Dounia Senawi’s Post

Can’t think of a better way to wrap up the work week and prepare to disconnect for next week’s Fourth of July holiday than with Deloitte’s very own CMO Program Lead Stacy Kemp and her CMOs Out of Office series!    Loved Stacy’s conversation with Julie Saunders, CMO of AutoCamp, about how Julie manages her packed schedule while prioritizing time to exercise and be with her kids. As a single mom and someone who also has a hard time of sitting still for too long (fitting in active time is key!), I loved Julie’s point about setting non-negotiables. Mine is time together with my son, John, every night he’s with me. We eat dinner together and hear about each other’s day. Those are the moments that really matter.     Definitely worth watching the full episode (https://deloi.tt/4cjIAaq) and the other conversations. Thank you, Stacy and Julie, for sharing your experiences and insights 😊 

#ThankfulThursday. I’m thankful for John Byron Thomas McGinnis, who leads our Deloitte alliance with Amazon Web Services (AWS) in the US. JB's longstanding relationship with Amazon helps us collaborate on go-to-market expansion beyond AWS to many other Amazon businesses, including Amazon Ads, Just Walk Out, Amazon Health, and Alexa. He’s also been a longtime leader in cloud, including in cloud adoption, product development, and the startup of our Cloud Executives program. JB is innovative, market-focused, and a true team player who puts people first. As we’ve gotten to know each other better in the past year, what stands out is his warmth. He is grounded, wears his heart on his sleeve, and brings positive energy into every room. He is insightful and thoughtful in conversations big and small and helps us drive to outcomes. His colleagues call him a modern-day renaissance man the way he does it all: shaping our biggest market-changing deals, mentoring teams…not to mention being a superdad to his four daughters, cooking, fishing, and gardening! JB told us recently about his early career as a kindergarten teacher and reminded us of the wisdom of Robert Fulghum (worth a read! https://deloi.tt/3ziDtsL), that when we go out into the world, we need to watch out for traffic, hold hands, and stick together 😊 Thank you, JB! 

#ThankfulThursday. I’m thankful for Kim Frazier, who leads our Deloitte alliance with Adobe in the US. During her 18 years here, she has led the multi-year growth of our retail and consumer products business and driven strategies that support our clients in solving their sales and profitability challenges.  Kim develops deep connections, is laser-focused on business outcomes, and is always willing to jump in to help a teammate. The growth of many successful leaders is thanks to Kim’s team leadership, passion for coaching, and commitment to developing people. She brings energy, enthusiasm, and empathy to all her interactions with clients, colleagues, and friends! She and her husband are proud University of Michigan alumni, avid fans, and big supporters of the school’s community and charity organizations. It’s so awesome to see their son follow in her husband’s footsteps and play football for the Wolverines! https://deloi.tt/45yM6va Thank you, Kim – so great seeing you this week 😊      

Fantastic news: Deloitte has been named a 2024 leader for worldwide network consulting services by IDC Marketscape (https://deloi.tt/3z9rNZi)! Through our team’s end-to-end networking solutions and deep industry experience, we’re helping clients reduce operational costs, improve network management and monitoring, and accelerate the speed to market. I’m especially proud of how our vast network of ecosystems and alliances makes these solutions possible. Congrats, team! 🎉 

What a week! Congrats to the whole Deloitte Oracle alliance team for being recognized as the Oracle 2024 Partner of the Year for North America Applications/SaaS. This is an amazing testament to the work we are doing to help our clients achieve their goals, speed up their cloud journey, and lead innovative solutions that help grow their businesses. Special shoutout to Mauro Schiavon, Pavel Krumkachev, D`Arcy Mathias, So Chan (Hong), Drew Scaggs, Swami Rajagopalan, Vincent Senawi, Tina Powers, Carmen Lee, Corinne Johnson, Sid Pinnamaneni, Tara Hall, Samrat Chakraborty, Jen Capone, Rubin Mohan, Bhavin Barot, Mark Walsh, Jessica Kosmowski, Abdi Goodarzi and team for their collaboration with our friends over at Oracle 😊

#ThankfulThursday. I’m grateful for Jim Rowan, our fearless AI leader for Deloitte. Jim leads our AI and GenAI go-to-market strategy – driving demand, enabling pursuits, guiding our solution development, and activating with our alliance partners. AI and data are intertwined with everything we do, and the rapid change of Gen AI means that every day – every moment! – brings something new. Jim makes technology disruption and shifts easier for anyone to understand and act on, especially as things change so rapidly. I’m grateful for his leadership and collaboration with our teams to keep us on the cutting edge, and I learn from their expertise every day. He is approachable, empathetic, and action-oriented. You’ll always see a big smile on Jim’s face, and he brings positive and calm energy everywhere he goes. His genuine care for people and how we get the work done together makes all the difference. Jim is a proud Boston College alum who lives outside Boston, stays active with his awesome family, and is always cheering on his Patriots. Thank you, Jim 😊

For the fourth year in a row, Deloitte has been recognized as a Snowflake Partner of the Year – this year in Public Sector Data Cloud Services (https://deloi.tt/3xfmLcS)!  Proud of this recognition for our team’s work helping public sector organizations successfully modernize their cloud data infrastructure. Our teams continue collaborating to help our shared clients unlock greater results, lower costs, and prepare their data for cutting-edge AI solutions. Congrats to Matt Wallbrown, Monica McEwen, Anthony C., Bianca Salazar, Marta Sendun, and the entire Deloitte team for this awesome recognition! 

Excited to announce the launch of Deloitte’s Data Value Accelerator (DVA) for the Databricks Data Intelligence Platform, a new tool to help organizations quickly evaluate their data and AI applications, better manage their data, and make informed decisions toward key business priorities (https://bit.ly/3x3m2eZ). Accuracy, usability, and quality of data throughout its lifecycle is everything. Can't wait to see how this tool will help more business leaders unlock value from their data faster and take their AI investments to the next level. Thank you to our entire Deloitte Databricks team – especially Lou DiLorenzo, Thomas Zipprich, Jordan K., Mani Kandasamy, Emily Cole, Dave Hurlbrink, Yogesh M., and Ash Godinho – for making Deloitte a top Databricks partner of the year for the third year in a row! And thanks to Sabina Shaikh and the entire Databricks team for their collaboration 😊 

Congrats to the entire Deloitte CrowdStrike Alliance team for being recognized as CrowdStrike’s Global System Integrator of the Year at their Americas Partner Symposium last week (https://deloi.tt/3RmqM6f)! Exciting to see the impact of our ongoing work with CrowdStrike in helping organizations take their cybersecurity capabilities to the next level. Learn more about this work and our broader cybersecurity services here: https://deloi.tt/4bRE4jb A huge thank you to our friends at CrowdStrike, including George Kurtz, Shannon Roy, Rob Joseph, Amanda Adams, Daniel Bernard, Michael Rogers, and Cameron Erens – as well as to our Deloitte team leads Adnan Amjad, Stephen Mahar, Brian Schnurr, Kushagr Singh, Kevin Urbanowicz, Sharon Chand, Vikram Kunchala, Jatinder Sharma, Chris Richter, and more for making this awesome recognition possible!