by Ramakrishnan Sethuraman | Jun 5, 2022 | Chow, Digital Transformation
Mohan, senior IT architect at ABC Bank, was looking at the cloud bills for the first quarter for one of the bank’s newest payments transaction software he helped architect and design. He simply could not believe his eyes and was aghast at the high dollar figure in...
by Ramakrishnan Sethuraman | Jun 5, 2022 | Digital Transformation
Among the many responsibilities the CEO of a company has, capital allocation is a critical one. In fact, some of the best CEOs have excelled at this function – think Warren Buffet, Jeff Bezos and their ilk. Efficiently allocating the firm’s financial resources to...
by Ramakrishnan Sethuraman | Feb 14, 2022 | Digital Transformation
We know change drives innovation, and innovation in turn drives change. Over the past few decades we have seen every industry evolve through this virtuous cycle, trying to keep up with it by taking advantage of the key innovations on offer (industry x.0). We are now...
by Ramakrishnan Sethuraman | Feb 14, 2022 | Chow, Digital Transformation
Mahesh is the CEO of a mid-sized firm in business for several decades in the construction industry, managing to carve for his firm a unique position in certain parts of the value chain. In many ways the firm is a typical SMB (Small and Midsize Business) – relying on...
by Ramakrishnan Sethuraman | Oct 23, 2021 | Chow, Digital Transformation
Photo by Bermix Studio on Unsplash Hope you read my recent blog on Finding Value. Talking about value in the world of Finance, many of us would have followed with interest the recent development of the US financial markets introducing ETF’s with bitcoin futures as the...
by Ramakrishnan Sethuraman | Oct 23, 2021 | Digital Transformation
Photo by Sebastian Pena Lambarri on Unsplash Two weeks back I had visited a shop to get one of my electronic devices repaired. This is one of the larger shops in the area with a good name in the market place. Almost exactly a year back I had gone there for getting...
by Ramakrishnan Sethuraman | Jun 25, 2021 | Chow, Digital Transformation
Julia is the Chief Technology Officer at ABC Corp., which operates in a highly regulated industry. Last year under Julia’s leadership the technology department played a central role in driving several key operational efficiency improvement initiatives at the firm,...
by Ramakrishnan Sethuraman | Jun 25, 2021 | Digital Transformation
Among the various new technologies and old technologies rejuvenated in a new bottle, indisputably Artificial Intelligence and the sub-domain of Machine Learning have become cornerstones of digital transformation and innovation in the modern enterprise. It is fair to...
by Ramakrishnan Sethuraman | Feb 25, 2021 | Chow, Digital Transformation
Shyam is the Chief Architect in the IT Department of YourBank and, as can be expected, plays a key role in all the bank’s major digital initiatives. In one of the bank’s highly visible mission-critical AI/ML program, there is a need to build a complex ML engine that...
by Ramakrishnan Sethuraman | Feb 25, 2021 | Digital Transformation
The tree and the iceberg offer some of the most profound lessons for both personal and professional life. The roots of the tree bear its weight allowing it to grow to greater heights; the deeper the roots the more resilient the tree is to disruptive forces. Personal...