From Ideas to Impact: Stories That Rewire the Future
REWIRED takes you behind the scenes of the innovations transforming our world through powerful partnerships. Hosted by Akanksha Bilani, the show spotlights breakthroughs, customer success stories, and unexpected “WOW” moments at the intersection of cloud, AI, and enterprise tech.
Each episode features candid conversations with leaders and innovators tackling tough challenges, from cloud migrations to scaling GenAI. With insights, stories, and laughs, REWIRED is your front-row seat to the collaborations shaping tomorrow.
What if alliances could supercharge enterprise transformation?
In this episode of REWIRED, Akanksha Bilani sits down with Brian Bohan, Director of Consulting Partners, Center of Excellence at AWS, to unpack how enterprise transformation is accelerating faster than ever before. From redefining global partner strategy to building new methodologies that shift deterministic processes into probabilistic, Agentic ones, Brian shares how AWS and its partners are rewriting the operating manual for the modern enterprise.
Together, they explore real-world breakthroughs from the field, including Agentic systems that slash automotive delivery timelines, and research agents saving tens of thousands of hours in biotech discovery. As Brian puts it, the future belongs to organizations that harness AI and build cultures that let us focus on what creativity unlocks next.
Learn more about Intel (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/partner/showcase/aws/overview.html)
Learn more about AWS (https://aws.amazon.com/)
Watch the full video on Youtube (https://youtu.be/Hx6MFGAlico)
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28 Nov 2025
Humans, Robots, and the New Era of Innovation with Kevin Derman
What if doing more with less is the real AI edge?
In this episode of Rewired, host Akanksha Bilani sits down with Kevin Derman, National Strategic Alliance Director for AWS at Slalom and head of their AWS AI Innovation Lab, to explore how Slalom is helping customers move from GenAI ideas to real-world impact. From reimagining customer experiences in the airline industry to transforming how leaders think about cost, performance, and silicon, Kevin’s work shows what’s possible when innovation meets intentionality.
Together they uncover some of the most persistent myths around CPUs vs GPUs in AI workloads and take a look into a future where robots navigate the physical world, humans are augmented beyond devices, and intelligence becomes woven into everyday life.
Because when AI evolves, so does everything around it.
Learn more about Intel (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/partner/showcase/aws/overview.html)
Learn more about Slalom (https://www.slalom.com/us/en/services)
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27 Nov 2025
Next-Day Shipping Starts with Next-Level Strategy with Ben Schreiner
What can a four-million-square-foot fulfillment center teach us about the future of AI?
In this episode of REWIRED, Akanksha Bilani sits down with Ben Schreiner, Head of AI & Modern Data Strategy Business Development at AWS, to explore how data, cloud power, and next-generation silicon are quietly transforming the way the world runs. From the awe of a four-million-square-foot Amazon fulfillment center to the intelligence predicting what you’ll need before you even click “buy,” Ben shows how AI is reshaping the backbone of modern business, and why bringing more people into this conversation is so important as the landscape evolves.
Together, they dig into a future where leaders won’t just manage people, but intelligent agents working alongside them; a shift that unlocks new forms of creativity, partnership, and possibility. Because when innovation scales with vision and purpose, the future doesn’t just arrive faster — it becomes something we can all help shape.
Learn more about Intel (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/partner/showcase/aws/overview.html)
Learn more about AWS (https://aws.amazon.com/)
Watch the full video on Youtube (https://youtu.be/bJ3yBGlAB3k)
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24 Nov 2025
Beyond Silicon: The Trust That Powers AWS × Intel with Mike Mariani
What happens when custom silicon meets shared innovation? Real business impact.
In this episode of REWIRED, host Akanksha Bilani joins Mike Mariani, Vice President and Global Account Leader of Amazon at Intel, to take you inside the partnership reshaping what’s possible. Mariani shares how Intel and AWS have built a new kind of collaboration, one rooted in trust, co-engineering, and silicon features designed exclusively for Amazon.
Together they explore how Intel’s newest custom gen hardware, joint go-to-market strategy, and deep engineering alignment are fueling real wins: from performance tailored to Amazon’s needs, to AI-ready infrastructure, to capabilities no other cloud provider offers today.
A candid look at how the Intel–AWS partnership is enabling customers and partners to succeed alongside both companies, and creating shared value across the entire ecosystem.
Learn more about Intel (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/partner/showcase/aws/overview.html)
Watch the full video on Youtube (https://youtu.be/Fd7F1kedczY)
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21 Nov 2025
The Architecture of Reinvention with Balu Angaian
What if the biggest innovations aren’t the ones we see, but the ones quietly holding everything together?
In this episode of REWIRED, Akanksha Bilani sits down with Balu Angaian, Vice President & Senior Partner, Practice Leader at IBM Consulting, to take you inside that hidden layer of transformation. Balu brings nearly two decades of experience and a front-row perspective on how hyperscaler partnerships are enabling enterprises to modernize legacy systems, scale AI safely, and deploy agentic solutions that actually deliver measurable outcomes.
Together they explore how performance and infrastructure are quietly rewiring what's possible. From reimagining supply chains to modernizing federal systems, they unpack how collaboration between IBM Consulting, AWS, and Intel is turning complex modernization challenges into practical wins, because the biggest reinventions often start with what you can’t see, but can feel in every breakthrough that follows.
Learn more about Intel (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/partner/showcase/aws/overview.html)
Learn more about IBM Consulting (https://www.ibm.com/consulting)
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18 Nov 2025
From Takeout to the Big Leagues: Innovation at Scale with Dave Sellers
What do Panda Express and the St. Louis Cardinals have in common?
In this episode of REWIRED, host Akanksha Bilani sits down with Dave Sellers, General Manager of MultiCloud at World Wide Technology (WWT), to dive into the world of cloud and AI—and how it is transforming the way we order food, cheer for our teams, and live our everyday lives.
From supercharging software development with generative AI to reimagining how global enterprises harness multicloud architecture, Dave pulls back the curtain on the customer wins, engineering wizardry, and game-changing partnerships that make it all happen.
A candid, insightful, and behind-the-scenes look at how Intel, AWS, and WWT are teaming up to build what’s next—and deliver outcomes that truly matter.
Learn more about Intel (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/partner/showcase/aws/overview.html)
Learn more about WWT (https://www.wwt.com/corporate/what-we-do/overview)
Watch full video on Youtube (https://youtu.be/s7GntOvb4M4)
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6 Nov 2025
When Innovation Heals with Darryl Grauman
What happens when innovation learns to listen — to patients, to people, to purpose?
In this episode of REWIRED, Akanksha Bilani sits down with Darryl Grauman, founder of IndigiTECH and Head of R&D at The Clinician, to explore how technology can bridge divides and transform care. From empowering underrepresented students in New Zealand through digital education, to reimagining global healthcare with AI-driven insights, Darryl’s journey proves that innovation, when rooted in empathy and access, can change lives.
Together, they unpack how cloud, GenAI, and data are not just enabling smarter systems, but building more human-centered ones, where patients are heard, education is inclusive, and every connection creates possibility. Because when innovation heals, the future becomes personal.
Learn more about Intel (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/partner/showcase/aws/overview.html)
Learn more about The Clinician (https://theclinician.com/)
Learn more about IndigiTECH (https://www.codeavengers.com/indigitech)
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28 Oct 2025
Security in Sync with Chris Stewart
Can AI Finally Outsmart Hackers?
In this episode of REWIRED, Chris Stewart, Vice President of Global Technology, Cloud & Marketplace Ecosystem Partners at CrowdStrike, joins Akanksha Bilani of Intel to explore how AI and deep tech collaborations with AWS and Intel are syncing up to turn the tide against cyber threats.
From firmware to the cloud, Chris shares how partnerships across the tech ecosystem are helping small businesses defend against ransomware, powering smarter security through Charlotte AI, and building a safer, more secure, and resilient digital world.
https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/services/ (https://www.crowdstrike.com/en-us/services/)
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/partner/showcase/aws/overview.html (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/partner/showcase/aws/overview.html)
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8 Oct 2025
The Trust Factor with Chauncey Kupferschmid
How NetApp and Intel Keep Innovation Secure?
In this episode, Chauncey Kupferschmid of NetApp joins Akanksha Bilani to talk about trust, scalability, and the magic of making data work harder for everyone. From ransomware protection to AI-powered innovation, they explore how strong partnerships and smarter storage are helping industries move faster and safer into the future.
https://www.netapp.com/products-a-z/
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/partner/showcase/aws/overview.html
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCRHzayWxz6qXGcdCXdmf5jQ
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24 Sept 2025
Rewiring the Cloud with Michal Lesiczka
Nutanix, Intel & AWS on the Future of GenAI
What does it take to move millions of workloads to the cloud?
A village or at least Intel and Nutanix. Host Akanksha Bilani and Michal Lesiczka VP of Business Development for Cloud and Databases at Nutanix dig into the real stories behind cloud migrations, GenAI at scale, and even the “unhinged” ways they’ve used AI.
https://www.nutanix.com/products/cloud-platform
https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/partner/showcase/aws/overview.html
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