They had board approval to take down a Fortune 50 website for 20 minutes and people inside the company were literally taking bets it wouldn't come back.

In this episode of Resilient Foundations, Rebecca and Doug break down the leadership, risk decisions, and technical innovation that made a 300M-row migration and 300-app cutover land in 17 minutes with zero defects. They explain how the team handled 1M transactions per minute, built a strategy for capturing and replaying live traffic, and even created an innovative multi-threading approach to keep up with the migration load.

Beyond the tech, the episode is a masterclass in leadership: stakeholder alignment from day one, daily tradeoff negotiations, risk sign-offs, scripted rehearsals like a Broadway show, and the culture of trust that helped a "storming" team perform at an all-star level.

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00:38 Overview of the Massive Data Migration Project

01:08 Challenges and Complexities of the Project

03:49 Stakeholder Management and Lessons Learned

05:25 Innovations and Key Highlights

08:19 High-Stakes Moments and Risk Management

13:46 Technical Execution and Multithreading Innovation

17:01 Testing in Production and Unexpected Discoveries

22:30 Rehearsing the Cutover

26:49 Overcoming Logistical Challenges

27:24 Aligning Business and Technical Goals

30:18 The Big Bang Theory Decision

34:11 Team Dynamics and Personal Growth

46:12 Successful Project Execution

48:42 Reflecting on the Journey

Rebecca Plantz is a seasoned executive leader with more than 25 years of experience leading a variety of high-stakes crises and enterprise initiatives to achieve business transformation. Her experience in leading large, cross-functional teams to deliver innovative technology, AI-enabled platforms and operations, risk management programs, information security programs, and operational resilience resulted in a wealth of expertise and toolsets that will be shared.

Tough times create great leaders. Having led executives and front-line teams to survive more than 750 crises, Rebecca has honed what it takes to prepare for and lead in circumstances that require Olympic-level skills and readiness.

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