The Digital Transformers Edition of The Buzz, Featuring Dave Wheeler, COO of New Balance - Digital Transformers
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17th May 2024

The Digital Transformers Edition of The Buzz, Featuring Dave Wheeler, COO of New Balance

The Buzz is Supply Chain Now’s regular Monday livestream, held at 12 noon 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 week's Digital Transformers edition of The Buzz, hosts Scott Luton and Kevin L. Jackson were joined by Dave Wheeler, Chief Operating Officer at New Balance. The discussion focused on the importance of digital transformation in the supply chain industry. Wheeler emphasized the need for clean, accurate data to drive successful digital transformation. He also highlighted the importance of starting with business goals before implementing technology.

Listen in on the analysis of the top stories in supply chain, and also discussion on the role of generative AI in improving business processes and the importance of workforce in any type of transformation. Learn how New Balance is taking the company's digital transformation to the next level, and more!

Additional Links & Resources:

Learn more about Supply Chain Now: https://supplychainnow.com

WEBINAR- Achieving Excellence in External Supply Chain Planning and Synchronization: https://bit.ly/3JzDoT6

WEBINAR- Demystifying AI: A year later, from Buzz to Reality: https://bit.ly/3UtRw5F

WEBINAR- How to Accelerate AI-Driven Decision Intelligence with Smart Data Fabric: https://bit.ly/3QMPmga


This episode is hosted by Scott Luton and Kevin L. Jackson. For additional information, please visit our dedicated show page at: https://supplychainnow.com/digital-transformers-buzz-new-balance-1275

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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.