352- Governance | Security | Ultimate AI with Scott Geschel

Dissecting Popular IT Nerds

Technology

5 • 49 Ratings

🗓️ 8 April 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Scott Geschel Scott Geschel, CIO at Premier Outdoor Living, leads IT across multiple units with a business-first mindset shaped by roles at QVC and in semiconductors. A 23-year Air Force and National Guard veteran, he also enjoys farming and woodworking. Governance | Security | Ultimate AI IT’s true impact starts with governance and passionate teams…not just flashy tools. AI is the ultimate goal… What drives real-world results: 3 Non-Negotiables AI Demands Clean Data: Before predicting markets or optimizing workflows, fix data ownership. Dirty data? Forget AI. Cybersecurity Needs Passion: Detection tools only work with teams who are “passionate...

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0:00.0	Welcome back to today's episode of dissecting popular IT nerds.
0:08.1	I'm your host, Doug Kameen, and today I'm talking with Scott Geschel, CIO at Premier Outdoor Living.
0:14.1	Welcome to the show, Scott.
0:15.1	Thanks, Doug.
0:16.1	Appreciate it.
0:17.1	Nice to be here.
0:18.1	Yeah.
0:19.1	So we're talking a little bit before the show.
0:20.8	You and I are not actually geographically very far from each other.
0:24.8	So you're just down in central Pennsylvania.
0:27.7	Correct.
0:28.1	I'm just south of Allentown.
0:30.6	My office is in the Pocono Mountains in Tamakwa, Pennsylvania, and then we also have an office in Hazleton, Pennsylvania,
0:40.2	as well as Green Bay, Wisconsin.
0:42.5	Oh, that's pretty big spread.
0:44.4	Right.
0:45.0	Yeah.
0:45.4	So periodically, do you get out to Green Bay for work?
0:48.6	I've been out there one time.
0:50.6	Oh, one time.
0:51.2	Oh, man.
0:51.8	What you really need to do is parlay this into some tickets for the Packers
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