#230 Master the blueprint to the digital transformation with Khalid Saleem

Highlights:(0:00) Right now, we are still leveraging machine learning to understand the descriptive nature of what he or she may have done from a customer standpoint and then applied.(0:11) Ecosystems will rely more and more about technology more and more on technology. And mobile is going to be the at the forefront of that.(0:27) No matter where we land, the concept of privacy is going to be different versus security is going to continue to be important because you have to keep yourself secure from bad, you know, or malicious people as well as attackers that are known these days.(0:41)IntroductionAbout Khalid SaleemKhalid is a world-known innovation influencer, driving and facilitating strategic decision-making for the board of directors and executives of multi-million Corporations. Khalid is Chief Digital Officer as VP at TVC Corporation overseeing digital transformation across a $5 billion portfolio of the tire and automotive services for b2c and b2b channels. Khalid has been crafting digital product roadmaps, architecting innovative digital platforms and solutions fueling omnichannel growth and digital transformation, generating over $4 billion in annual sales revenue. At Office Depot, colors implemented and established cloud-based, robust and scalable platforms for online copy and print businesses, expanding them across b2b channels, enabling an enhanced customer experience and generating over 30% year over year sales growth while reducing the development and support costs by as much as 40%. He also is responsible for facilitating the development of Office Depot mobile apps across b2b and b2c channels, driving Mobile App Store ratings to 4.5 stars on Apple and 4.4 stars on Google Play, along with achieving 100%. year over year growth for app downloads to 1 million devices. Alongside these, Khalid has also served as a technical expert and liaison for the digital marketing team recommending building technology solutions, practices that help improve SEO and increase return on advertising spend.The interview- (3:02)  (1) You've done so much, and you have achieved so much. I would love to understand a little bit of your history, you know, your backstory, how did you get to this level of success?(3:17) I was born in Pakistan and learned to play sports there. My dad bought a computer for me. for me. When I got home, the first thing I did was start playing games on it.I spent most of my youth playing games, but then I realized that I could run another program on the floppies while they were running the DOS. So I erased it, and guess what? The computer wouldn't start. I thought that all I had to do was copy a few files from a dead hard drive to mine.  But after bringing it to a tech store, I realized there was more to computers than I'd ever imagined. That piqued my interest. Once I got going, I've always been inspired by technology and computers.(5:45) (2)Now I'm with your time at Office Depot, you know, you were instrumental in bringing the apps to the App Store and everything. So what what, what were some of the key challenges you faced during that time? I think mobile apps were sort of new at that time, or give me Tell us a little bit about that. (6:05) I didn't actually do it so I won’t take credit for it.  Office Depot began to distribute apps before I took charge of the project. In fact, a few piSupport the showFollow me on Facebook ⬇️https://www.facebook.com/manuj.aggarwal❤️  ID -  Manuj Aggarwal■ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/manujaggarwal/ ■ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/realmanuj■ Instagram: ...