Even before the era of generative AI, Marc Andreesen, venture capitalist and founder of Netscape famously said, “find the smartest technologist in the company and make them CEO.” However technologists don’t typically have the key skills required to make that transition. In this episode of The D-Suite, we speak with Gartner expert analysts, Sarah James and data and analytics leader Troy Carmichael from Renesant to learn how technologists can build their personal executive brand while developing three critical skills — vision, empathy and power — to successfully transition from tech to exec.

Data and Analytics leaders are tasked with delivering solutions together with communicating business value. This edition of the D-Suite unpacks the costs of Generative AI development, explains the trend of FinOps for cloud cost optimization and provides practical advice on articulating value.

ChatGPT and other large language models have captured the public’s imagination and demonstrated the power of AI. This edition of the D-Suite video podcast helps CDAOs separate fact from fiction, explore generative AI deployment models and realize value from data, analytics and AI.