ÜBER DIESE EPISODE
On this episode of the Between Two Pixels podcast, Bryan interviews technology leader Robert Sheesley about his path from college and the Marine Corps to EDS and a career spanning M&A due diligence, post-merger integration, and enterprise architecture. Now CIO (and CISO) at Slavic 401k, Sheesley explains how marketing and technology create value—especially after acquisitions—when CMOs and CIOs share traceability to strategy, collaborate on data quality, roadmaps, and third-party partners, and abandon “stay in your own lane.” He discusses AI governance using frameworks like NIST, the importance of a risk register, tabletop exercises, and storytelling to align executives on risk tolerance. He addresses AI-related job anxiety by urging teams to “lean in,” shares lessons on leadership by example, calm in crises, and succession planning, and describes Slavic 401k as a 401 plan recorder of record serving many PEO clients.
00:00 CIO CMO North Star
00:40 Meet Robert Sheesley
01:18 From Marines to Tech
02:16 Career Highlights M&A
04:54 New Role Slavic 401k
05:58 Marketing Value in M&A
10:39 Building CIO CMO Partnership
14:09 AI Governance and Risk
18:03 Storytelling for Security
21:14 AI Anxiety and Upskilling
25:42 Leadership Lessons
29:17 Future of CIO CMO Roles
33:45 What Slavic 401k Does
34:55 Succession Planning Advice
37:53 Wrap Up and Thanks
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