- DisrupTV
DisrupTV is a weekly podcast 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 StreamYard.
Show Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/ConstellationR
Featured Guests:
Benji Hutchinson
CEO of Babel Street
Benji Hutchinson brings over 20 years of experience in the identity, biometrics, AI, and computer vision industries supporting commercial and public sector customers globally. He has served in various leadership roles scaling revenue for technology start-ups and multinational firms. He has been an advisor and consultant in biometrics and identity intelligence technology for the Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence, U.S. Army, NATO, and national and international standards bodies. He currently serves as an appointee to the National Artificial Intelligence Advisory Committee, Law Enforcement Subcommittee, created by federal statute to advise the President and the White House National AI Initiative Office. Benji holds a BA in International Economics and French, an MA in French Language and Literature, and an MA in International Affairs from the University of Kentucky.
Mukund Gopalan
Global Chief Data Officer at Ingram Micro
Mukund is the Chief Data Officer at Ingram Micro, where he leads global AI and data strategy, driving the company’s rapid evolution into a platform-powered business. Under his leadership, Ingram Micro is leveraging cutting-edge AI and data capabilities to reimagine customer engagement, streamline business processes, and power intelligent automation and decision-making at scale.
At the core of his work is a commitment to agentic AI and intelligent systems that deliver personalized, frictionless experiences across the Xvantage digital platform. His data-driven strategy is reshaping Ingram Micro into an agile, innovative enterprise powered by actionable insights and continuous learning.
As CDO, Mukund spearheads several high-impact initiatives:
· Establishing the AI Center of Excellence, developing agentic AI, AI/ML models, and MLOps to scale intelligence across the platform
· Architecting a real-time global data mesh using CDC and cloud-native technologies
· Scaling advanced analytics and data science programs to drive recommendations and business impact
· Leading an enterprise-wide data warehouse and governance transformation
Mukund brings over 30 years of global technology leadership, having held executive roles at some of the world’s most innovative companies. At Meta, he led Instagram’s Data Engineering for Business & Commerce and drove creators/influencers data across the Facebook family of apps. His previous roles include Head of Data for Booking Holdings at Priceline.com, and Head of Data Science at Grubhub, where he built high-scale data organizations focused on growth and personalization.
With a Computer Science Engineering degree specialized in AI and an MBA that bridges deep tech with strategic business thinking, Mukund blends technical rigor with business insight. He is passionate about architecting transformative AI solutions that unlock growth, operational excellence, and innovation — particularly across technology, platform, and e-commerce ecosystems.
Goldie Chan
Once dubbed the “Oprah of LinkedIn” and author of Personal Branding for Introverts
Goldie Chan is a keynote speaker, author, advisor and cancer survivor. Goldie founded Warm Robots, an award-winning social media strategy and creative agency based in Los Angeles with global clients.
She won “Journalist Of The Year” in 2024 and was a Senior Forbes contributor on her internationally-recognized column on “Personal Branding and Storytelling in the Digital Age,” where her articles were viewed almost 10 million times and is working on her first book, “Personal Branding for Introverts," coming out in late 2025. She is a member of the Producers Guild of America and has been featured as a fresh voice in The New York Times, CNN, Fast Company and more. Goldie also writes for Archie Comics, loves good food and is based in sunny Los Angeles, California.
