Tech Transformation Podcast Series

Tech Transformation, produced jointly by CGT and RIS News, is a podcast series that bridges the retail and consumer goods technology communities through focused conversations with retail and brand executives, thought leaders, and analysts.

Tech Transformation delves into the tech trends and use cases having real impacts on individual companies and the industry at large — providing recommendations to improve business performance.

It highlights the innovative technology strategies retailers and consumer goods companies are executing to meet the needs of their customers and consumers, and explore trends shaping the industries now and into the future.

Tech Transformation was named a 2022 Gold Winner in the Hermes Creative Awards for its episode featuring Wakefern Food Corp. CIO Cheryl Williams.

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Tech Transformation Podcast: Kellogg’s Manish Sharma On the Evolution to Omnicommerce
We’re talking with Manish Sharma, VP of omni and e-commerce for Kellogg Company, about the consumer goods company’s evolution into omnicommerce and the changes they're making across their business.
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Tech Transformation Podcast: Unilever’s Juan Carlos Parada On Driving Value With Decision Intelligence
As Unilever continues to digitize its end to end value network and transform its supply chain to one that is customer-centric, it’s finding that decision intelligence is playing a key role in helping it gain speed and agility.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Generative AI and Digital Twins With Eboost’s Thomas Ortis
Learn how the energy drink and supplement company is using generative AI to chat with digital twins of its customers.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Inside Yesway’s New Loyalty Program With Darrin Samaha
Learn how they’re thinking more strategically about loyalty, how they plan to leverage new partnerships and data, and the new ways they're measuring success.
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Tech Transformation Podcast: Aera Technology’s Fred Laluyaux On Decision Intelligence
Decision Intelligence is growing in adoption, and it’s poised to have a significant impact across the retail and consumer goods industries.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Jackie Long On How Auto Allocation Fuels Bealls’ Ability to React and Respond to Store Performance
Learn how the deployment of auto allocation technology is helping Bealls react to the actual performance of their stores.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Dollar General's Shweta Bhatia On How IT Keeps Pace With Their Explosive Growth
Dollar General is one of the most rapidly expanding retailers in the U.S., which has a significant impact on a company’s IT and tech teams. We’re talking with Shweta Bhatia, SVP of IT applications and base engineering, about what this looks like and how they’re keeping pace.
Tech Transformation Podcast: PepsiCo’s Kate Garner On Consumer Insights’ Evolution
There may be no bigger priority for both retailers and consumer goods companies today than access to consumer insights, and PepsiCo has stood up its own data analytics practice to help retailers seize this opportunity.
Tech Transformation Podcast: EJ Weiss On How BEES Is Driving Transformation at AB InBev
Learn about the impact AB InBev's e-commerce platform has had within the company and how they use these learnings and data across the enterprise.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Athletic Brewing Company’s Jamie Lissette On Consumer Insights & Innovation
No- and low-alcohol beverages have been a standout category. Here we talk with Jamie Lissette, COO of Athletic Brewing Company about how they leverage consumer insights from their dedicated DTC base.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Channan Sawhney of Johnson & Johnson On Unique Digital Commerce Needs
Given how quickly and dramatically consumer behavior is changing, there’s a lot retailers and consumer goods companies are taking away from other regions when building their commerce strategies.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Reckitt’s Imteaz Ahamed On Generative AI and ChatGPT
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ve probably been inundated with news and hot takes on generative AI, including ChatGPT. But what does it mean for retail and consumer goods? There’s a massive amount of potential, and it’s moving really quickly.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Forrester’s Steve Peltzman On What Retailers Can Learn from Other Industries
Understanding how consumers view your retail experiences quickly and accurately is one of the most important parts of serving them, and this means doing a lot more than just surveys.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Tractor Supply’s Rob Mills On the Future of Data-Driven Loyalty
We talk with Rob Mills, Tractor Supply EVP, chief technology, digital commerce, and strategy officer, about how they’re using things like wayfinding, mobile apps, and artificial intelligence to improve the consumer experience.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Church & Dwight’s Tiffany Pegues On Social Media Mastery and Misconceptions
Learn why it’s so important to balance the razzle dazzle of marketing with having a disciplined approach on TikTok and other platforms, get details on how to set yourself up for success when you’re operating in so much unknown territory.
Tech Transformation Podcast: K18 CEO Suveen Sahib On Social Commerce Strategies
In this episode of Tech Transformation, we’re digging into social commerce with the disruptive haircare brand K18.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Molson Coors’ Cloud Journey With Lindsay Winn and Ramki Krishnamoorthy
Molson Coors is evolving from an alcohol beverage company to a beverage company, and this has meant transforming its business, its technology, and its ways of working.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Gogo SqueeZ CMO Mark Edmonson On Building Data Foundations
Learn how the snack company is measuring and growing loyalty using consumer data and gamification to innovate and grow.
Mars Wrigley’s Deepak Jose On Data Analytics, AI and 360 Consumer Experiences
Tech Transformation is once again on the road, this time recording from Groceryshop 2022 in Las Vegas. In this episode, Mars Wrigley's Deepak Jose shares how they’re using data analytics to engage today’s consumers in new and innovative ways.
Tech Transformation Podcast: Jones Soda CMO Bohb Blair On Entering Cannabis and Having the Most Engaged Consumers On the Planet
The brand is not only entering the cannabis business, but also leaning into mobile apps and other technologies to engage consumers and leverage their insights across its business.

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