Fail Faster

Deepak Sharma joins us as the Global IT Director for Agility, one of the world's to supply chain and freight forwarding companies. He shares stories from his 30 year career in IT across multiple continents. His singular goal and mission is to remove all physical paper from their operations - a daunting task for a global supply company given the reliance on it and the regulations behind it. Hear how he plans to help do their part in the climate crisis while saving Agility millions of dollars.

Bill Potts shares fascinating wins and fails from his journey having worked with such organizations as Exxon, Ralston Purina, Foster Grant and Ironman.

Scott joins us from a 30 year career in advertising and storytelling for some of the world's biggest brands. His story shows the power of diversity & inclusion in creating truly innovative concepts. He shares his unique approach to behavioral science for both advertising as well as digital products and finally really emphasizes the importance of bringing humanity to technology.

Today's guest, Tony Teri, joins us as a Senior IT Director at a major university in the tri state area. You'll hear how his background (and Masters degree) in Psychology influences how he thinks about technology and what he is most worried about in the future given a fully remote workforce. You'll hear a constant theme that was critical in the success of his company's transition to remote as well as other major IT initiatives like shifting an electronic medical records provider.

So you've got a Diversity and Inclusion person in the C Suite but how do you KNOW you that every purchase in your supply chain is being examined for diversity. In this episode, George Robinson the Director of Supplier Diversity & Inclusion at UPMC will share how a new program to foster supply chain diversity went through digital transformation and why that matters.

How we helped Royal Caribbean Cruises disappear their biggest customer complaint.

Michelle is the Global Product Marketing Director for an award-winning cloud native SaaS platform in the Financial Services space. Michelle has over 8 years of experience in financial technology and financial services and is truly a global citizen, working in Singapore, London and now New York. She shares the major cultural differences she has seen across these territories and some of the biggest challenges with maintaining a company culture while being fully remote. You'll be inspired by her positive attitude and approaches to navigating an increasingly global world. Opinions are her own and not the views of her employer.

We talk to Artin Nazarian, Exec Director, Integration & Digital Distribution Strategy at The Walt Disney Studios about how his corporate experience made him a better entrepreneur and how his work in the startup world helped him advance in enterprise.

Tanvir is the head of technology at Freshii - a fast casual restaurant in Canada with over 400 locations across North America. Tanvir shares his perspective on team building that is heavily influenced by being a college football champion. He also walks through his prioritization framework for when to invest in buying, building or partnering with technology companies.

Chris is the Director of Innovation at Aires, a global mobility company. You'll hear his inspiring journey of how the 2008 Global Financial Crisis refocused his life and work philosophy. At Aires he inspires teams from within to re-imagine the business with his background in design and facilitation. You'll learn how they got their entire company from an in-office culture to a fully-remote organization literally overnight as the pandemic struck.