Megan Poinski

Washington, D.C., United States

Staff Writer, C Suite Newsletters at Forbes

Journalist formerly of @fooddive, @washingtonpost, @WashTimesLocal, @SMPAGWU, @mdreporter, @VIDailyNews. she/her

Articles

How AI Can Demolish Tech Debt

6 days ago | forbes.com | Megan Poinski

This is the published version of Forbes’ CIO newsletter, which offers the latest news for chief innovation officers and other technology-focused leaders. Click here to get it delivered to your inbox every Thursday. As CIOs know, tech debt will keep piling on until it’s taken care of. Estimates from HFS Research indicate Forbes Global 2000 companies are carrying $1.5 trillion to $2 trillion worth of tech debt.
Why Marketers Continue To Face AI Anxiety In 2025

1 week ago | forbes.com | Megan Poinski

This is the published version of Forbes' CMO newsletter, which offers the latest news for chief marketing officers and other messaging-focused leaders. Click here to get it delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Yesterday, I attended the Meltwater Summit in New York City and, unsurprisingly, heard a lot about AI.
Why Fiverr’s CMO Embraces AI As A Value-Add, Not A Threat

1 week ago | forbes.com | Megan Poinski

Fiverr’s latest campaign says the quiet part out loud: AI is a tool that can help creators, and creators are going to use it—proudly. Since 2023, the freelancer marketplace has been using its marketing to say that AI needs humans to do the best creative work: With an ad in the print New York Times, a Broadway-style musical video and a new campaign highlighting its Fiverr Go tool that helps AI learn and build off of creators’ original work.
Trump’s Tariff Threat To Hollywood Sparks More Questions Than Answers

1 week ago | forbes.com | Megan Poinski

President Donald Trump declared Sunday night that his latest tariff target is the film industry. A post on his social network Truth Social said, “The Movie Industry in America is DYING a very fast death,” adding other countries’ incentives for filming movies—which often draw production to other shores—constitutes “a National Security threat.
Why Breaking Down Silos For CFOs And CIOs Is Vital To Data And Security

1 week ago | forbes.com | Megan Poinski

In today’s business world, data and cybersecurity threats are always multiplying. Abhesh Kumar, chief technology officer of accounting at financial advisory firm Springline Advisory, sees one way to strengthen both a company’s use and understanding of data and its security: Having finance and data or technology leaders work together on it. I talked to him about why this is an important partnership and how to make it work. This conversation has been edited for length, clarity and continuity.
Weighing The Positives Of Fully Remote Workplaces

1 week ago | forbes.com | Megan Poinski

As technology continues to define business opportunities, there are basic needs that are integral to every development. Last week, I attended a panel at Honeywell’s Future of Energy Summit in Washington, D.C., at which top industry and policy leaders discussed two: energy and AI. Page Crahan, general manager of Tapestry at Google’s X, the Moonshot Factory, said that AI is becoming as ubiquitous among businesses as energy. “Would you ever ask a business owner if they use math?” Crahan asked.
How Enterprise AI Is Evolving Beyond The Chatbot

1 week ago | forbes.com | Megan Poinski

This is the published version of Forbes’ CIO newsletter, which offers the latest news for chief innovation officers and other technology-focused leaders. Click here to get it delivered to your inbox every Thursday. As technology advances and companies learn from AI, industrial leaders say it’s time to put their findings to work, bringing sophisticated AI systems online to leverage data and increase efficiency, productivity and output.
Marketers Get More Responsibility, Clout And AI

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Megan Poinski

This is the published version of Forbes' CMO newsletter, which offers the latest news for chief marketing officers and other messaging-focused leaders. Click here to get it delivered to your inbox every Wednesday. Marketers are getting both more responsibility and more clout , according to the most recent edition of the CMO Survey, conducted under the direction of Christine Moorman, a senior professor of business administration at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
Unwritten Report Speaks Volumes About CFO Uncertainty

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Megan Poinski

Study after study, headline after headline, and now earnings report after earnings report are showing the same thing: Business leaders are having a difficult time planning and managing in the current situation of economic volatility. But Deloitte’s annual Q1 CFO Signals report likely captures the CFO’s situation more clearly than anything else right now: The firm opted not to issue the report given the major changes in the macroeconomic picture in such a short amount of time.
Cava CFO’s People-Centric Approach To Company Finances

2 weeks ago | forbes.com | Megan Poinski

Mediterranean fast casual restaurant chain Cava has seen a string of success, growing its profit more than 35% last year with 388 locations nationwide. Tricia Tolivar has been the chain’s CFO since 2020, and talked to me about her employee- and customer-centered approach to the company’s finances. This conversation has been edited for length, clarity and continuity. This conversation has been edited for length, clarity and continuity. It was excerpted in the Forbes CFO newls.