Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business - CIO & IT Leader Interviews, Digital Transformation, Digital Innovation

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Lou Senko, Chief Availability Officer at Q2 , to the show. Lou grew up in Canada, 12 hours north of the US border, but he’s all but left behind his remote upbringing. He had the desire to make an impact in his working life and chose companies no one had ever heard of out of college. His...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Nicholas R. Szymanski, Vice President / Chief Information Officer at Signature Healthcare, MA , to the show. Nicholas's advice to his younger self would be to give more recognition to emotional intelligence and to be patient. Healthcare is 24/7, but humans are the ones providing the serv...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Chris Herringshaw, Chief Technology Officer at Janus Henderson Investors , to the show.  A capital markets-based company, Janus Henderson Investors strives for risk-adjusted returns that outpace the markets for its investors.  Chris delves into the intricacies from a leadership...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Mark Birkhead, Chief Data & Analytics Officer at Chase As technology advances, the overlap between large industries begins to increase. The banking industry is no exception.  Data is at the forefront of digitization. In this episode, Mark speaks about the optimum operationalizin...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Dr. Stephanie Lahr, Chief Information Officer and Chief Medical Information Officer at Monument Health . Reflecting, aligning, and staying focused on solving one problem at a time are some of the bigger themes that Dr. Lahr explores on this episode. Reflection allows us to look back on t...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Rachel Lockett, Chief Information Officer at Pohlad Companies , to the show. Starting as a programmer, Rachel moved into technology management early in her career. Leading and helping people reach their potential within the technology realm is her passion in life. Pohlad Companies is a p...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Phil Merrell, Chief Information Officer at The PromptCare Companies . Coming out of the military and transitioning into sales, Phil lays the foundation for his path to CIO. He credits the advice he learned from a young senior-level executive at IBM early in his career. "Results and relat...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Andy Lehman, Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at Kettering Health , to the show. Andy begins with the fascinating namesake of Kettering Health, Charles Kettering. Right under Thomas Edison, Charles was one of the most prolific inventors. He invented numerous items like...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Steven Michaels, VP and Chief Technology Officer at SCL Health , to the show. SCL Health is the 11th largest nonprofit healthcare system in the country. Steven heads the organization's data center technologies, network servers, storage service desk, and the caregiver experience.  Th...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Lawrence "Larry" Bilker, EVP & CIO at Pyramid Healthcare , on the show. Larry gives succinct and sound advice throughout. No matter what business you're in, learn all aspects of how it works. He emphasizes the importance of trusting intuition and that gut feeling. If something feels...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Mona Flores, Global Head of Medical AI at NVIDIA , to the show. For actionable advice, Mona recommends not being afraid to try new things. Growing up, she knew she wanted to help other people. Before transitioning to computer science, she first dived into medicine and worked as a cardiot...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Michael Archuleta , CIO aka CDDIIOTO (Chief Data, Digital, Information, Innovation, Operations and Transformation Officer) at  Mt. San Rafael Hospital and Clinics . Michael took on the task of heading the digital transformation at Mt. San Rafael. The organization has advanced to rec...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Bashir Agboola, VP and CTO at Hospital for Special Surgery , on the show. Bashir oversees operations and infrastructure at HSS and heads its technology strategy. How does a world top-ranking Orthopedic differentiate himself through technology? With a mission to remove pain and give mobil...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Dr. Lee David Milligan , SVP and CIO at Asante . Lee shares actionable advice on holding family ties close. He points out that family goes beyond blood boundaries. These strong ties are enough to keep moving forward in life. Add in shared critique, and the relationships can propel each p...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Andy Laudato, COO at The Vitamin Shoppe . Unlike many executives, Andy doesn’t shy away from acknowledging a few key mistakes he has made over the course of his illustrious career. He admits that learning from those errors has made him into the tremendous leader he is today. After all, “...

On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Karen Marhefka, Deputy CIO at RWJBarnabas Health . Karen details the breadth of her career, from 23 years at UMass Memorial working with AI and IT followed by ten years in consulting. Now she is spearheading a massive electronic health record system transition at RWJBarnabas. She shares...

Welcome to the launch of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast with host David Wright.   This podcast is for business leaders and those curious to be at the forefront of the digital revolution. Expect David to engage in personal conversations with CIOs and dynamic executives.    It will uncover their backstories, inspirations, visions, missions, best pract...