Shivani joins Cesar Jimenez to share her journey from arriving in the United States in 1985 to becoming a CIO at a multibillion dollar organization. From mainframe developer to enterprise leader, she explains why the biggest risk in your career is staying in your comfort zone and how curiosity, data, and bold career moves shaped her path through Dell, PayPal, Schwab, and beyond.

She breaks down her transformation playbook, start with pain points, build with stakeholders not for them, leverage internal influencers, and make communication two way. Shivani also shares lessons from scaling enterprise systems, driving adoption, and building a single source of truth that created real business impact.

The conversation dives into AI in the enterprise, balancing speed with governance, building AI literacy internally, and why experimentation matters even when ROI is unclear. Shivani closes with powerful advice for leaders, build strong networks, practice allyship, shed perfectionism, and remember you do not have to be the smartest person in the room to lead.