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The EPAM Continuum Podcast Network
by EPAM Continuum
EPAM Continuum's award-winning podcasts feature interviews with people practicing innovation in various forms, digging into their ability to deliver results. Repeatedly.
Episodes
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The Resonance Test 104: Glenn Remoreras on AI as an Enabler of Innovation and Value
So much has been said about AI that it’s remarkable when someone says something straightforward and true. That’s just what happened when Glenn Remoreras, EVP and Chief Information Officer at Breakthru Beverage Group, sat down with our Adam Auerbach, Head of Applied AI for North America at EPAM…
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The Resonance Test 103: The Modern Life Sciences CRM with Dinesh Salvi
Innovation in life sciences is accelerating; the way companies manage their customer relationships is not. That gap — between the speed of science and the pace of commercial relationship-building — is the uncomfortable starting point for this Resonance Test conversation with Dinesh Salvi, Former...
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The Resonance Test 102: Creating Citizen Developers with Eric Pace
Remember Shadow IT? This has long been an issue in big organizations, and in the era of generative AI — with its powerful, easy-to-operate, democratically available tools — the challenges have scaled, as one says in the vernacular. One person who has successfully met these challenges is Eric…
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The Resonance Test 101: Navigating the Convoluted Web of Compliance
"The chaos we're seeing is really a reaction to the fact that the regulators have floated these enormous boats that are gathering tons of data, over 100,000 points of data in the EU alone. And they've now cut across that with a simplification directive," says PJ Di Giammarino, CEO of RegRisk, as...
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The Resonance Test 100: Emma Eng of Novo Nordisk
When it comes to the topic of drug discovery and development, scientists are busy furrowing their lab-goggled brows trying to understand what’s real and what’s hype when it comes to the power and potential of AI. This *Resonance Test* conversation perfectly dramatizes the situation. In this...
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The Resonance Test 99: Balazs Fejes and Boris Chave on Syz Bank's Digital Transformation
“In French, we say when it’s raining at a wedding, it will be a beautiful marriage leading to a happy life,” says Syz Bank COO, Boris Chave. Reflecting on an announcement made on stage in 2023 alongside EPAM’s now-CEO Balazs Fejes during an afternoon storm in Geneva, Chave adds: “I think this…
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The Resonance Test 98: Gary Rivlin, Author of “AI Valley”
AI is not as new as we think, says Gary Rivlin, author of *AI Valley: Microsoft, Google, and the Trillion-Dollar Race to Cash in on Artificial Intelligence.* As our non-artificial guest on *The Resonance Test,* Rivlin tells host Barry Briggs that back in the 1950s, it was thought that AI was…
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The Resonance Test 97: The Power of Partnership with Colleen Kapase and Elaina Shekhter
In the age of AI, there’s no going it alone. Partnership is now an absolute necessity. This conversation between Colleen Kapase, VP of Channels and Partner Programs at Google Cloud, and Elaina Shekhter, EPAM’s Chief Marketing and Strategy Officer, demonstrates the value of partnership done right....
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Silo Busting 71: IR Now with Tab Bradshaw and Sam Rehman
Today’s incident response ain’t your grandfather’s IR. But the psychology surrounding it hasn’t changed an iota. This is precisely what Sam Rehman, EPAM’s Chief Information Security Officer and SVP, and Tab Bradshaw, Chief Operating Officer at Redpoint Cybersecurity, are talking about on this...
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The Resonance Test 96: Building an Aquatic Corporate Community with Antonio Silva & Kate Pretkel
What does the phrase “aquatic corporate community” mean to you? A school of fish in business suits holding an underwater meeting around a table of coral? Well, for our guests on the latest episode of *The Resonance Test,* it’s all about plunging into a strategic social responsibility program…
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Silo Busting 70: Lessons for the Modern CISO with Tim Ramsay and Sam Rehman
How are CISOs holding up in the era of AI? According to Tim Ramsay, Managing Director of Mandiant Client Advisory (now part of Google Cloud), and our guest on *Silo Busting*: “You have a number of parts of the organization that may be embracing AI without any involvement from central IT, and more...
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The Resonance Test 95: Technology, Trust & the Customer Experience with Eric Sobie & Chris Tapley
“If you want to know the future, look at the past.” While no one in their right mind would claim Einstein was giving any thought whatsoever to the future of the financial services industry, history would have once again proven him right if he had. Once upon a time, one’s choice of bank was based…
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Silo Busting 69: Neatsun Ziv and Sam Rehman on the Balanced Approach to Risk Management
What should we be focusing on? It’s an essential question for all of us… but for those in the cybersecurity game, it’s critical. Focusing on the wrong things here can be *costly.* Or so says Neatsun Ziv, Co-Founder and CEO of OX Security, in this *#CybersecurityByDesign* conversation with Sam...
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The Resonance Test 94: Angela Stockman on GenAI in Education
“Can we use generative AI in a way that teaches us something that we might not have known otherwise, and in that learning… create something that actually has the potential to increase agency for all inside of the system?” Good question, Angela Stockman! It is, in fact, one of many good questions...
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The Resonance Test 93: The Lab of the Future with Sridhar Iyengar and Chris Waller
We’re talking about the lab of the future! Better than that… we’re *building* it. In this episode of *The Resonance Test,* two of the builders are giving us a tour of sorts! Listen as Sridhar Iyengar, Founder, Chief Strategy and Technology Officer and Chairman of Elemental Machines, and Chris...
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The Resonance Test 92: Lessons from a Maverick with Uma Gopinath and Macy Donaway
“One of the most essential parts of bringing innovation to market is often the most rarely noted,” says host Macy Donaway on the latest Resonance Test podcast. “And it’s those dedicated client leads and sponsors who have political capital built that they can spend to then overcome hurdles.” We…
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The Resonance Test 91: Open Source with Christopher Spalding, Rachel Fadlon, and Chris Howard
“Open source” is, of course, a technology term. But, as it turns out, when you connect tech-minded people with those who don’t necessarily think of themselves as IT nerds, something magical can happen. In this case, what works in the digital world—transparency, community, collaboration—has a…
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The Resonance Test 90: Responsible AI with David Goodis and Martin Lopatka
Responsible AI isn’t about laying down the law. Creating responsible AI systems and policies is necessarily an iterative, longitudinal endeavor. Doing it right requires constant conversation among people with diverse kinds of expertise, experience, and attitudes. Which is exactly what today’s...
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The Resonance Test 89: Guest Speaker Rowan Curran and Elaina Shekhter on Generative AI
Can today’s companies afford to be Luddites? This is one of the big questions that Elaina Shekhter, EPAM’s Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer and SVP, puts to today’s *Resonance Test* guest, Rowan Curran, Senior Analyst at Forrester. In the case of generative AI, both answer: No. Why? Shekhter...
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Silo Busting 68: Cloud IR Readiness with Ron Konigsberg, Sam Rehman & Aviv Srour
“There’s been an incident,” is a sentence no one wants to hear… except perhaps people like Ron Konigsberg, Co-Founder and CTO of Gem and our guest on *Silo Busting,* whose business is cloud incident response (IR). We know what you’re thinking: What makes cloud IR different from all other forms of...
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The Resonance Test 88: Scott Loughlin, Sam Rehman, and Brian Imholte on Privacy, Education, and AI
Sam Rehman—a frequent voice on this podcast network and EPAM’s Chief Information Security Officer and SVP—was in the classroom recently, teaching students, and in the process was “surprised by the density of PII that's in in the system.” This led Rehman to realize that “at least here in...
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Silo Busing 67: Andrew Whaley and Sam Rehman on App Security
Going mobile: It’s going to create vulnerabilities. That’s the way things work with apps. They aren’t just friendly pieces of software that help you beat traffic or bring your favorite tunes into your eardrums… they are opportunities, rich ones, for the bad guys. Andrew Whaley, the Senior…
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Silo Busting 66: Operating in Ukraine with Stepan Mitish and Elaina Shekhter
In this special edition of *Silo Busting,* Elaina Shekhter, EPAM’s Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer, interviews Stepan Mitish, VP and Head of Ukraine, about how his role shifted from being a leader navigating war-time crises to a leader embracing the challenges of the business world. Mitish…
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The Resonance Test 87: Health Equity Solutions with Dr. Djinge Lindsay & Arianne Graham
Equity is not easy. It’s tough enough to talk honestly about equity in US healthcare, and troublingly difficult to create solutions that can, and will, be implemented. But trouble—good trouble, as Representative John Lewis once put it—is precisely what interests the people on the latest episode…
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Silo Busting 65: Financial Inclusion with Briana Marbury and Alex Jimenez
Financial inclusion is one of those topics that banks are often eager to discuss. After all, their efforts here can have profound impacts on their customers and the communities in which they operate and can generate positive PR spins that showcase the brand in a different light. However, it’s…
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Silo Busting 64: Generative AI Data Security Fundamentals with Sam Rehman and Val Tsitlik
The hype around generative AI remains strong. Right now, we’re nestled (un)comfortably atop the peak of this hype, wondering what in the world might come next. We’ve seen generative AI beat the bar exam. We’ve also, more recently, seen it fail to answer simple math equations. Regardless of some…
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Silo Busting 61: A Clear View of Cloud Security with Yinon Costica, Sam Rehman, and Aviv Srour
The cloud creates “cloud cowboys,” says Yinon Costica, VP of Product and Co-Founder of Wiz. This creates, as you might imagine, security issues. “Cloud allows people to really own their stuff end-to-end. They can basically create whatever they want,” says Costica. But he says that security...
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Silo Busting 63: Financial Literacy with Theodora Lau and Alex Jimenez
When it comes to financial literacy, many banks and financial institutions claim it’s something they actively prioritize for their customers. In reality, this often tends to be lip service. “Banks like to think they’re doing something in this space….They’ll write a long blog that will sit in a...
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Silo Busting 62 Human Testing and Generative AI with Tariq King and Ira Livshits
The era of generative AI needs humans… not just the data sets they create. Now and going forward, companies will need to depend on perceptive, intelligent, creative humans who can evaluate and, when necessary, stand up to the black box output AI throws at them. What kind of traits do such people...
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The Resonance Test 86: Michael Smith, CIO of The Estée Lauder Companies
When it comes to empowering women—truly empowering them—The Estée Lauder Companies is doing something different. We know this because Michael Smith, CIO of ELC, recently dropped by *The Resonance Test* to talk about the extensive success they’ve had in this area. In a conversation with Regina...
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The Resonance Test 85: Insurance, Data, and Analytics
The reason we don’t think of insurance as an industry on the cutting edge of technological innovation is that, well, it’s *not.* Not today anyway. Nonetheless, insurance’s brightest thinkers know a change is overdue and are making the transformation to digital a reality. Doing so involves the...
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Silo Busting 60: Gamification and Digital Banking with John Findlay and Alex Jimenez
If a bank releases a new digital product, but it’s not intuitive enough to resonate with customers, does it make a noise? When a bank undergoes a major digital transformation, what steps can they take to help ensure the experience they’ve painstakingly crafted resonates with customers and makes…
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Silo Busting 59: Bruce Schneier and Sam Rehman on Hacking in the Era of Generative AI
On the latest #CybersecurityByDesign conversation, we’ve got our minds set on… hacking. Bruce Schneier, author of the recently published *A Hacker’s Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society’s Rules and How to Bend Them Back Again,* chats with Sam Rehman, EPAM’s Chief Information Security Officer and...
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Silo Busting 58: Responsible AI in Financial Services with Kathryn Hughes and Alex Jimenez
When it comes to artificial intelligence, how responsible is the financial services industry? How responsible must it be? And how what steps should it take to get there? These are the sort of questions Alex Jimenez, EPAM’s Managing Principal of Financial Services Consulting, is asking of Kathryn...
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Silo Busting 57: Assessing the State of Today’s SOC Teams
Not *soccer* teams: SOC teams. When we say SOC, we’re talking, of course, about the Security Operation Center, a group charged with monitoring, detecting, preventing, and responding to cybert threats. In this #CybersecurityByDesign conversation Michael Mumcuoglu, CEO and Founder of CardinalOps…
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Silo Busting 56: The Business Value of Cloud with Eli Feldman and Miha Kralj
There's value—business value—lodged in the cloud! But to begin releasing this value, a shift in mindset is required. Organizations need to understand that cloud isn't just for IT people but for business leaders seeking to create an adaptive organization and apply the idea of composable business....
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Silo Busting 55: Talent in the Age of Generative AI with Sandra Loughlin and Alexandra Diening
Everybody's talking about generative AI and ChatGPT… but few are doing so with the clear-eyed intelligence and honesty of Sandra Loughlin, EPAM's Chief Learning Scientist, and Alexandra Diening, our Head of Research & Insights for EMEA. In this episode of *Silo Busting,* our conversationalists...
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Silo Busting 54: Tom Novak and Alex Jimenez on Digital Transformation in a Turbulent Time
Now is an odd time to be a Chief Digital Officer at a financial services organization. The Fed is fighting inflation while watching unemployment numbers. Consumer spending is in flux. Banks are still—still!—trying to figure out their budgets. With all this going on, how’s a CDO going to proceed...
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Silo Busting 53: Mandeep Khera and Sam Rehman Go Passwordless
It’s time for your authentication journey! Mandeep Khera, the Chief Marketing Officer at SecureAuth, is our guide in this #SecurityByDesign episode of *Silo Busting.* And Sam Rehman, EPAM’s Chief Information Security Officer and SVP, is of course on hand to pepper Khera with questions about the...
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Silo Busting 52: Chris Karageuzian and Alex Jimenez on Lending and Automation in a Tough Economy
May we borrow your attention for a few minutes? If you have a vested interest in commercial, residential, business, and/or personal lending, pull up a chair to hear what Chris Karageuzian, CEO & Co-Founder at Help With My Loan, and Alex Jimenez, Managing Principal, Financial Services Consulting…
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Silo Busting 51: Jay Parikh and Sam Rehman on Bringing More Builders into Cybersecurity
The cloud may have made business more flexible, but it has made security *complicated.* According to Jay Parikh, CEO at Lacework and our guest on this #CybersecurityByDesign conversation, the cloud model “introduces a whole new set of risks that I think the industry, we all, are really trying to...
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Silo Busting 50: Frank Sorrentino and Alex Jimenez on Customer-Centric Banking
“When I meet with executives at banks, every single one of them tells me that they compete by how customer-centric” they are, says Alex Jimenez, Managing Principal, Financial Services Consulting at EPAM. “They can't really verbalize what that means.” By contrast, Frank Sorrentino, Chairman and…
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Silo Busting 49: Lynn Rivenburgh and Sam Rehman on Insurance and Cybersecurity
Insurance and cybersecurity have a lot in common. They are both highly relevant and profoundly misunderstood and need spokespeople who can explain—clearly—how they function. Fortunately, we have two people on this #CybersecurityByDesign episode of *Silo Busting* who understand the worlds very…
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Silo Busting 48: Chase Petrey and Alex Jimenez on Digital Payments
So what’s in your mobile wallet? Questions around digital payments are on the minds of our two guests on this #TakeItToTheBank episode of *Silo Busting.* Chase Petrey, COO of Pi, and Alex Jimenez, Managing Principal, Financial Services Consulting at EPAM, talk—with great gusto—about real-time...
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Silo Busting 47: Pierre Kremer and Chris Hosmer on Customer Loyalty
Loyalty: It ain’t what it used to be. The customers of 2022 are much (much, much) more demanding than customers used to be. Not only that, when their high expectations aren’t met, they’ll let the world know all about it, which can quickly degrade a brand. Which is why Pierre Kremer, Senior...
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The Resonance Test 84: Consumers Unmasked Home Insights with Jen Jones and Mario Crippa
Home, they used to say, is where the heart is. Now it’s also where people do an enormous amount of shopping. We learned all about this in the most recent installment of our *Consumers Unmasked* report, and our experts—Jen Jones, the Chief Marketing Officer at commercetools, and Mario Crippa, Head...
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Silo Busting 46: M&A and Cybersecurity with Sam Rehman, Sobhith Grandhi, and Adam Bishop
When you think of the term “mergers” what comes next? “Acquisitions,” of course! But what follows after that? How about… “cybersecurity”? Does that concept immediately pop to mind when thinking about M&A? According to the latest #CybersecurityByDesign episode of Silo Busting, it should—but…
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Silo Busting 45: Liz High and Alex Jimenez on Personalization in Banking
This time, it’s personal. Welcome to the premier installment of #TakeItToTheBank, our new series of financial services conversations on *Silo Busting.* In this episode, Liz High, co-author of *Think like a Brand, Not a Bank: 5 Practical Strategies to Unlock Innovation, Connect with Customers, and...
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The Resonance Test 83: Consumers Unmasked Fashion Insights with Michelle Grant and Pierre Kremer
It’s a weird moment for fashion. Think about refashion, digital fashion, and the challenges of brand loyalty in a complex and increasingly expensive world. What’s a fashion brand to do in the face of all this change? Well, a smart place to start is the recently published third installment of our...
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Silo Busting 44: Cloud Operating Models with Miha Kralj and Sandra Loughlin
*Cloudy with a strong chance of organizational change.* That’s the forecast for just about every business right now. The cloud brings both great promise and the potential for disruption. Sadly, few companies understand how to prepare their IT ecosystems for such a storm of transformation. Luckily...
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