Designing the Skills-First Enterprise: AI and Workforce Reinvention

February 19, 2026

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About the Guest

Ehren Powell

Chief Digital Officer | Marathon Petroleum

Ehren Powell is Chief Digital Officer of Marathon Petroleum Corporation, the largest oil refining system in the United States, operating approximately 3 million barrels per day of crude oil capacity across 13 refineries and generating nearly $140 billion in annual revenue. In his five-plus years in the role, Powell has led a comprehensive modernization of the company’s digital, data, cybersecurity, and IT capabilities. He oversees digital transformation, enterprise data and analytics, infrastructure, and cybersecurity, with a mandate to elevate technology’s role in driving safety, reliability, and operational excellence across Marathon’s integrated downstream and midstream businesses.

Episode Overview

Is AI really eliminating jobs, or is it redefining skills?

In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Ehren Powell, Chief Digital Officer of Marathon Petroleum Corporation, about leading digital transformation at one of America’s largest and most complex industrial enterprises. Powell shares how he is building a skills-first organization—decomposing roles, augmenting capabilities with AI, and reassembling work around differentiated processes.

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