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That's a wrap! After 12 phenomenal conversations, DataStax Chairman and CEO Chet Kapoor wraps up season one with the top takeaways and lessons learned. The season finale includes the greatest moments from: NetApp, Burberry, Barclays, Pearson, Udacity, AT&T Business, Nordstrom, Jackson Financial, T-Mobile, Banco Santander, Home Depot, and FedEx. We're just getting started... So stay tuned for season two in 2021!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

NetApp SVP and General Manager Kim Stevenson shares her career journey through major tech shifts and the birth of new industry sectors. She gives us her best career advice, tips on how to be a change-agent, and underscores the importance of Diversity & Inclusion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Burberry Global CIO Mark McClennon shares his passion for getting a versatile perspective on consumers, the importance of using data to drive insights, and - most importantly - in our fast-paced world, to always be sure to stop and smell the roses.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ashok Vaswani shares his global experience working at the largest financial institutions, including Barclays and Citigroup. Tune-in to hear about his global journey and advice on the importance of the customer journey and how to be a successful banker in the digital age.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Albert Hitchcock, Pearson CTO and COO, shares how COVID has not impacted Pearson strategy, but has accelerated higher expectations from the digital consumer. He shares his journey and advocates that we should be bold, question everything, and be forward in all that we do.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Learn why Udacity (Founder & Executive Chairman) and Kitty Hawk (CEO) Sebastian Thrun believes job skill training and education needs to be a basic human right in every country, and how AI will help us get there.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Be a lifelong learner and always believe in yourself, be self-aware, and work hard, says Sorabh Saxena, EVP of Global Operations & Services of AT&T. Listen in to learn why he says adversity and pressure can be great motivators.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Edmond Mesrobian, CTO of Nordstrom, tells us the majority of computer science has been solved, the problem has just been regurgitated and reformulated. Learn about the challenges of being a change agent, and how to get embedded in the culture before embarking on the change.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Jackson CIO Dev Ganguly teaches us how the power of connection, the 10,000-hour rule, and the pace of change encourage us to have an outside-in perspective.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

T-Mobile EVP and CIO Cody Sanford makes it clear that customers and employees on the front lines should always be at the center. You’ll hear Cody say it’s not about the technology, but rather about the teams that come together to leverage it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hear from Banco Santander’s Chief Platform Officer Aiaz Kazi on moving from traditional on-premise to a cloud-native, mobile-first, and AI-enabled platform in today's modern world.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Home Depot SVP of Information Technology, Fahim Siddiqui tells us how to work in an agile manner while leading with fundamental grounding in terms of people, process, and technologies. Fahim shares the importance of velocity in decision making, at a time when Home Depot is seeing 'Black Friday' volumes every day.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Rob Carter shares his experience as CIO of the world’s leading logistics provider, FedEx, and explains why he believes technology is the 'digital nervous system' of a company.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Inspired Execution podcast series is introduced by DataStax Chairman and CEO Chet Kapoor. In addition to sharing the inspiration behind 'Inspired Execution,' Chet tells us what listeners can expect from interviews with CIOs and tech leaders from the world's top enterprises.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Inspired Execution podcast series is introduced by DataStax Chairman and CEO Chet Kapoor. In addition to sharing the inspiration behind 'Inspired Execution,' Chet tells us what listeners can expect from interviews with CIOs and tech leaders from the world's top enterprises.Support the show: http://inspiredexecution.com