Coming Soon: the 2023 Washington, D.C. CIO Executive Leadership Summit

Westport, CT — September 20, 2023 — HMG Strategy, the World’s #1 platform for enabling technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world, is excited to announce its 2023 Greenwich CIO Executive Leadership Summit on October 26 at Rockrimmon Country Club in Stamford, CT.

Key topics to be explored at the summit include the CIO as the CEO of technology in preparing the organization for what’s coming next.

“There’s never been a better time to be a CIO or a business technology executive,” said Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO of HMG Strategy. “AI and Generative AI are creating amazing opportunities for business technology leaders to reinvent the business and deliver new waves of business value.

World-class speakers at the 2023 Greenwich CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

● Dr. Helen Adesuwa Uzamere, CIO, Project Renewal

● Julia Anderson, Chief Technology & Information Officer, Campbell Soup Company

● Snehal Antani, Co-Founder & CEO, Horizon3.ai

● Robert Blythe, VP, Information Security & Technology Risk Management, WWE

● Andrew Cotter, EVP & CIO, Somerset Capital Group, Ltd.

● Fred Danback, VP, CIO and CISO, Healthcare Risk Advisors

● Richard M. Entrup, Sr. Advisor, Enterprise Innovation, KPMG

● Dave Harris, CIO, Shake Shack

● Fred Harris, Head of Cybersecurity Risk, Data Risk and IT Risk, Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking

● Emily Heath, General Partner, Cyberstarts

● Rita J. King, EVP, Business Development, Science House

● Matthew Lagana, Managing Director, CTO & CISO, MBIA

● Vinny Licht, CIO Advisor and Board Member

● Danielle Maurici-Arnone, Global Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Combe International

● Tom McCurley, CIO, The Chefs’ Warehouse

● Dara Meath, SVP & CTO, Build-A-Bear Workshop

● Bridget Mendoza, CIO, Whitney Museum of American Art

● Jim Panos, CIO, Central National Gottesman Inc.

● Mark Polansky, Executive-in-Residence, HMG Strategy; Founder and CEO, Outlook Solutions

● Anna Ransley, Chief Digital Information Officer, Quaker Houghton

● Ed Soo Hoo, Data Center Evangelist, Lenovo

● Dan Turchin, CEO, PeopleReign

● Ken Zimmerman, Co-Chair, Member Recruitment and Member Services, SIM Fairfield-Westchester

Distinguished CIOs and business technology executives being recognized for HMG Strategy 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the 2023 Greenwich CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

● Robert Blythe, VP Information Security & Technology Risk Management, World Wrestling Entertainment

● Matt Lagana, Managing Director, MBIA

● Vinny Licht, CIO Advisor and Board Member, President Fairfield/Westchester SIM

● Tom McCurley, CIO, The Chefs’ Warehouse

● Jim Panos, CIO, Central National Gottesman Inc.

Valued Partners for the 2023 Greenwich CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8×8, Akamai, Avalor, Benchmark IT, BetterCloud, Box, Cognizant, Cyberstarts, Darktrace, Delphix, Denodo, Fortinet, GTM Capital, Horizon3.ai, LastPass, Legit Security, Netskope, NPower, Nutanix, OutSystems, Palo Alto Networks, PeopleReign, Ping Identity, Pure Storage, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SIM Fairfield-Westchester, Tanium, Tonkean, Zoom, and Zscaler.

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

HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 2023 Washington, D.C. CIO Executive Leadership Summit on September 26 at The Mayflower Hotel. Key topics to be explored at the summit will include the role of the CIO as the CEO of Technology to help anticipate the trends expected to impact the business and to help the C-suite to prepare for these.

Top-tier CIOs and business technology executives speaking at the 2023 Washington, D.C. CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

● Matt Aiello, Partner, Heidrick & Struggles

● Edward Amoroso, Founder & CEO, TAG InfoSphere

● Judith Apshago, VP, Chief Digital Officer, Amtrak

● Don Benack, Senior Cybersecurity Advisor to the Integrated Operations Division, Cybersecurty and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)

● Dr. David Bray, Distinguished Fellow, The Stimson Center

● Gary Brown, Chief Privacy Officer, Westinghouse Electric Company

● Michael Cannon, Former CTO, Stafford County, VA

● Lee Caswell, SVP, Product & Solutions Marketing, Nutanix

● Matt Conner, CISO, Westinghouse Electric Company

● Ann Dunkin, CIO, U.S. Department of Energy

● Emily Heath, General Partner, Cyberstarts

● Wanda Jones-Heath, Principal Cyber Advisor, United States Air Force

● Lauren Heyndrickx, VP, Chief Security Officer, Chief Privacy Officer, Ralph Lauren

● Brian Kenyon, Chief Strategy Officer and Co-Founder, Island

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

● Joel Klein, SVP, CIO, University of Maryland Medical System

● Kevin McCarty, CISO, Cigna

● Wayne McGurk, CIO and SVP, IT, NRECA; Chapter President, SIM Capital Area

● Andre Mendes, CIO, U.S. Department of Commerce

● Shamla Naidoo, Head of Cloud Strategy, Netskope; Board Member, QBE, SAC and Reference Point

● Murali Nemani, CMO, Aisera

● Tunde Oni-Daniel, Head of Technology Operations and Engineering, OneMain Financial

● Mike Phelan, SVP of Solution Sales, Nutanix

● Pavan Pidugu, Chief Technology Officer, FMCSA, Department of Transportation

●  Madhu Reddy, EVP & CIO, Republic Bank of Chicago

● Lisa Roger, CIO, Dewberry

● Hanan Szwarcbord, VP, Chief Security Officer, Micron Technology

● Melissa Vice, Director of the Vulnerability Disclosure Program at the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center

● Myles Weber, CIO, Appian

● Jesse Whaley, VP & CISO, Amtrak

● Swathi Young, Chief Technology Officer, SustainChain

Distinguished CIOs and business technology executives being recognized for HMG Strategy 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the 2023 Washington, D.C. CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

● Ed Amoroso, Founder & CEO, TAG InfoSphere

● Judith Apshago, VP, Chief Digital Officer, Amtrak

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

● Andre Mendes, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce

Valued Partners for the 2023 Washington, D.C. CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8×8, Akamai, Aisera, Barco, BetterCloud, Box, Cyberstarts, Cyera, Darktrace, Delphix, Denodo, Fortinet, GTM Capital, Island, Lakeside, LastPass, Legit Security, Moveworks, Netskope, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SIM Capital Area, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

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

Next week, HMG Strategy be hosting its 2023 Philadelphia CIO Executive Leadership Summit on September 28 at the Union League of Philadelphia.

Hot topics to be explored at the summit will include different ways that the role of business technology leaders has evolved to drive increased business value for the company.

World-class CIOs and business technology executives speaking at the 2023 Philadelphia CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

● Snehal Antani, Co-Founder and CEO, Horizon3.ai

● Lawrence Bilker, CIO, Lift Solutions Holdings LLC

● Tracey Brand-Sanders, VP & CISO, UGI Corporation

● Ted Bredikin, CIO, UnitedHealthcare Insurance Solutions

● Gavin Cutler, Sr. Product Marketing Manager, Apptio

● Hugo Fueglein, Managing Director, Diversified Search

● Rocco Grillo, Managing Director – Global Cyber Risk Services & Incident Response Investigation, Alvarez & Marsal

● Emily Heath, General Partner, Cyberstarts

● Eric Helmer, SVP & CTO, Rimini Street

● Kevin Kilgore, Business Information Security Officer, Ascensus

● Kelly Kleinfelder, Former CIO

● Scott Knote, Senior Solution Advisor, S/4HANA Center of Excellence, SAP

● Dara Meath, SVP & CTO, Build-A-Bear Workshop

● Rajeev Nair, CIO, J. Knipper & Co.

● Adam Noble, Operating Partner – Information Technology/CIO/CTO, Littlejohn & Company

● Joseph Puglisi, Chairman & Co-Manager, North Andover Investors Collaborative, LLC

● Anna Ransley, Chief Digital Information Officer, Quaker Houghton

● Mandar Rege, Managing Director, Operational Risk Management – Technology and Cybersecurity, Citigroup

● Donna Ross, EVP & CISO, Radian

● Raju Sankuratri, CIO – Global Supply Chain & Group Purchasing Organizations, Aramark

●Andrew Santacroce, VP & Deputy CIO, TMNA Services, LLC

● Helene Stein, SVP & CIO, Brixmor Property Group

● Dan Turchin, CEO, PeopleReign

● Nik Umrani, Global CIO, NSM Insurance Group

● Umesh Yerram, Global CISO, Cboe Global Markets

● Angela Yochem, Former EVP Chief Transformation and Digital Officer, Novant Health

Distinguished CIOs and business technology executives being recognized for HMG Strategy 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the 2023 Philadelphia CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

● Lawrence Bilker, CIO, Lift Solutions Holdings LLC

● Rocco Grillo, MD – Global Cyber Risk Services & Incident Response Investigation, Alvarez & Marsal

● Dara Meath, SVP & CTO, Build-A-Bear Workshop

● Raju Sankuratri, CIO – Global Supply Chain & Group Purchasing Organizations, Aramark

Valued Partners for the 2023 Philadelphia CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8×8, Akamai, Apptio, BetterCloud, Bluewave Technology Group, Box, CrowdStrike, Cyberstarts, Darktrace, Delphix, Denodo, Fortinet, GTM Capital, Horizon3.ai, LastPass, Netskope, Nutanix, Oasis, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, Pure Storage, Rapid, Rimini Street, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, Savvy, SIM Philadelphia, Tanium, Tonkean, Upwork, , Zoom, and Zscaler.

To learn more about the 2023 Philadelphia 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.

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