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Westport, CT — February 9, 2023 — HMG Strategy, the World’s #1 digital platform for enabling technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world, is excited to be hosting its 2023 Dallas CIO Executive Leadership Summit on April 6 at Brookhaven Golf Club. HMG Strategy’s highly interactive events bring together the world’s most distinguished and innovative business technology and security leaders to discuss the most pressing leadership, innovation, strategic, cultural, technology and career challenges and opportunities that they face today – and into the future.

World-class technology leaders and industry experts speaking at this popular in-person event will explore opportunities for tapping hot technologies such as AI, ChatGPT, and cloud platforms to help facilitate cost containment and to drive business growth.

“Technology executives are expected to help identify how technologies can be used to help reduce costs as well as to help identify new revenue opportunities and fresh go-to-market strategies,” said Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO of HMG Strategy.

Prominent technology executives and industry experts speaking at the 2023 Dallas CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

● Srini Alagarsamy, VP, Digital Technology, GM Financial

● Michael Anderson, Special Agent in Charge, Chicago, FBI

● Chris Andrews, CIO, Unleashed Brands

● Renee Arrington, President, COO & Director, Pearson Partners International

● Patrick Benoit, Global CISO, Brink’s

● Nellson Burns, Managing Partner, Destination IT, LLC

● Kevin Christ, Partner, Concentre

● Mignona Cote, Chief Security Officer, NetApp

● Alain Espinosa, Sr. Business Information Security Officer, Rent-A-Center

● Edward Gustenhoven, EVP, CIO, Dal-Tile Corporation

● Blake Holman, CIO, BBG

● Stuart Kippelman, CIO, Commercial Cybersecurity Business Leader, Parsons Corporation

● Andy Laudato, COO, The Vitamin Shoppe

● Tony Leng, Managing Director, Practice Lead and OMP, Diversified Search

● James Parker, CEO, Tangoe

● Ajay Patel, VP, Business & Technology Services, Mary Kay, Inc.

● Bhavin Shah, Founder & CEO, Moveworks

● Tanweer Surve, Control Sr. Officer – Technology CTO (Cloud), Wells Fargo

● Thomas Sweet, CIO, Industrial Refrigeration Pros

● Gertrude Van Horn, SVP & CIO, NCH Corporation

● Denis Zerr, CIO, Radiology Partners

Valued Partners for the 2023 Dallas CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8×8, Aisera, Akamai, Apptio, Aptum, Aryaka, BetterCloud, Box, Darktrace, Delphix, Fortinet, GTM Capital, LastPass, Moveworks, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Phosphorus, Ping Identity, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SIM Dallas/Fort Worth, Tangoe, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

Recipients of HMG Strategy’s 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the Dallas summit will include:

Mike Anderson, Chief Digital & Information Officer, Netskope

Chris Andrews, CIO, Unleashed Brands

Patrick Benoit, Global Chief Information Security Officer, Brink’s Inc.

Nellson Burns, Co-Owner, Destination IT, LLC

Mignona Cote, Chief Security Officer, NetApp

Stuart Kippelman, CIO & Commercial Cybersecurity Business Leader, Parsons Corporation

To learn more about the 2023 Dallas CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.

HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 2023 Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit on February 28 at the Hyatt Regency Santa Clara. At this well-attended, in-person innovation conference, top-tier CIOs, CISOs, industry executives and venture capitalists will share their views as to how CIOs, CISOs and other senior technology executives are working with fellow members of the senior leadership team to drive innovation that can deliver demonstrable value and positively impact business outcomes in a challenging global economic environment.

Top-tier CIOs, CISOs, technology leaders and industry experts speaking at the 2023 Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit will include:

● Laiq Ahmad, CTO, Change Healthcare

● Merav Bahat, Co-Founder and CEO, Dazz

● Ashwin Ballal, Ph.D., EVP & CIO, Medallia

● Cassie Crossley, Director, Product & Systems Security, Head of Business Engagement, Schneider Electric

● Todd Dekkinga, CISO, Zluri

● Stuart Evans, Distinguished Service Professor, Carnegie Mellon University i-Lab

● Ken Grady, CPO & CIO, IDEXX Laboratories

● Mike Hamilton, VP, IT and Enterprise Engineering, Cruise

● Brian Hoyt, CIO, Unity Technologies

● Ksenia Kouchnirenko, VP, Business Systems, Survey Monkey

● Tony Leng, Managing Director, Practice Lead and OMP, Diversified Search

● Patrick Maroney, Best Practices Advisor, High Tech Industry, SAP

● Jeff McKibben, CIO Ultra Clean Technology

● Wesley Mukai, Chief Engineering Officer/VP, Rockwell Automation

● David Owens, SVP & General Manager, Digital Transformation Solutions, HARMAN International

● Gautham Pallapa, Senior Executive Advisor & CIO/CDO (App Modernization, Digital Transformation & Hybrid Cloud) VMware

● Wendy M. Pfeiffer, CIO & SVP, Nutanix

● Eli Potter, VP, Data and Systems, Insight Partners

● Raj Ramachander, SVP IT; Supply Chain, Manufacturing and Member Experience (CX), Peloton Interactive

● Sahaar Rezaie, Executive Director, Genesys Works

● Parul Saini, Global Head of Business and Enterprise Applications, Uber

● Ashish Seth, VP of Product Management, Customer Engagement, RingCentral

● Piyoush Sharma, Co-Author, The Purple Book of Software Security; Head of Enterprise Security & Technology Operations, Zuora

● Joe Silva, CISO, JLL

● Kaladhar Voruganti, Senior Technologist in the Office of the CRO, Equinix

Valued Partners for the 2023 Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit include 8×8, Aisera, Akamai, Aptum, BetterCloud, Box, Darktrace, Dazz, Delphix, Equinix, Fortinet, Genesys Works, HARMAN International, LastPass, Nutanix, Outsystems, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, ReliaQuest, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SIM San Francisco Bay Area, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

Recipients of HMG Strategy’s 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit include:

Ken Grady, CVP & CIO, IDEXX Laboratories

Patty Hatter, Public Company Board Member, former Chief Customer Officer, Palo Alto Networks

Tony Leng, Managing Director, Practice Lead and OMP, Diversified Search

Gautham Pallapa, Senior Executive Advisor & CIO/CDO, VMWare

Wendy M. Pfeiffer, CIO and SVP, Nutanix

To learn more about the 2023 Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit and to register for the event, click here.

On March 24, HMG Strategy will be hosting its 2023 Phoenix CIO Executive Leadership Summit at the JM Marriott Scottsdale Camelback Inn Resort & Spa. World-class technology leaders and industry experts speaking at this popular in-person event will explore opportunities for tapping hot technologies such as AI, ChatGPT, cloud platforms and cybersecurity technologies to help move the needle for the business and to safeguard the enterprise.

Prominent executives speaking at the 2023 Phoenix CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

● Saqib E. Awan, Founder & Managing Director, GTM Capital

● Kevin Campbell, CIO, TGen

● Stefanie Causey, OCM Leader, IBM

● Max Chan, CIO, Avnet

● Gunjan Goel, CIO, ST Engineering North America, Inc.

● Frank Grimmelmann, Founder, President & CEO/Intelligence Liaison Officer, Arizona Cyber Threat Response Alliance

● Laura Hemenway, Founder and Principal, Paradigm Solutions, LLC; Treasurer, SIM Arizona

● Scott Hicar, SVP & CIO, Benchmark Electronics

● David Jarvis, Professor of Practice, Arizona State University

● Bipin Jayaraj, SVP & CIO, Rogers Corporation

● Bianca Lochner, CIO, City of Scottsdale

● Fred Mapp, President & CEO, Quality Service Solutions, LLC

● Daniel Mayo, Assistant Special Agent in Charge, Phoenix FBI Field Office

● Steve Phillips, Board Director, Wick Communications

● Gail Ricketts, IT Compliance Manager, Axon

● Peter Robinson, VP, Digital Enablement, Avnet

● Dan Saltich, CIO, Shamrock Foods Company

● Bhavin Shah, CEO & Founder, Moveworks

● Simon Taylor, EVP, PacketWatch; President, SIM Arizona

● Mark Tonnesen, CIO, Achieve

● Rebekah Wilke, Director, Information Security Operations, ON Semiconductor

Valued Partners for the 2023 Phoenix CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8×8, Aisera, Akamai, Appian, Aryaka, BetterCloud, Box, Darktrace, Delphix, Fortinet, GTM Capital, LastPass, Moveworks, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, ReliaQuest, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SHE Informationtechnologie AG, SIM San Arizona, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

Recipients of HMG Strategy’s 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the Phoenix CIO Summit will include:

Stefanie Causey, Associate Partner, Cross Market, IBM Global Business Services

Max Chan, CIO, Avnet

Scott Hicar, Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer, Benchmark Electronics

Bipin Jayaraj, SVP & CIO, Rogers Corporation

Bianca Lochner, CIO, City of Scottsdale

Fred Mapp, President & CEO, Quality Service Solutions, LLC

To learn more about the 2023 Phoenix CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.

To learn more about HMG Strategy’s upcoming schedule of CIO & CISO summits, click here.

About HMG Strategy 

HMG Strategy is the world’s leading digital platform for technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world. The HMG Strategy global network consists of more than 500,000 CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, CDOs, senior business technology executives, search industry executives, venture capitalists, industry experts and world-class thought leaders.

HMG Strategy’s global media model generates more than one million impressions per week, providing vast opportunities for business technology leaders and sponsor partners to promote themselves and their brands. 

HMG Strategy was founded in 2008 by Hunter Muller, a leadership expert who has worked side-by-side with Fortune 2000 executives with strategic planning and career ascent for the past 30+ years.

HMG Strategy’s regional CIO and CISO Executive Leadership Series, authored books and Digital Resource Center deliver unique, peer-driven guidance from CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, CDOs and technology executives on leadership, innovation, transformation and career ascent.

HMG Strategy offers a range of peer-led advisory services such as its Global CIO & CISO Executive Leadership Alliance (CELA) service which bring together the world’s top CIOs, CISOs and technology executives to brainstorm on the top opportunities and challenges facing them in their roles.

HMG Strategy’s Global Advisory Services are a unique set of peer-driven research services that are designed to keep business technology executives up to speed on the latest leadership, business, technology and global macro-economic trends that are impacting businesses and industries.

To learn more about the 7 Pillars of Trust for HMG Strategy’s unique business model, click here.