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Eleni Kelly

Eleni Kelly is a UK-based technology executive — CIO of Pluxee UK and currently Interim & Fractional CIO and board advisor — who appeared as a guest on The CTO Lens podcast.

Oct 13, 2026

43:02
... for the, the bottom line is, how do you become that stakeholder who really has their buy-in and their empathy?
43:09
So that's, that's a really good point, and it's, it's really about commer- rigorous commercial framing of technology and governance rather than just being enthusiastic about technology itself.
43:23
So the way I always tell people to address it is when you come up with an investment request, always have three options.
43:32
What is the cost of doing nothing? So tie it to your business objective.
43:36
What business objective is being threatened if you don't do this? Or what is the...
43:41
How, how does it impact your valuation, your TSA exit risk, for example, and stranded cost? Then the second is targeted investment.
43:49
So if I invest, um, £100,000, I will eliminate 2 million recurring, um, costs, or I will improve my velocity.
46:47
Mm
43:02
... for the, the bottom line is, how do you become that stakeholder who really has their buy-in and their empathy?
43:09
So that's, that's a really good point, and it's, it's really about commer- rigorous commercial framing of technology and governance rather than just being enthusiastic about technology itself.
43:23
So the way I always tell people to address it is when you come up with an investment request, always have three options.
43:32
What is the cost of doing nothing? So tie it to your business objective.
43:36
What business objective is being threatened if you don't do this? Or what is the...
43:41
How, how does it impact your valuation, your TSA exit risk, for example, and stranded cost? Then the second is targeted investment.
43:49
So if I invest, um, £100,000, I will eliminate 2 million recurring, um, costs, or I will improve my velocity.
46:47
Mm

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