Brad Pollard: Rockstar, Changemaker, Tech Innovator & G-Suite Fanatic

What do you get when you combine music and technology? You get Brad Pollard, former CIO at Tenable. From dreams of becoming a rockstar to leading early 2000s cloud migrations to navigating Covid-19, he’s been through it all. In this episode, Brad shares how SaaS is impacting organizations for the better and ways progressive CIOs can help their companies enable employees without hindering innovation.Episode highlights: [6:31] Leveraging emerging tech to help move forward and scale business[9:15] G-Suite migration and communication improvements with collaborative software[10:50] Change management and steering human behavior to access new processes during the pandemic[13:23] COVID-19 as a forcing function to push mass adoption of remote and balanced work[16:13] Strong leadership with a knack for quick change and finding a needle in a haystack[20:15] Shadow IT, partnership, and figuring out problems together[22:43] Brad's thoughts on reporting to CFOs, and using technology to reduce costs, solve problems, and work efficiently[26:06] Accountability and having people to curate experiences with SaaS integrations[28:54] Discussing the tipping point where having a SaaS management provider and platform becomes necessary