episode 826

Dell CIO/CDO Jen Felch on Culture, Innovation, and the Interplay Between Consumer and Enterprise Experiences

Jen Felch is the Chief Information Officer and Chief Digital Officer of Dell, a technology company that provides the essential infrastructure for organizations to transform their digital futures and earns in excess of $100 billion in annual revenue. Jen has been in her role for over four years, and she's been with Dell for nearly 20 years. She is a champion of culture within the company and a driver of innovation. She's also an advocate on behalf of the company with its customers, many of whom are her peers as tech and digital chiefs. December 07, 2023

826: Companies often serve a variety of clients ranging from individual consumers to large-scale organizations. When delivering experiences for each of these clients, Jen Felch, CIO and CDO at Dell, believes they are one and the same. In this interview, Jen explains the interplay between these two types of experiences her team delivers and the customer-centric mindset she fosters at the company. She describes the benefits and challenges of being customer zero for the company’s products, the management of the organization’s modernization efforts, and what having a magnetic and transformative culture looks like. Similarly, Jen talks about the culture of risk-taking when it comes to innovation, her approach to generative AI and AI more generally, and the necessity of weaving together cybersecurity with these innovative technologies and methods of experimentation. Finally, Jen reflects on the keys to her success and looks ahead at the trends in technology that are on her radar.

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The World Class IT principles in yellow were the focus of this interview

  • 01 1- People
  • 02 2- Infrastructure
  • 03 3- Project and Portfolio Management
  • 04 4- IT & Business Partnership
  • 05 5- External Partnerships

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