Nicholas Negroponte wrote many years ago about "Being Digital." We are past just putting things online; we are now becoming digital. However, behind the scenes of this digital transformation are the very analog issues of people, products, processes, and politics. All are critical to success. Not politics in the electoral sense but the tug and pull of budgets, priorities, and balancing resources. Ann Dunkin, CIO, Department of Energy, and Francesco Tinto, Global CIO, Walgreens Boots Alliance talked through each of these issues.

• Please share with our guests your most memorable and successful project. As you reflect, what was it about the project’s goals, implementation, or teams that stood out?

• Francesco, after just over 2 years at the technology helm of a global healthcare leader, what are your lessons learned after leading tech successfully for years at a food products company?

• Ann, as you transition to the CIO helm of a significant federal agency from the state/local level, what are the major differences you’ve seen so far?

• Whether it is cyber-security, data, privacy, security or a myriad of other issues, how can you “scale” organizational thinking, so as to leverage what are always limited resources (no matter how big the budget) to achieve the next phase of digital transformation?