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13th Annual Washington D.C. C-Level Technology Leadership Summit
District of Columbia – Thu, 04-18-2024 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Visionary Global Leadership: Thriving Securely in the Age of Accelerated Innovation
Inflationary pressures and other macro-economic challenges are creating headwinds for technology executives and fellow members of the C-suite to execute on and achieve strategic goals through 2024. The fast-changing socio-economic landscape is prompting technology executives to become more creative than ever and to draw upon authentic and inclusive leadership skills to inspire their teams.
Global economic challenges are creating unique opportunities for business technology executives to foster a collaborative culture, embrace fresh innovative approaches, and develop strong partnerships to leverage hot technologies such as AI, ChatGPT, cloud platforms and cyber technologies to securely move the needle for the business and win in tumultuous times.
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Mark Polansky
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Stuart Kippelman
Chief Information Officer & Commercial Cybersecurity Business Leader
Parsons Corporation
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Rocco Grillo
Managing Director – Global Cyber Risk Services & Incident Response Investigation
Alvarez & Marsal
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Mike Huthwaite
Chief Information Officer / Executive IT Advisor
Hartman Executive Advisors
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Mark Polansky

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Appian is a software company that automates business processes. The Appian AI Process Platform includes everything you need to design, automate, and optimize even the most complex processes, from start to finish. The world’s most innovative organizations trust Appian to improve their workflows, unify data, and optimize operations—resulting in better growth and superior customer experiences. For more information, visit appian.com. [Nasdaq: APPN]
http://www.appian.com/

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Carahsoft is an IT solutions provider that streamlines the process of finding technology for organizations. Carahsoft acts as a trusted advisor, connecting organizations with the right solutions from a vast network of leading providers that include cyber, multi-cloud, 5G and more. Carahsoft stays abreast of the emerging trends and ensures all solutions meet their customers’ requirements. By simplifying the procurement process and offering a wide range of options, Carahsoft helps clients save time and cost as they identify the best possible IT solutions.
https://www.carahsoft.com/
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DataBee™, from Comcast Technology Solutions transforms your security and IT data points into integrated and accessible intelligence. Inspired by Comcast’s CISO and CTO organization, DataBee delivers continuous compliance assurance, proactive threat detection with near-limitless hunts, and improved AIOps while optimizing data costs. Go from data mess to connected outcomes for security, compliance, and AIOps.
https://www.comcasttechnologysolutions.com/databee-suite
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Denodo is a leader in data management. The award-winning Denodo Platform is the leading data integration, management, and delivery platform using a logical approach to enable self-service BI, data science, hybrid/multi-cloud data integration, and enterprise data services. Realizing more than 400% ROI and millions of dollars in benefits, Denodo’s customers across large enterprises and mid-market companies in 30+ industries have received payback in less than 6 months. For more information, visit www.denodo.com or call +1 877 556 2531 (US) / +44 (0) 20 7869 8053 (UK) / +65 6950 7489 (Singapore).
https://www.denodo.com/en
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Pure Storage helps customers build a better world with data. The Pure Storage Data Platform, powered by all-flash storage, offers a simpler, more effective, and more flexible solution for cloud infrastructure and data-rich applications like artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data analytics. With Satmetrix-certified NPS performance in the top 1% of B2B companies, Pure has an ever-expanding range of customers who are some of the happiest in the world.
https://www.purestorage.com

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Netskope, a global cybersecurity leader, is redefining cloud, data, and network security to help organizations apply zero trust principles to protect data. Fast and easy to use, the Netskope platform provides optimized access and zero trust security for people, devices, and data anywhere they go. Netskope helps customers reduce risk, accelerate performance, and get unrivaled visibility into any cloud, web, and private application activity. Thousands of customers, including more than 25 of the Fortune 100, trust Netskope and its powerful NewEdge network to address evolving threats, new risks, technology shifts, organizational and network changes, and new regulatory requirements. Learn how Netskope helps customers be ready for anything on their SASE journey.
https://www.netskope.com/
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Proofpoint Inc. is a leading next-generation security and compliance company that provides cloud-based solutions to protect the way people work today. Proofpoint solutions enable organizations to protect their users from advanced attacks delivered via email, social media and mobile apps, protect the information their users create from advanced attacks and compliance risks, and respond quickly when incidents occur.
https://www.proofpoint.com/us

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Egon Zehnder was founded in 1964 with a distinctive vision and structure aimed at achieving two basic goals – to place our clients’ interests first and to lead our profession in creating value for our clients through the assessment and recruitment of top-level management resources. The most fundamental expression of our client-first vision resides in our structure, which is unique to our profession. Our 390 consultants, operating from 63 wholly owned offices in 37 countries, are organized around a single-profit center partnership. This is designed to eliminate competitive barriers between our offices. It allows us to operate seamlessly when engagements call for us to mobilize across many offices in a country or a region. Large or small, local or global, our clients benefit from our structure by having access to our most relevant resources and relationships wherever they may reside. Underpinning this unique structure is our private ownership. We have chosen to operate our firm independent of any outside interests and are motivated solely by a desire to exceed our clients’ expectations.
http://www.egonzehnder.com
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Heidrick & Struggles actively solves business problems for our clients every day. Through our Leadership Advisory framework, we help companies attract, develop and retain the world’s most talented individuals. For almost 60 years, we have focused on quality service and built strong leadership teams through our relationships with clients and individuals worldwide. Today, Heidrick & Struggles leadership experts operate from principal business centers in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.
http://www.heidrick.com
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Intuitive is one of the fastest-growing companies in the Americas (recognized by CRN & INC 5000) focused on IT solutions, and services supporting 100+ Fortune 1000 & ISV customers on a global scale. With the reputation of being a Tiger Team & a Trusted Partner, Intuitive’s solution-centric SMEs across its core Superpowers (Public/Private/Hybrid Cloud Infrastructure, Cyber Security, AppDev, AppSecOps/DevSecOps, SRE, Data, AI/ML, Network and Digital Workspace) help solve most complex challenges and initiatives for Enterprises. Intuitive is also one of the very few recognized ProServe partners AWS (ProServe), Azure (ECIF), GCP (PSF), VMware (PSO/PCT), PANW, and Zscaler delivering engineering excellence.
https://www.intuitive.cloud
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At Korn Ferry, we design, build, attract and ignite talent. Since our inception, clients have trusted us to help recruit world-class leadership. Today, we are a single source for leadership and talent consulting services to empower businesses and leaders to reach their goals. Through our vision, research and tools across 80 offices and 3,700 employees, we convert potential into greatness. Our solutions range from executive recruitment and leadership development programs, to enterprise learning, succession planning, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO). Organizations around the world trust Korn Ferry to manage their talent – a responsibility we meet every day with passion, expertise, integrity and results.
https://www.kornferry.com
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Founded in 1956 and privately owned, Spencer Stuart is one of the world’s leading executive search consulting firms. We are the advisor of choice among top companies seeking guidance and counsel on senior leadership needs. We have unrivalled access to leading executives around the world. Our clients range across industries, from the world’s largest companies to medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurial start-ups. We operate out of 51 offices in 27 countries. Last year we conducted more than 4,000 assignments around the world. Our team of more than 300 consultants possesses a unique blend of professional search experience and industry expertise. Consultants are organized in practices and work in teams, often across international boundaries that maximize sector specialization and knowledge-sharing. These client service teams are supported by first-rate associates and researchers, and backed by state-of-the-art technology. We place quality at the center of everything we do and solicit candid feedback at every opportunity in order to continually improve our service to clients. We channel our knowledge and expertise into a wide range of publications for the benefit of existing and prospective clients.
https://www.spencerstuart.com

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We have spent years building industry leading companies. We bring this trove of experience and relationships to every venture we invest in. Cyberstarts was the brainchild of many deep conversations with our most successful cyber peers to distill the holy grail that enabled us to build important companies. It soon became clear that the trajectory to success is determined at a venture’s earliest start. That our deep inside perspective and highly engaged network during this critical earliest stage were unique ingredients in our successes. By aggregating these close relationships for entrepreneurs who we believe in, we knew that we can create incredible value for our tight network of CISOs who enjoy the earliest access to solutions that they help to define. These peers became investors and Cyberstarts became the only VC primarily funded by the industry’s most successful cybersecurity founders.
https://cyberstarts.com/about
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Greylock Partners backs entrepreneurs who are building disruptive, market-transforming consumer and enterprise software companies. We invest in companies that define new markets, including Airbnb, AppDynamics, Cloudera, Docker, Dropbox, Facebook (Nasdaq: FB), LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD), Medium, Nextdoor, Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) and Workday (NYSE: WDAY).
http://www.greylock.com
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GTM Capital is singularly focused on helping our portfolio companies gain a massive competitive advantage by rapidly accelerating customer traction.
https://gtm-capital.com
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Lightspeed Ventures is a global VC firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in India, Israel, and China. With over $7 billion under management, Lightspeed invests in both enterprise and consumer tech startups from early-stage to late-stage. With over 300 active startups in the portfolio, Lightspeed has invested in companies like Brocade, Informatica, Nutanix, AppDynamics, Mulesoft, zScaler, etc. Lightspeed has also created a CIO Innovation Advisory Network to connect forward-thinking IT leaders with Silicon Valley.
http://lsvp.com
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Menlo Ventures is a venture capital firm that strives to have a positive impact on everything we do. That’s why we support businesses including Betterment, Carta, Roku, Poshmark, Uber, and Warby Parker that are reimagining life and work for the better. Over 43 years, we’ve grown a portfolio that includes more than 70 public companies, over 100 mergers and acquisitions, and $5.5 billion under management. We invest at every stage and in every sector, with expertise in Consumer, Enterprise, and Healthcare. From developing market strategies to creating communities, we provide real impact where entrepreneurs need it most. When we’re in, we’re all in.
https://www.menlovc.com/
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Sequoia is a venture firm with a 40+ year track record of partnering with daring entrepreneurs. Founded in 1972, we’ve been early business partners with many of technology’s biggest companies (Apple, Google, Oracle, Cisco, and more) along with many emerging leaders (WhatsApp, Palo Alto Networks, ServiceNow, FireEye, LinkedIn, Dropbox, Airbnb, etc).
https://www.sequoiacap.com
Venue
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center
The Pavilion – Ronald Reagan Building
1300 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington, DC 20004
Pavilion Room
BY CAR:
Enter parking garage at any of the three garage entrances, one located at Pennsylvania Avenue & 13 ½ Streets and two other entrances on 14th Street (between Constitution and Pennsylvania Avenues)
Follow posted GREEN signs for the Atrium elevator banks
Take Atrium North “G” Ground level
Exit the Atrium elevator and turn right
Walk to the intersection near the Environmental Protection Agency office lobby (in the Ronald Reagan Building) and make a right Follow the corridor to the Pavilion elevator banks on the right hand side Take the Pavilion elevators to the Second “2” Floor
BY CAB:
Use 1352 D St. NW, Washington DC 20004 as your destination for the ride share
Enter 13 ½ Street entrance, straight ahead, and go down ramp through security
Go straight to the Pavilion elevator banks on the right hand side
Take the Pavilion elevators to the Second “2” Floor
FROM “METRO CENTER” (Red Line) METRO STOP:
Enter the Moynihan Plaza at the corner of 13th and Pennsylvania Avenue
Walk towards the light blue awnings (National Children’s Museum) Enter the building through the Moynihan Plaza entrance on your right
Once you are through the security checkpoint walk straight ahead to the Pavilion elevator banks on your left
Take the Pavilion elevator to the Second “2” Floor
BY METRO – “FEDERAL TRIANGLE” (Blue/Orange/Silver Lines) METRO STOP:
Follow the signs inside the metro station to the Ronald Reagan Building
Once inside the building and through the security check point, walk straight down the corridor to the first intersecting hallway
Turn right and follow the directional signage toward the Conference Center
Once you pass the University of Maryland School of Journalism, take a left and walk down to the elevator bank on your left across from the Hemisphere Suite
Take the Pavilion elevator to the Second “2” Floor

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Registration
The CIO Executive Leadership Summit is created for CIOs/IT leaders. It also has strong appeal to leaders interested in better positioning their organizations and themselves for what’s ahead in business and to achieve the greatest benefits through the use of information technology.
To ensure a high quality environment and to maximize the networking experience, all attendees must be:
- Employed C-Level executives (non-vendor) or equivalent, CIOs, Direct Reports of CIOs, or Senior Most IT Professional in an organization with $200M or greater revenue, or from not-for-profit or government organizations with comparable size
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- Full time academicians
If you meet the criteria above, there is no fee to attend.
All registration requests will be reviewed and approved based upon above stated criteria.
* Sales/marketing individuals or consultants from non-sponsoring vendor organizations are not permitted.
Special Needs – We fully support the Americans with Disabilities Act. If you require special assistance of any kind, please call us at (203) 221-2702 or email us at registrar@hmgstrategy.com.
