The way that technology has expanded throughout the last decade has been impressive. And that expansion is set to continue. As we move into the future, we can expect that technology will be used in more ways than ever before, including for things like image-recognition. Zineb Laraki, the Deep Learning Senior Product Manager at Salesforce, is helping to build out that technology and more, which she says could change the way people work. She explains on this episode of IT Visionaries.

Key Takeaways:

• The tech behind image-recognition
• Why understanding the scope of a project is important
• The ethics of image capture and the future of image-recognition technology

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Throughout the last twenty-plus years, Jim Ryan has seen his company, Flexera, change and grow in exciting ways. And he’s been able to grow with the company along the way. Today, Jim is the CEO of Flexera, and he joins IT Visionaries to discuss his journey. Plus he dives into how members of the C-suite can find ways to be more efficient, cost-effective, and build out long-lasting companies.

Key Takeaways:

• How CIOs have evolved
• Working with the C-suite and identifying ways they can improve business
• What it means to partner with members of the C-suite

IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at salesforce.com/platform

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Blockchain is a technology that can change the way people work, how supply chains run, and, as we learned on this episode of IT Visionaries, how students can take control of their education. We talked to Lev Gonick and Adam Caplan, the CIO of Arizona State University and the SVP, Emerging Technology at Salesforce, respectively, about how the two organizations have joined together to bring blockchain into the world of education.  

Key Takeaways:

• Bringing blockchain to ASU
• What makes Salesforce the right blockchain partner
• Use cases that support blockchain

IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at salesforce.com/platform

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This episode of IT Visionaries is brought to you by Meter - the company building better networks. Businesses today are frustrated with outdated providers, rigid pricing, and fragmented tools. Meter changes that with a single integrated solution that covers everything wired, wireless, and even cellular networking. They design the hardware, write the firmware, build the software, and manage it all so your team doesn't have to.

That means you get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity without the complexity of juggling multiple providers. Thanks to meter for sponsoring. Go to meter.com/itv to book a demo.

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Cole Crawford says that it’s no longer a matter of if we will move to edge computing, it’s a matter of when, and how soon? Cole is the CEO of Vapor IO, which is utilizing colocation facilities and interconnection services in order to bring cloud-like services to the edge of the wireless network. On this episode of IT Visionaries, Cole talks about what that all means, why it makes sense to invest in the edge ecosystem, and what the future of the edge looks like. 

Key Takeaways:

• How Vapor IO came to be
• Reasons people are investing in edge technology and infrastructure
• Where the edge ecosystem is headed

IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at salesforce.com/platform

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Digital transformation is hard. Especially when all of your data is spread across hundreds or thousands of systems. How do you connect them all and work faster and more effectively across the business? Lindsey Irvine, the Senior Vice President and CMO of MuleSoft, joined us on this episode of IT Visionaries to explain the answer: APIs and broad integration.

Key Takeaways:

• What are APIs and why do we need them

• Some API use cases

• The challenges of integration

IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at salesforce.com/platform

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That means you get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity without the complexity of juggling multiple providers. Thanks to meter for sponsoring. Go to meter.com/itv to book a demo.

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We are living in a digital world. But what does the term “digital” actually mean? Paul Roehrig is currently the head of strategy at Cognizant, and he joined IT Visionaries to dive deep into that question. Plus, he discusses what the future of work looks like, and why we should not fear automation and robots. 

Key Takeaways:

• Redefining the word “digital”
• The day-to-day responsibilities of the head of strategy
• What does the future of work look like?
• Why we should fear not the bot

IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at salesforce.com/platform

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This episode of IT Visionaries is brought to you by Meter - the company building better networks. Businesses today are frustrated with outdated providers, rigid pricing, and fragmented tools. Meter changes that with a single integrated solution that covers everything wired, wireless, and even cellular networking. They design the hardware, write the firmware, build the software, and manage it all so your team doesn't have to.

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Patrick Stokes, the Executive Vice President of Platform Shared Services at Salesforce, first got into technology the same way many other leaders first get into technology: through video games. Games such as Quake and Doom have a special place in Patrick’s heart not only because of how fun they are, but also because they are open-source. The open-source aspect is what sparked Patrick’s interest in technology and has kept him rising through the industry. Today Patrick is continuing to utilize his passion and drive his interest toward all of the innovative things he and his team are working on at Salesforce. He discusses that and more on this episode.

Key Takeaways:

• Salesforce has a focus on not only external innovation but also internal innovation 
• Privacy is on the minds of all tech leaders
• Patrick’s Dreamforce product launches and how they are changing the data game

IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at salesforce.com/platform

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Data’s evolutionary journey started out like all journeys, nonexistent. However, the evolution of data has been exponential since the dawn of the internet and the birth of the companies that followed. Fast-forward a couple of decades to today, and you may notice that data is everywhere. 

Raffael Marty, VP of Research and Intelligence at Forcepoint talks about this evolution, his own journey into tech, the serial-founder experience, and much more on this episode of IT Visionaries. 

Key Takeaways:

• Big data’s evolution
• The underbelly of being a serial-founder
• Data’s visualization’s current state
• Human behavior and hacking

IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at salesforce.com/platform

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“Hey do you want to go paramotoring?” This may not be the typical way an IT conversation starts, but it just might be the way you begin an interaction with Richard Socher. Especially if you’re near a beautiful vista or in any gorgeous outdoor setting. But paramotoring is only Richard’s hobby, his job is Chief Scientist for Salesforce. As the Chief Scientist, Richard wears a couple of different hats. He and his team focus on publishing new research data, doing applied research, incubating, and working on the capabilities of Salesforce’s platform. The type of work Richard and his team do extends across many fields, but lately, they have been narrowing in on A.I. and all things Salesforce Einstein Voice Assistant. On this episode of IT Visionaries, Richard talks about his origins, including the work he did as the founder, CEO and CTO of MetaMind, the current and future state of affairs of A.I. and voice, and yes, his love of paramotoring.

Key Takeaways:

• How A.I. can have a positive impact
• What is the future of voice technology?
• What out-of-the-box features are available

IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at salesforce.com/pla

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Igor Jablokov has made a name for himself in the world of voice recognition technology. His former company, Yap, was acquired by Amazon and his technology was used to build Alexa. And before that, Igor was on the team that built IBM’s Watson. 

Now, Igor is the CEO of a new company leading the way on a new frontier: augmented and artificial intelligence. His company, Pryon is helping to change the way people work through augmented technology, and on this episode of IT Visionaries, Igor explains how. Plus, he gives insights into his past, where he thinks the tech industry is headed in the future, and why he thinks the world of augmented intelligence can have an impact on our work and personal lives.

Key Takeaways:

• What Pryon brings to the table
• Uses for augmented and artificial intelligence
• The marketplace for Pryon’s technology
• Why Pryon’s business model is not based on ads

IT Visionaries is brought to you by the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform - the #1 cloud platform for digital transformation of every experience. Build connected experiences, empower every employee, and deliver continuous innovation - with the customer at the center of everything you do. Learn more at salesforce.com/platform

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That means you get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity without the complexity of juggling multiple providers. Thanks to meter for sponsoring. Go to meter.com/itv to book a demo.

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