2023 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit

Visionary Leadership: Driving a Strategic and Secure Digital Agenda

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 2023. 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.

Here are the four prevailing leadership and technology trends that HMG Strategy will be focusing on throughout its 2023 Executive Leadership Summit Series:

Innovation & Invention to Spur Revenue Growth

Fostering World-Class Collaboration and Teaming

Harnessing Advanced Technology to Drive Cost Reduction

Securing a Global Digital Agenda

Lee Bailey
Group CISO
Unilever Prestige
Bert Bertagna
Assistant Chief Information Officer (CIO)
President, SIM Tampa Bay
Pasco County, FL
Elizabeth Decker
VP IT
Treasurer, SIM South Florida
INSPYR Solutions
Larry Di Gioia
President, Central Florida SIM
Senior Consultant/ Project Manager
Epic Engineering
Donagh Herlihy
Chief Digital and Information Officer
Subway
Quintin McGrath
Former Global Senior Managing Director, Technology Management & Enablement, Global Shared Technology Services, Business Solutions, Deloitte (Retired)
Chair - ReThink Everything!
SIM Tampa Bay
Hunter Muller
Founder & CEO
HMG Strategy
Marcus Session
Past President, SIM Tampa Bay
VP of IT Services
Tampa International Airport
William Waas
Programs Chair
SIM Tampa Bay
Paul Wilner
VP IT, CIO
Pall Corporation
Jeff Wysocki
Chief Information Officer
The Mosaic Company

Mike Anselmo
CIO & EVP, Operations
FIMC
Dora Boussias
Senior Director, Data Strategy & Architecture
Stryker
Lori Brown
Employee & Customer Experience Collaboration and Consulting (former CXO ResultsCX)
L Brown CX Consulting
Alexis Cole
Managing Director
Kolter Solutions
Michael Conway
Chief Technology Officer
Bidtellect
Larry DiGioia
Senior Consultant/ Project Manager
EPIC Engineering & Consulting Group, LLC
Ann Dozier
SVP, Chief Information Officer
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
Louis Grande
Former SVP IT
Red Lobster
Shawn Harrs
Chief Information Officer
Red Lobster
Josh Lazar
Founder and Chief Everything Officer
TechThinkTank LLC
Gram Ludlow
SVP & CISO
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation
Brett Luna
SVP, CIO
Healthesystems
Jeff Lutes
EVP Technology
Orlando Magic
Tano Maenza
CIO
National Air Cargo
Louis Muniz
Vice President, Cyber Risk
Kroll
Larry Roos
Vice President Information Technology
NuCO2
Chad Simpson
CIO
City Furniture
Allen Starr
VP, IT & CIO
Goodwill Industries - Suncoast, Inc.
Dan Starratt
CIO
Black Knight
Ty Taft
Regional Sales DirectorSponsorship Chair
Tier Point
Paul Teodorescu
Vice President, Head of IT Service Delivery and Operations
Morgan & Morgan, P.A
Christiaan ter Haar
Managing Director and North American Head of Digital Product Transformation
Rabobank
Vyom Upadhya
Executive Director for Digital
President, SIM South Florida
MDVIP
Christine Vanderpool
Chief Information Security Officer
Florida Crystals
Ken Washington
CIO & VP
Tampa Port Authority
Jennifer Wesson Greenman
Chief Information Officer
City of Hope Chicago, Atlanta & Phoenix
Paul Wilner
VP IT, CIO
Pall Corporation
Jeff Wysocki
Chief Information Officer
The Mosaic Company

Saqib Awan
Founder & Managing Director
GTM Capital
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Saqib E. Awan is the Founder & Managing Director of GTM Capital, an innovative venture capital fund focused on Enterprise IT. Prior to launching GTM Capital, Saqib spent 7 years as a Partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, one of the world’s leading Venture Capital firms. At Lightspeed, Saqib was responsible for deal sourcing, due diligence, business development, and helping close key deals for the firm. He led the firm’s Business Development activities and built the best-in-class Executive network in Venture Capital with over 1,200 CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, and IT Executives from around the world in Global 2000 companies.
Saqib received his Bachelor of Arts with Honors from The Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario and earned his MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business. Saqib is a first-generation immigrant, has nine siblings, and has lived in three countries. He currently lives in Miami, Florida with his wife and two daughters: Aleesa, 5, and Emilia 14 months.
Lee Bailey
Group CISO
Unilever Prestige
Bert Bertagna
Assistant Chief Information Officer (CIO)
President, SIM Tampa Bay
Pasco County, FL
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Bert Bertagna has over 40 years of business and technology experience. He has held senior-level leadership positions with notable organizations such as Procter & Gamble, DHL Worldwide Express, Miami-Dade County Government, Office Depot, Abercrombie & Fitch, Bloomin' Brands, and currently at Pasco County Government. Bert is a results driven technology leader with broad global experience and a strong track record of driving revenue growth, operating efficiency, and exceptional customer experience. A valued member of Executive Leadership Teams, he has led many global and diverse teams driving change and inspiring them to execute with excellence. Bert is currently a Senior IT Leader responsible for driving business transformation and executing on strategy and plans to deliver innovative technology solutions and premier customer service for Pasco County Government and citizens. Bert holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science from The University of Pittsburgh and is also a board member and President of the SIM Tampa Bay Chapter.
Patrick Blahosky
RVP of Sales - Americas
Lightrun
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Sales Geek, Performance and Automation Expert, Cutting Edge Leader with 20+ years of carrying a quota, consistent performer in the top 1% of stack rankings. I've never missed quota. Highly accomplished self-motivated sales, IT, management consulting professional with years of experience selling complex solutions including hardware, software, professional and outsourcing services at the C-level.
Alexis Cole
Managing Director
Kolter Solutions
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Alexis is the Managing Director at Kolter Solutions, an IT Staffing firm located in Maitland, Fl. She also serves as the President of the Society of Information Central Florida Chapter. In her role at Kolter Solutions, Alexis leads the sales and recruiting teams while assisting with client relationships. She is passionate about people and volunteering to give back to the community.
Elizabeth Decker
VP IT
Treasurer, SIM South Florida
INSPYR Solutions
Yartin Dhareshwar
Vice President - Digital
YASH Technologies, Inc.
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Technopreneur with over 13 years experience of handling all aspects of running a business including Sales & Marketing, Operations, People, Customer and Partner management and Finance. Overall experience of 30 years in IT.

Successful at establishing Cactus - an IT software solutions and services company that has constantly been a technology leader in its area of operation.

Specialties: I listen. To colleagues, customers, family and friends and people in general.

Uncanny ability to understand business processes and problems across industries and functions and provide appropriate technical solutions.

Build solutions for industry verticals using nascent products and platforms.

Develop capabilities around technology and processes - both subject matter expertise as well as large scale delivery
Nicole Darden Ford
VP & CISO
Rockwell Automation
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Nicole Darden Ford is an IT Strategic leader with 20+ years of success spanning the Federal Government and Corporate Venues. Nicole has held a variety of leadership roles within the private sector and federal government, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff. She has extensive knowledge and application experience in cybersecurity, cyber forensics and homeland security practices. Nicole joins Rockwell Automation from her most recent role, as the Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for Carrier where she was responsible for Information Security and Product (IOT) Cybersecurity, globally. Prior to joining Carrier, Nicole was the Vice President of Information Security and the Chief Information Security Officer for Baxter International Inc. where she had global responsibility for Information Security, as well as Information Governance and IT Quality Compliance. Nicole joined Baxter in December 2016 as the Vice President of Information Security and Chief Information Security Officer from Venable LLP, an AMLAW 100 law firm, where she was Director of Information Security. Nicole has a bachelor’s degree in Computer Information Systems from the University of Phoenix and a master’s degree in the Management of Information Technology from the University of Virginia. She holds the C|CISO, CISM, CEH and CISSP certifications. She served in leadership roles for various Baxter employee groups, including the Global Inclusion Council, African American Leadership Council and Baxter Women Leaders. She has held board roles on the H-ISAC, NTSC and Evanta Governing Board.
Michelle Garcia
Director, Information Security and Compliance
Carnival Cruise Lines
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Michelle Garcia has over 30 years of business and technology experience having spent most of her career working within the cruise industry. She is currently the Director, Information Security and Compliance for Carnival Cruise Line. Her vast wealth of knowledge spans across multiple technology tracts with an emphasis on cybersecurity. Michelle has a proven track record of delivering complex projects where she has been tasked with building and leading high performance cybersecurity teams tasked with ensure cyber security resiliency for high value assets. Michelle holds a master’s degree in Information Security from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University as well as a bachelor’s degree in business from Southern New Hampshire University. She also holds both PMP and GSLC certifications.
Shawn Harrs
Chief Information Officer
Red Lobster
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Shawn Harrs is Chief Information Officer of Ygrene Energy Fund. Ygrene offers an alternative way to finance energy-efficient and renewable energy upgrades for residential and commercial properties. Prior to joining Ygrene, Shawn held a variety of technology-centric executive roles at The Walt Disney Company, NBC\Universal, and Lennar Corporation. Shawn has also served on several not-for-profit boards focused on promoting STEM education. Shawn holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering from University of Central Florida, a Master of Business Administration from University of Phoenix, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Information Systems from Nova Southeastern University. In addition, Shawn teaches various graduate and doctoral courses through University of Phoenix, Colorado State University Global, and Nova Southeastern University.
Justin Hayes
Head of Field Engineering
Vectara
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I am a product manager and software architect with 20 years of experience designing and implementing complex software applications. Much of that time was spent in a consulting capacity, which involved not only architecture, development, and pre-sales work, but also communication of technical concepts to clients ranging from IT executives down to engineers. I've worked in the middleware, cloud, and most recently data spaces.
Skip Kimpel
Principal of Independent & SMB Consulting

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Skip Kimpel is a restaurant and hospitality technology evangelist and an industry known thought leader. Kimpel is currently the Principal of Independent & SMB Consulting for ConStrata and has held previous roles as the CIO and senior technology roles for 4R Restaurant Group, Technology for Virtual Dining Concepts and for Anthony’s Coal Fired Pizza.

His responsibilities have included all areas of strategy and operational technology not only at the restaurant level but also within the various corporate departments. He views data as the number one asset that a company has at its disposal that allows them to leverage this for honing in on business strategy and solid pro-active decision making. Kimpel is also the creator and host of The Tech Chef Podcast, which is a restaurant and hospitality technology show and is one of the most popular places to get the latest information on operational and technology driven solutions solving for the complications brands are currently experiencing.

Skip actively sits on the Board of Governors for the Restaurant Technology Network (RTN) as well as the marketing and allied member committees and previous board member for the Florida Restaurant and Lodging Association (FRLA). He is also a member of the VR/AR Association (VRARA) and is currently spearheading a hospitality vertical. He is heavily involved with anything that is hospitality technology driven and has been instrumental in creating industry standards as well as the restaurant industry’s first standardized open API.
Barry Kortekaas
Executive Vice President and Chief Security Officer
Morgan & Morgan, P.A
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Barry Kortekaas is the Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer for America’s largest personal injury law firm, Morgan & Morgan. He joined the Firm in 2020 and has helped contribute to double-digit year-over-year growth and recovering over $15B for our clients.
Before joining Morgan & Morgan, Barry was the CISO leading Information Security and IT Operations for the $1B moving and storage juggernaut, PODS.
Barry is a veteran in the Information and Cyber Security space, having worked in both the public and private sectors. He is a sought-after international speaker, presenter, and thought leader passionate about helping people and businesses navigate through the fourth industrial revolution.
Barry and his wife have lived in the Tampa area for almost 30 years and enjoy many of the activities unique to Florida’s Gulf Coast.
Dilip Krishna
Managing Director
Deloitte
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Dilip Krishna is a Managing Director in Deloitte & Touché LLP. He primarily advises financial services clients on topics of digital transformation and technology adoption across a wide range of business functions including compliance, reporting, risk management, risk analytics and fraud management. His primary focus in over 25 years of consulting and industry experience has been around helping clients effectively apply new and disruptive technology to effect transformative business changes using big data and advanced analytics, cloud and cyber security, artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics. He also leads Deloitte’s next-generation artificial intelligence platform – CortexAI.
Prior to joining Deloitte, Dilip served as a partner and leader at Teradata Corporation where he oversaw the Professional Services practice in financial services. He worked closely with large banking clients to implement some of its largest analytics systems. He has worked with government agencies in regulation and transparency, including being called upon to offer expert testimony to the United States Congress.
In addition, Dilip has been widely published and quoted in the areas of robotics, AI, risk information and risk architecture. He is a senior editor and contributing author of the Handbook of Financial Data and Risk Information (Cambridge University Press).
Josh Lazar
Founder and Chief Everything Officer
TechThinkTank LLC
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Josh Lazar is the CEO of TechThinkTank LLC, a technology services and software development company. His most recent research involves the challenges of business to business communications, which he hopes is his next big problem to solve.
Mr. Lazar is a former CIO with more than 20 years of experience in information technology. He received his Bachelor’s degree and Master’s degree in Management of Information Systems from the University of Central Florida.
He has worked at UCF since he was 17-years-old and is currently an Adjunct Instructor, guiding students to deliver amazing futurist presentations. He is a professional speaker, delivering presentations at several technology conferences, including previous HMG panels. Mr. Lazar proudly serves on the Advisory Board of Keep Orlando Beautiful and on the Executive Committee of the Society for Information Management of Central Florida.
Tano Maenza
CIO
National Air Cargo
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Tano is currently the Chief Information Officer (CIO) of National Air Cargo which is a global cargo freight solution provider with a portfolio of supply chain services to include freight forwarding (e.g., air, ocean, overland), air charters (e.g., cargo & passenger), warehousing, customs brokerage, and IT supply chain visibility applications. Tano has been the CIO since March of 2022. The main focus of this new CIO role for National Air Cargo is to reinvest and upscale the IT organization to operate in the modern-day Cloud environment along with deploying state-of-the-industry software development practices. Tano is leading a significant Digital Transformation for the business in order to modernize and digitize business processes and applications, in addition to implementing a new data analytics platform to leverage decades of historical data along with improving the Cyber Security posture of the IT environment. Tano is helping to lead the National Air Cargo business strategy to become a customer-facing technology enabled air cargo business.

Tano previously served as the Enterprise IT Digital Transformation Program Director at Lockheed Martin representing IT for the corporate-wide Digital Transformation Program. Tano has previously served as a CIO at GE Transportation & Emerson Electric and previously worked at Northrop Grumman. Tano is an Electrical Engineer and began his career in Nuclear Engineering working on Aircraft Carriers & Submarines before making his transition to IT leadership.
Tano is located in Orlando, FL and is married with two grown children living in Atlanta and New York City. Away from work, Tano enjoys traveling to new places and playing tennis.
Quintin McGrath
Former Global Senior Managing Director, Technology Management & Enablement, Global Shared Technology Services, Business Solutions, Deloitte (Retired)
Chair - ReThink Everything!
SIM Tampa Bay
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Quintin McGrath is a passionate leader, a global team builder, and an energetic champion for change. He joined Deloitte 20+ years ago as the first South Africa CIO. In 2001, he moved with Deloitte to the US as a key member of the Global CIO’s leadership team. He continues to serve on Deloitte’s Global Technology Executive team.

Over his career, Quintin has led various global technology programs and provided leadership through many critical technology transformations. He spent 8 years leading the Global Application Development team. In 2015, he initiated the transition of Deloitte to becoming a shared services-based organization and now leads a global group that covers a range of IT disciplines to provide frameworks, tools, and capabilities to enable a more agile and responsive global IT team. This includes the global Enterprise Architecture, Innovation, Quality and Certifications, Services Standards and Catalog, Project Management Office, and Change Management pillars.

Quintin is an Electronic Engineer by profession, holding an MS Degree in Engineering from the University of Cape Town. He also has a Business Leadership MBA from the University of South Africa and a MA from Wheaton College in Chicago. As a proponent of life-long learning, he is currently pursuing a Doctor of Business Administration from the University of South Florida with a focus on ethics and AI.

Along with his determination for personal growth, he is dedicated to developing the people around him, and especially the next generation of millennial leaders. He enjoys photography, spending time with his family, especially his three grandchildren who affectionately call him GQ (for Grandad Quintin), and is an environmental sustainability enthusiast. Quintin currently resides in Chicago, IL with his wife Megan.
James McQuiggan
Security Awarenss Advocate
Knowbe4
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James McQuiggan has over 20 years of experience in cybersecurity. He is currently a Security Awareness Advocate for KnowBe4, where he is responsible for amplifying the organization's messaging related to the importance of, effectiveness of and the need for new-school security awareness training within organizations through social media, webinars, in-person presentations, industry trade shows and traditional media outlets.
McQuiggan is also a part-time faculty professor at Valencia College in the Engineering, Computer Programming & Technology Division. Within the Central Florida community, he is the president of the (ISC)2 Central Florida Chapter and a member of the Trustee Board for the Center for Cyber Safety and Education.
Christine Moffett
Corporate Chief Information Officer
The Kessler Collection
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Christine Moffett, Kessler’s Corporate Chief Information Officer, champions technology, thought-leadership, collaboration, and innovation for the organization. With 30+ years of technology leadership across the global sports and entertainment industries, Christine brings a wealth of perspective, operations, and technology expertise to The Kessler Collection.
Christine has a passion for leveraging emerging technologies and tools that influence decision-making. She is an expert at bridging relationships and technology initiatives across organizations and is known for her transformational vision and innovation.
Christine is an award-winning leader whose honors include: “Top 10 Most Influential Business Leaders to Watch in 2022”; “One of the 10 Most Inspiring CIO’s of 2021” by Industry Era Magazine; Finalist for the 2022 Florida CIO ORIBE Awards and in 2021 Christine was voted as “One of the Top 100 Women in Technology Across the World” by Technology Magazine.
Prior to joining The Kessler Collection, Christine was an executive for three professional sports organizations, NASCAR, the Arizona Coyotes NHL and the Arizona Diamondbacks MLB. Christine also founded—and was the CEO of—SEAT for 17 years.
In her free time, Christine, who is a proud grandmother, enjoys spending time with her husband on their ranch in Ormond Beach with their three dogs and mini Highland cows.
Hunter Muller
Founder and CEO
HMG Strategy
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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 President 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 ecosystems 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 HMG Next Ventures, 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.
Louis Muniz
Vice President, Cyber Risk
Kroll
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Louis Muniz is a Vice President with the Cyber Risk Advisory Services practice at Kroll, a premier provider of services and digital products related to governance, risk, and transparency; based in New Jersey. Louis is a highly skilled information security professional with over 25 years of Information Technology experience. He is an accomplished technology leader and practitioner with extensive experience engineering, implementing, and securing systems and networks. In his current role, Louis partners with clients from various industries at the strategic, operational, and technical levels to proactively build information security programs and help reduce risk according to each client’s unique organizational needs.

Before joining Kroll, Louis was the Head of Infrastructure and Cybersecurity at Wilson Elser, a Top 50 law firm based in New York City. He was responsible for leading all operational activities and developing the information security program at the firm. Louis also led a geographically diverse team as the Senior Manager, Service Management and Delivery for International Flavors and Fragrances Inc (IFF). While at IFF, Louis was responsible for managing its day-to-day Network Operations Center (NOC), Data Centers, global systems and network infrastructure, disaster recovery, third-party Managed Service Providers, and ITIL Service Management activities.
August Pelliccio
Associate Editor
HMG Strategy
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Ronen Sartena
Strategic Account Executive
Cyera
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As a sales rep, I've seen firsthand how data classification can add tremendous value to organizations by improving security, compliance, and risk management. It's not just about ticking boxes; it's about protecting your customers' data and building trust (in a world of Zero Trust!) If you're looking to meet compliance standards or security frameworks, at the heart of your efforts may lie data classification. I'd love to share some insights on how you can get started!
Marcus Session
Past President, SIM Tampa Bay
VP of IT Services
Tampa International Airport
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Marcus Session is the Vice President of Information Technology Services for Tampa International Airport (TPA). His passion for technology, innovation, and business enablement are guiding the technology strategy of TPA. He is responsible for leading and advising on technology initiatives throughout the organization. He has 21 years of experience in Information Technology working in a variety of industries. Previously, he served as Interim CIO for USF Health and Senior Director of IT Operations for the USF System.

During his tenure at Tampa International Airport the ITS team has undergone significant change; restructuring of the IT project management office and information security team, hosting several technology events, and strengthened relationships with other technology organizations throughout the country. This has increased visibility, collaboration, security, and efficiency of technology initiatives at the TPA.

He was recognized in 2018 as one of eleven CIO of the year honorees by the Tampa Bay Business Journal. He serves as a board member for the Tampa Chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM) as Vice President, and he as a steering group member for the Airports Council International BIT Committee.

He has spoken at national conferences and led transformative initiatives to help his organizations reach their goals. He holds a Master’s of Science in Information Technology, as well as a Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration from the University of South Florida. He is also a member of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi and a Cisco Networking Academy alumnus.
Shehzad Siddique
Director of Software Engineering
Hilton Worldwide
Allen Starr
VP, IT & CIO
Goodwill Industries - Suncoast, Inc.
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Allen Starr has 25+ years of business and technology experience and has held senior-level leadership positions for large and small global companies in multiple industries, specifically retail, hospitality, manufacturing and software services. Allen currently serves as Chief Information Officer (CIO) for Goodwill Industries Suncoast, leading all technology initiatives and support for the organization. Allen holds a Bachelors degree in Business & Information Systems from Ferris State University and an MBA from Michigan State University.
Paul Teodorescu
Vice President, Head of IT Service Delivery and Operations
Morgan & Morgan, P.A
Mike Theis
Information Security Manager
ABC Fine Wines & Spirits
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Mike has over 25 years experience in information technology. He has held management positions with companies such as Lockheed Martin and ZOM, Inc. For the last three years Mike has held the position of Information Security Manager with ABC Fine Wine & Spirits with certifications including PCI Internal Security Assessor and Certified Information Security Manager.
Mike received his Bachelors degree from the University of St. Thomas, St. Paul, MN as well as a Computer and Technology degree from Orange Technical College, Orlando, FL.
Vyom Upadhya
Executive Director for Digital
President, SIM South Florida
MDVIP
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Vyom Upadhya is the Executive Director for Digital at MDVIP in Boca Raton, FL. A Goldman Sachs and Charles Bank backed company, MDVIP operates a network of 1,200 physicians serving over 380,000 patients across the United States with personalized, preventative primary care medicine. As a senior technology executive, Vyom leads multiple teams with multi million dollar budgets focused on delivering a technology enabled healthcare experience. During his tenure, he has led company wide strategic initiatives, managed enterprise partnerships, and has been recognized both as an employee of the year and a culture champion.

During Vyom's 20 year career, he has held leadership roles in engineering, product development, strategy, implementation, sales and management consulting. Outside of MDVIP, Vyom focuses on providing fractional CIO and CTO advisory services to mid market firms looking to drive growth and value from technology. From Georgia Tech to Florida International University, Vyom holds a Bachelors in Computer Engineering, a Masters in MIS, and an MBA focused on Finance and Entrepreneurship.

Most recently, Vyom has taken on the role of President at the Society of Information Management's South Florida chapter. Our chapter is executing against a vision of helping build better CIOs and CTOs, ultimately leading to a technology "leadership" hub in South Florida.
Christine Vanderpool
Chief Information Security Officer
Florida Crystals
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Christine Vanderpool is the CISO for Florida Crystals, the world’s largest sugar cane refiner and the home of household names such as Domino Sugar, C&H, Redpath, Tate & Lyle Sugars, Sidul and of course Florida Crystals. Although it was never her plan to she have a career in IT, she has a proven track record as a security leader for almost 20 years. Christine has spent her career in a variety of security and IT roles including security leadership for Molson Coors Brewing Company and Kaiser Permanente. In addition, Christine writes for several online security blogs and magazines and is published in The Complete Compliance and Ethics Manual. She also enjoys speaking and educating the world on Cyber Security. She was the 2019 recipient of the Cyber Security Woman Leader of the year.
Jennifer Wesson Greenman
Chief Information Officer
City of Hope Chicago, Atlanta & Phoenix
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Jennifer Wesson Greenman is the Chief Information Officer of Cancer Treatment Centers of America® (CTCA). An accomplished health care executive with over fifteen years’ experience leading diverse teams in innovative technology solution development, delivery and support, Greenman joined CTCA® in July 2019 from H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa, where she served for five years as Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer.
In her role at CTCA, Greenman works to implement technology advances and enhancements to empower its internal and external partners with a resilient, responsive and high-performing technology infrastructure to meet the broad needs of the patients and families who come to CTCA for their care.
At Moffitt, Greenman provided leadership and strategic direction for technologies used across the institution, supporting exceptional care delivery and fueling breakthrough scientific discoveries. During her tenure, Moffitt was recognized as a "Best Place to Work in IT" by Computerworld from 2017 through 2019. Additionally, Moffitt was recognized by the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives as a “Healthcare Most Wired” organization in 2019, recognized for exemplifying best practices through the adoption, implementation and use of technology. Prior to that, Greenman worked for Tampa’s Bayfront Health System in a variety of IT management roles, including Chief Information Officer. She started her career as a Solution Delivery Consultant for Cerner Corporation.
Greenman obtained an MBA from the University of Florida and undergraduate degrees in Management Information Systems and Finance from Florida State University. She is a member of the College of Healthcare Information Management Executives and was recognized by the Tampa Bay Business Journal as a finalist for the "CIO of the Year Award" in 2016 and 2018.
Paul Wilner
VP IT, CIO
Pall Corporation
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Results driven Chief Information Officer and information technology executive with broad global experience in life science manufacturing, engineering, consumer, and process industries. Proven success enabling sales force effectiveness, advancing digital marketing, ERP implementations, manufacturing and supply chain process improvement; driving change across diverse and complex operations. Able to set aggressive goals and create a service oriented culture that delivers on commitments. Danaher Business System and Six Sigma Black Belt experienced, committed and passionate to achieve company objectives and maximize value of Info-Technology.

May 11, 2023, 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM ET

8:00 - 9:00 AM

Breakfast and Networking

9:00 - 9:20 AM

Welcome and Introduction

Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO, HMG Strategy

Jennifer Wesson Greenman, CIO, City of Hope, Chicago, Atlanta & Phoenix

9:20 - 9:30 AM

EXECUTIVE FIRESIDE CHAT: Visionary Leadership: Lessons Learned in Professional Sports

Christine Moffett, Corporate Chief Information Officer, Technology & Innovation, The Kessler Collection interviewed by Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO, HMG Strategy

As the CIO of luxury hotel chain The Kessler Collection, Christine Moffett is called upon to provide technology vision, strategy and leadership in the development and implementation of company-wide information technology business solutions for Kessler corporate and all hotel properties under the Kessler Brand. In this Fireside Chat with HMG Strategy Founder and CEO Hunter Muller, Christine will share how she executes upon that vision as well as the leadership lessons she has learned in business technology leadership roles for sports franchises such as the Arizona Diamondbacks and NASCAR.

9:30 – 10:05 AM

EXECUTIVE PANEL: Visionary Leadership: Dreaming Big and Delivering a Secure Digital Agenda

MODERATOR: Elizabeth Decker, Vice President Information Strategy, INSPYR Solutions

Paul Teodorescu, Vice President, Head of IT Service Delivery and Operations, Morgan & Morgan

Tano Maenza, Chief Information Officer, National Air Cargo

Vyom Upadhya, Executive Director for Digital, MDVIP

Jennifer Wesson Greenman, CIO, City of Hope, Chicago, Atlanta & Phoenix

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. At the same time, tech leaders will need to remain laser focused on new ransomware, phishing and crypto mining attacks amidst budgetary pressures.

In this powerful Executive Panel discussion, world-class CIOs and technology executives will share the steps they’ve taken to cultivate a collaborative culture and embrace innovative approaches to position their companies to succeed in a challenging environment while securing the hybrid workplace.

10:05 - 10:10 AM

HMG 2023 Global Leadership Institute Award Presentation

Jennifer Wesson-Greenman, Chief Information Officer, Cancer Treatment Centers of America Global

10:10 – 10:30 AM

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

10:30 - 11: 05

EXECUTIVE PANEL: Tapping Innovative Technologies and Partnerships to Drive Cost Containment and Power Business Growth

MODERATOR: Paul Wilner, VP IT, CIO, Pall Corporation

Shehzad Siddique, Director Software Engineering, Hilton Worldwide

Allen Starr, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information Officer, Goodwill Industries - Suncoast

Christine Vanderpool, VP, IT Strategy, Architecture & CISO, Florida Crystals

Yatin Dhareshwar, Vice President - Digital, YASH Tecnologies, Inc.

Many technology executives find themselves between a rock and a hard place. CEOs and CFOs are leaning on CIOs and technology leaders to find ways to reduce costs in a tight economy. On the other hand, technology executives are being counted upon to utilize hot technologies that can spark new business innovation and to support digital business models. This panel of executives will share use cases for advanced technologies and partnerships that can lower costs and drive new business value.

11:05 - 11:30 AM

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

11:30 – 11:50 AM

EXECUTIVE FIRESIDE CHAT: Addressing the Human Experience in the Customer Journey

Geoff Hooper, Director, Enterprise Solution Engineering, Ring Central interviewed by Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO, HMG Strategy

Developing an elegant customer experience involves creating an experience that is intuitive and simple for customers. As part of this, it's also important to address the human element of the customer experience.

In this Executive Fireside Chat, Geoff Hooper, Director, Enterprise Solution Engineering, Ring Central interviewed by Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO, HMG Strategy, will share how this logic should be applied to the use of chatbots in the customer experience, along with recommendations for designing a chatbot experience that resonates with customers and naturally extends to their interactions with human agents.

11:50 AM - 1:00 PM

Lunch and Networking

SIM Updates

SIM Central Florida: Alexis Cole, Managing Director, Kolter Solutions

SIM South Florida: Vyom Upadhya, Executive Director for Digital, MDVIP

SIM Tampa Bay: Bert Bertagna, Assistant Chief Information Officer (CIO), Pasco County Government

HMG 2023 Global Leadership Institute Award Presentation and Photo

Presented by: Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO, HMG Strategy and August Pelliccio, Managing Editor - Digital, HMG Strategy

Quintin McGrath, Former Global Senior Managing Director, Deloitte

Dilip Krishna, Managing Director, Deloitte

Christine Vanderpool, VP, IT Strategy, Architecture & CISO, Florida Crystals

1:00 PM - 1:30 PM

INNOVATION ACCELERATOR PANEL: Meet the Top New Technology Solutions and Their Leaders

MODERATOR: Saqib E. Awan, Founder & Managing Director, GTM Capital

Ronen Sartena, Strategic Account Executive, Cyera

Patrick Blahosky, RVP of Sales - Americas, Lightrun

Justin Hayes, Head of Field Engineering, Vectara

Research conducted by HMG Strategy reveals that one of the top focus areas for technology executive leaders is working with the CEO and the executive team to enable innovation and grow the business. In this exclusive session, Saqib E. Awan, Founder & Managing Director of GTM Capital, invites the CEOs and leaders of innovative technology companies to share the challenges they solve for clients, the innovation they deliver to companies, and how their solutions are differentiated in the market.

1:30 - 2:00 PM

EXECUTIVE PANEL: Security Innovation: Going Beyond Protection to Make Security a Competitive Advantage

MODERATOR: James McQuiggan, Security Awareness Advocate, KnowBe4

Lee Bailey, Group CISO, Unilever Prestige

Mike Theis, Information Security Officer, ABC Fine Wine & Spirits

Josh Lazar, CEO, TechThinkTank LLC

Barry Kortekaas, EVP Information Security, Morgan & Morgan

Ransomware, supply-chain and other types of cyber-attacks continue to escalate. Ransomware attacks alone have increased by 13% year-over-year, according to the Verizon 2022 Data Breach Investigations Report. As these and other malicious attacks continue to become more prevalent and dangerous, it’s clear that CISOs and security leaders need to take a fresh approach to their cybersecurity strategies.

In this timely and compelling executive panel discussion, CISOs and security leaders will share the steps they’re taking to reimagine their cybersecurity game plans to better safeguard the organization both now and into the future.

2:00 – 2:20 PM

EXECUTIVE FIRESIDE CHAT: A Business Guide to the Metaverse: Unlocking New Opportunities

Skip Kimpel, Principal of Independent & SMB Consulting, Constrata

Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO, HMG Strategy

Businesses are beginning to explore the potential of the metaverse, leveraging its unique capabilities to create and drive new opportunities, innovate products and services, and even create entirely new business models. Companies across a range of industries, from retail to entertainment, are increasingly turning to the metaverse in order to expand their reach, engage with customers on a deeper level, and build stronger relationships. Additionally, businesses can use the metaverse for marketing campaigns to reach new audiences with immersive experiences. With the emergence of powerful virtual reality capabilities, companies are now able to capitalize on this ever-evolving environment.

2:20 - 2:25 PM

HMG 2023 Global Leadership Institute Award Presentation

Marcus Session, VP of IT Services, Tampa International Airport

2:25 – 2:45 PM

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

2:45 – 3:10 PM

BREAKTHROUGH INSIGHTS PANEL: Beyond the Algorithm: Navigating the Ethics of ChatGPT

MODERATOR: Quintin McGrath, Former Global Senior Managing Director, Technology Management & Enablement, Global Shared Technology Services, Business Solutions, Deloitte (Retired)

Dilip Krishna, Managing Director, Deloitte

Louis Muniz, Vice President, Cyber Risk, Kroll

Rich Latayan, Chief Information Security Officer, AAA National

ChatGPT Digital Human

As artificial intelligence continues to evolve, we find ourselves increasingly reliant on AI-powered tools like ChatGPT to interact with the world around us. While these tools can be incredibly helpful, they also raise important ethical questions about how we design and use AI systems.

In this session, we will delve into the ethics of ChatGPT and explore the challenges of creating AI systems that are both effective and responsible. We will discuss issues such as bias in training data, the potential for harm caused by AI-generated content, and the need for transparency and accountability in AI decision-making.

We will also explore ways to address these challenges, including strategies for improving data quality, creating ethical guidelines for AI development, and designing systems that prioritize user safety and well-being. By examining the ethics of ChatGPT and other AI systems, we can work towards creating a more responsible and equitable future for AI technology.

Abstract written by ChatGPT

3:10 – 3:25 PM

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

3:25 – 3:55 PM

EXECUTIVE PANEL: Leading as The CEO of Technology – Preparing for What’s Next

MODERATOR: Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO, HMG Strategy

Marcus Session, VP of IT Services, Tampa International Airport

Nicole Darden Ford, Global VP & CISO, Rockwell Automation

Christine Moffett, Corporate Chief Information Officer, Technology & Innovation, The Kessler Collection

Shawn Harrs, CIO, Red Lobster

The world and the business community has experienced more turbulence in the past 3 years than we’ve seen in a century – a global pandemic, massive supply-chain disruptions, the War in Ukraine, an international recession and other geo-political shockwaves. As the CEO of Technology, CIOs need the ability to peer around the corner and to anticipate what might be coming next to enable the business to succeed. In this compelling Executive Panel discussion, world-class CIOs and industry experts share the type of leadership acumen that’s needed to succeed in today’s uncertain environment, to lead through the C-suite and the Board and to guide employees to a brighter future.

Closing Remarks & Raffle Prizes

Presenting Partners

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/

Platinum Partners

YASH Technologies focuses on enabling customers to succeed and drive IT business transformation. As a leading technology services and outsourcing partner for medium, large and fast growing global customers, we leverage technology and our flexible delivery models to drive performance and business value throughout a customer's enterprise. YASH Customer centric engagement and managed services delivery framework integrate specialized domain and consulting capabilities with proprietary methodologies and solution Offerings to provision application, infrastructure and end user focused right-sourcing services. Headquartered in the United States with Delivery and Sales Centers globally, YASH serves its customers across six continents.

Gold Partners

Tangoe is the leading technology expense and asset management solution. Tangoe seamlessly integrates with hundreds of providers globally to deliver the reporting and insights needed by enterprises of all sizes and scales. Fueled by an innovative automation framework and unified customer experience, Tangoe optimizes spend and resources across telecom, mobile, cloud, and IoT. For more information on the power of Tangoe and how it can transform your business, visit www.tangoe.com or connect with the company on LinkedIn and Twitter.
https://www.tangoe.com/
Aryaka, the Cloud-First WAN company, brings agility, simplicity and a great experience to consuming the WAN-as-a-service. An optimized global network and innovative technology stack delivers the industry’s #1 managed SD-WAN service and sets the gold standard for application performance. Aryaka’s SmartServices platform offers connectivity, application acceleration, security, cloud networking and insights leveraging global orchestration and provisioning. The company’s customers include hundreds of global enterprises including several in the Fortune 100.
https://www.aryaka.com/?utm_source=hmg&utm_medium=syndication&utm_content=home-page
Aptum is a hybrid multi-cloud managed service provider delivering complex and high-performance cloud solutions with an integrated secure network. Using its Data As Infrastructure™ approach, Aptum solves complex technology challenges with total solutions and tailored options that drive tangible business outcomes and maximize the value of its clients’ technology investments. Aptum’s cloud and global network solutions, underpinned with expert managed and professional services, offer genuine choice and adaptability with international reach spanning North America, Latin America, Europe and the United Kingdom.
https://www.aptum.com
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
Tanium, the industry’s only provider of converged endpoint management (XEM), protects every team, endpoint, and workflow from cyber threats by integrating IT, Compliance, Security, and Risk into a single platform that delivers comprehensive visibility across devices, a unified set of controls, and a common taxonomy for a single shared purpose: to protect critical information and infrastructure at scale. State and local governments, educational institutions, federal civilian agencies and the U.S. armed forces trust Tanium to protect people; defend data; secure systems; and see and control every endpoint, team, and workflow everywhere. That’s the power of certainty.
https://www.tanium.com/
Lemongrass’s mission is to help large Enterprises achieve the best operating experience of SAP on hyperscale Cloud through a transformation to a digitally enabled, highly automated service delivery model that empowers the greatest level of agility and innovation. Our customers span multiple verticals and geographies across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. We partner with SAP, AWS, Microsoft, Google and other global technology leaders.
FPT Corporation is a global leading technology and IT services provider headquartered in Vietnam, with nearly US$1.3 billion in revenue and 30,000 employees. As a pioneer in digital transformation, FPT delivers world-class services in Smart factory, Digital platforms, RPA, AI, IoT, Enterprise Mobility, Cloud, AR/VR, Business Applications, Application Services, BPO, and so on. The company has served over 700+ customers worldwide, a hundred of which are Fortune Global 500 companies in the industries of Aerospace & Aviation, Automotive, Banking and Finance, Logistics & Transportation, Utilities and more.
https://www.fpt-software.com/

Supporting Partners

GTM Capital is singularly focused on helping our portfolio companies gain a massive competitive advantage by rapidly accelerating customer traction.
https://gtm-capital.com
Okta is the leading independent identity provider. The Okta Identity Cloud enables organizations to securely connect the right people to the right technologies at the right time. With more than 7,000 pre-built integrations to applications and infrastructure providers, Okta provides simple and secure access to people and organizations everywhere, giving them the confidence to reach their full potential. More than 10,000 organizations, including JetBlue, Nordstrom, Siemens, Slack, T-Mobile, Takeda, Teach for America, and Twilio, trust Okta to help protect the identities of their workforces and customers.
https://www.okta.com/

Trailblazer Partners

Cyera is the data security company that gives businesses context and control over their most valuable asset: data. As a pioneer in Data Security Posture Management, Cyera instantly provides companies visibility over all of their sensitive data, context over the risk it represents and their security exposure, and automated remediation to reduce the attack surface and ensure operational resilience. We are redefining the way companies secure their data.
https://www.cyera.io
Founded in 2019, Lightrun is the first complete continuous debugging and observability platform. Lightrun allows developers to easily and securely add logs, performance metrics and traces to production and staging environments in real-time and on-demand. By enabling developers to gather data from the app in real-time, developers and I&O leaders gain 100% code-level observability and faster resolution of production issues. Lightrun replaces the iterative, non-agile process required today for debugging applications.
https://www.lightrun.com/
Vectara is an LLM-powered Answer as a Service. The platform provides a #chatgpt like service which enables you to have a conversation with your own data. Our 100% neural natural language understanding (NLU) technology provides radical increases in semantic relevance. Instead of a list of results ala legacy keyword-based systems, we provide a direct answer to the user's input prompt. Vectara’s complete neural pipeline is available as a service through an API-first platform that allows developers to easily add semantic answer serving within their applications.
https://vectara.com/

Marketplace Partners

8x8 is transforming the future of business communications with XCaaS™ (eXperience Communications as a Service™). 8x8 XCaaS is the only integrated platform for contact center, voice, video meetings, team chat, and CPaaS embeddable APIs. Unlike multi-vendor environments, 8x8 XCaaS provides platform-wide reliability, lowers costs, boosts employee productivity and customer engagement, and delivers intelligence through AI-powered experiences and insights. More than 2.5 million people around the world rely on 8x8 to collaborate quicker, work smarter, and serve customers better with real-time analytics across every interaction. For organizations relying on Microsoft Teams for collaboration, 8x8 offers its 8x8 Voice for Microsoft Teams direct routing solution and 8x8 Contact Center for Microsoft Teams which is certified by Microsoft. 8x8 Voice for Microsoft Teams provides advanced telephony and contact center capabilities to further empower Microsoft Teams users. Today, more than 150,000 users rely on 8x8 for advanced communications for Teams. 8x8 is a ten-time Leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Unified Communications as a Service (UCaaS), Worldwide and seven-time Challenger in the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS).
https://www.8x8.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.com
BetterCloud is the leading SaaS Management Platform (SMP) that enables IT professionals to discover, manage and secure the growing stack of SaaS applications in the digital workplace. With an expanding ecosystem of SaaS integrations, thousands of forward thinking organizations like Zoom, Walmart, and Square now rely on BetterCloud to automate processes and policies across their cloud application portfolio. A pioneer of the SaaSOps movement, BetterCloud has built a community of more than 45K IT professionals who are embracing the new role of SaaSOps within IT organizations. The company launched the first-ever annual SaasOps-focused conference, Altitude, and publishes annually the definitive market research report, State of SaaSOps, on the market and category. BetterCloud is headquartered in New York City with offices in San Francisco, CA and Atlanta, GA. The company's total amount raised to date is $187 million. Investors include Warburg Pincus, Accel, Bain Capital Ventures, Flybridge Capital Partners, and Greycroft Partners.
https://www.bettercloud.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/
Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) makes possible a digital world that we can always trust through its mission to protect people, devices, and data everywhere. This is why the world’s largest enterprises, service providers, and government organizations choose Fortinet to securely accelerate their digital journey. The Fortinet Security Fabric platform delivers broad, integrated, and automated protections across the entire digital attack surface, securing critical devices, data, applications, and connections from the data center to the cloud to the home office. Ranking #1 in the most security appliances shipped worldwide, more than 565,000 customers trust Fortinet to protect their businesses. And the Fortinet NSE Training Institute, an initiative of Fortinet’s Training Advancement Agenda (TAA), provides one of the largest and broadest training programs in the industry to make cyber training and new career opportunities available to everyone. Learn more at https://www.fortinet.com, the Fortinet Blog, or FortiGuard Labs.
https://www.fortinet.com/
As a global leader in cloud software, Nutanix transforms the way organizations do business. We offer a single platform to run all your apps and data across on-premises, public clouds, hybrid environments, and at the edge, while simplifying operations and reducing complexity. Our hybrid multicloud platform unifies management with one-click, applies intelligent AI-driven automation, and helps ensure always-on availability. Building on our legacy as the pioneer of hyperconverged infrastructure, we’ve earned a reputation for customer satisfaction, powering hybrid multicloud environments consistently and cost effectively. This enables companies to remain focused on achieving successful business outcomes and new innovations.
https://www.nutanix.com
Palo Alto Networks, the global cybersecurity leader, is shaping the cloud-centric future with technology that is transforming the way people and organizations operate. Our mission is to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, protecting our digital way of life. We help address the world's greatest security challenges with continuous innovation that seizes the latest breakthroughs in artificial intelligence, analytics, automation, and orchestration. By delivering an integrated platform and empowering a growing ecosystem of partners, we are at the forefront of protecting tens of thousands of organizations across clouds, networks, and mobile devices. Our vision is a world where each day is safer and more secure than the one before. For more information, visit www.paloaltonetworks.com.
www.paloaltonetworks.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/
Tonkean is the OS for Business Operations, empowering operations teams to rapidly improve efficiency with an enterprise-grade, composable automation platform. By allowing ops teams to automate, monitor, and manage mission-critical business processes with no-code, while still maintaining compliance and security, Tonkean enables enterprises to accelerate operational velocity at scale. The Tonkean platform makes automating complex business processes simple and accessible to non-developers, such as business operations teams and process owners, by abstracting the high technical barrier and coding expertise needed to deliver robust, enterprise-grade process solutions via composability. Ops teams compose custom process solutions using building blocks called “enterprise components” or ECs. ECs are modular, interchangeable, and reusable capabilities that perform actions or complete steps in a business process. ECs are fully governed and curated, typically by IT. They can be adopted from vendors or custom built, or they can simply be extensions of existing tools and systems. This allows ops and process experts to rapidly build holistic process solutions that can work with different systems, easily adapt to changing needs, and measure cross-functional KPIs–all with no-code and no change management. Enterprises like Google, EVERSANA, Instacart, Grubhub, Crypto.com, and more rely on Tonkean to optimize and align their operations across functions—including sales, marketing, customer support, legal, finance, and more. With Tonkean, enterprises can expand the pie of who can deliver software to make a world of Makers.
https://tonkean.com/
Upwork is the world’s largest work marketplace that connects businesses with independent talent from across the globe. We serve everyone from one-person startups to large, Fortune 100 enterprises with a powerful, trust-driven platform that enables companies and talent to work together in new ways that unlock their potential. Our talent community earned over $3.8 billion on Upwork in 2022 across more than 10,000 skills in categories including website & app development, creative & design, customer support, finance & accounting, consulting, and operations.
https://www.upwork.com/enterprise/
Zoom is the leader in modern enterprise video communications, with an easy, reliable cloud platform for video and audio conferencing, chat, and webinars across mobile, desktop, and room systems. Zoom Rooms is the original software-based conference room solution used around the world in board, conference, huddle, and training rooms, as well as executive offices and classrooms. Founded in 2011, Zoom helps businesses and organizations bring their teams together in a frictionless environment to get more done.
https://zoom.us
Zscaler, 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/
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/
Box (NYSE:BOX) is the leading Content Cloud, a single platform that empowers organizations to manage the entire content lifecycle, work securely from anywhere, and integrate across best-of-breed apps. Founded in 2005, Box simplifies work for leading global organizations, including AstraZeneca, JLL, and Nationwide. Box is headquartered in Redwood City, CA, with offices across the United States, Europe, and Asia. Visit box.com to learn more. And visit box.org to learn more about how Box empowers nonprofits to fulfill their missions.
https://www.box.com
Delphix is the industry leader for DevOps test data management. Businesses need to transform application delivery but struggle to balance speed with data security and compliance. Our DevOps Data Platform automates data security, while rapidly deploying test data to accelerate application releases. With Delphix, customers modernize applications, adopt multi-cloud, achieve CI/CD, and recover from downtime events such as ransomware up to 2x faster. Leading companies, including Choice Hotels, and Fannie Mae, use Delphix to accelerate digital transformation and enable zero trust data management. Visit us at www.delphix.com. Follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, and Facebook.
www.delphix.com
• LastPass is an award-winning password manager which helps more than 33 million registered users organize and protect their online lives. For more than 100,000 businesses of all sizes, LastPass provides password and identity management solutions that are convenient, easy to manage, and effortless to use. From enterprise password management and single sign-on to adaptive multi-factor authentication, LastPass for Business gives superior control to IT and frictionless access to users.
https://www.lastpass.com/
Ping Identity provides secure and seamless digital experiences for your employees, partners and customers. We do it by securely connecting users to cloud, mobile, and on-premises applications and APIs while managing identity and profile data at scale.
https://www.pingidentity.com/en/solutions/business-priority/innovate-digital-experiences.html
As the market leader in enterprise application software, SAP is helping companies of all sizes and in all industries run better by redefining ERP and creating networks of intelligent enterprises that provide transparency, resiliency, and sustainability across supply chains. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables our customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference worldwide.
https://www.sap.com/index.html

Strategic Partners

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
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
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
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

Alliance Partners

Amplify 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.com
Glynn 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.com
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
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/
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

Association Partners

SIM Central Florida is dedicated to shaping and influencing the management and use of information technology throughout the greater Orlando region. Our SIM chapter provides an outstanding opportunity for ongoing networking, meeting and collaboratively exploring best practices, trends and lessons learned. It is ideal for Central Florida’s information technology executives, academicians and senior business executives with key roles in the use of IT in their organizations. SIM Central Florida: Places members in the midst of a global network of IT leaders that is actively harnessing the power of knowledge, information, communication and technology. Continually works to enhance Central Florida’s reputation as a community of outstanding, visionary technology leaders. Gives back to our region by creating new opportunities for others through important mentoring, scholarships, financial contributions and community involvement. Leverages the talents and experiences of diverse IT contemporaries, business executives, technology experts and community leaders. Helps to develop members’ careers and the next generation of IT leaders by continually increasing knowledge, industry visibility and networking among peers who become advisors, confidantes and friends. Is the voice of Central Florida’s IT community on critical issues. SIM Central Florida members meet monthly – learning from presentations and dialogues with industry leaders, top practitioners and nationally recognized experts in information systems and management practices. Before, during and after each presentation, chapter members have the opportunity to discuss important issues and concerns with guest speakers and colleagues from industry and government. History In 1997, a group of prominent CIOs in the Central Florida area decided to establish a non-competitive environment where CIOs could collaboratively share in knowledge and work experiences. The founding fathers included Andy Wing, Rick Sickles and Ron Maciejewski. Wing became the group’s President and initiated the recruitment process – encouraging Hugh Moore, Jim Dekle and Garrett Grainger to join as founding members to lead the new group, which was named the Central Florida CIO Council. Several years later, another member of the Council, Dave Razmussen, challenged the group to convert to an affiliate chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM) – a watershed decision in our growth. The organization officially became a SIM chapter in 2001.
https://chapter.simnet.org/centralflorida/aboutchapter/new-item
SIM South Florida connects the area's premier IT leaders - for business solution exchange, professional development, and timely education. SIM South Florida has quarterly chapter meetings, monthly SIM Women Lunches and an annual conference. The chapter also partners with other organizations to host joint events or provide discounts to non-SIM events for SIM Members. The geographical scope of the South Florida Chapter is Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach County.
https://simsfl.org/
Tampa Bay’s IT community represents over 50,000 IT professionals and according to CBRE is the second fastest growing market in the United States. As we all know and are experiencing, IT is changing fast, and the digital revolution requires new ways to communicate, educate, and conduct business as an IT leader. The need to recruit and retain talent is of critical importance to continue our growth. “ I would like to encourage you to join our chapter and be part of the growing leadership of IT professionals in Tampa Bay” says Chris Downs, President SIM Tampa Bay. Membership provides you access to other senior IT executives, with an opportunity to collaborate and exchange ideas. We welcome you to join our Chapter: If you would like more information about membership in the Tampa Bay Chapter, please contact us at membership@simtampabay.org If you would like more information about our upcoming events, please contact us at events@simtampabay.org Any other inquiries, please contact us at info@simtampabay.org
https://chapter.simnet.org/tampabay/aboutchapter/new-item

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Room Rate: $189

Cut Off Date: April 21, 2023

Individuals with telephone Guest room requests must identify themselves with HMG BLOCK. Individuals need to call 855-995-9099

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.

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* Sales/marketing individuals or consultants from non-sponsoring vendor organizations are not permitted.

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2023 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit

11 May, 2023, 8 AM-4 PM EST