IT Visionaries
519 episodes - English - Latest episode: 19 days ago - ★★★★★ - 168 ratingsGain unparalleled access to the minds of industry-leading CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs. Enjoy weekly episodes filled with expert insights, inspiring stories, and trend analysis, all brought to you by the people shaping the future of technology. Whether you're an IT professional, aspiring tech leader, or general tech enthusiast, IT Visionaries has something for everyone. Don't miss out on the chance to learn from the best – subscribe now!
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Patent Pending: How the UPTO Office is Expediting the Time From Submittal to Approval
December 29, 2020 08:00 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBThe United States Patent and Trademark Office wants to modernize its technology stack, but to accomplish its ambitious goal, Jamie Holcombe, the CIO for USPTO has two main objectives: snapping out of a spell that binds people to age-old projects, and scaling its current way of doing things. “What I saw was the ability to actually outsource a lot of our infrastructure, and that means not actually having the data center that we currently do in Alexandria, although it's very efficient. What we...
The Algorithms that Bring you Style with Stitch Fix’s Director of Data Science, Tatsiana Maskalevich
December 24, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 48.5 MBThe old saying, “look good, feel good,'' fits Stitch Fix perfectly. The direct-to-consumer, online personal styling service has boomed due to its ability to not only match consumers with trendy and comfortable clothes, but to make it a personalized experience for each buyer. “At the end of the day, we want to be rooted in personalization. First and foremost, it's important for us that [consumers] not only come to Stitch Fix to complete a transaction, but that you really think about us as yo...
Hiring Solved: How this Eightfold.ai Has Solved the Hiring Process through A.I.
December 22, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.8 MBWhat if there was a software that could take the guesswork out of finding a career or an employee? And what if that software could not only analyze your technical skills, but also those that could lead you to leadership positions down the road? That would be great news for the hiring managers and everyday Americans who struggle with and feel anxious about the complexities of completing a job search. Lucky for them then, that Eightfold.ai is working to make those worries a thing of the past t...
Using Automation To Drive A More Personalized CX with HGS Chief Digital Officer, Virgil Wong
December 17, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFor years, marketers and technologists have envisioned a world where technology would be advanced enough and smart enough, that they could reach consumers on a deeper and more emotional level. Turns out, through the power of automation, that world may now exist. “I'm really talking about designing your digital channels so that they are cognitive. So you're reacting to what a customer might be feeling or thinking, being compassionate. So you're responding to the customer situation with a gen...
Using Automation To Drive A More Personalized CX with HGS Chief Data Officer, Virgil Wong
December 17, 2020 08:00 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBFor years, marketers and technologists have envisioned a world where technology would be advanced enough and smart enough, that they could reach consumers on a deeper and more emotional level. Turns out, through the power of automation, that world may now exist. “I'm really talking about designing your digital channels so that they are cognitive. So you're reacting to what a customer might be feeling or thinking, being compassionate. So you're responding to the customer situation with a gen...
The Next Normal: How to Prepare Your Workforce for the Next Big Pivot
December 15, 2020 08:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBIf there is one thing 2020 made abundantly clear, it’s that the way in which workers operate will never be the same. As employees rushed to set up monitors and home offices in their new environments, businesses across the world were recognizing an inevitable reality:: that this new lifestyle was here to stay. “As this progresses, the next normal is going to be about mobility and flexibility. We've got a taste of this working from home thing that [we’ve] never had before, and they're going t...
From the Open Road: how Dropbox CIO Sylvie Veilleux is Living the Brand
December 10, 2020 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBIt is only fitting that Sylvie Veilleux’s current adventure finds her wandering the backroads of the continental United States, cruising across America’s highways in search of her next stop. It’s an odyssey that’s reminiscent of her career path: From a start-up, to Apple, with a pitstop in financial services in between, before finally landing at the powerhouse that is Dropbox as its CIO, Sylvie’s career has been anything but linear. “As an individual, I can get pretty bored easily. And if t...
From the Open Road: How Dropbox CIO Sylvie Veilleux is Living the Brand
December 10, 2020 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBIt is only fitting that Sylvie Veilleux’s current adventure finds her wandering the backroads of the continental United States, cruising across America’s highways in search of her next stop. It’s an odyssey that’s reminiscent of her career path: From a start-up, to Apple, with a pitstop in financial services in between, before finally landing at the powerhouse that is Dropbox as its CIO, Sylvie’s career has been anything but linear. “As an individual, I can get pretty bored easily. And if t...
True to Form: Why Truepill is Reenergizing an Aging Healthcare System
December 08, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBWhen you’re labeled by Forbes as a “Billion Dollar Start-Up,” the expectations are set pretty high. But for Truepill President and Co-Founder Sid Viswanathan, the goal was never about earning accolades, it was about re-energizing and modernizing an aging healthcare system. “As consumers, we live in a world that's driven by [the fact that] you can order something on your phone and it shows up in that same hour, or that following day. Behind the scenes, that's been really hard to do in healt...
True to Form: Why TruePill is Reenergizing an Aging Healthcare System
December 08, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBWhen you’re labeled by Forbes as a “Billion Dollar Start-Up,” the expectations are set pretty high. But for TruePill President and Co-Founder Sid Viswanathan, the goal was never about earning accolades, it was about re-energizing and modernizing an aging healthcare system. “As consumers, we live in a world that's driven by [the fact that] you can order something on your phone and it shows up in that same hour, or that following day. Behind the scenes, that's been really hard to do...
Robots IRL: The Future of Robots in the Workplace
December 03, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutes - 42.5 MBWhat if instead of saying, “There’s an app for that,” the saying was, “There’s a bot for that?” And what if, instead of spending hours of your day performing repetitive tasks, a bot beneath the surface of your screen was doing the work for you? “With RPA, you're able to make the lives of people at work much, much easier. It improves their own lives, and improves the end customer's life. It improves their business. It improves the value prop they provide. So that is the way I think about it....
iRobot: The Future of Robots in the Workplace
December 03, 2020 08:00 - 45 minutes - 42.5 MBWhat if instead of saying, “There’s an app for that,” the saying was, “There’s a bot for that?” And what if, instead of spending hours of your day performing repetitive tasks, a bot beneath the surface of your screen was doing the work for you? “With RPA, you're able to make the lives of people at work much, much easier. It improves their own lives, and improves the end customer's life. It improves their business. It improves the value prop they provide. So that is the way I think ...
Powered by Chat: How Intercom is Evolving the Messenger
December 01, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutes - 45.6 MBSince the early days of dial-up internet, messenger services have been connecting people around the globe. What started as simple instant messenger text conversations have evolved into an entirely new language filled with emojis, gifs, and videos. Without question, the internet has forever changed the norms around how people communicate. “I was at Facebook at the time, loving Facebook, and the Facebook [ I was at] was unrecognizable from Facebook today. This is back in 2013. The reason I jo...
The Cost Per Kilowatt, with WattBuy CEO, Ben Hood
November 26, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBWe can all agree with Ben Hood when he said this about electricity: “Electricity hopefully should be like an Apple product. It just works and you don't have to think about it.” The problem, though, is millions of Americans do have to worry about their electricity. From high energy bills, to understanding the complexity of switching to solar and wind power, consumers around the world are struggling with the burden of not knowing the best and or cheapest alternatives to their current elect...
The Cost Per Kilowatt, with WattBuy CTO, Ben Hood
November 26, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBWe can all agree with Ben Hood when he said this about electricity: “Electricity hopefully should be like an Apple product. It just works and you don't have to think about it.” The problem, though, is millions of Americans do have to worry about their electricity. From high energy bills, to understanding the complexity of switching to solar and wind power, consumers around the world are struggling with the burden of not knowing the best and or cheapest alternatives to their current elect...
Meeting the Moment: How Christian Nascimento and Comcast Business Delivered When the Stakes were Highest
November 24, 2020 08:00 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBNever before have product teams been forced to absorb the pain points of their users first-hand like they are today. As companies deploy distributed workforces around the globe, the teams that are tasked with developing and implementing new products are now often utilizing products the same way their consumers are. “Everybody talks about digital transformation, but the COVID-19 situation rapidly accelerated and expanded that. Now you have businesses like a fitness center or restaurant that ...
Making Slack the Center of Work with CTO Cal Henderson
November 19, 2020 08:00 - 50 minutes - 46.9 MBMany of us know that familiar chime. It’s the sound you hear when someone messages you inside a channel on Slack, the business world’s leading communications platform. It’s a sound that has become synonymous with the company, which, as a matter of fact was never supposed to be the platform it has become. Cal Henderson, the co-founder and CTO of Slack, will tell you that the platform that has helped transform the way distributed workforces operate, was actually originally designed as a sim...
The Answer to a Safe Email Experience with Ironscales CEO, Eyal Benishti
November 17, 2020 08:00 - 44 minutes - 40.9 MBFor years, cybersecurity teams have worked at length to solve one common problem: email attacks. But how do you prevent bad actors from infiltrating an employee’s inbox? And how do you prevent that same employee from opening a malicious email that doesn’t look or feel suspicious? Eyal Benishti is the CEO of Ironscales, a self-learning email security platform that is attempting to answer those simple questions. On this episode of IT Visionaries, Eyal discusses how the Ironscales platform use...
Privacy by Design with Ethyca CEO, Cillian Kieran
November 12, 2020 08:00 - 47 minutes - 43.9 MBNever before have companies adopted digital transformations at such a rapid pace. But as the speed of those digital agendas are accelerated, should engineers and software developers around the globe be the ones responsible for protecting your data? Cillian Kieran, CEO and Co-founder of Ethyca, a company focused on helping enterprises with managing their privacy concerns by automating the process. Cillian joined IT Visionaries to discuss a host of topics including how companies can protect t...
Bridging the Talent Gap with Low-Code
November 10, 2020 08:00 - 49 minutes - 46 MBIt’s no secret that for year’s CIO and CTO’s have stressed about the idea of undergoing digital transformations. After all, the adoption and implementation of new technologies can be stressful, but the timeline to complete this roadmap is often littered with obstacles and delays. Jay Jamison knows this all too well. It was during his time at Hewlett Packard Enterprises that he began wondering if there was a better, more efficient route. Turns out, there was. “I don't want to go to a CIO and...
Why The Information Superhighway is Going Through its Biggest Transition
November 05, 2020 08:00 - 52 minutes - 48.2 MBThe information superhighway was a term coined in the 90s, but it’s still a useful term in 2020. Never before has the internet been more accessible — or more needed — than it is today. But even with technological advancements such as connected devices in most homes and accessible network connections in many cities and towns, there still remains almost a third of households in the United States that don’t have access to the internet. Morgan Kurk is the CTO of Commscope, a company you’ve pro...
The Importance of Scale with Blue Apron’s Irina Krechmer
November 03, 2020 08:00 - 46 minutes - 43.5 MBIrina Krechmer has been the CTO of Blue Apron for a little more than a year. When she was hired, her objective was to help guide the company through the process of upgrading its technology stack. While that remains one of her primary responsibilities to date, but certain world events have shifted priorities in ways neither she nor anyone else could have expected. So what happens when your company goes from an important business to an essential one? And how do you properly pivot to make sure ...
The Acceleration of the Digital Agenda with EKI Digital’s Chris Rigg
October 29, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBThere’s no bigger buzzword in technology than the term digital transformation. Stressed with the burden of fading legacy technologies, for years companies have viewed the process of upgrading their technology stack as a luxury rather than a necessity. Now, as more employees abide by work from home orders, that directive has shifted and those transformations are at the forefront of companies' needs. Christopher Rigg is the COO of EKI Digital, a company with the mission of simplifying the dau...
Introducing Albert Chou, Your New Host
October 27, 2020 03:00 - 41 minutes - 38.3 MBAll good things must come to an end and on this episode of IT Visionaries, after more than 200 episodes, countless conversations and numerous trips to the top of the Apple charts, Ian Faison is stepping down as host of the show and passing the baton to Albert Chou. Albert joins Ian to give some background on who he is and his background in tech and entrepreneurship, and then the two chat about the evolution of the show during its first two years, and the trends in the IT industry that are...
Bridging the Telehealth Digital Divide
October 22, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 68.2 MBThe COVID-19 pandemic has forced industries across the spectrum to quickly alter their business models, which meant that the need for accelerated digital transformations was higher than ever before. The healthcare industry was no exception, but how we access medical care has been undergoing a transformation for years thanks to the evolution of telehealth. Heather Cox is the Chief Digital Health and Analytics Officer at Humana, and on this episode of IT Visionaries, she touches on how health...
Analyzing Risk with LogicGate CPO, Jon Siegler
October 20, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.3 MBIf you ask most CIOs and CTOs what their biggest concern is, a majority of those leaders might respond with one simple question: How do we manage risk in a way that is effective and cost-efficient? Jon Siegler is the Chief Product Officer at LogicGate, a company that’s working to solve that very question with its platform. In this episode of IT Visionaries, Jon discusses how the platform is revolutionizing the risk-management industry, while putting its customers at the center of attention....
Democratizing DevOps with Copado’s CEO, Ted Elliott
October 15, 2020 07:00 - 41 minutes - 38.2 MBWhen you ask Ted Elliott what gets him excited the answer is a simple one: DevOps. As the CEO of Copado, Ted is helping companies around the world realize how DevOps can assist their organizations, even if they don’t understand how to code. Ted joined IT Visionaries to discuss exactly how Copado is helping to democratize DevOps. Plus, Ted details how his platform, in assistance with Salesforce, is aiding in the fight against COVID-19 through contact tracing. Main Takeaways Code for Coder...
The Power of Engagement with Workvivo CTO, Joe Lennon
October 13, 2020 07:00 - 44 minutes - 41.6 MBWhen you’re six years old and your dad says, ‘Take these discs and reformat the hard drive to this computer,’ you know you’re destined for a career in technology. Those were the words Joe Lennon heard in his youth, and today, Joe is the co-founder and CTO of Workvivo, a company that is helping employees communicate with their peers, while staying actively engaged with their employer. Joe joined IT Visionaries to discuss how the platform assisted companies in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemi...
Tweet, Tweet: The Unique Challenges of Managing Hootsuite
October 08, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutes - 36.2 MBWhen you’re a multi-time CTO, like Ryan Donovan, your objective is a simple one: find the next challenge that coincides with a mission that excites you. As the Chief Technology Officer at Hootsuite, the world leader in social media management, Ryan believes he has found that challenge. Ryan joined IT Visionaries for a discussion centered around how he manages a global staff from the comfort of his home. Plus he explains the difference between being a first-time CTO to an experienced C-suite ...
Thriving Amongst the Giants with Thrive Market CTO, Sasha Siddhartha
October 06, 2020 07:00 - 53 minutes - 49.2 MBIf you ask Sasha Siddhartha, there are three core barriers that have prevented consumers from living a healthier lifestyle: price, geography, and information. Now, as the co-founder and CTO of Thrive Market, Sasha is working to eliminate those barriers in order to provide consumers with healthier options, all at the click of a mouse. On this episode of IT Visionaries, Sasha discusses the role Thrive Market plays in assisting consumers on their personal health journey and why the grocery indu...
Three Key Challenges Facing CIOs Today
October 01, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 40.4 MBSean McDermott likes to say that his claim to fame is that he sent the very first email at the US Department of Justice. And while he enjoys being a part of that footnote in IT history, Sean — now the Founder and CEO of Windward Consulting Group — admits that the tech industry has come a long way since then, and it continues to evolve. Right now, the industry finds itself at an intersection — the government and the private sector have never needed IT more than they do today, and it’s a CIOs ...
Saving Lives With A.I.
September 29, 2020 07:00 - 39 minutes - 37 MBIntro Through the first half of 2020, the United States has reported nearly 30,000 gun violence deaths to date. And if you ask Rob Huberty, that number is 30,000 too many. As a former Navy SEAL turned entrepreneur, the rising levels of gun violence each year frustrates him, but now as the Chief Operating Officer of ZeroEyes, Rob is doing something about those numbers. Rob says, “When you see something you think you need, you go create it.” So he did. On this episode of IT Visionaries, Ro...
The Acceleration of the Digital Agenda
September 24, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 40.2 MBDigital transformation is a buzzword that’s fun to say hard to grasp. As more and more organizations embark on these technological journeys, are they really being led by the proper steward? Rich Penkoski, the CEO of Markets for Deloitte Consulting, believes that in order for companies to have a smooth transition,you have to think of it as a process that involves two key members of the C-Suite. On this episode of IT Visionaries Rich discusses why the CIO and CFO need to play an important ro...
Taking the Baton: How One Company is Solving Your Post-Sale Pain Points
September 22, 2020 07:00 - 31 minutes - 29.1 MBWhen Alex Krug was an executive at Behance, he noticed that quite a few tools had been developed to help encourage signups and onboard customers, but once they were working with the product, there was very little help offered. This was a problem he thought he could help solve, which is why he founded Baton. Today, as the founder and CEO of Baton, Alex is helping people streamline their actual workflow with automation and on this episode of IT Visionaries, he explains exactly what that looks ...
Good vs Bad: How to Develop a Bot that Works For You Not Against You
September 17, 2020 07:00 - 46 minutes - 42.9 MBEvery company has a breaking point. A moment when an organization realizes it is overwhelmed by an avalanche of inbound calls and emails that bombard personnel with the same rudimentary questions over -and over again. It’s a vexing problem that resembles a scene from Groundhog Day, where team members feel as if they are constantly reliving the same day. But what if there was an easy data-powered solution to this problem? David Karandish is the CEO of Capacity, a company on a mission to solve...
Combining A.I. with Human Intelligence to Solve One of Humanity's Biggest Problems
September 15, 2020 07:00 - 44 minutes - 41.4 MBWhat happens when you combine A.I. with human intelligence? One answer is that you get Unbabel, a machine translation service on a mission to solve one of humanity’s most vexing challenges: language barriers. At Unbabel, the ultimate goal is to be able to communicate with anyone, anywhere in the world regardless of their native language. But to achieve that lofty goal we need data, we need translators and we need them to work together. João Graca is the Co-founder and CTO of Unbabel and on...
The Path to Becoming a CIO, with Intervision’s Jeff Ton
September 10, 2020 07:00 - 45 minutes - 42.4 MBJeff Ton is honest and direct when he says nobody grows up wanting to be a CIO. If you ask Jeff, he’ll say he thought he’d be a rockstar, touring the backroads of the country in a van, playing gigs on weeknights. That was always the plan...until an impulse purchase of a Commodore 64 changed Jeff’s path forever. Jeff is now a multi-time CIO, currently serving as an IT Strategy Advisor at InterVision and the Founder of Ton Enterprises and he joined IT Visionaries to take us through his journey...
How Good Karma Empowered Credit Karma with co-founder and CTO Ryan Graciano
September 08, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MBRyan Graciano remembers the early days of Credit Karma like they just happened. Born in the midst of a financial crisis, Credit Karma’s rise to significance didn’t seem certain, and Ryan remembers thinking to himself numerous times, “Are we going to make it?” Today, Credit Karma serves more than 100 million users, and provides consumers with tools that empower them to take the biggest financial steps in their lives. On this episode of IT Visionaries, Ryan discusses the early turbulence the c...
Why Your Code is My Code with Sonatype’s Vice President Derek Week’s
September 03, 2020 07:00 - 48 minutes - 67.4 MBDerek Weeks has spent his entire career teaching, educating, and fostering relationships. From his first job with Atari teaching people how to use its consoles, to his role today as a Vice President and DevOps advocate at Sonatype, Derek works to educate others. Derek joined IT Visionaries for a conversation centered on the growth of the DevOps industry and how he is helping to grow that community through All Day DevOps, an online 24-hour conference featuring more than 100 speakers. Key Ta...
Why Your Code is My Code with Sonatype’s Vice President Derek Week’s
September 03, 2020 07:00 - 48 minutes - 45.1 MBDerek Weeks has spent his entire career teaching, educating, and fostering relationships. From his first job with Atari teaching people how to use its consoles, to his role today as a Vice President and DevOps advocate at Sonatype, Derek works to educate others. Derek joined IT Visionaries for a conversation centered on the growth of the DevOps industry and how he is helping to grow that community through All Day DevOps, an online 24-hour conference featuring more than 100 speakers. Key Ta...
How the Magic Pocket Task Force Changed Dropbox
September 01, 2020 07:00 - 40 minutes - 37.7 MBMore than likely you have uttered the phrase, “Yeah, I’ll just Dropbox that to you.” The turn of phrase has become so popular thanks to the capabilities Dropbox has offered to the masses. People around the world can share and store documents, pictures and information simply by dragging a file into a folder. But how does that file get stored, and how do those precious items live in a space that seems almost endless? Andrew Fong is the Vice President of Infrastructure at Dropbox, and on this e...
LoRa vs 5G: Why Cities Like Calgary are Opting for One over the Other
August 27, 2020 07:00 - 39 minutes - 36.7 MBAlistair Fulton has always considered himself a mechanic. After all, his job as the Vice President and General Manager of Semtech’s Wireless and Sensing Business is to utilize the tools provided to him in his toolbox and give customers the appropriate solution. The only difference is his toolkit helps millions of people across the world stay connected through a variety of different technologies. Fulton joins IT Visionaries to provide a referendum on the state of the IoT, and he discusses wh...
Funding Change: Why Clean Energy Ventures Are No Longer Uninvestable
August 25, 2020 07:00 - 43 minutes - 39.7 MBVenture capital funding for clean energy technology companies has declined in recent years, but one new fund is looking to buck that trend. Dan Goldman is the Co-Founder & Managing Director of Clean Energy Ventures, and he is trying to be a catalyst, and change the narrative by providing those companies with the resources they need to make long-lasting positive impacts. Dan joined IT Visionaries to discuss the process Clean Energy Ventures goes through when selecting new companies. And he ...
Accelerating Change with Elemental’s CEO Dawn Lippert
August 20, 2020 07:00 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBBusiness incubators or accelerators have helped launch some of the greatest companies of our time and one is hoping to fund the next unicorn looking to save our world. Dawn Lippert is the CEO of Elemental Excelerator, a company investing big money in the hopes of a better tomorrow. Dawn joined IT Visionaries to discuss the work her company is doing in places like Hawaii, California and Asia.And she underscores the importance of investing in communities and why we cannot afford to stop fundin...
The Importance of Recognizing and Empowering the CISO
August 18, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 34.3 MBDan Blum is an internationally recognized expert in security and privacy, he is also the author of the book Rational Cybersecurity for Business. On this episode of IT Visionaries, Dan has an honest and thoughtful conversation on why the role of the Chief Information Security Officer is often buried within IT departments, the importance of buy-in among leadership and why zero-trust is often not the best answer in every use case. Key Takeaways The role of the Chief Information Security Of...
Tailor Made: How Savitude is Revolutionizing Fashion with A.I.
August 13, 2020 07:00 - 38 minutes - 35.4 MBFor many, the idea of walking into a store and finding new clothes that actually fit is non-existent. The designs are either too bulky, or the lengths of the sleeves and pants are too long. Frustrated, many leave and do their shopping online instead. Except the experience isn’t much better there. Savitude co-founders Nick Clayton and Camilla Olson are on a mission to help turn the situation around. The idea behind the company is a radical one: to recreate a designer’s brain by using code. Ni...
Cloning Your Closers with the CEO of Chorus.ai, Jim Benton
August 11, 2020 07:00 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBFor years, customers have been frustrated with the sales process due to the breakdown in communication that happens when multiple people are involved. But what if that process was streamlined? Imagine a world where a sales representative, regardless of experience with an account, could pick-up where the previous person left off? That’s the world Jim Benton and Chorus.ai are working to create. Jim joined IT Visionaries to discuss the problem, the solution and why technology-empowered reps are...
Fighting the Stigma of Mental Health with A.I. and Machine Learning
August 06, 2020 07:00 - 28 minutes - 26.4 MBIn the midst of a global pandemic, when social interactions are limited and many of us only have access to basic necessities that are deemed essential, more and more individuals are pivoting to online therapy to deal with anxiety, depression, and overall strife. Roni Frank, the Co-founder of Talkspace, joined IT Visionaries to discuss how their app is filling an important gap in the healthcare industry and how technology is providing people the help they need at scale. Key Takeaways: ...
Working To Streamline Authentication in Online Marketplaces
August 04, 2020 07:00 - 24 minutes - 22.4 MBAs more-and-more of people work from home and restrict their trips out of the home, eCommerce companies continue to be the ones reaping the benefits. One of those companies is The RealReal, a consignment giant with a focus on bringing luxury brands to everyone. Josh Schlanger, the Head of DevOps and Product Support at The RealReal, joined IT Visionaries to discuss how eCommerce sites operate, how The RealReal is working to sift out fake products, and why he thinks jobs will make a more perm...
Leading Through A Crisis with GitHub’s CTO Jason Warner
July 30, 2020 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBAt the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, companies around the world were asking the same question: How do I mobilize my workforce and give them the tools and skills they need to work from home? GitHub employs more than 1,000 employees, all of whom work remotely. So we invited their CTO, Jason Warner, back to the program to discuss how he advised companies on adapting to their new normal. And he gave some best practices he’s learned about leading through a crisis, and explained why GitHub ...