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The Cloud – it touches almost every part of our lives now at work, at home and on-the-go. Multi-cloud is set to transform the way companies manage and store data, but scaling multi-cloud is hard. So how do organizations and businesses overcome the complexity of storing, moving, and activating data at scale to achieve total multicloud freedom? It’s a complex challenge that we can help you solve. On this podcast, Seagate CIO Ravi Naik digs deep with fellow CIOs to understand how enterprises are building the clouds that connect us, protecting our data and enabling business transformation. Join us on Phase Shift. Powered by the minds at Seagate.

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There’s no correct path to CIO. But today’s guest, Prasad Ramakrishnan, CIO of Freshworks, has a fascinating one. Drawing lessons from personal pilgrimages through India to pivoting between several jobs: he made sure to be as well rounded as possible before entering the C-Suite.

Today, Prasad joins our host Ravi Naik to give you the advice you need to become a CIO and make the most of your career.

“Be vulnerable. If you don't experiment and try new things—you'll never know whether that's the thing that you're gonna like, right? Most people like to be within their comfort zone. So try something new." - Prasad Ramakrishnan

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  • (2:04) A fascinating personal journey into the depths of India

  • (9:20) Prasad’s journey to CIO

  • (15:56) How vulnerability will help you become a CIO

  • (24:19) Diving into the multi-cloud

  • (33:14) Prasad’s cloud stack

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Business transformation represents a shift to a new phase of doing business that CEOs, CIOs, and business leaders must navigate through. It's about fundamentally changing how you build, scale, and operate a business in a rapidly changing environment. Recognizing all businesses will be technology businesses in the future is key to integrating digital technology in all areas of a business and delivering value to customers.

It also requires organizations to get comfortable being uncomfortable, to experiment and be okay with failure. Join Seagate's CIO Ravi Naik on this podcast as he digs deep with fellow CIOs and business leaders to uncover the many facets of digital and business transformation at a modern enterprise.

Join us for Phase Shift: Demystifying Transformation, a podcast powered by the minds at Seagate.