The InformationWeek Podcast

What does tech leadership do to course-correct if AI initiatives miss their goals?
In these adolescent days for AI in the enterprise, some initiatives can feel like exploring undiscovered country.
Vijay Kotu, chief analytics officer at ServiceNow, and Jonas Hansson, chief information officer at Axis Communications, discuss how they address times when a course correction might be needed on an AI initiative.

Even with preparation, a C-suite tech leader may have to adapt in the moment to meet security threats. Bad actors, by nature, do not play by the rules. In the AI era, the rules have certainly changed on both sides, and who knows what will happen once quantum computing becomes readily available. So how do CTOs and CIOs handle threats or near-misses? Do post-action reports lead to real calls to action?
Panelists:
Zach Lewis, CIO at the University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis
 
Brian Alvey, Chief Technology Officer, WordPress VIP
 
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Aaron Harris, CTO at Sage, and Jerry Shu, CTO and co-founder of Daylit, share how they avoid letting questionable metrics derail optimization plans.

Bill Vass of Booz Allen Hamilton and Ameya Kanitkar of Larridin discuss how they are responding to escalating AI costs while keeping AI on track.

Alex Lisle, CTO, Reality Defender and Hui Zhang, CTO, Conviva, share their approaches to preparing potential new tech leaders as roles continue to evolve.

Much of the attention on quantum computing focuses on the dangers of bad actors getting their hands on the technology and then breaching traditional security and defenses. But the threat is still years away. Is it worth investing time, energy, and money now when that practical use is down the road?
Pal Narayanan, chief digital and Information officer with Kenco, and Rishi Kaushal, CIO with Entrust, share their answers on the podcast.

How do C-suite tech leaders handle times when others in the C-suite or board rejected strategic tech proposals?
The CEO obviously must sign off on a proposal—who are the other essential stakeholders who must be convinced for a proposal to get off the ground?
Brian Blakley, CISO with Bellini Capital and Pierre DeBois, CEO of Zimana Analytics, discuss decisions on supporting or shutting down new strategic technology plans.

Art Hu, CIO at Lenovo; Marc Kermisch, chief AI and technology officer at Protolabs; and Joe Papp, CTO at Anthro Energy, discuss cultivating new leaders during the AI transformation era.

Mike Gerhard, BDO USA's chief data and AI officer, and Nate Unruh, Nox Group's CIO, discuss setting boundaries and governance for AI-driven decisions.

In this episode, Gourav Pani, chief business officer at GoDaddy, and Eddie Fox, CTO at MetTel, discuss decisions their teams had to make on whether to modernize legacy systems or to wrap them around AI.