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493: MGM Resorts International President of Commercial & Growth Atif Rafiq discusses

Atif’s purview in his role
MGM’s expansion into digital services
Viva La Office, an offering the company has developed to encourage people to work and live from Las Vegas during the pandemic.
The company’s response to COVID-19, including the digital and contactless experiences the company has swiftly put in
How the customer conveniences created by COVID are sticky and will remain long term
The company’s Seven-Point Safety Plan aimed to keep customers and employees safe during the pandemic
How COVID has resulted in far more agility inside companies
CONBODY, a digital fitness started by a formerly incarcerated person with formerly incarcerated instructors

Among a variety of other topics.

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492: Fiserv SVP & CIO Keith Fulton and Subway CIO Mike Macrie discuss

Both company’s reactions to the COVID-19 pandemic, including how Fiserv’s digital agenda was impacted by COVID
How the pandemic forced Fiserv to react at a speed significantly faster than before
How Subway franchises innovated and solved problems to keep their businesses sustainable throughout
Why Subway is looking to react to the current marketplace rather than try to predict it
The permanent changes that will result from COVID-19, such as the digital transformation we are seeing in the office

Among a variety of other topics.

This episode was recorded live at the 2020 Metis Strategy Digital Symposium.

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Verizon Global CIO Shankar Arumugavelu discusses

His role as the Global CIO of Verizon
The five questions embedded in the company’s IT strategy, and the company’s approach to change management
How the company transitioned to a remote workforce
The framework the company developed to guide it through the pandemic
Shankar’s front row seat in Verizon’s technological evolutions over the past 20+ years
The three prongs to the company’s 5G strategy
How the company uses AI

Among a variety of other topics.

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490: Fannie Mae Kimberly Johnson COO discusses

How the COVID-19 pandemic has brought out more empathy in people
Her take on the renewed focus on social injustice in our society
The role technology can play to help foster change
How the concept of anti-racism is gaining traction
The importance of having a diverse slate of mentors and mentees
Some of the groups Kimberly admires, including ITSMF, INROADS, and Year Up

Among a variety of other topics.

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489: HARMAN International Chief Digital and Information Officer Nick Parrotta discusses

HARMAN International’s focus on driving integrated, seamless, frictionless, excellent experiences to both the automotive and the consumer markets
IT’s focus on four S’s: To make technology simpler, smarter, scalable, and secure
Some of the work the company has done around cyber
how the company has responded to COVID-19
How it is preparing to return to work
How the pandemic has resulted in a rapid acceleration towards a digital workforce
How the company is looking to improve the experience in the car
How Nick’s time at GE helped him become a better leader
His take on 5G, AI, and autonomous vehicles

Among a variety of other topics.

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488: Ted Colbert is an EVP at Boeing and the President & CEO of Boeing Global Services. Previously, Ted was Boeing’s CIO and SVP, IT & Analytics. In this episode, Ted discusses:

His experience as a Black C-suite executive at a Fortune 100 company
His career path and the importance of mentorship
Addressing racial bias in the workplace
The importance of empathy
Creating equal opportunities for career development
How Boeing is bringing in new talent by investing in historically Black colleges and universities and high school programs around the country

Among a variety of other topics.

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487: Ryder senior vice president and chief information officer Rajeev Ravindran discusses

An overview of Ryder and Rajeev’s purview as CIO
The IT function’s four strategic goals
The company’s approach to eliminating technical debt
The COVID-19 pandemic, including:
- Why Ryder was prepared for it
- How the company has created a sense of community throughout it
Rajeev’s take on a variety of rising trends, such as AI modeling, robotics, and autonomous vehicles

Among a variety of other topics.

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486: Emmet B. Keeffe III, Operating Partner at Insight Partners and founder of Insight IGNITE, discusses:

The three parts of Insight’s investment thesis
An overview of the company’s digital acceleration program, Insight IGNITE
The challenges of communication between IT and the rest of the business
How Insight Partners can save IT leaders many trips to Silicon Valley by finding tech globally
How the COVID-19 pandemic has accelerated many of the areas the company has invested in
The four types of boards that exist based on the size and maturity of those companies and the assistance each needs from its directors
The increased importance on creativity for humans with more AI and automation
Emmet’s take on IoT, the cloud, automation, 5G, and RPA

Among a variety of other topics.

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485: Ally Chief Information Data and Digital Officer Sathish Muthukrishnan discusses

Sathish’s three-pillared IT strategy, which is focused on driving customer value, creating a compelling financial trajectory for all its shareholders and investors, and executing that through great culture
The company’s transition to a mobile workforce due to the pandemic
Sathish’s experience being onboarded largely in quarantine
The approach Sathish used to create his data strategy
What he has learned from his prior experiences as CIO

Among a variety of other topics.

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484: Lenovo CISO Jason Ruger discusses:

How Jason has navigated working with three variations of the same company
How Lenovo operates as a global firm
The pandemic’s impact on the company
How the fact that Lenovo has a major manufacturing operation in Wuhan, China led to early warnings as to the issues that arose related to COVID-19
How the pandemic has led to a 3x increase in cyber attacks and the methods Jason and his team have undertaken to counteract them
Jason’s CIO and CISO responsibilities and how he segments his thoughts processes related to each

Among a variety of other topics.

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