Digital Transformers Buzz: Navigating October's Cyber Security Awareness Month & Tech Trends - Digital Transformers
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13th Oct 2023

Digital Transformers Buzz: Navigating October's Cyber Security Awareness Month & Tech Trends

The Supply Chain Buzz is Supply Chain Now’s regular Monday livestream, held at 12n ET each week. This show focuses on some of the leading stories from global supply chain and global business, always with special guests – the most important of which is the live audience!

In this special Digital Transformers edition of the Buzz, host Kevin L. Jackson joins regular host Scott Luton to discuss a variety of news and developments across global business- with an extra helping of all things technology AND cybersecurity as we recognize the month of October as Cybersecurity Awareness month!

Listen in and learn more about:

  1. How new orders, shrinking backlogs, and increases in factory employment translate to near recovery for the US Manufacturing sector
  2. Lego, the world's largest toy manufacturer, and its $1.4 billion pledge to reduce carbon emissions across its supply chain by 2025
  3. The re-evaluation of the phrase "supply chain"
  4. In honor of Cybersecurity Awareness Month, how all the digital transformation around the globe can open up organizations to new vulnerabilities

This episode was hosted by Scott Luton and Kevin L. Jackson. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/digital-transformers-buzz-navigating-october-cyber-security-awareness-month-tech-trends-1182

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Digital Transformers
Companies and executives that are leading business transformation in their industries.
At a pace faster than any Hollywood movie, digitalization has taken the supply chain world by storm. But do you have what it takes to become a real-life digital transformer? This livestream series connects you with the information you need on the immediate value of digitalization. And who better to guide you than host Kevin L Jackson, who has been recognized as a “Top 5G Influencer” (Onalytica 2019, Radar 2020) and a “Top 50 Global Digital Transformation Thought Leader” (Thinkers 360 2019)? Join Kevin as he highlights the companies and executives leading global industries into the digital future.

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Kevin Jackson

Kevin L. Jackson is a globally recognized Thought Leader, Industry Influencer and business consultant. The bestselling author’s latest project, “Quitless: The Power of Persistence in Business and Life”, was ranked as such by both The Wall Street Journal and USA Today. He has also been recognized as a “Top 5G Influencer” (Onalytica 2019, Radar 2020), a “Top 50 Global Digital Transformation Thought Leader” (Thinkers 360 2019). Kevin also provides strategic consulting and integrated social media services to AT&T, Intel, Broadcom, Ericsson and other leading companies. He is host of “Digital Transformers on Supply Chain Now” podcast and video blog, part of a family of shows ranked by Listen Score as in the top 1.5% of 1,977,479 globally ranked podcasts. Kevin Jackson will also be featured by Red Knight Production Company on the second season of their next hit streaming TV series “The Social Movement.” Ethos and mission of The Social Movement is to impact humanity at scale, make a real difference in the world, and inspire a real social movement.

Mr. Jackson’s commercial experience includes Vice President J.P. Morgan Chase, Worldwide Sales Executive for IBM and SAIC (Engility) Director Cloud Solutions. He has served on teams that have supported digital transformation projects for the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and the US Intelligence Community. He currently serves as the Chief Operations Officer for SourceConnecte (https://sourceconnecte.com/), a blockchain-enabled B2B e-commerce platform that is also a member of the Trust Your Supplier (https://www.trustyoursupplier.com/) network, and a Senior Vice President of Total Network Services (https://www.tnscorp.io/), a fully decentralized global data network developed specifically to address the current needs of the blockchain community.