The CIO’s New Mandate: Institutional Intelligence Architecture

Cover art for Go Beyond the Connection Episode 041 featuring Erich Gazaui

Erich Gazaui, Chief Information Officer at Papa, makes the case that the CIO mandate is fundamentally about information architecture, not systems management. He explains how governance, access, and advocacy for accurate data transform the role into a strategic driver of business outcomes.

The Digital Job Site: Constructing Intelligence

Podcast cover featuring ChaChi Gallo discussing digital job site connectivity and constructing intelligence

ChaChi Gallo, VP of IT at Michels Corporation, explains why AI readiness depends on disciplined data foundations and reliable connectivity. He shares how satellite access is transforming remote job site operations and why automation must keep humans in the loop.

Connectivity Insurance Strategy: Protecting Revenue Before It Disappears

BJ Olson and Ryan Bowden, Founders and Technology Consultants at twenty7 Technology Group, guests on Go Beyond the Connection Podcast Episode 038

BJ Olson and Ryan Bowden of twenty7 Technology Group explain why businesses that treat connectivity as operational insurance stay running when outages hit everyone else. They cover wireless-first strategy, multi-connection redundancy, network visibility, and the real cost of downtime across locations.

The Digital Kitchen as a Revenue Engine

Go Beyond the Connection podcast episode 035 featuring Chris Demery, Chief Technology Officer at Blaze Pizza

Chris Demery, CTO of Blaze Pizza, explains how the digital kitchen has become a revenue engine for modern restaurant operations, and why predictability, resiliency, and real-time data now define guest experience.

How the Connected Kitchen Powers the Modern Enterprise

Go Beyond the Connection podcast episode 034 featuring Tom Seeker, Chief Technology Officer at Ziggi’s Coffee

A practical look at why connected kitchen systems are now central to restaurant performance, data clarity, and real-time decision-making on the Go Beyond the Connection Podcast’s Connected Kitchen series with guest Tom Seeker, CTO of Ziggi’s Coffee.