IT Visionaries

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Gain unparalleled access to the minds of industry-leading CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs. Enjoy episodes filled with expert insights, inspiring stories, and trend analysis, all brought to you by the people shaping the future of technology. Whether you're an IT professional, aspiring tech leader, or general tech enthusiast, IT Visionaries has something for everyone. Don't miss out on the chance to learn from the best – subscribe now! Produced by the team at Mission.org and brought to you by Brightspot.

  1. The Future of Procurement: Real-Time Supply Chain Intelligence

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    The Future of Procurement: Real-Time Supply Chain Intelligence

    Every product a company ships depends on thousands of tiny decisions happening deep inside the supply chain. But most organizations are still making those decisions using stale spreadsheets, fragmented systems, and guesswork. In this episode, we explore how AI-driven procurement intelligence is changing the game – moving teams from reactive firefighting to proactive supply chain planning. Our guest today is Shardul Shah, cofounder of VeritosAI. He breaks down the hidden risks inside modern supply networks, why so many companies still lack real-time component and supplier visibility, and how better data can prevent shortages, backorders, and costly redesigns before they happen. We discuss: Why most organizations still rely on Excel for procurement decisionsThe real reason supply chain disruptions keep catching teams off guardHow AI and real-time data can alert teams to risks ahead of timeThe growing need for operational visibility across engineering, finance, and sourcingHow procurement becomes a strategic advantage, not just a cost centerIf you’re responsible for building products, managing vendors, scaling hardware, or supporting manufacturing operations, this conversation will change how you think about supply chain intelligence and the future of procurement. Key Moments: 0:00 Who Shardul Is & Why This Matters2:10 The Problem That Sparked VeritosAI6:06 Why Procurement Visibility Is Broken15:55 How VeritosAI Works (High-Level Overview)19:40 Why Supply Chain Is So Hard to Manage22:30 Identifying Alternative Parts & Replacements26:43 Real Example: The Power of Component Visibility29:00 The Role of AI in Modern Procurement35:15 The Current State of Procurement (And Its Challenges)38:50 The Biggest Skill Gap in Procurement: Understanding Cost46:00 The Disconnect Between Engineering & Procurement50:40 The Future: AI-Powered Procurement Command Centers --  This episode of IT Visionaries is brought to you by Meter - the company building better networks. Businesses today are frustrated with outdated providers, rigid pricing, and fragmented tools. Meter changes that with a single integrated solution that covers everything wired, wireless, and even cellular networking. They design the hardware, write the firmware, build the software, and manage it all so your team doesn't have to. That means you get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity without the complexity of juggling multiple providers. Thanks to meter for sponsoring. Go to meter.com/itv to book a demo.--- IT Visionaries is made by the team at Mission.org. Learn more about our media studio and network of podcasts at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    53 min
  2. Why You Feel More Burned Out Than Ever

    23 OCT.

    Why You Feel More Burned Out Than Ever

    AI was supposed to make life easier. So why are tech teams more burned out than ever?   In this episode of IT Visionaries, host Chris Brandt and guest co-host Lacey Peace unpack the real reasons behind the burnout crisis sweeping through tech and cybersecurity teams in 2025. From the “do more with less” culture to the false promise of AI automation, they explore how overwork, layoffs, and unrealistic expectations are reshaping the future of tech work.   Topics we cover:   Why AI adoption is increasing workloads, not reducing them How company culture drives burnout in IT and engineering teams The loneliness epidemic in tech — and what to do about it The generational shift changing expectations around work and life How to build sustainable tech teams that don’t burn people out If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed, under-resourced, or caught between automation and exhaustion — this conversation is for you. Watch till the end for insights on how to protect your mental health in tech and what the next decade of work might look like.   Watch Next: https://youtu.be/fCFs28kadw0?si=SNDAuua7IamFEr3p   Key Moments:   0:00 Why Tech Teams Are Burning Out 2:21 Is Tech Burnout Actually Getting Worse? 4:15 How AI and Automation Are Fueling Burnout 9:45 Tech Culture Clash: Old Guard vs. New Generation 17:00 Why Burnout Is Becoming a National Security Problem 22:15 The Loneliness Epidemic in Tech (and How to Fix It) 25:00 Can More Headcount Solve the Burnout Problem? 30:50 The Future of Tech Work: What’s Changing Forever --  This episode of IT Visionaries is brought to you by Meter - the company building better networks. Businesses today are frustrated with outdated providers, rigid pricing, and fragmented tools. Meter changes that with a single integrated solution that covers everything wired, wireless, and even cellular networking. They design the hardware, write the firmware, build the software, and manage it all so your team doesn't have to. That means you get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity without the complexity of juggling multiple providers. Thanks to meter for sponsoring. Go to meter.com/itv to book a demo.--- IT Visionaries is made by the team at Mission.org. Learn more about our media studio and network of podcasts at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    35 min
  3. AI Deception: What Is It & How to Prepare

    16 OCT.

    AI Deception: What Is It & How to Prepare

    What happens when AI stops making mistakes… and starts misleading you? This discussion dives into one of the most important — and least understood — frontiers in artificial intelligence: AI deception. We explore how AI systems evolve from simple hallucinations (unintended errors) to deceptive behaviors — where models selectively distort truth to achieve goals or please human feedback loops. We unpack the coding incentives, enterprise risks, and governance challenges that make this issue critical for every executive leading AI transformation. Key Moments: 00:00 What is AI Deception and Why It Matters 3:43 Emergent Behaviors: From Hallucinations to Alignment to Deception 4:40 Defining AI Deception 6:15 Does AI Have a Moral Compass? 7:20 Why AI Lies: Incentives to “Be Helpful” and Avoid Retraining 15:12 Is Deception Built into LLMs? (And Can It Ever Be Solved?) 18:00 Non-Human Intelligence Patterns: Hallucinations or Something Else? 19:37 Enterprise Impact: What Business Leaders Need to Know 27:00 Measuring Model Reliability: Can We Quantify AI Quality? 34:00 Final Thoughts: The Future of Trustworthy AI   Mentions: Scientists at OpenAI and Apollo Research showed in a paper that AI models lie and deceive: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/XuxVSPwW8I8TIME: New Tests Reveal AI’s Capacity for DeceptionOpenAI: Detecting and reducing scheming in AI modelsStartupHub: OpenAI and Apollo Research Reveal AI Models Are Learning to Deceive: New Detection Methods Show PromiseMarcus WellerHugging Face  Watch next: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plwN5XvlKMg&t=1s   --  This episode of IT Visionaries is brought to you by Meter - the company building better networks. Businesses today are frustrated with outdated providers, rigid pricing, and fragmented tools. Meter changes that with a single integrated solution that covers everything wired, wireless, and even cellular networking. They design the hardware, write the firmware, build the software, and manage it all so your team doesn't have to. That means you get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity without the complexity of juggling multiple providers. Thanks to meter for sponsoring. Go to meter.com/itv to book a demo.--- IT Visionaries is made by the team at Mission.org. Learn more about our media studio and network of podcasts at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    36 min
  4. Cisco’s Vijoy Pandey: The New Internet, AI Agents, and Quantum Networks

    9 OCT.

    Cisco’s Vijoy Pandey: The New Internet, AI Agents, and Quantum Networks

    Cisco’s Vijoy Pandey - SVP & GM of Outshift by Cisco - explains how AI agents and quantum networks could completely redefine how software, infrastructure, and security function in the next decade. You’ll learn: → What “Agentic AI” and the “Internet of Agents” actually are → How Cisco open-sourced the Internet of Agents framework and why decentralization matters → The security threat of “store-now, decrypt-later” attacks—and how post-quantum cryptography will defend against them → How Outshift’s “freedom to fail” model fuels real innovation inside a Fortune-500 company → Why the next generation of software will blur the line between humans, AI agents, and machines → The vision behind Cisco’s Quantum Internet—and two real-world use cases you can see today: Quantum Sync and Quantum Alert About Today’s Guest: ​​Meet Vijoy Pandey, the mind behind Cisco’s Outshift—a team pushing the boundaries of what’s next in AI, quantum computing, and the future internet. With 80+ patents to his name and a career spent redefining how systems connect and think, he’s one of the few leaders truly building the next era of computing before the rest of us even see it coming. Key Moments: 00:00 Meet Vijoy Pandey & Outshift’s mission 04:30 The two hardest problems in computer science: Superintelligence & Quantum Computing 06:30 Why “freedom to fail” is Cisco’s innovation superpower 10:20 Inside the Outshift model: incubating like a startup inside Cisco 21:00 What is Agentic AI? The rise of the Internet of Agents 27:00 AGNTCY.org and open-sourcing the Internet of Agents 32:00 What would an Internet of Agents actually look like? 38:19 Responsible AI & governance: putting guardrails in early 49:40 What is quantum computing? What is quantum networking? 55:27 The vision for a global Quantum Internet Watch Next: https://youtu.be/-Jb2tWsAVwI?si=l79rdEGxB-i-Wrrn   --  This episode of IT Visionaries is brought to you by Meter - the company building better networks. Businesses today are frustrated with outdated providers, rigid pricing, and fragmented tools. Meter changes that with a single integrated solution that covers everything wired, wireless, and even cellular networking. They design the hardware, write the firmware, build the software, and manage it all so your team doesn't have to. That means you get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity without the complexity of juggling multiple providers. Thanks to meter for sponsoring. Go to meter.com/itv to book a demo.--- IT Visionaries is made by the team at Mission.org. Learn more about our media studio and network of podcasts at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    1 h 1 min
  5. 3 Biggest Cybersecurity Threats & What IT Leaders Need To Know

    25 SEPT.

    3 Biggest Cybersecurity Threats & What IT Leaders Need To Know

    Cybersecurity isn’t just about firewalls and passwords anymore. It’s an all-out battle where hackers run businesses with customer support desks, insider threats can be disguised as your newest hire, and artificial intelligence is both the weapon and the shield.   In this special episode of IT Visionaries, host Chris Brandt switches roles and sits in the hot seat while Lacey Peace, host of Experts of Experience, interviews him about the three biggest cyber threats IT leaders must prepare for in 2025.   From the rise of ransomware-as-a-service to North Korean nationals infiltrating U.S. companies, and AI reshaping the entire security landscape, Chris reveals what’s really happening behind the scenes of today’s most dangerous attacks.   With stories from his career building high-security facilities — including an EMP-shielded data center buried under a mountain — Chris shares the lessons that every business leader needs to hear about resilience, recovery, and why it’s no longer a matter of “if” but “when.”   Don’t miss this candid and eye-opening conversation. Watch the full episode now and learn how to protect your organization before it’s too late.   Key Moments:   00:00: Lacey Peace Interviews Chris Brandt 04:45 Cyber Extortion and Ransomware 08:17 Supply Chain Attacks 18:20 Creating an Isolated Recovery Environment 20:08 Threat Number Two: IT Worker Attacks 22:14 The Rise of Phishing Attacks 27:26 The Evolution of Social Engineering 30:19 The Role of AI in Cybersecurity 33:01 Challenges in Reporting Cyber Incidents 33:46 The Complexity of Cyber Incident Recovery 34:45 The Role of Governments in Cybersecurity --  This episode of IT Visionaries is brought to you by Meter - the company building better networks. Businesses today are frustrated with outdated providers, rigid pricing, and fragmented tools. Meter changes that with a single integrated solution that covers everything wired, wireless, and even cellular networking. They design the hardware, write the firmware, build the software, and manage it all so your team doesn't have to. That means you get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity without the complexity of juggling multiple providers. Thanks to meter for sponsoring. Go to meter.com/itv to book a demo.--- IT Visionaries is made by the team at Mission.org. Learn more about our media studio and network of podcasts at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    36 min

  6. 18 SEPT.

    $124B Data Problem: How Synthetic Data Accelerates AI

    When your AI has to make decisions in the real world, the data you don’t have can hurt people.   DiffuseDrive CEO Balint Pasztor joins IT Visionaries to unpack the $124B data scarcity problem holding back autonomous systems — and how synthetic data (done right) can compress years of data collection into hours.   We dig into: why edge cases matter (and how to safely create them), closing the sim-to-real gap with diffusion models, preventing model drift, and building a data engine for physical AI across defense, robotics, and industrial automation. If you care about self-driving cars, drones, QA on the factory floor—or just shipping AI that survives the messiness of reality—this one’s for you.   Key Moments: 00:00 Introduction to Autonomous Driving Challenges 00:26 Meet Balint Pasztor and Diffuse Drive 01:14 The Importance of Synthetic Data 06:39 The Role of Synthetic Data in AI Training 18:07 Understanding Diffusion Models 23:28 Challenges in Real-World Data Collection 26:46 Three Steps to Improve AI Performance 32:13 Overcoming Non-Obvious Data Challenges 36:00 Balancing Data Quantity and Quality 40:28 Future of Autonomous Systems and Physical AI --  This episode of IT Visionaries is brought to you by Meter - the company building better networks. Businesses today are frustrated with outdated providers, rigid pricing, and fragmented tools. Meter changes that with a single integrated solution that covers everything wired, wireless, and even cellular networking. They design the hardware, write the firmware, build the software, and manage it all so your team doesn't have to. That means you get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity without the complexity of juggling multiple providers. Thanks to meter for sponsoring. Go to meter.com/itv to book a demo.--- IT Visionaries is made by the team at Mission.org. Learn more about our media studio and network of podcasts at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    45 min

  7. 10 JUIL.

    Turning 90 Years of Data into AI-Powered Insights

    Discover how to turn decades of data into a competitive edge, build lasting customer relationships beyond the first click, and apply AI in ways that truly drive impact. Joining us is Vineet Mahajan, CTO of US News & World Report, who shares how he’s led the 90-year-old brand through a sweeping digital transformation. From rearchitecting infrastructure to deploying semantic search, generative AI, and agentic tools, Vineet explains how his team is reimagining what a legacy institution can become—and what every tech leader can take from that journey. Key Moments: 00:00 Meet Vineet Mahajan, CTO of US News & World Report04:45 How to Unlock the True Value of Your Data09:55 Why First-Party Data Is Key to Building Customer Relationships14:32 What Is Semantic Search and How Can Generative AI Improve UX?18:39 How to Overcome Data Cleaning and Structuring Challenges21:18 How to Evaluate Emerging Tech Trends (Like Agentic AI)25:43 How to Lead Change: Data Governance and Digital Transformation32:38 What’s Next for US News & World Report and the Future of AI-Driven Strategy --  This episode of IT Visionaries is brought to you by Meter - the company building better networks. Businesses today are frustrated with outdated providers, rigid pricing, and fragmented tools. Meter changes that with a single integrated solution that covers everything wired, wireless, and even cellular networking. They design the hardware, write the firmware, build the software, and manage it all so your team doesn't have to. That means you get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity without the complexity of juggling multiple providers. Thanks to meter for sponsoring. Go to meter.com/itv to book a demo.--- IT Visionaries is made by the team at Mission.org. Learn more about our media studio and network of podcasts at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    37 min

  8. 26 JUIN

    What IT Leaders Can Learn from How the Government Buys Tech

    IT leaders in regulated industries know the pain of navigating outdated, slow procurement systems – especially when critical missions depend on modern tools.  In this episode, Bryana Tucci, Lead of the AWS Marketplace for the US Intelligence Community, shares how government agencies are overcoming legacy procurement bottlenecks to access cutting-edge software, AI tools, and cloud services faster and more securely. Listeners will gain insight into: Why traditional government procurement can take up to two years – and how that’s changing.How air-gapped environments complicate innovation and what’s being done about it.How generative AI is reshaping national security workflows.What kinds of tech companies are best positioned to succeed in the public sector.This episode is a must-listen for IT leaders interested in procurement innovation, cloud adoption in secure environments, and where AI fits into the future of public sector IT. Enjoy! Key Moments 00:00 Meet Bryana Tucci, AWS06:58 The Pain Point: Procurement Then vs. Now11:31 Unique Challenges in Public Sector Tech15:55 The Long Road to Selling in Government19:23 Vetting and Onboarding Sellers (how to meet federal standards)23:49 Government + AI: A Game-Changer30:34 Cost Efficiency, Saving Time, and the Future of Procurement41:46 What’s Next for AWS Marketplace --  This episode of IT Visionaries is brought to you by Meter - the company building better networks. Businesses today are frustrated with outdated providers, rigid pricing, and fragmented tools. Meter changes that with a single integrated solution that covers everything wired, wireless, and even cellular networking. They design the hardware, write the firmware, build the software, and manage it all so your team doesn't have to. That means you get fast, secure, and scalable connectivity without the complexity of juggling multiple providers. Thanks to meter for sponsoring. Go to meter.com/itv to book a demo.--- IT Visionaries is made by the team at Mission.org. Learn more about our media studio and network of podcasts at mission.org. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

    44 min
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Gain unparalleled access to the minds of industry-leading CIOs, CTOs, and CISOs. Enjoy episodes filled with expert insights, inspiring stories, and trend analysis, all brought to you by the people shaping the future of technology. Whether you're an IT professional, aspiring tech leader, or general tech enthusiast, IT Visionaries has something for everyone. Don't miss out on the chance to learn from the best – subscribe now! Produced by the team at Mission.org and brought to you by Brightspot.

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    Mission HQ
  • Création
    Mission
  • Années d’activité
    2018 - 2025
  • Épisodes
    506
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    IT Visionaries

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