CIO Strategy: Business Transformation with Multicloud

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This episode of CXOTalk explores business transformation from the perspective of Seagate's Chief Information Officer, Ravi Naik. He has a unique perspective on cloud technology because he is also Executive Vice President of the company's multicloud product offering.

The conversation includes these topics:
● On the CIO and IT strategy at Seagate
● What is multi-cloud?
● Why is multicloud important to enterprise cloud adoption?
● On cloud vendor lock-in in the public cloud
● On managing the dual roles of CIO and EVP of cloud services
● How can CIOs overcome challenges to being business leaders?
● On customer experience and the Chief Information Officer
● How can cloud providers improve customer experience?
● How do multicloud environments create business value?
● How can CIOs be effective driving digital transformation?

In his role as CIO, Ravi Naik is leading large transformative initiatives, leveraging ideas and platforms focused on future growth. With his passion for technology, as EVP of Lyve Cloud, he is pioneering the next chapter of innovation and leadership in Seagate storage services.

Prior to joining Seagate in 2017, Ravi was the senior vice president of technology at Katerra, a startup revolutionising the construction industry by transforming the way buildings and spaces come to life. Before Katerra, in 2007 Ravi joined SanDisk to lead an enterprise-wide transformation initiative. Following the success of SanDisk transformation, he was appointed CIO, remaining with the organisation through its sale to Western Digital in 2016. Before that, he held leadership positions in Mercury Interactive, Hewlett Packard, and 3Com Corporation. Naik holds a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Bombay in India.