AWS - Conversations with Leaders
202 episodes - English - Latest episode: 20 days ago - ★★★★★ - 21 ratingsThe Conversations with Leaders podcast, brought to you by AWS (Amazon Web Services), features peer-to-peer conversations between business executives on innovating for growth, building resiliency, and shaping the future of their organizations.
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#43: Leading, Motivating, and Communicating | Scott Reese, SVP, Manufacturing, Cloud & Production Product, Autodesk
September 01, 2020 13:18 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBScott Reese, the SVP of Manufacturing, Cloud & Production Product at Autodesk sits down with Miriam McLemore, an Enterprise Strategist for AWS, to discuss Autodesk's transition to the AWS Cloud. Scott shares his insights on motivating employees, key areas of focus for their teams, and how the AWS Cloud is positioning Autodesk for the future.
#42: Opinions on the Customer Centric CIO | James Rinaldi, Chief Information Technology Advisor, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
August 27, 2020 22:08 - 38 minutes - 35.6 MBEnterprise Strategist Miriam McLemore sits down with James Rinaldi, the CITA of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, to discuss her new eBook "The Customer Centric CIO". Listen in to hear James' thoughts on the book, the concept of being customer centric, and how he has lead organizations with this concept in mind.
#41: War & Peace in IT | Mark Schwartz, Director, Enterprise Strategy, AWS
August 25, 2020 13:16 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBMark Schwartz, a Director of Enterprise Strategy for AWS, is the author of a new book, War and Peace in IT. Listen in as he sits down with fellow AWS Enterprise Strategist, Jake Burns, to answer questions submitted by customers about the book.
#40: How to Break the Status Quo | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists
August 21, 2020 14:44 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MBListen in as AWS Enterprise Strategists Jake Burns, Bryan Landerman, and Ishit Vachhrajani discuss how overcoming inertia and breaking the status quo is helping leaders to become more agile in the face of COVID-19.
#39: Training and Certification at AWS | Maureen Lonergan, Director of Training and Certification, AWS
August 19, 2020 19:02 - 24 minutes - 22.2 MBClosing out our Training and Certification series, Maureen Lonergan, the Director of Training and Certification at AWS, sits down with Enterprise Strategist Jake Burns to talk about AWS' approach. Listen in as they discuss why leaders should pay attention to talent development, how AWS can help customers meet their goals, best practices, and more.
#38: Practical Approaches for Creating Cloud Fluency | Ollie Simpson, Leader for Cloud Transformation and Learning, BP
August 12, 2020 12:57 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBContinuing our Training and Certification series, Ollie Simpson, the Leader for Cloud Transformation and Learning at BP, talks to us about how BP is responding to their need for skills and talent throughout their cloud adoption.
#37: The Importance of Training and Certification | Prakash Kota, CIO, Autodesk
August 04, 2020 17:19 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBKicking off our training and certification series, Prakash Kota, the CIO of Autodesk, sits down with Jake Burns to discuss how Autodesk is training and motivating their employees as they migrate to the AWS Cloud.
#37: The Importance of Training and Certification | Prakash Kota, CIO, Autodesk
August 04, 2020 17:19 - 34 minutes - 47.3 MBKicking off our training and certification series, Prakash Kota, the CIO of Autodesk, sits down with Jake Burns to discuss how Autodesk is training and motivating their employees as they migrate to the AWS Cloud.
#36: Machine Learning in the NFL | Michelle McKenna, CIO, NFL
July 28, 2020 12:19 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBMiriam McLemore, an Enterprise Strategist for AWS, sits down with Michelle McKenna, the CIO of the NFL, to talk about some of the NFL's newest projects. Listen in as they discuss how Machine Learning and AWS Cloud technology is supporting initiatives like Next Gen Stats, the virtual draft, and their newest project, The Digital Athlete.
#35: Modernization: Three Perspectives on Top Modernization Questions | Ask the AWS Strategist
July 21, 2020 19:24 - 25 minutes - 23.2 MBClosing out our modernization conversation, Jake, Bryan, and Ishit take time to answer the common questions they're asked by other executive leaders, providing three different perspectives on today's most pressing modernization topics.
#34: Modernization: What Strategies Work? | Ask the AWS Strategist
July 17, 2020 20:14 - 38 minutes - 35 MBContinuing our modernization conversation, Jake, Bryan, and Ishit take some time to talk about where their modernization strategies differ. The Strategists discuss architecture patterns, dealing with databases, and strategies for course correction.
#29: Modernization - Benefits and Challenges | Ask the AWS Strategists
July 17, 2020 20:13 - 20 minutes - 18.5 MBKicking off a series on IT modernization, Jake, Bryan, and Ishit describe their personal experience leading modernization projects, and discuss its benefits and potential challenges.
#33: Organizational Culture and Machine Learning | Shahram Ebadollahi, Head of Data Science and AI, Novartis
July 15, 2020 15:28 - 38 minutes - 35.5 MBContinuing with our Machine Learning series, Jake sits down with Shahram Ebadollahi, the Head of Data Science and AI at Novartis. They talk about Novartis' migration to the AWS Cloud, how they are training their current employee base, and how he is leading the organization as their culture continues to evolve.
#32: Modernization: Change Management | Ask the AWS Strategist
July 09, 2020 07:00 - 20 minutes - 18.7 MBContinuing the conversation on modernization, the Strategists discover commonalities in their approaches to change management, highlighting the importance of understanding how your stakeholders define value, maintaining momentum, and melting "the frozen middle".
#31: Five Best Practices for Taking Advantage of Machine Learning | Swami Sivasubramanian, VP Machine Learning, AWS
July 07, 2020 13:45 - 38 minutes - 34.8 MBSwami Sivasubramanian, VP of Machine Learning at AWS, describes five best practices for getting started with machine learning, based on his observations of AWS customers.
#30: Becoming a Customer Centric CIO | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists
June 30, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBAWS Enterprise Strategists Jake, Ishit, and Bryan discuss the definition of customer-centricity, who the CIO's customers really are, and what they've learned about customer obsession at Amazon.
#28: Overcoming Struggles with the Cloud | Andre Garcia, SVP IT Operations & Quality Engineering, TracFone
June 17, 2020 13:08 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBAndre Garcia, SVP of IT Operations and Quality Engineering at TracFone, sits down with Jake Burns to talk about TracFone's migration to the AWS Cloud. Garcia shares how they've overcome challenges and forged a new path for TracFone.
#27: Customer Trends | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists
June 09, 2020 07:00 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBThis week, Bryan, Ishit, and Jake are sharing trends they are seeing from customer conversations, and common issues that are top of mind for leaders today.
#26: The Power of Constraints | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists
June 02, 2020 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBContinuing the conversation from last week, Bryan, Ishit, and Jake discuss the power of constraints. Sharing stories from their past, and insight from customer conversations, we learn more about the benefits of failure - and the importance of working backwards from a customer problem.
#25: Controlled Demolition | Ask the AWS Enterprise Strategists
May 27, 2020 20:04 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBWelcome to our new series, Ask the AWS Strategist. In this episode, three Enterprise Strategists discuss the latest questions they're hearing from executives in the industry, and their opinions based on experience. Join us this week, as Bryan Landerman, Ishit Vachhrajani, and Jake Burns talk about a concept called "controlled demolition" and focusing on the why, vs. the how, in reaching customers.
#24: Leading an Organization Through Cloud Transformation | Keisha Garcia, Program Director Cloud Transformation, BP
May 12, 2020 04:00 - 8 minutes - 7.33 MBKeisha Garcia, Cloud Transformation Program Director at BP, on how she is leading BP through their cloud journey. Talking with Miriam McLemore, Keisha dives deep on the importance of bringing your executive team along the journey, bridging organizational gaps while navigating change.
#23: Growth Through Transformation, Innovation, Agility, and Resilience | Simon Noonan, CIO, Sportsbet
April 28, 2020 18:23 - 7 minutes - 7.29 MBSimon Noonan, CIO of Sportsbet, talks with Miriam McLemore about their cloud transformation journey, and the importance of innovation, invention, agility, and resilience. Simon partners with his CFO, and peer executives through his "cloud academy."
#22: Innovation and Leading Organizational Change | Henk Coenen, Heading Cloud Center of Excellence, NXP
April 21, 2020 04:15 - 16 minutes - 15 MBHow do you innovate and enable new products in an increasingly fast paced industry? Henk Coenen from NXP dives into NXP's transformation and how innovation can be enabled by embracing failure and taking the right approach to organization change.
#21: The Changing Role of the CFO with Elena Gomez | Elena Gomez, CFO, Zendesk
April 16, 2020 00:45 - 10 minutes - 9.95 MBElena Gomez, CFO of Zendesk, sits down with Sean Boyle, former CFO of AWS, to discuss the changing role of the CFO, creating a nimble culture, and partnering with the rest of the C-suite on innovation strategy.
#20: Business Innovation and Eliminating the Skills Gap | Michael Fagan, CTO, KMart/Target Australia
April 07, 2020 04:15 - 16 minutes - 15.4 MBMichael Fagan sits down with us to share the importance of training all employees, include the CTO, helpdesk employees, and executive assistants, on cloud technology and how this can further business innovation and increase efficiencies. With the customer first mentality, Michael dives into what KMart has planned in their continued goal of delivering a best in class customer experience.
#19: The Changing Role of the CFO | Jason Child, CFO, Splunk
March 31, 2020 04:15 - 10 minutes - 9.83 MBJason Child, the CFO of Splunk, and Sean Boyle, the former CFO of AWS, discuss how the role of the CFO is changing, including partnering with the CIO, using data in technology, and the importance of culture.
#18: Maintaining Pace of Innovation in FinTech | Paul Onnen, VP Finance Technology, Amazon
March 24, 2020 04:15 - 8 minutes - 7.69 MBPaul Onnen, the VP of Finance Technology at Amazon, sits down with Sean Boyle, the former CFO of AWS, to discuss his approach at building high-performance, globally scalable financial systems that support Amazon's current and future growth.
#17: How Executives are Thinking About Transformation | Thomas Blood, Digital Innovation Leader, AWS, Miriam McLemore, Enterprise Strategist, AWS
March 17, 2020 17:52 - 10 minutes - 9.93 MBWhat are the most challenging aspects of business transformation? After meeting with over 200 executives over the past year, Thomas and Miriam compare notes on the trends they've observed and discuss the common threads they're seeing globally and across industries.
#16: From the Floor of Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent (3 of 3)
March 03, 2020 16:39 - 14 minutes - 13.3 MBListen to our final episode from Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent, where we hear from Arun Shastry from Liberty Mutual insurance, Ross McKerchar from Sophos, Nicki Doble from Cover-More Group, and Paco Padilla from Konfio, on their experiences and key takeaways.
#15: From the Floor of Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent (2 of 3)
February 27, 2020 14:58 - 9 minutes - 8.64 MBListen in to part 2 of 3, where we hear from Dr. Ganesh Kumarof OFG Bank, Borre Wessel and Anvar Karimson of BCG Partners, and Ariel Schabas and Diego Navarro of Cencosud, on their experience and key takeaways from Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent.
#14: From the Floor of Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent (1 of 3)
February 27, 2020 14:56 - 5 minutes - 5.04 MBListen in to part 1 of 3, where we hear from Alison Robinson and Michael Berman - two leaders from top California universities - on their experiences and key takeaways from Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent.
#13 Leadership and Lessons Learned (Part 3 of 3) | Mark Webster, Director of Product, Adobe
February 21, 2020 23:02 - 23 minutes - 32.5 MBIn the final episode of our 3 part series, Mark shares the lessons he's learned, top challenges he faces as a leader, and how he keeps his team moving forward in a constantly changing environment.
#13 Leadership and Lessons Learned (Part 3 of 3) | Mark Webster, Director of Product, Adobe
February 21, 2020 23:02 - 23 minutes - 21.7 MBIn the final episode of our 3 part series, Mark shares the lessons he's learned, top challenges he faces as a leader, and how he keeps his team moving forward in a constantly changing environment.
#12 Voice Technology and the Impact on the Business (Part 2 of 3) | Mark Webster, Director of Product, Adobe
February 21, 2020 22:55 - 28 minutes - 39.8 MBMark is back to discuss the potential business impacts of voice technologies. He explains how the AWS Cloud and Amazon Alexa are enabling employees, increasing the reliability of systems, and creating new capabilities for UX designers.
#12 Voice Technology and the Impact on the Business (Part 2 of 3) | Mark Webster, Director of Product, Adobe
February 21, 2020 22:55 - 28 minutes - 26.5 MBMark is back to discuss the potential business impacts of voice technologies. He explains how the AWS Cloud and Amazon Alexa are enabling employees, increasing the reliability of systems, and creating new capabilities for UX designers.
#11 Potential of Voice Technologies and the Cloud (Part 1 of 3) | Mark Webster, Director of Product, Adobe
February 21, 2020 22:51 - 21 minutes - 20.1 MBIn part 1 of a 3 part series, Mark Webster, Director of Product at Adobe, talks about how the Cloud and Voice Technology is changing design and workflow at Adobe, and the overall impact of voice on the end user.
#10 Shaown Nandi, Former Chief Information Officer, Dow Jones | Leadership, Diversity, Learning to Fail, and Balancing Technology
February 21, 2020 22:46 - 15 minutes - 14 MBShaown Nandi, former CIO at Dow Jones, dives into how he and his team identify, develop, and inspire new leaders, the importance of diversity at Dow Jones, and his approach to encouraging mentorship. Shaown also explains why learning to fail keeps the business and employees on the forefront of new technology - as long as you fail in a smart way.
#9: Dave Bartoletti, VP, Principal Analyst, FORRESTER | Improve Organizational Agility
February 21, 2020 22:42 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBIn the final episode of our 3-part series Dave Bartoletti, VP and Principal Analyst from Forrester, shares how the cloud can drive operational and cultural change that improves business agility.
#8: Dave Bartoletti, VP, Principal Analyst, FORRESTER | Overcoming the Barriers to Cloud Adoption
February 21, 2020 22:22 - 23 minutes - 21.6 MBIn part 2 of a 3 part series Dave Bartoletti, VP and Principal Analyst, shares how successive deployments help overcome barriers to cloud adoption.
#7: Dave Bartoletti, VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester | How the Cloud is Transforming Businesses
February 21, 2020 21:52 - 28 minutes - 38.7 MBIn part 1 of a 3 part series Dave Bartoletti, VP and Principal Analyst from Forrester, sits down with Jake Burns, AWS Enterprise strategist, to discuss the business impact they are seeing from the acceleration of cloud technologies.
#7: Dave Bartoletti, VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester | How the Cloud is Transforming Businesses
February 21, 2020 21:52 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MBIn part 1 of a 3 part series Dave Bartoletti, VP and Principal Analyst from Forrester, sits down with Jake Burns, AWS Enterprise strategist, to discuss the business impact they are seeing from the acceleration of cloud technologies.
#6: Marten Mickos, CEO HackerOne | Security Trends, Leadership, and Innovation
February 21, 2020 21:45 - 10 minutes - 9.29 MBMarten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, discusses his thoughts on leadership, automation, governance, the role security plays in enabling a culture of innovation, strategies for addressing talent gaps, and security trends.
#5: Charles Beadnall, CTO, GoDaddy | Enabling Customer-centric Innovation
February 21, 2020 21:41 - 7 minutes - 6.85 MBCharles Beadnall, CTO, describes the approach to customer-centric innovation at GoDaddy, his formula to enable experimentation, and how he manages expectations for impact and investment.
#4: Marcy Klevorn leads innovation with autonomous cars and more, at Ford Mobility.
February 21, 2020 21:35 - 14 minutes - 13.4 MBWe talk to Marcy Klevorn, CIO Mobility, Ford Motor Company, about how she has accelerated Ford's transformation, using cloud technologies, agile teams, partnerships and acquisitions to to evolve Ford from a manufacturing company to a mobility company.
#3: Klaus Salchner: Leadership through culture & skills at Realtor.com.
February 21, 2020 21:16 - 17 minutes - 16 MBWe talk to Klaus Salchner, VP Engineering at Realtor.com, about his approach to engineering in silicon valley, building a center of excellence, and the importance of having a strong cultural backdrop to utilize when bringing new engineering talent into an organization.
#2: John Brady on what's top of mind securing FINRA.
February 21, 2020 21:10 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBWe talk with John Brady, SVP and CISO at FINRA, his role as CISO during FINRA's wide adoption of AWS as well as other issues that are top of mind for security leaders today.
#1: Brian Lozada on high velocity leadership.
February 21, 2020 21:03 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBWe talk with Brian Lozada, former CISO, ZocDocs, about his experience scaling with velocity in the cloud, building an infastructure as code culture and security risk and compliance.
#1: Brian Lozada on high velocity leadership.
February 21, 2020 21:03 - 22 minutes - 20.6 MBWe talk with Brian Lozada, former CISO, ZocDocs, about his experience scaling with velocity in the cloud, building an infastructure as code culture and security risk and compliance.
#8: Dave Bartoletti, VP, Principal Analyst, Forrester | How the Cloud is Transforming Businesses
November 26, 2019 14:45 - 28 minutes - 38.7 MBIn part 1 of a 3 part series Dave Bartoletti, VP and Principal Analyst, sits down with Jake Burns, AWS Enterprise strategist, to discuss the business impact they are seeing from the acceleration of cloud technologies.
#7: Marten Mickos, CEO HackerOne | Security Trends, Leadership, and Innovation
November 19, 2019 19:15 - 10 minutes - 14 MBMarten Mickos, CEO of HackerOne, discusses his thoughts on leadership, automation, governance, the role security plays in enabling a culture of innovation, strategies for addressing talent gaps, and security trends.