Transformers Podcast
Transformers Podcast
Podcast Description
Information is everywhere. For businesses, information is everything. The roles of CIOs, CTOs and other transformative leaders have evolved to impact all areas of business, from employee experience and digital labor to product development and the customer experience. Hosted by Ann Funai, CIO and VP of Business Platforms Transformation at IBM, Transformers the podcast takes you behind the scenes and screens of these transformative leaders, exploring their real-world challenges, inspiring lessons, and best practices. From personal transformations to the transformative influences around them, Ann and her guests explore what it is to be transformers. Tune in every other Wednesday at 7am EST.
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Content Themes
The podcast focuses on themes of digital transformation, role evolution of CIOs and CTOs, and technology trends in business. Episodes discuss topics like the integration of AI in enterprises, open source software strategies, and the collaborative dynamics between CIOs and CTOs, with specific examples such as a CTO's wishlist for 2025 and resolutions for open source management in the new year.
Information is everywhere. For businesses, information is everything. The roles of CIOs, CTOs and other transformative leaders have evolved to impact all areas of business, from employee experience and digital labor to product development and the customer experience.
Hosted by Ann Funai, CIO and VP of Business Platforms Transformation at IBM, Transformers the podcast takes you behind the scenes and screens of these transformative leaders, exploring their real-world challenges, inspiring lessons, and best practices. From personal transformations to the transformative influences around them, Ann and her guests explore what it is to be transformers. Tune in every other Wednesday at 7am EST.
How is private equity–backed FalconStor reinventing itself in the age of AI? Ann sits down with CEO Todd Brooks and CTO Ron Morita to explore the company’s evolution beyond legacy hardware, its embrace of artificial intelligence, and how it’s driving growth through cutting-edge technology and human ingenuity.
0:01 – The hybrid cloud world
1:53 – How FalconStor transformed to survive
4:42 – The CTO role: Partnerships, products and roadmaps to success
8:57 – CEOs and CTOs working together
11:13 – A handbook for partnerships
16:45 – Bridging hardware, software and the hybrid cloud worlds
21:45 – Infusing AI for sales and customer support
29:46 – What drives you and your decision-making?
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