Dominic Gallello | Digital Thread Podcast | Momenta

Empowering Autonomy: A Look Into Digital Transformation with Dominic Gallello

Welcome to episode 224 of our Momenta Digital Thread podcast series. We are delighted to be joined by Dominic Gallello, Former CEO of Symphony Industrial AI, the leading enterprise AI SaaS company for digital transformation across the most critical and resilient growth verticals, including retail, consumer packaged goods, finance, manufacturing, media, and IT/enterprise service management 

About Dominic Gallello: Dominic is a highly accomplished technology leader with a rich background in vertical software solutions. Renowned for building award-winning products and fostering a strong customer focus, he has garnered over 50 accolades, including two R&D 100s and the prestigious "Best Work Culture" Timmy Award. Dominic's leadership has resulted in several billion dollars in revenue, and he is recognized as a SaaS Top 50 CEO. He has successfully led three public and private software companies, achieving over $1.3B in exit value with an average value increase of 300%.

Beyond his professional achievements, Dominic is a dedicated philanthropist overseeing the development of orphanages that have provided homes and education to nearly 1,000 children. An accomplished long-distance swimmer, he has conquered challenging races worldwide. Dominic holds both BS and MBA degrees from Monmouth University.

Unique Insights: This episode explores Dominic's experiences in top-level management roles and what insights he gained along the way. In addition, he highlights notable wins during his time as CEO of Symphony Industrial AI and how the company is revolutionizing plant autonomy before talking about his current role as a Senior Commercial Advisor for DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency).
 
Listen now to learn more about accelerating plant autonomy and gain valuable insights into successfully running software companies from a SaaS Top 50 CEO

 Discussion Points:

• Your Digital Thread: What would you consider your digital thread (the one or more thematic threads that define your digital industry journey)?
  
  
• Early Career Insights: If you had to boil your time having President roles at Intergraph and EVP at Autodesk and Macromedia down into three insights relative to vertical software solutions for industry, what would they be?
  
  
• Successful Exits: Having successfully led three public & private software companies, resulting in over $1.3B in exit value, what would you attribute your ability to find and develop such winning companies and exits?

• Stepping Up: Most recently, you were CEO of Symphony Industrial AI, "an innovator in industrial insight, accelerating autonomous plant operations." What inspired you to join the company?

• Global Connectivity: Symphony Industrial AI Industrial describes itself as "connecting tens of thousands of assets and workflows in manufacturing plants globally and processing billions of data points daily, pushing new plateaus in operational intelligence." What would you consider to be some of your notable wins?

• Readiness To Adopt: How did you know when an organization is ready to adopt your solution, and what best practices did you see in realizing that potential value?

• Plant Autonomy: Rockwell has coined the term "Automation to Autonomy." I see Symphony Industrial AI discussing "Accelerating Autonomy for Every Plant in the World." What does this mean to you in practice? 

• Current Projects: What are some of the projects you advise as a Senior Commercial Advisor for DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency)?

• Future Plans: So, what is next for you?

• Inspiration Source: In closing, where do you find your inspiration? (i.e., book recommendations, articles, podcasts, people, etc.)