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- Notable C-Suite Moves
- What’s New In Tech
- C-Suite Trends For Leaders
- From the Podcast
Notable C-Suite Moves (June)
- Juliana Azevedo → Chief Executive Officer, Gillette. Juliana becomes the first woman to lead Gillette in its nearly 125-year history. She previously led Home Care and P&G Professional.
- Brian Bousley → EVP and Chief Commercial Officer, Zevia. Brian will lead sales, distribution, and category management. He previously held commercial leadership roles at Yerba Madre, Pabst Brewing Company, Milestone Brands, and Red Bull.
- Alex Vaccaro → President, AlertMedia. Alex will lead strategic initiatives, including AlertMedia’s AI strategy and AI-native product development. She previously served as Chief Marketing Officer.
- Chris Peeples → Chief Revenue Officer, Ripple Fiber. Chris will lead go-to-market strategy, revenue growth, customer acquisition, and market expansion. His previous roles include Mercury Fiber, Lumos Fiber, Comcast, CenturyLink, and Verizon Wireless.
- Takis Georgakopoulos → Chief Executive Officer, Fiserv. Takis joined Fiserv in 2024 as COO and EVP. Earlier, he spent nearly 18 years at JPMorganChase, including as Global Head of JPMorgan Payments.
What’s New in Tech
CIOs are under pressure to turn AI into business value. Gartner’s 1H26 CIO Report notes that 72% of CEOs see AI as their primary growth driver, while 71% of CIOs struggle to prioritize AI use cases that deliver measurable outcomes.
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AI cost control is also becoming a leadership issue. Gartner reports that 81% of enterprises plan to increase AI funding in 2026, while 63% of CIOs expect financial accountability to rise by 2027.
C-Suite Trends for Leaders
1. The CIO role is becoming more cross-functional. AI, cloud costs, cybersecurity, and digital transformation now touch every part of the business. The CIO is no longer only managing technology delivery. They are increasingly expected to align finance, operations, legal, HR, security, and business leaders around shared outcomes.
2. Enterprise AI needs better decision rights. Many companies are not short on AI ideas, but on clarity around who approves use cases, who owns risk, who tracks value, and who decides when a pilot should scale or stop. The next phase of AI leadership will depend on cleaner governance.
3. Technology spending needs a value story. As AI and cloud investments rise, leaders will need to explain not only what they are buying but also the business value it creates. Cost optimization is about making room for the right investments and showing the board where value is being created.
From The Podcast
This CIO is Making Her Entire Enterprise AI-Ready
This month on CXO Spotlight, Diana Cano, PhD, CIO at Cambium Learning Group, explains why AI readiness fails when it starts with technology instead of business strategy.
Cambium serves 29 million students and 3 million teachers, which makes responsible AI adoption especially important. Diana shares how CIOs can move teams from curiosity to confidence, use shadow IT as a feedback loop, and evaluate AI partners beyond surface-level claims.
Why this matters: In education, AI adoption cannot be rushed. Diana’s perspective shows how leaders can balance innovation with trust, safety, and real learning outcomes.
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