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Among other topics, Kim discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

Her priorities for the next year, including Big Data and Analytics
Methods she is using to communicate and create cultural change across the organization
The IT Annual Plan, how it was been honed, and its wide distribution
IT’s role in bringing innovation to the business units
Security and how she balances risk taking with risk mitigation
Her membership on the board of Cloudera and how she began the process of board membership
What she has brought back to her job from her board memberships
Transparency in operations and how she approaches social media in that way
The state of women in technology and how she advocates for continuing progress

Kim Stevenson’s Biography

Kim Stevenson is the Chief Information Officer of Intel, a $55 billion technology company that designs and manufactures digital technology platforms. Kim leads the more than 6,000 worldwide IT employees to drive competitive advantages and provide IT solutions.

Prior to joining Intel, Kim spent seven years at the former EDS (now HP enterprise services), in a variety of positions including vice president of Worldwide Communications, Media and Entertainment (CM&E) Industry Practice, and vice president of Enterprise Service Management where she oversaw the global development and delivery of enterprise services. Before joining EDS, Kim spent 18 years at IBM in several executive positions including vice president of Marketing and Operations of the eServer iSeries division.

Kim currently serves on the Board of Directors of Cloudera and Boston Private Financial Holdings, Inc.

Kim has a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern University. She also has an MBA from Cornell University, Johnson School of Management, where she is currently a member of the Advisory Board.

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Among other topics, Antoine discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

The state of the artificial intelligence industry and his work over the past fifteen years
How Sentient Technologies has applied there work to the retail and online shopping industry
How the technology maps out the process of interaction to create a better user experience
The large amount of capital currently held by Sentient Technologies and his plans for those funds
The war for talent in Silicon Valley
The balance between innovation and safety within the artificial intelligence industry
How he thinks about artificial intelligence in his daily life
The strategic planning process, and what he sees coming in the next five to ten years
Why he chose to pursue his career in the United States as opposed to Europe

Antoine Blondeau’s Biography

Antoine Blondeau is the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Sentient Technologies, the highest funded artificial intelligence start-up in the world.

Antoine has worked at a number of technology companies, including Nortel, Salesforce.com, and Good Technology. He also previously served as the CEO of Dejima, the company involved with the DARPA project that later evolved into Apple’s personal assistant, Siri.

Antoine received his MBA from the Paris Graduate School of Management.

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Among other topics, Lidia discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

Quest Diagnostics, their scale, technology, and partnerships
Her role as Chief Information and the responsibilities of her role
How she encourages her team to engage with customers
Big Data and how her team structures and analyzes the huge amount of data at Quest Diagnostics
Security and how she balances innovation and risk-taking with security considerations
Her membership on the board of Gannett, and how she came across the opportunity to join
How boards of directors will continue to look for technical expertise as companies try to become digital

Lidia Fonseca’s Biography

Lidia Fonseca is the Chief Information Officer of Quest Diagnostics, a $7.5B provider of clinical laboratory services. As CIO, Lidia leads the IT function, enterprise architecture, and integrates process, data, and systems across the network.

Prior to working at Quest Diagnostics, Lidia served in multiple technology roles at other major healthcare organizations including LabCorp and Philips Medical Systems.

Lidia is a member of the Board of Directors at Gannett, a large media holding company, and is also an advisory board member of Medivo, a healthcare data company.

Lidia earned her bachelor’s degree from the University of California, Berkley, and received her MBA and Master of Business Informatics from the Erasmus Graduate School of Business.

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Among other topics, Amy discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

Her role as Chief Information Office of the AARP, and how he transitioned from the interim CIO role
Continuity during the transition of CIOs
Leadership and her approach to culture within IT
Communication within and outside of IT and the value inherent from improved communications
Innovation and how it is encouraged within IT
Security and how risk is managed across the enterprise
Women in IT and how she has helped improve opportunities for rising women in technology
Eye on the Trends: Cohesive user experiences, wearable technology, and autonomous vehicles

Amy Doherty’s Biography

Amy Doherty is the Chief Information Officer of AARP, Inc. a membership organization for people age 50 and over that operates as a non-profit advocate for its members and is one of the most powerful lobbying groups in the United States. Amy started with AARP in 2011, originally as Vice President of Customer Service & Solution Delivery, before rising to interim CIO and eventually gaining the position on a permanent basis.

Prior to AARP, Amy held multiple technology roles at Freddie Mac, C&F Bank, American Financial Realty Trust, and GMAC, among others.

Amy received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Environmental and Nuclear Engineering from the Florida Institute of Technology, and her MBA from Penn State University.

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Among other topics, Chris discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

His responsibilities as Global Head of Enterprise Data and Technology of State Street Bank
How his staff has been re-organized as the emphasis on data and technology has taken place
The digital enterprise, and how he thinks about digital customer experience
The implementation of Industrial Agile
How he tracks the value and ROI of investments within the IT department
Projects that have been innovative within the organization
How he has managed the portfolio of projects and ensured that IT has become more standardized
The value of technology and how non-technical people have become more interested in technology
Security and how he balances the need for security with innovation and risk-taking
Eye on the Trends: Blockchain (a distributed database based on bitcoin protocol)

Chris Perretta’s Biography

Chris is the Global Head of Enterprise Data and Technology of State Street Corporation, a $10 billion financial services holding company. In that role, Chris is tasked with engendering and fostering the group’s overall technology strategy, whilst aggregating State Street’s data and insights for its global clientele.

Chris has been with State Street since 2007, most recently as the Chief Information Officer. Prior to State Street, Chris held multiple roles with divisions of General Electric. He began his career with Andersen consulting.

Chris received his Bachelor’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Johns Hopkins, and his Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Syracuse University.

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Among other topics, Jim discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

His role as Chief Information Officer of Monsanto
The digital revolution occurring in the agriculture industry
How IT works with other parts of the organization to develop digital plans across the enterprise
How the recruiting and skills needed within IT have changed
The internal brand of IT within Monsanto to assure its place within the enterprise
How IT interacts with the ultimate customers of the organization
His career path to agriculture through the pharmaceutical industry and others
Universal similarities across multiple industries within the IT department
Eye on the Trends: Decision science and analytics, predictive and prescriptive modeling, the Internet of Things

Jim Swanson’s Biography

Jim Swanson is the Chief Information Officer of Monsanto, a $15 billion agriculture company. As Chief Information Officer, Jim is responsible for leveraging the company’s information technology to deliver long-term strategic vision.

Prior to joining Monsanto, Jim worked at Merck, as Vice President of IT for Global Human Health and Vice President of IT for Merck Research Labs. Prior to those roles, he worked in other IT roles at Johnson & Johnson and SmithKline Beecham.

Jim was awarded as one of Computerworld’s Premier 100 IT Leaders in 2015. He attended Drexel University where he received his Bachelor Science Degree in Bioscience and Biotechnology as well as his Master’s Degree in Computer Science.

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Among other topics, Jim discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

How he has transitioned to the role of GE’s CIO, having come from GE Capital
His area of responsibility
The financial acumen required for the job, and how he associates with those that have a deeper financial background
Digital, and his vision for it within the company, including the Predix platform
Succession and career planning within GE
How he has organized his first few months within the role of CIO
Security and how data is secured within GE

Jim Fowler’s Biography

Jim is the Chief Information Officer at General Electric, a $149B industrial company. Jim recently ascended to the CIO role, coming from GE Capital in October of 2015.

Jim has previously held many roles within GE, including roles within every business unit of GE, with the exception of GE Healthcare. He has been with the organization since 2000.

Jim holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Management Information Systems and Marketing from Miami University of Ohio, and an MBA from Xavier University.

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Among other topics, Mike discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

Whether Watson was always planned as a business line, and how things evolved within the Watson idea
The mechanics of Watson, and who is involved with the creation of knowledge for Watson to pull from
The three service offerings, Watson Discovery Advisor, Watson Analytics, and Watson Explorer
Some of the common threads across industries that make them ripe for usage of Watson
Whether there is a traditional functional head who utilizes and procures Watson
The balance between Artificial Intelligence and the safety needed with Artificial Intelligence
The divide between those who are leveraging the Watson platform and those who are/will not
How he sees Watson developing over the next five and ten years

Mike Rhodin’s Biography

Mike Rhodin is the Senior Vice President and the Head of IBM Watson, a technology platform that uses natural language processing and machine learning to reveal insights from large amounts of unstructured data.

Prior to heading IBM Watson, Mike led IBM’s Software Solutions Group, which delivered industry-specific solutions in high-growth areas, including Business Analytics, Smarter Cities, and Social Business.

Mike received his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from the University of Michigan.

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Among other topics, Trevor discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

How he became the first CIO of Micron Technology, and how he prepared to start the role
How his experience as an IT executive has helped him converse with senior management
How he organized himself during his first 100 days in the role of CIO
Some examples of the quick wins and organization changes he made upon joining Micron technology
Strategic imperatives within IT that he determined early in his tenure
Measures of success and how he has tracked the success of IT
How he has worked in companies that have IT as a focal area of the organization during his career path at many major technology brands
The war for talent within IT companies and how Micron’s university grants have helped benefit the organization to find strong talent within IT
How he considers the input of younger employees and the experience of more tenured employees
Eye on the Trends: Data as a strategic asset, machine learning, security

Trevor Schulze’s Biography

Trevor Schulze is the Chief Information Officer of Micron Technology, a global semi-conductor manufacturer based in Boise, Idaho. Trevor is the first ever CIO of the organization, and was appointed to the role in July of this year.

Prior to joining Micron, Trevor served at multiple major technology manufacturers. Most recently, he served as the Corporate Vice President of IT at Broadcom. He has also held posts at AMD and Cisco.

Trevor earned his bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from the University of Arizona.

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Among other topics, Tom discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

His organization, Cloudera, where it stands now, and the current priorities at Cloudera
The path to success for older organizations with large antiquated infrastructures and for Digital-native organizations
Industries that Cloudera is working with the most
How Cloudera maintains its competitive advantages
How he came to be at Cloudera after the founding of the organization
The way in which he has forged a strong relationship with the founders of the organization
How the organization thinks about remaining a private company compared to going public
The team at Cloudera and the methods he uses to build and retain the team
How he thinks about strategic planning and how the organization continues to pivot
The relationships that have been built with several MOOCs (Massive Online Open Courses)
Some industry-specific use cases

Tom Reilly’s Biography

Tom is the Chief Executive Officer of Cloudera, a fast-growing software company that provides Apache Hadoop-based software, support and service, and training to businesses. Tom has been the CEO since July of 2013.

Prior to Cloudera, Tom served as the CEO of ArcSight, an enterprise security company. Tom led the initial public offering of Arcsight and led the company in the subsequent sale to HP. He also served as CEO of Trigo Technologies, a master data management software company, which was later acquired by IBM.

Tom serves on multiple boards, including Jive Software, Ombud Inc, ThreatStream, and Cloudera.

Tom received his Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley.

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