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Isaac Sacolick
President, CIO at StarCIO
New York, United States
Isaac Sacolick is a successful CIO who has led digital transformation, product development, innovation, agile management, and data science programs in multiple organizations. He has transformed underperforming businesses by delivering new digital products, investing in strategic technologies, enabling agile practices, outsourcing commodity services and establishing performance metrics. He is the author of the book Driving Digital: The Leader’s Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology published by Amacom.
Isaac is currently President and CIO of StarCIO , a consulting services business that helps businesses execute their digital transformation programs. Previously, he held transformational CIO roles at media, financial services, and construction industry businesses and was a founding CTO at media and social networking startups.
Isaac has been recognized as an industry leading, agile, innovative CIO. He has been listed by The Huffington Post, Forbes, and HP Enterprise as a top social CIO and was recognized as a Top 100 CIO in STEM . Isaac has been writing a blog, Social Agile and Transformation for over ten years with 300+ posts covering topics on CIO leadership, digital transformation, agile execution, big data, innovation, and digital marketing. He is also a regular contributor to CIO.com and writes the Driving Digital Transformation blog. He speaks on a variety of transformation topics including the digital enterprise, agile transformation,digital product development, citizen development programs, the future of IT, and on becoming a data driven organization.
Isaac’s book, Driving Digital: The Leader’s Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology has received significant praise. Forbes.com called it a “…timely, engaging, and practical roadmap to developing and implementing digital strategies.” The Heller Search Associate remarked, “Sacolick is an experienced CIO with multiple transformation efforts under his belt. His new book is packed with insights, guidelines and stories from the front lines of transformation.” Distinguished technology executives commented, “Excellent…the best book I’ve read on the subject” and that “Isaac’s approach is practical and tactical with real-life lessons that can supplement any executive’s playbook.”
Available For: Authoring, Consulting, Influencing, Speaking Travels From: New York, NY
Speaking Topics: Digital Leadership 2025, Artificial Intelligence, Transforming the Organization with Agile Practices
Are Engineers Prepared for the Emerging Agentic AI Software Development World?
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May 12, 2025
Agentic AI software development is revolutionizing low-code and no-code platform capabilities. Reports indicate a significant rise in AI-assisted coding among developers. As AI agents become more autonomous, traditional coding may decline, posing questions about the future roles of software engineer
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
How Appian is Inspiring with AI Agents and Transforming Low-Code App Development
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April 29, 2025
The future of low-code app development is evolving with AI code generators, enabling easier, sophisticated, and scalable app creation. Appian emphasizes collaboration with AI agents to develop proprietary processes. Their AI-driven Appian Composer facilitates iterative app design, focusing on outcom
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
How to Drive a Smarter, Innovative, and Predictable Agile Delivery Model
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April 21, 2025
Many organizations struggle with evolving their agile delivery model, leading to missed deadlines and customer dissatisfaction. The key issue is teams rush into solving problems without proper planning. To improve, simplify the approach by developing a clear vision, fostering collaboration, and enha
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
Is Now the Time for the CIO to Fully Embrace Virtual Desktops?
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April 14, 2025
The future of end-user computing (EUC) envisions reliance on cloud services for all computing needs, managed centrally and securely. Changes led by Microsoft and Nerdio highlight virtual desktops enhancing employee experience and reducing costs. Transitioning to virtual desktops allows CIOs to rethi
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
10 Missed GenAI Opportunities in Digital Transformation a CIO Must Be Paranoid On
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April 07, 2025
CIOs must move beyond mere productivity and embrace genAI opportunities in digital transformation. While tactical improvements are significant, focusing solely on them can hinder real change. CIOs should prioritize data architecture, AI governance, and improving customer experiences, while maintaini
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
3 Key Insights on Driving Intelligent Operations in the GenAI Era
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March 31, 2025
Intelligent operations is crucial for executives in construction and manufacturing today. They enhance safety, competitiveness, and growth, especially with the advent of genAI. Emphasizing the human element in operations, leveraging technology, and building trust in AI systems can improve overall pe
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
Who is the Pioneering AI Leader Every Innovative CIO Should Watch for CX?
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March 24, 2025
Who is the crucial AI leader unnoticed by many CIOs, particularly regarding customer experience (CX)? Sacolick reviews advanced tools for enhancing CX, warns about GenAI's productivity trap, and encourages businesses to focus on creativity. Successful transformation requires strong leadership and co
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
7 Ways Gen AI Drives Outcomes: Help Employees With Work They Couldn’t Easily Do Before
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March 17, 2025
Gen AI drivve outcomes by enhancing employee capabilities rather than solely being viewed as a productivity tool. Its true benefit lies in enabling complex tasks, improving customer insights, enhancing call center performance, simplifying compliance, and facilitating data analysis. Ultimately, Gen A
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7 Rewarding Career Paths for the Fearless Agile Program Manager
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March 10, 2025
Agile program managers are facing significant risks amid tech layoffs, with 8.3% impacted in recent cuts. As agile methodologies rise, some roles are declining. Career paths for agile program managers include transitioning to technical leadership, product management, data governance, and more. Conti
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How Agile Teams Can Stay Focused While Resolving IT Service Management Tickets
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March 03, 2025
Agile and ITSM responsibilities can coexist with effective time management, optimizations, and SLA adjustments. Leaders should analyze ticket performance, identify optimization opportunities, and guide teams on productivity. Clear communication of new strategies and measuring impact will enhance agi
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25 Emerging GenAI Roles to Boost HR, Tech, and Security Careers
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February 24, 2025
Organizations seek new roles like AI Change Agents, GenAI Business Analysts, and AI HR Coaches, emphasizing the need for skills development and lifelong learning in the evolving job market. StarCIO's 25 GenAI emerging roles include AI Career Developers, AI Security Architects, and AI Agent Developer
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
7 Ways Ambitious CIOs Drive Digital Transformation from GenAI
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February 17, 2025
Why CIOs must taget comprehensive digital transformation beyond mere cost-cutting, especially in the context of GenAI. CIOs must focus on growth, trust, collaborative technology, agentic AI, and customer experience improvements. Seven key recommendations provide guidance for successful digital and A
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
CIOs Beware: How to Prove GenAI ROI Without Bumbling Into the Productivity Trap
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February 10, 2025
Isaac Sacolick cautions against forecasting ROI for digita transformationl initiatives, particularly AI, emphasizing the importance of defining clear objectives and key results (OKRs) instead. While recent research indicates that generative AI investments can yield significant returns, organizations
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
AI in Action: 8 Promising Use Cases to Drive Digital Transformation
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February 03, 2025
The potential of Generative AI as a driver of digital transformation, emphasizing the need for meaningful use cases that can significantly impact business models. Highlights various applications across customer service, marketing, fintech, supply chain, and more, advocating for focused initiatives t
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
Data Privacy Week: How Every CIO and CDO Must Take Control of Their Data
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January 27, 2025
Data Privacy Week 2025 emphasizes the theme "Take control of your data." Organizations are urged to enhance data governance and security in light of increasing risks from breaches and regulations holding leaders accountable. Key areas to focus on include human factors, data security, and AI governan
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
Avoid a Nightmare: 10 Important DevSecOps Practice Non-Negotiables
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January 20, 2025
CIOs establish DevSevOps non-negotiables to shape organizational culture and governance, aimed at balancing development agility with security and operational stability. Key non-negotiables include balancing backlogs, defining user needs, ensuring security by design, standardizing production paths, f
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
Predictions on Culture, Gen AI, and Innovation That I Hope Are Wrong
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January 13, 2025
Isaac Sacolick highlights concerns about DEI practices, hybrid work's potential decline, AI overinvestment, and underinvestment in employee leadership development and training. He stresses the importance of leadership development for organizational success, warning against possible setbacks if compa
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
Inspire Digital Storytelling and Enlighten AI Leaders With These Helpful Books
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January 06, 2025
Isaac Sacolick shares insights on his favorite books from the past year, highlighting essential reads for digital storytellers and tech leaders. Key recommendations include "Storyworthy" by Matthew Dicks, "Building a Second Brain" by Tiago Forte, and Adam Grant's "Hidden Potential." Additional notab
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My Top Articles of 2024: More GenAI to Digital Transformation
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December 30, 2024
In this holiday week post, Isaac Sacolick reflects on 2024, highlighting key articles in AI, leadership, and innovation. Isaac selects must-reads like expert AI predictions and insights on digital transformation.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
What do Transformation Leaders Hope for in 2025? More Empathy, Growth, and Humanity
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December 23, 2024
In his last post of 2024, Isaac Sacolick reflects on a challenging year despite significant achievements in content creation and community-building. Discussions during the Coffee With StarCIO Digital Trailblazers on moral courage highlight the importance of empathy and collaboration. Looking ahead,
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
20 Expert Gen AI Predictions for an Ambitious 2025
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December 16, 2024
Discussions with leaders from vtech companies focused on CIO's gen AI expectations for 2025, highlighting the shift towards pragmatic AI applications amidst fading LLM hype. Key predictions include the rise of agentic AI, increased focus on data privacy, and the need for effective change management
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
From Burnout to Breakthrough: Three Timely Strategies for CIOs and Digital Trailblazers
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December 09, 2024
Isaac Sacolick reflects on his experiences and shares valuable lessons from his book, Digital Trailblazer. Highlighting the significance of addressing burnout in IT, promoting diverse teams for innovation, and fostering a positive team culture, Isaac emphasizes the need for compassionate leadership
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, IT Leadership
This Most Boring Gen AI Use Case Saves Millions in Regulated Industries
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December 02, 2024
By 2025, generative AI will drive significant business value, focusing on practical, less glamorous use cases like document processing, intelligent automation, and AI agents. These advancements promise to increase accuracy and reduce costs, particularly in regulated industries like financial service
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From Gray Work to Growth: Enabling Pragmatic AI in Construction and Manufacturing
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November 25, 2024
The construction and manufacturing sectors are experiencing growth, with significant job additions and positive production forecasts. However, they face complexity due to multiple stakeholders, low margins, and evolving regulations. Utilizing dynamic work management and pragmatic AI can streamline o
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What Gen AI Should Tech Innovation Teams Review in 2025?
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November 18, 2024
In 2025, innovation teams, CIOs, and leaders should prioritize short-term value, focusing on AI to enhance customer impact. Key areas include developing generative AI agents, optimizing data governance, and managing knowledge debt. Emphasis on cost-efficiency via Green FinOps and sustainable practic
Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership
Wiley
July 06, 2022
In Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership, Isaac Sacolick, a technology leadership expert and a former CIO and CTO, delivers a hands-on guide to help technology and business professionals at all stages of their careers acquire the skills necessary to drive transformative change. With an eye-opening collection of stories and more than 50 lessons, Sacolick gives readers a view into what goes on behind-the-scenes in leading digital transformations. From tense IT Ops conference calls to make-or-break executive meetings, Sacolick presents the challenging scenarios faced by product, technology, and data leaders and helps readers learn to lead transformations and become Digital Trailblazers.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Leadership
Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology
Amacom
August 24, 2017
Every organization has a plan for updating products, technologies, and business processes. But that’s not
enough anymore. With disruptive startups outperforming industry stalwarts, executives everywhere are pushing greater growth and innovation. Staying competitive demands a complete digital transformation.
For professionals charged with leading technology-driven change, the pressure is intense—and the path forward unclear.
Author Isaac Sacolick has successfully spearheaded multiple transformations and helped shape
digital-business best practices. Now in Driving Digital, he shares the lessons he’s learned, detailing how to:
Formulate a digital strategy • Transform business and IT practices • Institute agile management • Align Development and Operations (DevOps) • Promote agile practices • Drive culture change • Bolster digital talent • Enable citizen development • Capture and track ROI • Strengthen data driven decision making and expand data science practices • Cultivate strategic technology capabilities • Develop and launch digital products • Establish an innovation pipeline • Enable product management • Pilot emerging technologies • Align executives on transformation • Become smarter faster.
Tags: Digital Disruption, Digital Transformation, Social
23 Keynotes
Why Digital Trailblazers are the Secret to Successful Digital Transformations
GDS
June 22, 2022
Despite the challenges in the global economy there is a real sense of optimism in IT organizations with increased budgets and the return on new digital channels starting to show. This optimism could be short-lived as customers and employees hold their loved brands to a whole new standard of experience. To keep up, companies will have to embrace a whole new toolbox of cultural and digital technology!
Join 70+ senior IT leaders on business-critical challenges and disruptive technology and drive your industry forward collaboratively.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Leadership
Driving Digital Why?
SINC
June 06, 2022
The SINC Northeast IT & Security Leaders Forum brings together top regional leaders for three days of engagement geared specifically towards our Northeast IT executives.
Forum speakers and presentations will focus on topics most directly impacting attendee resource challenges, which will in turn drive regional industry growth. Executives and service providers alike will engage through one-on-one engagements and open-discussion group meetings, all while creating valuable networking and community-building opportunities to foster regional development.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Leadership
Driving Digital Whay
SINC
May 30, 2022
The SINC Canada IT & Security Leaders Forum will bring together the top innovative IT and Security leaders across the province for a day of interactive engagement. The forum will address the topics that most directly impact the resource challenges of the attendees, which in turn, will drive the growth of the Canadian IT industry and community.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Leadership, Security
Driving Digital in Higher Ed: Empowering Digital Trailblazers to Lead Transformation
AJCU-CITM
May 24, 2022
Following the success of Isaac Sacolick’s first book, Driving Digital, in this keynote, Isaac will share stories and insights from his new book publishing this summer, Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership. Your business needs more transformation leaders — what Isaac calls Digital Trailblazers — who can lead teams, evolve sustainable ways of working, develop technologies as competitive differentiators, and deliver business outcomes. This keynote highlights who are Digital Trailblazers, how to empower them, and what practices they will need to drive digital transformation at higher ed institutions. Topics will include developing agile cultures, becoming data-driven, and transforming experiences. Isaac Sacolick, contributing editor at InfoWorld and president of StarCIO, will inspire leaders at all stages of their careers to expand their skills and grow confidence in leading transformation initiatives.
The SINC Southeast IT & Security Leaders Forum brings together top regional leaders for three days of engagement geared specifically towards our Southeast IT executives.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Leadership
Why Digital Trailblazers are the Secret to Successful Digital Transformations - SINC
SINC
March 21, 2022
Following the success of Isaac Sacolick’s first book, Driving Digital, in this keynote, Isaac will share stories and insights from his new book publishing this summer, Digital Trailblazer:
Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership. Your business needs more transformation leaders – what Isaac calls Digital Trailblazers—who can lead teams, evolve sustainable ways of working, develop technologies as competitive differentiators, and deliver business outcomes. This keynote highlights who are Digital Trailblazers, how to empower them, and what practices they will need to drive digital transformation.
Accelerating Transformation: Driving the Next Wave of Customer Experiences with Differentiating Tech and Analytics
Subscription Insider
November 02, 2021
Subscription leaders are reconvening this fall to reconsider their digital strategies and transformation programs. COVID has rewritten customer expectations, supply chains are in flux, and hybrid working creates new opportunities and challenges in collaboration and retaining talent. Meanwhile, the digital giants are operating full steam ahead, largely because of their advanced capabilities in technology, data/analytics, and collaborative practices.
In this keynote, Isaac shares insights on how subscription business leaders can create force multipliers and accelerate their transformational efforts. Some themes he will cover:
Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Future of Work
What Must Leaders Drive in Digital Transformation's 2.0
Depaul Innovation Lab
October 14, 2021
During the uncertainty of the current Covid-19 situation, we ensure that ODI will proceed. In order to prioritize the health of both our attendees and our speakers, we have decided to move half of the conference into the digital realm. Through a hybrid of online video meetings on the 14th, as well as in-person speeches on the 15th, we will ensure that the conference maintains its original comfortable and personal feel.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Future of Work
Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology
Creatio
June 01, 2021
Isaac Sacolick is a guest speaker at Low-Code Marathon and an Amazon best-selling author. As a successful CIO leading in digital transformation, innovation, agility, and data science programs in multiple organizations, Isaac will deliver an unmatched leader’s guide to business transformation using technology.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Future of Work
AI in the Enterprise: Succeeding with Agile DataOps and Machine Learning
IDG
April 14, 2021
Recent research finds that 50 percent of companies have adopted AI in at least one business function while the other 50 percent are early in their AI journeys. How can more organizations take steps to get the culture, data, and operations ready to take machine learning and AI from ideas to proof of concepts and onto production? Join us as we share best practices in identifying business opportunities, selecting teams, applying agile methodologies, conducting POCs, and MLops that enable more organizations to succeed with machine learning and AI.
Establishing Winning Technology and Data in Small Businesses and Startups
NSU
March 10, 2021
Join us to hear Isaac Sacolick, Founder and President of StarCIO, a digital transformation consulting company, that enables organizations to be smarter, faster, and more innovative with data and technology. In this informative session, you will learn about why tech and data is needed to compete today; the perils of running a business on spreadsheets; get an overview of back office tools for financials and CRM; get an overview of front office tools for sales and marketing; using no and low code platforms to build applications; and how to make integration simple.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Agile, Change Management
Driving Digital 2025: The Leadership, Practices, and Technology that will Propel Smarter, Faster, and Innovative Organizations
CIO Peer Forum
May 05, 2020
How Every Business can win with IoT, Real Time Data, and Agile Development
Connecticut Chapter, National Association of Corporate Directors
January 10, 2019
The rapidly growing availability of new data sources from the Internet of Things (IoT) is creating tremendous pressure on companies of all sizes to become “real-time enterprises” in order to compete effectively. And while “every company is a technology company", that doesn't mean that every company can invest in culture change, collaborative practices, and emerging technologies like major technology businesses.
While businesses of all sizes must improve their customer experiences, grow by developing digitally enabled products and services, and enable a data-driven organization, smaller and medium sized organizations have to be more creative and selective on how to develop applications, how to invest in analytics, and where to innovate with the Internet of Things and other emerging technologies.
Hear from "CIO-turned-digital guru" Isaac Sacolick, President of StarCIO and author of the Amazon bestseller Driving Digital on the culture, practices, and technologies that will enable every business to win in this disruptive, rapidly-changing environment.
Low-Code and the Case of the Disrupted Developers
Siemens
February 28, 2022
This episode, Ginni and Michael are speaking with Isaac Sacolick, Founder and President of StarCIO, again to bust the myth that low-code application development will disrupt the culture of a development team.
Becoming Data-Driven & Improving Data Health: Talend CTO Krishna Tammana & StarCIO's Isaac Sacolick
Talend
September 30, 2021
Many people are experts in processing data, managing big data sets, performing data analytics, and storytelling with data. And then, there are true data experts who have experience working across industries, technologies, and different data complexities and provide lessons and wisdom on how organizations can become more data-driven.
Talend CTO Krishna Tammana and StarCIO President and influencer Isaac Sacolick sit down to talk about about data health.
Defining Digital Transformation in 2021 with Isaac Sacolick
Toro Cloud
May 10, 2021
In this round of Cocktails, our guest tells us how a business can successfully facilitate digital transformation through a convergence of business models and modern technologies. We also discuss how the concept can be misunderstood by most. We then talk about some transformation success stories and the challenges associated with change – and go through some great, practical advice for organizations on how to successfully drive their own digital transformation initiatives.
Driving Agility and Innovation with Cloud-like Experiences Anywhere
IDG
June 21, 2022
For enterprises to focus on innovation, IT practitioners and leaders must take an application-centric approach and run workloads in the location which makes the most sense – either on premises or in the cloud. The other priority, of course, is to provide a seamless user experience. That requires an agile, scalable, resilient infrastructure with automated operations and intelligent self-service. Hear first hand from industry peers on how they accelerate time to value, build in elasticity, and achieve economies of scale within their IT environments.
INTERACTIVE PANEL - Controlling Complexity: Focus on Fundamentals to Manage and Secure Tomorrow’s Assets
SINC
May 30, 2022
The increase in the number of devices, device types, users, and solutions makes it more challenging and important than ever to manage and secure our environments. Join this roundtable discussion to share your best practices and common pitfalls when it comes to focusing on the fundamentals of asset management and cyber health.
Moderator:
Isaac Sacolick, Bestselling Author, Top Social CIO/CDO, Digital Transformation Influencer, Star CIO
Panelists:
Wayne Cross, Director Cyber Security and Infrastructure, Borden Ladner Gervais
Manon Blanchette, IT Security Director, Desjardins
Creating Transformation Through Data & Analytics
C-Vision
March 30, 2022
If digital transformation is a journey, then data is the fuel that transports your company from here to there. Comprehending and creating insight from data is transformational. Being able to gather and analyze data to generate a competitive edge, creates new opportunities and promotes innovation. However, to support a pipeline of up-to-date and competitive modern data and analytics, a sound foundation and architecture must be constructed.
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE & PANEL - Diving Into Talent Acquisition, Diversity, and Retention
SINC
March 21, 2022
In most markets, there is an abundance of open IT jobs with fewer people able to fill them – and the positions are getting more expensive. Working remotely is the norm, but not optimal (usually). There is less off-shoring and more resources are focused locally or within the same hemisphere.
Additionally, we are still not recruiting enough woman and minorities into the rank and file, especially senior IT roles, and we’re losing talent to major tech hubs.
Join us at the roundtable with your peers as we dive into solutions to tackle the following challenges:
How do you scale staff / team without losing them to major tech hubs?
How do you create more diversity – not only among race and gender – but diversity of thought – Old vs New Thinking?
How do we mentor universities to implement actionable steps for supplying more IT talent?
Tags: Leadership, Culture, Diversity and Inclusion
Interactive Workshop: Finding your Digital Trailblazers
IDG
February 16, 2022
The future of work requires a co-creation model between IT and business leaders seeking to improve employee experiences, become more data-driven, and hyperautomate intelligent workflows. These leaders want to build apps, dashboards, and other technologies and need IT’s best practices that support extendable, sustainable, and secure technologies. In this interactive workshop, Isaac will guide you on defining a starting plan for creating a citizen development center of excellence.
The Great Debate: What’s the Real Value of AI in the Enterprise?
IDG
February 16, 2022
If you think 2022 will look like last year, think again. Everything about our workplace is changing. Talent wars are raging. Skills gaps are widening. And workspaces are anywhere – and everywhere. And that’s just the beginning.
The workplace future is more than just another buzzword. It’s where your business needs to create agile, flexible, and intelligent work models. CIO’s Future of Work Summit delivers solutions to you with a three-day, three-track virtual event featuring live conversations and a curated agenda to prepare you for what lies ahead.
Many organizations have adopted cloud-first strategies and mandated moving business-critical tools to the cloud. But cloud migrations can be tricky, and what might seem simple or straightforward can quickly turn into a painful process with stalled progress, frustrated users, and increased costs. In this webinar, our expert panel will review best practices for a successful migration, and what to expect along the way, so you can experience the benefits of moving to Atlassian Cloud while avoiding major speed bumps that often occur with a ground-to-cloud migration.
The Present & Future of Intelligent Search in Driving Digital Transformation
Coveo
February 09, 2022
Digital transformation touches everything: digital commerce, customer service, and fostering a smarter digital workplace. In this webinar, Isaac Sacolick, president of StarCIO is joined by Paul Nelson, managing director, Accenture and Ciro Greco, VP AI, Coveo to talk about the state of enterprise search.
Top 5 Predictions for IT Ops in 2022
Big Panda
January 27, 2022
In this lively panel discussion, IT Operations leaders from PlayStation and Blackrock 3 Partners, as well as the President of StarCIO, reveal their predictions for the IT automation market and dispel myths that may be misleading IT leaders today.
Trend Talk: What will drive network modernization in 2022?
IDGTechTalk
December 09, 2021
To answer those questions, IT practitioners, consultants, and influencers joined in an @IDGTechTalk Twitter chat on Dec. 10, 2021, sponsored by @ComcastBusiness. The hour-long session was moderated by IDG social media manager Clare Brown. In addition, the chat was tracked in real-time by IDG content strategist Jim Malone, IDG contributing editor Pete Bartolik, and industry expert Isaac Sacolick, president of StarCIO.
Editors’ Panel: Top Picks from the Cloud Candy Store
IDG
December 08, 2021
The real excitement of the cloud is in the innovative new services the big cloud players continuously introduce. Join IDG Editor in Chief Eric Knorr, InfoWorld Senior Writer Serdar Yegulalp, and Contributing Editor Isaac Sacolick as they dissect some of the hottest new cloud services and what they’re good for – along with some quick cloud predictions for 2022.
Watson Alumni Panel: Consulting
Binghamton
September 02, 2021
Join Watson Career and Alumni Connections (WCAC) for a panel discussion featuring perspectives from Watson alumni who work in the consulting industry! Expand your knowledge about different career paths, immediately boost your network, and get tips about steps to take to be successful in an internship or job from individuals who have been in your shoes!
Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Future of Work
Editors’ Roundtable: The Race To the Cloud Accelerates
IDG
June 15, 2021
The worldwide increase in spending for public cloud services is expected to top 18 percent this year, a leap over previous years driven in part by the pandemic. What are businesses hoping to gain from rapid adoption? Which cloud services play leading roles in transformational initiatives? What are the pitfalls of migrating legacy workloads? Join us for a close look at the latest phase in the ongoing cloud frenzy.
Chaos to Clarity: BizOps for Digital Transformation
The Cube
April 21, 2021
With the roll out of multiple Covid-19 vaccines, the impact on the economy will be transformational. Will business leaders be ready? Will they be able to capitalize on new opportunities and changing consumer preferences? While the adverse effects of the global pandemic are beginning to wane, the lessons learned are here to stay. According to an industry survey commissioned by the BizOps Coalition, the pandemic was a forcing function for better alignment toward business goals and outcomes. In fact, 87% of survey respondents agree the events of 2020 increased the need for companies to be more agile, and 95% confirm digital transformation is about business outcomes, not just technology. Register now to reserve your spot.
Driving Digital Success through Analytics: An IDG Editors’ Roundtable
IDG
April 15, 2021
What sort of culture change is necessary for analytics to play a vital role? What’s the role of the “citizen data scientist”? And how do you ensure you’ve got good data in the first place? Join us as our panelists endeavor to provide meaningful answers these questions and more. IT leaders and analytics pros alike will benefit from this session on one of the most complex areas of enterprise tech, with plenty of real-world examples to spark ideas and solutions.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Future of Work
Taking Stock of the New Normal and How Work has Changed Forever
Boomi
April 13, 2021
This #CIOChat Live will look at the role CIOs can play in helping their organizations craft an effective response for work reentry. It’s a moment for CIOs to stand up and propose better processes and technology for employees and other business stakeholders that make work-life better while also maintaining business continuity.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5g97IyL3ntc
Panel Discussion - Future of Automation
Datamatics
March 18, 2021
A thought-provoking panel discussion with industry leaders on the forces driving changes in the intelligent automation market. Delving into key adoption trends and practical insights from real-life and scaled intelligent automation initiatives.
AWS reInvent 2020 re-cap with 6 Analysts
YouTube
December 16, 2020
Sarbjeet Johal talks with Isaac Sacolick, Tim Crawford, Ian Moyse, Rob Hirschfeld and Keith Townsend. See timeline below for details of topics discussed in this talk...
Tags: Agile, Change Management, Digital Transformation
4 Podcasts
Customer Data Perspectives, Ep. 4: Scott Brinker, Chiefmartec
CDP
June 28, 2022
The MarTech landscape has seen continued growth, consolidation, and shifts that reflect the changing dynamics of marketing needs. In this episode of Customer Data Perspectives, host Isaac Sacolick, StarCIO, sits down with Scott Brinker, editor of Chiefmartec.com, VP of platform ecosystems, Hubspot, shares his insights on how evolution in marketing technology is unleashing creativity and productivity, the challenge defining the CDP category, and the value gains across the entire company when customer data is integrated into a common data foundation.
Customer Data Perspectives, Ep. 3: Anthony Manson, WebMD Medscape
CDP
June 16, 2022
In this episode of Customer Data Perspectives, host Isaac Sacolick sits down with Anthony Manson, CDO, WebMD Medscape to explore how pharmaceutical companies and life science organizations are using data as a fundamental part of their digital transformation strategy and evolving how they do business to meet healthcare provider expectations.
Companies now have access to tons of customer data — but are they getting the most value out of it? In this episode of Customer Data Perspectives, host Isaac Sacolick sits down with Dale Tuck, Chief Information Technology Officer, Primerica, to explore how companies can transform their organizations to solve their biggest data challenges.
Customer Data Perspectives, Ep. 1: David Raab, The CDP Institute
CDP
May 19, 2022
What is a Customer Data Platform, and how does it help companies achieve their data goals? How does a CDP compare to CRMs? Data warehouses? DMPs? What do business leaders need to know today to find the right CDP for them? In this episode of Customer Data Perspectives, host Isaac Sacolick, of StarCIO, sits down with CDP Institute founder David Raab to answer all of your CDP questions.
Top Three Considerations for CIOs Making Tech Decisions
Coveo
September 22, 2022
Attention Digital Trailblazers, aspiring Transformational Leaders, CIOs, and CDOs!
Imagine “force multipliers” that improve customer and employee experiences while reducing technical debt, helping you to grow revenue while reducing costs.
One of these multipliers brings AI, low-code, and analytics capabilities to unlock data silos across the enterprise while providing a rich, dynamic user interface for customer-facing applications and employee workflows.
Tags: Customer Experience, Innovation, Future of Work
How AIOps works in the real world
BigPanda
May 18, 2022
As an IT Ops professional, you’ve experienced incredible change over the past few years. We know how hard you and your teams are working to keep your organization’s digital services running. The good news is, you’re not alone.
On May 18, hundreds of people came together for RESOLVE, an event specifically designed around the IT Ops, NOC, DevOps or SRE community.
Now in its third year, RESOLVE ‘22 is where you can hear from your peers while learning how they are addressing similar challenges that you are facing. Now on-demand, you can listen to two enlightening keynote discussions, twelve sessions with real-world practices from your peers, check out the job board, or download loads of tools to help you understand what is happening with AI for IT Ops, how to automate incident management, how to handle hybrid/multi-cloud, and more.
Here’s what you won’t get: speakers who are sharing theoretical concepts, vendor pitches, or boring sessions with thousands of slides. Check out the list of RESOLVE speakers below and you’ll see they are from companies you respect, each doing the same work you do and sharing their best practices, lessons learned or success stories.
Driving Better Digital Employee Experiences With AI-Powered Search
Coveo
March 16, 2022
In this webinar, Isaac Sacolick, president of StarCIO, and Colin Strachan, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Coveo will discuss how IT leaders are tackling the challenges of the digital workplace in 2022, the role of enterprise search in digital transformation and share success stories, best practices and lessons learned from IT leaders.
Is AIOps the operating system for digital transformation?
BigPanda
November 18, 2021
To build more apps, integrate SaaS, and modernize legacy systems – all while maintaining uptime – requires an innovative approach. As a result, forward-looking organizations are turning to machine learning and automation.
Listen to this 30-minute on-demand webinar where Isaac Sacolick, President and Founder of StarCIO will reveal:
Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Future of Work
5 Rules for Cleaning and Organizing Your Atlassian House
Isos
November 03, 2021
In this webinar, hear from Jira admins and other practitioners on how to make your Atlassian house sparkle. Our speakers cover the 5 rules for cleaning and organizing your Jira and JSM instances, including tidying up Jira configurations, scrubbing workflows, and polishing standards and KPIs so they shine. Here’s a sneak peek at some of the rules they discuss:
3 Ways IT Leaders are Doubling Down on Enterprise Service Management
Isos
September 29, 2021
In this webinar, learn how the marketing team at CBS increased efficiencies and improved processes and collaboration by leveraging the power of Atlassian's tools. Trust us, if you want to quickly become a tech hero, you'll want to extend JSM's functionality to other departments like HR, legal, and facilities. We'll teach you how!
How to Improve Cloud Operations with Three Primary AIOps Capabilities
IDG
June 16, 2021
CIO, the world’s leading source of information on business, technology and leadership, presents a summit for chief information officers and data officers. Join us and experience three days of interactive content, valuable conversation with peers, solution providers, and leading CIOs to understand how they’re aligning their organizations’ cloud strategies to business priorities and opportunities. You’ll learn how ubiquitous cloud strategies aren’t just an aspiration, and ways they can grow your business while improving efficiency across business operations.
3 Agile & DevOps Best Practices for Success in Atlassian Cloud
Isos
June 16, 2021
In this online panel discussion, featuring experts from StarCIO, AppFire, and Isos Technology, our speakers explore three critical best practices for achieving success once you've migrated to Atlassian Cloud. They touch on how to seamlessly transition Agile, DevOps, and ITSM practices so that teams can take charge of their collaborative workflows and establish effective processes that empower all departments across your organization. The panelists cover the following topics:
What the Heck is Hyperautomation & Why Should You Care?
Resolve
March 24, 2021
Watch the webcast on demand to explore what hyperautomation means, and how it can enable reliable applications, superior customer service, dependable employee experiences, high-performing systems, and compliant practices.
SRE and Service Level Objectives: 5 Ways to Deliver Exceptional Service
Isos
March 16, 2021
In this webinar, Isaac Sacolick, President of StarCIO, interviews DevOps and SRE leaders on how they partner, integrate their workflows, and deliver exceptional services and experiences. The following topics will be covered:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldU4hrrTuyU
5 Best Practices for Merging Atlassian Instances in a Cloud Migration
Isos
February 09, 2021
In this webinar, you'll hear from a panel of industry experts who managed centralization projects and used the opportunity to implement standards in Jira Service Management, Jira Software, Confluence, and more. Learn about what goes into merging instances and the business impacts of the consolidation. We'll also cover what 5 best practices are essential for this undertaking, including...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11o83ijomZI
Agile Innovation: Cultivating High-Performance Teams
LinkedIn
April 19, 2024
Digital Trailblazers are product managers, DevOps engineers, agile leaders, data experts (scientists, governance, dataops), and other innovators driving transformations in their organizations and life.
Digital Transformation: How It Changes IT Ops
YouTube
July 01, 2022
This week, we’re talking Digital Transformation with industry expert Isaac Sacolick. Isaac is recognized as a top 100 social CIO, blogger and industry speaker. His new book, Digital Trailblazer, is out in the next few weeks. Hear his innovative strategies for driving change.
Tags: Business Strategy, Digital Transformation, Leadership
9 Whitepapers
Revisit the Importance of Search for Your Enterprise Tech Strategy
Coveo
September 23, 2022
In this whitepaper, President of StarCIO Isaac Sacolick explains how you and your team can easily drive innovation across your enterprise with AI search.
Tags: Customer Experience, Digital Transformation, Future of Work
The CIO and CDO Customer Data Playbook: Driving Growth and Personalized Customer Experiences
CDP.com
June 22, 2022
How CIOs and CDOs can partner with marketing to centralize customer profiles, create behavioral analytics, and enable activations with a customer data platform.
Industry Report: Benefits of Automation & AI in Functional Testing
SINC
January 18, 2021
In this benchmark report, we review how digital transforming organizations develop and execute testing strategies that ensure the reliability and quality of applications, integrations, and other technology changes.
2020 Benchmark Report: Driving Smarter Decision Making, Innovation, and AI Experimentation by Maturing Agile DataOps Practices
SincUSA
January 01, 2020
Why Digital Trailblazers are the Secret to Successful Digital Transformations
UC Irvine Center for Digital Transformation
September 23, 2022
Following the success of Isaac Sacolick's first book, Driving Digital, Isaac will share stories and insights from his new book, Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership. Your business needs more transformation leaders – what Isaac calls Digital Trailblazers—who can lead teams, evolve sustainable ways of working, develop data capabilities as competitive differentiators, and deliver business outcomes. This talk highlights who are Digital Trailblazers, how to empower them, and what practices they will need to drive business outcomes from transformation initiatives.
Tags: Digital Transformation, Innovation, Leadership
Workshop: Creating Citizen Data Scientist Centers of Excellence
IDG
May 11, 2022
How should technology and data leaders leverage self-service data technologies and promote data-driven practices? A new generation of citizen data scientists want to ask questions, develop analytical models, and build dashboards, but tech leaders must avoid creating data silos, compliance issues, and a new generation of data debt. In this interactive workshop, Isaac Sacolick, president of StarCIO, author of Driving Digital, and InfoWorld contributing editor will share agile data methodologies that empower citizen data scientists while creating standards and supporting proactive data governance.
How Leaders Can Jumpstart Hyperautomation that Empowers the Workforce: A Hands-On Workshop
IDG
February 16, 2022
The workplace future is more than just another buzzword. It’s where your business needs to create agile, flexible, and intelligent work models. CIO’s Future of Work Summit delivers solutions to you with a three-day, three-track virtual event featuring live conversations and a curated agenda to prepare you for what lies ahead.
Leadership Strategies for Creating Agility and Speed: A Moderated Workshop
IDG
August 17, 2021
How fast is fast enough? How can leaders drive agile collaboration and accelerate digital transformation? In this interactive workshop, we’ll explore the tradeoffs in driving smarter, faster, safer, and innovative cultures while winning over transformation detractors.
In 2020, organizations will shift their transformation focus inwards and look to answer a number of questions that will drive growth and efficiency in years to come. They will review how agile practices can drive culture change, where to cleanse data to enable analytics and machine learning, and what partnerships can address skill and technology gaps.
Driving Digital Transformation - Keynotes, Talks and Workshops
Location: In person, travel Fees: TBD
Service Type: Service Offered
- Speaking on a variety of topics tied to digital transformation.
- Workshops for enterprises on digital transformation, product development, agile, becoming a data driven organization, and devops
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Are Engineers Prepared for the Emerging Agentic AI Software Development World?
How Appian is Inspiring with AI Agents and Transforming Low-Code App Development
How to Drive a Smarter, Innovative, and Predictable Agile Delivery Model
Is Now the Time for the CIO to Fully Embrace Virtual Desktops?
10 Missed GenAI Opportunities in Digital Transformation a CIO Must Be Paranoid On
3 Key Insights on Driving Intelligent Operations in the GenAI Era
Who is the Pioneering AI Leader Every Innovative CIO Should Watch for CX?
7 Ways Gen AI Drives Outcomes: Help Employees With Work They Couldn’t Easily Do Before
7 Rewarding Career Paths for the Fearless Agile Program Manager
How Agile Teams Can Stay Focused While Resolving IT Service Management Tickets
25 Emerging GenAI Roles to Boost HR, Tech, and Security Careers
7 Ways Ambitious CIOs Drive Digital Transformation from GenAI
CIOs Beware: How to Prove GenAI ROI Without Bumbling Into the Productivity Trap
AI in Action: 8 Promising Use Cases to Drive Digital Transformation
Data Privacy Week: How Every CIO and CDO Must Take Control of Their Data
Avoid a Nightmare: 10 Important DevSecOps Practice Non-Negotiables
Predictions on Culture, Gen AI, and Innovation That I Hope Are Wrong
Inspire Digital Storytelling and Enlighten AI Leaders With These Helpful Books
My Top Articles of 2024: More GenAI to Digital Transformation
What do Transformation Leaders Hope for in 2025? More Empathy, Growth, and Humanity
20 Expert Gen AI Predictions for an Ambitious 2025
From Burnout to Breakthrough: Three Timely Strategies for CIOs and Digital Trailblazers
This Most Boring Gen AI Use Case Saves Millions in Regulated Industries
From Gray Work to Growth: Enabling Pragmatic AI in Construction and Manufacturing
What Gen AI Should Tech Innovation Teams Review in 2025?
Digital Trailblazer: Essential Lessons to Jumpstart Transformation and Accelerate Your Technology Leadership
Driving Digital: The Leader's Guide to Business Transformation Through Technology
Everyone can be Agile!
StarCIO Agile Team Member
Top 10 CIO Blog and News Sites,
Top 50 Agile Software Development
Why Digital Trailblazers are the Secret to Successful Digital Transformations
Driving Digital Why?
Driving Digital Whay
Driving Digital in Higher Ed: Empowering Digital Trailblazers to Lead Transformation
Leading Sustainable Agile, DevOps, Product Management Practices in Large Enterprise
Driving Digital Whay?
Why Digital Trailblazers are the Secret to Successful Digital Transformations - SINC
5 Technologies you need on your radar for the next era of digital transformation and hybrid working
Accelerating Transformation: Driving the Next Wave of Customer Experiences with Differentiating Tech and Analytics
5 Technologies you need on your radar for the next era of digital transformation and hybrid working
What Must Leaders Drive in Digital Transformation's 2.0
Establishing Winning Technology and Data in Small Businesses and Startups
Agile Business Transformation That Drives Innovation and Culture
Low-Code and the Case of the Disrupted Developers
Defining Digital Transformation in 2021 with Isaac Sacolick
Driving Agility and Innovation with Cloud-like Experiences Anywhere
INTERACTIVE PANEL - Controlling Complexity: Focus on Fundamentals to Manage and Secure Tomorrow’s Assets
Leading Transformation on Steroids
Creating a Data Culture
Creating Transformation Through Data & Analytics
INTERACTIVE ROUNDTABLE & PANEL - Diving Into Talent Acquisition, Diversity, and Retention
Interactive Workshop: Finding your Digital Trailblazers
The Great Debate: What’s the Real Value of AI in the Enterprise?
Atlassian Cloud Migration: Minimize Costs, Reduce Headaches, Accelerate Benefits
The Present & Future of Intelligent Search in Driving Digital Transformation
Top 5 Predictions for IT Ops in 2022
Trend Talk: What will drive network modernization in 2022?
Editors’ Panel: Top Picks from the Cloud Candy Store
Watson Alumni Panel: Consulting
Customer Data Perspectives, Ep. 4: Scott Brinker, Chiefmartec
Customer Data Perspectives, Ep. 3: Anthony Manson, WebMD Medscape
Ep. 2: Dale Tuck, Primerica
AI Disruption: Impact of LLMs and ChatGPT in Every Industry
Beyond CX/EX: Developing Products and Experiences Connected to Ecosystems
The Architect's Role in Digital Transformation
Hybrid Work: Best Practices for Organizing Offsites
From FrAgile to "Not Agile" - Defining Your Org's Agile Way of Working
Mainstreaming DevOps: What Are Key Practices for Every Organization
How IT & HR Partner on Hybrid Work Productivity, Collaboration & Innovation
Transforming from Stakeholder Wish Lists to Product Management Disciplines
Evolving the C-Suite Mindset: Innovation, Agile, and Data-Driven Practices
Accelerators and Incubators: Leading Innovations from POC to Transformation
Culture Transformation: Ways to Win the Hybrid Work Wars
Top Three Considerations for CIOs Making Tech Decisions
How AIOps works in the real world
Driving Better Digital Employee Experiences With AI-Powered Search
Is AIOps the operating system for digital transformation?
5 Technologies you need on your radar for the next era of digital transformation and hybrid working
Key Practices for the Next Era of Digital Transformation and Hybrid Working
3 Keys to Creating a Sustainable Citizen Data Science and Data Governance Program
What the Heck is Hyperautomation & Why Should You Care?
Strategic IT: Focusing on Employee Experience and Information Security
Agile Innovation: Cultivating High-Performance Teams
Revisit the Importance of Search for Your Enterprise Tech Strategy
Why Digital Trailblazers are the Secret to Successful Digital Transformations
Workshop: Creating Citizen Data Scientist Centers of Excellence
How Leaders Can Jumpstart Hyperautomation that Empowers the Workforce: A Hands-On Workshop
Leadership Strategies for Creating Agility and Speed: A Moderated Workshop
