Nancy Avila, CIO/CTO of McKesson, on Inspiring Social Change through Innovation

MAS Impact: Driving Diversity in Tech & Biz

What does it look like to have a successful career in technology – and to then also be able to have a positive social impact on your community? Nancy Avila is a true inspiration for Latinas in tech and a worthy candidate as the first inspirational guest on MAS Impact!

Nancy is now McKesson's Executive Vice President and Chief Information and Technology Officer, one of the world's largest healthcare companies. Her career has spanned decades and involved cyber security, Information Technology, and analytics.

Nancy also gives a lot back to her community by serving on many advisory boards, including the Dallas Mavericks Advisory Council (for all you NBA fans out there!)

In this poignant conversation with host Monica Hernandez, Nancy shares her journey from being raised by her immigrant father to sitting on the boards of big companies where she is in the privileged position of being able to assess the positive social impact that technology (including AI) is having – and can still have – on our society.

Nancy and Monica share the importance of striving for a common good and being able to do it with a team of people. It's about understanding technology, sure, but it's also about understanding people.

And when you come from a place of such warm-heartedness and benevolence as Nancy does, it's no wonder she has gotten as far in her career as she has.

This episode will surely inspire Latina women who have thought about a career in technology but have had their doubts, to reconsider their options as Nancy and Monica show, by way of example, what it means to create MAS Impact.

"When you talk about a social component of this (technology), and you talk about a connected world, I think that there are real ways where we can solve the equity – or the inequity gap, and giving a ton of people opportunities with technology in ways that haven't happened, to help the global resources." ~ Nancy Avila

In This Episode:

• - The challenges and perspectives growing up as the daughter of an immigrant
• - How technology is shaping our human experience
• - How do we scale technology and simultaneously bridge the social divide?
• - How Nancy's company is using AI to improve patient care
• - What is Nancy's advice for aspiring Latina women?
• - The importance of understanding human behavior from a career perspective
• - Nancy shares a personal career story of failure and courage
• - How Nancy is making a positive social impact as a tech leader

Mucho más!

Connect with Nancy Avila:

Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nancy-avila-7283921/

Connect with Monica Hernandez:

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicamhernandez

Twitter - https://twitter.com/monicamhz

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/monicahernandezzulu

Connect with MAS Global:

Website: www.masglobalconsulting.com

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/masglobalco

YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCa5nXhY6qHxctGfWq8Aeiow