Episodes
June 17, 2021
Shadow IT vs. Innovation: Lessons from a Cybersecurity CIO with Brad Pollard, CIO at Tenable
Brad Pollard (Tenable CIO) thrived in the punk-rock atmosphere of startups. Check out the full interview to hear some of the highlights (and struggles) from his exciting career. Topics: Punk rock & startups (1:06) Innovation vs. Shadow IT (6:41) The time Brad was the source of a DNS attack (9:46) Advice from Tom Ashoff (11:09) Interviewing with Martin Roesch (13:23) Startup culture: 90’s vs. now (15:46) Advice from Larry Abernathy & John Burris (20:51)
June 2, 2021
Vendor Rationalization: Modernizing a 150-Year-Old Data Model with Jim Chilton, CIO at Cengage
Jim Chilton (Cengage CIO, former Dassault Systemes CIO) shares stories about going from night-school student to five-time CIO, updating a 150 year-old data model, what technologies he thinks need to exist, and more. Jim’s personal investment in non-traditional learning (0:55) Apprenti and the value of mentorship (2:27) How many is too many vendors? (11:07) To rationalize, or not to rationalize? (14:00) Updating a 150 year old data model (21:22) What goes into a strong founding team? (24:02...
June 2, 2021
Vendor Rationalization: Modernizing a 150-Year-Old Data Model with Jim Chilton, CIO at Cengage
Jim Chilton (Cengage CIO, former Dassault Systemes CIO) shares stories about going from night-school student to five-time CIO, updating a 150 year-old data model, what technologies he thinks need to exist, and more. Jim’s personal investment in non-traditional learning (0:55) Apprenti and the value of mentorship (2:27) How many is too many vendors? (11:07) To rationalize, or not to rationalize? (14:00) Updating a 150 year old data model (21:22) What goes into a strong founding team? (24:02...
May 19, 2021
CIO Peer Communities: Strategic Startup Partnerships and 6G with Dan Krantz, CIO at Keysight Technologies
While talking about leadership and startups, Dan Krantz and I also manage to talk about nuclear launch codes, 6G, and much more. Topics include: From Los Alamos National Laboratory to HP (0:51) Lessons from serving as CISO (4:21) Generating leads with IT (8:58) Why CISO’s should “stay in the pack” (13:06) Changes Keysight made to better work with startups (15:34) What comes after being CIO? (20:35)
May 19, 2021
CIO Peer Communities: Strategic Startup Partnerships and 6G with Dan Krantz, CIO at Keysight Technologies
While talking about leadership and startups, Dan Krantz and I also manage to talk about nuclear launch codes, 6G, and much more. Topics include: From Los Alamos National Laboratory to HP (0:51) Lessons from serving as CISO (4:21) Generating leads with IT (8:58) Why CISO’s should “stay in the pack” (13:06) Changes Keysight made to better work with startups (15:34) What comes after being CIO? (20:35)
May 5, 2021
Purposeful Innovation: Avoiding Single-Vendor Lock-in Risk with Andrew Campbell, CIO at Terex Corporation
Andrew Campbell, CIO at Terex, talks with us about a number of topics, including Terex’s concept of “purposeful innovation,” the drawbacks to single-vendor environments, his reasons for being a servant leader, and more. Topics include: Working in IT at Xerox & GE (1:00) "Your job is everyone's hobby" (2:17) The drawbacks of single vendor environments (6:50) Terex's Innovation Council (9:17) Servant leadership (12:25) Hunter Muller & HMG Strategy (15:57) Advice from John Repko (17:50) Wha...
May 5, 2021
Purposeful Innovation: Avoiding Single-Vendor Lock-in Risk with Andrew Campbell, CIO at Terex Corporation
Andrew Campbell, CIO at Terex, talks with us about a number of topics, including Terex’s concept of “purposeful innovation,” the drawbacks to single-vendor environments, his reasons for being a servant leader, and more. Topics include: Working in IT at Xerox & GE (1:00) "Your job is everyone's hobby" (2:17) The drawbacks of single vendor environments (6:50) Terex's Innovation Council (9:17) Servant leadership (12:25) Hunter Muller & HMG Strategy (15:57) Advice from John Repko (17:50) Wha...
April 21, 2021
CIO Leadership Advice: Lessons from Sales and Go-to-Market with Julie Cullivan, Former Forescout CIO
Julie Cullivan (Board Director at Axon, HeartFlow, and AaDya) joins us to share how she handled leading both technology & people at Forescout, why she took the leap to become a first-time CIO at FireEye, what she learned from her go-to-market roles at McAfee & Autodesk, and more. Topics: Transitioning to CIO (1:12) What could CIO’s learn from Sales? (3:10) Lessons from being CTPO at Forescout (4:56) Working with startups and Cobalt.io (8:29)
April 21, 2021
CIO Leadership Advice: Lessons from Sales and Go-to-Market with Julie Cullivan, Former Forescout CIO
Julie Cullivan (Board Director at Axon, HeartFlow, and AaDya) joins us to share how she handled leading both technology & people at Forescout, why she took the leap to become a first-time CIO at FireEye, what she learned from her go-to-market roles at McAfee & Autodesk, and more. Topics: Transitioning to CIO (1:12) What could CIO’s learn from Sales? (3:10) Lessons from being CTPO at Forescout (4:56) Working with startups and Cobalt.io (8:29)
April 7, 2021
CIO to CPTO Transition: Shaping Product Culture and Curiosity with Ramin Beheshti, CPTO at Dow Jones
Ramin Beheshti is the Chief Product & Technology Officer at Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, and more. He talks leadership lessons, the value of curiosity, his approach to working with startups, and more. From CIO to CPTO (1:32) Lessons from Paul Cheesbrough (2:35) How can leaders shape their company’s culture? (4:38) Connecting with audiences (7:30) The value of curiosity (11:19) Ramin’s work with Dropbox, Slack, and New Relic (12:30) Your customer’...
April 7, 2021
CIO to CPTO Transition: Shaping Product Culture and Curiosity with Ramin Beheshti, CPTO at Dow Jones
Ramin Beheshti is the Chief Product & Technology Officer at Dow Jones, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, Barron’s, MarketWatch, and more. He talks leadership lessons, the value of curiosity, his approach to working with startups, and more. From CIO to CPTO (1:32) Lessons from Paul Cheesbrough (2:35) How can leaders shape their company’s culture? (4:38) Connecting with audiences (7:30) The value of curiosity (11:19) Ramin’s work with Dropbox, Slack, and New Relic (12:30) Your customer’...
March 24, 2021
CIO to VC: Evaluating Startup Tech and Early-Stage Bets with Yousuf Khan, Former 5x CIO
Our first guest is Yousuf Khan, who discusses what he learned on his journey from “accidental CIO” at companies like Automation Anywhere, Moveworks, and Pure Storage to “unconventional VC” at Ridge Ventures. Going from CIO to VC (2:22) Would you have hired your younger self? (4:03) The value of candid conversations (7:10) Good vs. Bad relationships with startups (9:10) Working with companies like Slack, Smartsheet, & Oomnitza (12:17) How do you decide which startups to bet on? (14:33) Men...
March 24, 2021
CIO to VC: Evaluating Startup Tech and Early-Stage Bets with Yousuf Khan, Former 5x CIO
Our first guest is Yousuf Khan, who discusses what he learned on his journey from “accidental CIO” at companies like Automation Anywhere, Moveworks, and Pure Storage to “unconventional VC” at Ridge Ventures. Going from CIO to VC (2:22) Would you have hired your younger self? (4:03) The value of candid conversations (7:10) Good vs. Bad relationships with startups (9:10) Working with companies like Slack, Smartsheet, & Oomnitza (12:17) How do you decide which startups to bet on? (14:33) Men...
March 12, 2021
Atolio Conversations: Teaser
Welcome to Atolio's new podcast, featuring conversations world-class IT executives.
March 12, 2021
Atolio Conversations: Teaser
Welcome to Atolio's new podcast, featuring conversations world-class IT executives.