The Bridgecast with Scott Kinka
The role of IT leaders has never been more critical or more complex. The Bridgecast is where enterprise tech decision-makers come to make sense of it all and to connect the dots between technology, strategy, and business success. Hosted by veteran technologist and Bridgepointe Chief Strategy Officer Scott Kinka, each episode features candid conversations with top CIOs, CTOs, Innovators, Authors and Analysts. Together, they explore how to simplify technology decisions, drive measurable outcomes, and build stronger alignment between IT and the C-suite. True to its name, The Bridgecast is your link between innovation and execution, technology and leadership, IT and...
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From Plumbing to AI: The Evolution of Managed Services
In this episode of The Bridgecast, host Scott Kinka welcomes Frank Scanga, Executive Vice Chairman at XTIUM—the powerhouse formed by the combination of ATSG and Evolve IP. With over three decades of experience in the managed services and cloud space, Frank offers a candid look at how technology leadership must evolve from "wrench turning" to driving actual business outcomes.<br><br><br>The conversation dives deep into the current state of AI, where Frank reveals a startling statistic: 70% of AI projects fail because organizations take a technology-first rather than a business-outcome approach. From winning top honors in Gartner's Magic Qu...
Beyond the Hype: Building Ethical AI for Business
In this episode of The Bridgecast, host Scott Kinka welcomes Dr. Eva-Marie Muller-Stuler, a literal rock star in the world of data science and AI ethics. As the former leader of IBM’s first AI center of excellence and a top advisor to the European Parliament, Dr. Eva-Marie brings a wealth of experience in turning emerging technologies into measurable business outcomes. She challenges the current corporate obsession with "agentic AI" and "autonomous workers" by highlighting the foundational work required in data governance and strategy.<br><br>Dr. Eva-Marie shares a seminal moment from her career where a major telecom company of...
Innovation Lessons from Nike and Amex
In this episode of The Bridgecast, host Scott Kinka welcomes Elaine Barsoom — Venture Partner at Silicon Foundry and a recognized leader in enterprise AI and corporate innovation — for a wide-ranging conversation on what it actually takes to build an AI strategy that sticks.<br><br>With 20 years of experience bridging strategy and next-generation technology across Nike, American Express, and multiple sectors including retail, fintech, and hospitality, Elaine brings a rare lens: the view from inside the machine. Her defining insight? Most organizations are asking the wrong question. Instead of "How do we use AI?", the right question is "What problem are...
The CIO’s Guide to AI Governance and Risk
In this episode of The Bridgecast, host Scott Kinka welcomes Paul Lekas, Executive Vice President of Global Public Policy and Government Affairs at the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), to explore the intersection of tech policy, national security, and operational strategy. With a career spanning three presidential administrations and senior roles at the Department of Defense, Paul offers a rare, high-level view of the legislative forces currently shaping the AI landscape.<br><br>The conversation dives into the growing tension between federal and state governments, where over 1,500 AI-related bills were introduced last year alone. Paul explains why the SIIA...
Zero Trust, Zero Passwords: Mobile Mentor's Blueprint for Hybrid Work Security
In this episode of The Bridgecast, host Scott Kinka sits down with Denis O'Shea Founder and CEO of Mobile Mentor, Microsoft Global Partner of the Year, for a wide-ranging conversation on endpoint management, identity security, Zero Trust architecture, and what it really takes to build a workforce that is secure, productive, and ready for the AI era.<br><br>Denis's journey is anything but linear. Born in Ireland, he built cellular networks for Nokia in Finland and New Zealand before a fateful dressing-down from a European telco CEO: "Why are your customers only making calls and sending texts?" sent him o...
Begin Before You're Ready: Military Precision Meets Business Transformation
In this episode of The Bridgecast, host Scott Kinka welcomes Joel Neeb, Chief Transformation and Business Operations Officer at 8x8, for a deep dive into organizational change and the reality of the AI-driven market. Joel brings a unique perspective forged in the cockpit of an F-15 and refined through high-stakes leadership roles at VMware and Afterburner. He challenges the notion that AI is a "parlor trick" and instead presents it as the ultimate catalyst for businesses to reinvent themselves—or risk becoming obsolete to upstarts they don't even know exist yet.<br><br>Joel shares the harrowing yet inspiring story of...
2025 Year End Recap: The Return to Office Debate, AI Predictions & Season 4 Preview
In this continuation of The Bridgecast's year-end wrap-up, producer Gene Volpe and host Scott Kinka shift from stats and buzzwords to the human questions that will define 2026: Is the office dead? How do we train the next generation remotely? And what does leadership look like when five generations share the same workforce?<br>This episode pulls from some of 2025's most thought-provoking moments. Gary Sorrentino, Global CIO of Zoom, predicts that by 2030, a new wave of leadership will emerge—one that throws away "the older guy's book" and readdresses hybrid work based on what's right for people and outcomes. Chris Ma...
The Bridgecast Wrapped: 2025's Top AI Insights, Predictions & Behind-the-Scenes
In this special year-end episode of The Bridgecast, the tables turn as producer Gene Volpe steps in front of the camera to interview host Scott Kinka. It's the fourth annual wrap-up show, and this one delivers more than nostalgia—it's a strategic debrief on what 91,000 downloads and 26 episodes taught us about the state of enterprise technology in 2025.<br><br>Gene walks through the numbers: 26 episodes, 29 companies represented, 34 executives interviewed, 11 live tapings, and over 91,000 downloads. But the real story isn't in the metrics—it's in what those conversations revealed. AI dominated the year (no surprise), but security ranked sixth on the buzz...
Beyond the Buzzwords: Making AI Work for UC
In this episode, host Scott Kinka sits down with Shane Cleckler, Director of Sales Engineering, and Jeff Martis, Senior Director of Product Management at Sangoma, to explore why hybrid deployments are the real differentiator in unified communications, how to meet customers where they actually are (not where vendors want them to be), and the key strategies for solving survivability and resilience without forcing migration to cloud. Whether you're rationalizing your post-pandemic collaboration spend or building a UC roadmap that actually works for your business, this conversation cuts through the noise with practical frameworks for evaluating cloud, on-premise, and hybrid options—pl...
Network Strategy in the AI Era: What CIOs Need to Know Now
In this live episode of The Bridgecast, recorded at the Bridgepointe Tech Summit 2025 in Miami, host Scott Kinka welcomes Christopher Bonavita, VP of Strategy and Technology Adoption at GTT, to explore how connectivity and managed network services have evolved from infrastructure afterthoughts into mission-critical business enablers. Drawing on his journey from Accenture to Lumen to his current role, Bonavita shares hard-won insights about what CIOs actually need to focus on as AI reshapes enterprise operations.<br>What you will learn:<br><br>Why "do less, better" beats "add everything" in network strategyHow simplified infrastructure unlocks competitive advantage in the AI...
