Technovation with Peter High (CIO, CTO, CDO, CXO Interviews)
Twice-weekly conversations with top executives and thought leaders at the intersection of business, technology, and innovation. Each episode explores the technology trends transforming business and the leaders driving digital change inside their organizations. Produced by Metis Strategy and hosted by firm President Peter High, it is the premier podcast for IT and technology professionals with the largest collection of interviews with elite CIOs, CTOs, and CDOs.
Episodes
Avi Eyal on Why Great Founders Still Matter Most in the Age of AI
Artificial intelligence may be transforming how companies are built, but Avi Eyal believes the fundamentals of identifying exceptional founders haven’t changed.
In this episode of Technoventure, Peter High sits down with Avi Eyal, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Entrée Capital, to discuss what separates enduring companies from the rest. Drawing on years of experience investing in early-st
Jim Peko on Building the Future of Professional Services at Grant Thornton
Professional services is undergoing its biggest transformation in decades, and AI is only part of the story.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Jim Peko, CEO of Grant Thornton Advisors LLC, about how the firm is redefining the professional services model through private equity, platform consolidation, strategic acquisitions, and a $1 billion technology investment. Jim explains
The Complexity Problem: Gus Shahin on Simplifying the Enterprise for AI
Most companies don’t have a technology problem. They have a complexity problem.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Gus Shahin, EVP of Business Technology and Operations at NetApp, about consolidating IT, operations, global security, and enterprise process under a single leader. Shahin joined NetApp in 2024 after 24-plus years at Flex, where he served as CIO and led globa
How Jack Henry Uses AI and Data Science to Transform Community Banking
What happens when a technology provider can see patterns across 244 million account holders and thousands of financial institutions?
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Keith Fulton, Chief Data Officer at Jack Henry, about how data science and AI are transforming community banking. Keith explains how Jack Henry is leveraging industry-scale data to help banks reduce fraud, predi
How SailPoint’s CIO Is Securing AI Agents, Machine Identities, and Enterprise
As AI agents gain access to enterprise systems, identity security is becoming the control layer for responsible AI adoption.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Sree Kancharla, CIO of SailPoint, about how identity governance is evolving from managing human access to securing machine identities, AI agents, and autonomous workflows. Sree discusses SailPoint’s role as “
Stephen Ward on Why Great Cybersecurity Leaders Think Beyond Technology
Cybersecurity leadership isn’t ultimately about technology, it’s about judgment, influence, and the ability to lead through uncertainty.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Stephen Ward, cybersecurity executive, investor, and former security leader at several large enterprises. Stephen reflects on his unconventional journey from government service to corporate cyber
How Freudenberg Built a Startup-Style Innovation Engine for Emerging Tech
How does a 177-year-old industrial company maintain startup speed while preparing for technologies that may not mature for another decade?
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Vishwanath Hegadekatte, Director of Innovation at Freudenberg Technology Innovation (FTI), about building an internal innovation engine designed to identify, test, and scale emerging technologies across a
How Curt Garner Built Chipotle’s $5B Digital Commerce Engine
Most digital transformation stories begin with customer-facing technology. Chipotle’s began by redesigning operations.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Curt Garner, President, Chief Strategy & Technology Officer at Chipotle Mexican Grill. Curt shares how Chipotle evolved from accepting fax orders in 2015 to operating a $5 billion digital commerce engine today. He e
Inside Southwest’s Modernization Journey: Resilience and Operational Excellence
Southwest Airlines has spent the last several years modernizing one of the most complex operational environments in the world. In this episode of Technovation, Lauren Woods, EVP and CIO of Southwest Airlines, shares how the company transformed a period of operational disruption into a catalyst for long-term technology modernization and resilience.
Lauren discusses Southwest’s investments in
Sankar Chinnathambi on AI, Forecasting, and Digital Agriculture at Driscoll’s
How do you apply AI to one of the world’s most perishable supply chains?
In this episode of Technovation, host Peter High speaks with Sankar Chinnathambi, CIO of Driscoll’s, the world’s largest berry company. With operations spanning more than 30 growing regions and products sold in approximately 60 countries, Driscoll’s faces a unique challenge: moving billions of berries
Arpan Shah on AI Agents, Venture Capital, and the Future of Knowledge Work
Artificial intelligence is changing how knowledge work gets done, and AI agents may be the next major leap.
In this episode of Technoventure, Peter High speaks with Arpan Shah, General Partner at Spark Capital, about how AI is reshaping research, investing, software development, and enterprise productivity. Arpan shares how he uses AI agents to accelerate diligence, synthesize information, and exp
How Vanguard Is Preparing for an AI-Powered Future
Artificial intelligence may be the most transformative technology in decades, but only if it moves beyond automation.
Recorded live at Vanguard’s unlimITed Technology Conference, Peter High sits down with three Vanguard leaders: Joe Davis, Global Chief Economist; Nitin Tandon, Global Chief Information Officer; and Joanna Rotenberg, Managing Director of Personal Wealth. Together, they explore
Toward Clinical-Grade AI: Shaping the Healthcare Experience
Healthcare accounts for nearly one-fifth of the U.S. economy, making it one of the most consequential sectors for AI-driven transformation. In this special Technovation summit panel moderated by Mike Bertha, Partner at Metis Strategy, Michael Pfeffer, Chief Information & Digital Officer at Stanford Health Care and Stanford School of Medicine, and Chad Wasserman, CIO of HCA Healthcare, explore
How Ralliant Is Building AI-Native Operating Systems for Industry
AI is changing more than software, it’s redesigning how enterprises operate.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Amir Kazmi, Chief Technology and Growth Officer at Ralliant, about how precision technology companies are embedding AI into operational workflows, industrial systems, and critical infrastructure. Amir explains how the Ralliant Business System (RBS) is evolving into a
From Pilot to P&L: Scaling AI with Financial Discipline
Enterprise AI is entering a new phase, one defined less by experimentation and more by measurable business value.
In this summit panel episode of Technovation, Steven Norton speaks with Richard Jardim of CIBC, Sears Merritt of MassMutual, and Shekar Pannala of The Hartford about what it really takes to scale AI responsibly inside large, highly regulated enterprises.
The discussion explores how lea
Paige Craig on Why Great Founders Matter More Than Great Ideas
What makes a founder truly exceptional?
In this episode of Technoventure, Peter High speaks with Paige Craig, Founder and Managing Partner of Outlander VC, about the founder characteristics that separate resilient entrepreneurs from persuasive storytellers. Drawing from his experience as a Marine sergeant, intelligence operator, entrepreneur, and early investor in companies like Lyft, Paige shares
Steve Jobs in Exile: How Failure at NeXT Forged a Legendary Leader
Steve Jobs’ greatest leadership lessons did not come during Apple’s rise, they came during exile.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with award-winning journalist and author Geoffrey Cain about Steve Jobs in Exile, his new book examining the overlooked NeXT Computer years that transformed Jobs from a volatile founder into one of the most influential business leaders in history.
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The Insight Economy: Turning Intelligence into Revenue
AI is quickly evolving from a productivity tool into a growth engine, and the organizations that can operationalize enterprise intelligence at scale will define the next era of competition.
In this summit panel episode of Technovation, Peter High and Andrew Krusell speak with Steve Bronson, CIO of Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits, and John Gigerich, SVP & CIO of Keurig Dr Pepper, about how
Reinventing the Operating Model in an Era of Disruption
AI productivity gains alone are no longer enough. The organizations creating real enterprise value are redesigning their operating models around data, decision advantage, and differentiated capability.
In this episode of Technovation, we feature a panel from our most recent Metis Strategy Summit where Peter High moderated a conversation with Alexandra Guenther, SVP & CIO at Leidos, and Kelly F
Redefining the Modern Tech Leader
As AI reshapes enterprise operating models, the profile of the modern technology leader is changing just as quickly.
In this special Technovation Summit May 2026 panel, Metis Strategy’s Steven Norton sits down with executive search leaders Tarun Inuganti of Korn Ferry, Ryan Bulkoski of Heidrick & Struggles, and Mike Doonan of SPMB Executive Search to discuss how AI is redefining executive hiri
Enrique Salem on Founder Leadership, Trust, and Scaling Technology Companies
What separates founders who successfully scale companies from those who struggle to evolve beyond the startup phase?
In this episode of Technoventure, Peter High speaks with Enrique Salem, Partner at Bain Capital Ventures and former CEO of Symantec, about leadership, cybersecurity, enterprise software, and the evolving role of AI in both business growth and cyber threats. Enrique shares lessons fr
Inside Charter’s Shift From Network Hardware to Software-Driven Infrastructure
As telecom infrastructure becomes increasingly software-defined, technology leaders must rethink everything from engineering talent to AI operations and customer experience.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Jake Perlman, Executive Vice President and Chief Technology and Information Officer at Charter Communications, about how one of the nation’s largest connectivity provider
From Tools to Transformation: How Expedia Operationalizes AI at Scale
AI isn’t just a capability, it’s an operating model shift.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Ramana Thumu, CTO of Expedia Group, about how one of the world’s largest travel platforms is embedding AI into the core of how it operates. From AI squads integrated into business units to enterprise-wide AI literacy, Ramana shares how Expedia is aligning culture, processes, and techn
Inside Target’s Experience-First Strategy with CIO Prat Vemana
Retail is no longer about transactions, it’s about designing experiences that create joy.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Prat Vemana, Chief Information and Product Officer at Target, about how one of the world’s largest retailers is redefining customer experience across digital and physical channels.
Prat shares how Target is embedding design into every layer of the organi
How Catalyst Brands Uses Data and AI to Scale Across Retail Brands
What does it take to turn a portfolio of legacy retail brands into a scalable technology platform?
In this episode of Technovation, Kumar “Kartik” Kartikeya, SVP and Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Catalyst Brands, shares how he is building a shared operating model across data, AI, and customer experience to unlock enterprise value at scale.
Leading technology for a $9B multi-brand retail
Ro Gupta on Toyota’s Speedboat Strategy for Venture-Driven Innovation
Most enterprises struggle to see beyond their immediate priorities. Toyota built a system to solve that.
In this episode of Technoventure, Ro Gupta, Managing Director of Woven Capital, explains how Toyota uses a “speedboat” venture strategy to identify and act on emerging technologies before they become obvious. Drawing on his experience as both a founder and investor, Ro shares how corporate vent
Andrew Yang on AI Job Disruption and Why Policy Is Falling Behind
AI disruption is no longer a future scenario, it’s already reshaping the workforce. In this episode of Technovation, Andrew Yang, Founder & CEO of Noble Mobile, author of Hey Yang, Where’s My Thousand Bucks? shares why job displacement is accelerating faster than leaders and policymakers can respond.
A former presidential candidate and founder of the Forward Party, Yang has been warning
Feroz Sheikh on AI as the Final Puzzle Piece in Modern Agriculture
AI is becoming the missing layer that transforms agriculture from a physical practice into a data-driven system.
In this episode of Technovation, Feroz Sheikh, Chief Information and Digital Officer of Syngenta, shares how AI, data, and digital platforms are reshaping how farmers make decisions and how innovation scales across global agriculture.
Key highlights include:
How AI completes the evolut
How Kamini Lane Is Modernizing Real Estate at Scale with AI and Standardization
What does it take to modernize a 120-year-old real estate powerhouse without losing its entrepreneurial edge?
In this episode of Technovation, Kamini Rangappan Lane, President and CEO of Coldwell Banker Realty, shares how she is transforming one of the largest residential real estate networks in the U.S. by standardizing the back end while preserving the human, local nature of the business.
She di
Why AI Transformation Fails Without Culture: CIO & CPO Insights from Genesys
AI transformation doesn’t fail because of technology, it fails because of culture.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Trevor Schulze, CIO, and Eva Majercsik, Chief People Officer, of Genesys, about how they are jointly leading a human-centric AI transformation across a 6,000-person global organization. Together, they unpack why AI must be treated as a cultural shift and how or
The Career Insight Most People Miss: Bill Gurley on Fascination & The Dream
Most career advice gets one thing wrong: it always tells you to follow your passion.
In this episode of Technoventure, Bill Gurley, recent Author of Runnin’ Down a Dream, General Partner at Benchmark and investor in companies like Uber and Zillow shares a more actionable framework: follow your fascination. Drawing from decades in venture capital and insights from his new book, Gurley explains how
Inside Swiss Re’s AI Strategy: Faster Claims, Smarter Insights, Better Outcomes
What if claims processing could be 10x faster without sacrificing accuracy?
In this episode of Technovation, Pravina Ladva, Group Chief Digital and Technology Officer at Swiss Re, shares how one of the world’s leading reinsurers is using AI to transform claims processing, unlock insights, and redefine how work gets done across the enterprise.
Key highlights include:
How AI is reducing claims proc
David Pogue on How Apple Turned Failure into Breakthrough Innovation
Apple’s greatest successes were built on failure.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with David Pogue, an Emmy-winning journalist, former New York Times technology columnist, CBS News correspondent and author of Apple: The First 50 Years, about how Apple transformed early product missteps into category-defining innovation.
Drawing on 150 interviews and decades of coverage, Pogue un
Lisa Davis on Why the Workplace Is Broken, and How Leaders Can Redesign It
The modern workplace wasn’t designed for today’s leaders, and it’s starting to break under the pressure.
In this episode of Technovation, board director, author and former CIO Lisa Davis joins Peter High to examine why the workplace system, built decades ago, no longer supports the realities of modern careers. Drawing from her leadership experience across government, academia, and the private sect
The 90% Model: Dr. Ram Charan on China’s Manufacturing War
China is competing on control. In this episode, Ram Charan explains the “90% Model,” a strategy designed to dominate global manufacturing through scale, pricing power, and long-term positioning.
Drawing on decades advising CEOs and global leaders, Charan breaks down how this model is reshaping industries—and what it means for business leaders navigating a fragmented, multi-polar world.
Key insight
From $2B to $20B: Jon McNeill on Tesla’s Hypergrowth Algorithm
What does it really take to scale a company 10X in just a few years? Jon McNeill argues it’s not genius, it’s a system.
In this episode of Technoventure, Jon McNeill, former President of Tesla and CEO of DVx Ventures, breaks down “The Algorithm,” a five-step framework that powered Tesla’s rise from $2B to $20B in revenue. He shares how questioning assumptions, eliminating friction, and acceleratin
Why Citi Re-Engineers Workflows Before Applying AI
Why do most AI initiatives fail to deliver real value? Because they automate broken processes instead of fixing them.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Shobhit Varshney, Global Head of Artificial Intelligence at Citi, about how one of the world’s largest banks is rethinking AI from the ground up. With experience spanning Citi and IBM, Shobhit shares how a value-first, platfor
From Projects to Value Streams: Gilbane’s CTO on Outcome-Driven IT
What happens when IT stops delivering projects—and starts delivering outcomes?
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Alex Gutman, CTO of Gilbane, about how a 150-year-old construction leader is transforming its IT operating model around value streams. Gutman shares how aligning technology to client-defined value is driving agility, accountability, and measurable business impact.
Scaling Technology at Omnicom: Craig Cuyar on Post-Acquisition Transformation
What does it take to scale technology across one of the world’s largest marketing organizations?
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Craig Cuyar, Global CIO of Omnicom, about leading technology transformation across a $25B global enterprise.
Craig shares how Omnicom is evolving from a holding company to a more centralized operating model, particularly in the wake of its acquisi
Why Good Companies Go Bad: Eric Ries on Corporate Corruption
Why do so many successful companies eventually lose their way?
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Eric Ries, entrepreneur, founder of the Long-Term Stock Exchange, and author of The Lean Startup and his new book Incorruptible: Why Good Companies Go Bad and How Great Companies Stay Great.
Eric argues that corporate corruption rarely begins with bad actors. Instead, it emerges f
Software to Digital Workers: Sandhya Venkatachalam on the AI Economy
Is AI evolving beyond software into a new form of digital labor?
In this episode of Technoventure, Peter High speaks with Sandhya Venkatachalam, Co-Founder and General Partner at Axiom Partners, about the next phase of artificial intelligence.
Sandhya argues that AI is moving from a tool that assists humans to systems capable of performing entire jobs, from data science to network engineering. Thi
Kellie Romack on How ServiceNow Generated $355M in AI Value
Enterprise leaders are investing heavily in AI, but many struggle to generate measurable business value.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Kellie Romack of ServiceNow about how the company is scaling AI across its operations to produce real, quantifiable results.
ServiceNow has already generated $355 million in AI-driven value internally, with automation resolving many servic
From Encounters to Journeys: Rajan Mohan on Digital Healthcare Transformation
Healthcare systems have traditionally been designed around individual encounters, not the patient journey.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Rajan Mohan, Chief Marketing and Digital Experience Officer at Ascension Health, about how digital platforms, marketing strategy, and AI are reshaping how healthcare organizations engage patients.
Drawing from leadership roles at Marriot
The Thinking Machine: How Jensen Huang Won the GPU War for NVIDIA
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Stephen Witt, award-winning journalist and author of The Thinking Machine, which has been named Business Book of the Year by Financial Times. Witt writes about Jensen Huang’s improbable journey from near-bankruptcy in the 1990s GPU wars to leading NVIDIA at the center of the AI revolution. Witt unpacks how NVIDIA defeated nearly 70 competitor
How Marriott’s Chief Revenue & Technology Officer Is Turning IT into a Growth Engine
What happens when you put revenue and technology under one executive leader?
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Drew Pinto, Executive Vice President and Chief Revenue and Technology Officer at Marriott International, a $26 billion hospitality leader approaching its 100-year anniversary. Pinto shares how Marriott is transforming technology from a support function into a strateg
Bubble or Breakthrough? How CIOs Should Think About the AI Tech Boom
Is AI just another tech bubble or the defining platform shift of this era?
Duncan Davidson, Co-Founder and General Partner at Bullpen Capital, argues that the answer lies in one critical distinction: Is the technology being used for its core purpose? In this episode of Technoventure, Duncan draws on his experience across the PC boom, dot-com era, mobile, and now AI to explain why real adoption sig
Defining, Measuring, and Communicating the Value of AI
How do you scale AI in a regulated enterprise without risking trust, compliance, or credibility?
In this episode of Technovation, Nick Colisto, CIO of Avery Dennison, and Sathish Muthukrishnan, Chief Information, Data & Digital Officer at Ally Financial, share how they are moving from AI pilots to measurable enterprise impact.
From governance-first implementation inside a federally regulated b
Jimmy Wales on The Seven Rules of Trust and Building Integrity at Scale
Can trust be engineered into digital systems or is it purely cultural?
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia and author of The Seven Rules of Trust, about designing platforms that scale without sacrificing integrity. From neutrality policies to radical transparency and human-in-the-loop AI governance, Wales shares how trust must be built, not
Designing the Skills-First Enterprise: AI and Workforce Reinvention
Is AI really eliminating jobs, or is it redefining skills?
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Ehren Powell, Chief Digital Officer of Marathon Petroleum Corporation, about leading digital transformation at one of America’s largest and most complex industrial enterprises. Powell shares how he is building a skills-first organization—decomposing roles, augmenting capabilities with
No AI Without Clean Data: Inside Caterpillar’s Platform Transformation
You can’t scale AI on fragmented data.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Ogi Redzic, Chief Digital Officer of Caterpillar, about the foundational platform transformation that made rapid AI innovation possible across a $65B industrial enterprise.
Ogi shares how retiring legacy systems, consolidating data into the Helios cloud platform, and establishing trusted data pipelines e
AI’s Role in the Enterprise Stack: Infrastructure, Investments & Economics
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Saam Motamedi, General Partner at Greylock Partners, about the evolving role of artificial intelligence within the enterprise technology stack. They discuss how venture capital approaches enterprise AI companies at an early stage, how large enterprises are evaluating changes to their technology stacks, and what implications AI may have for wo
Scaling Transformation in the Age of AI
Is your AI strategy ready for scale or headed for failure?
In this episode of Technovation, leaders from Norfolk Southern, McCormick & Company, and Vulcan Materials joined us at our Metis Strategy Summit to discuss what it really takes to move from AI pilots to enterprise impact. From AI factories and predictive transportation platforms to hybrid operating models and reward system redesign, th
How CIOs Can Surface Innovation, Reduce Duplication, and Scale AI
Innovation isn’t slowing down, but in many enterprises it’s becoming invisible.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Sean Murphy, Founder and CEO of DemoHop, about why distributed work is trapping great ideas inside organizations and what CIOs can do to fix it. Sean explains how weak ties across enterprises have eroded, why peer-to-peer discovery beats status meetings, and how v
How HCA’s CIO Balances AI Innovation with Operational Stability at Massive Scale
Innovation in healthcare doesn’t start with AI. It starts with operational stability.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Chad Wasserman, CIO of HCA Healthcare, about leading technology at massive scale while keeping patient care at the center. Wasserman explains why “operational quiet” is the foundation that makes AI, data, and digital transformation possible and how HCA balan
How Carvana Uses Unit Economics to Win at Digital Disruption
What if the real driver of digital disruption isn’t technology, but unit economics?
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Dan Gill, Chief Product Officer of Carvana, about how disciplined unit economics power one of the most ambitious e-commerce models in retail. Rather than leading with engineering for its own sake, Carvana focuses relentlessly on eliminating friction, capturing
Why Discipline Wins in Venture Capital: Sierra Ventures’ Strategic Playbook
How can early-stage investors deliver repeatable, outsized returns—without chasing hype?
In this episode of Techoventure, Mark Fernandes, Managing Director at Sierra Ventures, shares the disciplined model behind one of the industry’s most consistent early-stage venture firms. Sierra’s strategy is designed for repeatable 3–5x returns by focusing on founder-market fit, tight portfolio construction,
How to AI: WSJ Columnist Christopher Mims on Productivity & Disruption
Is AI coming for your job—or just changing how you work?
In this episode, Wall Street Journal technology columnist Christopher Mims shares a grounded, deeply informed perspective on how AI is reshaping productivity, creativity, jobs, and knowledge work. From the pitfalls of overhyping generative AI to the rise of agentic systems and the enduring role of classic AI, Christopher unpacks what leaders
Inside Caterpillar’s AI and Robotics Strategy with CTO Jaime Mineart
How does a 100-year-old manufacturing leader reinvent itself through autonomy and AI?
In this episode, Caterpillar CTO Jaime Mineart shares how her team is transforming industrial work sites using robotics, machine intelligence, and real-time data. From mining to construction, the company is applying decades of engineering expertise to modern digital challenges, partnering with customers to co-dev
Reinventing the Job Marketplace: Anthony Moisant on AI, Trust & Strategy
1048: What if the hiring process wasn’t broken—but reimagined?
Anthony Moisant, Chief Information Officer and Chief Security Officer at Indeed, details how his teams are building trusted systems, tackling AI bias, and leveraging background agents and AI sourcing to solve the “black hole” of hiring. He also reflects on the importance of early-career talent, skill-based hiring, and the balance of se
Why Today’s CIO Must Be an Enterprise Leader, Not Just a Tech Strategist
1047: What does it take to lead tech—and the enterprise—in 2026?
In this episode of Technovation, we feature a panel from our October 2025 Metis Strategy Summit where Steven Norton speaks with three top executive recruiters: Craig Stephenson (Korn Ferry), Jamey Cummings (JM Search), and Scott Robbin (Heidrick & Struggles). Throughout the conversation, each recruiter gives their perspective on
Solving the Data Bottleneck: How Dell Technologies Capital Makes AI Work in the Enterprise
Enterprises aren’t failing at AI. They’re failing at data.
Daniel Docter, Managing Director at Dell Technologies Capital, shares why the biggest barrier to enterprise AI isn’t models or talent—it’s the fractured, unstructured, and context-free data that most companies still struggle to harness.
In this episode of Technovation, Daniel and Peter High explore:
Why data context is critical to enabli
Digitized Isn’t Digital: Dr. Michael Pfeffer on Redesigning Healthcare with AI
Digitization was just the first step. True digital transformation in healthcare is only beginning.
Dr. Michael Pfeffer, Chief Information and Digital Officer at Stanford Health Care, shares how he and his team are moving beyond electronic health records to deliver real-time, AI-powered care. From building ChatEHR, a secure, embedded LLM interface, to developing Stanford’s FIRM framework for respon
Building Trust and Talent in the AI Era: Lessons from NFL, Paramount, and More
1045: AI is no longer a side experiment—it’s a core capability. But are your people, partnerships, and governance models ready for it?
In this special Metis Strategy Summit panel episode, three seasoned technology leaders explore what it really takes to build trust, scale talent, and lead responsibly in the age of AI:
Paul Ballew, Chief Data & Analytics Officer, National Football League
La
What Tech Leaders Can Learn from San José’s Data-Driven Approach to Government
What happens when a former startup CEO brings performance management discipline into city government?
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with San José Mayor Matt Mahan about applying data-driven decision-making, KPIs, and accountability—practices familiar to tech leaders—to the public sector. Drawing from his experience running venture-backed startups, Mahan explains how focus, mea
Inside Amex Digital Labs: Luke Gebb on Piloting and Scaling Emerging Tech
How do you build and scale digital innovation inside a 170-year-old company?
Luke Gebb, EVP of Global Innovation at American Express, joins Peter High to share how Amex Digital Labs brings emerging technologies to market through a disciplined stage-gate process.
Gebb outlines how his team incubates and graduates products that become core to Amex’s customer experience—from peer-to-peer payments to
Liam Donohue on Fixing U.S. Healthcare: Why AI Alone Won’t Save It
AI can’t fix what the healthcare system fundamentally gets wrong.
In this episode, Liam Donohue, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at 406 Ventures, shares why his firm is betting on value-based care—and why AI risks breaking the system if applied to the wrong incentives.
From launching EdTech’s earliest funds to shaping 406 Ventures’ sector focus in healthcare, cybersecurity, and infrastructure, Lia
Power and Progress — Nobel Laureate Simon Johnson on Why AI Is Repeating Industrial-Era Mistakes
What if AI is repeating the same mistakes society made during the Industrial Revolution?
In this episode of Technovation, Peter is joined by Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics and Ronald A. Kurtz Professor of Entrepreneurship at the MIT Sloan School of Management Simon Johnson. Throughout their conversation, they explore why automation has historically failed to deliver shared prosperity and why ar
From Pilots to Platforms: How Qualcomm Is Scaling Enterprise AI
Most enterprises aren’t struggling with AI because of technology. They’re struggling because they’re trying to scale pilots instead of platforms.
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Atilla Tinic, CIO of Qualcomm, about how the company is moving beyond one-off AI use cases to build an enterprise AI platform designed for scale. Tinic explains why unified and validated data is ess
AI for Everyone, Everywhere: Inside BNY’s Playbook for Enterprise-Wide Enablement
What does it actually take to move AI from experimentation to enterprise-wide impact?
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Leigh-Ann Russell, Chief Information Officer and Global Head of Engineering at Bank of New York (BNY), about how one of the world’s most systemically important financial institutions is operationalizing AI at scale. Leigh-Ann shares how BNY trained 99% of it
How Gallagher Built Enterprise AI on Culture and Data First
What if the key to enterprise AI wasn’t a tool, but a mindset?
Mark Bloom, Global CIO at AJ Gallagher, joins Technovation to share how the 70,000-person insurance giant is scaling AI by leading with data quality and cultural alignment—not flashy tools.
In this episode, Bloom details:
How Gallagher eliminated 800+ data silos to centralize insight and enable AI
Why crowdsourcing use cases fro
The Real Drivers of Cyber Spend: Risk, Compliance, and AI Disruption
What really drives cybersecurity investment and why is “threat” often the last reason?
In this episode, Rakesh Loonkar, co-founder of Transmit Security and general partner at Picture Capital, shares a contrarian take on how cybersecurity product categories emerge and why compliance and platform shifts often matter more than actual threats. Drawing on decades of experience as both operator and inve
The CIO as Change Agent and Ecosystem Builder
What if your AI strategy is your business strategy?
In this episode, three top tech leaders share how they’re embedding AI not as a standalone initiative, but as a lever for enterprise transformation.
Mojgan Lefebvre (Travelers), Pawan Verma (Cencora), and Glenn Remoreras (Breakthru Beverage) reveal how they’ve partnered with boards, business units, and frontline teams to scale AI from proof of co
Resilience by Design: Building AI-Ready Infrastructure for Digital Trust
What does it really take to design for resilience in an AI-first world?
In this panel from the Metis Strategy Summit, Amtrak CDO Judith Apshago, GE Aerospace CIO David Burns, and Zoetis CDTO Keith Sarbaugh explore how resilient infrastructure is becoming the backbone of enterprise trust, uptime, and AI scalability.
Tune in to learn how these leaders are:
Responding to cloud outages and software d
Managing the Digital Workforce: AI’s Role in the Future of Work
1036: What does it mean to manage a digital workforce?
In this episode of Technovation, we feature a panel from our most recent Metis Strategy Summit where three top executives explore how AI is reshaping work, both automating tasks, and changing the nature of management itself.
Peter High speaks with:
Jennifer Charters, Chief Information Officer at Lincoln Financial
Prasanna Gopalakrishnan, Chie
Delivering the Product Operating Model (and Mindset) at Scale
Our broadcast today features a panel from our most recent Metis Strategy Summit on the topic of Delivering the Product Operating Model (and Mindset) at Scale.
In this panel episode, we explore the limits and lessons of scaling the product operating model. Sal Companieh (Cushman & Wakefield), Jim Fowler (Nationwide), and Diane Schwarz (Smurfit WestRock) reflect on where product thinking thrives
Jamie Montgomery on Why AI Applications Will Power the Next Wave of Venture Returns
What if the most defensible companies of the AI era aren’t the ones building the infrastructure—but the ones using it to rethink workflows?
In this Technoventure episode, Peter High speaks with Jamie Montgomery, Founder and Managing Partner of March Capital, about why the firm is investing heavily in the AI application layer—not chips, not clouds, but the companies delivering real task-based outco
Madhu Ramamurthy on Balancing AI Innovation With Responsible Governance
What’s stopping AI from scaling across the enterprise? For Madhu Ramamurthy, CIO of Zurich North America, it’s not the technology. It’s the culture.
In this episode, Madhu shares how he’s navigating the paradox of AI: a tool with unprecedented potential, surrounded by institutional resistance, unclear regulations, and cultural misalignment. He outlines Zurich’s approach to responsible AI deploymen
Inside General Mills’ AI Playbook: Clean Data, Cloud Speed, and Business Trust
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