Finance and Investment Insights for CFOs
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Smarter Tech Investing: How to Make Your CFO Your Strongest Ally
Master the art of strategic technology investment with AWS Enterprise Finance Strategist Chris Hennesey as he reveals how to transform your CFO relationship from gatekeeper to strategic partner. As a former IT CFO drawing from decades of financial services leadership, Hennesey shares insider perspectives on how technology leaders can effectively champion initiatives while demonstrating exceptional fiscal stewardship. From evaluating generative AI opportunities to presenting to the board, this episode delivers invaluable insights for technology leaders looking to strengthen their financial partnerships.
Evaluating the ROI of Major Tech Investments
In the last 12-24 months, the average organization has made sizable investments in more than 10 different solution areas. New research from ESG reveals that IT and business leaders are not aligned on which of these tech investments delivered the greatest return on investment.
Redefining Tech ROI: Uniting IT and Business Expectations
Despite economic uncertainties, organizations recognize that investing in technology is crucial for driving innovation and maintaining a competitive edge.
Calculating the Cost and ROI of Generative AI
Generative AI has the potential to revolutionize industries and organizations, but how much will it cost you, and how do you measure return on that investment? In this episode, get practical guidance on estimating the costs of generative AI adoption, from model selection to infrastructure requirements.
Finance on the Executive Insights podcast
AWS Executive Insights is a podcast featuring executive-level discussions on leadership, culture, innovation, and maximizing ROI of technology investments. Listen to episodes of the show that focus on personal insights from finance leaders across industries and countries.
A CTO's Digital Transformation Strategy for Union Bank of the Philippines
Discover how a tech executive with zero banking experience revitalized and transformed digital operations at Union Bank of the Philippines. In this episode of Executive Insights, Chief Transformation Officer Dennis Omila shares how his authentic approach to leadership helped him drive organizational change and advocate for banking innovation.
The views of the individual do not necessarily reflect the views of Union Bank.
Decreasing the Cost of Change: Outsystems CEO Paulo Rosado
Mark Schwartz, AWS Enterprise Strategist:
"I think working to achieve leanness by searching for waste in value delivery processes is an often-neglected method that is more consistent with the ideas of the digital age. It may have short-term costs (e.g., automating to reduce repetitive manual steps) but quickly generates permanent and—importantly—scalable savings."
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Business Value on AWS
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How to Think Like a Digital CFO
In this ebook, AWS Enterprise Strategist Mark Schwartz compares the “old” and the “new” ways of defining what a CFO does in order to identify the traits of today's digital CFO. Though different CFOs and their enterprises have treated the role differently, it’s clear that the CFO has become central to driving the digital performance of the enterprise.
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