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We’re back with another episode, this time featuring Senior VP & CIO Antony D’Cruz at HSA Bank. Antony brings a rich background of over 20 years of global experience managing transformation projects and IT teams in complex environments.  Antony and his team use technology and innovation to simplify the health account experience while helping clients save and spend more wisely.  Antony’s leadership style highlights the importance of listening in order to empower your team, remove roadblocks and give them the tools to be successful.

On this episode of the Change Agent CTO Podcast, Nathan joins the Vice President of Data & Analytics at U.S. Venture, Inc. Sangeeta Edwin to discuss her passion for data.  Sangeeta and her team enjoy dabbling with data to drive value and business outcomes while steering the company culture to embrace data.  Financial metrics help support how data can guide all teams of the business to optimize their operations.  Sangeeta also discusses the importance of investing, mentoring, and valuing your team as they have gotten her to where she is today.

Molson Coors Vice President of Solution Delivery Maribeth Achterberg joins us on this newest Change Agent CTO Podcast episode to talk to Nathan about the ubiquitous nature of tech in any industry, with an emphasis on the importance of solving real-life business problems in manufacturing and the supply chain. As someone who started their career journey in a non-tech world, Maribeth talks through her journey and how meshing her career with technology propelled her into the role she has today and how exciting it is to be working in tech in the year 2022. From efficiency on the manufacturing floor to the value behind data assets versus physical machinery and more, Maribeth and Nathan have a jam-packed conversation you won’t want to miss.

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On this episode of the Change Agent CTO Podcast, Nathan sits down in person with Vice President, Senior Technology Product Manager of Baird John Zielinski about redefining what wealth management is and how it functions in the tech and financial services world. John talks about the transition between the legacy to modern approach in how financial advisors moved away from the Rolodex to an intuitive innovative CRM space to truly analyze and enabling sales opportunities. From relationship building to comprehensive wealth management tools, CRM provides a way to keep track of the business as well as the Standard of Care to better understand clients and their specific needs.

What better time to celebrate the summer days ahead, community, and all things tech than with a new episode of The Change Agent CTO Podcast featuring awesome guests working with Milwaukee’s annual Summerfest Tech event. Generac Power Systems CIO Tim Dickson, Milwaukee World Festival, Inc. Sponsorship Sales Manager Lena DeLaet and Concurrency’s COO Kate Weiland join Nate in this full-house episode to talk about Summerfest Tech and how important community is for organizations to come together, educate, and be educated, and network.

On this episode of the Change Agent CTO Podcast, Nathan sits down with Microsoft Manufacturing Digital and Application Innovation Leader Melissa Ramos to talk about what it means to drive innovation with technology in teams and organizations. Melissa talks through how her team works with manufacturing companies on how to develop a business model that will disrupt the marketplace with innovation. Sometimes, innovation isn’t the “next shiny new thing”, it can be smaller steps that enable a business to get back to the core of what they’re doing in manufacturing. From focusing on a customer’s customer to improving business strategy to understanding what a successful team looks like by being digital advisors, this episode is full of inspiring methods to drive change with technology.