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Critical Technology Industry Perspective Yuvi Kochar Ø President, CTO Roundtable of DC Ø Data-centric Digital Transformation Strategist, GameStop 1

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Page 1: Critical Technology Industry PerspectiveYuvi Kochar Ø President, CTO Roundtable of DC Ø Data-centric Digital Transformation Strategist, GameStop 1 Role of the CTO in 2020 Leverage

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RoleoftheCTOin2020LeveragetechnologytodriveBusinessOutcomes

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Technology-centricbusinessesoffer:- Convenience,Speed,Pervasiveaccess- Greatexperiences– individual,social- Choice

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Priorities…

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1– Learnthebusiness

• Understandhowtheorganizationcreatesvalue• Collaboratecloselywithbusinessexecutives• GeneralManagers• CXOs(Strategy,Marketing,Sales/Revenue)

• IntimatelyknowtheCustomer

Customer-centricity

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2– Maintainabi-focalVision

• Addresstoday’sneeds• UnderstandwherethePuckisgoing• Identifyandpreparefortomorrow’sneeds• Plantoquicklyrespondtochangingpriorities

ContinuousDelivery

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3- DevelopDeepDigitalKnowledge

Collect,clean,extend,segment,correlatealltypesofData• Customer• ProductsandServices• Equipment,Locations,etc.• Internal(Financials,Employees,etc.)• ValueiscreateatuniqueintersectionsofDatasets

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4– DriveInnovation

• Establishaculture ofInnovation,Risk-taking• Collaboratebroadlytocollateinnovativeideas• InvolveTechnologyTeamandPartnerstoidentifybusinessopportunitiesenabledbyNewTechnologiesandDataAssets• Prioritizeideasandinvestinafew• DevelopMVPs,Test,Iterate

ScaleorFailFast!

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5- Createandnurtureanetwork

LearningandIdeascancomefromanywhere• Peers• Vendors• Startups/VCs,etc.

Igetbywithalittlehelpfrommyfriends

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POVonNewTechnologies

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ML/AI

• Rapidinnovationintoolsandalgorithms• Cancreateasignificantimpactveryquickly• Inmyview,AI/MLmoveanalyticsfromadatasettotherecordlevel• Keychallenges:TalentandUnderstanding

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5G

• 1G:walkandtalk• 2G:textmessages• 3G:internet• 4G:streaming• 5G:promisesawholesuiteofdramaticimprovements:• Entirelynewwirelessinfrastructure– 100timesfasterthan4G• Nearlyeliminateanyprocessingdelays• PowerIoT- designedtoconnectbillionsofmachines,appliances,andsensorsatlowcostwithoutdrainingtheirbatteries

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Voice

• Qualityhassignificantlyimprovedoverthepastfewyears!• Machinesarebeginningtoholdconversations

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IoT

• Sensors• Connectivity• SmartsontheEdge

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Blockchain

• Ahugebusinessmodelissue:costofattributingandcompensatingforvaluecanbemorethanthevaluecreated

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VR

• NotalotofbusinessapplicationsofVR• Gaming?Training?

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Execution!Execution!

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Meetcommitments,Always!

Yes,but…

Requirementswillchange

TestandLearnatscale

Focusoncost

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Myarchitectureprinciples

Value:Businessovertechnology.

Agile:Simpleovercomplex.

Secure:EmbedSecurityandPrivacy.

Flexible:Decoupled(API-driven).

Efficient:Seamlesslyintegrated.

On-demand:Serverless,Containers.

Intelligent:Data-centric.

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Top-of-mindProcesses

SAFe

CI/CD

SecDevOps

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[email protected]@yuvikochar

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