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Engage with world-class technology leaders, openly sharing business-technology strategies and innovation, reshaping the customer experience. Hear from industry leaders thinking differently, demonstrating courageous leadership and fearless reinvention. These top-tier executives will offer stories of successes and share advice on leaning in and leading into the C-suite and line of business, driving disruption and innovations that reshape and reinvent their go-to-market, while fostering a culture of trust and compassionate guidance for their teams.
" With few in-person events available now, I continue to rely on HMG Strategy as a way to help me stay connected with my peers to brainstorm on the top opportunities and challenges that we’re facing in our roles.”
- Jay Ferro, Chief Information & Technology Officer, ERT
Jay Ferro
EVP, Chief Information & Technology Officer
Clario
Mano Mannoochahr
SVP & CDAO
Travelers
Jason Molfetas
Chief Digital, Information and Security Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Hunter Muller
Founder & CEO
HMG Strategy
Adam Noble
Operating Partner - Information Technology
Littlejohn & Co.
Esat Sezer
Former SVP and CIO - Retired
Coca-Cola European Partners
Brian Shield
SVP, CTO
Boston Red Sox
William VanCuren
SVP & CIO
NCR Corporation
Will Alexander
Chief Information Officer
Benevis
Harold Anderson
Transformation Consultant
Insight Global
Leslie Anderson
Executive Director, Data Governance, Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, and Digital Transformation
NCR Corporation
Douglas Battleson, EDB, PMP
Associate Professor of Information Systems
Edinboro University
Carlton Beard
Former VP, Enterprise Infrastructure & Cyber Security, Shaw Industries (retired)
Shoukat Ali Bhamani
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC
Gary Brantley
CIO
Beazer Homes
Dan Brown
Program Management
SAIC
Kirwyn Cambridge
Senior Security Enterprise Architect
Genuine Parts Company
Erwin "Chris" Carrow
VP INFOSEC M&A
US Bank
Curtis A. Carver Jr.
Vice President & CIO
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Barry Cohen
VP & CIO
Asbury Automotive
Penny Collins
President and CEO
Board Member
Women In Technology (WIT)
Nick Coussoule
SVP, Enterprise Business and Technology Solutions
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
Jonathan Cox
VP and CIO
Manhattan Associates
Tim Crawford
CIO Strategic Advisor
AVOA
Christina Critzer
SVP, Head of Transformation
Fannie Mae
Lee W. Crump
Managing Partner
The Crump Group
Sean Datcher
Chief Technology Officer
Credit Corp/Check Into Cash
Martin Davis
EVP & CIO
Southern Company
Vinay Dhawan
Vice President IT Management Office
GPC U.S. Automotive Group
Scott DuFour
Global CIO
FLEETCOR
John Dunbar
VP & CIO
Atlantic American Corporation
Anthony Dupree
VP, Strategy and Transformation
Xerox
Ryan Esparza
CTO
EspriGas
Steven Ferguson
Chief Information Officer
Technical College System of Georgia
Kenneth Foster
VP of IT Governance, Risk and Compliance
FLEETCOR
Dale Gawley
Corporate CIO
AXIS Capital
Mark Gelhardt
SVP, Global Technology Governance
U.S. Bank
Mitch Gersten
CIO
Cox Automotive
Jimmy Guest
VP, Information Technology
Sutherland Global Services
Tim Huff
Senior Consultant, Executive Coach
Turknett Leadership Group
Shaun Hunt
CIO
McKenney's, Inc.
Jason James
CIO
Net Health
Greg Johnston
Vice President Global Delivery
Afiniti
Jana Kanyadan
SVP & CIO
Mohawk Industries
Steve Kendrick
President
KER Partners
Brandon Kenney
CIO
Forsyth County Technology
Atif Khan
Sr. Manager, Alexa Video
Amazon
Bryson Koehler
CTO
Equifax
Amith Kota
Group Chief Technology Officer
Landis+Gyr North America
Sean Kramer
Chief Information Officer
SiteOne Landscape Supply, LLC
Rohit Lal
Executive VP & CIO
Saia Inc.
Sanjay Lall
EVP and Chief Information Officer
Americold
Jeff Lamoreaux
Former CIO
Global Partners LP
Todd Lant
Chief Information Officer
Blackbaud
Lo Li
Managing Vice President, Customer Digital Experience and Payments
Capital One
Stephen Lowe
CIO
Peak Support
Ryan Loy
Partner
McKinsey & Company
John Lukas
Vice President and CIO
RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc.
Edwin Marcial
Managing Director
Thirteen Castles
Mike McCranie
Senior Vice President, Chief Information Officer
Builders FirstSource
Ephraim McLean
Regents' Professor & G.E. Smith Eminent Scholar's Chair in IS
Georgia State University
Steven McWilliams
VP, CIO
Georgia Hospital Association
Tommy Meek
Chief Information Officer
Aaron's, Inc.
Diana Melick
CIO, North America and GSI
AGCO Corporation
Heather Milam
Vice President of Global and Enterprise Technology Solutions
Travelport
Laura Miller
CIO
Macy's
Rob Mills
Executive VP & Chief Technology, Digital Commerce & Strategy Officer
Tractor Supply Company
Rob Milstead
Chief Information and Digital Officer
JM Bullion
Teresa Miquelarena
Vice President of Global Information and Digital Technology
Kimberly-Clark Corporation
Gregory Morrison
Former SVP & CIO
Cox
Prakash Muthukrishnan
Chief Technology Officer
Purchasing Power, LLC
Kas Naderi
SVP of Global Technologies
Atlanticus Holdings
Vish Narendra
CIO and Senior Vice President, Global Business Services
Graphic Packaging Corporation International
Michael Noel
CEO
BridgeValue Consulting
Darrell Riekena
Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President
Colonial Pipeline Company
Matt Ringer
Head of Information Technology
Kloeckner Metals
James Robertson
CTO Advisor/Technology Strategist, Office of the CTO
Aruba, a Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company
Randal Robison
Former CIO
Georgia-Pacific LLC
AJ Rodrigues
Head of Enterprise Technology Delivery
Delta Air Lines
Dr. Kenneth Russell
Chief Information & Innovation Officer
New College Institute, Commonwealth of Virginia
Serena Sacks
Global CTO Public Sector - Education
Microsoft
Jaspal Sagoo
Principal
Deep Water Point
Stuart Samples
Chief Technology Officer
Northeast Georgia Health System
Rafael A. Sanchez
SVP & CIO
Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
Jikin Shah
SVP Tech Infrastructure
RBC Bank US
Grant Shih
Chief Information Officer
National DCP
Andrew Sohn
VP Enterprise Data and Data Products Delivery
Inspire Brands
Alan Stukalsky
Chief Digital Officer North America
Randstad
Hilton Sturisky
CIO
Caesars Digital
Joseph Surber
Chief Technology Officer
Assurant
Julie Talbot-Hubbard
SVP, GM- Cyber Protection and Identity
Optiv
Alex Tan
Chief Security Officer
Paya
John Trainor
Chief Technology Officer
Wahoo Fitness
Dale Tuck
Chief Information Technology Officer
Primerica
Ashok Vantipalli
CIO
TireHub
Gautam Vyas
Global Head of Services
FIS Global
Gerald Waldherr
VP IT
Mondi
Carrie Wheeler
EVP & General Manager
Liquid Web
Dwain Wilcox
EVP & CIO Americas
Thyssenkrupp Elevator Americas
Chris Barnes
Managing Architect
Insight
Chris is a Managing Architect with Insight Cloud and Data Center Transformation. He has designed, implemented, and supported enterprise solutions for customers. Working with applications, storage, data protection, compute, virtualization, and hybrid cloud solutions. For the last 25+ years he has been helping customers run their business smarter using the best technology and services available in the market.
Shoukat Ali Bhamani
Executive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer
Serta Simmons Bedding, LLC
Shoukat Ali Bhamani is the Chief Information & Digital Officer (CIO & CDO) for the Schaeffler Group Americas, a global automotive, industrial & aerospace manufacturer with $3.2B revenue and 13,000 employees in Americas. Over the past 20 years, Shoukat has led several operational and strategic business functions to support a double digit growth in the manufacturing environment. This includes Strategic Planning, General Management, R&D, Program Management, Quality Systems, Continuous Improvement, Process Management and IT. His effective transformation leadership has successfully integrated the IT and business priorities via program management, roadmaps, goals, KPIs and strategic initiatives, across multiple platforms & business units, nationally & internationally. Resulting in a uniform SAP landscape region wide, measurable business improvements, increased sales opportunities, optimized business processes & supply chain, efficient technology & infrastructure, IT cost transparency, and a high performance IT team to support business growth & strategy. He has now taken over the responsibility of digital transformation and is in the process of prioritizing business needs, establishing talents and executing digital solutions.
His business experience includes 10+ years of successful customer relationships to manage key programs & business development to support a significant increase in market share and bottom line. His R&D contribution includes several new product development initiatives to meet the market challenges of new innovation and technology. His international experience includes major programs across multiple platforms & business units, including product development, manufacturing, investment, cost reduction & IT projects in US, Canada, Mexico, Japan & Germany. Shoukat received his Bachelor's (NED) and Master's (McGill) degrees in Mechanical Engineering, and an MBA from Case Western Reserve University. He lives in Fort Mill, SC with his wife and two children.
Gary Brantley
CIO
Beazer Homes
Gary Brantley is an innovative technology strategist renowned for his financial acumen and expertise in cultivating productive collaborations. He brings more than 20 years of experience in the technology sector, in addition to 17 years of leadership, to the City of Atlanta as the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of the Department of Atlanta Information Management (AIM).
Before joining AIM, Gary was the CIO for the DeKalb County School District, the third largest school district in Georgia. While he was there, Gary spearheaded the district’s largest technology overhaul, Digital Dreamers, which included the distribution of over 70,000 desktop computers and laptops to teachers as well as students.
Gary began his career with IBM before becoming the Regional Operations Director for MCIWorldCom. There he continued to have an impact on technology and took that expertise to the Ohio State Department as the Director of Technology. He later became CIO for the Lorain City School District, which is one of the largest urban school districts in Ohio.
Gary’s admirable professionalism and unyielding dedication have earned him numerous awards and accolades. Gary was named as one of the Top 30 Technologists, Transformers and Trailblazers by the Center for Digital Education in 2015, ComputerWorld’s Premier Top 100 Technology Leaders for 2017 and awarded the Making IT Happen award from the International Society for Technology in Education. Gary was a finalist for the 2018 Georgia CIO Leadership Association’s CIO of the Year Award.
Jay Ferro
EVP, Chief Information & Technology Officer
Clario
Jay Ferro is the former Chief Information Officer for Quikrete, the largest manufacturer of packaged concrete in the United States. Previously, he served as CIO for a number of other companies including Earthlink, the American Cancer Society and AIG.
Known as a thought-leader in the information technology arena, Ferro is a frequent guest speaker and panelist, both in Atlanta and nationwide. In recognition of his accomplishments, Ferro was selected as as one of ComputerWorld’s 2015 100 IT Leaders, as well as Georgia CIO of the Year in 2011, and is currently serving as chair for the Georgia CIO Leadership Association. Ferro was also selected to join Leadership Atlanta’s Class of 2015 and participate in a rigorous year-long leadership development program alongside other prominent Atlanta leaders. His commitment and dedication to community involvement is evidenced by the time and energy he contributes. In addition to his work with Priscilla’s Promise, in 2011, he was elected to the board of directors for TechBridge, an Atlanta-based nonprofit organization that helps other nonprofits use technology to improve their capability to serve the community.
Ferro earned both his BA in political science and his MBA from the University of Georgia. He continues to be involved with his alma mater, both as a mentor for young alumni and as a member of the alumni board of directors for the Terry College of Business. Ferro lives in the metro Atlanta area with his three sons.
Kevin Gowen
Chief Information Security Officer
Synovus
Kevin Gowen serves as Chief Information Security Officer for Synovus and is responsible for all aspects of information and cyber security, physical security, business continuity, fraud, and financial crimes. This includes security architecture and operations, risk assessment, business continuity planning, disaster recovery, identity and access management, fraud monitoring and investigations, and crisis management. He was named Chief Information Security Officer in February 2015. Gowen earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He received the James H. Blanchard Leadership award in 2016. Gowen was a finalist for both the ISE Southeast Information Security Executive of the Year and the ISE North America Financial Services Information Security Executive of the Year awards in 2019. Gowen is an alumnus of Leadership Columbus and serves as a board member of the National Technology Security Coalition.
Amir Hameed
VP, Worldwide Solutions Sales and Engineering
RingCentral
Amir Hameed is a professional engineer with over 25 years of Unified Communications and Contact Center domain expertise in presales leadership roles in companies including Avaya, Sonus, Nortel Networks and 8x8. As the current Vice President, Worldwide Solution Sales and Engineering at RingCentral, Amir and his organization support the digital transformation strategies of customers of all segments worldwide as they migrate their business communications to the Cloud. Amir resides with his family in Toronto, Canada.
Wendy Harris
Director of Information Technology
City of Memphis
Wendy Harris is the Director of Information Technology for the City of Memphis. Wendy is a lean thinker and decisive leader with a robust background in continuous improvement, IT operations and project management and is successful in leading teams to deliver rapid results. At the City of Memphis, she has governed a project portfolio of over 50 million dollars, implemented Lean methodologies and managed the Operations Infrastructure teams
With 20 years in both public and private sectors, Wendy has experience in project management, team building, account management, professional development and strategic implementation. For the last 12 years at the City of Memphis, she has climbed the ladder of success exceling as a Project Coordinator, Project Manager, PMO Director, Operations Manager and Deputy CIO.
Wendy received her BA degree in Psychology and minor in Sociology from the University of Memphis. She is a member of the Project Management Institute local and international chapters and holds a Project Management Professional (PMP) and Certified Scrum Master (CSM) certification.
Art Hopkins
Global Co-Leader of Technology Officers Practice
Russell Reynolds Associates
Art Hopkins is an Executive Director in Russell Reynolds’ Information Officer Search Practice. In this capacity he advises clients within the Technology Sector, as well as conducting searches for executives across Russell Reynolds’ clientele. Prior to joining Russell Reynolds Associates, Art was with Macquarium, an experience design and strategy firm, most recently as CEO and earlier as President. Prior to joining Macquarium, Art was the managing director and vice president of consulting for Blackwell Consulting Services, a Chicago-based IT Strategy Consultancy. He has held leadership roles at William James and Associates and began his career with the National Bank of Detroit, now Chase Bank. Art is a frequent speaker at CIO events and was featured in the premier issue of Black I.T. Professional Magazine in an article on “The New IT Professional”. He has co- authored pieces for CIO magazine’s Consultant Briefing on subjects including “CIO’s, Mentoring is a Way to Increase Your Success”, “Managing Your Identity Crisis”, and “Becoming the Business-Centric CIO”. Most recently he served as guest editor for the Cutter IT Journal’s June / July 2014 double issue on Empathy–Based System Design. Art is very active in the community and has a personal interest in matters related to education. In addition to serving on the Board of Directors for the Information Technology Senior Management Forum (ITSMF), and as the chair of the ITSMF Networking Committee, he has served on the Executive Committee for the Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce, Georgia’s Commission for School Board Excellence, Junior Achievement of Georgia, and as the Board Chair of the W.E.B. DuBois Society. He has also served on the advisory boards for Vignette Software (acquired by OpenText in 2009) and Diversified Information Technologies (acquired by EDM Group in 2013) through their acquisitions. Having earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Finance from the University of Maryland and a certificate in eBusiness Strategy from the University of Chicago, he has been recognized by Chicago's Museum of Science and Industry as one of Chicago's top technology innovators.
Shaun Hunt
CIO
McKenney's, Inc.
Shaun Hunt manages the Technology group at McKenney’s, covering everything from mobility to Robotic Process Automation. Shaun is an early adopter and thought leader for the emerging Automation First movement. He holds a Master of Organizational Leadership from Southern NH University. Shaun launched his technology career in consulting at Accenture followed by Deloitte Consulting, before holding senior technology positions in financial services and non-profits. Shaun is passionate about creating efficient and effective systems by leveraging emerging technologies that enable clear business value.
Jason James
CIO
Net Health
Jason James serves as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Net Health, which recently acquired Optima Healthcare Solutions, and leads the development and transformation of all IT applications, infrastructure, security, DevOps, support and operations. Jason has over twenty years of experience transforming and modernizing IT organizations to ensure the highest level of performance and business alignment. In 2017, Jason was named “20 must-follow CIOs on Twitter” by The Enterprisers Project. Prior to joining Optima, he directed IT for several fast-growth technology companies including EarthLink, PRGX, and Servigistics. Jason is a frequent contributor to thought leadership publications like CIO.com and The Enterprisers Project. In addition to various technical certifications, he holds a bachelor's of science degree from Oregon State University and a master’s degree in Applied Information Management from the University of Oregon.
Sam Jones
VP of Product Management
Stellar Cyber
Sam is an experienced product development leader with a track record of building AI and security products that customers love. He has a strong background in AI/ML, data infrastructure, security, SaaS, product design, and defense. Sam has held product and engineering positions at companies including Palantir Technologies and Shield AI, and worked for the US Air Force on cyber defense strategy. Sam earned his Bachelor’s degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Cornell University.
Lo Li
Managing Vice President, Customer Digital Experience and Payments
Capital One
Lo Li was the Senior Vice President, CIO of Global Consumer Solutions at Equifax. She has spent the past two decades leading global multi-billion dollar corporations for some of the world’s most renowned hospitality and retail brands in the world, working with hundreds of teams dispersed in the UK, China, Singapore and India. Some of her work includes the creation for dynamic pricing and predictive analytics engines for global hotels, scaling big data and Agile to enable business transformation at large retailers including double digit growth plans for digital and international presence.
She brings a deep understanding of how to translate corporate visions and strategies into simple, elegant solutions - using her international business acumen and technology background as both a business enabler and a competitive differentiator.
Lo Li is multi-lingual - fluent in Mandarin, Portuguese, Spanish, English, is the recipient of the several industry awards such as the March of Dimes Women of Distinction Award, and serves on the Board of Directors for several national organizations. She received her Bachelor’s and Master’s degree from the University of Georgia.
Ryan Loy
Partner
McKinsey & Company
Jason Molfetas
Chief Digital, Information and Security Officer
Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Jason Molfetas is a senior vice president and chief information officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta. In this role, Molfetas leads the Bank’s Information Security and Technology Solutions Services functions. He also is a member of the Bank’s Management Committee.
Jason has extensive transformational leadership experience, having led the implementation of new strategic technology initiatives at several companies. Prior to joining the Atlanta Fed in July 2020, Molfetas served as managing director of CIO Advisory for KPMG and director of IT Enablement for DXC Technology. Before that, he was Amtrak’s chief information and digital officer from 2012 through 2017, where he led the transformation of the IT team to an innovative business enabler and technology partner. He has also served in CIO roles with other organizations, including Brambles Industrial Ltd., Westcon Inc., and Xerox Engineering Corporation.
Molfetas earned a bachelor’s degree in computer science from Pace University and a master’s degree in business administration from Fordham University.
Hunter Muller
Founder & CEO
HMG Strategy
Hunter Muller is a charismatic industry pioneer and a modern-day Renaissance Man. As a global C-suite advisor and coach for the past 30 years, Hunter’s insights and concepts have been successfully applied by Fortune 1000 organizations worldwide to accelerate executive performance, propel the career ascent of C-level executives, and to drive transformative innovation and create new waves of value.
Hunter is the Founder and CEO of HMG Strategy, LLC, the largest independent, objective, transparent and collaborative executive network in the world. HMG focuses on innovation and breakthrough strategies for core, parallel and new markets while studying the most successful organizations eco-systems and platforms such as Amazon and Microsoft.
HMG Strategy is the provider of thought leadership and networking events for CIOs, CISOs, and senior technology executives. HMG Strategy offers a unique, integrated model for enabling C-level executives and their companies to draw upon courageous leadership to reimagine, reinvent, and rebuild their business models to attain the genius-level thinking required in today’s dynamic business landscape to achieve competitive advantage in the digital frontier.
Hunter's passion for the role of the technology executive in transforming the business is reflected in the 7 Pillars of Trust which embody HMG Strategy's unique business model.
Complementing HMG Strategy’s world-renowned events is HMGNextVentures, a venture capital accelerator aimed at helping connect CIOs with the most innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley to Tel Aviv. HMG Strategy also partners with the world’s leading venture capital firms, including Amplify Partners, Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Sequoia Capital. HMG Strategy connects CEOs, CIOs, and other C-level executives with startup technologies backed by the leading VCs to identify opportunities for innovation and business transformation.
Meanwhile, HMG Strategy’s award-winning Research Team advises the world’s technology companies such as Adobe, Nutanix, and Workday on branding, messaging, and Voice of the Customer strategies.
Hunter has published five that draw from his extensive business experience: The Transformational CIO (Wiley, March 2011), On Top of the Cloud (Wiley, January 2012), Leading the Epic Revolution (Wiley, September 2013) and The Big Shift in IT Leadership (Wiley, July 2015) and The CEO of Technology (Wiley, January 2018). Hunter is now working on his sixth book: 'Enterprise 2025', which is slated to be published in January 2020. As a result, Hunter’s unique position of knowing the thoughts, challenges, and opportunities of the IT Leader, he is asked to speak at a variety of venues such as IBM’s Cloud Expo and on TheStreet.com.
Hunter and HMG Strategy support a variety of charitable causes, including the American Cancer Society, Save the Children, and Year Up, and Hunter personally gives back his time and ideas as a member of the Executive Committee of the Fairfield/Westchester Chapter of the Society for Information Management.
An intrepid international athlete, Hunter is an ardent yacht racer, a world-class skier, and an extreme fitness guru. Hunter is passionate about ocean and mountain adventures and spending time with his sons, Chase and Brice.
Hunter earned a Bachelor of Science in the Babson College School of Management.
Molly Rauzi
CTO & Managing Director
Gagen MacDonald
Molly Rauzi has twenty years of experience leading large,
complex business transformation, culture and organizational change initiatives.
As a consultant and Chief Information Officer, she provides expert counsel to
our clients who are undergoing rapid change. Prior to joining Gagen MacDonald,
Molly was the Managing Director leading the Business Advisory Services Practice
in the Denver office of Grant Thornton LLP.
From 2007 to 2011, Molly served as an appointee of then Mayor
John Hickenlooper (now the Governor of Colorado) to serve as the Chief
Information Officer for the City and County of Denver. Before working for the Mayor of Denver, Molly
served as the Director of Technology for Denver International Airport. She has
been an active member of her community for more than twenty years. Molly serves
on the Board of Directors for Craig Hospital NewCloud Networks, and the
Colorado Technology Association. She
also serves on the Center for Information Technology Innovation Board for the
University of Colorado Denver Business School. She was voted one of the Twenty
five most powerful women in Colorado in 2017. She was honored as Outstanding
Woman in Business in 201o by the Denver Business Journal. Molly holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business
Adminstration, Pre-Law with a minor in Sociology from Regis University, and a
Master in Systems Management from the College of Systems Science from the
University of Denver.
AJ Rodrigues
Head of Enterprise Technology Delivery
Delta Air Lines
AJ Rodrigues is Head of Enterprise Technology Delivery at Delta Air Lines, Inc. He is responsible for the strategy, P&L and operations of Delta’s captive / global capability center in India. Additionally, his team oversees Delta’s technology service providers that support infrastructure and cloud engineering, business intelligence / data analytics, application development and maintenance, architecture and cybersecurity. This encompasses the end-to-end vendor management function including demand management, deal structuring, onboarding / offboarding and monitoring SLA’s / KPI’s at the enterprise and program level.
AJ was recruited to Delta in 2016 to lead enterprise sourcing for technology and contingent labor. Prior to Delta, AJ spent 10 years at Emerson Electric Co., a global industrial conglomerate with operations in over 50 countries and approximately 80,000 employees. At Emerson, AJ held a number of roles in strategic planning and technology including vendor management, information security and leading IT operations for an Internet of Things (IoT) business that delivered Software as a Service (SaaS) applications, electronics and services to over 16,000 retail stores.
AJ is passionate about leveraging technology to drive competitive advantage, building global teams and promoting women and minority representation in the IT industry. AJ has a bachelor’s degree in electrical and computer Engineering from Christian Brothers University and an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.
Dr. Kenneth Russell
Chief Information & Innovation Officer
New College Institute, Commonwealth of Virginia
Ken is an award-winning technologist, trusted digital transformation leader, and innovation amplifier. He is an author, speaker, and board member known for helping organizations define and pursue their digital transformation journeys with guiding experience, connections, conversations, and collaborations. Key to his success as an active practitioner and coach/mentor is helping senior executives embrace the value of values and prepare for next generation processes and workplace challenges (including resiliency, policy/process development, validation of technology vision/direction, road-mapping, and Enterprise Architecture).
Gerald Waldherr
VP IT
Mondi
Gerald Waldherr is Vice President for Information Technology for Mondi Group in Americas. In his role he is responsible for all IT topics in the region America which includes facilities in the USA, Mexico and Colombia. Beside the technical infrastructure related topics and cyber security, he manages the change management process for applications provided by the Mondi Group Corporate Information Management team.
Gerald joined Mondi in 2005 and served in a variety of progressively more responsible information technology (IT) roles including the oversight of the global ERP systems and other global applications (data warehouse and CRM) for two of Mondi’s business segments. Locations across Europe, North Africa and Arabic countries allowed him to deal with many different cultures. Outsourcing in near (Eastern Europe) and offshore locations (India) complete his international experience.
Gerald earned a master degree in business administration from the Vienna University of economics and business.
August 3, 2021 - 7:00 AM - 1:00 PM ET
7:00 – 8:00 AM
Registration and Breakfast
8:00 – 8:10 AM
Welcome and Introduction
Hunter Muller, President & CEO, HMG Strategy
Jay Ferro, Chief Information & Technology Officer, ERT
8:10 – 8:30 AM
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Preparing Yourself to be Boardroom Ready
Art Hopkins, Global Co-Leader of Technology Officers Practice, Russell Reynolds Associates
Every company is on a digital journey. CIOs and CTOs are best
positioned to guide that process – but not many find themselves on company
boards. Why?
Art Hopkins, Russell Reynolds Associates will share insights into what it takes
to be boardroom ready, how to get on a board, and what skills are needed to be
effective in that role. There will also be an opportunity for attendees to ask Art questions.
8:30 – 9:10 AM
EXECUTIVE PANEL: Embracing Resilient Leadership to Confidently Navigate Today’s Demanding Environment
CIOs and technology executives are under enormous pressure to deliver business value, help to guide innovation while fostering a connected and inclusive culture across the enterprise. To succeed in today’s fast-paced, hectic environment, business technology executives must be highly adaptable to cope effectively with disruptive change while having the ability to bounce back quickly from setbacks. In this panel discussion, world-class business technology executives and industry leaders share the characteristics of top-performing resilient leaders along with the qualities that will be needed going forward.
Moderator: Jason James, CIO, Net Health
Shaun Hunt, CIO, McKenny's
Lo Li, SVP, CTO Global Consumer Solutions, Equifax
AJ Rodrigues, GM IT Transformation, Delta Air Lines
Gary Brantley, CTO, Beazer Homes
9:10 – 9:35 AM
Coffee Break, Networking, Meet our Partners!
9:35 – 10:00 AM
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Work from Anywhere and the Evolution of Culture and Talent
Amir Hameed, VP, Global SE & Specialists, RingCentral
As organizations have embraced remote work out of necessity during the pandemic, the market for tech talent has shifted dramatically. Employers can compete for tech talent regardless of location while simultaneously creating a culture that is founded on collaboration and communication. This session will address the unique opportunities the work from anywhere movement have provided to enable a productive and purpose-led organization.
Join this session for a discussion on:
10:00 – 10:40 AM
EXECUTIVE PANEL: Crafting Winning IT Strategies via Cutting-Edge Technologies and World-Class Partnerships
As CIOs and technology executives look for fresh ways to move the business forward, they're searching for emerging enterprise technologies that can help spur innovation and create new revenue-generating services and customer experiences. In this timely session, leading technology executives will share use cases for advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, data analytics and the Internet of Things that can make a meaningful impact on the business and safeguard the enterprise when they are powered by partnerships that can enable competitive differentiation and speed to market.
Moderator: Dan Webber, CIO, Security Officer and Technology Officer, UST Global
Gerald Waldherr, VP IT, Mondi
Chris Barnes, Managing Architect, Insight
Shoukat Ali Bhamani, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Schaeffler Group Americas
10:40 – 11:05 AM
Coffee Break, Networking, Meet our Partners!
11:05 - 11:20 AM
EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Jay Ferro, Chief Information & Technology Officer, ERT
11:20 – 12:00 PM
EXECUTIVE PANEL: Safeguarding the Enterprise Against Escalating Global Cyber Threats
Make no mistake – CISOs and cyber teams are at
war against nation-state threat actors and other highly-trained adversaries.
The recent SolarWinds cyber-attack is believed to be the most damaging hack of
a Western government ever, along with still-to-be-determined impact on more
than 425 companies in the Fortune 500 who receive services from SolarWinds.
Meanwhile, the Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack underscores the dramatic
rise in these types of attacks over the past year.
While the long-range impact for companies and
government agencies continues to unfold, these attacks highlight how security
is more important to organizations than ever. CEOs and Board members will be
relying on CISOs and security leaders more than ever to help identify and
respond to potential threats and to protect the enterprise and its crown
jewels.
In this
executive panel, CISOs and security leaders will share their recommendations
for working with the CEO and the Board on looming cyber threats, including how
best to communicate these risks and articulate where funding is needed most.
Moderator: Ryan Loy, CIO, EBSCO
Kevin Gowen, CISO, Synovus Financial Group
Sam Jones, VP of Product Management, Stellar Cyber
Jason Molfetas, Chief Digital, Information and Security Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Molly Rauzi, CTO & Managing Director, Gagen MacDonald
12:00 – 1:00 PM
Networking Lunch and Presentation of the HMG Strategy Global Leadership Institute Awards
HMG STRATEGY GLOBAL LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AWARDS
Art Hopkins, Global Co-Leader of Technology Officers Practice, Russell Reynolds Associates
Lo Li, SVP, CTO Global Consumer Solutions, Equifax
Ryan Loy, CIO, EBSCO
Bates Turpen, CIO, Travelport
Past winners include:
Shoukat Ali Bhamani, Chief Information & Digital Officer, Schaeffler Group Americas
Gray Brantley, CIO, Beazer Homes
Lee Crump, CIO & Group Vice President, Rollins, Inc.
Anthony Dupree, Former CISO, Career Builder
Jay Ferro, Chief Information & Technology Officer, ERT
Shaun Hunt, CIO, McKenney's
Jason James, CIO, Net Health
Steven McWilliams, VP, CIO, Georgia Hospital Association
Jason Molfetas, Chief Digital, Information and Security Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
Adam Noble, SVP & Chief Technology and Innovation Officer, American Water
Dr. Kenneth Russell, Chief Innovation Officer, Curran Biotech
Dan Webber, CIO, Security Officer and Technology Officer, UST Global
Bill VanCuren, SVP & CIO, NCR Corporation
RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE: RNG) is a leading provider of business cloud communications and contact center solutions based on its powerful Message Video Phone™ (MVP™) global platform. More flexible and cost effective than legacy on-premises PBX and video conferencing systems that it replaces, RingCentral empowers modern mobile and distributed workforces to communicate, collaborate, and connect via any mode, any device, and any location. RingCentral offers three key products in its portfolio including RingCentral MVP™, a Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) platform including team messaging, video meetings, and cloud phone system; RingCentral Video™, the company's video meetings solution with team messaging that enables Smart Video Meetings™; and RingCentral cloud Contact Center solutions. RingCentral’s open platform integrates with leading third-party business applications and enables customers to easily customize business workflows. RingCentral is headquartered in Belmont, California, and has offices around the world.
https://www.ringcentral.com/Insight Cloud + Data Center Transformation is a complete IT services and solution provider that helps organizations transform technology, operations, and service delivery to meet challenges and future-proof the business. As an independent integrator, we’re free to recommend the most appropriate solutions — across cloud, IT transformation, next-generation technology, and security.
https://www.insight.com/en_US/home.htmlStellar Cyber’s Open XDR platform delivers Everything Detection and Response by ingesting data from all tools, correlating incidents across the entire attack surface, delivering high-fidelity detections, and responding to threats automatically through AI and machine learning. Our intelligent, next-gen security operations platform greatly reduces enterprise risk through early and precise identification and remediation of all attack activities while slashing costs, retaining investments in existing tools and accelerating analyst productivity. Typically, our platform delivers a 20X improvement in MTTD and an 8X improvement in MTTR. The company is based in Silicon Valley.
https://stellarcyber.ai/Varonis is a pioneer in data security and analytics, specializing in software for data protection, threat detection and response, and compliance. Varonis protects enterprise data by analyzing data activity, perimeter telemetry, and user behavior; prevents disaster by locking down sensitive data; and efficiently sustains a secure state with automation.
https://www.varonis.com/Darktrace is the world’s leading cyber AI company and the creator of Autonomous Response technology. Its self-learning AI is modeled on the human immune system and used by over 4,500 organizations to protect against threats to the cloud, email, IoT, networks and industrial systems. The company has over 1,500 employees and headquarters in San Francisco and Cambridge, UK. Every 3 seconds, Darktrace AI fights back against a cyber-threat, preventing it from causing damage.
https://www.darktrace.com/Forescout Technologies is the leader in Enterprise of Things security, offering a holistic platform that continuously identifies, segments and enforces compliance of every connected thing across any heterogeneous network. The Forescout platform is the most widely deployed, scalable, enterprise-class solution for agentless device visibility and control. It deploys quickly on your existing infrastructure – without requiring agents, upgrades or 802.1X authentication. Fortune 1000 companies and government organizations trust Forescout to reduce the risk of business disruption from security incidents or breaches, ensure and demonstrate security compliance and increase security operations productivity. Don’t just see it. Secure it. Visit us to learn how Forescout provides active defense for the Enterprise of Things.
https://www.forescout.com/PagerDuty, Inc. (NYSE:PD) is a leader in digital operations management. In an always-on world, organizations of all sizes trust PagerDuty to help them deliver a perfect digital experience to their customers, every time. Teams use PagerDuty to identify issues and opportunities in real time and bring together the right people to fix problems faster and prevent them in the future. Notable customers include Netflix, Shopify, Cox Automotive, Box, Slack, DoorDash, Lululemon and more. PagerDuty was founded in 2008 by three innovative software developers who knew what it was like to carry the pager for “always on” cloud services. They made a bet that the early practice and culture of DevOps which encourages collaboration between development and operations would become strategic for every company. What started as automating on-call rotations has evolved into a platform that helps 12,000 companies across 90 countries proactively manage their digital operations so their teams can spend less time reacting to incidents and more time building for the future.
https://www.pagerduty.com/We are a digitally native company that helps organizations reinvent themselves to create a way forward and unleash their potential. We are the place where innovation, design and engineering meet scale. • We have more than 20,000 employees and we are present in 18 countries working for companies like Google, Rockwell Automation, Electronic Arts and Santander, among others. • We were named a Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement Services by IDC MarketScape report. • We were also featured as a business case study at Harvard, MIT, and Stanford. • We are a member of the Cybersecurity Tech Accord.
https://www.globant.com/The Sonatype journey started 10 years ago, just as the concept of “open source” software development was gaining steam. From our humble beginning as core contributors to Apache Maven, to supporting the world’s largest repository of open source components (Central), to distributing the world's most popular repository manager (Nexus), we’ve played a meaningful role in helping the world embrace the power of open innovation. Over time, we witnessed the staggering volume and variety of open source libraries that began flowing into every development environment in the world. We understood that when open source components are properly managed, they provide tremendous energy for accelerating innovation. Conversely, when unmanaged, open-source "gone wild" can lead directly to security vulnerabilities, licensing risks, enormous rework, and waste. Our vision today is simple. We are laser-focused on helping organizations continuously harness all of the good that open source has to offer, without any of the risks.
https://www.sonatype.com/While Snehal Antani and Anthony Pillitiere were working to transform their cyber security posture, Red Team operations became a critical part of their strategy, but hiring consultants or maintaining a dedicated Red Team was expensive and could only cover a narrow slice of their enterprise. They started Horizon3.ai and fused military cyber attackers with artificial intelligence experts and automation engineers, to deliver continuous, automated, 100% coverage Red Teaming as a service. No consultants. No professional services. Delivered as a true SaaS offering.
Ivanti unifies IT and Security Operations to better manage and secure the digital workplace. From PCs to mobile devices, VDI and the data center, we discover IT assets on-premises and in the cloud, improve IT service delivery, and reduce risk with insights and automation. We also help you leverage modern technology in the warehouse and across the supply chain to improve delivery without modifying backend systems. Ivanti is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah, and has offices all over the world. For more information, visit www.ivanti.com and follow us at @GoIvanti.
https://www.ivanti.com/RingCentral, Inc. (NYSE: RNG) is a leading provider of business cloud communications and contact center solutions based on its powerful Message Video Phone™ (MVP™) global platform. More flexible and cost effective than legacy on-premises PBX and video conferencing systems that it replaces, RingCentral empowers modern mobile and distributed workforces to communicate, collaborate, and connect via any mode, any device, and any location. RingCentral offers three key products in its portfolio including RingCentral MVP™, a Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS) platform including team messaging, video meetings, and cloud phone system; RingCentral Video™, the company's video meetings solution with team messaging that enables Smart Video Meetings™; and RingCentral cloud Contact Center solutions. RingCentral’s open platform integrates with leading third-party business applications and enables customers to easily customize business workflows. RingCentral is headquartered in Belmont, California, and has offices around the world.
https://www.ringcentral.com/SafeGuard Cyber protects the human connections businesses need to thrive in a digital world. Our award-winning platform utilizes a unique mix of direct API integration, Natural Language Understanding, advanced policy engines, and deep relationships with cloud-based digital platforms to give you unmatched, real-time monitoring and mitigation on over 50 cloud communication channels. With SafeGuard installed your team can use whatever tools they wish to do what they do best: create value and drive growth.
https://www.safeguardcyber.com/Auth0 provides a platform to authenticate, authorize, and secure access for applications, devices, and users. Security and development teams rely on Auth0's simplicity, extensibility, and expertise to make identity work for everyone. Safeguarding billions of login transactions each month, Auth0 secures identities so innovators can innovate, and empowers global enterprises to deliver trusted, superior digital experiences to their customers around the world. For more information, visit https://auth0.com or follow @auth0 on Twitter.
https://auth0.comIllumio enables organizations to realize a future without high-profile breaches by preventing the lateral movement of attackers across any organization. Founded on the principle of least privilege in 2013, Illumio provides visibility and segmentation for endpoints, data centers or clouds. The world’s leading organizations, including Morgan Stanley, BNP Paribas, Salesforce, and Oracle NetSuite, trust Illumio to reduce cyber risk.
www.illumio.comZscaler, the only zero trust platform that securely connects any user, any device, and any app over any network. Back in the day when your users were all on the network and your applications resided in your physical data center, it made sense to establish a secure perimeter around your network. But those days are over, the perimeter is gone, and network security is all but irrelevant. Instead, you need to put your defenses and controls where the connections occur— the internet — so that every connection is fast and secure, no matter how or where users connect or where their applications reside. By moving applications and infrastructure to the cloud and untethering employees from their desks, you can realize tremendous advantages in productivity, agility, and cost containment. With our 100% cloud built secure platform, Zscaler can help you make the move to the cloud, securely.
https://www.zscaler.com/Akamai secures and delivers digital experiences for the world’s largest companies. Akamai’s intelligent edge platform surrounds everything, from the enterprise to the cloud, so customers and their businesses can be fast, smart, and secure. Top brands globally rely on Akamai to help them realize competitive advantage through agile solutions that extend the power of their multicloud architectures. Akamai keeps decisions, apps, and experiences closer to users than anyone — and attacks and threats far away. Akamai’s portfolio of edge security, web and mobile performance, enterprise access, and video delivery solutions is supported by unmatched customer service, analytics, and 24/7/365 monitoring.
https://www.akamai.comOver 500 of the largest and most security-conscious enterprises in the world rely on Skybox for the insights and assurance required to stay ahead of dynamically changing attack surfaces. At Skybox, we don’t just serve up data and information. We provide the intelligence and context to make informed decisions, taking the guesswork out of securely enabling enterprises at scale and speed. Our unified security posture management platform delivers complete visibility, analytics and automation to quickly map, prioritize and remediate vulnerabilities across your organization. The vendor-agnostic platform intelligently optimizes security policies, actions and change process across all corporate networks and cloud environments. With Skybox, security teams can now focus on the most strategic business initiatives while ensuring enterprises remain protected. We are Skybox. Secure more, limit less.
https://www.skyboxsecurity.com/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.comHeidrick & 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.comAt 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.comFounded 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.comAmplify Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm committed to redefining IT infrastructure, invests in technical entrepreneurs pursuing the multi-hundred-billion dollar Infrastructure 2.0 disruption. Amplify helps talented founders build valuable businesses by investing the right amount of early-stage capital and providing active company-building assistance. Amplify offers the unique combination of deep domain expertise, early-stage focus and a network of Venture AmplifiersTM to improve outcomes for infrastructure entrepreneurs.
http://www.amplifypartners.comGlynn Capital is focused on investments in leading private and public technology growth companies. We seek to be long-term investors in a limited number of excellent companies with world-class management teams, sustainable business models, and long-term growth potential.
http://www.glynncapital.com/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.comLightspeed 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.comSequoia 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.comThe Society for Information Management (SIM) is an eclectic community of senior Information Technology (IT) executives, prominent academicians, selected consultants and other IT thought leaders. It is a non-profit organization with over 38 chapters in the United States and Canada. It distinguishes itself through its extensive knowledge generation and dissemination programs. SIM offers networking opportunities at the local and national level, access to cutting edge research, a rich online knowledge repository, and leadership training and development programs. A key value proposition of the SIM Atlanta Chapter (www.simatlanta.org) is the thought provoking and intellectually stimulating discussions at the monthly meetings. In addition, SIM Atlanta partners and supports high profile CIO events such as the Georgia CIO of the Year Awards, SIMposium, Digital Ball, and PremierCIO Forum. The Atlanta Business Chronicle has repeatedly recognized SIM Atlanta for its contributions to TechBridge, a reputed non-profit IT service provider. SIM Atlanta also provides student scholarships, and supports STEM related outreach efforts.
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