Coming Next: The 16^th Annual Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit on March 7

Westport, CT — January 31, 2024 — HMG Strategy, the World’s #1 platform for enabling technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world, is thrilled to announce that its 15^th Annual Phoenix C-Level Technology Leadership Summit will take place on March 21 at The Westin Kierland Resort & Spa.

Hot topics to be explored at the 15^th Annual Phoenix C-Level Technology Leadership Summit will include the steps needed to reskill and upskill technology professionals to help drive Generative AI-related projects.

“HMG Strategy’s research – as well as third-party research – reveals a shortage of in-house and market skills to help deliver on Generative AI-related initiatives,” said Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO of HMG Strategy. “In the face of a global, AI-related talent shortage in the market, it’s incumbent upon CIOs and business technology leaders to train and upskill existing employees to help meet these demands.”

Top-tier speakers at the 15^th Annual Phoenix C-Level Technology Leadership Summit will include:

• Renee Arrington, President and COO, Pearson Partners International
• Max Chan, CIO, Avnet
• Barbara Cooper, President, Executive Coaching
• Laura Hemenway, Founder and President, Paradigm Solutions
• Scott Hicar, SVP & CISO, Benchmark Electronics
• Jerry Hope, VP, Business Information Systems, Imagine Learning
• Bianca Lochner, CIO, City of Scottsdale
• Michael Shanko, SVP & CIO, Blue Yonder
• Michael Spandau, SVP IT & CIO, Fender Musical Instruments
• Simon Taylor, EVP, PacketWatch
• Deanna Wise, SVP & CIO, Banner Health

Distinguished CIOs and business technology executives being recognized for HMG Strategy 2024-2025 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the 15^th Annual Phoenix C-Level Technology Leadership Summit will include:

• Mike Shanko, SVP & CIO, Blue Yonder
• Deanna Wise, SVP & CIO, Banner Health

Valued Partners for the 15^th Annual Phoenix C-Level Technology Leadership Summit include Akamai, Automation Anywhere, BetterCloud, Box, Cox Business, Cyberstarts, Cyera, Darktrace, Delphix, FPT Corporation, GTM Capital, LastPass, Netskope, Nutanix, OpenText, Palo Alto Networks, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Rimini Street, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, Savvy Security, she.net, SIM Arizona, T200, T-Mobile for Business, Zoom, and Zscaler.

To learn more about the 15^th Annual Phoenix C-Level Technology Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.

HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 16^th Annual Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit taking place on March 7 at the Hotel Nia.

The theme of the summit  is ‘Visionary Global Leadership: Thriving Securely in the Age of Accelerated Innovation’.

World-class speakers at the 16^th Annual Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit will include:

• Noni Azhar, SVP, IT, Podium
• Ashan Baig, CIO/CTO, Alameda-Contra Costa Transit
• Tamar Bar-Ilan, Co-Founder and CTO, Cyera
• Brad Bell, SVP, CITO/CISO, Infoblox
• Herman Brown, CIO, SF District Attorney’s Office
• Tom Cullen, CIO, Chobani
• Christopher Desautel, SVP & Chief Digital Officer, Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies
• Stuart Evans, Distinguished Service Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
• Gail Ferreira, CEO, Prima Leader, Inc.
• Patty Hatter, President & COO, Opsera
• Emily Heath, General Partner, Cyberstarts
• Maria Latushkin, GVP, Technology and Engineering, Albertsons Companies
• Aaron Levie, CEO, Co-Founder, Box
• Michael Piacente, Co-Founder and Managing Director, Hitch Partners
• Matthew Rosenquist, CISO, Eclipz.io
• Pranav Shahi, VP, Head of Business Technology, ServiceTitan
• Ishpreet Singh, CIO, Qualys
• Hanan Szwarcbord, VP, Chief Security Officer, Micron Technology
• Srini Tanikella, VP IT, SMART Global Holdings

Distinguished CIOs and business technology executives being recognized for HMG Strategy 2024-2025 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the 16^th Annual Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit will include:

• Noni Azhar, SVP IT, Podium
• Herman Brown, CIO, SF District Attorney’s Office
• Christopher Desautel, SVP & Chief Digital Officer, Berkshire Hathaway Homestate Companies
• Pranav Shahi, VP, Head of Business Technology, ServiceTitan
• Hanan Szwarcbord, VP, Chief Security Officer, Micron Technology
• Srini Tanikella, VP IT, SMART Global Holdings

Valued Partners for the 16^th Annual Silicon Valley Global Innovation Summit include Akamai, Appian, BetterCloud, Box, Cyberstarts, Darktrace, Delphix, Denodo, Fortinet, GTM Capital, LastPass, Netskope, Nutanix, Oasis, Palo Alto Networks, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SentinelOne, SIM San Francisco Bay Area, Tanium, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

To learn more about the 16^th Annual Silicon Valley Global Innovation 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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Contact: Tom Hoffman, VP, Research, HMG Strategy: 203-221-2702 or at tomhoffman@hmgstrategy.com