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Strategy, Digital Transformation & Executive Insights for IT Leaders

Eli Potter argues enterprise AI needs its own checks and balances, borrowing separation of powers, red-teaming, and federalism from the U.S. Constitution.

AI can do the work. The harder question for CIOs in 2026 is whether it can do it economically. Todd Mazza on token costs, AI FinOps, and the case for a "token P&L."

Talking to the CFO about AI takes two answers, not one. Motti Finkelstein on separating AI value from cost, and the vocabulary that keeps programs funded.

Jeff Brzycki, former CIO at Autodesk and VeriSign, on why the integration and control layer that IT has long owned by default is becoming the strategic foundation of the agentic enterprise.

Christoph Wargitsch, CEO of Wargitsch Transformation Engineers, on why the boundaries between business and IT exist on paper but collapse in practice.

In a recent podcast, former Bridgestone CDO Johnathan Tate shared why data and AI leaders need to get their hands dirty by getting away from technical work and embedding themselves in the business.

Valleywise Health CIO Stephanie Hines reframed healthcare IT as a human system, pushing past interoperability to reduce friction, burnout, and restore clinician–patient connection.

State Street's CIO for International, Risk, Governance and Transformation, on how geopolitics, data sovereignty, and risk determine whether AI can scale across global enterprises.

As organizations deeper their investments in AI agents, the next 12 months will be pivotal. The biggest challenge facing CIOs? Closing the trust chasm.

Bogdan Muraru, Field CTO at Cisco, discussed how unresolved cloud, data, and cultural gaps hinder AI adoption.

Niklas Sundberg, SVP and Chief Digital Officer at Kuehne+Nagel, on how CIOs can turn sustainability into ROI.

Former Executive Board Member and CIO at DB Schenker, Paulo Sa, on why modern CIO impact comes from business fluency and people leadership.
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After a career spent on the bleeding edge of IT, Kathleen Peters is now helping Experian build on the trust it has with consumers to capitalize on AI.

Aravind Kashyap, CIO of Riddell, outlined how CIOs can balance AI for cost efficiency and revenue growth through a strategy grounded in data.

Ariel Spak, International CIO at Aramark, champions bottom-up leadership that uses frontline feedback to drive real AI-era transformation.

Peloton CTO Francis Shanahan shared how the company’s ChatGPT integration emerged from member behavior and early experiments to shape its AI driven future.

On a recent podcast, Lockheed Martin CIO Maria Demaree explained how she keeps the IT lights on, while tackling the AI opportunity.
