critical technology industry perspectiveyuvi kochar Ø president, cto roundtable of dc Ø...
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CriticalTechnologyIndustryPerspectiveYuviKocharØ President,CTORoundtableofDCØ Data-centricDigitalTransformationStrategist,GameStop
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RoleoftheCTOin2020LeveragetechnologytodriveBusinessOutcomes
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Technology-centricbusinessesoffer:- Convenience,Speed,Pervasiveaccess- Greatexperiences– individual,social- Choice
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Priorities…
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1– Learnthebusiness
• Understandhowtheorganizationcreatesvalue• Collaboratecloselywithbusinessexecutives• GeneralManagers• CXOs(Strategy,Marketing,Sales/Revenue)
• IntimatelyknowtheCustomer
Customer-centricity
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2– Maintainabi-focalVision
• Addresstoday’sneeds• UnderstandwherethePuckisgoing• Identifyandpreparefortomorrow’sneeds• Plantoquicklyrespondtochangingpriorities
ContinuousDelivery
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3- DevelopDeepDigitalKnowledge
Collect,clean,extend,segment,correlatealltypesofData• Customer• ProductsandServices• Equipment,Locations,etc.• Internal(Financials,Employees,etc.)• ValueiscreateatuniqueintersectionsofDatasets
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4– DriveInnovation
• Establishaculture ofInnovation,Risk-taking• Collaboratebroadlytocollateinnovativeideas• InvolveTechnologyTeamandPartnerstoidentifybusinessopportunitiesenabledbyNewTechnologiesandDataAssets• Prioritizeideasandinvestinafew• DevelopMVPs,Test,Iterate
ScaleorFailFast!
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5- Createandnurtureanetwork
LearningandIdeascancomefromanywhere• Peers• Vendors• Startups/VCs,etc.
Igetbywithalittlehelpfrommyfriends
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POVonNewTechnologies
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ML/AI
• Rapidinnovationintoolsandalgorithms• Cancreateasignificantimpactveryquickly• Inmyview,AI/MLmoveanalyticsfromadatasettotherecordlevel• Keychallenges:TalentandUnderstanding
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5G
• 1G:walkandtalk• 2G:textmessages• 3G:internet• 4G:streaming• 5G:promisesawholesuiteofdramaticimprovements:• Entirelynewwirelessinfrastructure– 100timesfasterthan4G• Nearlyeliminateanyprocessingdelays• PowerIoT- designedtoconnectbillionsofmachines,appliances,andsensorsatlowcostwithoutdrainingtheirbatteries
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Voice
• Qualityhassignificantlyimprovedoverthepastfewyears!• Machinesarebeginningtoholdconversations
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IoT
• Sensors• Connectivity• SmartsontheEdge
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Blockchain
• Ahugebusinessmodelissue:costofattributingandcompensatingforvaluecanbemorethanthevaluecreated
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VR
• NotalotofbusinessapplicationsofVR• Gaming?Training?
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Execution!Execution!
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Meetcommitments,Always!
Yes,but…
Requirementswillchange
TestandLearnatscale
Focusoncost
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Myarchitectureprinciples
Value:Businessovertechnology.
Agile:Simpleovercomplex.
Secure:EmbedSecurityandPrivacy.
Flexible:Decoupled(API-driven).
Efficient:Seamlesslyintegrated.
On-demand:Serverless,Containers.
Intelligent:Data-centric.
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Top-of-mindProcesses
SAFe
CI/CD
SecDevOps
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[email protected]@yuvikochar
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