After two years of mostly digital events, we’re back on the road – live and in person! Last week, we hosted phenomenal summits in New York and Dallas. I really cannot full express how wonderful it felt to be on stage again, interacting with an appreciative and fully engaged audience of senior-level technology executives and visionary leaders from our amazing industry.
Our roster of world-class speakers, panelists and presenters in New York included Bashir Agboola, VP & Chief Technology Officer, Hospital for Special Surgery; Roota Almeida, CISO, Delta Dental of NJ and CT; Timicka Anderson, Head Consumer Products & Retail Sector – US Commercial Bank – Global & National Industries, Co-Chair Command Shift, NPower, Citi; Christopher Bernard, Head of Enterprise IT, Flexcar;Candice Dixon, Coalition Development Director, NPower; David Fairman, Chief Security Officer APAC, Netskope; Steve Fernandez, Global CTO, AIG; Cindy Finkelman, Board Member SIM New York Metro; Scott Glenn, Partner, BearingPoint; Rocco Grillo, Managing Director – Global Cyber Risk Services & Incident Response Investigation, Alvarez & Marsal; Fred Harris, Head of Cybersecurity Risk, Data Risk and IT Risk, Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking; Yvonne Hyland, Head of Portfolio Business Development, B Capital Group; John Iannarelli, Former FBI Special Agent and Senior Executive Advisor, FBI; Marcus Johnson, Managing Director of Delivery, Lumevity; Stuart Kippelman, CIO, Parsons Corporation; Tony Leng, Managing Director, Practice Lead and OMP, Diversified Search; Claudia Michon, Vice President, Product and Solutions Marketing, Automation Anywhere; Vipul Nagrath, SVP, Product Development, Head of Technology, Workforce Now, Major Accounts, HRO at ADP; Shola Oyewole, VP Digital Innovation, United Therapeutics; Anthony Palladino, Chief Revenue Officer, Aisera; Mark Polansky, Senior Partner, Technology & Digital Officers Practice, Korn Ferry; Rafail Portnoy, Chief Technology Officer, State of NY Metropolitan Transportation Authority; Shantala Sadananda, EVP & Regional Managing Director, Globant; Craig Stewart, CDO, SnapLogic; Hugo Vliegen, VP, Product Management, Aryaka; and Sigal Zarmi, Board Director, Senior Advisor, Morgan Stanley.
In Dallas, our roster of world-class speakers included Mike Anderson, Chief Digital and Information Officer, Netskope; Renee Arrington, President, COO & Director, Pearson Partners International, Inc.; Chris Boult, President, DRG Consulting Partners; Nellson Burns, VP, IS, BU CIO, Mohawk Industries (Dal-Tile); Kevin Christ, Partner, Concentre; Mark Connelly, Global Information Security Senior Director, CISO, Boston Consulting Group; Patricia Connolly, CEO, Founding Partner, SMC Squared; Mignona Cote, Chief Security Officer, NetApp; Jamey Cummings, Partner – Cybersecurity and Technology, JM Search; John Ferguson, Senior Director, Solution Architecture, Americas, OutSystems; Chris Gates, Group CIO and SVP Hosting Services, Allstate; Vipin Gupta, Chief Innovation and Digital Officer, Toyota Financial Services; Ebele Kemery, Managing Director, Head of Global Technology Diversity & Inclusion, JPMorgan Chase & Co.; Rusty Kennington, CIO, Henry Company; Janya Kieffer, CIO, Austin Industries; Aamir Lakhani, Lead Researcher and Cyber Security Expert, Fortinet; Maria Lensing, SVP & CTO, McKesson Corporation; Gerry Mecca, Global CIO, Tropicana Brands Group; Addie Monson, Office of the CIO, NCH Corporation; David Morris, Founder, Chairman & CEO, HiPER Solutions; Jason Pfeiffer, Chief Strategy Officer, Reliaquest; Muddu Sudhakar, CEO, Aisera; Mark Taylor, CEO, Society for Information Management; Angela Venuk,Chief Information Officer, Datascan; and Jeanette Wayne, Vice President – Information Technology, Revision Skincare.
I am absolutely certain that you will find our in-person executive-level summits to be highly valuable opportunities for sharing insight, acquiring knowledge and networking with peers. Frankly, there’s nothing comparable to face-to-face conversations with our industry’s top executives and thought leaders. After two years of digital summits, it’s a genuine pleasure to be meeting people in person again!
We hope to see you at our upcoming summits and conferences.Click here to learn more about these truly unique, in-person executive-level conferences featuring an unparalleled roster of world-class speakers, thought leaders and industry experts.
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