These podcasts are dedicated to bridging the gap between business & IT. Each episode looks at different aspects of this relationship as we explore ways to help the two groups better communicate. We're passionate about this topic because it's a

S3 Ep8 Brent Session 2 Part 1

Apr 15th, 2023 50m 56s

S3 Ep7: A Conversation with the CIOs of Marriott, IRS, FDA and JPL Part 2

Mar 31st, 2023 48m 59s

But we're talking to just one man. Today is the first part of our conversation with a uniquely accomplished IT professional, Jim Rinaldi. Over Jim's long career he's been the Vice President of IT for Marriott Hotels, the United States Internal

S3 Ep6: A Conversation with the CIOs of Marriott, IRS, FDA and JPL Part 1

Mar 16th, 2023 48m 7s

S3 Ep 5: Nalin Vail Part 2

Feb 28th, 2023 50m 29s

This is part II of a conversation with Nalin Vahil. Nalin is a professional Sales leader who has worked at some of the biggest brands in Silicon Valley. Part I talks about some of his background and operating philosophy. Part II kicks off with

S3 Ep4: Nalin Vahil Part 1

Feb 15th, 2023 53m 44s

This wide ranging conversation with Nalin Vahil Part 1 spans Dan and Nalin's history of friendship and Nalin's career history. With parents that wanted him to become a Doctor, Nalin forged his own path first as an Entrepreneur and then as a Sal

S3 Ep3: 2022 PMI Global Summit Presentation - The Biggest Constraint in IT Projects is the Human Brain

Feb 1st, 2023 1h 5m

In December, 2022 the Project Management Institute held their Global Summit Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada . Of the more than 250 talks and break out sessions, about 10% were featured live. These were selected to showcase the most important is

S3 Ep2: A Candid Look at the Road from College to Tech VC and PE Partner: Part II

Jan 31st, 2023 53m 1s

If you're in the tech sector and looking for investment funding, it a good idea to understand a little bit about the people you're pitching. Today’s conversation is a continuation of our last episode with one such investor, Brent Granado. Bren

S3 Ep1: A Candid Look at the Road from College to Tech VC and PE Partner: Part I

Jan 15th, 2023 1h 12m

After an unexpected hiatus, we’re back at it. If you're in the tech sector and looking for investment funding, it really helps to understand a little bit about the people you're pitching to. That's why today’s conversation is with an old and ve

S2 Ep 4 - Society for Information Management Seminar

May 2nd, 2022 1h 12m

This episode is a little different. In late 2021 Dave was asked to conduct a seminar for the New Jersey chapter of the Society of Information Management to talk about the findings and focus of Bridging Business & IT. A small group of senior IT

S2 Ep 3 Agile Epiphanies at a $41B Company

May 2nd, 2022 1h 41m

We were very fortunate today to have Barb Mastrianni, AVP and Senior Program Manager for the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies, Inc. Barb shares the lessons that Chubb has learned about what it takes to do Agile "right" and how they've gone f

S2 E2: IT Product Management

Mar 31st, 2022 1h 29m

Our guest today is Jeffrey Sherow. Jeff has spent a long career at the intersection of business and technology. He started out with Andersen Consulting, rose through the ranks to become an Accenture partner, and stayed there for several years

S2 E1: Four IT Perspectives: Public, Private, Customer & Vendor

Jan 15th, 2022 1h 36m

Today we’re talking to Joyce Hunter, former CIO of the USDA and currently CEO of Vulcan Enterprises. Joyce brings a long and storied career full of insights from both the public and private sectors, from both sides of the fence—she’s been both

S1 E10: Negotiating IT Agreements

Dec 15th, 2021 1h 26m

This episode is with Dan Kelly, founder and CEO of The Negotiator Guru. Dan is the person we have to thank for our podcast as he was the one who originally invited Dave to be on his, “The State of the CIO”. The feedback from that show was so go

S1 E9: Data, Analytics & Reporting

Dec 1st, 2021 1h 34m

Roger Moore (no, not 007) is our guest today. Roger currently teaches Analytics at the University of Chicago where he’s also an alum of their MBA program. Over his 30-plus year career he’s been with a number of major consulting groups such as B

S1 E8: Ethical EQ in IT Project Management

Nov 15th, 2021 1h 16m

Our guest in this episode is Jomo Starke, Director of Innovation at Canton & Company. Jomo’s 30-plus year tech career started with developing video games—which he almost sold to Atari before they realized he was twelve. From his early days as a

S1 E7: Nestles, SAP & the Greater Good

Nov 1st, 2021 1h 30m

We’re joined today by Ray Weale, currently COO of IDMerit and formerly Director of Digital Innovation at Nestle. Ray helped lead the global unification of literally thousands of Nestles processes and systems on to 34 standard processes on SAP—r

S1 E6: Five Ground Rules for Every Tech Team

Oct 15th, 2021 1h 20m

In the last episode we talked about how a CIO (or IT leader) needs to prepare their business counterparts for their roles and responsibilities in an upcoming tech-enabled business project. In this episode we talk about IT department leadership,

S1 E5: Five Things to Share With the Business Before the Project Starts

Oct 1st, 2021 1h 12m

This episode shares five things that the tech team needs to share with business executives, project sponsor(s), process owners and subject matter experts to set their expectations and explain their obligations before a project kicks off. We’re

S1 E4 Part 2: The Solution - The Business Execution Lifecycle

Sep 15th, 2021 1h

Part 2 of this episode builds on the foundation of part 1 and is dedicated to examining the details within each of the four stages and twelve steps of the Business Execution Lifecycle (“BEL”).Suggested readings:“The Checklist Manifesto” by Atul

S1 E4 Part 1: The Solution - The Business Execution Lifecycle

Sep 1st, 2021 47m 59s

This episode introduces a simple solution to bridge the gap between everything the business knows and what they communicate to the IT project team. We propose a checklist of questions to cover each step in the Business Execution Lifecycle (“BEL

S1 E3 Part 1: The Cause - Our Brain Doesn’t Work the Way We Thought

Aug 21st, 2021 35m 48s

Our entire approach to running IT projects is based on an unspoken assumption that is so deeply engrained in our culture it’s treated as a given. There’s only one problem with this assumption—it’s wrong. Humans are not rational actors who contr

S1 E2: The Biggest Problem with IT Projects

Aug 21st, 2021 52m 44s

We take a deep dive into the nature of the divide between business and IT. We lay out our research on the frequency, costs and cause of roughly 75% of all enterprise IT failures. The primary cause is usually labeled a communications issue. It’s

S1 E3 Part 2: The Cause - Our Brain Doesn’t Work the Way We Thought

Aug 21st, 2021 51m 45s

Part two continues where part one leaves off by attempting to explain—as well as a non-scientist can—seven unconscious and uncontrollable ways our brain works to unwittingly sabotage IT projects. These “sinister seven” are by no means unique to

S1 E1: Welcome to Bridging Business & IT

Aug 17th, 2021 49m 37s

Introduction to a journey and your hosts. A father and son tech team sets out to explore the biggest challenge and most persistent problem in business technology—how to bridge the chasm between what a business needs and how IT addresses that ne

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