CIO Leadership: Powered by the Success of its Digital CIO and CISO Summit Series, HMG Strategy is Thrilled to Share its Lineup of Upcoming Events for Enterprise Technology Leaders
The world’s leading executive networking platform also heralds the launch of the HMG Marketplace, a commerce community that connects CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and technology executives with peer-vetted technology providers to enable the right conversations at the right time
WESTPORT, CT. – August 7, 2020 – HMG Strategy, the world’s leading digital platform for connecting technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world, is accelerating into its Fall events schedule after becoming the top producer of CIO and CISO Summits since shifting to a digital events format in early March.
After the world changed in March, HMG Strategy quickly made the digital pivot, producing 10 digital events in the next 30 days and more than 50 digital events through July. The company is gearing up for its Fall events schedule, beginning with digital CIO and CISO summits in Atlanta, New York and Silicon Valley over the next few weeks, with 40+ summits and webinars planned through year-end.
“When the COVID-19 pandemic spread across the world, technology executives in the HMG community made it clear that they were looking for new ways to connect and engage with their peers and to share how they are leading through this crisis,” says Hunter Muller, President and CEO of HMG Strategy. “Our amazing team responded quickly with a brilliant lineup of thought-provoking events focused on leading courageously through uncertain times with empathy and compassion and how to work with the CEO and executive team to reimagine the business and the future of work. The HMG community embraced these events as our attendance eclipsed previous records, and we continue to introduce new features to make our events even more interactive and engaging.”
HMG Strategy will be hosting the 2020HMG Live! Atlanta CIO Executive Leadership Summit on August 13. Top-tier technology executives speaking at this event include:
Gary Brantley, CIO, City of Atlanta
Brian Brockway, VP CTO, Commvault
Joseph Dyer, CISO, ICF International
Jay Ferro, CIO, Quikrete
Marcus Fowler, Director of Strategic Threat, Darktrace
Joe Gross, President, CIO Partners
Shaun Hunt, CIO, McKenney’s, Inc.
Jason James, CIO, Net Health
Tony Leng, Managing Director, Digital Transformation and CIO Practice Lead, Diversified Search
Rocky Lhotka, CTO, Magenic
Jackie McKinley, VP NA Field Sales, Dell
Peter Opalka, CIO, Hallmark Cards
Serena Sacks, CIO, Fulton County Schools
Gary Sorrentino, Global Deputy CIO, Zoom
Alan Stukalsky, Chief Digital Officer North America, Randstad
Kim Trevisan, CIO, Oldcastle APG
Kathryn Ullrich, Technology Partner & Head of U.S. Diversity Practice, Odgers Berndtson
William VanCuren, SVP & CIO, NCR Corporation
Sponsors for the 2020 HMG Live! Atlanta CIO Executive Leadership Summit include Appian, Commvault, Darktrace, Magenic, SIM Atlanta and Zoom.
To learn more about the 2020 HMG Live! Atlanta CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.
HMG Strategy will also be holding its 2020 HMG Live! New York CIO Summit of America on August 20. Eminent technology leaders who will be speaking at this event include:
Jesse Bociek, CISO, Global Information Security, DRiV
Brian Brockway, VP, CTO, Commvault
Andrew Campbell, CIO, Terex Corporation
LaVon Edwards, Executive Director, Singtel
Cindy Finkelman, CIO, FactSet Research Systems
Marcus Fowler, Director of Strategic Threat, Darktrace
Beni Lopez, Managing Director, Industrial and U.S. Market, Softtek
Michelle McKenna, CIO, National Football League
Harry Moseley, Global CIO, Zoom
Earl Newsome, CIO Americas IT, Linde
Steve Phillips, CIO, Alorica
David Politis, Founder and CEO, BetterCloud
Michael Salas, Chief Digital & Information Officer, SUEZ NA
Neelu Sethi, SVP & CIO, Reddy Ice
Kimberly Stevenson, SVP & GM Foundational Data Services, NetApp
Patrick Thompson, CIO, Ablemarle CorporationSponsors for the 2020 HMG Live! New York CIO Summit of America include BetterCloud, Commvault, Darktrace, SIM New York Metro, Singtel, Softtek, and Zoom.
To learn more about the 2020 HMG Live! New York CIO Summit of America and to register for the event, click here.
HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 2020 HMG Live! Silicon Valley CISO Executive Leadership Summit on August 25. Top security and technology executives who will be speaking include:
Jesse Bociek, CISO, Global Information Security, DRiV
Jamey Cummings, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry
Marcus Fowler, Director of Strategic Threat, Darktrace
Lakshmi Hanspal, Global Chief Information Security Officer, Box
Scott Howitt, SVP, CIO, McAfee
Rahul Kashyap, President & CEO, Awake Security
Tony Leng, Managing Director, Digital Transformation and CIO Practice Lead, Diversified Search
Lamont Orange, CISO, Netskope
Nicholas Parrotta, Chief Digital & Information Officer, Harman International
Gary Sorrentino, Global Deputy CIO, Chairman, Zoom CISO Council, Zoom
Ellen Sundra, VP, Global Systems Engineering, Forescout Technologies
Laura Whitt-Winyard, Global CISO, DLL GroupSponsors for the 2020 HMG Live! Silicon Valley CISO Executive Leadership Summit include Awake Security, Darktrace, Forescout Technologies, Obsidian Security, SIM San Francisco Bay Area, Sonatype and Zoom.
To learn more about the 2020 HMG Live! Silicon Valley CISO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.
Adding to its August lineup, HMG Strategy will be hosting the 2020 HMG Live! Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit on August 27. Leading technology executives and innovation experts speaking at the event will include:
Jesse Bociek, CISO, Global Information Security, DRiV
Brian Brockway, VP, CTO, Commvault
Paul Fipps, Chief Experience Officer, Under Armour
Nancy Flores, EVP, Chief Information and Technology Officer, McKesson Corporation
Lakshmi Hanspal, Global Chief Information Security Officer, Box
Emiliano Horcada, Global Head of Digital Transformation, Globant
Tony Leng, Managing Director, Digital Transformation and CIO Practice Lead, Diversified Search
Deb Muro, CIO, RN, CHCIO, El Camino Hospital
Mark Polansky, Senior Partner, Technology Officers Practice, Korn Ferry
Sylvie Veilleux, CIO, DropboxSponsors for the 2020 HMG Live! Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit include Commvault, Globant and Zerto.
To learn more about the 2020 HMG Live! Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit and to register for the event, click here.
To view HMG Strategy’s lineup of upcoming summits, click here.
HMG Strategy has also received exceptional interest in its webinars through the strength of the 400,000+ technology executives in its community and the quality of the content it delivers. HMG Strategy has scheduled multiple 30-to-60-minute webinars over the next two months with an arsenal of innovative technology companies such as Citrix, Darktrace, Ivanti,Okta, OutSystems, PagerDuty, RangeForce, RingCentral, UiPath, Zoom and Zscaler.
HMG Strategy is hosting its next webinar on August 12 with Zoom on ‘The Evolution of the Modern CISO.’ This webinar, which features Zoom CISO Jason Lee and Gary Sorrentino, Global Deputy CIO and Chairman of the Zoom CISO Council, will focus on how the CISO role is expected to change going forward, the top challenges that CISOs will face as organizations shift to hybrid work models along with ways in which CISOs can deliver value to the enterprise by helping the CEO and the executive team to reimagine the business and the future of work.
To learn more about this webinar and to register for the event, click here.
Click here to view HMG Strategy’s upcoming calendar of webinars.
Subhed: Connecting Enterprise Technology Buyers with the Right Vendors
In the absence of large, national conferences or trade shows, CIOs and technology executives are seeking new ways to connect with their peers and find new business partners to help them drive innovation that can enable their companies to survive and grow.
Meanwhile, sales and marketing professionals at enterprise technology companies are looking for successful ways to engage with senior technology leaders and target accounts. HMG Strategy has harmonized these interests by creating the HMG Marketplace.
HMG Strategy’s high-powered Marketplace transforms the time-consuming request-for-information (RFI) process for CIOs and other technology buyers. Now, technology buyers can indicate the types of technologies and services they’re currently interested in and be matched with a prospective provider to make the connection.
“The HMG Marketplace essentially serves as a reference center to connect the right technology buyers with the right technology providers at the right time,” said Hunter Muller, President and CEO of HMG Strategy. “By filling out a short needs assessment survey, CIO, CTOs and other technology executives are connected with executive leaders and subject matter experts from technology companies to have focused, relevant discussions.”
Charter members that are actively participating in the HMG Marketplace include Appian, Awake Security, Darktrace, Obsidian Security, PagerDuty, Sonatype, Tanium and Tessian.
“It’s challenging for all of us that we can’t all be together at these events,” says Nicole Eagan, Chief Strategy & AI Officer at Darktrace. “But the next best thing is being able to connect through the Marketplace. We’re committed that you won’t be meeting with a salesperson – you’ll be meeting with myself and the Darktrace executive team. You’ve got CIOs and CISOs who will attend these meetings and we would love the opportunity to catch up and strategize together.”
How it Works
After attending an HMG Strategy Executive Leadership Summit, an attendee is redirected to the HMG Marketplace where they are prompted to fill out a short needs analysis survey to indicate their current technology needs. From there, an HMG Strategy customer relationship specialist evaluates the survey information and schedules a meeting between the technology buyer and the most suitable technology partner in the Marketplace based on the buyer’s interests.
While in the Marketplace, the technology buyer is presented with a menu of options to choose from, including an option to view customer testimonials for that vendor and the business problem that was addressed. Sponsor partners receive highly qualified leads because of the strength of relationships inherent in the HMG network combined with the specific technology or service interest indicated by the buyer.
The HMG Marketplace offers multiple benefits to both technology buyers and vendors:
Precision matching of buyer needs with vendor capabilities
Accelerates the sales process for both buyers and sellers – Buyers and sellers quickly identify one another through the needs analysis process and associated reference materials
Ensures Quality Discussions – CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and other technology buyers are qualified based on their true interest and by a set of characteristics (size, industry, types of technology/service interests, spend parameters, etc.). Buyers are paired with technology suppliers based on their domains and areas of expertise to avoid wasting time
Drives Higher Conversion and Close Ratesfor Providers –The HMG Marketplace accelerates high-quality deal flow in challenging times and enables technology providers to lower their customer acquisition costs
To learn more about the HMG Marketplace and explore the digital assets that are available there, click here.
About HMG Strategy
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