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The Executive Insights podcast, brought to you by AWS (Amazon Web Services), features peer-to-peer conversations between business executives on innovating for growth, building resiliency, and shaping the future of their organizations.Learn more at AWS Executive Insights and follow us on LinkedIn. For video versions of these and other conversations, subscribe to our YouTube playlist.
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May 12, 2020 • 8min
#24: Leading an Organization Through Cloud Transformation | Keisha Garcia, Program Director Cloud Transformation, BP
Keisha Garcia, Cloud Transformation Program Director at BP, on how she is leading BP through their cloud journey. Talking with Miriam McLemore, Keisha dives deep on the importance of bringing your executive team along the journey, bridging organizational gaps while navigating change.

Apr 28, 2020 • 8min
#23: Growth Through Transformation, Innovation, Agility, and Resilience | Simon Noonan, CIO, Sportsbet
Simon Noonan, CIO of Sportsbet, talks with Miriam McLemore about their cloud transformation journey, and the importance of innovation, invention, agility, and resilience. Simon partners with his CFO, and peer executives through his "cloud academy."

Apr 21, 2020 • 16min
#22: Innovation and Leading Organizational Change | Henk Coenen, Heading Cloud Center of Excellence, NXP
How do you innovate and enable new products in an increasingly fast paced industry? Henk Coenen from NXP dives into NXP's transformation and how innovation can be enabled by embracing failure and taking the right approach to organization change.

Apr 16, 2020 • 11min
#21: The Changing Role of the CFO with Elena Gomez | Elena Gomez, CFO, Zendesk
Elena Gomez, CFO of Zendesk, sits down with Sean Boyle, former CFO of AWS, to discuss the changing role of the CFO, creating a nimble culture, and partnering with the rest of the C-suite on innovation strategy.

Apr 7, 2020 • 17min
#20: Business Innovation and Eliminating the Skills Gap | Michael Fagan, CTO, KMart/Target Australia
Michael Fagan sits down with us to share the importance of training all employees, include the CTO, helpdesk employees, and executive assistants, on cloud technology and how this can further business innovation and increase efficiencies. With the customer first mentality, Michael dives into what KMart has planned in their continued goal of delivering a best in class customer experience.

Mar 31, 2020 • 11min
#19: The Changing Role of the CFO | Jason Child, CFO, Splunk
Jason Child, the CFO of Splunk, and Sean Boyle, the former CFO of AWS, discuss how the role of the CFO is changing, including partnering with the CIO, using data in technology, and the importance of culture.

Mar 24, 2020 • 8min
#18: Maintaining Pace of Innovation in FinTech | Paul Onnen, VP Finance Technology, Amazon
Paul Onnen, the VP of Finance Technology at Amazon, sits down with Sean Boyle, the former CFO of AWS, to discuss his approach at building high-performance, globally scalable financial systems that support Amazon's current and future growth.

Mar 17, 2020 • 11min
#17: How Executives are Thinking About Transformation | Thomas Blood, Digital Innovation Leader, AWS, Miriam McLemore, Enterprise Strategist, AWS
What are the most challenging aspects of business transformation? After meeting with over 200 executives over the past year, Thomas and Miriam compare notes on the trends they've observed and discuss the common threads they're seeing globally and across industries.

Mar 3, 2020 • 14min
#16: From the Floor of Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent (3 of 3)
Listen to our final episode from Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent, where we hear from Arun Shastry from Liberty Mutual insurance, Ross McKerchar from Sophos, Nicki Doble from Cover-More Group, and Paco Padilla from Konfio, on their experiences and key takeaways.

Feb 27, 2020 • 9min
#15: From the Floor of Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent (2 of 3)
Listen in to part 2 of 3, where we hear from Dr. Ganesh Kumarof OFG Bank, Borre Wessel and Anvar Karimson of BCG Partners, and Ariel Schabas and Diego Navarro of Cencosud, on their experience and key takeaways from Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent.