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Executive Guidance
by Toptal
Toptal invites business trailblazers to share their insights on information security, artificial intelligence, cloud services, marketing, management consulting, innovation, and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Embracing What Others Outsource: How Sendoso Built a Category Leader
Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Kris Rudeegraap, Co-CEO and Co-founder of Sendoso, as they explore what it takes to build and scale a category-defining company. Kris shares lessons from growing Sendoso from a simple sales-driven idea into a category...
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From Compliance to Advantage: Accessibility as a Driver of Business Growth
Join Toptal’s Cyber and Information Security Services Practice Lead, Zohra Ibrahimi, and Marcie Roth, Executive Director and CEO of the World Institute on Disability, as they discuss how accessibility is evolving into a strategic business priority. Marcie shares how inclusive design, AI, and...
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AI-first Growth: How B2B SaaS Companies Are Rebuilding for Scale
Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Insight Partners’ Operating Partner, Pablo Dominguez, as they discuss how AI is transforming the way B2B SaaS companies grow and operate. Pablo shares insights from working with hundreds of software companies…
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Beyond Compliance: Building Security That Protects Patients and Innovation
Join Toptal’s Cyber and Information Security Practice Lead, Zohra Ibrahimi, and iRhythm Technologies CISO Orus Dearman as they discuss how healthcare security leaders balance innovation, compliance, and patient trust. The conversation explores AI governance, vendor ecosystem risk, and how…
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Aligning Marketing to Business Outcomes: Inside Prudential’s Growth Strategy
Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Matt Diiorio, Vice President, Head of Growth & Channel Activation at Prudential Financial, as they explore how large organizations can turn marketing into a true driver of business impact. Matt shares lessons on aligning...
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Redefining the Modern CISO: Lessons From Inside Zscaler
Join Toptal’s Cyber and Information Security Practice Lead, Zohra Ibrahimi, and Brad Moldenhauer, VP and CISO in Residence at leading cloud security company Zscaler, as they explore how modern security leaders enable the business while managing risk at scale. The conversation covers zero trust...
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The Importance of Content Distribution and Brand Authority: Lessons From Stacker’s CEO
Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Stacker Co-founder and CEO Noah Greenberg as they explore how modern brands turn content into a true growth engine. Noah, whose content distribution platform is used by brands like Sofi and Redfin, shares insights on...
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Navigating GEO and AI Search: Lessons From Scrunch’s Head of Marketing
Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Scrunch’s Head of Marketing, Kevin White, as they explore how AI-powered search is reshaping buyer behavior and discovery. Kevin shares insights on navigating GEO, why experimentation matters more than best practices, and...
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The Human Side of Cybersecurity: Lessons From Yahoo’s Director of Security GRC
Join Toptal’s Cyber and Information Security Services Practice Lead, Zohra Ibrahimi, and Yahoo’s Director of Security GRC, Steven Asifo, as they explore how modern security leaders can build strong security cultures at scale. Steven shares insights on making security approachable and why...
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Why Great Marketing Starts With Business Mastery: Insights From Lumivero
In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Lumivero CMO Tessa Barron joins Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, to share her journey from marketing execution to strategic leadership. Learn how she builds proactive, audience-driven teams and why true marketing...
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Redefining Go-to-Market Strategy With Focused Execution: Lessons from Pavilion CEO Sam Jacobs
Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Pavilion’s Founder and CEO, Sam Jacobs, as they explore how modern leadership is evolving. Sam shares how Pavilion helps go-to-market leaders accelerate their careers through clarity, education, and community, while...
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How AWS Is Helping Enterprises Build, Scale, and Innovate With AI
Join Toptal’s Cloud Services Practice Lead, TJ Urglavitch, and Divyesh Shah, Head of Partner Solutions Architecture at AWS, as they explore how AWS is shaping the future of cloud and AI through partnership and innovation. Divyesh shares how AWS empowers its partner ecosystem to deliver measurable...
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Turning Personalization Into Performance: Lessons From Movable Ink
Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Movable Ink’s VP of Growth Marketing, Justin Keller, as they discuss how AI and creative automation are reshaping personalization. Justin shares how Movable Ink helps brands transform data into meaningful, one-to-one...
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AI and the Future of B2B Marketing: Insights From Chili Piper’s Co-founder
In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Toptal’s Jeff Gangemi sits down with Chili Piper Co-founder and Co-CEO, Alina Vandenberghe. Alina shares her journey from engineering and sales into entrepreneurship, and how she built Chili Piper into a global company redefining B2B growth. They...
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Personalization at Scale: How AI Will Rewrite the Marketing Playbook
Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Jon Miller, co-founder of Marketo and CEO and co-founder of a stealth AI startup, as they explore how AI will reshape B2B marketing. Jon shares why the old playbook of gated content and marketing-qualified leads is losing...
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Cloud, AI, and the Future of Public Safety: Insights From CentralSquare’s CPO
In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, CentralSquare Technologies CPO Brian Fugere sits down with Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, to share how his team is bringing modern technology to one of the world’s most critical sectors: government operations....
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Aligning Global Marketing Strategy Around the Customer: Insights from MetLife
In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, MetLife’s SVP and CMO of Regional and Institutional Marketing, Global Customer Insights, Koley Corte joins Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi to explore how she leads one of the most complex marketing portfolios in...
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How to Lead Brand Reinvention and Build High-impact Teams: Lessons From Avid’s CMO
In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Avid CMO Angela Stelle sits down with Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, to share how she’s helping a legendary brand evolve for a new generation. Angela reflects on the leadership lessons learned from years of...
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AI and the Future of Media Strategy: Insights From Publicis
Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Publicis Media AI Strategy Lead, Jason Smith, as they explore how AI is transforming media strategy. Jason shares insights on the role of AI in audience segmentation, creative testing, and campaign optimization, while...
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AI and the Next Evolution of Commerce Content: Insights From Forbes
Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Emily Jackson, SVP of eCommerce at Forbes, as they discuss the evolution of commerce content, the role of AI and search in product discovery, and how publishers can balance trust with monetization in the digital age.…
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Building an AI-ready Culture: Lessons From Ricoh’s Digital Transformation
Join Toptal’s Cloud Services Practice Lead, TJ Urglavitch, and Ricoh’s Vice President of Portfolio Software Solution Development, Ashok Shenoy, as they discuss how Ricoh is successfully implementing AI by focusing on people and processes. Ashok shares how Ricoh built an AI-ready culture…
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Rethinking B2B Marketing: The Power of Brand in Long-Term Growth
Join Evidenza co-founder and former global head of development of The B2B Institute at LinkedIn, Peter Weinberg, for an insightful conversation on the future of B2B marketing. In this episode of Executive Guidance, hosted by Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, Peter...
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Insights on Building Content-Driven, Agile Marketing Teams at Airbnb, Salesforce, and Logitech
Join Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Logitech marketing leader, Hayley Nelson, as they discuss the evolution of content marketing. Hayley shares how she built high-performing content teams at Salesforce, Airbnb, and Logitech, applying agile methodologies,...
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Reinventing Gifting: Inside Edible’s eCommerce Transformation
Join Edible’s VP of eCommerce, Erica Randerson, for an insightful conversation on blending legacy with innovation. In this episode of Executive Guidance, hosted by Toptal’s Growth and Digital Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, Erica shares insights on Edible’s transformation, from expanding...
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Cybersecurity in Digital Transformation: Insights from Inside Google Cloud
Join Google Cloud’s M.K. Palmore, a Director of the Office of the CISO, for an insightful discussion on building trust and agility in cybersecurity. In this episode of the Executive Guidance podcast, Toptal’s Information Security Practice Lead, Michael Figueroa, invites M.K. to discuss his career...
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Cybersecurity Insights: Proactive Thinking, Ad Platform Safety, and More
Join Yahoo’s CISO, Sean Zadig, for a deep dive into how proactive cybersecurity leadership fortifies global advertising platforms. In this episode of our Executive Guidance podcast, hosted by Toptal’s Information Security Practice Lead, Michael Figueroa, Sean shares insights from his federal...
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Marketing Spotlight: Building Brands With Product-led Storytelling
Join Yahoo Mail’s VP of Product, Kyle Miller, for a conversation about how bold product innovation can drive brand transformation. In this episode of our Executive Guidance podcast hosted by Toptal’s Growth Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, Kyle shares insights on leveraging product-led...
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B2B Marketing: Keys to Innovation and Growth in B2B Saas
Join Toptal’s Growth Marketing Practice Lead, Jeff Gangemi, and Writer’s Vice President of Demand Generation & Growth, Andrew Racine, in an insightful chat about driving innovation and growth in B2B SaaS marketing. Tune in as they discuss current challenges and opportunities, exploring topics…
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AI and Cybersecurity: Challenges and Opportunities
Join Toptal’s Information Security Practice Lead, Michael Figueroa, and Intel’s Federal CTO and Senior Principal Engineer, Steve Orrin, in an engaging and insightful discussion about leveraging AI in a new era of cybersecurity. They explore AI's latest trends, challenges, and opportunities in...
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Toptal invites business trailblazers to share their insights on information security, artificial intelligence, cloud services, marketing, management consulting, innovation, and more.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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