Ravi Evani is the Vice President, Engineering & Technology at Sapient which is the digital business transformation hub of Publicis Groupe. He kicked off my 2021 with a lot of great insights, Ravi shares how he sees failures and successes. How to watch out for and handle the common but invisible pitfalls that most orgs face as they prioritize their Digital transformation initiatives. From failures to a vision of a radically easily digitally accelerated future for orgs,  there’s a lot packed in this episode that you will find valuable.

My guest Priyanka Angadi is a Data Science Manager at PWC cybersecurity team. She shares her passion for Data Science and her exciting journey of 8 years working with diverse data in  diverse industries from Pharma to BioTech to Media-tech and now she is ready to get her hands into Cyber security. Curiosity has been her friend throughout her growth, she has gone beyond her role to explore and volunteered to contribute in projects across the org which infused more cross functional knowledge into her job. There is a lot to pick up in this wisdom packed episode.

Pavan Pidugu is the Chief Technology Officer of FMCSA within the Department of Transportation. Pavan recently transitioned to the public sector after a long career in technology innovation within retail. You'll hear his inspirational story of helping grow people around him and many of his approaches to impactful technology. Pavan shares how he is working to bring an Outcome based methodology to the Department of Transportation and what impact working in the public sector has had on his approaches to technology and innovation!

Amanda S. Powell is a UX designer at Home Depot. This role was the first role where she got challenged like never before and spent the toughest months of her work life yet. She shares how she overcame her anxiety by asking the right questions and showing the stakeholders the process of design thinking firsthand. Her exciting journey as a UX designer is just starting and she is ready to make an impact with her designs especially in the accessibility area which she has a special passion for.

Jacob Rubin is the youngest entrepreneur guest I have had so far:) He has been fascinated about building things since a kid. He is already the founder of a startup called Skipit, in his third year at Northeastern University. He talks about the exciting path this venture is taking him and his partner as they get ready to launch their new app Skipit in Boston. This episode is the curtain raiser for what’s to come.

Andrew is the VP of Technology at Lazaridis School of Business and Economics in Ontario, Canada. In this episode he shares great wisdom as a young guy who lost his first job starting out and how that led him to knock on a few hundred doors. Only to discover a unique way to communicate: How awesome he is! Which made some great brands like Shopify and Blackberry pick him from the crowd. His attitude about life also reflects in his work as he designs software products, let’s find out more:)

Neil Fasen is the Senior Director of Product Practices at Best Buy. He also used to skate and build skateboards. His broken bones and scrappy, outsider approach let him skate right past waterfall into agile before he even knew what either of those was! From building Target’s first mobile shopping app to shaping a culture of empowered autonomy at Best Buy, Neil is always learning new tricks. 

Mike Harper is the Data and Analytics Solution Strategy Senior Director at 

Evernorth, a new company Cigna is creating to help improve global health. After wild times with cell carriers and gaming Mike was pulled to big healthcare to help them think like a startup. Now he’s making all the squares line up; ethics and morals, privacy, and stakeholder support to build the future of health.

My guest Rob Swymer is the Country Manager, UK and Ireland at Splunk which is the world’s first Data

To Everything Platform. Splunk helps over 18,000 customers world-wide unlock the value of their data,

giving them the insights to drive operational performance and business results, creating massive

value for their business. In this episode, Rob touches upon a lot of powerful concepts that he is executing with his teams to drive growth and a culture of high trust. Managing high pressure demands can become a breeze with the right mindset to be of service and come from a place of giving instead of getting.

Kenton Hankins is the Digital Transformation Director at Pegasystems. Kenton shares his journey of spotting patterns within companies that can lead to opportunities to build software and improve. He details the power of design sprints not only getting people excited about potential transformation efforts, but also as a way to break down silos. We riff on why the majority of Digital Transformation projects fail and why design is so important for their ultimate success. Plus, we'll touch on showing the business case for design.