With 20+ years in tech, Anthony Dillon, AVP – Solution Partnerships at VLink, shares what actually works, from building strong partnerships to executing within the Microsoft ecosystem to drive measurable client outcomes. A key highlight: VLink Velocity — a specialized team of Microsoft experts, engineers, and project managers designed to help mid-market, mid-tier, and SMB organizations.

Featuring Aylin Orial, recognized Top 100 AI Thought Leader, FinTech Strategist, CTO & Founder of Think Techmode- sharing powerful insights on how trust in banking is no longer static, it’s programmable. As AI accelerates innovation in banking, it also accelerates risk. The institutions that win will be the ones that build observability, cryptographic validation, and programmable trust into their core architecture.

In our milestone 50th episode, Tracy Gardner speaks with Patrick Reynolds (Former VP, Client Strategy- ArcticBlue AI | Sr. Client Development- Quantilope) about why enterprises struggle to turn AI ambition into measurable outcomes, and how validating before building changes the game. If you're leading AI, digital transformation, product, or innovation strategy, this conversation delivers practical insights you can act on immediately.

In this episode, Amar Narain, CIO & VP–Information Technology at Pizza Pizza, joins host Tracy Gardner to share what it takes to evolve one of Canada’s most iconic and enduring pizza chains for the digital-first era.

In this episode, we explore how perfumers remain the heart and soul of fragrance creation, supported by powerful insights, data, and AI. Featuring Dr. Mansi Patney & Lauren Richards of Symrise, with host Tracy Gardner, discover how art, psychology, and technology blend to bring scents to life.

In this episode, Jay Caceres, Investment Specialist in Capital Markets at JPMorgan Chase, shares how AI is actually being scaled across Financial Services & Capital Markets- quietly, responsibly, and with impact.

In this episode, Carson Heady, MD, Americas Enterprise Nonprofit at Microsoft Elevate, shares how Microsoft balances responsible AI principles with enterprise-level innovation to drive meaningful impact.

Chief Technology Officer– Higher Education at World Wide Technology- Michael Sink, shares how AI is helping educational Institutions stay future-ready & aligned with industry needs.

AI is reshaping how luxury brands personalize & deliver experiences by creating hyper-personalized experiences and smarter supply chains.. Shailesh Kadam, Architect of Cloud & AI at Saks Global (previously at Neiman Marcus) shares how AI and cloud are revolutionizing the luxury retail experience- making it smarter, faster, and more personal than ever.

In this episode of Tech Talk with VLink, Shantanu Chakravarty— VP, Business Applications at Avison Young- unpacks why your IT roadmap might be lying to you. With 20+ years leading digital transformation, Shantanu shares hard-earned lessons on how rigid roadmaps can quietly derail progress — and what adaptive, outcome-driven leadership truly looks like.