Why Snowflake’s CIO Rebranded IT for the AI Era

20/11/2025 30 min

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Episode Synopsis

What does it take to evolve IT into a forward-looking innovation engine?
Mike Blandina, CIO of Snowflake, shares how he’s reimagined IT as “Enterprise Technology” as a way to describe what ‘IT’ really does: lead a solutions-first mindset at Snowflake designed for the AI era. In this conversation, Mike reflects on his first eight months leading tech at one of the world’s most AI-forward data cloud companies.
Key highlights include:


The philosophy behind the Enterprise Technology rebrand


Building Raven and RevOps—AI agents replacing 250+ dashboards


The Customer Zero model for product influence


Governance and localization strategies for responsible AI


Redefining staff models to include digital agents


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