What Technology Leaders Are Really Concerned About with AI with Alex Jarett and Biff Myre

What Technology Leaders Are Really Concerned About with AI | Technology Executives Review® Special Segment

Host: Alex Jarett, Founder, Technology Executives Club®
Guest Analyst: Biff Myre, Director of Industry Solutions, CBTS

AI in the Enterprise is moving quickly, but many Technology Leaders are still working through the practical realities of adoption, governance, cost, cybersecurity, and data readiness.

In this special segment from the Technology Executives Review® Mid-June 2026 Edition, Alex Jarett and Biff Myre discuss what Technology Leaders are actually concerned about as AI moves deeper into organizations.

The discussion includes insights from the Technology Executives Club® AI in the Enterprise Spring Summit and recent CBTS executive roundtables, where Technology Leaders raised real-world concerns about employee adoption, AI sprawl, rising token costs, cybersecurity friction, data governance, and the pressure to identify AI use cases that create measurable business value.

In this episode:

* Why many organizations are still struggling with employee AI adoption
* How AI sprawl is becoming the next form of shadow IT
* Why token costs and AI usage costs may become a bigger budget issue
* Why successful AI initiatives need to start with business problems, not shiny tools
* How cybersecurity teams are being forced to rethink data access and control
* Why data classification, ownership, and readiness remain major barriers to enterprise AI success * How organizations can use AI to support growth, productivity, and better execution

This segment also includes discussion of lessons from Tim Walter, CIO & VP at Edward Don & Company, including why successful AI initiatives must begin with the business problem first, using his company’s AI-powered RFP project as an example.

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