Fail Faster

Dr. Ana Claudia Pinto is the head of Health and Digital Solutions, and Chief Medical Information Officer for Sharecare Brazils. In this episode, Dr. Pinto shares her vision of optimizing disparate digital systems and how healthy digital transformation parallels the importance of a holistic care team.

Gabriel Coulet, the Director of Innovation & Marketing at Supermax Healthcare Canada and Jonathan Borduas, CEO at Shapeshift3D are at the forefront of innovation in Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). Together, they're creating custom, reusable, sustainable face masks. In the face of a global pandemic and archaic regulations, they're tackling the launch of no only a new mask product and also an entirely new culture.

Schuyler Moore is the Director of Science & Technology, Defense Innovation Board at United States Department of Defense. You'll hear her incredible story of getting involved with the DoD and some of the exciting projects she works on. You'll also hear some perfect parallels between the government and private sector with getting projects approved through different layers of stakeholders. Schuyler shares what she thinks the public is missing about the DoD and how she thinks the gap can be filled between the general population, commercial sector and defense department.

Rahul Abhyankar is the Head of Product Management at Viasat, a NASDAQ listed a global communications company that provides internet access to places that can't get internet including airplanes and remote villages. You'll hear how he prioritizes projects across his product portfolio with a simple framework and a constant iteration. As a long-time leader in Product Management, Rahul shares what he thinks common misconceptions are and what he is excited for given the COVID pandemic uprooting the airline industry.

Clinton D'Souza is CIP, Senior Director of Insurance Innovation Strategy at ISB Global Services and in this episode, he shares lessons on the importance of aligning biz and IT goals. Clinton is currently working to improve the insurance industry in Canada by helping competing interests come together to share data to provide a better customer experience for everyone.

Jason Tschetter is the Director, Field, Data, and Emerging Technology at Mortenson, a 75 year old leader in Construction. Jason shares some of the really exciting opportunities facing the construction industry that is early in its digital transformation journey. Jason talks about how they evaluate bringing new emerging technology to their job sites and how he gets innovation sold throughout the organization.

German Gimenez is the Chief Product Officer at Ohana, an Argentinian-based fintech company that's created a platform to help people understand and improve their finances. This is tricky in a population where many people don't have a bank account. He shares learnings on finding product-market fit and the importance of inclusion and accessibility in fintech.

Daniel Stecher is VP of Airline Operations for IBS Software, a SaaS provider to the travel industry globally. In this episode, we discuss what it takes to challenge industry norms when innovating is both high-risk and high-reward.

Jason Melton is a Director of Digital Transformation and Innovation, Education and State/Local Government at Microsoft. He starts his story in business building selling salsa as a young teenager through a deep passion through the education sector. His work in both the education and government sector places him early in the digital transformation journey and some of the approaches he uses to get these types of organizations to think about their future. The average time on unemployment is 5 months and Jason's mission is to reduce this by 1 month. A powerful goal that Jason walks us through.

Niklas Sundberg is the Chief Information Officer ASSA ABLOY, a company that evolved from the original form of anonymous authentication: keys and doors. As the company has expanded into more digital forms of authentication, Niklas has had to work hard to attract the right talent. Here he shares thoughts on the "war on talent" and how tapping into the existing talent pool can help companies become more innovative.