Women in Tech Archives - Page 4 of 11

523: Stanley Black & Decker CIO Rhonda Gass discusses

Why Rhonda formed an enterprise IT organization to consolidate all of IT across the company
Why Rhonda has aligned IT to the company’s three strategic pillars: financial performance, innovation, and responsibility
The company’s North Star innovation model, which has the data platform positioned at the core and 4 interconnected platforms
Ways in which IT’s standardization and modernization helped prepare the company for the pandemic
The company’s 4 top priorities once the pandemic hit
Rhonda’s path to a public board
Her advice to others wishing to do the same

Among a variety of other topics.

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518: BECU credit union executive vice president and chief information officer Fumbi Chima discusses

Her career path as a woman of color
The legacy she wants to leave
The value Fumbi gained growing up and living in many continents of the world
How Fumbi brings her whole self to each role she has taken on
Why organizations have no choice but to change following the pandemic
Why companies need technologists on their boards if they are going to survive over the next five to ten years
A bit about the technologist’s role on boards
How being on a board helps Fumbi in her day job

Among a variety of other topics.

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511: Juniper Networks CIO Sharon Mandell discusses

The importance of being in a company whose products you believe in, understand, and can talk credibly about
How Sharon’s background as a software engineer helps her as a CIO
How the distinction between what goes on inside the walls of a company and how the product is delivered is becoming increasingly blurred
Sharon’s decision to get an MBA to better understand how business people think
How Juniper uses the cloud and AI
We discuss how Juniper Networks has responded to the pandemic
The measures it has taken to keep its employees safe
Sharon’s experience being on boarded during the pandemic

Among a variety of other topics.

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507: Honeywell Chief Digital Technology Officer Sheila Jordan discusses

Why data is the currency of any digital transformation
How the IT organization moved from being 69% outsourced, to much more heavily insource
How the pandemic has supplied the market with a significant amount of world class talent
How Honeywell has successfully identified, hired, and onboarded new employees during the pandemic
Why video is here to stay
The increasing importance of security in a remote workforce
An overview of Honeywell’s connected enterprise
The state of the union of women in IT
Sheila’s take on AI

Among a variety of other topics.

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505: Duke Energy CIO Bonnie Titone discusses

How Duke Energy uses data
An overview of Lighthouse, the company’s enterprise digital transformation program.
How Duke Energy’s people-focused approach towards digital transformation helped set the company up well to deal with COVID
How the pandemic has accelerated the digital and technology transformation for many companies
We discuss Bonnie’s view on the state of women in technology
How AI and other technologies can be used to modernize the energy sector

Among a variety of other topics.

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490: Fannie Mae Kimberly Johnson COO discusses

How the COVID-19 pandemic has brought out more empathy in people
Her take on the renewed focus on social injustice in our society
The role technology can play to help foster change
How the concept of anti-racism is gaining traction
The importance of having a diverse slate of mentors and mentees
Some of the groups Kimberly admires, including ITSMF, INROADS, and Year Up

Among a variety of other topics.

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In this interview, Intel CIO Archana Deskus discusses,

Archana’s purview as the global CIO of Intel
Archana’s experience coming up to speed in the role
Intel’s response to COVID-19
How COVID-19 will impact the future of work
How her team has been enabling the shift to remote work.
The company’s data-first mindset and their Corporate Data Office
How the company is using artificial intelligence
How the CIO role has evolved in Archana’s 17+ years in the post

Among a variety of other topics.

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In this interview, we discuss

Daphne’s transition from the CIO role to the boardroom advising CIOs
How the CIO role has dramatically evolved over her career
Daphne’s advice for CIOs looking to join boards
Why non-for-profit boards is a good stepping stone for for profit boards
How CIOS can bring a defensive and offensive mindset to the boardroom
Daphne’s experience across three different boards
Daphne’s view on the progress of women in technology

Among a variety of other topics.

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In this episode, Mojgan discusses the company’s commitment to making innovation part of its DNA and the strategic pillars the company has put in place, which are focused on evolving the way the company works to drive integrated teams to push the blurring of lines between business and technology. First, the company leverages design thinking methodologies and always starts with the customer and works backward, and it has small multifunctional teams of technologists and business experts. Second, the company has developed a strategic architecture, driving modernization and simplification where appropriate. Lastly, but most importantly is talent, which the company considers its advantage multiplier. Mojgan cites that Travelers drives new skill sets and engineering talent in a variety of ways. We also discuss Mojgan’s view on the future of women in technology, and the revolution she sees happening in that regard, how Mojgan looks at the company’s 160-year old history as a position of extreme strength, how Mojgan’s diverse career path has colored her experience at Travelers, and a variety of other topics.

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453: In this episode, Anima discusses the synergy of working in both academia and in the industry, from her previous positions at AWS and University of California, Irvine, to her current research at NVIDIA and Caltech. She shares how AI can accelerate scientific discovery with engineering capabilities, such as powerful GPUs, that continuously push AI forward at a very fast pace. We also discuss what is known as the Trinity of the deep-learning revolution: algorithms, data, and compute infrastructure. Anima shares insights on scaling, self-supervision techniques, embodied intelligence, and her thoughts on the future of AI. Finally, we end with a discussion of Anima’s mission of globally democratizing and diversifying AI.

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