Cloud Wars Live with Bob Evans

Dion Hinchcliffe is an internationally recognized thought leader, IT expert, business strategist, enterprise architect, book author, frequent keynote speaker, analyst, and transformation consultant. Dion works with the leadership teams of Fortune 500 and Global 2000 firms to drive successful change with emerging digital methods including enterprise social media, online community, cloud computing, data centers, digital business models, Internet ecosystems, workforce collaboration, and the future of work. Dion has been featured or quoted in CIO Magazine, Computerworld, Fast Company, Wired, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and BusinessWeek. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dan Drawbaugh is Chief Executive Officer of The Steadman Clinic and the Steadman Philippon Research Institute in Vail, Colorado. As CEO, Dan leads a team of talented physicians, researchers and scientists who make TSC and SPRI one of the most sought after orthopaedic sports medicine destination centers globally. Dan is a proven leader and innovator in healthcare information technology with over 30 years of experience in the areas of information and biomedical technologies. He has served on a number of boards, including the Oracle Advisory Board, IBM Advisory Board, and Verizon Wireless Advisory Board. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Den Howlett provides strategic product direction support to a variety of enterprise vendors, along with delivering M&A due diligence services. The last five years, he’s been part of the founding team at diginomica, a media property that found a way of breaking away from the ad-driven model that dominates most digital media. Previously, he co-launched Information Week in the UK (1996-7) and was a contributor to numerous IT titles, winding up with a four-year stint at ZDNet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Founded by Richard Branson, Virgin Trains is a UK-based company that’s revolutionizing the railway industry. Whether traveling for work, for family and friends, or to the UK’s most iconic destinations, Virgin Trains (https://www.virgintrains.co.uk) will help you arrive relaxed and refreshed. And as you’ll see from Bob Evans’s awesome interview, you’ll be entertained along your journey. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Pierre-Luc Bisaillon is a seasoned executive with more than twenty years of experience in the technology industry. Pierre-Luc leads the global IT organization at Cirque du Soleil. His background is a unique combination of strategy consulting, entrepreneurship and technology, enabling him to provide sharp insights and impactful recommendations. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tom Fisher is a legendary executive with a successful record of accomplishment nationally and internationally for the development, implementation and delivery of solutions on the Internet, eCommerce, Software as a Service (SaaS) and other high technology sectors. He is currently EVP and CTO of MapR Technologies, which is the industry’s leading platform for AI and analytics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Dr. Ganesh Kumar has been the Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President of OFG Bancorp since March 2017. He served as the Chief Financial Officer of Oriental Financial Group Inc. since January 2012 until March 2017 and served as its Executive Vice President until March 2017. Dr. Kumar is responsible for corporate finance, strategic planning, accounting and financial reporting and business analytics. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

From NASA to his latest venture, THRIVE, Joe Stafura is a visionary who is always three steps ahead of technological change.Joe’s Affective Computing Company provides solutions to complex environments such as distributed work forces, multidisciplinary work teams, and value chain management and assessment across different organizations.Its flagship product, THRIVE (www.gothrive.io) is a unique, and sustainable option to traditional training, coaching and consulting options. Its modern design provides professional communicators and managers the ability to build long-running sets of learning conversations, leveraging the knowledge of the organization and trusted expert sources. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In his role at Care.com, Dan Giurleo is responsible for the evaluation and negotiation of global ERP and EPM technology platforms. He led the execution of a global Workday Financials implementation, including data model design, business process definition, system configuration, roles and security definition, data conversion, testing, and report design. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Tony Uphoff is an award-winning digital media, live event, and marketing services executive. He is an accomplished operating executive with an unparalleled track record of building, growing and transforming media and marketing businesses. Tony’s transformative leadership of companies, cultures, people, and organizational performance led to building the largest single brand in B2B – InformationWeek – and to the sale of CMP Media to UBM for $940M. He was also responsible for leading The Hollywood Reporter to surpass rival Variety in market share for first time in its 75-year history.He is now President and CEO of Thomasnet.com, a 120 year-old company that's the leading platform for product sourcing, supplier selection and actionable information for industrial decision makers and the marketers looking to reach, engage and sell to them. Thomasnet.com, Thomas Marketing Services, and Thomas Product Data Solutions form the largest, most advanced marketing system in the world for the industrial markets. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Sean Ammirati is a partner at Birchmere Ventures focused on both SaaS and Consumer Internet investments as well as their Birchmere Labs (www.birchmerelabs.com) initiative and an Adjunct Professor of Entrepreneurship at Carnegie Mellon University’s Tepper School. Most Recently Sean was COO of ReadWriteWeb, one of the most influential sites about the future of technology and innovation. In December 2011, the company was acquired by SAY Media to strengthen its technology channel. Sean was previously co-founder and CEO of mSpoke, which was the first acquisition of LinkedIn. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Stuart Bashford is the digital officer for the Swiss-based Bühler Group, a $3B, family-owned company that is 158 years old. Every day, billions of people use Bühler technologies and solutions to satisfy their basic needs for food, mobility, or communication. Hear Stuart discuss cloud, AI, and the Internet of Things. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

It's all about speed. Bobby Berry heads a team that is transforming Fruit of the Loom for the digital age, where consumers expect up-to-the-minute styles, and partners expect the latest in digital business platforms. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

As Senior Director responsible for Murad's entire portfolio of global Oracle applications and IT services, Rish Sinha focuses on coordination with technology and its business partners to provide a consensus-based enterprise solutions that are scalable, adaptable, and in synchronization with ever-changing business needs. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Christian Anschuetz is UL’s Chief Digital Officer (CDO) where he is responsible for identifying, prioritizing and embedding technology innovation and digital trends into the vision, strategy, and operating models required to sustain and accelerate the company’s growth. Before assuming the role of CDO, he served as UL’s global Chief Information Officer.  He is also a director of ProjectRELO, which is dedicated to transforming America’s perspective on the value and character of our veterans through intense and immersive business leadership training exercises. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.