On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Phil Merrell, Chief Information Officer at The PromptCare Companies. Coming out of the military and transitioning into sales, Phil lays the foundation for his path to CIO. He credits the advice he learned from a young senior-level executive at IBM early in his career.…
On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Andy Lehman, Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President at Kettering Health, to the show. Andy begins with the fascinating namesake of Kettering Health, Charles Kettering. Right under Thomas Edison, Charles was one of the most prolific inventors. He invented numerous items like the…
On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Steven Michaels, VP and Chief Technology Officer at SCL Health, to the show. SCL Health is the 11th largest nonprofit healthcare system in the country. Steven heads the organization’s data center technologies, network servers, storage service desk, and the caregiver experience. Throughout the episode,…
On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Lawrence “Larry” Bilker, EVP & CIO at Pyramid Healthcare, on the show. Larry gives succinct and sound advice throughout. No matter what business you’re in, learn all aspects of how it works. He emphasizes the importance of trusting intuition and that gut feeling. If…
On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Mona Flores, Global Head of Medical AI at NVIDIA, to the show. For actionable advice, Mona recommends not being afraid to try new things. Growing up, she knew she wanted to help other people. Before transitioning to computer science, she first dived into medicine…
On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Michael Archuleta, CIO aka CDDIIOTO (Chief Data, Digital, Information, Innovation, Operations and Transformation Officer) at Mt. San Rafael Hospital and Clinics. Michael took on the task of heading the digital transformation at Mt. San Rafael. The organization has advanced to receiving national recognition. Before…
On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Bashir Agboola, VP and CTO at Hospital for Special Surgery, on the show. Bashir oversees operations and infrastructure at HSS and heads its technology strategy. How does a world top-ranking Orthopedic differentiate himself through technology? With a mission to remove pain and give mobility,…
On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Dr. Lee David Milligan, SVP and CIO at Asante. Lee shares actionable advice on holding family ties close. He points out that family goes beyond blood boundaries. These strong ties are enough to keep moving forward in life. Add in shared critique, and the…
On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Andy Laudato, COO at The Vitamin Shoppe. Unlike many executives, Andy doesn’t shy away from acknowledging a few key mistakes he has made over the course of his illustrious career. He admits that learning from those errors has made him into the tremendous leader…
On this episode of the Disruptive Innovators: Champions of Digital Business podcast, host David Wright welcomes Karen Marhefka, Deputy CIO at RWJBarnabas Health. Karen details the breadth of her career, from 23 years at UMass Memorial working with AI and IT followed by ten years in consulting. Now she is spearheading a massive electronic health record system transition at RWJBarnabas.…
