InsideDT: The Inside Digital Transformation Podcast

In today’s episode, I’m speaking with Alan Brill, Senior Managing Director in Kroll’s Cyber Risk Practice and an adjunct professor at Texas A&M School of Law. Alan was also part of the coding team that sent Apollo 11 astronauts to the moon. Also on the call is John Bennett, Global Head of Government Affairs in Kroll’s Cyber Risk Practice, and a former Assistant Director of the FBI. Today we’re going to be talking about why creating software that is secure by design, a relatively straightforward idea, can be so hard to achieve in the real world. Some of the topics we touch on in this episode include why business and competitive pressures can make it hard for management to prioritize cyber security. We explore what needs to change so that everyone in the software development life cycle -- from developers to the board -- understands that secure code is just as important as the features and functionalities they are trying to bring to Market We also touch on the need for standardizing software bills of materials and how they can be used to ensure the software that is being produced is meeting a minimum set of standards for security and transparency. LinkedIn pages: Alan Brill John Bennett Company website: www.kroll.com/en Link to Allen’s website: www.techcopy.net If you would like a shareable edited transcript of this episode, please contact Allen Bernard at abernie182@gmail.com.

In this week’s episode, I'm speaking with Forrester analyst Rowan Curran about the hottest Topic in tech today which is the AI chatbot ChatGPT. We're going to get into what it is, what it isn't (which is sentient or intelligent) and the outsized impact it is about to have on how we all interact with technology both at work and in our everyday lives. We talk about how no one really knows how its doing what it does under the hood. Experts have ideas but large language, generative AI models like ChatGPT appear to be drawing conclusions about the world around them without being taught. We also get into how it is advancing the state of Turning Bots, which is AI generated computer code, how it can be used by knowledge workers, chemists, engineers, developers and many others to do their jobs better. We take a look at what’s next for the technology, as well. It appears that multi-modal AI models that use visual and other forms of sensory data, not just text, are just on the horizon. Resource links: Rowan's LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rowan-curran-33071618/ Company website: https://www.forrester.com/bold Link to Allen’s website http://www.TechCopy.net If you would like a shareable edited transcript of this episode, please contact Allen Bernard at abernie182@gmail.com.

In today’s episode, I’m speaking with Board CTO Nelson Petracek about the different enterprise use cases for distributed ledgers, which are often referred to as blockchains even though a blockchain is just one form of the technology. We also talk about why, despite years of hype, these technologies, which showed so much early promise haven’t really taken off. We also discuss some alternative technologies such as immutable databases that can be used to achieve similar results—without the management headaches inherent in a distributed ledger. Finally, we take a look ahead to identify where this technology may find a home and where its benefits really lie. Board is a provider of Intelligent Planning Solutions to over 2,000 organizations worldwide including H&M, BASF, Burberry, Toyota, and Coca-Cola. When this call was recorded in October of 2022, Nelson was the CTO of the business intelligence platform provider TIBCO. Resource links: Nelson's LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/npetrace/ Company website: https://www.board.com/en Link to Allen’s website https://www.techcopy.net If you would like a shareable edited transcript of this episode, please contact Allen Bernard at abernie182@gmail.com.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Bob Almond COO and founder of Full Armor about how to define and implement a zero trust cyber security architecture in your organization. We get into what’s driving the need for zero trust, how zero trust differs from traditional approach es to cyber security, how to define what zero trust looks like in your organization, what additional point solutions if any you’ll need since most of what you need you already have deployed, and then the mindset changes zero trust requires to be successful. Full Armor is a white labor developer of cyber security products for some of the biggest brands in the IT market.

In this episode, I'm speaking with Zohair Mehkri, director of digital twins at Flex, about how the company is using digital twins to do everything from modeling production environments to increasing top line growth by removing friction from the very start of their customer engagements. For one customer, Flex ran through 9 trillion – that's with a "T" - permutations of a production line to get it just right before building it. We also discuss the evolution of the digital twins, the technology’s current limitations, and where it is going.  Finally, we talk about lessons learned from Flex’s five year digitization journey as well as what type of changes are required to successfully deploy digital twins in your organization. Flex is a $26B global contract manufacturing firm with operations in 30 countries.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Stephen Schroth, executive vice president and enterprise design officer for KeyBank, about how to use design thinking to achieve the best business outcomes from your digital transformation efforts. KeyBank is a Cleveland-based $1.9B financial services company with 18,000 employees in 15 states. Today's episode will cover, among other things: What design thinking is How it is applied to digital transformation How putting users at the center of the solution leads to better business outcomes The questions executives need to ask Real world examples of design thinking

In this episode, I'm back with Brian Shea CIO of MedOne Healthcare Partners in Columbus, Ohio to talk about the impact cyber is having on organization’s ability to engage in digital transformation. We talk about making cyber an integral part of your corporate DNA, the panacea effect of too many cyber tools, how cyber vendors can make solving the cyber security problem more difficult, how to balance security and performance and host of other issues important to the day-to-day performance of high-functioning organizations. MedOne is the largest hospital medicine practice in central Ohio.  Link to Brian's scorecard podcast: https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1pejkl

In this episode, I talk with Brian Shea CIO of MedOne Healthcare Partners in Columbus, Ohio about how to implement a cyber security scorecard he developed that improves your overall cyber security posture and future readiness.  Brian uses the standard red, yellow, green indicators of the scorecard to track where the organization is up-to-date and where it needs to improve. The scorecard also serves as a handy tool to quickly show other c-suiters and the board where they stand regarding cyber. Finally, Brian discusses how you can develop and similar scorecard and approach to use in your organization. MedOne is the largest hospital medicine practice in central Ohio.

In this episode, I'm speaking with Julian Llorente, the director of data privacy at Tealium, about the impact data privacy is having on the ability of organizations worldwide to innovate with digital technologies.  We discuss the impact of GDPR and challenges created by newly emerging privacy regulations in the U.S. We talk about the impact of data privacy on the ability to get and keep customer trust as well as the difficulties privacy creates for Agile developers. We also talk about the business value of strong privacy practices even in emerging markets and how you can managed privacy issues through the creation of multi-disciplinary teams that keep your organization on the right side of regulators and your customers. Tealium is a customer data integration platform provider with over 850 customers around the globe.

In this episode, I’m speaking with Sanjay Srivastava, chief digital strategist for Genpact, about how to execute the four elements of any successful digital transformation initiative – proof of concept, scaling a pilot to production, cultural change management, and building a data foundation. Digital transformation projects fail for many reasons, so getting each of these elements right is the key to the success of your efforts. Genpact is a $4B professional services firm with over 100,000 employees doing business in 30 countries. Topics covered include: Digital transformation is all about competitive advantage and delivering a different value proposition Most digital transformation projects fail when they are scaled from pilot to production Treating data as its own asset class is critical to business success today Resources links: LinkedIn for Sanjay: www.linkedin.com/in/sanjaysrivastava/ Genpact's website: www.genpact.com Link to Allen's website: TechCopy.net If you would like an shareable, edited transcript of this episode, please contact Allen Bernard at abernie182@gmail.com. 

In this episode, I'm speaking with Nicola Morini Bianzino, Global Chief Technology Officer at EY about how he is using AI, a data fabric, digital process twins, and lots of trial and error to find business process optimization opportunities that would otherwise go unnoticed.  EY is a $45B tax and advisory company with 360,000 associates worldwide.  Topics covered include: How digital process twins differ from business process automation How data sits at the core of their efforts How CXOs can get started with process twins inside their organizations Resources links: LinkedIn for Nicola: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicola-morini-bianzino-8888a4/ EY website: https://www.ey.com/en_us Link to Allen’s website https://www.TechCopy.net If you would like an shareable, edited transcript of this episode, please contact Allen Bernard at abernie182@gmail.com. 

Hi Everyone. Thanks for checking out InsideDT: The Inside  Digital Transformation Podcast. InsideDT explores how organizations of every size and shape are using technology today to survive and thrive in the face of relentless change. If you are a business or technology leader charged with making the most of digital transformation in your organization, this podcast is for you. We’ll be launching full episodes on January 5, 2023 so please check back every week for our next installment. Talk to you soon!