the models, testing the algorithm. Don't forget the importance that data is for this journey because without it, there's really no way to be successful and scale for your organization.” - Max Chan, CIO at Avnet

“Data tells a story. It's our job to figure out what story that data tells, and then how to make sure that we are telling the right story with it. Like anything in statistics, you can use data in a variety of different ways. It’s about the quality of the data that really drives that story. All these tools will help you get there, but at the end of the day, you still need to make sure that the story that you tell is accurate, to the point, and it's understandable within the data as well.” - Darren Person, Global CIO at The NPD Group

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Time Stamps:

* (1:53) Meet our guests, Max and Darren

* (3:33) The current state of AI for enterprise B2B and B2C companies

* (13:12) How to scale AI in your company

* (21:40) The approach boards should take toward AI

* (28:01) How to leverage AI to drive employee experience 

* (32:37) Secrets CIOs should know about data

* (31:59) Max and Darren ask each other questions

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]]> How CIOs Can Get the Most out of Artificial Intelligence with Darren Person, Global CIO at The NPD Group, and Max Chan, CIO at Avnet Max Chan, Darren Person, Ian Faison 00:37:16 In this episode, Darren Person, Global CIO at The NPD Group, and Max Chan, CIO at Avnet, share their insights about the use of AI in enterprise industries and reveal how to reap its benefits without breaking the bank. They address knowing when it is time to introduce AI, how to approach boards about it, and how to leverage AI to drive employee experience and expand your business. In this episode, Darren Person, Global CIO at The NPD Group, and Max Chan, CIO at Avnet, share their insights about the use of AI in enterprise industries and reveal how to reap its benefits without breaking the bank. They address knowing when it is time to introduce AI, how to approach boards about it, and how to leverage AI to drive employee experience and expand your business. cios, ai for b2b and b2c, leverage ai, ai, artificial intelligence, employee experience, scale ai false full 45 09d383a5-f8ba-42a6-b5ff-0011aaf60fdc How To Succeed as the Modern CIO and Retain Employees with Sanjay Macwan, CIO and CISO at Vonage, and Harry Temkin, CIO at DriveWealth Today’s modern CIO is expected to do much more than just keep the lights on and make sure you can log in to your system. Join Sanjay Macwan, CIO and CISO at Vonage, and Harry Temkin, CIO at DriveWealth, as they discuss their evolving roles before revealing what makes an effective leadership model, including the main drivers behind employee productivity and retention.

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“CIOs should obsess about this every day: how do we make sure that our employees and company are able to do their job better? … So one of the things that I really obsess about is self-serve and automation. How do I create self-serve models through automation so that if you're a salesperson, he or she is able to get things done in a self-serve model and they don't have to ask for it on a regular basis?” - Sanjay Macwan, CIO and CISO at Vonage

“From a retention standpoint, an employee that feels empowered and has the ability to make decisions and impact strategy is typically one that you keep for a very long time and feels very satisfied. They feel like they actually own something.” - Harry Temkin, CIO at DriveWealth 

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Time Stamps:

* (2:01) Sanjay & Hary share more about their respective roles

* (4:32) The next big projects coming out of Vonage and DriveWealth

* (8:22) What drives employee retention (with examples) 

* (15:37) How automation can drive employee productivity

* (22:17) How a customer-centric culture can influence innovation 

* (29:47) The evolving responsibilities of the modern CIO

* (32:31) Sanjay and Harry ask each other questions

* (38:40) Secrets more CIOs should know 

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]]> Wed, 15 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000 sanjay macwan, harry temkin, ian faison, drivewealth, vonage, caspian studios https://ciopod.com Today’s modern CIO is expected to do much more than just keep the lights on and make sure you can log in to your system. Join Sanjay Macwan, CIO and CISO at Vonage, and Harry Temkin, CIO at DriveWealth, as they discuss their evolving roles before revealing what makes an effective leadership model, including the main drivers behind employee productivity and retention.

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“CIOs should obsess about this every day: how do we make sure that our employees and company are able to do their job better? … So one of the things that I really obsess about is self-serve and automation. How do I create self-serve models through automation so that if you're a salesperson, he or she is able to get things done in a self-serve model and they don't have to ask for it on a regular basis?” - Sanjay Macwan, CIO and CISO at Vonage

“From a retention standpoint, an employee that feels empowered and has the ability to make decisions and impact strategy is typically one that you keep for a very long time and feels very satisfied. They feel like they actually own something.” - Harry Temkin, CIO at DriveWealth 

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Time Stamps:

* (2:01) Sanjay & Hary share more about their respective roles

* (4:32) The next big projects coming out of Vonage and DriveWealth

* (8:22) What drives employee retention (with examples) 

* (15:37) How automation can drive employee productivity

* (22:17) How a customer-centric culture can influence innovation 

* (29:47) The evolving responsibilities of the modern CIO

* (32:31) Sanjay and Harry ask each other questions

* (38:40) Secrets more CIOs should know 

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]]> How To Succeed as the Modern CIO and Retain Employees with Sanjay Macwan, CIO and CISO at Vonage, and Harry Temkin, CIO at DriveWealth sanjay macwan, harry temkin, ian faison, drivewealth, vonage, caspian studios 00:41:40 Today’s modern CIO is expected to do much more than just keep the lights on and make sure you can log in to your system. Join Sanjay Macwan, CIO and CISO at Vonage, and Harry Temkin, CIO at DriveWealth, as they discuss their evolving roles before revealing what makes an effective leadership model, including the main drivers behind employee productivity and retention. Today’s modern CIO is expected to do much more than just keep the lights on and make sure you can log in to your system. Join Sanjay Macwan, CIO and CISO at Vonage, and Harry Temkin, CIO at DriveWealth, as they discuss their evolving roles before revealing what makes an effective leadership model, including the main drivers behind employee productivity and retention. cio role, cio duties, employee productivity, driving factors, chief information officer, ailignment, cio, cio responsibiilty, employee retention false full 44 b0d150d8-cec1-40f6-a3d9-6fe505d2ccc1 Simplifying IT for a Better Digital Transformation with Brian Shield, SVP & CTO at Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management, and David Vidoni, VP of IT at Pegasystems The constantly shifting demands of digital users are forcing IT leaders to anticipate the next curveball -- that’s why we talked to Brian Shield, SVP & CTO, Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management, and David Vidoni, VP of IT at Pegasystems, about simplifying their IT departments in order to remain agile. In this episode, Brian & David reveal their secrets to providing a world-class experience that's constantly changing with consumer preferences, plus how they’ve accelerated the digital transformation journey, and much more.

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“The key thing for any organization, or any CIO, is that you have to get rid of a lot of your legacy. If you're so overwhelmed with legacy technologies, systems, and processes, it's very difficult to think strategically. When you do implement technologies, you need to implement ones that, if not future-proofed, at least give you a long runway so that you feel like you're not going to have to revisit these on a very regular basis.” - Brian Shield, SVP & CTO at Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management

“It all comes down to going back to basics. The simple things – do you have applications that create data with a high degree of quality upfront? Do you have people responsible for those systems that will maintain that data? Then behind the scenes, is the plumbing to bring that data from point A to point B simplified and straightforward?... When you get to the point where you need to do reporting or other analysis, a lot of the headaches and problems have already been dealt with.” - David Vidoni, VP of IT at Pegasystems

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* (1:47) Brian & David share more about their respective roles

* (5:15) Projects on the horizon for the Boston Red Sox and Pegasystems

* (7:22) Simplifying the digital transformation journey 

* (12:35) Data literacy at the board level 

* (20:17) Making bets on new technologies 

* (23:16) Finding the right outside partnerships

* (25:52) Secrets more CIOs should know 

* (31:59) Brian and David ask each other questions

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]]> Wed, 1 Jun 2022 09:00:00 +0000 brian shield, david vidoni, ian faison https://ciopod.com The constantly shifting demands of digital users are forcing IT leaders to anticipate the next curveball -- that’s why we talked to Brian Shield, SVP & CTO, Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management, and David Vidoni, VP of IT at Pegasystems, about simplifying their IT departments in order to remain agile. In this episode, Brian & David reveal their secrets to providing a world-class experience that's constantly changing with consumer preferences, plus how they’ve accelerated the digital transformation journey, and much more.

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“The key thing for any organization, or any CIO, is that you have to get rid of a lot of your legacy. If you're so overwhelmed with legacy technologies, systems, and processes, it's very difficult to think strategically. When you do implement technologies, you need to implement ones that, if not future-proofed, at least give you a long runway so that you feel like you're not going to have to revisit these on a very regular basis.” - Brian Shield, SVP & CTO at Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management

“It all comes down to going back to basics. The simple things – do you have applications that create data with a high degree of quality upfront? Do you have people responsible for those systems that will maintain that data? Then behind the scenes, is the plumbing to bring that data from point A to point B simplified and straightforward?... When you get to the point where you need to do reporting or other analysis, a lot of the headaches and problems have already been dealt with.” - David Vidoni, VP of IT at Pegasystems

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Time Stamps:

* (1:47) Brian & David share more about their respective roles

* (5:15) Projects on the horizon for the Boston Red Sox and Pegasystems

* (7:22) Simplifying the digital transformation journey 

* (12:35) Data literacy at the board level 

* (20:17) Making bets on new technologies 

* (23:16) Finding the right outside partnerships

* (25:52) Secrets more CIOs should know 

* (31:59) Brian and David ask each other questions

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]]> Simplifying IT for a Better Digital Transformation with Brian Shield, SVP & CTO at Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management, and David Vidoni, VP of IT at Pegasystems brian shield, david vidoni, ian faison 00:38:51 The constantly shifting demands of digital users are forcing IT leaders to anticipate the next curveball -- that’s why we talked to Brian Shield, SVP & CTO, Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management, and David Vidoni, VP of IT at Pegasystems, about simplifying their IT departments in order to remain agile. In this episode, Brian & David reveal their secrets to providing a world-class experience that's constantly changing with consumer preferences, and how they’ve accelerated the digital transformation journey. The constantly shifting demands of digital users are forcing IT leaders to anticipate the next curveball -- that’s why we talked to Brian Shield, SVP & CTO, Boston Red Sox and Fenway Sports Management, and David Vidoni, VP of IT at Pegasystems, about simplifying their IT departments in order to remain agile. In this episode, Brian & David reveal their secrets to providing a world-class experience that's constantly changing with consumer preferences, and how they’ve accelerated the digital transformation journey. information technology, pegasystems, simplifying digital transformation, cio, digital transformation, boston red sox, employee experience, simple it, data literacy, it false full 43 1b4c728b-22dc-4088-a308-879ea8def440 Defining Data Intensity and How to Apply It with Jay Upchurch, EVP and CIO at SAS, and Oliver Schabenberger, Chief Innovation Officer at SingleStore Data is everywhere, in everything, but how do you know if your company is optimized for a data-driven future? A new term is emerging that might be the best way to tell: data intensity. You’ll hear from Jay Upchurch, EVP and CIO at SAS, and Oliver Schabenberger, Chief Innovation Officer at SingleStore, as they define data intensity, share advice to improve data literacy, and discuss why curiosity is key for innovation, employee retention, and more.

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“I think to the traditionalist…the idea of citizen ‘anything’ scares them, you know? It's just different. I think that's where companies, especially modern companies, lean into that uncomfortableness. They lean into it for scale and how to grow. They lean into it for curiosity. When you shy away from the idea of enabling the citizens, then that means you're not feeding fuel to the curiosity that propels us forward.” - Jay Upchurch, EVP and CIO, SAS

“Data intensity is a manifestation of tech intensity. We ask ourselves, ‘What data resources do we have? What data resources do we need to become more data-driven, and what can we build with it?’ It's recognizing that data intensity is increasing everywhere, and that is a good thing. There's more data and we have more uses for data. You want to go from a more descriptive, backward-looking, historical-looking approach to data to a more forward-looking, predictive approach.” - Oliver Schabenberger, Chief Innovation Officer, SingleStore

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Time Stamps:

* (1:47) Meet Oliver & Jay, and learn about SAS and SingleStore

* (6:45) What is data intensity? 

* (12:12) Why data intensity can become the new KPI 

* (15:03) Are CIOs responsible for employees’ data literacy?

* (22:36) How promoting curiosity can help employee retention 

* (26:42) What managers can do to improve the employee experience 

* (29:27) Secrets more CIOs should know 

* (32:50) Oliver and Jay ask each other questions

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]]> Wed, 18 May 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Jay Upchurch, SAS, Oliver Schabenberger, SingleStore, Caspian Studios, Ian Faison, Asana https://ciopod.com Data is everywhere, in everything, but how do you know if your company is optimized for a data-driven future? A new term is emerging that might be the best way to tell: data intensity. You’ll hear from Jay Upchurch, EVP and CIO at SAS, and Oliver Schabenberger, Chief Innovation Officer at SingleStore, as they define data intensity, share advice to improve data literacy, and discuss why curiosity is key for innovation, employee retention, and more.

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“I think to the traditionalist…the idea of citizen ‘anything’ scares them, you know? It's just different. I think that's where companies, especially modern companies, lean into that uncomfortableness. They lean into it for scale and how to grow. They lean into it for curiosity. When you shy away from the idea of enabling the citizens, then that means you're not feeding fuel to the curiosity that propels us forward.” - Jay Upchurch, EVP and CIO, SAS

“Data intensity is a manifestation of tech intensity. We ask ourselves, ‘What data resources do we have? What data resources do we need to become more data-driven, and what can we build with it?’ It's recognizing that data intensity is increasing everywhere, and that is a good thing. There's more data and we have more uses for data. You want to go from a more descriptive, backward-looking, historical-looking approach to data to a more forward-looking, predictive approach.” - Oliver Schabenberger, Chief Innovation Officer, SingleStore

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Time Stamps:

* (1:47) Meet Oliver & Jay, and learn about SAS and SingleStore

* (6:45) What is data intensity? 

* (12:12) Why data intensity can become the new KPI 

* (15:03) Are CIOs responsible for employees’ data literacy?

* (22:36) How promoting curiosity can help employee retention 

* (26:42) What managers can do to improve the employee experience 

* (29:27) Secrets more CIOs should know 

* (32:50) Oliver and Jay ask each other questions

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]]> Defining Data Intensity and How to Apply It with Jay Upchurch, EVP and CIO at SAS, and Oliver Schabenberger, Chief Innovation Officer at SingleStore Jay Upchurch, SAS, Oliver Schabenberger, SingleStore, Caspian Studios, Ian Faison, Asana 00:37:49 Data is everywhere, in everything, but how do you know if your company is optimized for a data-driven future? A new term is emerging that might be the best way to tell: data intensity. You’ll hear from Jay Upchurch, EVP and CIO at SAS, and Oliver Schabenberger, Chief Innovation Officer at SingleStore, as they define data intensity, share advice to improve data literacy, and discuss why curiosity is key for innovation, employee retention, and more. Data is everywhere, in everything, but how do you know if your company is optimized for a data-driven future? A new term is emerging that might be the best way to tell: data intensity. You’ll hear from Jay Upchurch, EVP and CIO at SAS, and Oliver Schabenberger, Chief Innovation Officer at SingleStore, as they define data intensity, share advice to improve data literacy, and discuss why curiosity is key for innovation, employee retention, and more. data kpi, data storage, data analytics, future of it, data, data thought leadership, data management, chief innovation officer, future of work, chief information officer, data intensity, employee experience true full 42 3b66d701-1f82-48ff-aaff-b6533f7bef6a How Legacy and Young IT Departments Are Staying Agile with Matthieu Houle, VP of IT and Digital Tech at ALDO Group, and Pierre-Luc Bisaillon, CIO at AppDirect In this episode, we talk to two executives at the opposite ends of the spectrum: Matthieu Houle, VP of IT and Digital Tech at ALDO Group, a half-century old retailer, and Pierre-Luc Bisaillon, CIO at AppDirect, a cloud-born tech company. Despite coming from different IT landscapes, Matthieu and Pierre-Luc share a similar approach to future-proofing their companies’ IT. You’ll hear insights into staying ahead of the curve, like how to leverage data, prioritize projects, and more.

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“If you look at the corporate employee, look at [IT] as a product… Where is the value? How much are we willing to invest? What are the usage metrics? The growth metrics? Where do we need to remove friction? A lot of IT is about removing friction.” - Matthieu Houle, VP of IT and Digital Tech at ALDO Group

“The good news is that over the years we've been able to abstract more and more of the work that IT does and rely on cloud providers, whether they’re infrastructure or software as a service. Meanwhile, the core of our efforts do not have to be managing the low-level anymore, and that allows us to be technology experts, but framed as ‘how does technology actually help business?’ - Pierre-Luc Bisaillon, CIO at AppDirect

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Time Stamps:

* (1:47) Matthieu’s role at Aldo and Pierre-Luc’s role at AppDirect

* (5:09) The changing scope of the CIO’s role across industries

* (14:27) Matthieu’s product approach to IT leadership

* (18:15) What data-driven business alignment looks like at AppDirect

* (20:12) Building agility and resilience into a tech stack 

* (23:32) Aldo and AppDirect’s next big projects 

* (26:30) Matthieu and Pierre-Luc share their CIO secrets 

* (28:51) The future of digital IT and shadow IT

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]]> Wed, 4 May 2022 09:00:00 +0000 Matthieu Houle, Pierre Luc Bisaillon, AppDirect, ALDO https://ciopod.com In this episode, we talk to two executives at the opposite ends of the spectrum: Matthieu Houle, VP of IT and Digital Tech at ALDO Group, a half-century old retailer, and Pierre-Luc Bisaillon, CIO at AppDirect, a cloud-born tech company. Despite coming from different IT landscapes, Matthieu and Pierre-Luc share a similar approach to future-proofing their companies’ IT. You’ll hear insights into staying ahead of the curve, like how to leverage data, prioritize projects, and more.

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“If you look at the corporate employee, look at [IT] as a product… Where is the value? How much are we willing to invest? What are the usage metrics? The growth metrics? Where do we need to remove friction? A lot of IT is about removing friction.” - Matthieu Houle, VP of IT and Digital Tech at ALDO Group

“The good news is that over the years we've been able to abstract more and more of the work that IT does and rely on cloud providers, whether they’re infrastructure or software as a service. Meanwhile, the core of our efforts do not have to be managing the low-level anymore, and that allows us to be technology experts, but framed as ‘how does technology actually help business?’ - Pierre-Luc Bisaillon, CIO at AppDirect

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Time Stamps:

* (1:47) Matthieu’s role at Aldo and Pierre-Luc’s role at AppDirect

* (5:09) The changing scope of the CIO’s role across industries

* (14:27) Matthieu’s product approach to IT leadership

* (18:15) What data-driven business alignment looks like at AppDirect

* (20:12) Building agility and resilience into a tech stack 

* (23:32) Aldo and AppDirect’s next big projects 

* (26:30) Matthieu and Pierre-Luc share their CIO secrets 

* (28:51) The future of digital IT and shadow IT

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]]> How Legacy and Young IT Departments Are Staying Agile with Matthieu Houle, VP of IT and Digital Tech at ALDO Group, and Pierre-Luc Bisaillon, CIO at AppDirect Matthieu Houle, Pierre Luc Bisaillon, AppDirect, ALDO 00:34:36 In this episode, we talk to two executives at the opposite ends of the spectrum: Matthieu Houle, VP of IT and Digital Tech at ALDO Group, a half-century old retailer, and Pierre-Luc Bisaillon, CIO at AppDirect, a cloud-born tech company. Despite coming from different IT landscapes, Matthieu and Pierre-Luc share a similar approach to future-proofing their companies’ IT. You’ll hear insights into staying ahead of the curve, like how to leverage data, prioritize projects, and more. In this episode, we talk to two executives at the opposite ends of the spectrum: Matthieu Houle, VP of IT and Digital Tech at ALDO Group, a half-century old retailer, and Pierre-Luc Bisaillon, CIO at AppDirect, a cloud-born tech company. Despite coming from different IT landscapes, Matthieu and Pierre-Luc share a similar approach to future-proofing their companies’ IT. You’ll hear insights into staying ahead of the curve, like how to leverage data, prioritize projects, and more. future proofing, data management, aldo group, supply chain, it leadership, data leveraging, cio, cio leadership, aldo, future proof, data strategy, it, appdirect false full 41 eb249636-99ea-48f2-bbb7-b7e0e50e5d62 Make Big Data Work For Your Business with Michael Ringman, CIO at TELUS International and Sesh Tirumala, Chief Information & Data Officer at Anaplan In this episode, Michael Ringman, CIO at TELUS International, and Sesh Tirumala, Chief Information & Data Officer at Anaplan, discuss how they’re ensuring that their organizations are benefiting from strong data management strategies. Plus, they provide their perspectives on dealing with the “SaaS overload”, what they see as the future of the CIO role in cloud-based enterprises, and much more. 

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“We've got to be able to pull in a large amount of data in ways that our customers can see the value and better understand the trends of what's happening in their environments. But, there's also an element of being able to provide small data… Like, how long have they been a customer of this organization? Acknowledging those little pieces of very helpful information go a long way.” - Michael Ringman 

“Data management, data privacy - those are the fundamentals, but the more important thing is how do you manage the connectedness of this data? So, that way you can then answer a lot of the key business decisions and questions.”  - Sesh Tirumala

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Time Stamps:

* (2:07) Michael and Sesh’s backgrounds & current roles 

* (2:44) Avoiding SaaS bloat & how to recover

* (6:31) Finding value in big data & converting into results 

* (17:36) Misconceptions about SaaS and data 

* (22:19) Using data to build a better employee experience

* (28:37) Michael and Sesh ask each other questions

* (31:52) Micahel and Sesh share their top CIO secrets 

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]]> Wed, 20 Apr 2022 09:00:00 +0000 Michael Ringman, Sesh Tirumala, TELUS International, Anaplan, Caspian Studios, Asana, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com In this episode, Michael Ringman, CIO at TELUS International, and Sesh Tirumala, Chief Information & Data Officer at Anaplan, discuss how they’re ensuring that their organizations are benefiting from strong data management strategies. Plus, they provide their perspectives on dealing with the “SaaS overload”, what they see as the future of the CIO role in cloud-based enterprises, and much more. 

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“We've got to be able to pull in a large amount of data in ways that our customers can see the value and better understand the trends of what's happening in their environments. But, there's also an element of being able to provide small data… Like, how long have they been a customer of this organization? Acknowledging those little pieces of very helpful information go a long way.” - Michael Ringman 

“Data management, data privacy - those are the fundamentals, but the more important thing is how do you manage the connectedness of this data? So, that way you can then answer a lot of the key business decisions and questions.”  - Sesh Tirumala

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Time Stamps:

* (2:07) Michael and Sesh’s backgrounds & current roles 

* (2:44) Avoiding SaaS bloat & how to recover

* (6:31) Finding value in big data & converting into results 

* (17:36) Misconceptions about SaaS and data 

* (22:19) Using data to build a better employee experience

* (28:37) Michael and Sesh ask each other questions

* (31:52) Micahel and Sesh share their top CIO secrets 

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]]> Make Big Data Work For Your Business with Michael Ringman, CIO at TELUS International and Sesh Tirumala, Chief Information & Data Officer at Anaplan Michael Ringman, Sesh Tirumala, TELUS International, Anaplan, Caspian Studios, Asana, Ian Faison 00:37:19 In this episode, Michael Ringman, CIO at TELUS International, and Sesh Tirumala, Chief Information & Data Officer at Anaplan, discuss how they’re ensuring that their organizations are benefiting from strong data management strategies. Plus, they provide their perspectives on dealing with the “SaaS overload” and what they see as the future of the CIO role in cloud-based enterprises. In this episode, Michael Ringman, CIO at TELUS International, and Sesh Tirumala, Chief Information & Data Officer at Anaplan, discuss how they’re ensuring that their organizations are benefiting from strong data management strategies. Plus, they provide their perspectives on dealing with the “SaaS overload” and what they see as the future of the CIO role in cloud-based enterprises. data storage, sesh tirumala, data, data management, michael ringman, cio classified, cio, data connectivity, data organization, ian faison, data privacy false full 40 9139ad17-24ae-4607-9a86-d888cfe01818 Helping Employees Thrive in the Hybrid Workplace with Alex Hood, CPO at Asana, and Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO at Nutanix In this episode, Alex Hood, CPO at Asana, talks with Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO at Nutanix, about new challenges in the hybrid workplace model, and how they can be overcome with effective asynchronous collaboration. They also share advice on adapting to a generation of employees that has grown up with technology, from providing faster problem resolution to equipping digital-native employees with the right tools, and much more.

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“Most work actually gets done cross-functionally, so you need to have a defined workflow that is the map of how work gets done across the organizations, and then have some monitoring on them to make sure that you're continually reflecting and speeding yourselves up. Most of the folks who try Asama start because they say handoffs are very difficult, and they don't want things to fall through the cracks. That's some of the problems that we try to solve by just linking data, tools, and teams together for these handoffs and workflows, and then allowing for some monitoring reporting so that they can get better every time that they run it.” - Alex Hood, CPO at Asana

“The very notion of hybrid work is supportive of people who prefer to work in many different modes. I think it's by shining a light and looking at places where we have an opportunity to improve where we ensure people don't get left behind… I do think that technology plays a big role in this as does our own openness in leadership to accept new viewpoints and to think differently.” - Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO at Nutanix

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Time Stamps:

* (2:07) Alex and Wendy’s background & current role 

* (3:00) Challenges in the hybrid workplace

* (8:45) Optimizing asynchronous collaboration

* (23:55) Organizing workflow structures 

* (26:08) Adapting to a digital native workforce

* (43:14) Ensuring tenured employees are not left behind

* (45:30) Alex and Wendy ask each other questions

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]]> Wed, 6 Apr 2022 12:00:00 +0000 Wendy Pfeiffer, Alex Hood, Asana, Nutanix https://ciopod.com In this episode, Alex Hood, CPO at Asana, talks with Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO at Nutanix, about new challenges in the hybrid workplace model, and how they can be overcome with effective asynchronous collaboration. They also share advice on adapting to a generation of employees that has grown up with technology, from providing faster problem resolution to equipping digital-native employees with the right tools, and much more.

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“Most work actually gets done cross-functionally, so you need to have a defined workflow that is the map of how work gets done across the organizations, and then have some monitoring on them to make sure that you're continually reflecting and speeding yourselves up. Most of the folks who try Asama start because they say handoffs are very difficult, and they don't want things to fall through the cracks. That's some of the problems that we try to solve by just linking data, tools, and teams together for these handoffs and workflows, and then allowing for some monitoring reporting so that they can get better every time that they run it.” - Alex Hood, CPO at Asana

“The very notion of hybrid work is supportive of people who prefer to work in many different modes. I think it's by shining a light and looking at places where we have an opportunity to improve where we ensure people don't get left behind… I do think that technology plays a big role in this as does our own openness in leadership to accept new viewpoints and to think differently.” - Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO at Nutanix

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Time Stamps:

* (2:07) Alex and Wendy’s background & current role 

* (3:00) Challenges in the hybrid workplace

* (8:45) Optimizing asynchronous collaboration

* (23:55) Organizing workflow structures 

* (26:08) Adapting to a digital native workforce

* (43:14) Ensuring tenured employees are not left behind

* (45:30) Alex and Wendy ask each other questions

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]]> Helping Employees Thrive in the Hybrid Workplace with Alex Hood, CPO at Asana, and Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO at Nutanix Wendy Pfeiffer, Alex Hood, Asana, Nutanix 00:52:38 In this episode, Alex Hood, CPO at Asana, talks with Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO at Nutanix, about new challenges in the hybrid workplace model, and how they can be overcome with effective asynchronous collaboration. They also share advice on adapting to a generation of employees that has grown up with technology, from providing faster problem resolution to equipping digital-native employees with the right tools. In this episode, Alex Hood, CPO at Asana, talks with Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO at Nutanix, about new challenges in the hybrid workplace model, and how they can be overcome with effective asynchronous collaboration. They also share advice on adapting to a generation of employees that has grown up with technology, from providing faster problem resolution to equipping digital-native employees with the right tools. async collaboration, hybrid workplace model, leadership, hydbrid work, management false full 39 db7c7b40-2f77-4d6c-b5ff-584c64fb68d8 Winning the Competition for Tech Talent with Dr. Hank Foley, President and CEO at NYIT and Santhosh Keshavan, EVP and CIO at Voya Financial Changing workforces and new technologies are altering the talent pipeline, but how can companies adapt? In this episode, Dr. Hank Foley, President and CEO of New York Institute of Information Technology, and Santhosh Keshavan, EVP and CIO at Voya Financial, discuss how companies and academic institutions alike can ensure they’re adapting to the workforce of tomorrow, address the pain points of today, and much more. 

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“A cornerstone of today, and for particular the kinds of students in technology, is that they want to be able to do everything through their smartphones…. It was incumbent upon us to get everything right from billing, to financial aid, to signing up for courses, to looking at your degree, to doing your degree audit, to registering, and eventually to graduation. If you want [students] to feel and have respect for the institutions, then you gotta be doing these things.” - Hank Foley, PhD

“The appetite [for talent] is endless, and that's where the challenge forms. It’s not just, ‘Boy, I'm sure every company is looking for such-and-such talent.’ No, because tools and technology change so fast. We do not necessarily over-index on one tool or one technology itself. We want the basics, right? It's more about having the right attitude as well, wanting to be a team player and a willingness to learn newer technologies.” - Santhosh Keshavan

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* (1:00) Dr. Foley and Santhosh’s roles at NYIT and Voya Financial 

* (3:00) IT and Tech talent pipeline shortage 

* (8:45) Partnering with academic institutions 

* (13:15) Prioritizing talent acquisition and retention 

* (21:55) Keeping up with a rapid rate of change 

* (22:41) Designing an optimal student experience  

* (27:00) Keeping skills sharp after graduation 

* (31:25) How to partner with NYIT and other institutions

* (36:50) Dr. Foley and Santhosh ask each other questions

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]]> Thu, 17 Mar 2022 23:40:14 +0000 Santhosh Keshavan, Hank Foley, NYIT, Voya Financial, Caspian Studios, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com Changing workforces and new technologies are altering the talent pipeline, but how can companies adapt? In this episode, Dr. Hank Foley, President and CEO of New York Institute of Information Technology, and Santhosh Keshavan, EVP and CIO at Voya Financial, discuss how companies and academic institutions alike can ensure they’re adapting to the workforce of tomorrow, address the pain points of today, and much more. 

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“A cornerstone of today, and for particular the kinds of students in technology, is that they want to be able to do everything through their smartphones…. It was incumbent upon us to get everything right from billing, to financial aid, to signing up for courses, to looking at your degree, to doing your degree audit, to registering, and eventually to graduation. If you want [students] to feel and have respect for the institutions, then you gotta be doing these things.” - Hank Foley, PhD

“The appetite [for talent] is endless, and that's where the challenge forms. It’s not just, ‘Boy, I'm sure every company is looking for such-and-such talent.’ No, because tools and technology change so fast. We do not necessarily over-index on one tool or one technology itself. We want the basics, right? It's more about having the right attitude as well, wanting to be a team player and a willingness to learn newer technologies.” - Santhosh Keshavan

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Time Stamps:

* (1:00) Dr. Foley and Santhosh’s roles at NYIT and Voya Financial 

* (3:00) IT and Tech talent pipeline shortage 

* (8:45) Partnering with academic institutions 

* (13:15) Prioritizing talent acquisition and retention 

* (21:55) Keeping up with a rapid rate of change 

* (22:41) Designing an optimal student experience  

* (27:00) Keeping skills sharp after graduation 

* (31:25) How to partner with NYIT and other institutions

* (36:50) Dr. Foley and Santhosh ask each other questions

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]]> Winning the Competition for Tech Talent with Dr. Hank Foley, President and CEO at NYIT and Santhosh Keshavan, EVP and CIO at Voya Financial Santhosh Keshavan, Hank Foley, NYIT, Voya Financial, Caspian Studios, Ian Faison 00:42:24 Changing workforces and new technologies are altering the talent pipeline, but how can companies adapt? In this episode, Dr. Hank Foley, President and CEO of New York Institute of Information Technology, and Santhosh Keshavan, EVP and CIO at Voya Financial, discuss how companies and academic institutions alike can ensure they’re adapting to the workforce of tomorrow, and address the pain points of today. Changing workforces and new technologies are altering the talent pipeline, but how can companies adapt? In this episode, Dr. Hank Foley, President and CEO of New York Institute of Information Technology, and Santhosh Keshavan, EVP and CIO at Voya Financial, discuss how companies and academic institutions alike can ensure they’re adapting to the workforce of tomorrow, and address the pain points of today. talent shortage, chief information officer, talent gap, cio, it skills gap false full 38 4c66e9be-cb2c-4fae-92d9-042e488bbaf2 Filling The Cybersecurity Skills Gap with Samir Sherif, CISO of Imperva, and Yonatan Eldar, CTO of Apiiro Developers are now responsible for implementing digital security policies in software, but few understand the fundamentals of cybersecurity. In this episode, Samir Sherif, CISO of Imperva, and Yonatan Eldar, CTO of Apiiro discuss ways to bridge the gap between security and development, as well as share best practices for cloud security and much more.

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“I think the talent that we're going to see evolving sooner than later is more technologists becoming better risk professionals, because cyber risk and information security challenges are not solved purely by security professionals. If we're going to continue to evolve and deal with this threat landscape, I think a change in industry from a talent perspective needs to be the adoption of risk capabilities.” - Samir Sherif

“From the security perspective, the smart thing for companies to do now is to push some of the responsibilities, knowledge, and awareness to the developers… We need to do that from day one. We need to think about security this way.” - Yonatan Eldar

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Time Stamps:

* (1:00) Samir and Yonatan’s roles at Imperva and Apiiro

* (3:00) Changing landscape of cybersecurity

* (8:45) Securing funding for cybersecurity 

* (13:15) Key security roles needed in the future

* (21:55) Maximizing security with the sacrifice  

* (22:41) Benefits of using a multi-cloud infrastructure 

* (27:00) Lessons learned from past cyber attacks 

* (31:25) Security secrets not enough execs know 

* (36:50) Samir and Yonatan ask each other questions

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]]> Wed, 2 Mar 2022 10:00:00 +0000 Ian Faison, Samir Sherif, Yonatan Eldar, Imperva, Apiiro, Caspian Studios https://ciopod.com Developers are now responsible for implementing digital security policies in software, but few understand the fundamentals of cybersecurity. In this episode, Samir Sherif, CISO of Imperva, and Yonatan Eldar, CTO of Apiiro discuss ways to bridge the gap between security and development, as well as share best practices for cloud security and much more.

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“I think the talent that we're going to see evolving sooner than later is more technologists becoming better risk professionals, because cyber risk and information security challenges are not solved purely by security professionals. If we're going to continue to evolve and deal with this threat landscape, I think a change in industry from a talent perspective needs to be the adoption of risk capabilities.” - Samir Sherif

“From the security perspective, the smart thing for companies to do now is to push some of the responsibilities, knowledge, and awareness to the developers… We need to do that from day one. We need to think about security this way.” - Yonatan Eldar

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Time Stamps:

* (1:00) Samir and Yonatan’s roles at Imperva and Apiiro

* (3:00) Changing landscape of cybersecurity

* (8:45) Securing funding for cybersecurity 

* (13:15) Key security roles needed in the future

* (21:55) Maximizing security with the sacrifice  

* (22:41) Benefits of using a multi-cloud infrastructure 

* (27:00) Lessons learned from past cyber attacks 

* (31:25) Security secrets not enough execs know 

* (36:50) Samir and Yonatan ask each other questions

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]]> Filling The Cybersecurity Skills Gap with Samir Sherif, CISO of Imperva, and Yonatan Eldar, CTO of Apiiro Ian Faison, Samir Sherif, Yonatan Eldar, Imperva, Apiiro, Caspian Studios 00:43:40 Developers are now responsible for implementing digital security policies in software, but few understand the fundamentals of cybersecurity. In this episode, Samir Sherif, CISO of Imperva, and Yonatan Eldar, CTO of Apiiro discuss ways to bridge the gap between security and development, as well as share best practices for cloud security. Developers are now responsible for implementing digital security policies in software, but few understand the fundamentals of cybersecurity. In this episode, Samir Sherif, CISO of Imperva, and Yonatan Eldar, CTO of Apiiro discuss ways to bridge the gap between security and development, as well as share best practices for cloud security. security skills gap, cio classified, ciso, cloud based enterprise, cybersecurity, cio, devsecops, cloud security false full 37 7a12719a-737e-45cb-a683-4f3251c2c5da Design a Resilient Cloud Strategy with Ravi Naik, EVP and CIO at Seagate, and Milind Wagle, CIO at Equinix Ravi Naik, EVP and CIO at Seagate, and Milind Wagle, CIO at Equinix, discuss the CIO’s role in enabling business strategy, the future of multi-cloud infrastructure, and share valuable insights and best practices for a successful cloud migration, and much more.

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“IT is like oxygen - it's expected to always be there. If you take oxygen out, you know what happens. That's really how I view information technology of today. The future is where technology is ubiquitous. It is easy to use and it works, and no one knows that it even exists. That's really a good IT organization.” - Ravi Naik

“You have to start with what makes sense for your workload... You have to fundamentally design your stack, evolve your stack, and adopt your hybrid multi-cloud strategy, because chances are that all the capabilities you're going to either build for your employees, customers, or your partners who are globally distributed - will require you to compose that experience across multiple applications or multiple data stores." - Milind Wagle

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* (3:04) Milind & Ravi’s roles at Equinix and Seagate

* (7:07) The future of IT Leadership 

* (8:15) Gauging employee experience on a mass scale

* (10:17) Future of data analytics and cloud infrastructure

* (16:55) Best practices for cloud migration

* (22:41) Benefits of using a multi-cloud infrastrastructure 

* (38:24) Secrets not enough execs know 

* (37:50) Miliand and Ravi ask each other questions

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]]> Wed, 23 Feb 2022 09:00:00 +0000 Ravi Naik, Milind Wagle, Seagate, Equinix, Ian Faison, Caspian Studios https://ciopod.com Ravi Naik, EVP and CIO at Seagate, and Milind Wagle, CIO at Equinix, discuss the CIO’s role in enabling business strategy, the future of multi-cloud infrastructure, and share valuable insights and best practices for a successful cloud migration, and much more.

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“IT is like oxygen - it's expected to always be there. If you take oxygen out, you know what happens. That's really how I view information technology of today. The future is where technology is ubiquitous. It is easy to use and it works, and no one knows that it even exists. That's really a good IT organization.” - Ravi Naik

“You have to start with what makes sense for your workload... You have to fundamentally design your stack, evolve your stack, and adopt your hybrid multi-cloud strategy, because chances are that all the capabilities you're going to either build for your employees, customers, or your partners who are globally distributed - will require you to compose that experience across multiple applications or multiple data stores." - Milind Wagle

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Time Stamps:

* (3:04) Milind & Ravi’s roles at Equinix and Seagate

* (7:07) The future of IT Leadership 

* (8:15) Gauging employee experience on a mass scale

* (10:17) Future of data analytics and cloud infrastructure

* (16:55) Best practices for cloud migration

* (22:41) Benefits of using a multi-cloud infrastrastructure 

* (38:24) Secrets not enough execs know 

* (37:50) Miliand and Ravi ask each other questions

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]]> Design a Resilient Cloud Strategy with Ravi Naik, EVP and CIO at Seagate, and Milind Wagle, CIO at Equinix Ravi Naik, Milind Wagle, Seagate, Equinix, Ian Faison, Caspian Studios 00:44:09 Ravi Naik, EVP and CIO at Seagate, and Milind Wagle, CIO at Equinix, discuss the CIO’s role in enabling business strategy, the future of multi-cloud infrastructure, and share valuable insights and best practices for a successful cloud migration. Ravi Naik, EVP and CIO at Seagate, and Milind Wagle, CIO at Equinix, discuss the CIO’s role in enabling business strategy, the future of multi-cloud infrastructure, and share valuable insights and best practices for a successful cloud migration. multi-cloud infrastructure, data storage, cloud strategy, data security, chief information officer, cio, hybrid cloud, cloud infrastructure, cloud migration false full 36 7d9dd1df-e1d9-4d42-90b2-99a4902ce5f6 Create a Great Employee Experience with Prasad Ramakrishnan, CIO and SVP of IT at Freshworks, and Carter Busse, CIO at Workato Prasad Ramakrishnan, CIO and SVP of IT at Freshworks, and Carter Busse, CIO at Workato, discuss how IT Leaders can play a vital role in the employee experience, getting ahead of pain points, their secrets to security and automation, and much more.

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“We get employees involved in the decision making process. We want them to have a say in terms of which tool they like, which vendor and features they like …We believe that the technology out there is now like a utility. Everybody has an opinion and everybody needs to participate in the process.” - Prasad Ramakrishnan

“I look up to [CIOs] that are really passionate about understanding how the business works… They're not necessarily concerned about the technology, but how they can enable the business to go faster and with the right cost measures in it, and really understand the business.” - Carter Busse

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Time Stamps:

* (2:22) Prasad & Carter’s roles at Freshworks and Workato

* (4:10) How they view the scope of the CIO’s role

* (6:10) Carter and Prasad’s secrets to gauging results

* (11:45) Getting ahead of pain points to create a great employee experience

* (16:48) Building resiliency during uncertain times 

* (26:15) Maintaining while scaling 

* (29:55) The future of automation in the employee’s security experience 

* (35:23) Secrets not enough executives know

* (38:20) Prasad and Carter ask each other questions

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]]> Thu, 10 Feb 2022 11:00:00 +0000 Freshworks, Workato, Caspian Studios, Ian Faison, Carter Busse, Prasad Ramakrishnan https://ciopod.com Prasad Ramakrishnan, CIO and SVP of IT at Freshworks, and Carter Busse, CIO at Workato, discuss how IT Leaders can play a vital role in the employee experience, getting ahead of pain points, their secrets to security and automation, and much more.

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“We get employees involved in the decision making process. We want them to have a say in terms of which tool they like, which vendor and features they like …We believe that the technology out there is now like a utility. Everybody has an opinion and everybody needs to participate in the process.” - Prasad Ramakrishnan

“I look up to [CIOs] that are really passionate about understanding how the business works… They're not necessarily concerned about the technology, but how they can enable the business to go faster and with the right cost measures in it, and really understand the business.” - Carter Busse

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Time Stamps:

* (2:22) Prasad & Carter’s roles at Freshworks and Workato

* (4:10) How they view the scope of the CIO’s role

* (6:10) Carter and Prasad’s secrets to gauging results

* (11:45) Getting ahead of pain points to create a great employee experience

* (16:48) Building resiliency during uncertain times 

* (26:15) Maintaining while scaling 

* (29:55) The future of automation in the employee’s security experience 

* (35:23) Secrets not enough executives know

* (38:20) Prasad and Carter ask each other questions

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]]> Create a Great Employee Experience with Prasad Ramakrishnan, CIO and SVP of IT at Freshworks, and Carter Busse, CIO at Workato Freshworks, Workato, Caspian Studios, Ian Faison, Carter Busse, Prasad Ramakrishnan 00:47:13 Prasad Ramakrishnan, CIO and SVP of IT at Freshworks, and Carter Busse, CIO at Workato, discuss how IT Leaders can play a vital role in the employee experience, getting ahead of pain points, and their secrets to security and automation. Prasad Ramakrishnan, CIO and SVP of IT at Freshworks, and Carter Busse, CIO at Workato, discuss how IT Leaders can play a vital role in the employee experience, getting ahead of pain points, and their secrets to security and automation. employee engagement, automated security, automation, the employee experience, employee productivity, cio classified, chief information officer, cio, employee experience false full 35 a0930df8-339e-4224-96fb-ab8f07bab9a2 The Back-to-Basics Guide to the Future of Work with Jim Chilton, CIO at Cengage Group, and Rob Lee, CTO at Pure Storage Jim Chilton, CIO at Cengage Group, and Rob Lee, CTO at Pure Storage discuss overcoming obstacles during a digital transformation, building infrastructure with ransomware in mind, and staying secure while scaling up quickly, and much more.

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“Over the last couple of decades, you've heard the CIO, or even the CTO, considered to be the CEO's mechanic or plumber… The reality is that technology is the enabler for nearly every company on the planet today – that means that the mechanic and plumber are now the architect. I would encourage executives to think differently about technology executives and the contribution they can make to the strategy of the company.”
- Jim Chilton

“When you're in a game of ‘build a better mouse trap’, ‘build a better mouse’, you can't just focus on the next mouse trap in front of you. [Security] has got to be an upfront consideration, in all of the product and process, in all the decisions that you make… for a performance system.”
- Rob Lee

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Time Stamps:

* (1:14) Impacts of the ‘overnight’ shift to remote work 

* (6:21) Remember the basics when undergoing digital transformation  

* (9:33) Predictions for the future of work in 2022

* (14:26) Prioritize security when building infrastructure 

* (31:03) How to scale up quickly and securely 

* (26:08) What keeps Rob engaged and Jim’s technology predictions

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]]> Wed, 19 Jan 2022 22:00:00 +0000 Jim Chilton, Rob Lee, Cengage Group, Pure Storage, Caspian Studios, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com Jim Chilton, CIO at Cengage Group, and Rob Lee, CTO at Pure Storage discuss overcoming obstacles during a digital transformation, building infrastructure with ransomware in mind, and staying secure while scaling up quickly, and much more.

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“Over the last couple of decades, you've heard the CIO, or even the CTO, considered to be the CEO's mechanic or plumber… The reality is that technology is the enabler for nearly every company on the planet today – that means that the mechanic and plumber are now the architect. I would encourage executives to think differently about technology executives and the contribution they can make to the strategy of the company.”
- Jim Chilton

“When you're in a game of ‘build a better mouse trap’, ‘build a better mouse’, you can't just focus on the next mouse trap in front of you. [Security] has got to be an upfront consideration, in all of the product and process, in all the decisions that you make… for a performance system.”
- Rob Lee

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Time Stamps:

* (1:14) Impacts of the ‘overnight’ shift to remote work 

* (6:21) Remember the basics when undergoing digital transformation  

* (9:33) Predictions for the future of work in 2022

* (14:26) Prioritize security when building infrastructure 

* (31:03) How to scale up quickly and securely 

* (26:08) What keeps Rob engaged and Jim’s technology predictions

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]]> The Back-to-Basics Guide to the Future of Work with Jim Chilton, CIO at Cengage Group, and Rob Lee, CTO at Pure Storage Jim Chilton, Rob Lee, Cengage Group, Pure Storage, Caspian Studios, Ian Faison 00:36:24 Jim Chilton, CIO at Cengage Group, and Rob Lee, CTO at Pure Storage, discuss overcoming obstacles during a digital transformation, the benefits of prioritizing security when designing infrastructure, and staying secure while scaling up quickly. Jim Chilton, CIO at Cengage Group, and Rob Lee, CTO at Pure Storage, discuss overcoming obstacles during a digital transformation, the benefits of prioritizing security when designing infrastructure, and staying secure while scaling up quickly. data storage, scaling, future of work, education technology, security, cloud first infastructure, digital transformation, remote work false full 34 9bea6a84-5664-4823-9156-74377c0a08f0 How IT Can Lead the Future of the Employee Experience with Johan Dowdy, Global Head of IT at Asana, and Apratim (AP) Purakayastha, Group CTO at Skillsoft and SumTotal Johan Dowdy, Global Head of IT at Asana, and AP Purakayastha, Group CTO at Skillsoft and SumTotal, analyze the always-evolving job description of an IT leader, before sharing valuable insights on improving employee experience as well as engagement, and much more. 

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“There's the adage that the customer is always right, and that's very much as true today as it was 10 years ago. Now, that wasn't always the perception of folks in IT… but that is the north star of all great IT organizations. They are perceived as going the extra mile and providing outstanding customer service.”
- Johan Dowdy

“Employees, more and more, are looking for more than just a job. They're looking for growth. They're looking for a purpose… So, IT's role is to help employees grow continuously, to learn with whatever tools we have, and to do that naturally and seamlessly with the workflow.”
- AP Purakayastha

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Time Stamps:

* (1:42) IT’s role in employee experience 

* (5:44) Must-have tools for productivity 

* (7:46) Using IT to increase employee engagement

* (18:33) Building resilience into tech stacks and strategy 

* (21:46) Career secrets AP & Johan have learned 

* (24:06) Predictions for the future of work in 2022

* (27:29) Biggest changes in tech from the past 20 years

* (28:08) Making the case for automation

* (30:44) Adopting a customer service mindset in IT

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]]> Wed, 12 Jan 2022 15:00:00 +0000 Johan Dowdy, AP Purakayastha, Asana, Skillsoft, Caspian Studios, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com Johan Dowdy, Global Head of IT at Asana, and AP Purakayastha, Group CTO at Skillsoft and SumTotal, analyze the always-evolving job description of an IT leader, before sharing valuable insights on improving employee experience as well as engagement, and much more. 

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“There's the adage that the customer is always right, and that's very much as true today as it was 10 years ago. Now, that wasn't always the perception of folks in IT… but that is the north star of all great IT organizations. They are perceived as going the extra mile and providing outstanding customer service.”
- Johan Dowdy

“Employees, more and more, are looking for more than just a job. They're looking for growth. They're looking for a purpose… So, IT's role is to help employees grow continuously, to learn with whatever tools we have, and to do that naturally and seamlessly with the workflow.”
- AP Purakayastha

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Time Stamps:

* (1:42) IT’s role in employee experience 

* (5:44) Must-have tools for productivity 

* (7:46) Using IT to increase employee engagement

* (18:33) Building resilience into tech stacks and strategy 

* (21:46) Career secrets AP & Johan have learned 

* (24:06) Predictions for the future of work in 2022

* (27:29) Biggest changes in tech from the past 20 years

* (28:08) Making the case for automation

* (30:44) Adopting a customer service mindset in IT

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]]> How IT Can Lead the Future of the Employee Experience with Johan Dowdy, Global Head of IT at Asana, and Apratim (AP) Purakayastha, Group CTO at Skillsoft and SumTotal Johan Dowdy, AP Purakayastha, Asana, Skillsoft, Caspian Studios, Ian Faison 00:35:49 Johan Dowdy, Global Head of IT at Asana, and AP Purakayastha, Group CTO at Skillsoft and SumTotal, analyze the always-evolving job description of an IT leader, before sharing valuable insights on improving employee experience and engagement. Johan Dowdy, Global Head of IT at Asana, and AP Purakayastha, Group CTO at Skillsoft and SumTotal, analyze the always-evolving job description of an IT leader, before sharing valuable insights on improving employee experience and engagement. it security, automation, employee productivity, future of work, digital transformation, digital infastructure, employee experience, it false full 33 6a0838e6-a9af-4623-89b3-142081d20362 Driving Insurance into the Digital Future with Shivani Govil, Chief Product Officer, CCC Intelligent Solutions, and Seth Rachlin, Executive Vice President, Capgemini Shivani Govil, Chief Product Officer at CCC Intelligent Solutions, and Seth Rachlin, Executive Vice President at Capgemini, discuss the ways digital technology is transforming the insurance industry, share advice on balancing internal innovation with external stability, and much more.

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“At the end, it's about streamlining towards the outcomes that you're trying to deliver. It's very important that as we think about this need for digital transformation, it's not an isolation of, ‘Oh, I want to go on this journey because everyone is doing it.’ It's about how do you deliver those better outcomes as a business and as an organization?”
- Shivani Govil

“I think many who sit in the CIO and CTO seat, we are enamored of technology. We love technology. I think too many of us don't recognize that there needs to be a business imperative for technology to make a difference… The secret is figuring out how to make it relevant and meaningful, and how to make it resonate for customers, employees, and for stakeholders through the ecosystem, because otherwise it's just cool technology.”
- Seth Rachlin

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Time Stamps:

* (1:53) New tech’s influence on consumer’s expectations

* (5:11) Balancing internal innovation and external stability 

* (8:22) How new tech and world events will impact insurance in 2022

* (11:04) Reasons for digital transformation outside remote working 

* (17:10) Advice to legacy companies for digital transformation 

* (21:07) Innovating with a purpose and plan

* (23:03) Shivani and Seth share what keeps them motivated

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]]> Wed, 5 Jan 2022 10:00:00 +0000 Shivani Govil, Seth Rachlin, Capgemini, CCC Intelligent Solutions, Caspian Studios, Caspian Studios, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com Shivani Govil, Chief Product Officer at CCC Intelligent Solutions, and Seth Rachlin, Executive Vice President at Capgemini, discuss the ways digital technology is transforming the insurance industry, share advice on balancing internal innovation with external stability, and much more.

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“At the end, it's about streamlining towards the outcomes that you're trying to deliver. It's very important that as we think about this need for digital transformation, it's not an isolation of, ‘Oh, I want to go on this journey because everyone is doing it.’ It's about how do you deliver those better outcomes as a business and as an organization?”
- Shivani Govil

“I think many who sit in the CIO and CTO seat, we are enamored of technology. We love technology. I think too many of us don't recognize that there needs to be a business imperative for technology to make a difference… The secret is figuring out how to make it relevant and meaningful, and how to make it resonate for customers, employees, and for stakeholders through the ecosystem, because otherwise it's just cool technology.”
- Seth Rachlin

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Time Stamps:

* (1:53) New tech’s influence on consumer’s expectations

* (5:11) Balancing internal innovation and external stability 

* (8:22) How new tech and world events will impact insurance in 2022

* (11:04) Reasons for digital transformation outside remote working 

* (17:10) Advice to legacy companies for digital transformation 

* (21:07) Innovating with a purpose and plan

* (23:03) Shivani and Seth share what keeps them motivated

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]]> Driving Insurance into the Digital Future with Shivani Govil, Chief Product Officer, CCC Intelligent Solutions, and Seth Rachlin, Executive Vice President, Capgemini Shivani Govil, Seth Rachlin, Capgemini, CCC Intelligent Solutions, Caspian Studios, Caspian Studios, Ian Faison 00:31:18 Shivani Govil, Chief Product Officer at CCC Intelligent Solutions, and Seth Rachlin, Executive Vice President at Capgemini, discuss the ways digital technology is transforming the insurance industry and share advice on balancing internal innovation with external stability. Shivani Govil, Chief Product Officer at CCC Intelligent Solutions, and Seth Rachlin, Executive Vice President at Capgemini, discuss the ways digital technology is transforming the insurance industry and share advice on balancing internal innovation with external stability. insurance, workplace culture, insurance industry, digital transformation, digital infastructure, innovation false full 32 2c1ff577-6d4d-4eea-867f-c13883a2b6f7 Avoiding a False Sense of Cybersecurity with Michael Oberlaender, CISO at LogMeIn, and Wayne Sadin, Board IT Advisor at Via Group Partners Michael Oberlaender, CISO at LogMeIn, and Wayne Sadin, a Board IT Advisor at Via Group Partners, talk about today’s biggest threats in cybersecurity, risk management responsibility, preparing for a sophisticated digital world, and much more.

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“Cybersecurity is not going away. You cannot ignore it, shortcut it, or under fund it, and the moment you do that - you pay the price later. What has changed is the sophistication on the attacker’s side, and response and preparation needs to take this into account. That is why it’s key to invest in threat intelligence, threat modeling, and similar subjects.”
 - Michael Oberlaender

“We've got to be building the ability to deliver whatever services the business wants, which means breaking down the monolithic stacks and breaking down the mindset that we have to do it in house…We've got to adapt the IT department, and the company, to the idea that we set a data architecture, a security architecture, a delivery architecture, and then move to a modular IT environment where we would be the stewards of the work, and not necessarily arms and legs of all of them.”
- Wayne Sadin

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Time Stamps:

* (1:41) The current state of cybersecurity 

* (2:42) Ensuring cybersecurity improves employee experience 

* (6:43) Avoiding a false sense of proper security hygiene 

* (10:18) Risk management responsibility and third-party analysis 

* (16:15) Prepping technology stacks for the future of cloud-based work

* (23:52) Predictions for 2022 & adapting IT to the future of remote work 

* (33:39) Michael and Wayne share secrets they wish more executives knew 

* (34:43) Advice on asking for funding for preventative security measures

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]]> Wed, 22 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Michael Oberlaender, Wayne Sadin, Ian Faison, LogMeIn, Via Group Partners https://ciopod.com Michael Oberlaender, CISO at LogMeIn, and Wayne Sadin, a Board IT Advisor at Via Group Partners, talk about today’s biggest threats in cybersecurity, risk management responsibility, preparing for a sophisticated digital world, and much more.

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“Cybersecurity is not going away. You cannot ignore it, shortcut it, or under fund it, and the moment you do that - you pay the price later. What has changed is the sophistication on the attacker’s side, and response and preparation needs to take this into account. That is why it’s key to invest in threat intelligence, threat modeling, and similar subjects.”
 - Michael Oberlaender

“We've got to be building the ability to deliver whatever services the business wants, which means breaking down the monolithic stacks and breaking down the mindset that we have to do it in house…We've got to adapt the IT department, and the company, to the idea that we set a data architecture, a security architecture, a delivery architecture, and then move to a modular IT environment where we would be the stewards of the work, and not necessarily arms and legs of all of them.”
- Wayne Sadin

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Time Stamps:

* (1:41) The current state of cybersecurity 

* (2:42) Ensuring cybersecurity improves employee experience 

* (6:43) Avoiding a false sense of proper security hygiene 

* (10:18) Risk management responsibility and third-party analysis 

* (16:15) Prepping technology stacks for the future of cloud-based work

* (23:52) Predictions for 2022 & adapting IT to the future of remote work 

* (33:39) Michael and Wayne share secrets they wish more executives knew 

* (34:43) Advice on asking for funding for preventative security measures

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Check out Michael's books:

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]]> Avoiding a False Sense of Cybersecurity with Michael Oberlaender, CISO at LogMeIn, and Wayne Sadin, Board IT Advisor at Via Group Partners Michael Oberlaender, Wayne Sadin, Ian Faison, LogMeIn, Via Group Partners 00:47:09 Michael Oberlaender, CISO at LogMeIn, and Wayne Sadin, a Board IT Advisor at Via Group Partners, talk about today’s biggest threats in cybersecurity, risk management responsibility, and preparing for a sophisticated digital world. Michael Oberlaender, CISO at LogMeIn, and Wayne Sadin, a Board IT Advisor at Via Group Partners, talk about today’s biggest threats in cybersecurity, risk management responsibility, and preparing for a sophisticated digital world. hack, cyber, risk, cio classified, cybersecurity, security, cio false full 31 f3ee21ba-85da-425f-9d54-af196fd19937 The Digital Revolution of ‘Old School’ Industries with Adam Rasner, VP of Technology Operations at AutoNation and Claire Hough, CTO at Carbon Health Adam Rasner, VP of Technology Operations at AutoNation, and Claire Hough, CTO at Carbon Health, discuss their experiences as Tech Leaders in historically analog-first industries, building infrastructure for the digital native customer, prioritizing the employee experience, and much more. 

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“If we're going to roll out all this new technology and innovation, we could have the best ideas, the best solutions, but if it's not robust, and if it's not resilient, and we don't have a good disaster recovery plan - it's only as good as the uptime that we're able to commit to.” 
- Adam Rasner

“Technology itself doesn't solve any problems. It's how people are going to use it and leverage it to make their work much better... Partnership is super important and including those stakeholders as you're building, deploying, and supporting products, that holds the key to success together as a team.”
- Claire Hough

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Time Stamps:

* (2:24) Prioritizing the digital native customer in an “old school” industry 

* (4:15) Building infrastructure for a digital-first experience

* (11:00) Making sure technology helps your employees 

* (15:40) Challenges faced while simplifying a multi-step customer transaction  

* (18:00) Moving off the IT island and working closer with company leaders 

* (24:12) Why being proactive can help Tech Leaders stay resilient 

* (29:32) Adam and Claire share industry predictions for 2022

* (32:42) Scaling Up - lessons learned and advice from Adam and Claire

 * (35:47) Advice for employee retention in a competitive job market 

* (43:20) Adam and Claire talk about their favorite bulldogs

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]]> Wed, 1 Dec 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Claire Hough, Ian Faison, AutoNation, Carbon Health, Adam Rasner https://ciopod.com Adam Rasner, VP of Technology Operations at AutoNation, and Claire Hough, CTO at Carbon Health, discuss their experiences as Tech Leaders in historically analog-first industries, building infrastructure for the digital native customer, prioritizing the employee experience, and much more. 

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“If we're going to roll out all this new technology and innovation, we could have the best ideas, the best solutions, but if it's not robust, and if it's not resilient, and we don't have a good disaster recovery plan - it's only as good as the uptime that we're able to commit to.” 
- Adam Rasner

“Technology itself doesn't solve any problems. It's how people are going to use it and leverage it to make their work much better... Partnership is super important and including those stakeholders as you're building, deploying, and supporting products, that holds the key to success together as a team.”
- Claire Hough

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Time Stamps:

* (2:24) Prioritizing the digital native customer in an “old school” industry 

* (4:15) Building infrastructure for a digital-first experience

* (11:00) Making sure technology helps your employees 

* (15:40) Challenges faced while simplifying a multi-step customer transaction  

* (18:00) Moving off the IT island and working closer with company leaders 

* (24:12) Why being proactive can help Tech Leaders stay resilient 

* (29:32) Adam and Claire share industry predictions for 2022

* (32:42) Scaling Up - lessons learned and advice from Adam and Claire

 * (35:47) Advice for employee retention in a competitive job market 

* (43:20) Adam and Claire talk about their favorite bulldogs

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]]> The Digital Revolution of ‘Old School’ Industries with Adam Rasner, VP of Technology Operations at AutoNation and Claire Hough, CTO at Carbon Health Claire Hough, Ian Faison, AutoNation, Carbon Health, Adam Rasner 00:47:43 Adam Rasner, VP of Technology Operations at AutoNation, and Claire Hough, CTO at Carbon Health, share what it’s like ushering in a cloud-based future in a historically analog industry. In this episode, they discuss building infrastructure for the digital native customer, prioritizing employee experience during cultural changes, and lessons learned from scaling up. They also share some valuable advice for employee retention in a competitive job market. Adam Rasner, VP of Technology Operations at AutoNation, and Claire Hough, CTO at Carbon Health, share what it’s like ushering in a cloud-based future in a historically analog industry. In this episode, they discuss building infrastructure for the digital native customer, prioritizing employee experience during cultural changes, and lessons learned from scaling up. They also share some valuable advice for employee retention in a competitive job market. carbon health, cio classified, autonation, cio, digital native customer, digital infastructure, employee experience false full 30 1a86872b-c092-476f-969a-32203cb69e5e The Secrets to a Productive Workforce with Brian Peterson, Co-Founder and CTO, Dialpad and Olivia Rose, CISO and VP of IT & Security, Amplitude Brian Peterson, Co-Founder and CTO of Dialpad and Olivia Rose, CISO and VP of IT & Security of Amplitude, talk about increasing productivity, security in remote work, advice for going public, and much more.

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“We're never going back to regular work. No one's ever going back—it's too hard to go in reverse.” - Brian Peterson

“As a company, security equals trust. Without trust, you don't have customers, stakeholders, or shareholders.” - Olivia Rose

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* (6:44) Technological innovation and its impact on workplace productivity  

* (14:42) The role trust and transparency play in the employee experience

* (27:18) How to prioritize security within your team 

* (41:41) Fidelity when going public

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“We're never going back to regular work. No one's ever going back—it's too hard to go in reverse.” - Brian Peterson

“As a company, security equals trust. Without trust, you don't have customers, stakeholders, or shareholders.” - Olivia Rose

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* (6:44) Technological innovation and its impact on workplace productivity  

* (14:42) The role trust and transparency play in the employee experience

* (27:18) How to prioritize security within your team 

* (41:41) Fidelity when going public

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]]> The Secrets to a Productive Workforce with Brian Peterson, Co-Founder and CTO, Dialpad and Olivia Rose, CISO and VP of IT & Security, Amplitude Ian Faison, Brian Peterson, Olivia Rose 00:47:38 Brian Peterson, Co-Founder and CTO of Dialpad and Olivia Rose, CISO and VP of IT & Security of Amplitude, talk about increasing productivity, security in remote work, advice for going public, and much more. Brian Peterson, Co-Founder and CTO of Dialpad and Olivia Rose, CISO and VP of IT & Security of Amplitude, talk about increasing productivity, security in remote work, advice for going public, and much more. productivity, ipo, security, cio, employee experience false full 29 c5a9a10e-9e23-4849-b29a-3ea90e854e2a How to Create a Culture of Security with Mike Kelly, CIO, Red Hat, and George Gerchow, CSO, Sumo Logic Mike Kelly, CIO of Red Hat, and George Gerchow, Chief Security Officer at Sumo Logic, talk about how to build a culture of security and foster innovation in a secure environment, and why CIOs play a critical role in creating the employee experience.

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“Security is one of those things you can't compromise on. It's just too important.” - Mike Kelly

“To be a security leader today you have to have three fundamental skill sets: 1) knowledge of the business, 2) technical breadth, and 3) you've got to be able to sell your program. You’ve got to sell it at a board level and you've got to sell it at a customer prospect level.” - George Gerchow

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* (4:51) How to build a culture of security in remote work

* (17:27) The impact security has on innovation

* (30:19) The CIO’s impact on employee experience

* (45:11) Mike and George’s questions for each other

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]]> Wed, 13 Oct 2021 09:00:00 +0000 Mike Kelly, Ian Faison, George Gerchow https://ciopod.com Mike Kelly, CIO of Red Hat, and George Gerchow, Chief Security Officer at Sumo Logic, talk about how to build a culture of security and foster innovation in a secure environment, and why CIOs play a critical role in creating the employee experience.

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“Security is one of those things you can't compromise on. It's just too important.” - Mike Kelly

“To be a security leader today you have to have three fundamental skill sets: 1) knowledge of the business, 2) technical breadth, and 3) you've got to be able to sell your program. You’ve got to sell it at a board level and you've got to sell it at a customer prospect level.” - George Gerchow

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* (4:51) How to build a culture of security in remote work

* (17:27) The impact security has on innovation

* (30:19) The CIO’s impact on employee experience

* (45:11) Mike and George’s questions for each other

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]]> How to Create a Culture of Security with Mike Kelly, CIO, Red Hat, and George Gerchow, CSO, Sumo Logic Mike Kelly, Ian Faison, George Gerchow 00:51:20 Mike Kelly, CIO of Red Hat, and George Gerchow, Chief Security Officer at Sumo Logic, talk about how to build a culture of security and foster innovation in a secure environment, and why CIOs play a critical role in creating the employee experience. Mike Kelly, CIO of Red Hat, and George Gerchow, Chief Security Officer at Sumo Logic, talk about how to build a culture of security and foster innovation in a secure environment, and why CIOs play a critical role in creating the employee experience. security, cio, innovation, employee experience false full 28 397d781a-9b06-4bf3-a08d-db523208d7b9 The Secrets to Digital Transformation with Mark Settle, Seven-time CIO and Author, and Viral Bajaria, Co-Founder and CTO, 6sense Mark Settle, Seven-time CIO and Author, and Viral Bajaria, Co-Founder and CTO, 6sense, talk about what’s going on in the startup scene, the different facets of digital transformation, mistakes to avoid when scaling your company, and much more.

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“At the executive level, you can't rest on your laurels because the criteria that are going to be used to measure your success change over time.” - Mark Settle

“If you're vulnerable with your employees, and you accept your mistakes and faults. Many times it rubs off on your team and they will own up to their mistakes too and do it the right way next time.” - Viral Bajaria

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* (4:23) The science behind startups

* (8:28) The overlap of digital transformation and being customer-centric

* (24:27) How to talk digital transformation in the C-Suite

* (30:30) How to scale your company

* (38:22) Advice for fellow CIOs

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]]> Wed, 29 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000 Viral Bajaria, Ian Faison, Mark Settle, Cassidy Williams https://ciopod.com Mark Settle, Seven-time CIO and Author, and Viral Bajaria, Co-Founder and CTO, 6sense, talk about what’s going on in the startup scene, the different facets of digital transformation, mistakes to avoid when scaling your company, and much more.

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“At the executive level, you can't rest on your laurels because the criteria that are going to be used to measure your success change over time.” - Mark Settle

“If you're vulnerable with your employees, and you accept your mistakes and faults. Many times it rubs off on your team and they will own up to their mistakes too and do it the right way next time.” - Viral Bajaria

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Time Stamps

* (4:23) The science behind startups

* (8:28) The overlap of digital transformation and being customer-centric

* (24:27) How to talk digital transformation in the C-Suite

* (30:30) How to scale your company

* (38:22) Advice for fellow CIOs

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]]> The Secrets to Digital Transformation with Mark Settle, Seven-time CIO and Author, and Viral Bajaria, Co-Founder and CTO, 6sense Viral Bajaria, Ian Faison, Mark Settle, Cassidy Williams 00:47:15 Mark Settle, Seven-time CIO and Author, and Viral Bajaria, Co-Founder and CTO, 6sense, talk about what’s going on in the startup scene, the different facets of digital transformation, mistakes to avoid when scaling your company, and much more. Mark Settle, Seven-time CIO and Author, and Viral Bajaria, Co-Founder and CTO, 6sense, talk about what’s going on in the startup scene, the different facets of digital transformation, mistakes to avoid when scaling your company, and much more. sillicon valley, cio, startups, digital transformation false full 27 c0a326ed-6ce2-4264-b3b4-f9c7f11b2aad Season 3 Trailer What is coming on season 3 of CIO Classified? In this episode, we give you a sneak peek.


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]]> Wed, 22 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000 Ian Faison https://ciopod.com What is coming on season 3 of CIO Classified? In this episode, we give you a sneak peek.


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]]> Season 3 Trailer Ian Faison 00:01:57 What is coming on season 3 of CIO Classified? In this episode, we give you a sneak peek. What is coming on season 3 of CIO Classified? In this episode, we give you a sneak peek. cto, cio false trailer 17e4bd6e-a900-4ac4-a139-1e84927849d0 Navigating the New Normal: Advice From the World’s Leading CIOs In the Season 2 finale, we’ve put together the best advice we’ve received for CIOs trying to figure out how to navigate a post-covid work environment. Several of our most prominent CIO guests share how to lead the new hybrid workforce and how the role of CIO is changing because of it. You won’t want to miss it!

We’ll see you soon for Season 3!

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“The hybrid worker requires radical flexibility, so we have to build that into everything that we do. And not just in technology, but into our policies or procedures.” - Gary Sorrentino, Global Deputy CIO, Zoom

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* (1:45) A return to work requires radical flexibility

* (13:06) How the role of CIO is changing

* (21:49) What should be in every CIO’s toolbelt

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]]> Fri, 10 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000 Charles Bonomo, Uzi Dvir, Ian Faison, Anisha Vaswani, John Stretcher, Fleming Shi, Vipin Arora, George Llado, Gary Sorrentino, Srini Tanikella, Raffael Marty, Hitendra Mishra https://ciopod.com In the Season 2 finale, we’ve put together the best advice we’ve received for CIOs trying to figure out how to navigate a post-covid work environment. Several of our most prominent CIO guests share how to lead the new hybrid workforce and how the role of CIO is changing because of it. You won’t want to miss it!

We’ll see you soon for Season 3!

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“The hybrid worker requires radical flexibility, so we have to build that into everything that we do. And not just in technology, but into our policies or procedures.” - Gary Sorrentino, Global Deputy CIO, Zoom

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* (1:45) A return to work requires radical flexibility

* (13:06) How the role of CIO is changing

* (21:49) What should be in every CIO’s toolbelt

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]]> Navigating the New Normal: Advice From the World’s Leading CIOs Charles Bonomo, Uzi Dvir, Ian Faison, Anisha Vaswani, John Stretcher, Fleming Shi, Vipin Arora, George Llado, Gary Sorrentino, Srini Tanikella, Raffael Marty, Hitendra Mishra 00:31:36 In the Season 2 finale, we’ve put together the best advice we’ve received for CIOs trying to figure out how to navigate a post-covid work environment. Several of our most prominent CIO guests share how to lead the new hybrid workforce, how the role of CIO is changing because of it, and the tools you’ll need to succeed. You won’t want to miss it! We’ll see you soon for Season 3! In the Season 2 finale, we’ve put together the best advice we’ve received for CIOs trying to figure out how to navigate a post-covid work environment. Several of our most prominent CIO guests share how to lead the new hybrid workforce, how the role of CIO is changing because of it, and the tools you’ll need to succeed. You won’t want to miss it! We’ll see you soon for Season 3! advice, hybrid workforce, cto, cybersecurity, cio false full 26 cd1e889d-5b15-4c1a-87e9-3331f772a7dd How to be AI-First with Paul Meller, Global Head of Engineering, EY and Ash Fontana, Author Paul Meller, Global Head of Engineering at EY, and Ash Fontana, Author of “The AI-First Company”, discuss the current and future state of AI, what role AI should be playing in your company, how to set yourself up for success when it comes to AI, and much more.

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“Part of the cultural change is how do you get people that haven't had to use data before to be open to using data and embrace data in their decisions that they're making? And then to have them take suggestions from AI and machine learning to support them in their work. ” - Paul Meller

“If you're not developing AI, someone else will. And if you do start developing it now, then you start compounding your data assets and competitive advantage really quickly.” - Ash Fontana

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* (3:04) Welcome to the AI-first century

* (7:07) Why you should be prioritizing AI

* (9:33) How to become an AI-first company

* (12:58) The data questions you need to be asking your business teams

* (23:36) Common AI mistakes to avoid

* (31:03) How to create a successful AI startup

* (38:24) What are Paul and Ash dying to know about each other?

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]]> Wed, 8 Sep 2021 09:00:00 +0000 Paul Meller, Ian Faison, Cassidy Williams, Ash Fontana https://ciopod.com Paul Meller, Global Head of Engineering at EY, and Ash Fontana, Author of “The AI-First Company”, discuss the current and future state of AI, what role AI should be playing in your company, how to set yourself up for success when it comes to AI, and much more.

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“Part of the cultural change is how do you get people that haven't had to use data before to be open to using data and embrace data in their decisions that they're making? And then to have them take suggestions from AI and machine learning to support them in their work. ” - Paul Meller

“If you're not developing AI, someone else will. And if you do start developing it now, then you start compounding your data assets and competitive advantage really quickly.” - Ash Fontana

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* (3:04) Welcome to the AI-first century

* (7:07) Why you should be prioritizing AI

* (9:33) How to become an AI-first company

* (12:58) The data questions you need to be asking your business teams

* (23:36) Common AI mistakes to avoid

* (31:03) How to create a successful AI startup

* (38:24) What are Paul and Ash dying to know about each other?

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]]> How to be AI-First with Paul Meller, Global Head of Engineering, EY and Ash Fontana, Author Paul Meller, Ian Faison, Cassidy Williams, Ash Fontana 00:45:00 Paul Meller, Global Head of Engineering at EY, and Ash Fontana, Author of “The AI-First Company”, discuss the current and future state of AI, what role AI should be playing in your company, how to set yourself up for success when it comes to AI, and much more. Paul Meller, Global Head of Engineering at EY, and Ash Fontana, Author of “The AI-First Company”, discuss the current and future state of AI, what role AI should be playing in your company, how to set yourself up for success when it comes to AI, and much more. cto, startup, ai, cio false full 25 811ca1d7-6bd7-47c4-bc56-50fb01028b3b Passing the CIO Torch with Yousuf Khan, Partner, Ridge Ventures and Cathy Southwick, CIO, Pure Storage Yousuf Khan, Partner at Ridge Ventures, and Cathy Southwick, CIO of Pure Storage share how they handled the transition from Cathy taking over the role of CIO from Yousuf. They discuss the secrets to making a transition successful, how to maintain a positive relationship with your predecessor, advice for CIOs to be more effective earlier in their role, and much more.

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“Take some time to reflect on your previous role and ask yourself: Are there things in my previous role that I would not want to repeat because I could have done a better job? And actually, be honest with yourself.”

 -Yousuf Khan

“The biggest thing that all of us have to do coming into a role is you have to seek to understand first. You want to respect the past and respect the legacy so that you can help the organization move forward.”

- Cathy Southwick

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* (1:46) Intro

* (3:24) How to start CIO transition process

* (6:47) Building a relationship with your predecessor 

* (21:14) How to choose a new CIO role

* (23:55) Finding great talent

* (30:51) Advice for CIOs during a transition

* (41:45) Yousuf and Cathy ask each other their burning questions

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]]> Tue, 3 Aug 2021 09:00:00 +0000 Cathy Southwick, Ian Faison, Yousuf Khan, Cassidy Williams https://ciopod.com Yousuf Khan, Partner at Ridge Ventures, and Cathy Southwick, CIO of Pure Storage share how they handled the transition from Cathy taking over the role of CIO from Yousuf. They discuss the secrets to making a transition successful, how to maintain a positive relationship with your predecessor, advice for CIOs to be more effective earlier in their role, and much more.

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“Take some time to reflect on your previous role and ask yourself: Are there things in my previous role that I would not want to repeat because I could have done a better job? And actually, be honest with yourself.”

 -Yousuf Khan

“The biggest thing that all of us have to do coming into a role is you have to seek to understand first. You want to respect the past and respect the legacy so that you can help the organization move forward.”

- Cathy Southwick

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Time Stamps

* (1:46) Intro

* (3:24) How to start CIO transition process

* (6:47) Building a relationship with your predecessor 

* (21:14) How to choose a new CIO role

* (23:55) Finding great talent

* (30:51) Advice for CIOs during a transition

* (41:45) Yousuf and Cathy ask each other their burning questions

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]]> Passing the CIO Torch with Yousuf Khan, Partner, Ridge Ventures and Cathy Southwick, CIO, Pure Storage Cathy Southwick, Ian Faison, Yousuf Khan, Cassidy Williams 00:45:36 Yousuf Khan, Partner at Ridge Ventures, and Cathy Southwick, CIO of Pure Storage share how they handled the transition from Cathy taking over the role of CIO from Yousuf. They discuss the secrets to making a transition successful, how to maintain a positive relationship with your predecessor, advice for CIOs to be more effective earlier in their role, and much more. Yousuf Khan, Partner at Ridge Ventures, and Cathy Southwick, CIO of Pure Storage share how they handled the transition from Cathy taking over the role of CIO from Yousuf. They discuss the secrets to making a transition successful, how to maintain a positive relationship with your predecessor, advice for CIOs to be more effective earlier in their role, and much more. cto, transition, cio, tech, team building false full 24 91c463f5-385c-4e10-a5a8-a815cd4d97ad The Brains Behind Headless CMS with Paolo Negri, Co-founder and CTO, Contentful and Martin Paton, CTO, Kin + Carta Europe Paolo Negri, Co-founder and CTO of Contentful, and Martin Paton, CTO of Kin + Carta Europe, discuss the importance of no-code and low-code tools, the benefits of headless CMS, the future of digital experiences, and much more.

 

Key Takeaways

  • Implementing no code and low code tools empowers users.
  • Going headless will make your employees’ lives easier and workflows more productive.
  • The more agile you can make your content the more effective it will be.


Key Quotes

  • “As soon as the lifecycle of your content differs from the lifecycle of your presentation, or you have multiple and different presentations of your content, the benefit [of headless] becomes huge. You really understand that the life of your content and where the content comes from and goes to are all things that you want to manage explicitly and deliberately.” - Paolo
  • “Last year we did some research that showed that up to 70% of content didn't get utilized. I think it's really clear that we need to create quite a tight feedback loop between the overall content production and the end-user. And what we believe passionately at Kin + Carta is: speed up the experimentation process to ensure that the content is landing. And you need to do that really quickly because content can almost be out of date the moment that it's published.”- Martin
  • “The principle of low-code is really: How can we make available an environment where people can only write code specific to their business? So it's business logic that is absolutely custom to what they’re doing–it stays in the domain of knowledge for which they are solving.” - Paolo
  • “What we try and encourage people to do is really slash and burn the content that you're producing, really focus on the core messages you want people to read. And we’re quite ruthless about that schedule and cycle that you go through when you're actually refreshing your content--the ‘you ain't gonna need it’ principle really does apply here.” - Martin

 

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]]> Wed, 26 May 2021 09:00:00 +0000 Martin Paton, Cassidy Williams, Paolo Negri, Ben Wilson https://ciopod.com Paolo Negri, Co-founder and CTO of Contentful, and Martin Paton, CTO of Kin + Carta Europe, discuss the importance of no-code and low-code tools, the benefits of headless CMS, the future of digital experiences, and much more.

 

Key Takeaways

  • Implementing no code and low code tools empowers users.
  • Going headless will make your employees’ lives easier and workflows more productive.
  • The more agile you can make your content the more effective it will be.


Key Quotes

  • “As soon as the lifecycle of your content differs from the lifecycle of your presentation, or you have multiple and different presentations of your content, the benefit [of headless] becomes huge. You really understand that the life of your content and where the content comes from and goes to are all things that you want to manage explicitly and deliberately.” - Paolo
  • “Last year we did some research that showed that up to 70% of content didn't get utilized. I think it's really clear that we need to create quite a tight feedback loop between the overall content production and the end-user. And what we believe passionately at Kin + Carta is: speed up the experimentation process to ensure that the content is landing. And you need to do that really quickly because content can almost be out of date the moment that it's published.”- Martin
  • “The principle of low-code is really: How can we make available an environment where people can only write code specific to their business? So it's business logic that is absolutely custom to what they’re doing–it stays in the domain of knowledge for which they are solving.” - Paolo
  • “What we try and encourage people to do is really slash and burn the content that you're producing, really focus on the core messages you want people to read. And we’re quite ruthless about that schedule and cycle that you go through when you're actually refreshing your content--the ‘you ain't gonna need it’ principle really does apply here.” - Martin

 

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]]> The Brains Behind Headless CMS with Paolo Negri, Co-founder and CTO, Contentful and Martin Paton, CTO, Kin + Carta Europe Martin Paton, Cassidy Williams, Paolo Negri, Ben Wilson 00:49:24 Paolo Negri, Co-founder and CTO of Contentful, and Martin Paton, CTO of Kin + Carta Europe, discuss the importance of no-code and low-code tools, the benefits of headless CMS, the future of digital experiences, and much more. Paolo Negri, Co-founder and CTO of Contentful, and Martin Paton, CTO of Kin + Carta Europe, discuss the importance of no-code and low-code tools, the benefits of headless CMS, the future of digital experiences, and much more. technology, marketing, cto, decoupling, cio, content creation, headless, it false full 23 de386506-19e4-4d3e-b23f-f8c9f9f50cab How Communication Leads to Hypergrowth with Alex Hood, Chief Product Officer, Asana, and Abhinav Asthana, Co-founder and CEO, Postman Key Takeaways

  • The best companies prioritize using the best software tools.
  • Create communication flows that build your company’s culture and community.
  • Having an advanced tech stack signals to your employees and potential hires that you are both forward-thinking and open to new ideas.


Key Quotes

“If you're going to adopt something horizontally, look for something where the internal champions are from a broad set of different teams that have to work cross-functionally by nature.” - Alex

“Every company is becoming a technology company and, in fact, is going to become a software company, and developers are at the center of it.” - Abhinav

"The intangibles really matter. They set up cultural norms where people feel like they can be productive and they feel like they're in a supportive atmosphere. If you only consider the outputs and the outcome, then you’ll burn people out." - Alex

"When every year you hire a company's worth of people, you have to really think about ‘is this a new company or is this the same company?’ And you really have to put in the work to ensure it's the same company, and the culture is not getting diluted." - Abhinav

 

Links

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Asana

Postman

 

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]]> Wed, 21 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000 alex hood, abhinav asthana, ian faison, cassidy williams https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways

  • The best companies prioritize using the best software tools.
  • Create communication flows that build your company’s culture and community.
  • Having an advanced tech stack signals to your employees and potential hires that you are both forward-thinking and open to new ideas.


Key Quotes

“If you're going to adopt something horizontally, look for something where the internal champions are from a broad set of different teams that have to work cross-functionally by nature.” - Alex

“Every company is becoming a technology company and, in fact, is going to become a software company, and developers are at the center of it.” - Abhinav

"The intangibles really matter. They set up cultural norms where people feel like they can be productive and they feel like they're in a supportive atmosphere. If you only consider the outputs and the outcome, then you’ll burn people out." - Alex

"When every year you hire a company's worth of people, you have to really think about ‘is this a new company or is this the same company?’ And you really have to put in the work to ensure it's the same company, and the culture is not getting diluted." - Abhinav

 

Links

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Asana

Postman

 

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]]> How Communication Leads to Hypergrowth with Alex Hood, Chief Product Officer, Asana, and Abhinav Asthana, Co-founder and CEO, Postman alex hood, abhinav asthana, ian faison, cassidy williams 00:48:10 Alex Hood, Chief Product Officer at Asana, and Abhinav Asthana, Co-founder and CEO at Postman discuss how to scale hypergrowth products, build community at your company, stop bottlenecks from happening, and much more. Alex Hood, Chief Product Officer at Asana, and Abhinav Asthana, Co-founder and CEO at Postman discuss how to scale hypergrowth products, build community at your company, stop bottlenecks from happening, and much more. hypergrowth, technology, cto, cio, communication, apps false full 22 508f446a-5ecd-4c21-91b6-12508f297a0c Building Diverse Teams with Rathi Murthy, CTO, Verizon Media, and Leyla Seka, Partner, Operator Collective Key Takeaways

  • The more diverse your teams the better your products and services will be.
  • Women, especially women of color, have been disproportionally affected by the pandemic. Prioritize bringing more women into tech and leadership positions.
  • Engineers are critical to the corporate ecosystem. Be sure to give them support to be creative and innovative.

Key Quotes

"There's huge value in bringing diversity around the table. Diversity not just in gender or race, but points of view and diverse opinions." - Rathi

“Being deliberate is really important, looking around the table and seeing who isn't there, and then making an effort to get them there.” - Leyla

“Disrupt yourself. Otherwise, someone else is going to disrupt you.” - Rathi

"If we really want to be a country or a corporate America where people do have a fair shot, then we have to be deliberate. We have to make space for everyone. " - Leyla

Links

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Leyla Seka LinkedIn

Verizon Media

Operator Collective

 

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]]> Wed, 14 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000 leyla seka, ian faison, rathi murthy, cassidy williams https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways

  • The more diverse your teams the better your products and services will be.
  • Women, especially women of color, have been disproportionally affected by the pandemic. Prioritize bringing more women into tech and leadership positions.
  • Engineers are critical to the corporate ecosystem. Be sure to give them support to be creative and innovative.

Key Quotes

"There's huge value in bringing diversity around the table. Diversity not just in gender or race, but points of view and diverse opinions." - Rathi

“Being deliberate is really important, looking around the table and seeing who isn't there, and then making an effort to get them there.” - Leyla

“Disrupt yourself. Otherwise, someone else is going to disrupt you.” - Rathi

"If we really want to be a country or a corporate America where people do have a fair shot, then we have to be deliberate. We have to make space for everyone. " - Leyla

Links

Rathi Murthy LinkedIn

Leyla Seka LinkedIn

Verizon Media

Operator Collective

 

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]]> Building Diverse Teams with Rathi Murthy, CTO, Verizon Media, and Leyla Seka, Partner, Operator Collective leyla seka, ian faison, rathi murthy, cassidy williams 00:48:29 Rathi Murthy, CTO at Verizon Media, and Leyla Seka, Partner at Operator Collective, discuss building diversity, the future of 5G, fostering innovation, and much more. Rathi Murthy, CTO at Verizon Media, and Leyla Seka, Partner at Operator Collective, discuss building diversity, the future of 5G, fostering innovation, and much more. silicon valley, diversity, cto, cio, innovation, inclusion, 5g false full 21 8d30463a-5448-4874-85aa-9cc20499533d Revolutionizing Remote Work with Gary Sorrentino, Global Deputy CIO, Zoom, and Charles Bonomo, Global CIO, MSC Industrial Supply Key Takeaways

  • Remote work looks different for each employee. Ask them what would make them feel comfortable.
  • Ensure your employees take care of their mental health while working from home to avoid burnout.
  • Make sure leadership is ready to adapt to remote work, and not just the workers below them. They need to lead by example.



Key Quotes

“The hybrid worker requires radical flexibility.” - Gary

"Don't assume everyone is comfortable coming back to the office. Make sure you're listening to their questions and concerns. Have that empathy." - Charlie

"It needs to be labeled work from anywhere. It's not work from home. We should be prepared for people to work from wherever they're comfortable to be productive." - Gary

“Your first team as the CIO is the executive team not the IT team. It's very important that the CIO makes friends with the executive team and becomes their go-to guy. ” - Charlie

 

Links

Gary Sorrentino LinkedIn

Charles Bonomo LinkedIn

Zoom

MSC Industrial Supply

 

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]]> Wed, 7 Apr 2021 09:00:00 +0000 ian faison, gary sorrentino, charles bonomo, cassidy williams https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways

  • Remote work looks different for each employee. Ask them what would make them feel comfortable.
  • Ensure your employees take care of their mental health while working from home to avoid burnout.
  • Make sure leadership is ready to adapt to remote work, and not just the workers below them. They need to lead by example.



Key Quotes

“The hybrid worker requires radical flexibility.” - Gary

"Don't assume everyone is comfortable coming back to the office. Make sure you're listening to their questions and concerns. Have that empathy." - Charlie

"It needs to be labeled work from anywhere. It's not work from home. We should be prepared for people to work from wherever they're comfortable to be productive." - Gary

“Your first team as the CIO is the executive team not the IT team. It's very important that the CIO makes friends with the executive team and becomes their go-to guy. ” - Charlie

 

Links

Gary Sorrentino LinkedIn

Charles Bonomo LinkedIn

Zoom

MSC Industrial Supply

 

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]]> Revolutionizing Remote Work with Gary Sorrentino, Global Deputy CIO, Zoom, and Charles Bonomo, Global CIO, MSC Industrial Supply ian faison, gary sorrentino, charles bonomo, cassidy williams 00:44:07 Gary Sorrentino, Global Deputy CIO at Zoom, and Charles Bonomo, Global CIO at MSC Industrial Supply, discuss the nuances of a hybrid workforce, digital transformation amidst the pandemic, how to be a collaborative CIO, and much more. Gary Sorrentino, Global Deputy CIO at Zoom, and Charles Bonomo, Global CIO at MSC Industrial Supply, discuss the nuances of a hybrid workforce, digital transformation amidst the pandemic, how to be a collaborative CIO, and much more. technology, pandemic, msc, hybrid work, cio, remote work, zoom, it false full 20 17416791-c4aa-44d7-b4d7-be1d2b842c02 How to Become a Board Member with Diana McKenzie, previous CIO, Workday and Yousuf Khan, Partner, Ridge Ventures Key Takeaways

  • CIOs provide a unique and invaluable perspective for boards.
  • CIOs need to be bold and seek out board seat opportunities. Even the most accomplished CIOs can't just wait for the right opportunities to find them.
  • Manage your board portfolio in a realistic and exciting way that makes you excited to get to work.

Key Quotes

“As a CIO, we see everything. We are the people that are between the people trying to do their job and their ability to get their job done. We see everything from a change management perspective, which gives us an awful lot of experience to then weigh in at the board.” - Diana

"To be a good board member, you have to be a good listener." - Yousuf

"Regardless of the type of board you’re on there's an element of humility and what they want is not only where have you seen things that have worked, but where have you seen things that haven't worked." - Diana

“The best board members are the ones who don’t just listen and provide advice. They are the ones who can actually follow up and actually get things done.” - Yousuf

 

Links

Diana McKenzie LinkedIn

Yousuf Khan LinkedIn

Workday

Ridge Ventures

 

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]]> Wed, 31 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000 yousuf khan, ian faison, cassidy williams, diana mckenzie https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways

  • CIOs provide a unique and invaluable perspective for boards.
  • CIOs need to be bold and seek out board seat opportunities. Even the most accomplished CIOs can't just wait for the right opportunities to find them.
  • Manage your board portfolio in a realistic and exciting way that makes you excited to get to work.

Key Quotes

“As a CIO, we see everything. We are the people that are between the people trying to do their job and their ability to get their job done. We see everything from a change management perspective, which gives us an awful lot of experience to then weigh in at the board.” - Diana

"To be a good board member, you have to be a good listener." - Yousuf

"Regardless of the type of board you’re on there's an element of humility and what they want is not only where have you seen things that have worked, but where have you seen things that haven't worked." - Diana

“The best board members are the ones who don’t just listen and provide advice. They are the ones who can actually follow up and actually get things done.” - Yousuf

 

Links

Diana McKenzie LinkedIn

Yousuf Khan LinkedIn

Workday

Ridge Ventures

 

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]]> How to Become a Board Member with Diana McKenzie, previous CIO, Workday and Yousuf Khan, Partner, Ridge Ventures yousuf khan, ian faison, cassidy williams, diana mckenzie 00:50:31 Diana McKenzie, four time board member and previous CIO at Workday and Yousuf Khan, Partner at Ridge Ventures, discuss what board members do, the value of a CIO on a board, how to get a board seat and much more. Diana McKenzie, four time board member and previous CIO at Workday and Yousuf Khan, Partner at Ridge Ventures, discuss what board members do, the value of a CIO on a board, how to get a board seat and much more. start up, cto, board seats, cio, boardroom, pitch false full 19 7c855826-1f92-4ba0-a9eb-25f60947523b The Future of Cybersecurity with Fleming Shi, CTO, Barracuda and Raffael Marty, previous Chief Research and Intelligence Officer, Forcepoint Key Takeaways

  • You need to proactively analyze your systems and data to ensure they are secure.
  • Make sure your employees networks are protected at home during remote work.
  • Do not rely too heavily on black boxes.

 

Key Quotes

“Remote work has opened more windows and doors for the bad guys. And they'll just have a field day if we're not careful.” - Fleming

"As the CIO, every single project you have needs to have a security component to it, period." - Raffy

"Make sure high quality data and high ethics are being applied in your training models." - Fleming

“There is a little bit of the danger in cybersecurity where they're building black boxes left and right. Nobody understands what they actually do and you make critical decisions based on them.” - Raffy

 

Links

Fleming Shi LinkedIn

Raffael Marty LinkedIn

Barracuda

Forcepoint

 

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]]> Wed, 24 Mar 2021 06:00:00 +0000 ian faison, raffael marty, fleming shi, cassidy williams https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways

  • You need to proactively analyze your systems and data to ensure they are secure.
  • Make sure your employees networks are protected at home during remote work.
  • Do not rely too heavily on black boxes.

 

Key Quotes

“Remote work has opened more windows and doors for the bad guys. And they'll just have a field day if we're not careful.” - Fleming

"As the CIO, every single project you have needs to have a security component to it, period." - Raffy

"Make sure high quality data and high ethics are being applied in your training models." - Fleming

“There is a little bit of the danger in cybersecurity where they're building black boxes left and right. Nobody understands what they actually do and you make critical decisions based on them.” - Raffy

 

Links

Fleming Shi LinkedIn

Raffael Marty LinkedIn

Barracuda

Forcepoint

 

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]]> The Future of Cybersecurity with Fleming Shi, CTO, Barracuda and Raffael Marty, previous Chief Research and Intelligence Officer, Forcepoint ian faison, raffael marty, fleming shi, cassidy williams 00:41:35 Fleming Shi, CTO at Barracuda Networks and Raffael Marty, previous Chief Research and Intelligence Officer at Forcepoint, discuss how you can work against hackers, the nuances of cybersecurity, how to empower your employees against cyber threats, and much more. Fleming Shi, CTO at Barracuda Networks and Raffael Marty, previous Chief Research and Intelligence Officer at Forcepoint, discuss how you can work against hackers, the nuances of cybersecurity, how to empower your employees against cyber threats, and much more. data, cto, secruity, hackers, cybersecurity, cio false full 18 63e65838-b72a-4145-ba44-7aa56c0d371d Creating Frictionless IT with Arvind KC, VP of Engineering, Google and Prakash Kota, CIO, Autodesk Key Takeaways

  • Having an excellent employee experience is the first step to having a great customer experience.
  • You need proactive support. Don’t wait for a user to come to you with a problem.
  • Figure out what’s best to build versus buy.
     

Key Quotes

“If you get the best talent in and you get bad tools, then there is no way you're going to be successful.” - KC

"Start with the business problem and business value that you're creating and who is the beneficiary. Then work backwards to see what you need to do to achieve that business outcome." - Prakash

"Remove any friction that's there that comes in the way of employees being at their best." - KC

“The key to frictionless experience to the users is understanding the user and giving them what they need rather than overwhelming them with 300 different tools.” - Prakash

 

Links

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Prakash Kota LinkedIn

Google

Autodesk

 

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]]> Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:00:00 +0000 arvind kc, ian faison, prakash kota https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways

  • Having an excellent employee experience is the first step to having a great customer experience.
  • You need proactive support. Don’t wait for a user to come to you with a problem.
  • Figure out what’s best to build versus buy.
     

Key Quotes

“If you get the best talent in and you get bad tools, then there is no way you're going to be successful.” - KC

"Start with the business problem and business value that you're creating and who is the beneficiary. Then work backwards to see what you need to do to achieve that business outcome." - Prakash

"Remove any friction that's there that comes in the way of employees being at their best." - KC

“The key to frictionless experience to the users is understanding the user and giving them what they need rather than overwhelming them with 300 different tools.” - Prakash

 

Links

Arvind KC LinkedIn

Prakash Kota LinkedIn

Google

Autodesk

 

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]]> Creating Frictionless IT with Arvind KC, VP of Engineering, Google and Prakash Kota, CIO, Autodesk arvind kc, ian faison, prakash kota 00:42:04 Arvind KC, VP of Engineering at Google, and Prakash Kota, CIO at Autodesk, discuss how to cultivate the best employee experience and how that impacts your customers, driving innovation, and much more. Arvind KC, VP of Engineering at Google, and Prakash Kota, CIO at Autodesk, discuss how to cultivate the best employee experience and how that impacts your customers, driving innovation, and much more. technology, google, cto, cio, leadership, tech, innovation, employee experience, business false full 17 8ff60efd-7112-4c23-a753-ddb2685a10fe Making IT a Competitive Differentiator with Srini Tanikella, Vice President of IT at SMART Global Holdings and Vipin Arora, previous Head of IT at Hilmar Cheese Company Key Takeaways

  • Having a fear of failure inhibits innovation.
  • Ask your employees how you can best fit their IT needs, because some employees will be too shy to ask for help or assistance for more seemingly basic questions.
  • Be proactive in approaching your users—don’t wait for them to come to you.

Key Quotes

  • “People who are playing a role of a CIO now are more business-centric and less technology-centric.” - Vipin
  • "The CIO may not be the most technical talent in the company. What's very important is that they understand the business aspect of it or can relate to it. They can partner with the business side to provide solutions." - Srini
  • "The CIO role is evolving as the technology is evolving." - Vipin
  • “Invest in people. Invest in productivity tools. Invest in good whiteboarding tools. Invest in good collaboration software.” - Srini

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]]> Wed, 3 Mar 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Vipin Arora, Ian Faison, Srini Tanikella https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways

  • Having a fear of failure inhibits innovation.
  • Ask your employees how you can best fit their IT needs, because some employees will be too shy to ask for help or assistance for more seemingly basic questions.
  • Be proactive in approaching your users—don’t wait for them to come to you.

Key Quotes

  • “People who are playing a role of a CIO now are more business-centric and less technology-centric.” - Vipin
  • "The CIO may not be the most technical talent in the company. What's very important is that they understand the business aspect of it or can relate to it. They can partner with the business side to provide solutions." - Srini
  • "The CIO role is evolving as the technology is evolving." - Vipin
  • “Invest in people. Invest in productivity tools. Invest in good whiteboarding tools. Invest in good collaboration software.” - Srini

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]]> Making IT a Competitive Differentiator with Srini Tanikella, Vice President of IT at SMART Global Holdings and Vipin Arora, previous Head of IT at Hilmar Cheese Company Vipin Arora, Ian Faison, Srini Tanikella 00:36:42 Srini Tanikella, Vice President of IT at SMART Global Holdings and Vipin Arora, previous Head of IT at Hilmar Cheese Company discuss how to personalize your company’s IT, how to keep your IT competitive, and what CIOs need to know going into 2021. Srini Tanikella, Vice President of IT at SMART Global Holdings and Vipin Arora, previous Head of IT at Hilmar Cheese Company discuss how to personalize your company’s IT, how to keep your IT competitive, and what CIOs need to know going into 2021. technology, information technology, cio, tech, innovation, business, it false full 16 9bc0af88-95a4-471d-9be6-597c67c86ddc The Secret Advantage of Goal Setting with Sasha Siddhartha, Co-founder and CTO of Thrive Market and Nick Rockwell, Senior VP of Engineering and Infrastructure at Fastly Key Takeaways

  • The path to growth is through excellent consumer experiences.
  • In order to effectively solve business problems you need to work cross-functionally.
  • Goal setting is key to creating successful business practices and achieving great outcomes.


Key Quotes

"Not every problem requires a technology solution. I think there are many cases where you can leverage processes or people in a thoughtful way to solve a lot of problems versus necessarily having to invest in a technology solution." - Sasha

"You just can't separate the business problems from the technical problems. They all are completely intertwined and you can only do the best work when you have that cross functional team with a clear set of goals." - Nick

"The better the customer experience, the better the business growth." - Sasha

“It's completely fundamental to get good goals and good goal setting processes.” - Nick

Sasha Siddhartha LinkedIn

Nick Rockwell LinkedIn

Thrive Market

Fastly

 

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]]> Wed, 24 Feb 2021 10:00:00 +0000 ian faison, Nick Rockwell, Sasha Siddhartha, Cassidy Williams https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways

  • The path to growth is through excellent consumer experiences.
  • In order to effectively solve business problems you need to work cross-functionally.
  • Goal setting is key to creating successful business practices and achieving great outcomes.


Key Quotes

"Not every problem requires a technology solution. I think there are many cases where you can leverage processes or people in a thoughtful way to solve a lot of problems versus necessarily having to invest in a technology solution." - Sasha

"You just can't separate the business problems from the technical problems. They all are completely intertwined and you can only do the best work when you have that cross functional team with a clear set of goals." - Nick

"The better the customer experience, the better the business growth." - Sasha

“It's completely fundamental to get good goals and good goal setting processes.” - Nick

Sasha Siddhartha LinkedIn

Nick Rockwell LinkedIn

Thrive Market

Fastly

 

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]]> The Secret Advantage of Goal Setting with Sasha Siddhartha, Co-founder and CTO of Thrive Market and Nick Rockwell, Senior VP of Engineering and Infrastructure at Fastly ian faison, Nick Rockwell, Sasha Siddhartha, Cassidy Williams 00:50:58 Sasha Siddhartha, Co-founder and CTO of Thrive Market and Nick Rockwell, Senior VP of Engineering and Infrastructure at Fastly discuss the importance of goal setting, cross-functional relationships, and how your IT can enhance your customer’s experience. Sasha Siddhartha, Co-founder and CTO of Thrive Market and Nick Rockwell, Senior VP of Engineering and Infrastructure at Fastly discuss the importance of goal setting, cross-functional relationships, and how your IT can enhance your customer’s experience. technology, information technology, cto, cloud, edge computing, goals, cio, growth, business, it false full 15 98e692cb-77db-41cb-a2dd-e9fdec4e255d How to Drive User Adoption with Uzi Dvir, Global CIO of WalkMe and Hitendra Mishra, VP of Information Technology at Stitch Fix Uzi Dvir, Global CIO of WalkMe and Hitendra Mishra, VP Information Technology at Stitch Fix, discuss how digital adoption impacts all of us. They also dig into how to collaborate while working remotely, and how they’re applying AI to push their companies forward.

Key Takeaways

  • Digital adoption is a key part of any industry. Make sure you’re investing in onboarding so that your employees can feel confident starting out. 
  • The more your company incorporates AI into your day-to-day, the more innovation is possible. 
  • Finding ways to incorporate human connections while working remotely is imperative to having a successful team.

Key Quotes

"People need someone to talk to, and Zoom is obviously a good solution and you can be effective and you can be efficient, but at the end of the day, people need people. So I don't think we have challenges with technology. I think like all the rest of the world, we have challenges with human needs." - Uzi

"How you join a company and how you leave a company leaves either a bitter or a really good taste in your mouth. You want your past employees to be ambassadors of your company. So we go the extra mile and make sure that the employees are comfortable, both onboarding and offboarding." - Hitendra

"We all have the data necessary for us to forecast our next steps. So the cool initiative thing to do is taking it and putting it in front of the business leaders." - Uzi

“Have flexibility and empathy when you're designing your employee onboarding and offboarding experience, especially during these times. Meet your workforce where they want you. Put in the extra effort. It just goes a long way in building an amazing corporate culture.” - Hitendra

Links

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Hitendra Mishra LinkedIn

WalkMe

Stich Fix

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]]> Wed, 27 Jan 2021 10:00:00 +0000 Uzi Dvir, Ian Faison, Hitendra Mishra, Cassidy Williams https://ciopod.com Uzi Dvir, Global CIO of WalkMe and Hitendra Mishra, VP Information Technology at Stitch Fix, discuss how digital adoption impacts all of us. They also dig into how to collaborate while working remotely, and how they’re applying AI to push their companies forward.

Key Takeaways

  • Digital adoption is a key part of any industry. Make sure you’re investing in onboarding so that your employees can feel confident starting out. 
  • The more your company incorporates AI into your day-to-day, the more innovation is possible. 
  • Finding ways to incorporate human connections while working remotely is imperative to having a successful team.

Key Quotes

"People need someone to talk to, and Zoom is obviously a good solution and you can be effective and you can be efficient, but at the end of the day, people need people. So I don't think we have challenges with technology. I think like all the rest of the world, we have challenges with human needs." - Uzi

"How you join a company and how you leave a company leaves either a bitter or a really good taste in your mouth. You want your past employees to be ambassadors of your company. So we go the extra mile and make sure that the employees are comfortable, both onboarding and offboarding." - Hitendra

"We all have the data necessary for us to forecast our next steps. So the cool initiative thing to do is taking it and putting it in front of the business leaders." - Uzi

“Have flexibility and empathy when you're designing your employee onboarding and offboarding experience, especially during these times. Meet your workforce where they want you. Put in the extra effort. It just goes a long way in building an amazing corporate culture.” - Hitendra

Links

Uzi Dvir LinkedIn

Hitendra Mishra LinkedIn

WalkMe

Stich Fix

Thanks to our friends

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]]> How to Drive User Adoption with Uzi Dvir, Global CIO of WalkMe and Hitendra Mishra, VP of Information Technology at Stitch Fix Uzi Dvir, Ian Faison, Hitendra Mishra, Cassidy Williams 00:44:05 Uzi Dvir, Global CIO of WalkMe and Hitendra Mishra, VP Information Technology at Stitch Fix, discuss how digital adoption impacts all of us. They also dig into how to collaborate while working remotely, and how they’re applying AI to push their companies forward. Uzi Dvir, Global CIO of WalkMe and Hitendra Mishra, VP Information Technology at Stitch Fix, discuss how digital adoption impacts all of us. They also dig into how to collaborate while working remotely, and how they’re applying AI to push their companies forward. technology, information technology, digital adoption, cio, tech, remote work, it false full 14 1c900eae-68a8-4851-b9e0-37969d187de8 The Power of Mentorship with Alvina Antar, CIO of Okta, and Sharon Mandell, SVP/CIO of Juniper Networks Alvina Antar, CIO of Okta and Sharon Mandell, SVP Chief Information Officer of Juniper Networks, discuss the importance of mentorship on the road to becoming a CIO. They also unpack how a strong network of industry peers can help you not only do your best work but help you decide what work is worth focusing on. 

Key Takeaways

  • There's a common misconception that your company or your product's value hits its peak once your customer gets it up and running. The true value is in longevity, flexibility, and your company's ability to mold your product to your customer's needs. 
     
  • Mentorship can fuel your career if you're intentional about it. You can't expect a C-level executive to coach you at every step, every day. But, you can reach out to people who inspire you and ask for their guidance. Their insight can help you during critical career junctures. 
     
  • For CIOs, your employees are your customers. You should be building the same type of seamless, effortless, online experience for your employees that you are for your customers. Giving them the right environment in which to work, especially remotely, pays dividends. 
     

Key Quotes

"When I'm mentoring someone,I want somebody who's going to have the courage to raise their hand when they need something. In addition to anything more formal we might structure, you have to ask. You have to have the courage to ask." - Sharon

"It's all about experiences. It's about how we optimize our customer experience and deliver the most delightful, most optimal, most seamless, most secure customer experience. The same principle applies for the employee experience, too. " - Alvina

"With my CIO network, I don't have to learn what other people have learned before me. I'm not a reinventing-the-wheel kind of person. I want to use my brain cycles for when I truly have to innovate. " - Sharon 

"In this new year, I think about the opportunity to further evolve the positioning of IT and business technology in driving business growth in streamlining processes so that companies can evolve and grow and scale. We should look at IT and business technology as a business, as an integral part of the business. " - Alvina

Links

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]]> Wed, 20 Jan 2021 07:00:00 +0000 Sharon Mandell, Cassidy Williams, Ian Faison, Alvina Antar https://ciopod.com Alvina Antar, CIO of Okta and Sharon Mandell, SVP Chief Information Officer of Juniper Networks, discuss the importance of mentorship on the road to becoming a CIO. They also unpack how a strong network of industry peers can help you not only do your best work but help you decide what work is worth focusing on. 

Key Takeaways

  • There's a common misconception that your company or your product's value hits its peak once your customer gets it up and running. The true value is in longevity, flexibility, and your company's ability to mold your product to your customer's needs. 
     
  • Mentorship can fuel your career if you're intentional about it. You can't expect a C-level executive to coach you at every step, every day. But, you can reach out to people who inspire you and ask for their guidance. Their insight can help you during critical career junctures. 
     
  • For CIOs, your employees are your customers. You should be building the same type of seamless, effortless, online experience for your employees that you are for your customers. Giving them the right environment in which to work, especially remotely, pays dividends. 
     

Key Quotes

"When I'm mentoring someone,I want somebody who's going to have the courage to raise their hand when they need something. In addition to anything more formal we might structure, you have to ask. You have to have the courage to ask." - Sharon

"It's all about experiences. It's about how we optimize our customer experience and deliver the most delightful, most optimal, most seamless, most secure customer experience. The same principle applies for the employee experience, too. " - Alvina

"With my CIO network, I don't have to learn what other people have learned before me. I'm not a reinventing-the-wheel kind of person. I want to use my brain cycles for when I truly have to innovate. " - Sharon 

"In this new year, I think about the opportunity to further evolve the positioning of IT and business technology in driving business growth in streamlining processes so that companies can evolve and grow and scale. We should look at IT and business technology as a business, as an integral part of the business. " - Alvina

Links

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]]> The Power of Mentorship with Alvina Antar, CIO of Okta, and Sharon Mandell, SVP/CIO of Juniper Networks Sharon Mandell, Cassidy Williams, Ian Faison, Alvina Antar 00:43:47 Alvina Antar, CIO of Okta and Sharon Mandell, SVP Chief Information Officer of Juniper Networks, discuss the importance of mentorship on the road to becoming a CIO. They also unpack how a strong network of industry peers can help you not only do your best work, but help you decide what work is worth focusing on. Alvina Antar, CIO of Okta and Sharon Mandell, SVP Chief Information Officer of Juniper Networks, discuss the importance of mentorship on the road to becoming a CIO. They also unpack how a strong network of industry peers can help you not only do your best work, but help you decide what work is worth focusing on. information technology, business technology, cio, customer experience, tech, mentor, it false full 13 196a4f96-8511-4caf-94cd-03c869dd0713 Taking the Friction Out of Remote Work with John Stecher and Anisha Vaswani Key Takeaways

  • Your team doesn't have the time or patience to hunt for the resources they need to do their work. CTOs and CIOs have tremendous power to build more robust, essential knowledge hubs to help their teams find the information they're looking for, or document a newly minted process.
  • Prioritizing projects is an art. CIOs have to learn how to weigh one project's impact against another's while juggling the work they have in-flight. Agile workflows help teams prioritize and move swiftly, as opposed to burning time and money on a years-long project.
  • Teams might be working outside of the office, but their expectations haven't changed. Someone working remotely still expects the speed of the office WiFi, the VPN capacity, and more. CIOs have to fine tune their infrastructure to help teams work together from afar.

Key Quotes

"Surprising and delighting people is just making technology more transparent in their lives. I focus a lot on those types of things as well as removing friction." - John

"To be a good CIO,  I think you have to have genuine passion and interest in understanding the business and what it's trying to accomplish. The technology comes later. It's really about understanding the business." - Anisha

"Innovation comes from really listening to what people need and hearing what they're actually saying." - John

"Gone are the days of the five year IT project and boiling the ocean. It's about building flexible, iterative, agile delivery models and having the ability to respond to shifting demand as it appears. " - Anisha

Links

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]]> Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:53:02 +0000 Cassidy Williams, Ian Faison, John Stecher, Anisha Vaswani https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways

  • Your team doesn't have the time or patience to hunt for the resources they need to do their work. CTOs and CIOs have tremendous power to build more robust, essential knowledge hubs to help their teams find the information they're looking for, or document a newly minted process.
  • Prioritizing projects is an art. CIOs have to learn how to weigh one project's impact against another's while juggling the work they have in-flight. Agile workflows help teams prioritize and move swiftly, as opposed to burning time and money on a years-long project.
  • Teams might be working outside of the office, but their expectations haven't changed. Someone working remotely still expects the speed of the office WiFi, the VPN capacity, and more. CIOs have to fine tune their infrastructure to help teams work together from afar.

Key Quotes

"Surprising and delighting people is just making technology more transparent in their lives. I focus a lot on those types of things as well as removing friction." - John

"To be a good CIO,  I think you have to have genuine passion and interest in understanding the business and what it's trying to accomplish. The technology comes later. It's really about understanding the business." - Anisha

"Innovation comes from really listening to what people need and hearing what they're actually saying." - John

"Gone are the days of the five year IT project and boiling the ocean. It's about building flexible, iterative, agile delivery models and having the ability to respond to shifting demand as it appears. " - Anisha

Links

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]]> Taking the Friction Out of Remote Work with John Stecher and Anisha Vaswani Cassidy Williams, Ian Faison, John Stecher, Anisha Vaswani 00:46:11 John Stecher, CTO of Blackstone, and Anisha Vaswani, the CIO of Toast and previous CIO of Box, discuss everything from what it takes to be a good CIO or CTO, to which details really matter when it comes to remote work. The two C-level standouts dive into what drives innovation within the enterprise and how eliminating the points of friction in our everyday work is so crucial to unlocking that innovation. John Stecher, CTO of Blackstone, and Anisha Vaswani, the CIO of Toast and previous CIO of Box, discuss everything from what it takes to be a good CIO or CTO, to which details really matter when it comes to remote work. The two C-level standouts dive into what drives innovation within the enterprise and how eliminating the points of friction in our everyday work is so crucial to unlocking that innovation. infrastructure, cto, security, cio, tech, remote work, it false full 12 330f4b90-9c14-4550-88ed-224c558f1146 Season 1 Recap Every week, we sit down with CIOs from some of the world’s top companies to uncover the strategies that have been fundamental to their skyrocketing success.

In each episode, we ask our guests which three areas of investment are so important, that they consider them uncuttable budget items. Tune into this episode to hear the budget items our CIO guests couldn’t live without!

Key Takeaways

  • Your employees are key. Investing in the people in your IT department, in both compensation and training, was a major theme.
  • Product was another frequently highlighted theme. Any time you as an IT department can be involved in the actual product and customer experience, you shouldn’t waste the opportunity.
  • Digital transformation was also touched upon multiple times. As our CIOs pointed out, digital transformations are never fully complete and can’t be deemed completed and forgotten about.

Key Quotes

  • "The area I struggle to cut the most is development, skills building, and staying fresh on technology. You have to invest in your teams, your skills, and keeping up on technology -  I can tweak a lot of other things, but I really don't want to touch that.” - Julie Cullivan, CTO, ForeScout
  • “It's the people. Especially in times like this, it has to be the people because they're the ones who have the institutional knowledge. They're the ones who have been caring and feeding for everything you're doing. All the rest you can figure out, but if you don't have good people on board, none of it matters.” - Grant Ingersoll, CTO, Wikimedia Foundation
  • “I will say training. I will fight for that. I fought for there to be more training and I will always fight when they try to cut it back because if your team members don't have the skills to do what you're asking them to do, everything suffers. The business can't be successful.” - Jonathan Reichental, Founder and CEO, Human Future, Former CIO, City of Palo Alto

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]]> Wed, 6 Jan 2021 15:21:58 +0000 Ian Faison https://ciopod.com Every week, we sit down with CIOs from some of the world’s top companies to uncover the strategies that have been fundamental to their skyrocketing success.

In each episode, we ask our guests which three areas of investment are so important, that they consider them uncuttable budget items. Tune into this episode to hear the budget items our CIO guests couldn’t live without!

Key Takeaways

  • Your employees are key. Investing in the people in your IT department, in both compensation and training, was a major theme.
  • Product was another frequently highlighted theme. Any time you as an IT department can be involved in the actual product and customer experience, you shouldn’t waste the opportunity.
  • Digital transformation was also touched upon multiple times. As our CIOs pointed out, digital transformations are never fully complete and can’t be deemed completed and forgotten about.

Key Quotes

  • "The area I struggle to cut the most is development, skills building, and staying fresh on technology. You have to invest in your teams, your skills, and keeping up on technology -  I can tweak a lot of other things, but I really don't want to touch that.” - Julie Cullivan, CTO, ForeScout
  • “It's the people. Especially in times like this, it has to be the people because they're the ones who have the institutional knowledge. They're the ones who have been caring and feeding for everything you're doing. All the rest you can figure out, but if you don't have good people on board, none of it matters.” - Grant Ingersoll, CTO, Wikimedia Foundation
  • “I will say training. I will fight for that. I fought for there to be more training and I will always fight when they try to cut it back because if your team members don't have the skills to do what you're asking them to do, everything suffers. The business can't be successful.” - Jonathan Reichental, Founder and CEO, Human Future, Former CIO, City of Palo Alto

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]]> Season 1 Recap Ian Faison 00:17:38 In this season 1 recap, we highlight the budget items that our CIO guests considered essential and uncuttable. In this season 1 recap, we highlight the budget items that our CIO guests considered essential and uncuttable. technology, information technology, cio, leadership, tech, business, it false full 11 b6cac44b-295f-4185-be38-5991630d0297 Season 2 Trailer What is coming on season 2 of CIO Classified? On this episode, we give you a sneak peek.


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]]> Tue, 15 Dec 2020 21:16:19 +0000 Ian Faison https://ciopod.com What is coming on season 2 of CIO Classified? On this episode, we give you a sneak peek.


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]]> Season 2 Trailer Ian Faison 00:01:48 What is coming on season 2 of CIO Classified? On this episode, we give you a sneak peek. What is coming on season 2 of CIO Classified? On this episode, we give you a sneak peek. technology, information technology, cio, tech, business, it, leader false trailer f81a3443-017e-4e08-8502-e0559588dd2f Building for the Future of MultiCloud Key Takeaways 

  • The age of the untrained employees having to double as IT staff is over. The IT roadblocks of the past have been paved over by more end-user-friendly systems that dedicated IT staff can use to run complex information architectures seamlessly.
  • CIOs can't afford to work with blinders on. Staying plugged into your industry's ecosystem, and in lock step with industry experts is absolutely critical to make sure you're thinking ahead and making the right decisions for your company.
  • Data tells you a lot, but it doesn't tell you everything. In the age of remote work, you need to check in with your team and have earnest conversations to see how they're keeping up with the pace of their work and ensure they're staying connected and motivated.

Key Quotes

  • "There's almost nothing that's happening in any department of any company at this point that isn't technology driven or at least where technology isn't an important part of the solution." - Karl
  • "The opportunity for us as IT professionals working for a business, whether it is a smaller business or a bigger business, is to bring solutions which can really transform the company and actually help them leapfrog over the competition." - Avon
  • "Internally, one of the key things is making sure that we bring data to where people are. That's much better than having yet another tab open and trying to stitch together data yourself in a lot of different places." - Karl
  • "IT works both ways. Teams get what they need from new products, new innovation. But, also around the company, the product companies, they get real validation of their use cases, what they're trying to solve." - Avon

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]]> Wed, 18 Nov 2020 09:00:00 +0000 Karl Mosgofian, Avon Puri, Cassidy Williams, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways 

  • The age of the untrained employees having to double as IT staff is over. The IT roadblocks of the past have been paved over by more end-user-friendly systems that dedicated IT staff can use to run complex information architectures seamlessly.
  • CIOs can't afford to work with blinders on. Staying plugged into your industry's ecosystem, and in lock step with industry experts is absolutely critical to make sure you're thinking ahead and making the right decisions for your company.
  • Data tells you a lot, but it doesn't tell you everything. In the age of remote work, you need to check in with your team and have earnest conversations to see how they're keeping up with the pace of their work and ensure they're staying connected and motivated.

Key Quotes

  • "There's almost nothing that's happening in any department of any company at this point that isn't technology driven or at least where technology isn't an important part of the solution." - Karl
  • "The opportunity for us as IT professionals working for a business, whether it is a smaller business or a bigger business, is to bring solutions which can really transform the company and actually help them leapfrog over the competition." - Avon
  • "Internally, one of the key things is making sure that we bring data to where people are. That's much better than having yet another tab open and trying to stitch together data yourself in a lot of different places." - Karl
  • "IT works both ways. Teams get what they need from new products, new innovation. But, also around the company, the product companies, they get real validation of their use cases, what they're trying to solve." - Avon

Links

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]]> Building for the Future of MultiCloud Karl Mosgofian, Avon Puri, Cassidy Williams, Ian Faison 00:51:33 Avon Puri, Global Chief Digital Officer at Sequoia Capital and Karl Mosgofian, CIO of Gainsight, discuss how to get teams the right data they need to be successful, what it looks like to build securely and at scale, and why designing your internal architecture to support multi cloud environments is so essential. Avon Puri, Global Chief Digital Officer at Sequoia Capital and Karl Mosgofian, CIO of Gainsight, discuss how to get teams the right data they need to be successful, what it looks like to build securely and at scale, and why designing your internal architecture to support multi cloud environments is so essential. multicloud, it, information architecture false full 10 cecc1f3c-78db-4cbe-8fb8-cfc83af865a3 CIOs Take Center Stage with George Llado and Phil Fasano George Llado, SVP & CIO at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and Phil Fasano, CEO of Gigster, discuss the essential role CIOs play at this moment, and trace their influence in digital transformation. As two heralded CIOs, George and Phil share the lessons they've learned in their careers and look at the future of the CIO.

Key Takeaways

  • CIOs need literal and figurative investment from the executive team of their company in order to be able to drive digital innovation. Investing in the future can give companies a tremendous competitive advantage down the road.
  • The pace of innovation has changed. Companies can't afford to build every single piece of infrastructure they need. To move fast, they have to leverage world-class third party services — from adopting a new API suite to integrating with a new cloud service.
  • CIOs have to keep growing their skillset and use those new skills to remain competitive in their field, and in their company. In order to avoid being relegated to the back seat of the C-suite, CIOs have to be on the lookout for the next wave of technology that can push their business forward.

Key Quotes

"We're the lifeline. Digital, technology, and CIOs have become lifelines for corporations now. Because frankly, they're not able to do business without what we either have and they never used, or with what we can bring to bear they're very, very quickly." - George Llado

"We've quickly evolved from the role of provider, to the enabler, to now this innovator, which I think a number of us are taking advantage of."  - George Llado

"There isn't a transformation on the planet that's a straight line. In fact, a lot of transformations fail or attempts at them fail before you get to the point you actually executed it well." - Phil Fasano

"Now, you can create a great customer experience. And, you can do it in days. What a difference, what a phenomenal difference it is. And it's a shame if we don't take advantage of this opportunity." - Phil Fasano

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]]> Wed, 11 Nov 2020 10:00:00 +0000 Phil Fasano, George Llado https://ciopod.com George Llado, SVP & CIO at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and Phil Fasano, CEO of Gigster, discuss the essential role CIOs play at this moment, and trace their influence in digital transformation. As two heralded CIOs, George and Phil share the lessons they've learned in their careers and look at the future of the CIO.

Key Takeaways

  • CIOs need literal and figurative investment from the executive team of their company in order to be able to drive digital innovation. Investing in the future can give companies a tremendous competitive advantage down the road.
  • The pace of innovation has changed. Companies can't afford to build every single piece of infrastructure they need. To move fast, they have to leverage world-class third party services — from adopting a new API suite to integrating with a new cloud service.
  • CIOs have to keep growing their skillset and use those new skills to remain competitive in their field, and in their company. In order to avoid being relegated to the back seat of the C-suite, CIOs have to be on the lookout for the next wave of technology that can push their business forward.

Key Quotes

"We're the lifeline. Digital, technology, and CIOs have become lifelines for corporations now. Because frankly, they're not able to do business without what we either have and they never used, or with what we can bring to bear they're very, very quickly." - George Llado

"We've quickly evolved from the role of provider, to the enabler, to now this innovator, which I think a number of us are taking advantage of."  - George Llado

"There isn't a transformation on the planet that's a straight line. In fact, a lot of transformations fail or attempts at them fail before you get to the point you actually executed it well." - Phil Fasano

"Now, you can create a great customer experience. And, you can do it in days. What a difference, what a phenomenal difference it is. And it's a shame if we don't take advantage of this opportunity." - Phil Fasano

George Llado LinkedIn

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Gigster

Alexion Pharmaceuticals

 

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]]> CIOs Take Center Stage with George Llado and Phil Fasano Phil Fasano, George Llado 00:49:16 George Llado, SVP & CIO at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and Phil Fasano, CEO of Gigster, discuss the essential role CIOs play at this moment, and trace their influence in digital transformation. George Llado, SVP & CIO at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and Phil Fasano, CEO of Gigster, discuss the essential role CIOs play at this moment, and trace their influence in digital transformation. digital, technology, information technology, cio, leadership, digital transformation, tech, management, it false full 9 35c0f156-23e3-4b88-998a-ff65425b3cef Why Security is A Pillar of Company Culture Key Takeaways

  • Security and productivity shouldn’t be at odds with each other. Teams need to build security into their architecture intelligently so security standards are embedded in the way teams work, not added on as an afterthought.
  • The best CTOs, CIOs, and CEOs craft their businesses processes with security in mind. If you’re building with blinders on, just focusing on eliminating all risk, you can end up putting up barriers to your business processes.
  • It’s becoming more common for newly hired employees to join companies without having met their colleagues in person. CIOs, CTOs, and CEOs need to clear the space and design the processes that help employees connect and build a sense of camaraderie remotely.

Key Quotes

  • “For digital transformation, securing the edge, and being able to move quickly as possible as you’re developing new applications and services — you’ll need capabilities that scale.” - Mark Kuhr
  • "We’ve entered into this new phase of digital enablement of communication and collaboration technology, which has made people a lot more efficient. " - Tim Campos
  • “It’s good to be vigilant and bake into the culture of your company that security matters and everybody’s part of that. Everybody is part of that journey.” - Mark Kuhr
  • “How we are going to spend our time has become incredibly valuable, especially when productivity is paramount, as it is for most knowledge-based professions.” - Tim Campos

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]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 Ian Faison, Cassidy Williams, Mark Kuhr, Tim Campos https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways

  • Security and productivity shouldn’t be at odds with each other. Teams need to build security into their architecture intelligently so security standards are embedded in the way teams work, not added on as an afterthought.
  • The best CTOs, CIOs, and CEOs craft their businesses processes with security in mind. If you’re building with blinders on, just focusing on eliminating all risk, you can end up putting up barriers to your business processes.
  • It’s becoming more common for newly hired employees to join companies without having met their colleagues in person. CIOs, CTOs, and CEOs need to clear the space and design the processes that help employees connect and build a sense of camaraderie remotely.

Key Quotes

  • “For digital transformation, securing the edge, and being able to move quickly as possible as you’re developing new applications and services — you’ll need capabilities that scale.” - Mark Kuhr
  • "We’ve entered into this new phase of digital enablement of communication and collaboration technology, which has made people a lot more efficient. " - Tim Campos
  • “It’s good to be vigilant and bake into the culture of your company that security matters and everybody’s part of that. Everybody is part of that journey.” - Mark Kuhr
  • “How we are going to spend our time has become incredibly valuable, especially when productivity is paramount, as it is for most knowledge-based professions.” - Tim Campos

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]]> Why Security is A Pillar of Company Culture Ian Faison, Cassidy Williams, Mark Kuhr, Tim Campos 00:48:17 Mark Kuhr, CTO and Co-Founder of Synack, and Tim Campos, CEO of Woven, discuss how to build rock-solid security architecture with intuitive UX, and track how the surface area of security has expanded as more teams are working remotely. In this episode of CIO Classified, Mark and Tim talk about how companies balance their security priorities with the pace of their business, and a whole lot more. Mark Kuhr, CTO and Co-Founder of Synack, and Tim Campos, CEO of Woven, discuss how to build rock-solid security architecture with intuitive UX, and track how the surface area of security has expanded as more teams are working remotely. In this episode of CIO Classified, Mark and Tim talk about how companies balance their security priorities with the pace of their business, and a whole lot more. productivity, cyber security, security, ux false full 8 1775489d-613a-42c2-b78b-1c6ae8ebb46c How CIOs Moved from the Back Office to Leading Business Transformation Robert Dixon, Former CIO of PepsiCo, and Rick Rioboli, EVP and CIO of Comcast Cable, both remember when the role of the CIO was relegated to the back office. Now, CIOs are leading critical business initiatives as more and more companies go through digital transformations. On this episode of CIO Classified, they discuss how to be successful as a CIO and build with customers in mind.

Key Takeaways

  • In the early days of the role, CIOs did more order-taking than business transformation. Now, they've developed their role and increased their impact, moving from the back office to the forefront of customer experience thanks to digital transformation.
  • CIOs need to communicate with diverse sets of internal teams from product managers, to tech incubators within an enterprise, to various engineering teams. Seeing your company from different perspectives gives you a better sense of what work is most important.
  • When you're optimizing for customer experience, don't lose track of customer identity. One customer interaction might leverage several different cloud services. CIOs need to ensure that those systems powering that experience can track and source a user's identity seamlessly and securely.

Key Quotes

  • "I've seen business leaders step up in technological transformation. They're coming to the table looking at this as a way to leverage technical capabilities to create better value or new value for customers."  - Robert
  • "Don't feel like your job is just to take orders from the business. Teams should take a step back, understand what's important to their business, figure out how to leverage their technology in an innovative way to change things while partnering with the business." - Rick
  • "When you see an opportunity to overlap what's needed from a business perspective to create value and what's possible with technology, you put those two things together with the right teams and that's going to be really beneficial for your customer."  - Robert
  • "When we started our digital transformation, identity was at the center. It's hard to have a digital relationship with a customer if you don't have a digital identity of that customer. In our customer experience, that's a key component." - Rick

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]]> Wed, 21 Oct 2020 17:33:42 +0000 Robert Dixon, Cassidy Williams, Rick Rioboli, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com Robert Dixon, Former CIO of PepsiCo, and Rick Rioboli, EVP and CIO of Comcast Cable, both remember when the role of the CIO was relegated to the back office. Now, CIOs are leading critical business initiatives as more and more companies go through digital transformations. On this episode of CIO Classified, they discuss how to be successful as a CIO and build with customers in mind.

Key Takeaways

  • In the early days of the role, CIOs did more order-taking than business transformation. Now, they've developed their role and increased their impact, moving from the back office to the forefront of customer experience thanks to digital transformation.
  • CIOs need to communicate with diverse sets of internal teams from product managers, to tech incubators within an enterprise, to various engineering teams. Seeing your company from different perspectives gives you a better sense of what work is most important.
  • When you're optimizing for customer experience, don't lose track of customer identity. One customer interaction might leverage several different cloud services. CIOs need to ensure that those systems powering that experience can track and source a user's identity seamlessly and securely.

Key Quotes

  • "I've seen business leaders step up in technological transformation. They're coming to the table looking at this as a way to leverage technical capabilities to create better value or new value for customers."  - Robert
  • "Don't feel like your job is just to take orders from the business. Teams should take a step back, understand what's important to their business, figure out how to leverage their technology in an innovative way to change things while partnering with the business." - Rick
  • "When you see an opportunity to overlap what's needed from a business perspective to create value and what's possible with technology, you put those two things together with the right teams and that's going to be really beneficial for your customer."  - Robert
  • "When we started our digital transformation, identity was at the center. It's hard to have a digital relationship with a customer if you don't have a digital identity of that customer. In our customer experience, that's a key component." - Rick

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]]> How CIOs Moved from the Back Office to Leading Business Transformation Robert Dixon, Cassidy Williams, Rick Rioboli, Ian Faison 00:50:34 Robert Dixon, Former CIO of PepsiCo, and Rick Rioboli, EVP and CIO of Comcast Cable, discuss how the role of the CIO has evolved and how modern CIOs drive customer impact across their organization. Robert Dixon, Former CIO of PepsiCo, and Rick Rioboli, EVP and CIO of Comcast Cable, discuss how the role of the CIO has evolved and how modern CIOs drive customer impact across their organization. technology, information, comtech, cio, digital transformation, tech, communication, it false full 7 5ceecdbc-9ce7-4026-b687-55c90c5f9393 Meet the Hosts of CIO Classified Key Takeaways

  • Even when you're working remote, you can still stay connected to your community. Whether it's sending out a weekly email to your peers, joining a group chat with your colleagues, or checking in on Twitter — you can stay close to the folks you'd normally see at the office or in-between talks at a conference.
  • Building smart, well-rounded teams can seem daunting. Companies that focus too narrowly on the process of hiring, rather than the people they're hiring, can struggle to build successful teams. It helps to remember that hiring is deeply human.
  • There's one thing almost all CIOs have in common — their most uncuttable budget item is employee training. Investing in team training is investing in success. Going to conferences, taking courses, and levelling up skills not only makes employees happier in their roles, but more productive, too. 
     

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]]> Wed, 14 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 Cassidy Williams, Ian Faison https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways

  • Even when you're working remote, you can still stay connected to your community. Whether it's sending out a weekly email to your peers, joining a group chat with your colleagues, or checking in on Twitter — you can stay close to the folks you'd normally see at the office or in-between talks at a conference.
  • Building smart, well-rounded teams can seem daunting. Companies that focus too narrowly on the process of hiring, rather than the people they're hiring, can struggle to build successful teams. It helps to remember that hiring is deeply human.
  • There's one thing almost all CIOs have in common — their most uncuttable budget item is employee training. Investing in team training is investing in success. Going to conferences, taking courses, and levelling up skills not only makes employees happier in their roles, but more productive, too. 
     

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]]> Meet the Hosts of CIO Classified Cassidy Williams, Ian Faison 00:33:41 Each week on CIO Classified, we feature two CIOs from leading companies discussing a single topic. This week we're doing things a little differently. We're featuring the hosts of the show as they discuss their favorite moments from previous episodes, share the lessons they've learned from top CIOs, and tell us about their own career journeys. Each week on CIO Classified, we feature two CIOs from leading companies discussing a single topic. This week we're doing things a little differently. We're featuring the hosts of the show as they discuss their favorite moments from previous episodes, share the lessons they've learned from top CIOs, and tell us about their own career journeys. productivity, cio, tech, remote work, career false full 6 5b6b5d54-d809-46af-b9c2-cff1140c6d2f Building at The Intersection of Social Skills and Security Infrastructure Key Takeaways

  • What we view as "soft skills" or "social skills" are really catalytic skills that drive connections between coworkers, forge alliances between departments, and make teams more productive. CIOs have to build infrastructure to support those skills.
  • The idea of building a secure perimeter around a physical location is fading in the age of remote work. Instead, CIOs are focused on securing their infrastructure to keep valuable information protected whether an employee is working from their kitchen or corporate HQ.
  • Companies can't afford to kick their adoption of Zero Trust architecture down the road, even if they're undergoing constant change. The debate is more centered around how you should adopt the architecture, rather than when.

Key Quotes

"You have to extend your thinking to realize that the large portion of your corporation's infrastructure is now in people's homes, and it's only as secure as that infrastructure is."  - Atticus

"The larger the organization and the more legacy there is in place,  the more it's about working through planning so that you don't break something. In the end, we all have to keep the business running at the same time we're rearchitecting." - Julie

"Security is a team sport as well. You have to have a strong culture of trusting your employees and enabling them to move fast and to produce great experiences for customers and great products." - Atticus

"What I'm most focused on is really productivity and being thoughtful, not just about, people can get their work done, but are they able to do it in the most effective and productive way that they can?"  - Julie

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]]> Wed, 7 Oct 2020 06:00:00 +0000 Julie Cullivan, Atticus Tysen https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways

  • What we view as "soft skills" or "social skills" are really catalytic skills that drive connections between coworkers, forge alliances between departments, and make teams more productive. CIOs have to build infrastructure to support those skills.
  • The idea of building a secure perimeter around a physical location is fading in the age of remote work. Instead, CIOs are focused on securing their infrastructure to keep valuable information protected whether an employee is working from their kitchen or corporate HQ.
  • Companies can't afford to kick their adoption of Zero Trust architecture down the road, even if they're undergoing constant change. The debate is more centered around how you should adopt the architecture, rather than when.

Key Quotes

"You have to extend your thinking to realize that the large portion of your corporation's infrastructure is now in people's homes, and it's only as secure as that infrastructure is."  - Atticus

"The larger the organization and the more legacy there is in place,  the more it's about working through planning so that you don't break something. In the end, we all have to keep the business running at the same time we're rearchitecting." - Julie

"Security is a team sport as well. You have to have a strong culture of trusting your employees and enabling them to move fast and to produce great experiences for customers and great products." - Atticus

"What I'm most focused on is really productivity and being thoughtful, not just about, people can get their work done, but are they able to do it in the most effective and productive way that they can?"  - Julie

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]]> Building at The Intersection of Social Skills and Security Infrastructure Julie Cullivan, Atticus Tysen 00:47:24 Julie Cullivan, Chief Technology Officer and Chief People Officer at ForeScout Technologies, and Atticus Tysen, SVP, Chief Information Security Officer, and Chief Information Officer of Intuit, discuss where security infrastructure and social infrastructure intersect, how driving digital transformation takes cultural buy-in, and how a Zero Trust strategy helps them keep their company and their customers secure. Julie Cullivan, Chief Technology Officer and Chief People Officer at ForeScout Technologies, and Atticus Tysen, SVP, Chief Information Security Officer, and Chief Information Officer of Intuit, discuss where security infrastructure and social infrastructure intersect, how driving digital transformation takes cultural buy-in, and how a Zero Trust strategy helps them keep their company and their customers secure. technology, security, cio, it false full 5 93b08afe-95fd-4d8e-b0fe-6e82dfc51a2f Managing Tech Debt and Building Scalable Systems Key Takeaways

  • The role of the CIO is intertwined with the role of the CTO. To build efficient processes, you have to have the right tech stack in place in addition to the right systems for leveraging that tech stack.
  • Tech debt piles up when you're moving too fast. When a project's finish line is in sight, don't sprint to it and gloss over dependencies that could bog down your engineering organization for years to come. Be smart, not impatient.
  • Design information systems for your users to share information easily, and effortlessly. Information silos can lead to coworkers repeating their colleague's work, slowing down your company and taxing your employees.

Key Quotes

  • "I look at the experience as we can deliver. Our participants are inundated with different people like schools, giving them directions, certification partners, they need coherence. They need information real-time. They need tools that are created and available to them to do their work." - Sandeep Chellani
  • "What is our core value proposition? What are the things we absolutely have to be really good at? Let's be thoughtful. Let's try to do them in a way that we can create experiments that allow us to build upon successes allows us to make incremental changes." - Grant Ingersoll
  • "You really need to be set up in a different way of working than the old hierarchical way of thinking. But in addition to that, the pressures from outside to innovate are really large. I think the bar just keeps getting higher and higher when it comes to what people expect from you." - Sandeep Chellani
  • "We have a very complex ecosystem. Of course, I would love to have more speed, but we have a dynamic as well with our community. We're very much with the community. So, there are times where for us, it makes a whole lot more sense to actually slow down." - Grant Ingersoll


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]]> Wed, 30 Sep 2020 06:00:14 +0000 Sandeep Chellani, Ian Faison, Grant Ingersoll https://ciopod.com Key Takeaways

  • The role of the CIO is intertwined with the role of the CTO. To build efficient processes, you have to have the right tech stack in place in addition to the right systems for leveraging that tech stack.
  • Tech debt piles up when you're moving too fast. When a project's finish line is in sight, don't sprint to it and gloss over dependencies that could bog down your engineering organization for years to come. Be smart, not impatient.
  • Design information systems for your users to share information easily, and effortlessly. Information silos can lead to coworkers repeating their colleague's work, slowing down your company and taxing your employees.

Key Quotes

  • "I look at the experience as we can deliver. Our participants are inundated with different people like schools, giving them directions, certification partners, they need coherence. They need information real-time. They need tools that are created and available to them to do their work." - Sandeep Chellani
  • "What is our core value proposition? What are the things we absolutely have to be really good at? Let's be thoughtful. Let's try to do them in a way that we can create experiments that allow us to build upon successes allows us to make incremental changes." - Grant Ingersoll
  • "You really need to be set up in a different way of working than the old hierarchical way of thinking. But in addition to that, the pressures from outside to innovate are really large. I think the bar just keeps getting higher and higher when it comes to what people expect from you." - Sandeep Chellani
  • "We have a very complex ecosystem. Of course, I would love to have more speed, but we have a dynamic as well with our community. We're very much with the community. So, there are times where for us, it makes a whole lot more sense to actually slow down." - Grant Ingersoll


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]]> Managing Tech Debt and Building Scalable Systems Sandeep Chellani, Ian Faison, Grant Ingersoll 00:45:54 Sandeep Chellani, CIO of Teach for America, and Grant Ingersoll, CTO of Wikimedia Foundation, build systems designed to scale. Whether they're hosting a few billion page views a month or processing tens of thousands of applications efficiently, Grant and Sandeep are focused on streamlining systems. On this episode of CIO Classified, we unpack how they're doing just that. Sandeep Chellani, CIO of Teach for America, and Grant Ingersoll, CTO of Wikimedia Foundation, build systems designed to scale. Whether they're hosting a few billion page views a month or processing tens of thousands of applications efficiently, Grant and Sandeep are focused on streamlining systems. On this episode of CIO Classified, we unpack how they're doing just that. non-profit, technology, information technology, open-source, scalable systems, cio, tech, ux, it false full 4 ab12abef-fe9b-4eae-b3da-9b1ec99b35b4 Habits of an Effective CIO and Smart Cities for Dummies Earl Newsome and Jonathan Reichental are like most CIOs in that they think at scale. But, what sets them apart from the pack is their ability to think so thoughtfully about the future, plan their goals, and accomplish them. On this episode of CIO Classified, Earl and Jonathan lay their plans for the smart cities of the future, discuss why culture is a key ingredient to a thriving company, and dive into what exactly an "infinity crisis mirror" is. 
 

Key Takeaways 

  • CIO's have to be both technically savvy and socially adept. Any effective leader has to have a strong social IQ that guides their work as an orator, telling the story of IT's impact, and as a listener, gathering feedback from their colleagues and understanding company culture.
  • The smart cities of the future have to leverage technology to make democracy more inclusive and accessible. Town hall meetings can happen on Zoom, as opposed to being relegated to a stuffy conference room. Local representatives can be everywhere, without leaving their office. Technology has to keep constituents in touch with their representatives.
  • Successful CIOs have to get their business passport stamped. Meaning, they need a ground-level understanding of their company's culture, their competitors' tactics, their sales team's strategies, and their marketing team's movements. This can only be accomplished through experience.

Key Quotes

  • "You need to know how your culture operates. That's the difference between strategy—what we do, and culture—how you do it. If you're not an effective orator, if you're not aligned with that culture, you won't be an effective CIO." - Earl Newsome
  • "Empower your people. Great leaders give their teams the room to work, and the tools they need. Then, they get out of the way. When that happens, people will do great things." - Jonathan Reichental
  • "As we look at this new world of work, we need to be intentional about it. We can choose to let it happen to us, or we can choose to design it. And so I think this is a great opportunity." - Earl Newsome
  • "The way we work has changed forever. There's a recognition that speed is important, that reinvention is important, and that innovation is daily. It's not something you plan for and put on a to do list. It's a way of working, thinking and behaving." - Jonathan Reichental 

    Links
  • Earl's LinkedIn
  • Jonathan's LinkedIn
  • Jonathan's Twitter
  • Jonathan's Book 

Thanks to our friends! 
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]]> Wed, 23 Sep 2020 06:00:07 +0000 Cassidy Williams, Ian Faison, Earl Newsome, Jonathan Reichental https://ciopod.com Earl Newsome and Jonathan Reichental are like most CIOs in that they think at scale. But, what sets them apart from the pack is their ability to think so thoughtfully about the future, plan their goals, and accomplish them. On this episode of CIO Classified, Earl and Jonathan lay their plans for the smart cities of the future, discuss why culture is a key ingredient to a thriving company, and dive into what exactly an "infinity crisis mirror" is. 
 

Key Takeaways 

  • CIO's have to be both technically savvy and socially adept. Any effective leader has to have a strong social IQ that guides their work as an orator, telling the story of IT's impact, and as a listener, gathering feedback from their colleagues and understanding company culture.
  • The smart cities of the future have to leverage technology to make democracy more inclusive and accessible. Town hall meetings can happen on Zoom, as opposed to being relegated to a stuffy conference room. Local representatives can be everywhere, without leaving their office. Technology has to keep constituents in touch with their representatives.
  • Successful CIOs have to get their business passport stamped. Meaning, they need a ground-level understanding of their company's culture, their competitors' tactics, their sales team's strategies, and their marketing team's movements. This can only be accomplished through experience.

Key Quotes

  • "You need to know how your culture operates. That's the difference between strategy—what we do, and culture—how you do it. If you're not an effective orator, if you're not aligned with that culture, you won't be an effective CIO." - Earl Newsome
  • "Empower your people. Great leaders give their teams the room to work, and the tools they need. Then, they get out of the way. When that happens, people will do great things." - Jonathan Reichental
  • "As we look at this new world of work, we need to be intentional about it. We can choose to let it happen to us, or we can choose to design it. And so I think this is a great opportunity." - Earl Newsome
  • "The way we work has changed forever. There's a recognition that speed is important, that reinvention is important, and that innovation is daily. It's not something you plan for and put on a to do list. It's a way of working, thinking and behaving." - Jonathan Reichental 

    Links
  • Earl's LinkedIn
  • Jonathan's LinkedIn
  • Jonathan's Twitter
  • Jonathan's Book 

Thanks to our friends! 
This podcast is brought to you by Box, Okta, Slack, and Zoom. Modern employees demand the best tools at work. If your company wants to embrace the modern work environment, you need best of breed tools like Box, Okta, Slack, and Zoom. 

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]]> Habits of an Effective CIO and Smart Cities for Dummies Cassidy Williams, Ian Faison, Earl Newsome, Jonathan Reichental 00:53:09 Earl Newsome, Chief Information Officer, Americas IT at Linde, and Jonathan Reichental, Founder and CEO of Human Future, discuss what the future of smart cities might look like and what makes an effective CIO. Earl Newsome, Chief Information Officer, Americas IT at Linde, and Jonathan Reichental, Founder and CEO of Human Future, discuss what the future of smart cities might look like and what makes an effective CIO. smart cities, future of work, social iq, cio, digital transformation, tech, tech culture false full 3 2c15977b-99df-462f-99c4-043480c5998e Managing Tech Spend and Keeping Students and Employees Secure with Eric Tan and Lev Gonick For Eric Tan, CIO of Coupa, and Lev Gonick, CIO of Arizona State University, succeeding as CIOs has meant finding solid footing in a rapidly shifting landscape. On this episode of CIO Classified Eric and Lev discuss how they're designing IT systems to support remote work, using storytelling as a key tool for tech adoption, and preserving the culture of their IT organizations. 

Key Takeaways

  • CIOs need to embrace the ambiguity that comes with running, supporting, and transforming a business.
  • You can give your team the right tools, but that doesn't mean they'll use them the right way. To empower remote teams, you need to engage your organization with a story-led campaign that informs them while capturing their attention.
  • Maintaining the culture and social context of your work environment is critical. If one team's work is centered on face-to-face interaction, they need a technical solution that gets as close as possible to that type of interaction.
     

Key Quotes

  • "We're not just buying things and being responsible for keeping the lights on. We're helping people build their success in ways that they've never experienced before," - Lev Gonick
  • "CFOs are looking for us to provide input in terms of opportunities where we can further automate and use technology to help drive the business."  - Eric Tan
  • "Everyone wants the delivery of the solution yesterday. They want it fully integrated and they want it free. Not all three of those expectations can happen just because we wave a magic wand on it. This, in the end, is about talent. Talent is hugely important." - Lev Gonick
  • "How do we change our policy, our processes, and stitch all these things together to make sure that people can come to work in whatever shape and form that looks like and enjoy work and remain productive." - Eric Tan

Links

Thanks to our friends! 
Learn more about CIO Classified and find other episodes at CIOpod.com

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]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2020 09:00:08 +0000 Ian Faison, Lev Gonick, Eric Tan https://ciopod.com For Eric Tan, CIO of Coupa, and Lev Gonick, CIO of Arizona State University, succeeding as CIOs has meant finding solid footing in a rapidly shifting landscape. On this episode of CIO Classified Eric and Lev discuss how they're designing IT systems to support remote work, using storytelling as a key tool for tech adoption, and preserving the culture of their IT organizations. 

Key Takeaways

  • CIOs need to embrace the ambiguity that comes with running, supporting, and transforming a business.
  • You can give your team the right tools, but that doesn't mean they'll use them the right way. To empower remote teams, you need to engage your organization with a story-led campaign that informs them while capturing their attention.
  • Maintaining the culture and social context of your work environment is critical. If one team's work is centered on face-to-face interaction, they need a technical solution that gets as close as possible to that type of interaction.
     

Key Quotes

  • "We're not just buying things and being responsible for keeping the lights on. We're helping people build their success in ways that they've never experienced before," - Lev Gonick
  • "CFOs are looking for us to provide input in terms of opportunities where we can further automate and use technology to help drive the business."  - Eric Tan
  • "Everyone wants the delivery of the solution yesterday. They want it fully integrated and they want it free. Not all three of those expectations can happen just because we wave a magic wand on it. This, in the end, is about talent. Talent is hugely important." - Lev Gonick
  • "How do we change our policy, our processes, and stitch all these things together to make sure that people can come to work in whatever shape and form that looks like and enjoy work and remain productive." - Eric Tan

Links

Thanks to our friends! 
Learn more about CIO Classified and find other episodes at CIOpod.com

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]]> Managing Tech Spend and Keeping Students and Employees Secure with Eric Tan and Lev Gonick Ian Faison, Lev Gonick, Eric Tan 00:41:55 Lev Gonick, CIO of Arizona State University, and Eric Tan, CIO of Coupa, talk about managing tech spend, connecting remote teams securely, and much more. Lev Gonick, CIO of Arizona State University, and Eric Tan, CIO of Coupa, talk about managing tech spend, connecting remote teams securely, and much more. technology, security, cio, information systems, enterprise, tech, remote work, coupa, asu, it false full 2 712458b9-a8db-4722-9799-f8f80217b1e1 Secrets for Optimizing Remote Work and Why Digital Transformations Fail with Wendy Pfeiffer and Tony Saldanha Your office probably looks a bit different these days. It might look a lot like... home. 

As more and more companies are moving to a remote-based work model, IT professionals are working to stay ahead of that seismic shift in the way we work, by building the systems that we need to stay productive. 

On this episode of CIO Classified, we talk to Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO of Nutanix, and Tony Saldanha, President of Transformant, about how they're crafting IT systems that enable their coworkers to stay productive and stay connected while working remotely.

Wendy and Tony dove into everything from designing IT systems that account for the flexibility we need when working remotely, to finding the true metrics of productivity by measuring by objective rather than measuring by tasks, and how they both plan on building for our rapidly shifting definition of "new normal."

Key Takeaways

  • To be successful while working remotely, the enterprise has to learn from consumer-facing technology. The software your employees use to get work done should be as seamless and as personalized as the apps they use when they're done working.
  • Sure, you have the right tools for a digital transformation, but are the people in your company prepared to use them? Revamping your technical infrastructure is only successful if you have a cultural infrastructure to support it.
  • Teams work a little differently these days. It's time to adapt to that new behavior and invest in the ways that your teams prefer to work. Adopting new remote-friendly workflows can make your team more successful.

Quotes

  • "When we first pivoted to have everyone working from home, we all sort of said it was a sprint. Then everyone was saying, 'Oh, it's a marathon.' There are some folks who have sprinter muscles and some folks who have marathon muscles. And, and so we're all adapting in our own ways." - Wendy Pfeiffer
  • "Digital transformation is about rewiring an entire enterprise. So not just creating a technology platform, which is what they set out to do, but also changing the DNA of every part of the organization." - Tony Saldanha
  • " The gauntlet's been thrown down. How can we make enterprise applications and the enterprise experience stand up to the consumer experience that we're surrounded with in our own homes? And how can we still do that securely over public internet with all the other challenges we face?" - Wendy Pfeiffer
  • "I think that's the big change people are looking at — the ways in which, not just collaboration tools, but the entire workday has got to be redesigned into these three different buckets of work — collaborative work, direct work with teams, and individual work."  - Tony Saldanha

Links

Thanks to our friends!

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]]> Wed, 9 Sep 2020 09:00:11 +0000 Wendy Pfeiffer, Tony Saldanha https://ciopod.com Your office probably looks a bit different these days. It might look a lot like... home. 

As more and more companies are moving to a remote-based work model, IT professionals are working to stay ahead of that seismic shift in the way we work, by building the systems that we need to stay productive. 

On this episode of CIO Classified, we talk to Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO of Nutanix, and Tony Saldanha, President of Transformant, about how they're crafting IT systems that enable their coworkers to stay productive and stay connected while working remotely.

Wendy and Tony dove into everything from designing IT systems that account for the flexibility we need when working remotely, to finding the true metrics of productivity by measuring by objective rather than measuring by tasks, and how they both plan on building for our rapidly shifting definition of "new normal."

Key Takeaways

  • To be successful while working remotely, the enterprise has to learn from consumer-facing technology. The software your employees use to get work done should be as seamless and as personalized as the apps they use when they're done working.
  • Sure, you have the right tools for a digital transformation, but are the people in your company prepared to use them? Revamping your technical infrastructure is only successful if you have a cultural infrastructure to support it.
  • Teams work a little differently these days. It's time to adapt to that new behavior and invest in the ways that your teams prefer to work. Adopting new remote-friendly workflows can make your team more successful.

Quotes

  • "When we first pivoted to have everyone working from home, we all sort of said it was a sprint. Then everyone was saying, 'Oh, it's a marathon.' There are some folks who have sprinter muscles and some folks who have marathon muscles. And, and so we're all adapting in our own ways." - Wendy Pfeiffer
  • "Digital transformation is about rewiring an entire enterprise. So not just creating a technology platform, which is what they set out to do, but also changing the DNA of every part of the organization." - Tony Saldanha
  • " The gauntlet's been thrown down. How can we make enterprise applications and the enterprise experience stand up to the consumer experience that we're surrounded with in our own homes? And how can we still do that securely over public internet with all the other challenges we face?" - Wendy Pfeiffer
  • "I think that's the big change people are looking at — the ways in which, not just collaboration tools, but the entire workday has got to be redesigned into these three different buckets of work — collaborative work, direct work with teams, and individual work."  - Tony Saldanha

Links

Thanks to our friends!

This podcast is brought to you by Box, Okta, Slack, and Zoom. Modern employees demand the best tools at work. If your company wants to embrace the modern work environment, you need best of breed tools like Box, Okta, Slack, and Zoom.


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]]> Secrets for Optimizing Remote Work and Why Digital Transformations Fail with Wendy Pfeiffer and Tony Saldanha Wendy Pfeiffer, Tony Saldanha 00:41:27 Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO of Nutanix, and Tony Saldanha, President of Transformant talk about the future of remote work, why digital transformations fail, and much more. Wendy Pfeiffer, CIO of Nutanix, and Tony Saldanha, President of Transformant talk about the future of remote work, why digital transformations fail, and much more. information technology, future of work, remote, communications, digital transformation, tech, remote work, business, it false full 1 1cf9021b-2209-4ff9-b0f2-0b0bee55f86d Trailer CIO Classified is a podcast that features roundtable discussions with IT leaders about their most pressing challenges and how they solve them. Each week, we sit down with TWO top CIOs for a candid conversation. These CIOs come from different industries, different backgrounds, and company sizes but they share one similarity: They are driving their companies’ digital agenda and building the infrastructure for the future of work. Whether you’re a CIO mapping your company’s next big move, or someone who’s hoping to get there someday - this podcast is for you. Hit subscribe to get a front-row view as CIOs share the strategies, stories, and critical insights.  This is CIO Classified. 

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]]> Thu, 20 Aug 2020 20:40:45 +0000 Ian Faison, Caspian Studios, Ben Wilson https://ciopod.com CIO Classified is a podcast that features roundtable discussions with IT leaders about their most pressing challenges and how they solve them. Each week, we sit down with TWO top CIOs for a candid conversation. These CIOs come from different industries, different backgrounds, and company sizes but they share one similarity: They are driving their companies’ digital agenda and building the infrastructure for the future of work. Whether you’re a CIO mapping your company’s next big move, or someone who’s hoping to get there someday - this podcast is for you. Hit subscribe to get a front-row view as CIOs share the strategies, stories, and critical insights.  This is CIO Classified. 

Subscribe at CIOpod.com. 


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]]> Trailer Ian Faison, Caspian Studios, Ben Wilson 00:01:35 In the year 2020, the world of every CIO changed in a matter of days. COVID sparked a whirlwind of conversations. Every CIO was calling their peers, texting friends, sharing in private groups, and hopping on calls asking the same question: What is your company doing? CIOs were immediately front and center, right in the spotlight. With as much scrutiny as ever, many CIOs are looking for new ways to transform their company in a matter of weeks rather than years. And everyone wants to know what their peers are doing to get ahead. That’s why we started CIO Classified. In the year 2020, the world of every CIO changed in a matter of days. COVID sparked a whirlwind of conversations. Every CIO was calling their peers, texting friends, sharing in private groups, and hopping on calls asking the same question: What is your company doing? CIOs were immediately front and center, right in the spotlight. With as much scrutiny as ever, many CIOs are looking for new ways to transform their company in a matter of weeks rather than years. And everyone wants to know what their peers are doing to get ahead. That’s why we started CIO Classified. box, technology, information technology, cto, chief technology officer, chief digital officer, slack, ciso, chief information officer, cio, cio roundtable, devops, tech trends, tech, cio chat, okta, cdo, cio discussion, zoom, it false trailer