Interview: Sunil Srivastava, CTO, Pandora | Computer Weekly
Summary
Since SaaS providers can be vetted to ensure they do not diverge from the governance and security policies set by IT, he says: “You are able to have business functions operate safely. “We’re being a lot more mindful about how we utilise cloud infrastructure and the best use of that type of capability within our technologies and services.” Looking at the build versus buy debate, Srivastava says it is important to examine closely what matters to customers. We want that to be something unique for Pandora” The company is running a major enterprise resource planning (ERP) project with SAP for operational data provisioning. I recognise that.” His previous experience includes working on digital transformation at retailer Nordstrom, and for Expedia at a time when the travel company was focused on major expansion. “We all want to arrive at the same business outcome so we all agree on the end state, but what I’ve learned over the last few years is to be more adaptable to the path it takes – sometimes it goes fast and sometimes it goes a little slower.