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Every episode, industry-leading CIOs get real about the most pressing issues facing senior tech leadership and how they’re addressing them. From AI to cloud computing and more — you’ll hear strategies, secrets, and tactics proven for success.

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Episode 72
  • Episode 72

The CIO Reset: Working at AI Speed with Trevor Schulze of Genesys

A year after OpenAI’s first big release, Trevor Schulze had an realization: the CIO he used to be couldn’t keep up anymore. As Genesys’ CIO, he’s rebuilding his own team’s workflows and pulling his CHRO and general counsel closer before asking the rest of the company to change.
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Episode 71
  • Episode 71

Why CIOs Need to Break Something: AI Leadership with Parul Saini of AI Ally Works

Parul Saini warns every CIO nodding along to an AI board mandate: if you haven’t personally built an agent and watched it break, you’re not ready to lead.
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Episode 70
  • Episode 70

The Self-Driving Enterprise Is Already Here with Fred Laluyaux of Aera Technology

Fred Laluyaux’s verdict after 50 million digitized decisions: when operators override the machine, performance drops.
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Episode 69
  • Episode 69

How to Close the Machine-Speed Gap in Cyber Defense with Nik Seetharaman of Wraithwatch

AI-powered attackers are operating at machine speed. Enterprise defenders are still operating at human speed. Nik Seetharaman (SpaceX, Anduril, Wraithwatch) explains why that gap is widening, and what CIOs need to do.
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Episode 68
  • Episode 68

Leading IT Across Vertical Businesses with Ellora Sengupta of EverCommerce

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.
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Episode 67
  • Episode 67

From Technical Debt to 4x Engineering Velocity with Gayatri Narayan of Builders FirstSource

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.
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Episode 66
  • Episode 66

Scaling IT for Millions: How to Lead When Every Device Talks Back with Ravi Thadani of Enphase Energy

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.
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Episode 65
  • Episode 65

AI-Augmented SDLC with Jason Adams of State Street Alpha & Charles River Development; Accelerating Software Development at Enterprise Scale

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.
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Episode 64
  • Episode 64

How Autonomous AI is Solving the Enterprise Modernization Challenge with Brian Elliot of Blitzy

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.
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Episode 63
  • Episode 63

How AI is Expanding the CIO Role with Chetna Mahajan of Webflow

Three-time CIO Chetna Mahajan describes how AI-first strategies can drive high-impact automation and productivity across organizations.
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Episode 62
  • Episode 62

Running IT Like a Growth Engine with Chidi Alams of Just Born, Inc.

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.
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Episode 61
  • Episode 61

What Manufacturing Can Teach You About Scaling Enterprise AI with Ben Davis of Cambria

How do you digitally transform a manufacturing giant while securing legacy tech and scaling AI? Ben Davis shares the blueprint CIOs need to hear.
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Episode 60
  • Episode 60

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 and how AI is accelerating the shift.
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Episode 59
  • Episode 59

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.
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Episode 58
  • Episode 58

AI-Driven Workplace Transformation with Saket Srivastava of Asana

Saket Srivastava, CIO at Asana, shares how his team at Asana is using AI to reshape the workplace by improving the employee experience.
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Episode 57
  • Episode 57

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 improve their strategic thinking—providing a roadmap for transitioning from technical leaders to business executives.
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Episode 56
  • Episode 56

Best Proactive Cybersecurity Strategies for CIOs with Carl Froggett of Deep Instinct

Carl Froggett, CIO, Deep Instinct shares his top cybersecurity strategies for CIOs to enhance data protection and minimize cyber threats.
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Episode 55
  • Episode 55

Engineering Leadership for Scale, Agility, and Momentum with Jason LaFollette of Yext 

Jason LaFollette, CTO at Yext, breaks down his product-driven approach to leading agile engineering teams, balancing tech priorities, and keeping momentum strong.
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Episode 54
  • Episode 54

AI Business Strategy for CIOs with Naveen Zutshi of Databricks

Naveen Zutshi, CIO at Databricks, shares his strategies for successful AI implementation.
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Episode 53
  • Episode 53

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.
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Episode 52
  • Episode 52

Empowering Citizen Developers and Reshaping Business with AI with Carter Busse of Workato

Carter Busse, CIO at Workato, discusses the impact of AI on business decisions, empowering citizen developers, and future trends in automation and technology.
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Episode 51
  • Episode 51

Modernizing Legacy Systems with AI with Shelia Anderson of Aflac

Shelia Anderson, CIO at Aflac, discusses how the company is using AI to modernize while handling legacy systems.
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Episode 50
  • Episode 50

Powerful Partnerships That Push CIOs to the Next Level

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.
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Episode 49
  • Episode 49

Investment Priorities for the Transformative CIO

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.
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Episode 48
  • Episode 48

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.
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