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Digital Transformation via IBM Partnership

Key Points

  • Rico Day, a North America leader at TechWave, highlights the company’s 1,400+ global workforce and focus on guiding customers through digital transformation journeys.
  • He stresses that embracing inevitable change, scaling, and agility are crucial for organizations to align IT investments with desired business outcomes.
  • A core partnership principle he cites is mutual respect, noting that IBM treats partners as extensions of its own team, fostering collaborative problem‑solving.
  • In his role, Rico manages relationships with various OEMs, viewing each interaction as a new learning opportunity that drives continuous improvement.
  • This partnership mindset fuels his motivation to enhance internal operations and deliver innovative solutions that benefit both TechWave and its customers.

Full Transcript

# Digital Transformation via IBM Partnership **Source:** [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzYT80wgllM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzYT80wgllM) **Duration:** 00:01:39 ## Summary - Rico Day, a North America leader at TechWave, highlights the company’s 1,400+ global workforce and focus on guiding customers through digital transformation journeys. - He stresses that embracing inevitable change, scaling, and agility are crucial for organizations to align IT investments with desired business outcomes. - A core partnership principle he cites is mutual respect, noting that IBM treats partners as extensions of its own team, fostering collaborative problem‑solving. - In his role, Rico manages relationships with various OEMs, viewing each interaction as a new learning opportunity that drives continuous improvement. - This partnership mindset fuels his motivation to enhance internal operations and deliver innovative solutions that benefit both TechWave and its customers. ## Sections - [00:00:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pzYT80wgllM&t=0s) **Untitled Section** - ## Full Transcript
0:01my name is Rico day not America a leader 0:04from tech wave we specialize in digital 0:08transformation journey for our customers 0:10we are about fourteen hundred plus 0:12employees spread across multiple 0:13countries across the globe change is 0:16inevitable and if you are not ready to 0:19prepare for that change it's very 0:20difficult and then scaling and agility 0:22is also another two key important 0:25factors for any organization to 0:28strategize their not only their IT 0:30investments but their with business 0:31outcomes as a business partner one thing 0:33that we always look for any organization 0:35when we appoint a partner is like men 0:37how they respect us and the way we 0:40respect them with IBM like women whether 0:42you are a first time partner or a 0:45exclusive partner they tend to treat you 0:48with respect and then the way they feel 0:51doll-like within their own for lack of 0:53words I would say like them in their own 0:54IBM garage let's say they do look at you 0:58as an extended team that can help them 1:00resolve their customers relations as a 1:02North America leader I love this job in 1:05my organization and it gives me all the 1:08full responsibility to deal with 1:10partners and I meet different OEMs and 1:13then make my business better every day 1:16and that is a new learning everyday new 1:19challenge and that gives me a motivation 1:21to work with and make it better for not 1:24only internally but to my customers and 1:27bringing the great solutions that all 1:28this although Williams like IBM provides 1:31us 1:36[Music]