The Integration Chronicles The Integration Chronicles
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Cleo’s Tushar Patel and Frank Kenney bring you The Integration Chronicles: the only podcast focused on ecosystem integration. Ecosystem integration is the modern, innovative way to extend and augment B2B integration. Each episode will feature industry leaders and integration experts who discuss relevant integration topics, with a specific focus on the supply chain. You‘ll learn how to grow your business faster, pick up best practices for scaling your organization, and discover new ways to drive operational efficiencies.
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Ep. 12 - How Genpro Drives Efficiency with Cloud Integration
Guest: Juliette Samson | Chief Information Officer | Genpro Inc.
This episode features Juliette Samson, CIO of Genpro, a nationwide freight broker specializing in refrigerated produce and food and beverage transportation. Juliette dives into Genpro's business and the challenges they faced with on-premise EDI and data integration solutions. She explains how Cleo transformed Genpro's business and expresses her appreciation for the responsiveness and expertise of the Cleo team. The episode concludes with Juliette emphasizing the importance of strong leadership and mentorship, and her desire to pay it forward for the next generation. -
Ep. 11 - Century Supply Chain Solutions Fireside Chat
Century’s CIO, Jim McCullen, who has 34-years of experience in logistics, sits down with Cleo CMO, Tushar Patel, for a fireside chat discussion about:
The key trends he is seeing across logistics, freight, shipping, warehousing
How Century balances their desire to grow the business while keeping costs down
Century’s transformative journey of becoming Cloud-first -
Ep. 10 - Verst Logistics Fireside Chat
Guest: Macy Bergoon/Senior Vice President of Information Technology at Verst Logistics
Following the Annual Cleo Connect 2022 Conference, Tushar Patel shares a critical insights from Senior Vice President of IT at Verst Logistics- Macy Bergoon discussing key business-evolving improvements, legacy system challenges and advantages of fully connected EDI/API-capable integration solutions and support that feed logistics and supply chain efficiency and continuity. -
Ep. 9 - FreightWaves Conference
Guest: Frank Kenney, Director of Industry Solutions
Frank Kenney, Director of Industry Solutions at Cleo discusses his experience at the Future of Supply Chain conference by FreightWaves. Frank brings decades of industry experience to the table, but even he was surprised and delighted by the technological innovation currently being seen in the logistics space. In this episode, you'll hear about two of the more important aspects of success in the logistics industry: digital automation & compliance. -
Ep. 8 - Vari's CIO Shares on B2B Strategy
Jeff Dinard, CIO of Vari talks about the importance of being a leader first. He covers the rise of Vari and how his role has changed as the company shifted from a purely B2C focus to adopting a B2B strategy. In this podcast, you will learn about Jeff's personal brand of leadership: the books that helped him become a CIO, the Roman philosopher that influences his mornings, and finally, the children's book that helped him rediscover the value of magic in the C-suite.
Episode 8: First, a Leader. Second, a Businessman. Third, a Technologist.
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Ep. 7 - Scaling Logistics - A CIO's Perspective (Century Supply Chain Solutions)
Jim McCullen, CIO of Century discusses the steps he has taken to scale their global logistics and supply chain services business. He covers the role automation, security, and integration have played in his strategy, and even shares his security framework with fellow listeners.