Among other topics, Mike discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

* The three innovation pillars that underpin Facebook’s ten-year roadmap

* The talent needs of Facebook extending beyond computer engineering

* Strategies for unifying a diverse talent pool to achieve a common goal

* Engaging in partnerships within the industry to accelerate the rate of technological change

* How utilizing Facebook in the workplace can bolster productivity and collaborative efforts among employees

* The idea of “cultural engineering” to build cohesion across an organization

Mike Schroepfer's Biography

Welcome to Metis Strategy’s Forum on World Class IT. I’m Peter High, and I’m pleased to welcome Mike Schroepfer to the broadcast. Mike is the Chief Technology Officer at Facebook. In that role, he leads the development of the technology strategies and teams that will enable Facebook to connect billions of people around the world and make significant breakthroughs in fields like artificial intelligence and virtual reality.

Before Facebook, Mike was the Vice President of Engineering at Mozilla Corporation, where he led the global and open product development process behind Firefox. Mike was formerly a distinguished engineer at Sun Microsystems, which acquired his company, CenterRun. He began his career working at various startups, including a digital effects software startup where he developed software that has been used in several major motion pictures.

Mike holds a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in computer science from Stanford University and has filed two U.S. patents.

I met with Mike in his office at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, California last week, and our conversation covered Facebook’s ten-year plan, and the three innovation pillars that he leads. Examples of innovations that the organizations are working on in the near and long-term, the methods he uses to evaluate recruits and employees, the way in which Facebook has maintained its innovative edge despite its extraordinary growth, among a variety of other topics.

Among other topics, Rick discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

* Strategic planning for dramatic projected growth

* Leveraging infrastructure

* Smart sourcing

* Nurturing innovation

* Striking a balance on employee security issues

* Eye on the Trends: Social, Mobile, and Cloud Analytics; DNA/ Genomics; IoT connectivity in healthcare in real time

Rick Hopfer’s Biography

Rick Hopfer is the Chief Information Officer of Molina Healthcare, a $14 Billion healthcare company providing health services to financially vulnerable families and individuals covered primarily by government programs. As CIO, Rick is responsible for all technology and security at the company.

Prior to Molina, Rick worked for Sony Pictures Entertainment, where he served as CIO for four years and as senior vice president of information technology prior to that. Before Sony, he served as CIO for Homestore.com and then as chief technology officer (CTO) for Homestore International.

Rick received his Bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from Arizona State University.

Among other topics, Rick discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

* Strategic planning for dramatic projected growth

* Leveraging infrastructure

* Smart sourcing

* Nurturing innovation

* Striking a balance on employee security issues

* Eye on the Trends: Social, Mobile, and Cloud Analytics; DNA/ Genomics; IoT connectivity in healthcare in real time

Rick Hopfer's Biography

Rick Hopfer is the Chief Information Officer of Molina Healthcare, a $14 Billion healthcare company providing health services to financially vulnerable families and individuals covered primarily by government programs. As CIO, Rick is responsible for all technology and security at the company.

Prior to Molina, Rick worked for Sony Pictures Entertainment, where he served as CIO for four years and as senior vice president of information technology prior to that. Before Sony, he served as CIO for Homestore.com and then as chief technology officer (CTO) for Homestore International.

Rick received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Information Systems from Arizona State University.

Among other topics, Roger discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

* Exploring the roles and responsibilities of the Chief Innovation Officer

* Defining innovation, and the various types that exist at Pitney Bowes

* The importance of cultivating an ecosystem of partners to accelerate efforts for innovation

* The global innovation team at Pitney Bowes and how it approaches and organizes its work

* Processes and methodologies for incubating innovation

* Where Pitney Bowes draws its inspiration for innovation

* Eye on the trends: Internet of Everything, Commerce Cloud, Digital

Roger Pilc’s Biography

Roger is the Chief Innovation Officer of Pitney Bowes, a $4 billion e-commerce solutions provider. In that role, Roger is responsible for spearheading the organization’s innovation efforts to help its customers succeed in an increasingly complex digital and physical world. Prior to Pitney Bowes, Roger worked for CA Technologies where he held leadership roles as a Senior Vice President and General Manager. He also held positions as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Roger received a bachelor’s degree in Operations Research, Economics, & Government from Cornell University, a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Among other topics, Roger discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

* Exploring the roles and responsibilities of the Chief Innovation Officer

* Defining innovation, and the various types that exist at Pitney Bowes

* The importance of cultivating an ecosystem of partners to accelerate efforts for innovation

* The global innovation team at Pitney Bowes and how it approaches and organizes its work

* Processes and methodologies for incubating innovation

* Where Pitney Bowes draws its inspiration for innovation

* Eye on the trends: Internet of Everything, Commerce Cloud, Digital

Roger Pilc's Biography

Roger is the Chief Innovation Officer of Pitney Bowes, a $4 billion e-commerce solutions provider. In that role, Roger is responsible for spearheading the organization’s innovation efforts to help its customers succeed in an increasingly complex digital and physical world. Prior to Pitney Bowes, Roger worked for CA Technologies where he held leadership roles as a Senior Vice President and General Manager. He also held positions as a management consultant at McKinsey & Company and Booz Allen Hamilton.

Roger received a bachelor's degree in Operations Research, Economics, & Government from Cornell University, a master’s degree in Industrial Engineering from Stanford University, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Among other topics, John discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

* The meaning and intent of Deloitte’s Center for the Edge

* Why the constant drive for efficiency will undermine the requirements of economic success for the future

* The importance of scalable learning and its implications on performance improvement

* Practices for instituting enterprise wide transformations

* Defining the “Passion of the Explorer” and how to unlock the passion of your employees

* How the American school system inhibits the development of true passion among its students

* Business strategies of the most successful tech-companies in Silicon Valley

John Hagel’s Biography

John is the Co-Chairman of Deloitte’s Center for the Edge. This Silicon Valley-based group conducts original research and develops substantive points of view on emerging business opportunities that should be on CEOs’ agendas. John has over 30 years of experience as a management consultant working both independently and with leading consulting firms. John is also a highly-acclaimed speaker and author. His latest book is “The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, can Set Big Things in Motion”.

John received bachelor’s degrees from Wesleyan University and Oxford University. He also received a J.D. and MBA from Harvard University.

Among other topics, John discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

* The meaning and intent of Deloitte’s Center for the Edge

* Why the constant drive for efficiency will undermine the requirements of economic success for the future

* The importance of scalable learning and its implications on performance improvement

* Practices for instituting enterprise wide transformations

* Defining the “Passion of the Explorer” and how to unlock the passion of your employees

* How the American school system inhibits the development of true passion among its students

* Business strategies of the most successful tech-companies in Silicon Valley

John Hagel's Biography

John is the Co-Chairman of Deloitte’s Center for the Edge. This Silicon Valley-based group conducts original research and develops substantive points of view on emerging business opportunities that should be on CEOs’ agendas. John has over 30 years of experience as a management consultant working both independently and with leading consulting firms. John is also a highly-acclaimed speaker and author. His latest book is “The Power of Pull: How Small Moves, Smartly Made, can Set Big Things in Motion”.

John received bachelor’s degrees from Wesleyan University and Oxford University. He also received a J.D. and MBA from Harvard University.

Among other topics, Jeff discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

* How Jeff’s role at Google (and the company itself) has evolved since he joined in 1999, and his current role as the head of Google Brain

* How Google resists organizational stasis and remains innovative, despite growing into a corporate behemoth

* Google’s vision for an AI first world, and how the company applies its fundamental AI research to improving and creating new products and service

* Trends in artificial intelligence such as open source software and conversational assistants

* Major challenges AI presents

* How companies in any industry can leverage artificial intelligence

Biography

Welcome to Metis Strategy’s Forum on World Class IT. I’m Peter High, and I’m pleased to welcome Jeff Dean to the broadcast. Jeff is a Google Senior Fellow, currently leading Google Brain, the search giant’s initiative to build large-scale artificial neural networks. Jeff also leads the development of TensorFlow, Google’s open-source library of machine learning algorithms.

Jeff joined Google in 1999 and had a leading role in building much of the core technology and infrastructure of the company

Jeff earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota where he studied Computer Science and Economics. In 2009, Jeff was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, and was also named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS).

I recently caught up with Jeff by phone at his office in Mountain View, California. Our conversation covered World Class IT principle, one, People, as we discussed how Google continues to attract, retain, and train top engineering talent; principle three, Project & Portfolio Management, as we discussed Google’s process for productizing its AI research and bringing it to market, and principle four, IT & Business Partnerships, as we discussed how Jeff determines who to interact with inside and outside the company. We also discussed Google’s vision for the transition from the mobile first world, to an AI first world, and how Jeff and the Google Brain team are building the infrastructure to bring this vision to life.

Among other topics, Jeff discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

* How Jeff’s role at Google (and the company itself) has evolved since he joined in 1999, and his current role as the head of Google Brain

* How Google resists organizational stasis and remains innovative, despite growing into a corporate behemoth

* Google’s vision for an AI first world, and how the company applies its fundamental AI research to improving and creating new products and service

* Trends in artificial intelligence such as open source software and conversational assistants

* Major challenges AI presents

* How companies in any industry can leverage artificial intelligence

Biography

Welcome to Metis Strategy’s Forum on World Class IT. I’m Peter High, and I’m pleased to welcome Jeff Dean to the broadcast. Jeff is a Google Senior Fellow, currently leading Google Brain, the search giant's initiative to build large-scale artificial neural networks. Jeff also leads the development of TensorFlow, Google’s open-source library of machine learning algorithms.

Jeff joined Google in 1999 and had a leading role in building much of the core technology and infrastructure of the company

Jeff earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from the University of Washington, and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota where he studied Computer Science and Economics. In 2009, Jeff was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, and was also named a Fellow of the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (AAAS).

I recently caught up with Jeff by phone at his office in Mountain View, California. Our conversation covered World Class IT principle, one, People, as we discussed how Google continues to attract, retain, and train top engineering talent; principle three, Project & Portfolio Management, as we discussed Google’s process for productizing its AI research and bringing it to market, and principle four, IT & Business Partnerships, as we discussed how Jeff determines who to interact with inside and outside the company. We also discussed Google’s vision for the transition from the mobile first world, to an AI first world, and how Jeff and the Google Brain team are building the infrastructure to bring this vision to life.

Among other topics, Mike discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy:

* The ongoing digital transformation that is taking place in the farms of America

* How Land O’Lakes’ IT has evolved from a supporting function to an industry leader in innovation

* An overview of technologies that he and his team have developed to help revolutionize the way farmers work

* Successful management practices that he uses to streamline IT with the needs of the business, its partners, and clients

* Important emerging skills to be considered by all aspiring technologists

* The role of cybersecurity at Land O’Lakes

* Methods to prospect new technologies for the business

* Eye on the Trends:Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence

Mike Macrie’s Biography

Mike Macrie is the Chief Information Officer of Land O’Lakes, a $15 billion agricultural- cooperative. In that role, Mike is responsible for leading the organization’s digital transformation while overseeing the operations of information technology. Through his work at Land O’Lakes, Mike was awarded the Forbes CIO Innovation Award.

Prior to joining Land O’Lakes, Mike worked for Ingersoll Rand where he was the Vice President of Software Architecture and Strategy. Mike also held positions at G5 Technologies and AlliedSignal Aerospace (Honeywell).

Mike received his bachelor’s degree in Physics from Cornell University, where he was also a member of the varsity baseball team, and he also has an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.