Everyone's chasing AI. Meanwhile, most organizations are wasting 25-30% of their software budget on tools nobody uses.

In this episode, we meet James Malek, Senior VP of IT Infrastructure at Lexitas, who inherited chaos—45 acquisitions in five years, no structured IT department, and a hodgepodge of contracts everywhere. Instead of chasing the next shiny thing, James took a different approach: foundation first.

What his team discovered when they finally got visibility into their software estate—including 300 employees using ChatGPT at a legal services company handling sensitive data—changed everything.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why software waste persists despite decades of awareness—and what actually fixes it

• How one company consolidated seven separate ShareFile contracts into one

• The shadow AI problem hiding in your organization right now

• Why you can't do it all yourself—and what to do instead

Featuring:

• James Malek, Senior VP of IT Infrastructure, Lexitas

• Elizabeth D'Amico, Manager, SAM Programs & Enablement, Softchoice

• Josh Brewer, Account Executive, Softchoice

The Catalyst by Softchoice is the podcast dedicated to exploring the intersection of humans and technology.