In this interview, Steve Phillips, SVP and CIO of Avnet, discusses World Class IT principle two, Infrastructure, and principle four, IT & Business Partnerships, with Metis Strategy. Some of the topics discussed include: An overview of Avnet and his responsibilities as the CIO Navigating Avnet through the technological changes of the past decade Delivering continuous improvement to achieve enterprise effectiveness Avnet's journey to the cloud Advantages of being an externally-facing CIO Criteria to distinguish the use of waterfall from agile for software development projects Insights he has garnered from serving as the chairman of the board at a local publications company Eye on the Trends: Industrial Internet of Things, Machine Learning, Mobility