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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 of Technovation explores the technology trends that are transforming business, and the leaders driving digital change inside their organizations. Produced by Metis Strategy and hosted by firm President Peter High, Technovation is the premier podcast for IT and technology professionals with the largest collection of interviews with elite CIOs, CTOs, and

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40:39

What Tech Leaders Can Learn from San José’s...

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2026/01/08

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, measurement, and feedback loops are reshaping how City Hall operates. Key topics include: Applying

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26:34

Inside Amex Digital Labs: Luke Gebb on Piloting and...

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2026/01/05

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 blockchain-based travel rewards. He also shares lessons in navigating cross-functional execution,

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48:57

Liam Donohue on Fixing U.S. Healthcare: Why AI Alone...

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2026/01/02

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, Liam offers hard-won lessons in disciplined investing, operator-first teams, and systemic

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56:36

Power and Progress — Nobel Laureate Simon Johnson on...

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2026/01/01

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 artificial intelligence may be following the same path. Drawing on centuries of economic history, Johnson

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30:20

From Pilots to Platforms: How Qualcomm Is Scaling...

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2025/12/29

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 essential for AI accuracy, how Qualcomm enables developers and business teams through a centralized AI

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39:50

AI for Everyone, Everywhere: Inside BNY’s Playbook...

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2025/12/25

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 its 50,000-person workforce on AI, moved beyond pilots into deep enablement, and empowered employees

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21:22

How Gallagher Built Enterprise AI on Culture and Data...

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2025/12/22

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 from employees unlocked adoption at scale The shift from efficiency gains to revenue-focused AI How culture

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32:24

The Real Drivers of Cyber Spend: Risk, Compliance,...

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2025/12/19

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 investor, Rakesh explains how he evaluates risk timing, founder mindset, and market inflection points. Key

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33:37

The CIO as Change Agent and Ecosystem Builder

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2025/12/18

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 concept to performance. Highlights include: How Travelers reduced onboarding from 2 hours to 2

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32:07

Resilience by Design: Building AI-Ready...

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2025/12/15

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 disruption in real time Building AI literacy, governance, and use-case portfolios at scale Extending

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34:12

Managing the Digital Workforce: AI’s Role in the...

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2025/12/11

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, Chief Product & AI Officer at ADP Daniel Marcu, Global Head of AI Engineering at Goldman

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29:32

Delivering the Product Operating Model (and Mindset)...

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2025/12/08

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 and where it breaks down. Here are 5 takeaways from their candid discussion: Why “readiness” must come

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58:53

Jaime Montgomery on Why AI Applications Will Power...

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2025/12/05

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 Jaime 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 outcomes. Key topics explored: Why workflow-based moats beat data moats in the new venture cycle How

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35:11

Madhu Ramamurthy on Balancing AI Innovation With...

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2025/12/04

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 deployment, organizational change, and ethical tech use. Key highlights include: How “organizational antibodies”

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37:02

Inside General Mills’ AI Playbook: Clean Data, Cloud...

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2025/12/01

What does it really take to scale AI across a global enterprise?In this episode, Jaime Montemayor, Chief Digital and Technology Officer at General Mills, shares the AI playbook behind the company’s digital transformation from foundational investments in cloud and data governance to business-led innovation across supply chain, e-commerce, and marketing. With 96% of General Mills’ supply chain data now clean and governed, Jaime’s team is shifting from predictive analytics to agentic

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27:03

From Bottleneck to Accelerator: How NiSource’s CIO...

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2025/11/27

1032: What does it take to transform IT from a bottleneck into a business accelerator?In this episode, Waco Bankston, Chief Information Officer at NiSource, shares how he’s repositioning the IT organization to support growth, enable speed, and shift decades of technical and cultural inertia. Leading a 6.5-year enterprise transformation effort, Waco discusses the discipline required to modernize legacy systems while instilling a new execution culture.

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24:54

How Unum’s CTO Reimagined the Enterprise with a...

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2025/11/24

1031: What does it take to reimagine a 10,000-employee enterprise for a digital-first future?In this episode, Unum CTO Gautam Roy breaks down how he transformed the company’s operating model, culture, and technology foundation by reshaping experiences from the customer backward. Gautam shares how Unum evolved from applications to journeys to value streams; how AI, data, and automation have become levers for acceleration; and how innovation culture and continuous learning drive enterprise

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42:30

Mission-Driven Startups Win: Mike Hayes on Building...

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2025/11/21

7: What if your company’s greatest advantage isn’t the product—but the purpose behind it?Mike Hayes, Managing Director at Insight Partners and former COO of VMware, believes mission clarity is more than culture—it’s a strategic asset. Drawing on 20 years as a Navy SEAL and senior tech executive, Mike shares why knowing “who you want to be” is a superpower for founders and boards.

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30:35

Why Snowflake’s CIO Rebranded IT for the AI Era

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2025/11/20

1030: What does it take to evolve IT into a forward-looking innovation engine? Mike Blandina, CIO of Snowflake, shares how he's reimagined IT as "Enterprise Technology" as a way to describe what 'IT' really does: lead a solutions-first mindset at Snowflake designed for the AI era. In this conversation, Mike reflects on his first eight months leading tech at one of the world’s most AI-forward data cloud companies.

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26:14

Chandra Dhandapani on Balancing Talent Strategy with...

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2025/11/17

1029: What if your hiring strategy were fueled by the largest contingent workforce dataset in the world?Magnit CEO Chandra Dhandapani joins Technovation to explore how data is reshaping how companies think about talent—from role design to sourcing strategy to real-time labor cost insights. Chandra also shares lessons from her journey from CIO to CEO and offers perspective on why automation—not AI—is the skill trend to watch.

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