IT Visionaries

Juan Perez is the Chief Information and Engineering Officer of UPS. Juan has been a driving force in UPS’s evolution into advanced analytics, and in this conversation, he shares how UPS is optimizing delivery routes to improve service and efficiencies. He also shares lessons he’s learned while dealing with technical aspects for a logistics-heavy company and how to instigate change in large busines...

On this episode of IT Visionaries, Ian sits down with Paul Chapman, the Chief Information Officer at Box. Paul shares with us how to build an ecosystem of innovation, the future of work and how to become a better CIO. IT Visionaries is brought to you by The Lightning Platform by Salesforce. The Lightning Platform is a leading cloud platform that makes building AI-powered apps faster and easier. Wi...

Ian sat down with Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Chief Information Officer for the City of Palo Alto. He is an award-winning technology leader, and in 2017, he was named one of the top 100 CIOs in the world. In this conversation, Dr. Reichental shared his thoughts on the future of blockchain and how cities are the perfect platform for innovation. IT Visionaries is brought to you by The Lightning Platfor...

Ian Faison sat down with Brian Hoyt, Chief Information Officer of Unity Technologies. Together they talked about how research and development drive Unity’s business model, why the best innovations aren’t noticeable at first glance, and why you should be looking outside the traditional recruiting areas for IT talent. IT Visionaries is brought to you by The Lightning Platform by Salesforce. The Ligh...

On this episode of IT Visionaries, Ian sits down with Sophia Cui, Chief Technology Officer of Jobscan. Jobscan gives job seekers an instant analysis of how well their resume is tailored for a particular job and how to better optimize their resume. In this conversation, they talk about start-up mentality, how to attract the best and brightest talent, and how GDPR is influencing the future of cybers...

On this episode of IT Visionaries, we welcome Zach Gray, Chief Technical Officer of MS Companies, an organization that provides workforce solutions to manufacturing companies to help increase their efficiency.  Zach shares with us how he scaled innovation and application development at MS Companies through Citizen Development, and what the future looks like where everyone, not just IT, builds apps...

In this episode, we sat down with Chief Information Officer of Okta, Mark Settle. Mark is a seven-time CIO and shares his playbook for how he approached taking the role of CIO.  He gives tactical tips for new CIOs and explores the new wave of authentication software on the horizon. IT Visionaries is brought to you by The Lightning Platform by Salesforce. The Lightning Platform is a leading cloud p...

On this episode of IT Visionaries, Ian sat down with David Kung, former Disney Imagineer and Vice President of Product Strategy at Oblong. David shares with us the future of collaboration, how art intersects with technology, and how Oblong is taking the cutting edge of science fiction into the business world. IT Visionaries is brought to you by The Lightning Platform by Salesforce. The Lightning P...

In this episode, Ian sat down with Sudheer Sura at Dreamforce 2018 to discuss SaaS, solution architecture and software development. Sudheer is the IT Director at BMC and has been in the IT field for more than 20 years. IT Visionaries is brought to you by The Lightning Platform by Salesforce. The Lightning Platform is a leading cloud platform that makes building AI-powered apps faster and easier. W...

In this episode, Ian sat down with Kamran Ziaee and Cindy Breshears to discuss the changing role of IT in the business world. Kamran leads the global IT team at Centurylink. Cindy Breshears is the Chief Transformation Officer at Bluewolf, an IBM Company, where she provides advisory digital transformation thought leadership for IBM and Bluewolf. IT Visionaries is brought to you by The Lightning Pla...

On today's episode of IT Visionaries, we are joined by Frédéric Chanfrau, the CIO of Citizens Bank. With extensive CIO and executive experience at companies like Schneider and Ernst and Young, Fredric now heads IT and drives digital initiatives at Citizens Bank. His new charter is to innovate the core IT at Citizens and lead them through the massive fintech disruptions that the industry is current...

Alpna Doshi is the CIO of Philips. Philips is a major player in healthcare, with an audacious goal to improve the lives of 3.5 billion people by 2025. As CIO, Alpna has driven transformational initiatives like transitioning to cloud-based IT. She has a laser focus on aligning IT with business to drive groundbreaking innovations around things like mobile, internet of things, and Robotics. IT Vision...

In this episode, Ian sits down with Amber Baldet, the CEO and co-founder of Clovyr, a start-up that helps new companies break into blockchain development. Before founding Clovyr, Amber led JP Morgan Chase's blockchain department. Together, they're going to talk about blockchain, bitcoin and what Amber believes the future holds for information sharing technologies. IT Visionaries is brought to you...

On today’s episode of IT Visionaries, we are joined by Japjit Tulsi, the CTO of Carta. In his 20 year career, Japjit has led engineering teams at Google, Microsoft, and eBay. He’s helped build products like Google Analytics and, most recently, ShopBot, eBay’s AI tool which combines artificial intelligence and commerce to create a highly personalized shopping experience. In this episode, we discuss...

On today’s episode, we are joined by not one, but two guests from JP Morgan Chase - Munish Kumar and Sandra Nudelman. Munish is Vice President of Technology and Sandra is the Chief Data and Analytics Officer. In this episode, Munish and Sandra share insights about the relationship between data, customers, privacy, legacy systems, and agile innovation. They also discuss the impacts of GDPR and CCPA...

Jo-Ann Olsovsky has been involved with technology since she first stepped out of school and into the working world. At age 19, she worked at AT&T as a technician repairing network gear and modems. She progressed through the ranks becoming an engineer, project manager, and then a manager. After that, she became Director of Enterprise Network Services and Technology Support Services at GTE Verizon b...

Dr. Nersi Nazari is the CEO of Vital Connect. He is a serial entrepreneur with over 30 years of experience in medical device technology and venture funding.  Prior to VitalConnect, Nersi served as CEO of Teranetics which was later acquired by PLX Technology. On this episode, Nersi joins us to discuss innovations in healthcare. We talk about the impact biosensors have on the patient experience and...

In this episode, we are joined by Alex Wright-Gladstein, CEO and co-founder of Ayar Labs. Ayar Labs has developed new electronic-photonic integrated circuits that move data using light instead of electricity. Alex shares exciting insights around the future of computing with light, and how the technology she’s building at Ayar labs is revolutionizing data transfer. IT Visionaries is brought to you...

Neil Kumar is the CTO at Karat. As one of the first 12 employees at Yelp, Neil grew the engineering team from himself as an individual contributor to over 200 engineers. In this episode, we discuss best practices for how both tech and non-tech companies can hire technical talent, including how to speed up the hiring process, eliminate bias, and improve the candidate experience. IT Visionaries is b...

Cindy Breshears is the Chief Transformational Officer (CTO) at Bluewolf, an IBM Company. In this role, Cindy is responsible for providing digital transformation leadership for Bluewolf and IBM strategic accounts. She has been a CIO for multiple organizations over the last 16 years and recently sat down with us on IT Visionaries to discuss one trend, in particular, that is taking over the IT landsc...

Alvina Antar is the CIO of Zuora and known as ‘The Subscription Economy CIO.’ She previously spent 17 years at Dell focused on Digital Transformation, Global Delivery, and Mergers and Acquisitions. We had Alvina on IT Visionaries to discuss her road to becoming CIO, the challenges that CIOs face as they transition to this subscription economy, the changing role of IT, and how CIOs need to be visio...

If a company hopes to last in today’s quick-paced, data-driven world, then the CIO and IT department must function at the forefront of innovation. On this episode of IT Visionaries, we have Craig Walker, VP and Global CIO of Shell, join us to discuss how established companies can encourage innovation, incorporate new tech, and utilize the massive amounts of data they are privy to. IT Visionaries i...

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