From West Point to the C-Suite of Johnson & Johnson: Marene Allison’s Career in IT

<p>Marene Allison (<a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/marene-allison-9508611">LinkedIn</a>) has seen a lot in her career and her life. She was one of the first women to graduate from <a href="http://westpoint.edu/">West Point</a> and then went on to a role at the FBI bringing down some of the largest drug rings on the East Coast. Eventually, she moved on to the private sector to head up security for A&P Foods and today, she is the  Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for <a href="https://www.jnj.com/">Johnson & Johnson</a>.</p> <p>On this episode of IT Visionaries, Marene discusses her entire journey, as well as everything she’s learned, what it means to lead IT and security for a worldwide organization, what the future of AI and consumer privacy looks like, and much more.</p> <p>Topics Discussed: Intelligence, security, AI, machine learning, data, West Point, military, women in tech, leadership, FBI, tech, digital threats, cybersecurity</p> <p>IT Visionaries is brought to you by The Lightning Platform by Salesforce. The Lightning Platform is a leading cloud platform that makes building AI-powered apps faster and easier. With Salesforce, now everyone is empowered to build apps for their organization! Learn more at <a href="https://www.salesforce.com/products/platform/features/mobile/">salesforce.com/buildmobileapps.</a></p> <p>Salesforce and MIT recently teamed up to create a whitepaper exploring what happens when AI meets CRM. Read: <a href="https://www.technologyreview.com/collection/ai-meets-crm-transforming-customer-experiences/">AI Meets CRM: An MIT Tech Review Whitepaper</a></p> <p>The Mission publishes the #1 newsletter for accelerated learning. Join our community of hundreds of thousands at <a href="http://www.themission.co/subscribe">themission.co/subscribe</a>.</p>