How AI Is Shaping Biotech? Expert Insights From James Bilotta
In this episode of Biotech Bytes, SVP and Chief Digital Information Officer Jim Bellotta discusses how AI and digital transformation are reshaping biotech, emphasizing the shift of the CIO role from a back‑office tech function to a strategic business partner that drives therapy delivery. Bellotta shares his career path—from hospital informatics to consulting, pharma, and rare‑disease companies—highlighting how aligning technology with scientific goals accelerates drug launches. He explains the evolving expectations for IT leaders, including leveraging managed service providers and AI while maintaining focus on patient outcomes, and offers practical advice for emerging IT professionals on positioning themselves as business‑centric contributors.
Providence’s Ratliff Says Merging Cybersecurity and Emergency Management Builds Stronger Cyber Resiliency
In this episode, Providence CISO Mike Ratliff discusses how merging cybersecurity with emergency management creates stronger cyber resiliency for a large, nonprofit health system. He explains the restructuring of Providence’s security teams, the launch of "Project Oscar" to align IT...
University of Utah Health’s Kawamoto Says Workbench Approach Scales Clinical AI Across the Enterprise
Dr. Ken Kawamoto, University of Utah Health’s Chief Health AI Transformation Officer, discusses how his team is scaling clinical AI across the enterprise using a standards‑based AI Workbench that plugs into the Epic EHR. He explains the evolution of his...
Mass General Brigham’s Sriraman Says SaaS Outages Expose Hidden Cloud Dependencies
In this episode of the Health System CIO Show, Mass General Brigham CTO Sri Sriraman discusses the hidden dependencies of SaaS applications on public cloud infrastructures, highlighting recent multi‑region outages that exposed a lack of transparency around where vendors host...
Lessons From an Upgrade to VCF 9
In this episode, host Pete Fletcher and co‑host John Nicholson interview Michele Collatto, a senior IT leader at a New York‑based financial institution, about their migration from VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) 5.2 to VCF 9.0 across four global data centers....
How to Close the Machine-Speed Gap in Cyber Defense with Nik Seetharaman of Wraithwatch
In this episode, Nick Seetharaman, founder and CEO of Wraithwatch, discusses how AI can close the speed gap between machine‑driven attackers and human‑limited defenders. He explains Wraithwatch’s AI‑native platform that unifies existing security tools into an intelligent command‑and‑control layer, enabling...
Dayton Children’s Whitlock Says TEFCA Trust Model Needs Stronger Guardrails to Stop Data Misuse
In this episode, Dayton Children’s CIO J.D. Whitlock discusses the challenges of TEFCA’s trust model, highlighting how inadequate guardrails have allowed patient data to be misused for non‑clinical purposes, exemplified by the Health Gorilla lawsuit. He explains the complex governance...
Sridhar Ravilla, Author of "Transformation that Lands" - PIR Ep. 807
In this episode, Sridhar Ravilla, Head of Growth and Strategy at a tech firm and author of *Transformation That Lands*, explains why many well‑funded, well‑led digital transformations still fail. He argues that while intelligence and technology scale rapidly, leadership capacity...
Feroz Sheikh on AI as the Final Puzzle Piece in Modern Agriculture
In this episode, Peter Hai talks with Faraz Sheikh, Syngenta’s Chief Information and Digital Officer, about how AI and machine learning are becoming the missing puzzle piece that turns massive farm data into actionable decisions for growers. Sheikh explains Syngenta’s...
DC3 Making Better Sense of Its Cyber Data
In this episode of Ask the CIO, Defense Cybercrime Center (DC3) Architecture Management of Data and Enterprise Division Chief Kajal Pal explains how DC3 protects the defense industrial base through digital forensics, threat intelligence sharing, and supply‑chain security. She details...
Why DHS No Longer Has a Compliance Mindset for Cybersecurity
In this episode of Ask the CIO, former DHS Chief Information Security Officer Hemant Badewin discusses his 15‑year federal career, why he chose to leave at this pivotal moment, and his new role as Executive CISO at Knox Systems. He...
ONC’s Keane Says Government Will Strengthen TEFCA Onboarding to Address Provider Privacy Concerns
In this episode, ONC National Coordinator Tom Keen discusses recent organizational changes at ONC, the dual‑lane approach of TEFCA and CMS‑aligned networks, and how the government is strengthening TEFCA onboarding to address provider privacy concerns. He explains that ONC will...
Penn State Health’s DeFlitch & Hijjawi Say Past Lessons Can Help Guide Today’s AI Implementations
In this episode, Penn State Health’s Chief Medical Information Officer Dr. Chris DeFlich and Associate CMIO Dr. Shadi Hijawi discuss how past experiences with electronic health record (EHR) implementation can inform today’s rapid rollout of artificial intelligence (AI) tools in...
Inside Swiss Re’s AI Strategy: Faster Claims, Smarter Insights, Better Outcomes
In this episode, Peter Hai talks with Praveena Ladva, Swiss Re’s Group Chief Digital and Technology Officer, about how the reinsurer is leveraging data and AI to transform core insurance processes such as claims and underwriting. Ladva explains Swiss Re’s...
Corewell Health’s Jarve Says Population Health Data Challenges Demand Internal Builds
In this episode, Dr. Bob Jarvie, Associate CMIO and Medical Director for Population Health Analytics at Corewell Health, explains why the health system built its own internal population health data platform instead of relying on external vendors. He highlights the...