Inderpal Bhandari, global chief data officer, IBM

What has been your path to power? 

Bhandari leads IBM’s data strategy to ensure the business remains the number one AI and hybrid enterprise cloud provider. When he started at IBM six years ago, the role of AI from an enterprise standpoint was not clear to many B2B companies. So IBM set out to infuse AI into its own business processes and then use what it learned to showcase to customers, be a voice of experience, and help customers avoid pitfalls.