.metaverse podcast Touchcast

This episode features a fireside chat recorded live at CES 2023. Ignazio Marchese, CIO Agriculture, CNH Industrial, joins Edo Segal, Co-Founder and CEO of Touchcast, to talk about how CNH Industrial is harnessing the power of the metaverse to revolutionize each step of the buyer’s journey on this episode of the .metaverse podcast.

Ignazio Marchese is the CIO Agriculture, CNH Industrial. Ignazio has worked at CNH Industrial for nearly a decade as the Chief Information Officer for the Latin America Region. In this role, he manages a team of 110 people across all IT functions including finance and financial services, manufacturing, sales as well as the IT infrastructure and End User Service.



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Touchcast is the world’s leading enterprise metaverse company. A pioneer in the use of Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence, we bring people together by breaking down the barriers of space, time, and language.

This episode features a fireside chat recorded live at CES 2023. Host Enrique Herrera from Microsoft, is joined by Tim Brunkel from ZF GRoup and William VanBuskrik from PwC to discuss the best ways to bring digital technologies into industrial environments and share how each were able to utilize metaverse solutions to increase efficiency.

Enrique Herrera is the Director Industry Solutions - Automotive at Microsoft. Enrique is a thought-leading speaker on topics such as  the industrial internet of things, digital twins and modern data analytics. He is an experienced business transformation leader with a demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry, specializing on industrial operations.

Tim Brunkel is the xReality/Metaverse Lead at ZF Group. Tim has worked for ZF Group for over three years and has a strong background in project management, consulting and business relationship management.

William VanBuskirk is the Digital Operations Sr. Manager at PwC. William has over five years of experience working at PwC where his passion is translating tech hype to pragmatic value-add.  Prior to PwC, William spent three years working at GE Aviation.



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Touchcast is the world’s leading enterprise metaverse company. A pioneer in the use of Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence, we bring people together by breaking down the barriers of space, time, and language.

This week on the .metaverse podcast, we are honored to be joined from the CES convention floor by Laurent Diot from Fiat, and Eric Chaniot from Microsoft, to discuss how Fiat applied the four main goals of Chief Digital Officers to create the Fiat Metaverse Store, the world’s first metaverse-powered interactive showroom.

Laurent Diot is the Chief Marketing Officer at Fiat. Laurent has a master in Engineering Management from l’École Centrale Paris and 25 years’ international experience in the automotive world. Previous roles include Deputy General Manager, Sales and Marketing at Dongfeng-Renault Automotive Co. in China and CEO of Renault Portugal.

Eric Chaniot is the Chief Digital Officer, General Manager of Automotive, Mobility, Transportation at Microsoft. Eric has over 20 years of experience in the technology business and has created a plethora of turnkey solutions to help transform international businesses to become more digital, innovative and automative.

Please click on the link below to view the Fiat Metaverse Store (the world’s first metaverse-powered interactive showroom) displayed and discussed during this conversation: https://youtu.be/_uPMC_r8GPk?t=174



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Touchcast is the world’s leading enterprise metaverse company. A pioneer in the use of Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence, we bring people together by breaking down the barriers of space, time, and language.

In this episode, Edo Segal, Co-Founder & CEO of Touchcast, is joined by Laurent Diot from Fiat, to discuss how Fiat, part of the Stellantis Group, is reimaging its entire customer journey to deliver a real time 3D virtual showroom in the metaverse, through its partnership with Touchcast. This new experience combines a digital-first experience with the personal touch of a live concierge, resulting in a no-barriers approach that offere a friendly end-to-end brand experience.

Laurent Diot is the Chief Marketing Officer at Fiat. Laurent has a master in Engineering Management from l’École Centrale Paris and 25 years’ international experience in the automotive world. Previous roles include Deputy General Manager, Sales and Marketing at Dongfeng-Renault Automotive Co. in China and CEO of Renault Portugal.


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Touchcast is the world’s leading enterprise metaverse company. A pioneer in the use of Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence, we bring people together by breaking down the barriers of space, time, and language.

This episode features a fireside chat recorded live at CES 2023. Sanjay Ravi, GM of Automotive, Mobility & Transportation at Microsoft, joins Edo Segal, Co-Founder and CEO of Touchcast, to talk about how the automotive industry is undergoing a once-in-a-century transformation right now that’s innovating the entire customer journey on this episode of the .metaverse podcast.

For more than two decades, Sanjay Ravi has been leading innovation and industry transformation for Microsoft’s global Automotive, Mobility & Transportation industry business, and providing vehicle manufacturers, mobility service providers, and transportation & logistics providers—including their suppliers and ecosystem partners—with innovative solutions and services strategies that accelerate digital transformation.

Sanjay is actively engaged in several Automotive and Manufacturing industry organizations, industry standards efforts, and government initiatives focused on accelerating digital transformation through key emerging technologies across these areas: the Internet of Things (IoT), cloud computing, intelligent edge, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and mobility services.  He currently sits on the advisory board for the World Business Council for Sustainable Development focused on transportation and urban mobility.



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Touchcast is the world’s leading enterprise metaverse company. A pioneer in the use of Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence, we bring people together by breaking down the barriers of space, time, and language.

This episode features a fireside chat recorded live at CES 2023. Eric Chaniot and John Reed from Microsoft join host Edo Segal, Co-Founder and CEO of Touchcast, to discuss the pivotal moment that the automotive industry currently finds itself in and how the metaverse is driving digital transformation within the industry by allowing companies to engage with their customers where they are.

Eric Chaniot is the Chief Digital Officer, General Manager of Automotive, Mobility, Transportation at Microsoft. Eric has over 20 years of experience in the technology business and has created a plethora of turnkey solutions to help transform international businesses to become more digital, innovative and automative.

John Reed is Solutions Leader, Automotive, Mobility & Transportation Industry at Microsoft. John has worked at Microsoft on their automotive team for over 5 years and is an active author on Microsoft’s Automotive Industry Blog.  Read his latest articles here:  https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/industry/blog/author/john-reed.



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Touchcast is the world’s leading enterprise metaverse company. A pioneer in the use of Mixed Reality and Artificial Intelligence, we bring people together by breaking down the barriers of space, time, and language.