Ep.8 Keeping Corporations From Digital Darwinism with Eugene Roman, Founder Design.ai, Ltd.

<p><strong>INFO ON EUGENE ROMAN:</strong></p><p><strong>LinkedIn Profile: </strong>https://www.linkedin.com/in/eugene-roman-45274410/ </p><p><strong>BIO:</strong></p><ul><li>Served on the board of the Ukrainian Credit Union limited for 20 years.</li><li>Canadian CIO of the year in 2015.</li><li>Helped Ukrainian credit union significantly grow base and adopt a new technology</li><li>Scholarship named after him “Ukrainian Credit Union Limited Eugene Roman Scholarship”</li><li>EVP Digital Excellence at Canadian Tire Canada</li><li>Currently the principle of “Design.ai, Ltd. focused on applying design intelligence to business opportunities</li><li>From 2012 to 2018 Eugene was the EVP of digital excellence and tech advisor for the Canadian Tire Corporation</li><li>Currently serves on the board of the The Stars Group Inc.</li><li>Currently serves on the board of EPM Systems Inc.</li><li>Owns Rosewood Estate Winery – a family winery with wife Renata and children Krystina (marketing) and William (production), a boutique production vineyard producing 5000 cases of wine and 1500 cases of meade a year.</li><li>Riesling, Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Merlot and Cabernet Franc are the products of the vineyard.</li><li>2015 Canadian CIO of the year for creating a strategic plan to transform Canadian Tire into an innovator in digital marketing and overseeing the development of three digital centers including “Cloud 9 Digital Innovation Center” in Winnipeg and the “Digital Garage” in Kitchener Waterloo Ontario.</li><li>Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Monk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto.</li><li>Responsible for integrating critical technology and business processes to better deliver innovative programs.</li><li>Has led efforts to increase productivity and improve performance in order to deliver current “next GEN” services more efficiently in large organizations.</li><li>Started career and telecom working for the Nortel Networks corporation and then went onto work with Bell Canada Enterprises Inc.</li><li>Eugen