The Chief AI Officer Show
Episodes
AI Won't Break Your Security Program. Your Gaps Will.
26 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most security leaders treat AI as a new threat category requiring new defenses. Rohit Parchuri, SVP and Chief Information Security Officer at Yext, pu...
Building AI agents that fix production incidents before engineers wake up
12 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Diamond Bishop has spent 15 years building AI systems at Microsoft (Cortana), Amazon (Alexa), and Facebook (PyTorch) before founding an AI DevOps star...
How Xoriant ties compensation to AI metrics: The revenue, margin, and brand multiple framework
26 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most enterprise AI initiatives die in pilot purgatory because organizations chase peripheral use cases instead of embedding AI into core business proc...
The infrastructure mistake that kills AI pilots: Why sandboxes can't reach enterprise data centers
12 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lenovo cut parts planning from six hours to 90 seconds by treating infrastructure architecture as a first-class constraint, not an afterthought. Linda...
How incident.io built AI agents that draft code fixes within 3 minutes of an alert
29 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lawrence Jones, product engineer at incident.io, describes how their AI incident response system evolved from basic log summaries to agents that analy...
Building AI agents for infrastructure where one mistake makes Wall Street Journal headlines
16 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Alexander Page transitioned from sales engineer to engineering director by prototyping LLM applications after ChatGPT's launch, moving from initial pr...
ACC’s Dr. Ami Bhatt: AI Pilots Fail Without Implementation Planning
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Ami Bhatt's team at the American College of Cardiology found that most FDA-approved cardiovascular AI tools sit unused within three years. The bar...
Usertesting's Michael Domanic: Hallucination Fears Mean You're Building Assistants, Not Thought Partners
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
UserTesting deployed 700+ custom GPTs across 800 employees, but Michael Domanic's core insight cuts against conventional wisdom: organizations fixated...
Christian Napier On Government AI Deployment: Why Productivity Tools Worked But Chatbots Didn't
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Utah's tax chatbot pilot exposed the non-deterministic problem every enterprise faces: initial LLM accuracy hit 65-70% when judged by expert panel...
Extreme's Markus Nispel On Agent Governance: 3 Controls For Production Autonomy
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Extreme Networks architected their AI platform around a fundamental tension: deploying non-deterministic generative models to manage deterministic net...
Edge AI Foundation's Pete Bernard on an Edge-First Framework: Eliminate Cloud Tax Running AI On Site
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Bernard, CEO of Edge AI Foundation, breaks down why enterprises should default to running AI at the edge rather than the cloud, citing real deplo...
PATH's Bilal Mateen on the measurement problem stalling healthcare AI
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
PATH's Chief AI Officer Bilal Mateen reveals how a computer vision tool that digitizes lab documents cut processing time from 90 days to 1 day in Keny...
Dr. Lisa Palmer on "Resistance-to-ROI": Why business metrics break through organizational fear
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Lisa Palmer brings a rare "jungle gym" career perspective to enterprise AI, having worked as a CIO, negotiated from inside Microsoft and Teradata,...
Virtuous’ Nathan Chappell on the CAIO shift: From technical oversight to organizational conscience
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Nathan Chappell's first ML model in 2017 outperformed his organization's previous fundraising techniques by 5x—but that was just the beginning. As V...
Zayo Group's David Sedlock on Building Gold Data Sets Before Chasing AI Hype
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a Chief Data & AI Officer tells the board "I'm not going to talk about AI" on day two of the job? At Zayo Group, the largest ind...
Intelagen and Alpha Transform Holdings’ Nicholas Clarke on How Knowledge Graphs Are Your Real Competitive Moat
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When foundation models commoditize AI capabilities, competitive advantage shifts to how systematically you encode organizational intelligence into you...
AutogenAI’s Sean Williams on How Philosophy Shaped a AI Proposal Writing Success
04 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A philosophy student turned proposal writer turned AI entrepreneur, Sean Williams, Founder & CEO of AutogenAI, represents a rare breed in today's ...
Doubleword's Meryem Arik on Why AI Success Starts With Deployment, Not Demos
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From theoretical physics to transforming enterprise AI deployment, Meryem Arik, CEO & Co-founder of Doubleword, shares why most companies are over...
Gentrace’s Doug Safreno on Escaping POC Purgatory with Collaborative AI Evaluation
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The reliability gap between AI models and production-ready applications is where countless enterprise initiatives die in POC purgatory. In this episod...
Eloquent AI’s Tugce Bulut on Probabilistic Architecture for Deterministic Business Outcomes
10 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When traditional chatbots fail to answer basic questions, frustration turns to entertainment — a problem Tugce Bulut, Co-founder & CEO witnessed...
Thoughtworks’ Zichuan Xiong on Avoiding the 12-Month AI Strategy Trap
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if everything you've been told about enterprise AI strategy is slowing you down? In this episode of the Chief AI Officer podcast, Zichuan Xiong, ...
SurveyMonkey’s Jing Huang on the Hidden Flaw in Synthetic Data for Enterprise AI Training
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As enterprises race to integrate generative AI, SurveyMonkey is taking a uniquely methodical approach: applying 20 years of survey methodology to enha...
Schneider Electric's Sreedhar Sistu on Scaling AI for Energy Management
06 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
From optimizing microgrids to managing peak energy loads, Sreedhar Sistu, VP of AI Offers, shares how Schneider Electric is harnessing AI to tackle cr...
Thoropass’ Sam Li on Why Compliance vs Innovation is a False Trade-off
22 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Thoropass Co-founder and CEO Sam Li joins Ben on Chief AI Officer to break down how AI is shaping the compliance and security landscape from two cruci...
ITV’s Sanjeevan Bala on Going Beyond AI Experiments to Unlock Enterprise Value
08 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sanjeevan Bala, Former Group Chief Data & AI Officer at ITV and FTSE Non Executive Director's media value chain to content production and monetiza...
hackajob’s Mark Chaffey on Enhancing Talent Matching Through LLMs
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Mark Chaffey, Co-founder & CEO at hackajob talks about the impact of AI on the recruitment landscape, sharing insights into how leveraging LLMs ca...
Mercuri’s Denise Xifara on the Transformative Power of AI in Media
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Denise Xifara, Partner at Mercuri, shares her expertise on the evolving landscape of AI in the media industry. She discusses the transformative impact...
Omada Health’s Terry Miller on Human-Centered Care in the Age of AI
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Terry Miller, VP of AI and Machine Learning at Omada Health shares his unique journey from the industrial sector to healthcare, highlighting the trans...
onepoint’s Nicolas Gaudemet on the Impact of Generative AI on Democracies
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nicolas Gaudemet, CAIO at onepoint, shares his insights on the evolving landscape of artificial intelligence and its implications for society. He disc...
Juniper’s Bob Friday on AI-Driven Network Automation
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bob Friday, Group VP & CAIO at Juniper, shares his insights on the evolving role of AI in network automation and user experience. He discusses how...
Ruffalo Noel Levitz’s Stephen Drew on Transforming Education with Conversational AI
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Drew, Chief AI Officer at Ruffalo Noel Levitz, explores the transformative role of AI in higher education. Stephen shares his journey into AI ...
Straive’s Namit Sureka on Operationalizing AI for Business Efficiency
18 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Namit Sureka, President & Chief Analytics and AI Officer at Straive, explores the evolving landscape of enterprise AI. Namit shares his insights o...
Inizio Medical’s Matt Lewis on Harmonizing Internal Narratives with AI
08 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Lewis, Global Chief Artificial and Augmented Intelligence Officer at Inizio Medical, explores the transformative role of AI in the life sciences ...
SAP’s Philipp Herzig on Responsible AI Practices and Essential Skills for AI Leadership
25 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Philipp Herzig, Chief AI Officer at SAP SE discusses the current state of enterprise AI, discussing its potential for transformative business outcomes...
Aigo.ai’s Peter Voss on the Future of Cognitive AI and Its Deployment in Enterprise
11 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peter Voss, Founder, CEO, & Chief Scientist of Aigo.ai, discusses the current state of AI and its practical applications in enterprises. Peter sha...
ISG’s Steven Hall on the Importance of a Robust Data Strategy in AI
20 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Steven Hall, President and CAIO of ISG (Information Services Group) for the Europe, Middle East, and Africa region. Steven talks about the transformat...
Barclay Brown on Effective Prompting Techniques for Large Language Models
06 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Barclay R. Brown, AI Researcher, Expert, and Thought Leader, about the transformative potential of AI, particularly for engineers. Barclay is the aut...
Foundever’s Guillaume Laporte on How AI is Transforming the Customer and Agent Experience
23 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Guillaume Laporte, Chief AI Officer at Foundever, a global leader in customer experience solutions. Guillaume shares his personal journey of discoveri...
Covestro's Nils Janus on Pioneering AI Strategies in Industrial Manufacturing
09 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nils Janus, Chief AI Officer at Covestro, who dives deep into the integration of AI into industrial manufacturing. Nils discusses the current state of...
Western University’s Mark Daley on the Four E’s of Building an AI Strategy
25 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this inaugural episode of The Chief AI Officer Show, Benjamin speaks with Mark Daley, Chief AI Officer at Western University, who is the first ever...