CIO Exchange Podcast

This episode of CIO Exchange is a part of our CIO Unplugged series where Jason Conyard, VMware’s CIO, has candid hallway-style conversations with other technology leaders about what’s at the top of his mind right now. In this episode, Jason speaks with Alex Tosheff, the Chief Security Officer at VMware, about the relationship between the CIO and CSO. During the conversation they cover the classic tensions between technology and security teams, the strategic importance of those roles and the relationship, as well as some critical components of their own leadership principles and management styles.

Jason Conyard on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jasonconyard/

Alex Tosheff on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alextosheff/

CIO Exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmwcioexchange

Yadin Porter de León on Twitter: https://twitter.com/porterdeleon 

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Is security a barrier to innovation, or would innovation not even be relevant without security? Security is often seen as a tax or barrier to new and creative solutions that could potentially create more value if security didn't slow everything down. But is this still true? In this episode, we have a hallway-style conversation with Curt Carlson, the author of the book entitled Innovation, who also served as the CEO of SRI International, widely known for the work done to create Apple's Siri interface and many other world-changing innovations. Curt is joined by Karen Worstell, Senior Cybersecurity Strategist at VMware, and they discuss the fundamental flaws to many approaches to security technology, and how IT leaders will need to make dramatic shifts in their operational models in order to solve these problems. Curt and Karen cover topics ranging from real value creation perspectives and frameworks, to security innovation, and redefining company leadership principles for the future.

Curt Carlson on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/curtisrcarlson/

Karen Worstell on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenworstell/
CIO Exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmwcioexchange
Yadin Porter de León on Twitter: https://twitter.com/porterdeleon 

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This conversation is part two of our three-part Lead/Forward series, where we talk with technology leaders about the real stories behind three themes: innovation, talent, and experience. In this episode, we tackle the theme of talent and how companies can best enable their workforces by looking at the whole person and not just the tools they use or what they're paid. Michael Loggins, Global Vice President of IT at SMC, joins the show along with Renu Upadhyay, Vice President of Product and Technical Marketing, End User Computing at VMware. Michael and Renu talk about everything from the great resignation to the unique challenges of companies that can't have all their employees work remotely. During our chat, we cover why technology and culture must be viewed as equally important for companies to ensure they're creating rich digital and personal experiences. In today's competitive talent landscape, this is key to differentiating your organization and attracting and retaining the best people to do their best work.

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CIO Exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmwcioexchange

Yadin Porter de León on Twitter: https://twitter.com/porterdeleon 

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This conversation is part one of our three-part Lead/Forward series, where we talk with technology leaders about the real stories behind three themes: innovation, talent, and experience. In this episode, we tackle the theme of innovation from the standpoint of solving problems in unique ways that surprise and delight users and provide them with solutions they never knew they needed. Jason Conyard, VMware CIO, talks about how the term "innovation" is overused. He focuses on what's really required: a change in mindset as opposed to just a transformation in technology. During our chat, we cover how innovation can mean many things to many people and how creativity, trust, and diversity is what we're really talking about when we use the word innovation.

Jason Conyard on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonConyard

CIO Exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmwcioexchange

Yadin Porter de León on Twitter: https://twitter.com/porterdeleon 

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FedEx is an $87 billion business with over 560,000 team members around the world. At that scale, how does Rob Carter, FedEx CIO, approach business agility to stay ahead of the curve? In this episode, I speak with Rob Carter about what he has dubbed “the dominant architecture,” which allows industries to scale and has proven throughout history to increase global value creation exponentially. For technology leaders, this dominant architecture is now comprised of critical technologies like multi-cloud, containerized modern applications, AI enabled edge computing, and soon, blockchain. It is these technologies–and a shifting mindset that allows distributed teams to leverage them effectively–that is the driving force behind the next wave of innovation.

Rob Carter on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robcarter1/
CIO Exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmwcioexchange
Yadin Porter de León on Twitter: https://twitter.com/porterdeleon 

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How do you fight for your own life along with the lives of billions of others in the world? While technology was able to dramatically accelerate the development of the COVID-19 vaccine, even with distributed teams, that speed pushed the people on those vaccine teams to their limits. This episode aired live from the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMMS) conference on August 11th, 2021, about a month after the Delta variant had become the dominant form of the coronavirus in the US. It is a conversation with Moderna's CEO Stéphane Bancel and VMware President Sumit Dhawan. Bancel talks about the daily reality of developing the vaccine, as well as all the technology that went into it. The conversation covers advanced AI modeling, genetic mapping, and cloud-native computing. In addition, Bancel discusses the human element that made these advancements attainable, and what it means for the quality of life that can be possible for everyone as we learn to live with this new virus in the years to come.

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Stéphane Bancel on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sbancel

Sumit Dhawan on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sumit_dhawan

CIO Exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmwcioexchange

Yadin Porter de León on Twitter: https://twitter.com/porterdeleon 

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The accelerating growth of Fintech companies is a powerful sign of the unstoppable market dynamics that are currently unfolding. Agile, cloud-native startups backed by large amounts of venture capital were able to take market share from established companies, like legacy consumer banks, by creating the trusted platforms of choice for the next generation. In this episode, I speak with Anudeep Parhar, CIO of Entrust, a trusted identity technology company specializing in highly secure transactions. In this conversation, we cover a broad range of topics including the advantages of building mobile-first customer experiences, the importance of secure transactions in the trust-building process, DeFi (or decentralized finance on the blockchain), international regulatory, and other constraints that can affect the ability of smaller fintech companies to scale globally as well as what larger companies can learn from the success these fintech companies have had.  

Anudeep Parhar on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/aparhar/
CIO Exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmwcioexchange
Yadin Porter de León on Twitter: https://twitter.com/porterdeleon 

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After a year that saw the largest and fastest transformation in work patterns in history, security teams now preside over an ecosystem that is more distributed and heterogeneous than ever before. A study was conducted where 3,542 CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs from around the world were surveyed from companies in a range of industries to understand the challenges and issues facing businesses when it comes to escalating cyberattacks. In this episode, originally recorded at VMware's 2021 Security Connect event, we hear Rick McElroy, Principal Cyber Security Strategist at VMware's Carbon Black, in conversation with Jan Lawford, Senior Director of EMEA security sales. Rick and Jan highlight the findings of the global survey and discuss how senior cybersecurity professionals plan to adapt to the security challenges of the distributed workplace and evolve defenses to make security intrinsic to infrastructure and operations. 

Rick on Twitter: https://twitter.com/InfoSecRick

CIO Exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmwcioexchange

Yadin Porter de León on Twitter: https://twitter.com/porterdeleon 

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Technology leaders, right now, are experiencing a once-in-a-career opportunity to lead the business in reimagining the future of how their teams get things done. A future that attracts and inspires the best people to do their best work. In this episode Jason Conyard, VMware’s CIO describes how he is helping to create human connections in a distributed work environment, not by digitally replicating the office experience, but by creating what he calls the “3rd Experience.” Jason talks about what that new experience could be and how employees would be able to have more control over their digital presence within different modes of work. 

Jason Conyard on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JasonConyard

CIO Exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmwcioexchange

Yadin Porter de León on Twitter: https://twitter.com/porterdeleon 

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Mobility isn't just for consumers. Retailers must embrace mobility at scale in their physical stores, connected to an enhanced online presence, to provide the types of end-to-end purchasing experiences that today's consumers are demanding. In this episode, we hear from Jared Feldman, Global Retail IT Leader at Estee Lauder as he discusses the powerful forces currently driving global retail companies to embrace a mobile-first workforce and technology-enabled network of stores to better serve their customers. 

CIO Exchange on Twitter: https://twitter.com/vmwcioexchange

Yadin Porter de León on Twitter: https://twitter.com/porterdeleon 

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