“Resilience is a mindset.” Chris Isaacson, Chief Operating Officer of Cboe Global Markets, joins Technovation host Peter High to discuss how the global exchange operator delivers trusted, 24/7 markets through technology, operational excellence, and a deeply integrated data strategy. A founding employee of BATS Global Markets and former CIO of both BATS and Cboe, Chris reflects on his two-decade journey scaling from startup to enterprise. He shares insights on building fault-tolerant platforms, organizing global teams for growth, and navigating crises like the flash crash and COVID with calm, systems-level thinking. Chris also explores the future of exchange operations, from AI-powered security and timestamping services to data commercialization and agentic software development.

Key themes include:

Building hyper-resilient, globally consistent trading infrastructure
Lessons in leadership from startup growth to post-acquisition scale
Cboe’s unified data platform and timestamping innovations
The future of exchange technology with GenAI and software agents
Cybersecurity as the #1 enterprise risk, and how to lead accordingly

How are companies redefining what it means to be a technology leader?
In this episode of Technovation, we feature a panel recorded at our most recent Metis Strategy Summit, where Steven Norton moderated a discussion on executive talent and leadership transformation. Panelists include Joon Yoon, Global Co-Head of the Tech Officers Practice at Egon Zehnder; Tony Leng, Managing Partner at H.I. Executive Consulting; and Eric Sigurdson, Head of the CIO Practice at Russell Reynolds Associates.
Together, they explore how evolving business needs, AI, and shifting workplace norms are reshaping the archetype of modern tech leaders and the boardroom roles they’re increasingly poised to step into.
Key insights include:



Three emerging archetypes of technology executives


Why self-awareness and “leading from the inside” matter more than ever


The growing boardroom presence of tech-savvy leaders


How AI is changing C-suite titles, expectations, and accountability


The shift from operational excellence to customer-facing innovation

How do you digitally transform a leading beverage distributor across 16 markets?
In this episode of Technovation, host Peter High speaks with Glenn Remoreras, Chief Information Officer of Breakthru Beverage Group, a family-owned company with $8.6B in annual revenue and operations across the US and Canada. Glenn shares how he is driving innovation, scaling AI adoption, and modernizing the company’s sales and operational processes.

From expanding a $500M+ B2B e-commerce platform to building data architecture that fuels AI innovation, Glenn outlines his strategy for becoming the distributor of choice in a competitive industry. He also reflects on lessons from global leadership roles and offers insights into fostering AI literacy across an organization’s executive ranks.

Key topics include:

Breakthru’s digital marketplace and AI-powered sales enablement
Cloud transformation and enterprise data strategy
Building a culture of AI literacy and scalable use cases
Innovation operating models and business-led technology partnerships
Leadership lessons from working in Asia, Europe, and North America

From Hollywood mogul to venture capital visionary, Jeffrey Katzenberg’s story is one of bold bets, iconic storytelling, and relentless reinvention. In this milestone 1000th episode of Technovation, host Peter High welcomes Katzenberg to reflect on a remarkable career spanning five decades across film, animation, and now AI-driven venture investing.

As the founding partner of WndrCo, Katzenberg backs transformative companies like Netomi (conversational AI), Writer (enterprise GenAI), Alembic (causal AI), and Aura (consumer digital safety). But long before that, he shaped global pop culture as President of Paramount Pictures, Chairman of Walt Disney Studios, and Co-Founder of DreamWorks SKG and DreamWorks Animation.

In this wide-ranging and candid conversation, Katzenberg shares:

Why the best ideas are risky and why failure is essential to success
How DreamWorks was launched just 8 days after being fired from Disney
Leadership lessons from icons like Barry Diller and David Geffen
The real story behind building Hollywood’s most beloved franchises
Why AI is both “prose” and “poetry” and what that means for creativity
How WndrCo is scaling category-defining businesses across tech

This episode explores 50 years of transformation, from The Lion King to Shrek, from studio boardrooms to Silicon Valley pitch rooms. A must-listen for anyone interested in creativity, leadership, and what it takes to build at scale.

From Tesla to Tekion: How Jay Vijayan Is Transforming the Automotive Experience
In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Jay Vijayan, Founder & CEO of Tekion and former CIO of Tesla, about revolutionizing the dealer-to-consumer automotive experience through a cloud-first, AI-powered SaaS platform. Jay shares how his time at Oracle, VMware, and Tesla inspired the vision for Tekion, now valued at over $4 billion and serving major OEMs and dealer groups across the U.S.

Jay explains Tekion’s three-cloud architecture—Retail Cloud, Enterprise Cloud, and Partner Cloud—and how it’s streamlining operations, enabling e-commerce, and connecting a vast automotive ecosystem. He also unpacks Tekion’s innovative use of AI agents to enhance after-sales service, deliver transparency, and empower both dealers and consumers.

Key topics include:

How Tekion modernizes the fragmented automotive retail experience
The impact of AI co-pilots on vehicle service and customer trust
Lessons from Tesla and Elon Musk that shape Tekion’s product philosophy
Jay’s advice for CIOs aspiring to become CEOs

How are executives creating value from AI investment?

In this Technovation episode, we feature a panel from our most recent Metis Strategy Summit where Metis Strategy's Chris Davis moderates a panel on how companies can unlock real value from their investment in AI with AMD CIO Hasmukh Ranjan, Palantir CIO Jim Siders, and Ingram Micro CTO Dham Pathervellai.

The panel shares bold strategies for AI adoption, including AMD’s “Four A’s” maturity model, Palantir’s mandate to scale lean with high impact, and Ingram Micro’s marketplace revolution powered by GenAI. With an emphasis on data ownership, productivity KPIs, and shifting product development mindsets, this conversation offers a playbook for turning AI talk into measurable impact.

Key themes include:

AMD’s assist-to-autonomous AI framework and data-centric strategy
Palantir’s edge IT model and shift to generalist engineering teams
Ingram Micro’s GenAI integration and “Come as you are” partner model
Rethinking productivity, talent models, and data governance for AI scale

At Mars, digital services must feel shared and personal at the same time. In this episode, Peter High speaks with Marina Bellini, President of Global Services and Digital Technologies at Mars. With over 150,000 associates across 70+ markets, Mars spans industries from pet care and veterinary services to food and confectionery. Marina oversees shared services, enterprise technology, and Mars' digital transformation.

She discusses her first six months in the role, how Mars blends scale with customization across business units, and the company’s accelerating use of product operating models, data platforms, and GenAI. Marina also shares how Mars' family-owned, fifth-generation culture drives long-term thinking and responsible innovation.

Key topics include:

Mars’ digital and AI platform strategy (MAX)
Product model adoption and agile scaling
Tailoring global services for local business needs
Culture, principles, and shared services as enterprise glue
GenAI use cases across pet health and marketing

How are digital leaders driving real business impact with GenAI and agents?

In this Technovation episode, we feature a panel from our most recent Metis Strategy Summit where Metis Strategy’s Steven Norton speaks with three top executives who are driving innovation through generative AI and agents: Motti Finkelstein, CIO of Intel; Shri Santhanam, EVP & Chief AI Officer at Experian; and Jaime Montemayor, Chief Digital and Technology Officer at General Mills.

Together, they explore what it takes to move from pilots to production at scale, how to build trust in AI agents, and the organizational shifts required to maximize GenAI’s potential. With insights spanning financial services, semiconductors, and consumer packaged goods, this conversation dives into strategic frameworks, technical foundations, and real-world use cases.

Key topics include:

Experian’s EVA: A financial agent handling personal credit data at scale
Intel’s 2,500+ AI use cases tracked through finance-validated buckets
MillsChat at General Mills: Securing and scaling enterprise AI tools
AI training compressing certification time from 12 months to weeks
Future of AI agents as full digital coworkers across B2B and B2C

"The genie is out of the bottle”

In this episode of Technovation, host Peter High speaks with Adam Brotman and Andy Sack, co-CEOs of Forum3 and co-authors of AI First: The Playbook for a Future-Proof Business and Brand. Adam is a former co-CEO of J.Crew and Starbucks Chief Digital Officer, while Andy is a longtime entrepreneur, VC, and former advisor to Satya Nadella at Microsoft. Together, they’re helping executives and brands navigate the unprecedented opportunities and risks of generative AI.

They discuss lessons from their book, including their conversations with thought leaders like Sam Altman and Bill Gates, the imperative of becoming an AI-first company, and why future-proofing requires both agility and principled leadership. Adam and Andy also share practical advice on building an “AI council,” experimenting at all levels, and keeping pace with a technology that’s reshaping work, society, and competition.

Key insights from this episode:

Why AGI could arrive within 3 - 5 years and what it means for your business
How to build an AI-first culture, starting with leadership
Lessons from Moderna’s AI adoption playbook
The importance of balancing innovation, security, and ethics
How generative AI can act as a “co-founder” and personal productivity multiplier

994: Leading Through Change Requires Culture, Clarity, and Courage.

In this episode of Technovation, Metis Strategy’s Andrew Krusell moderates a powerful panel with three accomplished CIOs: Richard Donaldson (CIO of Duke Energy), Neal Sample (CIO of Walgreens Boots Alliance), and Darlene Taylor (CIO of Superior Industries). Together, they share candid lessons and actionable strategies for leading large-scale transformation amid disruption.

From building cultural permission for failure and branding your own leadership style to balancing customer needs with operational rigor and navigating AI-driven growth, these executives illustrate how technology leaders can drive meaningful, sustainable change in complex environments.

Key topics include:

Building cultural agility at legacy, risk-averse organizations
Branding transformation through authentic leadership
Balancing internal and external forces driving AI adoption
Managing through market volatility and geopolitical uncertainty
Avoiding pitfalls and cultivating resilience through networks and listening

Customer-first IT and innovation at scale. On this episode of Technovation, host Peter High speaks with Mike Trkay, Chief Information Officer at FICO, a $2B analytics software company. Mike leads not only internal IT but also the operations of FICO’s customer-facing SaaS and PaaS platforms making him a unique, customer-facing CIO.

Mike shares insights from his 12-year tenure, during which FICO’s stock has risen 3,600%, and explains how his team drives customer trust, operational excellence, and innovation. Topics include his customer-centric approach to IT, leveraging AIOps and AI to scale operations, and the emergence of focused language models to reduce complexity and deliver business impact.

Key topics include:

Evolving the CIO role to include customer-facing operations
Driving revenue retention through world-class SaaS delivery
Scaling with innovation and a culture of experimentation
Applying AI, AIOps, and focused language models at FICO

“Healthcare, first of all, unlike other industries, has to be held to a higher standard in terms of responsibility.”

In this episode of Technovation, host Peter High speaks with Sandeep Dadlani, Executive Vice President and Chief Digital & Technology Officer of UnitedHealth Group, the Fortune 3 healthcare leader.

Sandeep explains how his team’s technology and digital strategies are tightly aligned to UnitedHealth Group’s mission: helping people live healthier lives and making the health system work better for everyone. He shares how AI, cloud, and data-driven innovations improve care delivery, enhance provider and patient experiences, and reduce administrative burden while driving transformation at scale.

Key topics include:

Aligning digital-first strategies to UHG’s mission and patient outcomes
Using AI to free clinicians and advocates to focus on care, not paperwork
Empowering patients with seamless, portable, digital healthcare experiences
Partnering responsibly with startups to accelerate mission-aligned innovation
Embedding responsible AI governance to uphold trust and fairness

In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Rajeev Dham, Partner at Sapphire Ventures, about how venture capital investment in enterprise technology is evolving in the age of AI. Rajeev discusses why he prioritizes first-principles, highly technical founders over playbook-driven approaches, and how enterprise buyers are distinguishing between authentic and superficial AI innovation.

Rajeev shares his view on why SaaS remains a powerful model in the AI era, how agentic AI is starting to reshape enterprise use cases, and the profound implications AI has on software development, go-to- market strategies, and business models. He also explains how CIOs can identify the most promising emerging technologies and the cultural change required to adopt them effectively.

Topics include:

Why agility and creativity define great founders in the AI era
How agentic AI differs from traditional automation and where it’s gaining traction
The evolving role of SaaS in an AI-native world
How AI is transforming software development and the developer experience
Advice for CIOs evaluating emerging AI-enabled solutions

In this episode of Technovation, we feature a panel from the Metis Strategy Summit moderated by Ozlem Ulusoy, exploring how senior technology executives are preparing their talent for an AI-driven future.
Joining the conversation are Kristie Grinnell, CIO of TD SYNNEX; Madhu Ramamurthy, CIO of Zurich North America; and Sesh Tirumala, CIO of Western Digital. Together, they share how they create safe spaces for experimentation, assess and reskill their workforce, and strike the balance between innovation and governance.
The panelists discuss approaches to building transparent and explainable AI models, retaining subject matter expertise, and aligning people, process, and technology to unlock business value while managing risk.
Topics include:



Creating “playgrounds” for safe AI experimentation


Building transparent, incremental AI in regulated industries


Assessing and reskilling talent across IT architecture, data, and operations


Balancing insourcing, outsourcing, and SME development


Fostering a mindset of curiosity, business literacy, and innovation

How do you modernize a 160-year-old company feeding 500 million people?

Jennifer Hartsock, Chief Information and Digital Officer of Cargill, joins Peter High to unpack one of the most ambitious IT transformations in food and agriculture. Cargill, the largest privately held company in the U.S., is streamlining tech operations, insourcing talent, and deploying AI to drive global impact.

In this episode, Jen shares how she restructured Cargill’s tech teams to better align with business goals, reduced outsourcing from 80% to 60%, and embedded AI across R&D, sales, and operations. She also discusses her board service at Ingersoll Rand and reflects on ethical tech leadership at scale.

Key topics include:

Cargill’s 2030 digital strategy and purpose-driven IT
Scaling AI for precision agriculture and customer insights
Building global tech hubs in Atlanta and Bangalore
Navigating ethical AI and autonomous agent adoption

In this episode of Technovation, we feature a panel from the Metis Strategy Summit moderated by Metis Strategy’s Co-Head of Executive Networks, Media, and Research Steven Norton, exploring how senior technology executives are aligning AI to their business strategy. Joining the conversation are Ryan Snyder, CIO of Thermo Fisher Scientific; Ramkumar Rayapureddy, CIO of Viatris; and Allen Fazio, CIO of Houlihan Lokey.

Together, they share how their organizations are evolving from isolated AI pilots to holistic strategies grounded in business value, robust governance, and relentless data modernization. The panelists discuss the practical realities of establishing clear measurement frameworks, navigating the tension between centralized control and decentralized innovation, and leading cultural change as AI adoption accelerates across regulated and fast-moving industries.

Topics include:

Building measurement frameworks to align AI with core business objectives
Defining guardrails and governance models for safe, scalable AI innovation
Approaches to data consolidation and ownership in the age of AI
Enabling decentralized creativity without losing strategic oversight
Upskilling technology and business teams to meet new demands

Kelly Services is transforming the way enterprises approach staffing through AI-powered innovation, scalable tech, and smart acquisitions.

In this episode of Technovation, Peter High speaks with Sean Perry, Chief Information Officer of Kelly Services, a $4.3B staffing and professional services company. Sean shares how he's driving modernization across IT, integrating recent acquisitions like Motion Recruitment, and developing innovative AI tools to deliver enterprise-wide value.

From launching a custom AI assistant (GRACE) to implementing a modern tech stack across legacy systems, Sean reveals how Kelly is reshaping its digital future while improving candidate and client experiences. He also draws lessons from his time at Amazon and Robert Half to rethink internal products with a customer-first mindset.

Key themes include:

Scalable AI deployment through internal platform GRACE
Integrating acquired tech stacks post-M&A
Applying Amazon-style product thinking to IT
Future-ready strategies for AI in staffing tech

In today’s episode of Technovation, we feature a fireside chat from our Metis Strategy Summit, held on May 13, 2025, and moderated by Peter High. The guest is Justin Wexler, General Partner at WndrCo, a venture capital firm focused on scaling AI and enterprise innovation.

In this candid conversation, Justin offers a behind-the-scenes look at how WndrCo identifies, mentors, and scales AI startups into enterprise-ready solutions. With deep involvement in companies like Writer and Natomi, he explores what separates proof-of-concept from production-grade success—and what enterprise CIOs can do to help startups land and expand.

Topics include:

Bridging the startup-enterprise gap through curated CIO ecosystems
Designing AI pilots that deliver measurable ROI from day one
Building internal champions to accelerate deployment
Evaluating causal AI and agentic workflows in marketing and CX
How WndrCo supports founders beyond capital—through storytelling, hiring, and scaling

How does a $48B tech distributor reinvent itself as a platform company?

In this episode, Peter High speaks with Dham Pathervellai, Chief Technology Officer of Ingram Micro, a global distributor and technology platform connecting 2500+ vendors with 160,000 customers in 200+ countries. Dham unpacks the company’s evolution from a traditional distributor to a platform-first enterprise.

Dham shares his perspective on building Ingram’s digital backbone, leading enterprise architecture, and scaling a global technology team. He also outlines how Ingram’s data mesh, intelligent data assistant, and “come as you are” integration strategy are helping to drive customer value, fuel innovation, and power AI transformation.

Key insights include:

The cultural shift needed for platform transformation
How enterprise architecture became the “tip of the spear”
Driving revenue with data-driven automation
Preparing for an AI-enabled workforce

In today’s episode of Technovation, we feature a panel from our Metis Strategy Summit held on May 13, 2025 moderated by Peter High. The topic was Designing an AI-First Operating Model, and the executives who joined the discussion were Talal Butt, Chief Information Officer of Generac Power Systems; Ampily Vijay, Chief Digital & Technology Officer of CBRE Investment Management; and Chris Nardecchia, Chief Digital Officer of Rockwell Automation. Each shares frontline perspectives on embedding AI at scale from energy tech and industrial automation to real estate investment and operations.

Together, they explore how enterprise leaders are shifting from isolated AI pilots to fully integrated operating models that prioritize data, talent, and measurable impact. From reshaping customer experiences and product ecosystems to building architecture for sustainable scale, this conversation delivers a playbook for moving beyond experimentation and into durable transformation.

Topics include:

Building connected digital platforms to unify products and services
Restructuring decision-making through data-driven executive dashboards
Establishing AI innovation funnels and prioritization frameworks
Redesigning talent strategy to make AI part of everyone’s job