Security used to be the thing that slowed your deal down. I sat down with Taylor Hersom — former CISO, now founder of Eden Data — to flip that: how SOC 2, ISO 27001, and the new AI standards turn compliance into the reason enterprises say yes.
All in Show: IT Visionaries
How to Maximize ROI on AI in 2026 — with Sumeet Arora
Agentic AI was supposed to reason, act, and run your business by now. Most enterprises are still waiting. Sumeet Arora, Chief Product Officer at Teradata, joined me on IT Visionaries to unpack the gap between AI hype and real impact — and what "AI with ROI" actually requires.
90% of AI Demos Fail. Here's How to Build One that Won't — with Lawrence Jones
Everyone's AI demo looks brilliant. Then it hits production and falls apart. Lawrence Jones, Founding Engineer at incident.io, joined me on IT Visionaries to explain the gap between AI that demos well and AI that holds up under real pressure — and how to build for the second one.
Why You Feel More Burned Out Than Ever — with Lacey Peace
AI was supposed to make work easier. So why is everyone more burned out than ever? On this IT Visionaries episode, guest co-host Lacey Peace and I get into the real drivers — the "do more with less" culture, the false promise of automation, and the loneliness creeping through tech teams.
The AI Saturation Problem — with KPMG's Kelle Fontenot
Your people aren't tired of change — they're saturated, and that distinction decides whether an AI rollout lands or bounces. On my IT Visionaries channel, I talked with KPMG Chief Digital Officer Kelle Fontenot about how 40,000 employees built 25,000 AI agents in six months, and what most leaders get wrong about adoption.
AI Deception: What Is It & How to Prepare
What happens when AI stops making mistakes and starts misleading you? I talk with fellow podcaster Lacey Peace on this IT Visionaries episode to unpack AI deception — the incentives, the enterprise risks, and the governance gaps every leader steering an AI transformation needs to understand.
Cisco's Vijoy Pandey: The New Internet, AI Agents, and Quantum Networks
The internet you know is about to get a successor — one built for AI agents, not browsers. Vijoy Pandey, who runs Outshift by Cisco, walked me through the "Internet of Agents," post-quantum cryptography, and a Quantum Internet that's closer than you think. One of the most forward-looking conversations I've had on my IT Visionaries channel.
Turning 90 Years of Data into AI-Powered Insights — with Vineet Mahajan, U.S. News & World Report
A 90-year-old brand isn't where you'd expect to find cutting-edge AI. Vineet Mahajan, CTO of U.S. News & World Report, proved me wrong — semantic search, generative AI, agentic tools, all built on decades of data most companies would call a liability. How a legacy institution reinvents itself, on my IT Visionaries channel.
How the Government Buys Tech — with Bryana Tucci, AWS ICMP Lead and Principal National Security Customer Advisor
Government procurement is where good tech goes to die — or so the cliché goes. Bryana Tucci, who leads the AWS Marketplace for the US Intelligence Community, told me a different story: how agencies are cutting two-year buying cycles down to size and adopting AI and cloud faster than you'd think. From my IT Visionaries channel.
AI in Content Management: Opportunities and Challenges — with Ravi Singh, Brightspot
Everyone says AI will replace your content team. Ravi Singh, President & CPO of Brightspot, makes the opposite case — AI works best when it keeps human creators at the center. We dug into governance, content sprawl, and the costly AI missteps IT leaders keep making, over on my IT Visionaries channel.
Why Companies Are Already Abandoning LLMs — with FICO's Mike Trkay
Just had a great conversation with Mike Trkay, CIO and Chief Customer Officer at FICO, over on my IT Visionaries channel. Everyone's racing to bolt AI onto what they already do — and Mike's argument is that's the exact mistake companies made with cloud. We dig into why 95% of AI projects never reach production, why LLM repatriation is already happening, and what really separates automation from transformation.
$124B Data Problem: How Synthetic Data Accelerates AI
Just wrapped an eye-opening conversation with Balint Pasztor, CEO of Diffuse Drive over on my IT Visionaries channel. He’s tackling something most of us never think about, but it affects everything from the safety of autonomous vehicles to the future of manufacturing.
Here's what keeps me up at night: AI systems completely fall apart when they hit scenarios they've never seen. Remember that autonomous vehicle incident in San Francisco? That's exactly what I'm talking about.