DGTL Voices with Ed Marx

Dr. Lev Gonick is the Enterprise Chief Information Officer at Arizona State University, where he leads technology infrastructure, AI innovation, and smart city architecture for the nation's largest public university.

An academic and technology pioneer for more than three decades, Lev has been a sitting CIO for 25 years, with prior leadership at Case Western Reserve University and co-founding regional digital equity initiatives like DigitalC.

In this bonus episode of DGTL Voices, Lev tells Ed about growing up in an academic family, the pivotal 1993 university sabbatical that shifted his career into online learning, and why a university's success should be measured by who it includes rather than who it excludes. He also shares insight into ASU’s radical new medical school program where every future doctor also graduates with an engineering degree to navigate the upcoming AI economy.

Plus: the unique strategy he uses to stay ahead of tech trends by employing 350 student "coaches," why building true human relationships matters more than titles, and how getting lost in the kitchen as an amateur chef keeps him grounded.

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Dr. Rob Bart is the Chief Medical Information Officer at UPMC, where he is leading one of the largest EHR consolidations in the country- bringing the entire health system onto a single Epic instance.

A pediatric intensivist by training, Rob has been a pioneer in the CMIO role for more than two decades, with prior leadership at Cerner and Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.

In this episode of DGTL Voices, Rob tells Ed about growing up in Hawaii (his high school classmate happened to become President of the United States), the conversation that pulled him from research into medicine, why clinicians need to keep practicing to keep their credibility, and his case against the endless creation of new C-suite titles every time technology evolves.

Plus: the trust framework he uses with his team, why recovering from a wrong decision matters more than being right the first time, and how bike rides through a cemetery near his home keep him grounded.

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Israel Krush is the CEO and Co-Founder of Hyro, the responsible AI agent platform used by dozens of the largest US health systems to safely automate millions of patient interactions.

In this episode of DGTL Voices, Israel tells Ed how mandatory military service at 18 reshaped his sense of responsibility, why his parents' insistence on eight extracurriculars was unintentional CEO training, and how Hyro shifted from a general AI agent company to an all-in healthcare bet.

Along the way: the case for being strategically opportunistic, why "open book, no BS" is a way of operating rather than a slogan, and the lesson he learned the hard way about thinking before speaking.

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Craig Scharton is the founding site director of Connect Labs Charlotte at The Pearl, an innovation district bringing together Wake Forest School of Medicine, IRCAD's surgical training facility, Siemens Healthineers, and Atrium Advocate Health in one collaborative space.

In this episode, Craig tells Ed about getting cancer at 23 and again at 35, the five ideals that guide his life (love, truth, beauty, wisdom, peace), and why he believes Charlotte can become the most supportive place in the country for health innovators.

Plus: holiday playlists with Adam Sandler, walking through giant sequoias to reset, and the case for making innovation fun.

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Dr. Luis Garcia is the President of Rush Medical Group in Chicago, leading 1,000 physicians and 500 APPs across the Rush footprint. He grew up in a poor neighborhood in Mexico City where his father started a medical practice in his grandmother's kitchen that eventually became a hospital. He applied to all 220 surgery residency programs in the US as a foreign medical graduate, got two interviews, and flew to Fargo, North Dakota in the middle of a blizzard because he refused to do a phone interview.

In this episode, Luis talks about why he had to leave Mexico to stop being his father's son, why identifying your weaknesses matters more than knowing your strengths, and why the difference between ordinary and extraordinary is always that little 'extra.'

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