It's been wonderful to see Blue Angels, Thunderbirds and other planes do flyovers over different cities to honor front line workers during the COVID-19 crisis. Here is one over Washington, DC.
While those flyovers have received media attention, very little of business/technology heroics have seen much praise. Most press/social media has focused on the doom and gloom and the angry politics around the crisis.
I am extremely grateful to a long (and growing) list of C level execs, VCs and practitioners across industries and countries who have shared examples of their herculean efforts and those at customers or portfolio companies. They have massively scaled volumes up and down, or delivered innovative new products and services in days. You hear of million employee payrolls, companies moving 200,000 employees to work from home, hundreds of billions in emergency PPP bank loans, moving from on-campus to distance learning in a couple of weeks, pop-up hospitals, last mile logistics acrobatics and so much more.
There is authenticity and humility in their voices - this is not just for marketing advantage.
Each conversation below is in the form of a 20-30 minute Zoom interview. I also summarize their key points in each post if you don't want to spend as much time on the videos.
Aerospace - Jeff Robertson, Maxar Technologies
Agriculture - Sridhar Vembu, Zoho
Airlines - Rahul Samant, Delta Airlines
Auto - Dennis Hodges, Inteva
Auto - Paul Wright, Accuride
Auto - Evangelos Simoudis, Synapse Partners
Banking - Jack Barrett, First Citrus Bank
Banking - Sarvesh Mahesh, Tavant
Banking - Rob Enslin, Google
Banking - Mike Laven, Currency Cloud
Banking - Neeracha Taychakhoonavudh, Salesforce
Banking - Charles Phillips, Recognize
Biotech - Lou Von Thaer, Battelle
eCommerce - Bob Stutz, SAP
Enterprise Software - Greg Tomb, SAP
Field Service - Darren Roos, IFS
Food, wellness - Ray Lane, GreatPoint Ventures
Grocery - Bob Stutz, SAP
Healthcare - Lou Von Thaer, Battelle
Healthcare - Mark Galloway, SmartPad
Healthcare - Brad Feld, Foundry Group
Healthcare - David Watson, AMA's Health2047
Healthcare - Bill Shea, Cognizant
Healthcare - Aneel Bhusri, Workday
Healthcare - Sanjay Poonen, VMware
Healthcare - Rod Johnson, Infor
Healthcare - Sridhar Vembu, Zoho
Healthcare - Stephanie Lapierre, Tealbook
High Tech - Amit Shah, Excelitas Technologies
High Tech - Ray Wang, Constellation Research
Higher Education - Daniel Pullin, Neeley School of Business, TCU
Higher Education - Daniel Pullin, October session
Higher Education - Mike Ettling, Unit4
Higher Education - Eric Dirst, DeKonsultere, LLC
Industrie 4.0 - Marty Groover, C5MI
Life Sciences - Jason Blessing, Model N
Logistics - Jerome Dubois/Rylan Hamilton, 6 River Systems
Logistics - Tom Ryan, tkr Consulting Associates
Manufacturing - Bill Berutti/Jerry Foster, Plex Systems
Manufacturing - Tom Brennan/Dave Stephans, Rootstock Software
Manufacturing - Darren Roos, IFS
Mining - Brad Keywell, Uptake
Oil and Gas, Phiroz Darukhanavala, formerly of BP
Private Equity - Tamas Hevizi, Automation Anywhere
Politics - Bruce Bond, Common Ground Committee
Outsourcing - Phil Fersht, HFS Research
Outsourcing - Emily McEvilly, Workday
Professional Services - Mike Ettling, Unit4
Professional Services - Sarvesh Mahesh, Tavant
Professional Services - Greg Tomb, SAP
Public Health - Lou Von Thaer, Battelle
Public Health - Doug Belden, Hillsborough County, FL
Public Health - David Watson, AMA's Health2047
Public Health - Ray Wang, Constellation Research
Public Health - Ed Abbo, C3.ai
Public Health - Peter Maier, SAP
Public Health - Neeracha Taychakhoonavudh, Salesforce
Public Health - Tom Brennan/Dave Stephans, Rootstock Software
Public Health - Rob Enslin, Google
Railroads - Brad Keywell, Uptake
Real Estate - Sarvesh Mahesh, Tavant
Retail - Rod Johnson, Infor
Retail - Ben Pring, Cognizant
Research & Development - Lou Von Thaer, Battelle
Restaurants - Tara Gambill, MOD Pizza
Sports - Max Mueller/Chris Nilson, Daimani
Sports - Paul Greenberg, The 56 Group and Brent Leary, CRM Essentials
Sports - Jeremy Bloom, Integrate
State and Local Govt - Rich Karlgaard, Forbes Media
State and Local Govt - Doug Belden, Hillsborough County, FL
Supply Chains - Tom Ryan, tkr Consulting Associates
Telecoms - Jay Smith, TracFone Wireless
Transportation - Evangelos Simoudis, Synapse Partners
Travel - Joseph Rajadurai, Cognizant
Utilities - Andre Blumberg, CLP Power
Utilities - Ed Abbo, C3.ai
User Groups - Geoff Scott/Dave Wascom, ASUG
Venture Capital - Brad Feld, Foundry Group
Venture Capital - Ray Lane, Greatpoint Ventures
BTW, many of the guests touch on several other industries. Many also bring a global point of view about Europe and Asia/Pac and others touch on leadership and resilience in a crisis, future of work, workforce diversity, data explosion and other topics
They include
Asia Pac - Andre Blumberg, CLP Power
Asia Pac - Sridhar Vembu, Zoho
Asia Pac - Rob Enslin, Google,
Asia Pac - Rich Karlgaard, Forbes Media
Asia Pac - M.R. Rangaswami, Sand Hill Group
Asia Pac - Phil Fersht, HFS Research
Customer Centricity - Sue Fellows, Workfront
Customer Centricity - Emily McEvilly, Workday
Data trends - Brett Hurt, Data.world
Diversity - Tony Prophet, Salesforce
Diversity - Charles Phillips, RECOGNIZE
Diversity - Stephanie Lapierre, Tealbook
EU - Mike Laven, Currency Cloud
EU - Mike Ettling, Unit4
EU - Peter Maier, SAP
EU - Darren Roos, IFS
EU - Phil Fersht, IFS
Future of Work - Ben Pring
HCM - Brian Sommer, TechVentive
HCM - Josh Bersin, Josh Bersin Academy
Leadership - Alex Shootman, Workfront
Leadership - Ray Lane, Greatpoint Ventures
Leadership - Daniel Pullin, Neeley School of Business, TCU
Leadership - Sanjay Poonen, VMware
Leadership - Sridhar Vembu, Zoho
Leadership - Rob Enslin, Google
Leadership - Charles Phillips, RECOGNIZE
Leadership - Ray Wang, Constellation Research
Leadership - Jeremy Bloom, Integrate
Leadership - Dr. Patti Fletcher/Grant Beckett, Workhuman
Planning - Grant Halloran, Planful
Public Discourse - Bruce Bond, Common Ground Committee
Sustainability - M. R. Rangaswami, Sand Hill Group
Startups - Ton Dobbe, Value Inspiration
Startups - Eric Dirst, DeKonsultere
Startups - Brett Hurt, Data.world
Third Party Support - Seth Ravin, Rimini Street
Several others coming ...
Grateful to each and their colleagues for their amazing service during this crazy phase.
