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Climbing the Stack

Fixify

How do you go from Director to CIO? Host Matt Peters, CEO of Fixify, sits down with IT executives who've made the climb to unpack the pivotal decisions, career-defining moments, and hard-won lessons that got them there. If you're a VP or Director of IT looking for practical advice to reach the C-suite, this is the podcast that finally focuses on your journey—not just the latest tech trends. Real stories. Real strategies. Real career growth.

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21 episodes

  1. What an acquisition really looks like from the CISO seat | Don Silva Sr. 30:46
  2. How radical transparency built a team that followed me for three companies | Robert Former 33:04
  3. Don't break into jail: How to present technology to the board | Brad Lontz 30:47
  4. Trust your gut: The leadership advice I'd give my younger self | Darragh Curran 34:49
  5. Every AI agent is an identity: a CISO's security sequence | Kaarthick Subramanian 36:52
  6. Why machines should stay in service of humans as AI goes always-on | Tope Iluyomade 36:22
  7. From engineer to C-suite: why financial fluency and storytelling separate real executives | Matthew Sharp 36:57
  8. A CEO sorted every employee into three AI buckets. Where would your team land? | Fred Bret-Mounet 35:47
  9. CIO vs. CISO: Resolving the ROI-versus-risk conflict when you hold both | Georgeo Pulikkathara 44:14
  10. “Enabling chaos": how AppsFlyer hit 97% AI adoption across 1,300 employees | Chily Fachler 33:20
  11. "Someone who uses AI better than you will replace you": building fluency inside IT | Guillermo Porcaro 35:59
  12. From bicycle sales to CIO: how a non-technical path accelerated leadership | Bryan Wise 33:12
  13. From audit to Sr. VP of IT: the non-technical path to IT leadership | Stacey Moore 36:13
  14. Career planning for CIOs: Define your last job first, then reverse-engineer the path | Rusty Atkinson 39:56
  15. The 90-day framework that moved IT from whack-a-mole to strategic execution | Kumud Kokal 35:46
  16. Stop-start-continue: The one question that unlocks IT-business alignment | Bob Genchi 37:41
  17. Hire people smarter than you: The VP mindset shift | Noni Azhar 28:02
  18. The morale fix most IT leaders miss: Why listening beats solving when teams struggle | Trevor Gregg 35:38
  19. The First 60 Days: What New VPs Actually Do Differently | Tom Quinn 55:51
  20. From Director to CIO: What Actually Changes | Mark Settle 42:37
  21. Career Jungle Gym Vs Career Ladder: Karl Mosgofian's Path To IT Leadership 31:43