This Just In Radio Show: The Infrastructure Nobody Talks About with Tony Nunes, AMD

In this milestone episode of This Just In Radio, Justin Barnes celebrates his 400th episode in studio and 420th overall with Tony Nunes, Senior Manager of Healthcare and Life Sciences at AMD. Tony shares why governance and a focus on outcomes are separating AI success stories from stalled pilots, what he looks for when hiring in the age of AI, and why the unglamorous infrastructure underneath AI deserves far more attention. Key discussion points: 🔷 Why 79 to 90% of healthcare directors see AI as an investment imperative, yet less than 20% of projects make it into production 🔷 Why the most successful organizations start with the outcome and work backwards 🔷 Why AI is expanding roles rather than eliminating them, with healthcare adding thousands of jobs 🔷 What to look for when hiring: curiosity, imagination, and willingness to learn over a checklist of certifications 🔷 The "plumbing and sewers" of AI: compute, storage, networking, and clean data pipelines 🔷 Where AI can help with back office work like performance tuning and supply chain losses 🔷 Why leaders still need to guide AI tools carefully rather than expect them to replace people A defining insight from this episode: Tony's advice for any CIO or CTO: start small. Don't buy the Christmas dinner, buy a ham sandwich, make it work, document what you learn, then move on to something larger. Subscribe for more conversations with the leaders shaping the future of healthcare strategy, innovation, and policy.