IT Visionaries
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Creating a Team of Problem Solvers with Epicor’s Himanshu Palsule
28 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the sport’s world, some teams have all the talent they need to win championships, but, oftentimes they can’t seem to put it all together to be ...
Infrastructure Lays the Foundation for Developer Artistry with Tony Minessale, Founder and CEO of SignalWire
23 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In general, creative-types fall into two camps. The first camp loves the excitement of creating something flashy — things that people can identify, ...
From Different Leadership Vantage Points: Data Drives Value but is Driven by Values
21 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
One way to think about data is that it is like rain, and it is pouring outside. Imagine c-suite executives running around in a parking lot with huge b...
The New Rituals of Work: Design Leads the Way
16 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Despite so many technological advances, the way people worked stayed fairly static for many years. Work has now changed suddenly; there is no doubt ab...
Getting Our Health Together: How to Connect Tech and Humanity
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Some people are super health conscious, with their days driven by early-morning trips to the gym and kale smoothies. Others try their very best to avo...
Communication is Key: A.I. and Humans Speaking in Prose
09 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
We talk to our computer by asking it a question and then the computer talks back, trying its best to answer it. At least that’s how the conversation...
Breaking the Data Bottleneck
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Each day, we’re coming into contact more and more with artificial intelligence and machine learning that is meant to make our lives better. We’ve ...
Using A.I. to Assure Identity and Privacy in the Digital Age
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It used to be the case that we mostly proved our identity by offering up a piece of paper. Perhaps that seems silly now — at least a little. In the ...
Aggregation at the Edge: Beyond the Decentralized Versus Centralized Debate
31 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Many times we think about ideas in terms of debate — that there are only two ideas that are oppositional in nature and that one is superior to the o...
Breaking Boundaries to Fund A Better Future with Calibrate Ventures’ Kevin Dunlap
26 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every solution starts with an idea. Consumers needed more home security, so the founders of Ring came up with the smart doorbell. Home owners had trou...
The Privacy Paradox: How Digital IDs are Empowering Consumers to Take Control of their Digital Existence
24 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Standing in line at an airport is a bad experience. Shuffling through your wallet once you reach the front of that line only to realize you don’t ha...
Delivering Personalized Needs-Based Learning at Scale with EnGen’s Dr. Katie Nielson
19 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The way we learn is no longer unilateral. So why act as if still one teacher, standing in front of a group of students lecturing them on a particular ...
Core Strength: How LogicSource is Building Better Profit Margins Through Software, Data, and Insights
17 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Companies are built off profitability. The investments you make are designed to support the products or services you sell. But let's be honest for a m...
How NCR is Creating a Passive, Frictionless, Buying Experience with Tim Vanderham
12 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There are 750 million transactions processed every day. Let that number sink in… Across ATMs, self-checkout machines, and online payments, NCR — t...
Leading through Change: Why Every Digital Transformation Doesn’t Include the Tech Stack
10 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s think about this for a second — what is more important: the pace at which a business must change its technology in order to keep up with its...
Building the Better, More Scalable Algorithms with SigOpt’s Scott Clark
05 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An A.I. the model is similar to a boat in that it needs constant maintenance to perform. The reality is A.I. models need adjusted boundaries and gui...
Using AI to Create a World without Waste
03 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every day we make a choice — to recycle, to compost, or to simply discard an item. But regardless of what decision the consumer makes, corporations ...
The State of Security with Salesforce's Taher Elgamal and TAG Cyber’s Ed Amoroso
29 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Too lucrative, too easy, and not enough investment. In the simplest terms possible, that is how you could describe the current state of cybersecurity....
Software is King, but Hardware is Still an Integral Tool with Future of Tech Enterprise, Bob Venero
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The work from home shift has revolutionized IT Departments more than any invention ever could. When closets became offices, and commutes morphed into...
Built for Innovation: How Google’s Office of the CTO is Redefining Collaboration
22 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The biggest innovations don’t always occur where you expect. Canon and Nikon didn’t invent the go-everywhere camera known as GoPro. It was a surfe...
Getting the Most Out of the Cloud with PWC’s Jenny Koehler
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The rapid pace of change can be boiled down to one mission critical service: the cloud. But despite widespread adoption and enthusiasm for the cloud’...
Designing with Intent: A Roundtable Episode with Acxiom’s Beth-Anne Bygum and Target State Consulting’s Anthony McMahon
15 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Security is big business, but has the role of securing networks and employees bloated to the point that businesses cannot properly protect themselves?...
Why Data and A.I. is at the Intersection of Sports and Science with Intel’s Jonathan Lee
13 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, technology is an integral part of the sports landscape. In fact, it’s become so ingrained in American sports that data and algorithms are par...
Broadcast Television’s Digital Transformation with FOX Corporation West Coast CIO, Garrett Boss
08 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever tried to upload a video and been frustrated by the time it takes to land on the server? Now imagine you’re a broadcast crew, working t...
Analyzing the Impact of A.I. and Technology on Society and Cybersecurity
06 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Technology is advancing at pace never seen before and the newest tech, applications and widgets are being widely adopted at an even quicker rate. Jus...
Security by Default, with Cybersecurity Consultant Jenna Waters
01 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Companies big and small, old and new are trying to get a handle on the best way to secure their data. But the challenge is that there is so much that ...
At the Intersection of Data and Privacy with Salesforce’s Marla Hay
29 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
So you want to build a giant enterprise platform. Great. You want mission critical and private data to flow between CRMs and other critical applicati...
Buying and Selling Homes Algorithmically with Opendoor’s VP of Research and Data Science, Kushal Chakrabarti
24 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For many people, the process of buying and selling a home will undoubtedly be the most difficult decisions they will make in their lifetime. Is the pr...
How do we Properly Secure Remote Work
22 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Are cyberattacks becoming more sophisticated, more frequent? Do people even care anymore? Do businesses care anymore? As these threats rise in frequen...
From Two Sides of the C-Suite: Why All Executives Face Similar Challenges
17 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Much like a snowflake, no two companies are alike. After all, something has to separate you from your competition — from mission statement, to produ...
Digitizing the New Age of Access Identity Management with HID Global’s Martin Ladstaetter
15 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Security identity management comes in all shapes and sizes, and it’s an industry that continues to innovate at a rapid pace and there is no end in s...
What Does an Ethical Approach to A.I. Look Like?
10 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The spirit of innovation is mostly positive. After all, innovation leaps humanity forward. The wheel enabled transportation, space exploration led t...
Transforming Neighborhood Security one Ring at a Time
08 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
On IT Visionaries, we talk a lot about security, but we mostly talk about cybersecurity and making sure that your networks are protected from cyber cr...
Developing for Intent: How Conversational A.I. is Helping Brands Make Meaningful Connections with Consumers
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Is chat support helpful or annoying? To me, it’s both. It’s helpful because it’s the way I prefer to be helped. It’s asynchronous, it allows...
Have we Reached the End of the Digital Transformation Road?
01 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every company is undergoing some kind of digital transformation. Whether you’re upgrading your tech stack, migrating to the cloud, or analyzing your...
What Really Gives Your EV that Extra Charge with AMP CEO, Anil Paryani
27 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In the last year, a number of auto companies have announced huge investments into the development of electric vehicles, with some committing to transf...
Putting Industrial Data to Work with GE Digital CTO, Colin Parris
25 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Industrial equipment lasts for decades, and the data produced by these machines are invaluable to the organizations that rely on them. So what happens...
Finding Product Market Fit with Matik Founder and CEO, Nikola Mijic
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Nikola Mijic is the Founder and CEO of Matik, and he has one piece of advice of for anyone entering the start-up arena:“When people ask me what have...
Playing War: How Technology is Helping to Train the Military’s Next Great Soldiers
18 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
For years there has been a debate about whether video games are the next great learning tool, or gateways to desensitization due to violence and a lac...
Creating a Data-Driven Digital Pass for your COVID Vaccine with Claire Hough, CTO Carbon Health
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let’s be frank: the healthcare industry needs help. Medical records have far too many inconsistencies, patients struggle to find ways to transfer in...
How to Architect Your Technology to Meet the Consumer’s Needs with Amdocs Division President, Avishai Sharlin
11 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Move fast and break things. A famous adage adopted by many software companies. But what if you’re an industry giant where innovation is required, bu...
Digital Dollar Project: The Large-Scale Modernization of the Financial Institution
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
NFTs, Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Tokenization. There is more hype than ever for these technologies and endless debate on the utility of this technolo...
Why It's Time for Data Professionals to Adjust the Scope of Their Hiring Practices
04 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Gabe Gumbs has a deep-rooted passion for technology and information security, and his goal is to share that passion to push data security to the foref...
Building the Better, More Scalable Algorithms with SigOpt’s Scott Clark
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
An A.I. the model is similar to a boat in that it needs constant maintenance to perform. The reality is A.I. models need adjusted boundaries and gui...
How Data Replication is Helping Companies Become more Data-Driven
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Over the last quarter century, data and its ability to provide valuable insights for companies to plan, predict, and implement strategies has expanded...
Why Digital Identities are All About a Secure Customer Experience
27 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The modern worker needs access to multiple applications. And with every new piece of software implemented, the security and identity requirements grow...
The State of Security with Alfizo President, Gary Chan
22 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a festering problem growing beneath the surface of small businesses everywhere, and it’s an issue that most SMBs are refusing to address. ...
Why Your Ecommerce Platform is Still at Risk, with Otto Founder and CEO, Maggie Louie
20 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Maggie Louie remembers the moment her career changed forever. Working with the L.A. Times on digital and mobile products, Maggie, now the founder and ...
How Infrastructure as Code is Accelerating Cloud Adoption, with HashiCorp VP of Engineering, Preeti Somal
15 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The journey to cloud is not the same for everyone. In fact, for some, it can be a grueling and daunting process. For CIOs and CTOs of century-year-old...
It’s [Crop] Science: Why Blockchain Remains an Integral Tool In the Food Industry
13 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever picked up a plant at the grocery store and wondered to yourself, can I really keep this alive? Or maybe you’ve planted seeds in the gr...
Building a Better More Sustainable Battery with Group 14 Technologies Co-Founder and CTO, Rick Costantino
08 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Smartphones are incredible pieces of technology. They allow users the ability to track stars, text people around the world, purchase items at the ease...
Educating and Entertaining: How HOMER is Reforming Education
06 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Early learning education programs are not new —they’ve been around for years in multiple forms. Whether that’s Dora the Explorer taking you on h...
Facilitating A Touchless World with RRD’s Ken O’Brien
01 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
How many times over the last year have you visited a restaurant and sitting on the table right in front of you was bar code that led you to all the in...
How Yappa is Removing the Toxic Nature of Commenting with Co-Founder, Kiaran Sim
30 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The internet is a fascinating place and over the years it has provided tremendous resources to billions of people around the world. It’s brought us ...
Keeping Up with the Pace of Change, with Sumo Logic VP, Bruno Kurtic
25 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Problem Solvers, pioneers, but more importantly data nerds. That’s how Sumo Logic describes itself, and well...it’s fitting. Rooted in big data an...
Redefining Digital Transformation with Connektedminds’ CEO, Joanne Friedman
23 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Companies flaunt the term digital transformation almost as if it’s a badge of honor. It’s a phrase that can signify an enterprise is on the cutt...
Ready for Take-Off: Why Moonbeam Believes it’s The Next Big Media Platform with Founder, Paul English
18 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
They say one of the biggest attributes any entrepreneur needs to have is the ability to problem solve. To be able to identify challenges large and sma...
The Gambler: Why Allego CEO Yuchun Lee is Betting Big on Just-In-Time Learning
16 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In gambling there’s a common saying, the house always wins...After all, the majority of people who spend their nights and weekends throwing dice acr...
A Data Tsunami is Coming, Is Your City Ready? Intel’s GM For Smart Cities, Sameer Sharma, Details Why Your Infrastructure is Your Biggest Obstacle
11 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The term “smart city” might bring to mind images from The Jetsons, maybe flying cars and robots serving humans. And while that’s possible, citie...
Crowning a King: Content Delivery Remains Key and Contentstack is Winning the Game
09 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There’s a saying that every company is becoming a software company. But what might be just as true is in that every company is becoming a publisher ...
Solving the World's Biggest Problems at Scale, with WekaIO President, Ken Grohe
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The No. 1 feature of technology is storage. Ok, so that’s not true. But, it’s one of the most critical pieces of hardware that enables software to...
Creating Faster, More Efficient Feedback Loops in Real-Time with UserTesting CTO, Kaj Van De Loo
02 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every year millions of products and services hit the market with sky-high aspirations, and every year millions of those same products and services fai...
A Reimagined Digital CX with HPE PointNext’ VP of Digital Experiences, Mark Arnold
25 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The customer experience has never been more important than it is today. Why is that? d Because consumers and enterprises are no longer just evaluating...
Rebuilding the Cloud to Support A.I. with Mist CTO, Bob Friday
23 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The digital world continues to evolve a rapid pace. Customers’ expectations have risen, and the user experience now must match the rising tide of th...
A Permissionless Internet via Decentralized VPN with Orchid Labs CEO, Dr. Steven Waterhouse
18 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
There is no way to sugar coat it: consumers are nervous about their privacy. And rightfully so. There is a trail of data bread crumbs you leave behind...
How Doc.ai is Accelerating Better Health Outcomes through Neural Nets and A.I.
16 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The best products and solutions are often born out of personal experiences. For Sam De Brouwer, CEO and Co-Founder of doc.ai, her breakthrough moment ...
Closing the Gap Between Search and Real-Time Answers with Pulsa Q&A CEO, Mayank Mehta
11 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The speed of search has altered our expectations when it comes to conducting research. We can search peer reviews for just about anything, but not ent...
Strategies for Pivoting to Find Your Hyper-Growth Solution with Nylas CEO, Gleb Polyakov
09 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
You’ll rarely hear anyone say that you’re over-communicating. But what you will hear is that with the influx of communication platforms, especiall...
Time to Level Up: Why Upskilling is the New 401K with PwC CTO, Joe Atkinson
04 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
With much of the workforce in 2020 operating from the friendly confines of their own homes, nothing became more clear than this: tech skills are no lo...
The War with Algorithms: Why Your Next Security Strategy Includes A.I. and Machine Learning
02 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The image of a hooded individual illuminated by the glare of a computer screen hacking into a company’s network is the classic picture of what a cyb...
How Edgevana CEO Mark Thiele is Streamlining The Way Companies Access Data Centers
28 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Thiele has spent his entire life in and around IT infrastructure, even building his own fair share of data centers. But if there is one thing abo...
Bad Bot! Why Botnets are the Next Big Headache for Cybersecurity Teams
26 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
The imagery has been etched in our minds for decades. Thieves and vandals riding into town on the back of their horses with one mission in mind: robbi...
How Convoys API is Saving the Environment and Optimizing the Trucking Experience for Drivers and Shippers
21 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Every day, millions of truckers grab their keys, hop in their semis, start their engines, and head out on the open road to pick-up and deliver billion...
How to Build a Hiring Process Based On Skill, Not Pedigree
19 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
It’s true what they say, “finding a job is a full-time job.” After all, as the hiring process becomes more global and recruiters are constantly ...
Living on the Edge: How Netskope is Redefining Edge Security
14 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
When Netskope CEO and founder Sanjay Beri left his role with well-known Juniper Networks, he knew the internet and the way that we protected ourselves...
Email Delivered: Why Email Delivery is Just the Beginning of Mailchimp's Democratization of Marketing Tools
12 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever wondered about how your favorite newsletter ended up in your inbox? Who sent it? Why was that email scheduled for that particular time? ...
How to Build a High-Value Customer Experience Products with Conga SVP, Eric Carrasquilla
07 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
As the Senior Vice President of Product for Conga, Eric Carrasquilla knows two things: No. 1 products can fundamentally change the workflow of any bus...
Why Zero Trust Isn’t the Answer, but Full End-to-End Encryption is with Wire CTO, Alan Duric
05 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Let's be frank. Security and the steps we take to protect ourselves are never top-of-mind. In fact, most users tend to operate under the mindset that ...
How Software is Powering the Blind to See Again
31 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The idea of virtual reality has captivated humans for the longest time. After all, the ability to live a second life, free of the physical obstacles t...
Patent Pending: How the UPTO Office is Expediting the Time From Submittal to Approval
29 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The United States Patent and Trademark Office wants to modernize its technology stack, but to accomplish its ambitious goal, Jamie Holcombe, the CIO f...
The Algorithms that Bring you Style with Stitch Fix’s Director of Data Science, Tatsiana Maskalevich
24 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The old saying, “look good, feel good,'' fits Stitch Fix perfectly. The direct-to-consumer, online personal styling service has boomed due to its ab...
Hiring Solved: How this Eightfold.ai Has Solved the Hiring Process through A.I.
22 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What if there was a software that could take the guesswork out of finding a career or an employee? And what if that software could not only analyze yo...
Using Automation To Drive A More Personalized CX with HGS Chief Digital Officer, Virgil Wong
17 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For years, marketers and technologists have envisioned a world where technology would be advanced enough and smart enough, that they could reach consu...
The Next Normal: How to Prepare Your Workforce for the Next Big Pivot
15 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If there is one thing 2020 made abundantly clear, it’s that the way in which workers operate will never be the same. As employees rushed to set up m...
From the Open Road: How Dropbox CIO Sylvie Veilleux is Living the Brand
10 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It is only fitting that Sylvie Veilleux’s current adventure finds her wandering the backroads of the continental United States, cruising across Amer...
True to Form: Why Truepill is Reenergizing an Aging Healthcare System
08 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you’re labeled by Forbes as a “Billion Dollar Start-Up,” the expectations are set pretty high. But for Truepill President and Co-Founder Si...
Robots IRL: The Future of Robots in the Workplace
03 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What if instead of saying, “There’s an app for that,” the saying was, “There’s a bot for that?” And what if, instead of spending hours of ...
Powered by Chat: How Intercom is Evolving the Messenger
01 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Since the early days of dial-up internet, messenger services have been connecting people around the globe. What started as simple instant messenger te...
The Cost Per Kilowatt, with WattBuy CTO, Ben Hood
26 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
We can all agree with Ben Hood when he said this about electricity: “Electricity hopefully should be like an Apple product. It just works and you d...
Meeting the Moment: How Christian Nascimento and Comcast Business Delivered When the Stakes were Highest
24 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Never before have product teams been forced to absorb the pain points of their users first-hand like they are today. As companies deploy distributed w...
Making Slack the Center of Work with CTO Cal Henderson
19 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Many of us know that familiar chime. It’s the sound you hear when someone messages you inside a channel on Slack, the business world’s leading com...
The Answer to a Safe Email Experience with Ironscales CEO, Eyal Benishti
17 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
For years, cybersecurity teams have worked at length to solve one common problem: email attacks. But how do you prevent bad actors from infiltrating a...
Privacy by Design with Ethyca CEO, Cillian Kieran
12 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Never before have companies adopted digital transformations at such a rapid pace. But as the speed of those digital agendas are accelerated, should en...
Bridging the Talent Gap with Low-Code
10 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
It’s no secret that for year’s CIO and CTO’s have stressed about the idea of undergoing digital transformations. After all, the adoption and imp...
Why The Information Superhighway is Going Through its Biggest Transition
05 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
The information superhighway was a term coined in the 90s, but it’s still a useful term in 2020. Never before has the internet been more accessible ...
The Importance of Scale with Blue Apron’s Irina Krechmer
03 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Irina Krechmer has been the CTO of Blue Apron for a little more than a year. When she was hired, her objective was to help guide the company through t...
The Acceleration of the Digital Agenda with EKI Digital’s Chris Rigg
29 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
There’s no bigger buzzword in technology than the term digital transformation. Stressed with the burden of fading legacy technologies, for years com...
Introducing Albert Chou, Your New Host
27 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
All good things must come to an end and on this episode of IT Visionaries, after more than 200 episodes, countless conversations and numerous trips ...
Analyzing Risk with LogicGate CPO, Jon Siegler
20 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
If you ask most CIOs and CTOs what their biggest concern is, a majority of those leaders might respond with one simple question: How do we manage risk...
Democratizing DevOps with Copado’s CEO, Ted Elliott
15 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
When you ask Ted Elliott what gets him excited the answer is a simple one: DevOps. As the CEO of Copado, Ted is helping companies around the world rea...