Our cover story this month focuses on the work of Gregg Aldana and his team. The Global Area Vice President,…

Our cover story this month focuses on the work of Gregg Aldana and his team. The Global Area Vice President, Creator Workflows Specialist Solution Consulting at ServiceNow, reveals how a disruptive approach to technology can drive innovation. We were inspired by our customers – they were the ones who started tapping into our underlying platform to build their own custom applications and workflows.”

Welcome to the latest issue of Interface magazine!

Welcome to a world of possibilities where technology meets business at the interface of change…

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ServiceNow: Tech disruption delivering change

Gregg Aldana, Global Area Vice President, Creator Workflows Specialist Solution Consulting at ServiceNow, on how a disruptive approach to technology can drive innovation. “We were inspired by our customers – they were the ones who started tapping into our underlying platform to build their own custom applications and workflows.”

Harry Reid International Airport: A technology transformation journey

Chief Information Technology Officer Rishma M. Khimji on the digital transformation journey delivering seamless passenger experiences to millions of travellers at one of America’s busiest airports. “We have multiple large projects planned to build that next baseline for Harry Reid International Airport. We’re moving up our levels of service, our redundancy, our recovery and our protective services to truly be a technology focused forward-looking airport.”

CBA: A new dawn of digital adoption for business banking

At the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), Michael Vacy-Lyle, Group Executive for Business, is driving the renaissance for business banking with a wave of digital development at Australia’s largest bank. “Our goal is utilising our data assets to differentiate CBA and completely change the way our business customers see their bank.”

Telia: Scaling for tomorrow

Telia‘s Cloud & IT Infrastructure leader Kai Viljanen on scaling and future-proofing a tech transformation. “IT businesses in recent years are starting to move even faster with customer demands. It’s extremely important to keep improving time-to-market. There’s increasing demand for IT organisations to offer more services with reduced costs. Telia’s top management released our new strategy and IT transformation initiative around four years ago. We’ve been working on it ever since.”

Peavey Industries: Adapting ecommerce to customer needs

Peavey Technology & Ecommerce leader Shaun Guthrie on keeping the customer at the heart of business transformation. “If you’re going to bury your head in the sand with old technology, you won’t survive the up cycles.”

CNA: A cultural revolution empowering transformation

Rizwan Jan, CIO of CNA Corporation, on prioritising the significance of fostering cultural shifts while navigating business transformation and addressing cyber risk. “We’re promoting a culture with a security-first mindset where every employee understands their role in safeguarding our data and our systems.”

Virginia ABC: IT freedom through strategic partnership

CIO Paul Williams on Virginia ABC‘s transformation, the process of becoming independent, and how businesses can avoid IT obsolescence. “We believe that if we can keep our customers happy with our service and delivery, we are more likely to be able to continue modernising the last few legacy systems.”

Also in this issue, we hear from Emergn CEO Alex Adamopulos on the need for a dual mindset approach in the adoption of advanced technology, round up the must attend tech events and speak with Sanofi‘s Landry Giardina, Global Head of Clinical Supply Chain Operations Innovation & Technology talks data-driven performance, resilience, and operational excellence.

Enjoy the issue!

Dan Brightmore, Editor

  • Digital Strategy

This month’s cover story reveals the cycles of transformation, being led by CDO Lucho Torres, which are driving the disruptive digital journey at Peru’s second largest financial services group

This month’s cover story reveals reveals the cycles of transformation driving the disruptive digital journey at Scotiabank Peru, the country’s second largest financial services group.

Welcome to the latest issue of Interface magazine!

A customer-centric vision is often an important factor in the journey towards a digital transformation where a commitment to continuous improvement can bring scalability and lasting growth. Interface taps the brains behind some of the biggest tech successes happening across the globe today…

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Scotiabank Peru

Lucho Torres, SVP & Chief Digital Officer at Scotiabank Peru is on a mission to leverage the trust in a global banking leader founded in 1832 and lead a transformation to create “the most relevant, simple and fast digital bank for consumers and businesses” across Peru. “The challenge was to build a digital bank with scalability and sustainability. We have created a customer-centric value proposition by building and taking to the market our own digital platforms and financial products to deliver personalised and intuitive customer experiences.”

IBM

We speak with IBM’s AI & Data guru Jean-Philippe Desbiolles who gives us a fascinating overview of his book AI Will be What you Make of It: The 10 Golden Rules of Artificial Intelligence. “I am passionate about the fact that at IBM we are transforming businesses by leveraging technologies in a broad sense of the word. And one of those key technologies is Artificial Intelligence.” Listen to our podcast with Jean-Philippe here or you can watch it below…

Digital Transformation in healthcare, education and telecomms

Also in this issue, Michael Haenelt, CIO at the Weed Army Community Hospital tells us the story of the development of a state-of-the-art medical facility at Ft Irwin, in California’s remote Mojave Desert, where a commitment to digital transformation is at the beating heart of the organisation.

Elsewhere, Michelle Murphy, superintendent of the Rim of the World Unified School District, reflects on 34 years in education and the way technology has driven change; talk with Tecnotree CEO Padma Ravichander about how the global provider of IT solutions for telcos is empowering digital communities; and hear the story of a unique challenge to digitise the self-sufficient City of Medicine Hat in Canada.

Enjoy the issue!

Dan Brightmore, Editor