CIO Leadership in AI Security and Innovation with Siroui Mushegian of Barracuda

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Siroui Mushegian, CIO at Barracuda, shares how she’s building a smart, secure foundation for AI—-from setting up an AI council, to governing agents, and creating employee guidelines that protect innovation. She also shares how AI is transforming IT operations and unlocking new levels of productivity across the enterprise.

About the Guest:

Siroui Mushegian is the Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Barracuda. Siroui joined Barracuda most recently from BlackLine, where she was responsible for all aspects of BlackLine's internal corporate IT. Before BlackLine, she held executive IT leadership roles at PBS’s WNET New York Public Media, the NBA, Ralph Lauren, and Time, Inc. Bringing more than 20 years of executive and IT leadership experience, Siroui has successfully built strong operational environments that eliminate technology silos, elevated the maturity and impact of technology within her enterprises and delivered measurable and scalable business outcomes. Siroui holds a Master of Business Administration in Management and Strategy from Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business and a bachelor’s in mathematics and finance from University of Connecticut.

Timestamps:

*(04:10) -  Skills for Future CIOs

*(07:00) -  Barracuda’s AI and Automation Projects

*(08:50) -  Tips for AI Security

*(33:25) -   The Importance of Community and Collaboration

Guest Highlights:

“ A lot of people are worried they are going to work themselves right out of a job. It remains very important for us to keep our position as thought leaders to hold that mantle high.”

“ Your partnerships with your colleagues and leaders across the enterprise will help you get more done than any AI agent will.”

“ I love the concept of the education we're getting ready to roll out in a curated way to people who are going to take these tools and come up with solutions that I could never in my life think of because I don't sit in their shoes every day.”

Get Connected:

• Siroui Mushegian on LinkedIn
• Ian Faison on LinkedIn

Resources:

• Learn more about Barracuda: barracuda.com
• Hungry for more tech talk? Check out these past episodes:
  • Ep 58 - AI-Driven Workplace Transformation
  • Ep 57 - The CIO Roadmap to Executive Leadership
  • Ep 56 - Best Proactive Cybersecurity Strategies for CIOs
• Learn more about Caspian Studios: caspianstudios.com

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