Sharon Mandell, SVP Chief Information Officer of Juniper Networks and Alvina Antar, CIO of Okta, 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.

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, really matter when you’re working remotely.

On this episode of CIO Classified, we revisit our favorite moments from Season 1.

Welcome to CIO Classified Season 2

Avon Puri, Global Chief Digital Officer at Sequoia Capital, and Karl Mosgofian, CIO of Gainsight, discuss the future of MultiCloud and how CIOs can build with it in mind.

George Llado, SVP & CIO at Alexion Pharmaceuticals, and Phil Fasano, CEO of Gigster, discuss the essential role CIOs play in this moment, and trace their influence in digital transformation.

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.

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.

This week, we turn our attention to the hosts of CIO Classified as they recap their favorite moments from the show so far, and share the lessons they’ve learned from top CIOs.

Julie Cullivan, CTO 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, and why it’s so important for CIOs to keep culture in mind when building for remote teams.

Sandeep Chellani, CIO of Teach for America, and Grant Ingersoll, CTO of Wikimedia Foundation, discuss how they build systems that scale for billions of users, but maintain their personal touch.

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.

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.

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.