Episode Details

AI is reshaping healthcare, but according to Fortune 50 CIO Dalia Powers, the technology itself is the easy part. The real challenge? Building the data infrastructure and governance guardrails that make AI trustworthy — and the cultural transformation that makes innovation stick.

In this episode of Tech Legacies, host Fanny Dunagan sits down with Dalia Powers, whose CIO career spans IBM, Dell EMC, Capital One, and Humana. Dalia shares why she believes "governance is what gives us the license to go fast," how her team is exploring digital twins for predictive health, and why she's convinced that culture doesn't just eat strategy for breakfast — it eats technology for lunch, too.

This conversation goes far beyond the server room. Dalia opens up about her journey from software engineer to the C-suite, the moment she learned to measure team sentiment instead of just KPIs, and why today's CIOs are finding themselves in sales and marketing meetings. "Technology is the table now," she says.

If you're an aspiring tech leader, a professional navigating AI transformation, or someone who believes the best leaders invest in people above all else, this episode is for you.

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Connect with Dalia Powers on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/daliapowers/

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Connect with the podcast host, Fanny Dunagan on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/fannydunagan/

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