Transformers Turns One: Rapid Fire with Ann Funai
Information is everywhere. For businesses, information is everything. The role of the CIO and other transformative leaders has evolved to impact all areas of business, from employee experience and digital labor agents to product development and the customer experience.
Hosted by Ann Funai, CIO and VP of Business Platform Transformation at IBM, Transformers takes you behind the scenes and screens of today’s transformative leaders. Explore their real-world challenges, inspiring lessons and practical best practices. From personal transformations to external influences, Ann and her guests explore what it truly means to be transformers. Tune in every other Wednesday at 7 AM EST to join the transformation journey.
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Season 2
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May 2025 - present
- Episode 12: Adaptability Quotient: The CIO edge in an AI world
- Episode 11: The business case for multimodal AI and automation
- Episode 10: Partners, tech and taxes: Driving transformation with EY and IBM
- Episode 9: Humans, partnerships & AI agents: Is your enterprise ready?
- Episode 8: AI & cyber resilience: What every C-Suite must know
- Episode 7: Data Sovereignty & AI: Scaling Health Equity with Digital Innovation
- Episode 6: Assume positive intent: Leadership lessons for CIOs
- Episode 5: Inside B2C Marketing with Barbra Sainsurin of Anthropologie Group
- Episode 4: AI for good, with Frank Sweeney, CIO
- Episode 3: Transforming legacy at scale, with Amala Duggirala, USAA
- Episode 2: FalconStor's tech transformation with CEO Todd Brooks & CTO Ron Morita
- Episode 1: Choosing models and transforming mindsets with David Tan, CTO, CrushBank
December 2024 - April 2025
- Episode 10: Navigating transformation traps with Nonie Sethi
- Episode 9: Three keys to business transformation with Benni Blau, CPIO, SAP
- Episode 8: Healthy tech with Sarah Hatchett, Cleveland Clinic
- Episode 7: Transform your tech: AI customizations, data solutions, and the mindset for progressive overload
- Episode 6: The transformation Venn diagram: Strategy, implement and operate
- Episode 5: Partners, priorities and the art of the possible
- Episode 4: CIO and CTO, a match made in nerd heaven
- Episode 3: A CTO's wishlist for 2025
- Episode 2: The year to get open source right
- Episode 1: Transformation: What's a CIO got to do with it?
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