Feb 2, 2024
11:00am - 12:00pm
PST

DisrupTV is a weekly podcast with hosts R "Ray" Wang and Vala Afshar. The show airs live at 11:00 a.m. PT/ 2:00 p.m. ET every Friday. The audience can expect A-list guests, the latest enterprise news, hot startups, insight from influencers, and much more. Tweet questions to #DisrupTV or @DisrupTVShow. We broadcast live on StreamYard. 

Show Link: https://www.youtube.com/user/ConstellationR

Featured Guests:


Crawford Del Pete
President
IDC

Crawford Del Prete was appointed President of IDC in February 2019. Prior to his current role, he served as IDC’s Chief Operating Officer. Through his leadership, IDC has established a leading position as the world's most prominent and trusted technology market intelligence provider.

Crawford joined IDC in 1989 as a research analyst. Throughout his IDC career, he has grown multiple IDC businesses to industry leadership positions. He was instrumental in creating IDC’s high visibility research and data tracking products which are used daily in the IT industry for strategic planning.

Crawford is a leading authority on the IT industry and has completed extensive research on the structure and evolution of the information technology industry. He advises technology and business leaders on how to adapt and change in a time when technology is changing the world. He is frequently quoted in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, The New York Times and other leading media sources. He is a regular guest on Bloomberg Technology TV, offering insight and perspective on daily technology events.

He was awarded The Patrick J. McGovern Award for Management Excellence in 2014. In 1995, he was awarded IDC's James Peacock Award for research excellence, IDC's highest research honor.

He holds a B.A. from Michigan State University and in 2012, he was named a Distinguished Alumni of the University.

Twitter: @Craw

 

Carmen Vetere
CMO of O’Reilly Media

​Carmen Vetere is chief marketing officer for O’Reilly, which he joined in 2017. He oversees O'Reilly's demand generation activities, engagement marketing for its platform users, sales enablement support, brand development, and creative execution. His professional experience has focused on leveraging marketing as a tool for helping high-growth brands unlock their potential. Prior to O’Reilly, Carmen held marketing strategy roles at CVS Health, Gazelle, and Virgin Money. 


 

Eric Potterat
Author of Learned Excellence: Mental Disciplines for Leading and Winning from the World's Top Performers

Eric Potterat, PhD, is a clinical and performance psychologist and a leading expert in individual and organizational performance optimization. Eric retired as a commander from the US Navy after twenty years of service, during which he helped create the mental toughness curriculum used during Navy SEALs BUD/S training. Eric spent several years as the director of specialized performance for the Los Angeles Dodgers and has also worked with Red Bull athletes, the US Women’s national soccer team, the Miami Heat, and numerous Olympic athletes, first responders, business leaders, and NASA astronauts. He is the coauthor of the book, Learned Excellence: Mental Disciplines for Leading and Winning from the World's Top Performers  (Harper Business) will be published on February 6, 2024.

Twitter: @EricPotterat
 

Alan Eagle
Author of Learned Excellence: Mental Disciplines for Leading and Winning from the World's Top Performers

Alan Eagle is an author and executive communications consultant, helping leaders and companies shape and tell their stories. He spent 16 years at Google, partnering with executives to communicate the company’s story to clients, partners, employees, and the public. He is the co-author of the books How Google Works and Trillion Dollar Coach, and the author, all by himself, of seven letters-to-the-editor published in Sports Illustrated. He has never won the New Yorker Caption Contest.  He is the coauthor of the book, Learned Excellence: Mental Disciplines for Leading and Winning from the World's Top Performers  (Harper Business) will be published on February 6, 2024.

Twitter: @aeaglejr