Welcome to the "Map The Gap" podcast. Join your host, Greg Little, CEO and Founder of Grodivo.ai, as he sits down with a titan of the tech industry: Mark Sunday, the former global CIO and SVP of Oracle, and current Chair of Grodivo.ai's Board of Advisors.

Mark's incredible career spans decades of scale, from driving computer-integrated manufacturing at Motorola to anchoring the IT integration of over one hundred global acquisitions at Oracle. In this episode, Mark shares his firsthand experiences navigating oil-and-water corporate transformations, why every company owns an alignment balance sheet that dictates its speed to value, and how data-driven tools are finally turning soft skills into durable assets.

Episode Highlights:

• 00:10:05 - Mark's career journey from Texas Instruments and Motorola to the CIO of Oracle
• 00:16:58 - The "Prospector Mindset": Finding the gold in post-merger integrations
• 00:24:36 - Oracle's four rigorous rules for M&A strategy and execution
• 00:32:08 - Why every company needs a "Cultural Balance Sheet" to drive speed-to-value
• 00:36:43 - Redefining "Soft Skills" as the ultimate "Durable Skills" in the age of AI
• 00:54:01 - Managing the massive cultural shift of transitioning from on-premise to cloud
• 01:00:54 - How to protect a smaller company's "Mojo" after an acquisition
• 01:04:47 - The Oracle leadership mantra: "There is no recovery from indecision"
• 01:17:32 - Career reflections and why deep curiosity is your greatest asset

Resources & Links:

• Learn more about the Team Alignment Predictor™ (TAP) platform at https://grodivo.ai
• Connect with Mark Sunday on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marksunday/
• Connect with Greg Little on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jgregorylittle/