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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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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.

Feb 27, 2020 • 6min
#14: From the Floor of Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent (1 of 3)
Listen in to part 1 of 3, where we hear from Alison Robinson and Michael Berman - two leaders from top California universities - on their experiences and key takeaways from Executive Summit at AWS re:Invent.

Feb 21, 2020 • 24min
#13 Leadership and Lessons Learned (Part 3 of 3) | Mark Webster, Director of Product, Adobe
In the final episode of our 3 part series, Mark shares the lessons he's learned, top challenges he faces as a leader, and how he keeps his team moving forward in a constantly changing environment.

Feb 21, 2020 • 29min
#12 Voice Technology and the Impact on the Business (Part 2 of 3) | Mark Webster, Director of Product, Adobe
Mark is back to discuss the potential business impacts of voice technologies. He explains how the AWS Cloud and Amazon Alexa are enabling employees, increasing the reliability of systems, and creating new capabilities for UX designers.

Feb 21, 2020 • 22min
#11 Potential of Voice Technologies and the Cloud (Part 1 of 3) | Mark Webster, Director of Product, Adobe
In part 1 of a 3 part series, Mark Webster, Director of Product at Adobe, talks about how the Cloud and Voice Technology is changing design and workflow at Adobe, and the overall impact of voice on the end user.


