All right. Well, it's great to have you back for another episode of You've Been

Heard, the show dedicated to the IT executives currently steering their organizations and the

aspiring tech talent preparing for their own seat at the

leadership table. Our focus is always on real unscripted conversations that move beyond

standard corporate jargon to explore what truly makes or to explore what it truly takes

to drive an organization forward in this digital age.

Robert, a huge welcome to the show. We're so gratefully you've carved out some time to dive

into these topics with us today. For our community at you've beenheard.com, you're in for an

insightful session. Robert brings decades of experience leading high-growth IT organizations across diverse sectors,

from health care to home services.

A true gem in his leadership style is his firm belief that IT is not just a support function,

but the primary engine for business philosophy, a philosophy that has allowed him to transform

complex environments into agile

value driving powerhouses. Robert, we have a lot of ground to cover today regarding your journey.

I'd love to start by hand-ended on the floor over to you. Could you introduce yourself to our

listeners and share a bit about your path to leadership. Absolutely. Thanks, Mike. It's great

to be here with you finally. I know he has some scheduling hurdles to overcome, but I'm glad that we

were able to do that. And it's a joy to be with you today and to talk a little bit about leadership

in the age of some accelerated and exponential AI and technology evolution. It's exciting time to be a technology

executive today. I started my career out in technology. That was not the plan coming out of

business school. Six years of undergrad and two years of graduate school, was more focused

on international business, which was my concentration and my MBA. And I landed at EDS out of the

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