"Every day is an opportunity. And I'm prepared to pivot whatever it is I'm doing to fit whatever seems the most interesting or that I'm most passionate about," says Chris Campbell, CIO at DeVry University. In this episode of Net Effects Podcast, Chris shares his expertise on building effective teams, transformation initiatives, and tiny homes.
Jeri Koester, CIO at Marshfield Clinic Health System and board member at TBM Council, drives a Harley Davidson and knows how to take charge. Jeri’s background working in IT startups led to the manufacturing industry, where she learned about workflow and automation. Jeri then moved to healthcare, leading IT teams for the past decade. She says she loves the mission of Marshfield. In this episode of Net Effects Podcast , co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto talk with Jeri about project manage...
In the first part of Net Effects Podcast, co-host Mark Bavisotto’s conversation with Johnny Rockets and Friendly’s Restaurant CIO & CITO Pete Gibson covered everything from leading organizations to quality assurance and software architecture. In this follow-up episode, Mark and Pete talk about the restaurant industry and how the process has changed to respond to a changing marketplace.
Executive Director of UNLV's Black Fire Innovation Hub, Dr. Robert Rippee, is also a practitioner of zen and the. In this follow-up episode, Net Effects Podcast co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto visit with him about personal transformation and our experience in the now. Meditative zen questions like "What am I?" "Where am I" and "What is now?" help engage with the present moment. This focus can be applied to everything from meditation to considering customer experience to innovation and...
Pete Gibson, CIO & CITO of Johnny Rocket's and Friendly's Restaurant, recalls the lessons learned from his time in the military and working on the team that developed the technology for Tomahawk cruise missiles. He says these lessons impacted his whole career, from developing high-reliability systems and software quality assurance to software architecture and project management to running a technology organization. In this episode of Net Effects Podcast, co-host Mark Bavisotto interviews Pet...
Dr. Robert Rippee's office mate is a machine learning robot named "Pepper." Her dutiful listening is part of his research and teachings at UNLV about human behavior and the future of interactive technology. Dr. Rippee is the Executive Director for UNLV Black Fire Innovation Hub — his doctorate and dissertation bring together compelling fields of statistics, innovation, and consumer behavior. In this episode of Net Effects Podcast, co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto visit with Dr. Rippee ...
“If you don’t like change, you’re going to like irrelevance even less,” is the quote that Teena Piccione, Telco, Media & Entertainment, and Gaming Industries at Google Cloud, had printed on her team’s badges for an event. Teena has always excelled at rising to a challenge and thinking outside the box. At 18, she struck out on her own, working her way through high school and college. She supported herself by working at UPS at 3 am every morning. Teena also concurrently excelled in music and t...
Dr. Geoff Parker says the punchline when it comes to choosing a career path is that "you don't have to make up your mind." Pursuing computer science during his undergrad years and then spending time in semiconductor engineering, he says that a lot of what is interesting in the economy today is at the intersection of technology, business, economics. This intersection makes Dr. Parker one of the foremost experts in his field of platform technology; he is the co-author of Platform Revolution and a ...
Mike Fulton is a proud Buckeye. Ohio State is “near and dear to his heart,” and he is an alumnus and teacher at the institution. During his time teaching at OSU, Mike has developed a groundbreaking digital transformation curriculum based on years of enterprise IT experience. Mike also leverages his digital transformation expertise to lead cloud services company, Expedient, as the Head of Innovation and Product Strategy. Mike began his career at P&G, which he calls a “great training ground” f...
Dr. Marta Meana is a professor of psychology at UNLV. She has served as Acting President and Dean of the Honors College at the academic institution. But she never aspired to these leadership positions. Instead, she aspired to excellence in her field and her scholarly endeavors. In this episode of Net Effects Podcast, Dr. Meana visits with co-hosts Mark Bavisotto and Les Ottolenghi about starting her first agency as a copywriter to pivoting to work in clinical psychology, and how opportunities fi...
Renee Pearson leads many roles as a mom, enterprise executive, and involved community member — and she leaves an indelible mark of excellence no matter what project has her focus. But one of the most remarkable things about Renee is her unerring focus on leading with empathy and curiosity. In this episode of Net Effects Podcast, Renee visits with co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto about embracing competition and teamwork while also finding fulfillment in professional and non-profit cause...
In each episode of Net Effects Podcast, co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto start with a segment called “Unmasking the Executive.” This ice breaker often illuminates a facet of the episode guest’s life experience that played a pivotal role in their transformation over the years. For executive coach Jennifer Pitts, her story is about the lessons learned working “Italian construction in New York City in the 80s.” As a summer laborer, she worked on the World Financial Center and carved out h...
CxO, a lawyer, and board member, Kim Sinatra, knows a thing or two about chasing down dreams. After finding herself in need of a quick career transition after just a year in Las Vegas, she sent a letter to Steve Wynn asking to join his new venture. Steve took her up on her offer, and she joined Wynn Resorts, rising to EVP and General Counsel, a leadership role she held for over 15 years. Kim shares her fearless optimism and bright vision in this episode of Net Effects Podcast. She talks with pod...
Jan Jones Blackhurst is a prolific American businesswoman and former government official. She served as the mayor of Las Vegas from 1991 to 1999, becoming the first woman to do so. This episode begins with a recount of Jan's experience riding in an F-15 fighter jet. For the next 43 minutes, she shares her stories of transforming Las Vegas in the 90s to pioneering paths in business and governance efforts.
What you do in college often has nothing to do with what you ultimately end up doing in the world, explains Heather Creran, COO of OncoLens. While at Duke University, Heather switched from a biomedical engineering field of study to political science. Upon graduation and deeply touched by her mom's experience with cancer, she joined IMPATH as the 10th employee and helped grow the organization into a large enterprise. Her professional experience has spanned more than three decades of various execu...
In this episode of Net Effects Podcast, Mark Bavisotto and guest host Salil Kulkarni (President/CEO and Founder of Vichaar, LLC) talk with Palo Santo Networks President Amit Singh about cybersecurity and its potential as “one of the most vibrant fields for innovation.” Amit attributes his success and journey to his dad’s wisdom. Amit grew up in India and traveled to America to get his Master’s degree. Upon graduation from Rensselaer with a Master’s in Industrial and Management Engineering, he jo...
Nicholas Thompson is a master strategist when it comes to thinking about efficient business models. His thought leadership helped build The New Yorker ’s digital strategy, diversified revenue streams at Wired, and he is now channeling this particular talent into a long-term plan for The Atlantic. In this episode of Net Effects Podcast, Nicholas talks with co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto about social obligations around platforms and content, as well as the political implications of tec...
When Tim Wise was young his father, an attorney, gave him some invaluable career advice. He described pursuing a professional career as a baseball game — those that stepped up to the plate to swing were the ones starting businesses. Tim has built a career on that advice of stepping up to the plate and taking a risk—albeit with some great data and life lesson-learning—and these days he’s helping other tech and IT leaders step up to the plate with their company and use all data and information at ...
Every day when Marcus Curley’s mom dropped him off at school, she told him to be a “man of character.” It was this family-centric mentorship and high standards that transformed his early years and set him on the path to being a bold executive leader. In this episode, the Wyoming-based technologist shares his experience in enterprise IT with co-hosts Mark Bavisotto and Les Ottolenghi, and how that mashes up with being the founder of his new startup, FrostyFlake. This episode covers topics around ...
Sanjay Pal, Global VP and GM, Head of CX and Cloud Operations at IBM, equates many business experiences to lessons learned on the cricket pitch, “When you catch the ball, it doesn’t hurt. If you drop the catch, it can break your finger.” In this episode of Net Effects Podcast, co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto, talk with Sanjay about championing ideas and change, overcoming challenges, and relentlessly focusing on customer success.
Episode 17 of Net Effects Podcast features David Gardner, an angel investing #GOAT and Founder and Managing Partner of Cofounders Capital. He is also on the board of directors for numerous startup companies. David shares his ideas with co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto — tackling everything from successful investing to finding new business ideas to what entrepreneurs need to do in the next 12 months to be successful. David has an educational background in theology and dead languages, an...
In this episode of Net Effects Podcast, co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto catch up with retired USAF Colonel and Chief Programs Officer at Red River, Ross Woodley. Throughout his career across government and business, Ross has acted as a linchpin in achieving critical missions. “I like a lot of challenges in my day,” he says. These days Ross uses his extensive knowledge in team-building and navigating high-pressure environments to contribute to the technology company Red River....
Jay Chaudhry launched his first startup in the mid-1990s intent on carving out a new place in the market for his idea. Through his resilience, innovative vision, and optimistic mindset, Chaudhry launched multiple startups over the past three decades and rose to international prominence, including a place on Forbes’ 400 list of richest people in America. In this episode of the Net Effects podcast, co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto talk with Jay about disruptive technology and ideas, secu...
In this episode of Net Effects Podcast, co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto interview Mike Burgett, the Founder and Executive Advisor of CIO Partners. As a former CIO, Burgett has a perspective on both sides of the lens for both technology leaders and executive recruiting for the Fortune 1000. This episode includes topics around personal transformation for CIOs whether networking with mentors and peer advisors or seeking knowledge and counsel to improve skill sets to be a more effective l...
Sunny Gupta, CEO, and founder at Apptio knows a thing or two about perseverance — and it started with immigrating from India and creating his own self-funded pathway to higher education in the United States. After earning Computer Science and Math degrees, Sunny pursued software and framework development at the forefront of innovation. At 26, he started his first company and 18 months later sold it to Rational Software (now part of IBM). In this Net Effects Podcast episode, Sunny shares his visi...
In this episode of Net Effects Podcast, ChannelAdvisor CEO David Spitz joins co-hosts Mark Bavisotto and Les Ottolenghi. As public corporations emerge from a catalyzing year of digital and social change, the leaders who were able to safely navigate their enterprise through turbulent waters, offer the most elucidating advice and strategies. David shares his vision for steering ChannelAdvisor through disruption and how the company remained sound, emerging stronger than ever. This episode covers to...
In this episode of Net Effects Podcast, co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto interview Dan Streetman , CEO of TIBCO. Dan has an extraordinary history in leadership and service, and in this episode, he shares his motto, mission, and strategies for leading a “Pay it first” life. This episode covers a variety of topics that are top-of-mind for startup entrepreneurs and enterprise leaders alike, ranging from digital transformation to moving with integrity and assuredness in a networked world....
In this episode of the Net Effects Podcast, co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto interview Todd Olson, CEO and Founder at Pendo. The unicorn company, Pendo , founded by Todd Olson, is “on a mission to improve the world’s experiences with software”.
In this episode of the-future-happening-now Net Effects Podcast, co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto interview Jason Williamson , VP of Oracle for Startups and Oracle for Research. Williamson is a passionate advocate for helping people build things that haven’t been built. At Oracle for Startups , he works to help people who invent, create, and discover do it with Oracle technology. Williamson and his team help startups accelerate growth, development, and revenue opportunities by bringing...
AI (or machine learning, depending on who you are talking to) has permeated much of our daily reality. Yet, as discussed in this episode of Net Effects Podcast , it is simply a tool like a hammer. Co-hosts Les Ottolenghi and Mark Bavisotto interview Igor Jablokov , CEO of Pryon and machine learning (ML) expert about the future of the technology, as well as the power and responsibility of those who wield it....
