DTV- Digital Transformation Channel

Infostretch CCO, Avery Lyford, had a chance to speak with Paul Gillin, renowned IT author, journalist and Enterprise Editor at SiliconANGLE. In this DTV interview, they discuss what it takes for a legacy business to digitally transform itself and how firms in various industries can pivot their value creation mechanism to align it with their digital strategy. They also dive into some real-life digital transformation success stories such as the New York Times, Marriott and HP Ink.

Shellye Archambeau was one of Silicon Valley's first female black CEOs. Formerly an executive at IBM and CMO at two public companies, She currently serves as a Fortune 500 board member and holds board seats at Verizon, Nordstrom, Roper Technologies, and Okta. In this DTV Interview, she speaks with Infostretch Chief Marketing Officer, Leila Modarres, about the challenges and opportunities of being a woman in the technology industry, what tech companies should focus on to do better and be better, and how to grow your business with a customer-centric approach.

In this episode, Rich Gallagher CPO of Energage and Avery Lyford CCO of Infostretch discuss how gathering and analyzing the right type of data can employee engagement and productivity and how enterprises are leveraging employee engagement to competitively advantage their organizations.

Infostretch CCO, Avery Lyford, had a chance to speak with Jon Weg, Retail Digital Transformation Leader and ex-Chief Information Officer of The Body Shop. In this episode, Jon, who spent over 20 years leading international delivery teams, dives into the future of retail in a Post-COVID World and how traditional brick and mortar retailers can still thrive by adopting the right digital transformation strategy.

Infostretch CCO Avery Lyford had a chance to speak with Manish Dureja, MD & CEO of InterMiles, the world’s leading travel and lifestyle rewards program. In this DTV Interview, they discuss the importance of customer experience in creating engagement and loyalty and how digital is forging new personalized customer experiences in the travel and rewards industries.

Infostretch CCO Avery Lyford & CTO Manish Mistry had a chance to speak with Kohsuke Kawaguchi (KK), the creator of Jenkins and CEO and co-founder of Launchable. The three of them discuss their thoughts on the advance of digital and how analytics and AI are solving the age-old problem of testing as a software delivery bottleneck.

Infostretch Chief Customer Officer Avery Lyford had a chance to speak with one of the leading influencers in data science and big data, Kirk Borne from Booz Allen Hamilton.  Kirk, who spent the first 20 years of his career working as an astrophysicist at NASA, shares his views on the connection between rocket science and data science, how digital is driving data ubiquity, and some advice on addressing the shortage in data scientists.

In this episode of DTV, we speak with Dominique Raviart a leading BPO expert from analyst firm NelsonHall. Dominique shares his views on how AI can power digital transformation by helping enterprises capitalize on the wealth of data they have, and how to work around the current data science skill shortage faced by all.

Who needs salespeople?  Social selling expert Tim Hughes believes social media is fundamentally changing the way people buy—and that both B2B and B2C companies have to get on board before their competition does. In this DTV interview, he shares his views on social’s growing role in enterprise digital transformation, how buyer behavior is changing, and the three things every professional must do on social to be effective.

Tech industry observer Lisa Morgan joins DTV to discuss the hype vs. the reality of digital transformation today. She also weighs in on the impact of new technologies like AI and machine learning and the wisdom of “move fast, break things” in our current social and business environment.