Ep. 38: Vidette Pires, Chief Information Officer at HairClub, AI, Cybersecurity, and Business Alignment
Vidette Pires, Chief Information Officer at HairClub, joins Cesar Jimenez to share her journey from tech support to executive leadership and why career paths are rarely linear.
Vedette reflects on the mentor who pushed her outside her comfort zone, what she wishes she had known earlier about leadership, and why you do not need a title to lead. She explains how the role of the CIO has evolved from centralized IT to business-wide alignment, and why judgment matters more than being the smartest technical voice in the room.
They also discuss AI as a tool for acceleration, the growing pressure of…
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