- DisrupTV
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.
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Featured Guests:
Karthik Narain
Group Chief Executive, Technology and CTO at Accenture
Karthik Narain is Accenture’s Group Chief Executive of Technology and Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and is a member of the company’s Global Management Committee. Karthik oversees all aspects of Accenture’s Technology business and leads the company’s technology strategy. Additionally, he is Chair of the Board of Avanade, Accenture’s joint venture with Microsoft. Karthik’s role spans cloud, data & AI, enterprise & industry technologies and security, as well as technology ecosystem partnerships and Accenture’s Advanced Technology Centers.
Prior to his appointment as Group Chief Executive and CTO, Karthik served as the lead for Accenture Cloud First and the company’s Data & AI business. In this role, he led teams helping clients move, shape and operate their businesses in the cloud and unlock the power of data & AI. Since the formation of Cloud First in 2020, cloud has become a top growth driver for the company. Accenture is recognized as a leader in cloud services market share and thought leadership by the technology ecosystem and industry analysts. He has extended the company’s leadership with ecosystem partners and driven substantial investments in solutions, acquisitions and talent to keep Accenture at the forefront of the industry.
Most recently, Karthik helped define Accenture’s approach and establish an early lead in generative AI through investments in its Center for Advanced AI; new ecosystem partnerships; and a new data & AI strategy for the company.
Karthik, who joined Accenture in 2015, brings a diverse set of experiences to his roles as Group Chief Executive and CTO. Over his 24-year career, he has led many strategic and innovative programs for clients across a variety of industry sectors, including Financial Services, High Tech and Software and Platforms. Karthik previously led Accenture Technology in North America, helping guide Global 2000 brands in using the power of the cloud and other technologies to transform their businesses. He is also an active sponsor in the Technology Women’s Executive Leadership program, supporting the growth of Accenture’s most senior women leaders in Technology.
Andrés Tapia
Co-author of The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Teams: Unlocking Collective Power to Achieve Breakthrough
Andrés Tapia is a Senior Client Partner and is Korn Ferry’s Global Diversity and Inclusion Strategist. Mr. Tapia has been one of the leading voices in shaping a contemporary, next-generation approach to diversity and inclusion. The approach is global, deeply integrated into talent systems, and focused on enabling marketplace success. He has over 25 years of experience as a C-suite management consultant, diversity executive, organizational development and training professional, and journalist.
Throughout Europe, Asia, North America, and his native Latin America, Mr. Tapia has served clients in shaping their enterprise-wide diversity and inclusion business cases and strategies across industries—including financial, technology, healthcare, retail, manufacturing, government, not-for-profits, and education—with dozens of Global 500 organizations as well as non-US multinationals in Brazil, South Korea, and India.
Mr. Tapia, the author of a groundbreaking book, The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation of Global Diversity, as well as the co-author of Auténtico: The Definitive Guide to Latino Career Success, The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Leadership: Unleashing the Power of All of Us and of The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Organizations: How Diverse and Equitable Enterprises Will Transform the World. He is a frequently sought-after speaker globally on the topic of diversity and inclusion. He has been published in major dailies throughout the US and Latin America, primarily through his writing for the New America Media wire service as well as on the Huffington Post.
He is the recipient of numerous leadership and diversity awards and is currently serving on the boards of Leadership Greater Chicago, Jobs For The Future, and Ravinia Festival. He previously served as a Commissioner on the Highland Park (IL) Housing Commission overseeing that city's Inclusionary Housing code. He now serves in an elected position as Highland Park City Councilmember. He began his four-year term on May 10, 2021.
Mr. Tapia received a bachelor's degree in modern history from Northwestern University in the Chicago area with an emphasis in journalism and political science. He grew up in a bilingual/bicultural home in Lima, Perú.
Michel Buffet
Co-author of The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Teams: Unlocking Collective Power to Achieve Breakthrough
Michel Buffet is a senior client partner at Korn Ferry, where he leads the firm’s Top Team Performance solution.
He is also a member of the CEO and Enterprise Leadership Development practice. In his role, Michel partners with C-suite leaders and HR practitioners to unlock the full potential of individual leaders and executive teams through tailored assessment and development solutions.
With over 25 years of consulting experience, Michel's expertise includes C-suite succession, leadership assessment, executive coaching, and high-performance team development. His experience spans various sectors, including Life Sciences, Healthcare, Industrial Goods, and Luxury Retail.
Previously, Michel led assessment and coaching client engagements at YSC, served as managing consultant at Fisher Rock Consulting, and was a partner at Oliver Wyman Delta. He began his career as an Officer Psychologist in the French Navy.
Michel has played a leading role with several professional organizations. He currently chairs the HR & Mobility Committee at the French American Chamber of Commerce in New York and he previously was the president of the Metropolitan New York Association of Applied Psychology. A frequent keynote speaker, his upcoming book, The Five Disciplines of Inclusive Teams: Unlocking Collective Power to Achieve Breakthrough (Berrett-Koehler), launches in March 2025.
He holds a PhD in organizational psychology from Columbia University and a doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Paris. A dual citizen of France and the United States, Michel is bilingual in French and English and fluent in Spanish. He resides in Princeton, NJ.
