013/ All Things Digital: Being Intentional with Digital Transformation w/ April Walker
Description
This talk is “all things digital!” April shares her perspective on the key questions you should be asking before you embark on a digital journey, the considerations you should make in “defining success,” the key skillsets that are essential for an efficient transformation, and how to focus on what your organization needs versus what’s “new and sexy.” We end the conversation highlighting the power digital transformation has on building communities, the importance of representation in the IT space, and a passion for all things digital.
April Walker is a digital transformation expert, board member, author, industry thought-leader, and C-suite advisor. She is the General Manager of the US Microsoft Technology Centers (MTC) and in this role is accountable for 15 innovation centers across the US and leads a national organization of more than 100 employees. April oversees Microsoft’s state-of-the-art technology and industry centers-of-excellence (COE).
April’s career spans more than 30 years, and she has held leadership roles in both the public and private sectors. She has been the catalyst for driving change, direction, and developing enterprise-wide and global strategies for digital transformation and innovation for many Fortune 500 companies. April is also an adjunct professor at Drexel University’s LeBow School of Management Executive MBA program where she developed and teaches a course: “Accelerating and Navigating Industry Transformation”.
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