- DisrupTV
DisrupTV is a weekly Web series with hosts R "Ray" Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. The audience can expect A-list guests, the latest enterprise news, hot startups, insight from influencers, and much more. Tweet questions to #DisrupTV or @DisrupTVShow. We broadcast live on Zoom.
Show Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/ConstellationR
Featured Guests:
Chuck Ganapathi
CEO
Tact.ai
Chuck Ganapathi is Founder and CEO of Tact.ai, the human-friendly CRM company. Tact.ai puts sellers first with human-friendly CRM solutions that are frictionless, omnichannel, and prescriptive. Powered by a patented Edge AI platform, Fortune 500 sales organizations -- including Novartis, Honeywell and Cisco -- use Tact to change sales behavior and digitally transform how sellers work with customers every day to achieve new levels of productivity and collaboration. Backed by Accel Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Amazon, Comcast, Microsoft, Salesforce.com, and Honeywell, Tact.ai represents the next generation of CRM, turning multiple systems-of-record into a unified system-of-engagement. Recognized by CB Insights as an AI 100 company, Constellation Research ShortList Top Sales solution, Gartner Cool Vendor and Top Tech Innovator, and G2 Leader, Tact.ai makes customer engagement more human-friendly. Previously, Chuck was SVP of Products at Salesforce.com where he led some of the largest product development efforts in the company’s history, including its flagship Sales Cloud, Chatter, and Mobile products. In addition, Chuck served as GM and developed CRM products at Siebel Systems, helping the company transition from the client-server platform to the Web.
Chuck has a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from PSG Tech in India, a master’s in industrial engineering from Purdue University, and a master’s in product design and an MBA from Stanford University.
Follow him on Twitter: @chuckganapathi
Alan Boehme
Chief Technology Officer
H&M Group
Alan Boehme is the Chief Technology Officer of H&M Group, where he is responsible for strengthening the company’s innovation and digitalization efforts and enhancing the shopping experience for H&M Group’s global family of brands and businesses. Alan is an experienced digital transformation leader with nearly 30 years of experience innovating enterprise architecture, IT strategy, and cloud technologies. Prior to H&M Group, Alan served as the Global CTO, VP of IT Services & VP IT Innovation at Procter & Gamble, and previously held numerous senior leadership positions in information and innovation at Coca Cola, including his role as Global CTO.
Earlier in his career, Alan served as VP & Head of IT Strategy & Architecture at ING and as chief information officer for several companies in the software and energy sectors, including Juniper Networks, Sage Software and GE Power-Systems. In these roles, Alan has transformed global businesses through IT and technology, improving customer services and business processes.
Alan serves as a member of the Board of Directors for the Cloud Security Alliance. In addition, he is a corporate advisor to several enterprise cloud and artificial intelligence companies, including Nutanix, Velo Cloud, Latent Ai, and Vectra Ai. Alan holds a Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Long Beach.
Follow him on Twitter: @BoehmeAlan
Catherine Wong
Chief Product Officer, EVP Engineering
Domo
Catherine brings extensive technology and engineering management experience to Domo’s seasoned leadership team. She joins Domo from Adobe and Omniture, where she started more than 15 years ago as a software engineer. During her tenure, she ascended through the ranks, taking on increased and varied responsibility with key roles in product management, M&A product integration, technical architecture and engineering management, leading global teams of more than 500 people.
Over the course of her career, Catherine has been awarded patents in data segmentation, data visualization, and SaaS data collection. She is an original member of the advisory board for the Women Tech Council and served on the advisory board for the College of Engineering at the University of Utah. She currently serves on the industry advisory board for the College of Engineering at Utah State University. In 2015, Catherine received the Technology Leadership Award from the Women Tech Council, and in 2018, she was recognized as the Women in Tech Champion from Utah Tech Council.
She holds a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Brigham Young University.
Follow her on Twitter: @catherinewong