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by Lucas Hendrich

Season 2

Living up to the Promise: Real AI Results Delivering Healthcare Services

In this episode, Alex Lukashevich, CAIO at Forte Group, sits down with Tina Liu, CPO at Local Infusion, to explore what it actually means to become an AI-first organization.

From Pilot to Production: How Xceptor Built AI Into Its Delivery Lifecycle

Mike Kinloch, SVP of Engineering at Xceptor, joins Alex Lukashevich, CAIO at Forte Group, to discuss AI adoption, engineering leadership, governance, and building AI into software delivery.

High-Stakes Product: When Startups Cannot Afford to Be Wrong

Sarah Timms, Chief Product and Technology Officer at InTick, on merging product and tech roles, earning trust in confidential markets, and why AI can't replace listening

When 100k Clients Feel Like E-Commerce: Legal Tech at Scale

Joel Karr, CTO at Keller Postman, on custom software in mass torts, AI-powered medical record extraction, and why deliberate practice matters.

Throwaway Code &Token Economics: The New ROI of IT Operations

Garret Fitzgerald, CIO at Salute, on token economics, agent identity, and why you shouldn't put an LLM where a rules engine belongs.

Modesty in Tech: Lessons Learned from Building Platforms at NAS

Eashwer Srinivasan, CTO at Sonny’s Car Wash, on NASA lessons, industrial automation, and building software for the physical world

Invention vs. Innovation: Lessons from VMware’s vMotion

Kit Colbert, Platform CTO at Invisible Technologies, on vMotion lessons, the half-pizza team, and why AI agents will run for a week by year-end.

Building Value-Based Care: AI, Actuarial Science, and Healthcare's Future

Robert Stewart, CTO at Arbital Health, on transforming healthcare payments, empowering actuaries to code, and running inclu.sive hackathons

Disrupting the Testing Industry: AI and Infrastructure Moats

Anoop Tripathi, CTO at Sauce Labs, discusses how AI is reshaping software development, and why quality, simplicity, and engineering judgment matter more than ever.

Crafting Luxury Experiences: The Human Side of Technology

Christopher Penido, CTO at Louis Vuitton, on building trust through tech, elevating brand experiences, and leading with empathy.

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