DisrupTV
DisrupTV
DisrupTV is a weekly podcast with hosts R "Ray" Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. The audience can expect A-list guests, the latest enterprise news, hot startups, insight from influencers, and much more. Tweet questions to #DisrupTV or @DisrupTVShow.
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Jun 9, 2023 • 1h 4min
Regenerative agriculture & the paradox of leaders | Alex Yampolskiy, Anastasia Volkova, Adam Bryant
This week on DisrupTV episode 325, we interviewed Alex Yampolskiy, CEO of SecurityScorecard, Dr. Anastasia Volkova, co-founder and CEO of Regrow and Adam Bryant, Author of The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership.
We discuss topics such as cyber security, regenerative agriculture, climate-smart agriculture, leadership and networking. We also touched on how ambitious managers can make the jump to leadership and discussed the paradox of leaders.
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

Jun 2, 2023 • 1h 1min
The experience mindset and intrinsic motivation | Tiffani Bova, Priya Krishnan, Morra Aarons-Mele
This week on DisrupTV episode 324, we interviewed Tiffani Bova, Global Growth Evangelist at Salesforce, Priya Krishnan, Chief Digital and Transformation Officer for Bright Horizons and Morra Aarons-Mele, Author of The Anxious Achiever.
We discussed the Experience Mindset, customer experience, investing in talent, marketing spend, global growth, work life balance, leadership in a crisis, intrinsic motivation, technology and its implications, anxiety, imposter syndrome, and more.
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

May 19, 2023 • 1h 4min
Generative AI, LLMs and raising capital | Paul Daugherty, Uri Levine, Andrea Kramer, & Alton Harris
This week on DisrupTV episode 323, we interviewed Paul Daugherty, Group Chief Executive - Technology and Chief Technology Officer at Accenture, Uri Levine, 2x Unicorn Builder-Waze & Moovit, Author of “Fall in Love with the Problem, Not the Solution”, Entrepreneur, Disruptor, Speaker, Mentor, and Board Member and Andrea Kramer & Alton Harris, Authors of Beyond Bias: The PATH to End Gender Inequality at Work.
We discussed Generative AI, large language models, customer service experience, creative partners, failures, hiring, raising capital with investors, storytelling and more.
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

May 12, 2023 • 1h 7min
The Metaverse and product engineering | Dirk Lueth, Andrew Wolfe, Erik Severinghaus, Jenna Fisher
This week on DisrupTV episode 322, we interviewed Dirk Lueth, CEO and co-Founder of Uplandme, Inc, Andrew Wolfe, co-CEO of Bloomfilter, Erik Severinghaus, co-CEO & co-founder of Bloomfilter and Jenna Fisher, Author of To The Top.
We discussed topics ranging from the metaverse to product engineering, women in the workplace, mentorship and networking in a digital environment, and more.
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

May 5, 2023 • 1h 1min
Quantitative finance and workplace analytics | Paul Sheard, Sue Watts, Phil Simon
This week on DisrupTV episode 321, we interviewed Paul Sheard, Author of The Power of Money and former Vice Chairman of S&P Global, Sue Watts, President at Sapience Analytics and Phil Simon, Author of The Nine: The Tectonic Forces Reshaping the Workplace.
We discussed quantitative finance, money and trust, decentralization of currency, workplace analytics, and the future of remote/hybrid work.
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

Apr 28, 2023 • 1h 7min
Venture capital fundraising and product management | Jason M. Lemkin, Dheeraj Pandey, Paulo Savaget
This week on DisrupTV episode 320, we interviewed Jason M. Lemkin, SaaS Founder, Enthusiast & VC, Dheeraj Pandey, CEO & Co-Founder of DevRev and Paulo Savaget, Author of The Four Workarounds.
We discussed venture capital fundraising, startups, efficient trading, sales and marketing, AI, product management, workarounds, cryptocurrency, and new leadership.
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

Apr 21, 2023 • 1h 2min
Customer success and the modern economy | Pat Calhoun, Eduarda Camacho, and Sheena Iyengar
This week on DisrupTV episode 319, we interviewed Pat Calhoun, CEO of Espressive, Eduarda Camacho, Senior Vice President, Customer Success and Chief Customer Officer at BMC and Sheena Iyengar, author of THINK BIGGER: How to Innovate.
We discussed customer success, innovation, and the modern economy with conversations about AI, generative AI, virtual agents, Open AI security, brainstorming, and more.
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

Apr 14, 2023 • 1h 5min
Fashion & the Metaverse and personal branding | Cathy Hackl, Celia Fleischaker, and Aliza Licht
This week on DisrupTV episode 318, we interviewed Cathy Hackl, Chief Metaverse Officer & Founder at Journey and Founder of VerseLuxe, Celia Fleischaker, CMO of Verint and Aliza Licht, award-winning marketer, mentor, bestselling author, podcaster, personal branding expert, and the founder of LEAVE YOUR MARK, a multimedia brand and consultancy.
We discussed fashion and the Metaverse, blockchain, cloud computing, customer engagement surveys, ChatGPT, marketing, personal branding and social media.
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

Apr 7, 2023 • 1h 5min
Cloud technology and AI | Behshad Behzadi, Tom Davenport, AI Nitin Mittal, and Andy Thurai
This week on DisrupTV episode 317, we interviewed Behshad Behzadi, Vice President of Engineering, Conversational AI, Google Cloud, Tom Davenport and AI Nitin Mittal, Authors of All-in on AI: How Smart Companies Win Big with Artificial Intelligence and Andy Thurai, Vice President & Principal Analyst at Constellation Research.
We discussed Google Cloud's Conversational AI Machine Learning, customer service, the enterprise and how to compete in the industry using cloud technology and AI.
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.

Mar 24, 2023 • 59min
The empathy advantage and how to be successful in 2023 | Caitlin MacGregor, and Chris Shipley
This week on DisrupTV episode 316, we interviewed Caitlin MacGregor, CEO of Plum and Chris Shipley, author of The Empathy Advantage.
We discussed hiring, writing, learning, diversity, leadership, and more to spark conversations about the data missing to be competitive and successful in 2023. We also touched on the empathy advantage, eulogy mindset, the new normal and more.
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R “Ray” Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. Brought to you by Constellation Executive Network: constellationr.com/CEN.


