At HMG Strategy, we’ve been studying the visionary leadership that’s required by CIOs and business technology executives to see around the corners and anticipate what’s coming next for the business. It’s a topic that we’ve been exploring in our CIO & CISO Executive Leadership Summits as well as on our National Advisory Board meetings and in our Global CIO & CISO Executive Leadership Alliance (CELA) service sessions.

This topic has resonated with the CIOs, CISOs and business technology leaders we’ve been discussing it with. They fully understand that the CEO and the Board expect business technology executives to help them foresee what’s coming next. This includes changes in customer behavior, shifts in market conditions as well as cyber threats and geo-political risks.

CIOs and business technology leaders are well-positioned to see around the corners. Not only are they aided by their unique view across the enterprise and lines of business, but they’re also equipped with real-time data and analytics tools that can help them to better understand what’s coming next.

This will be one of the key topics we’ll be exploring at both our 2023 Denver CIO Executive Leadership Summit on Nov. 14 at The Ritz-Carlton Denver and at our 2023 Houston CIO Executive Leadership Summit on Nov. 16 at Houston Christian University.

If you’re a CIO, CISO or a business technology leader in the Greater Denver and Houston areas, I strongly encourage you to attend these events. Top speakers joining us in Denver include:

• Michael Archuleta, CIO, Mt. San Rafael Hospital
• Merav Bahat, Co-Founder and CEO, Dazz
• Bao-Ha Bui, Executive Client Solutions Lead, FPT Software
• Shane Coleman, VP, Sales Engineering, Cyera
• Jamey Cummings, Partner – Cybersecurity and Technology, JM Search
• Veena Dandapani, Chief Client Services Officer, Pagaya
• Ravi Gaddam, Director, DevOps/ProdOps, Jeppesen, A Boeing Company
• Jeffrey Grayson, CTO, Highland Digital
• Emily Heath, General Partner, Cyberstarts
• Chris Herringshaw, CTO, Janus Henderson Collection
• Sumit Johar, CIO, Automation Anywhere
• James Johnson, CIO, Holland & Hart
• Stephen Katsirubas, VP of IT, Pursuit Collection
• David Mahon, Global Senior Advisor, Deloitte
• Ginna Raahauge, EVP, CIO & Digital Transformation, Zayo
• Molly Rauzi, CTO & Managing Director, Gagen MacDonald
• Al Rosabal, Strategy & Operations, Palantir Technologies
• Emily Scherberth, Managing Director, West, Global Tech Practice Lead, Apco Worldwide
• Matthew Schwartz, CTO, Sage Hospitality
• Yotam Segev, Co-Founder & CEO, Cyera
• Chris Simmons, VP of Marketing, Savvy Security
• Chris Smith, VP, Business Technology, Vail Resorts
• Dan Turchin, CEO, PeopleReign
• Lee Vorthman, Chief Security Officer, Oracle Corp.
• Kapil Vyas, VP of IT and Head of IT Systems, Automation Anywhere
• Bart Waress, Global Director IT and IT Security, SSR Mining Inc.
• Artie Wilkowsky, SVP, CISO, DISH Network
• Steve Winterfeld, Advisory CISO, Akamai
• Alex Wood, CISO, Uplight
• Michael Wright, Deputy Chief Security Officer, Nelnet

We’ll also be recognizing the following global technology leaders at our Denver CIO Summit as part of our  HMG Strategy 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards:

• Jeffrey Grayson, CTO, Highland Digital
• Stephen Katsirubas, VP, Head of Information Technology, Pursuit Collection
• David Mahon, Global Senior Advisor, Deloitte
• Bart Waress, Global Director IT and IT Security, SSR Mining Inc.
• Alex Wood, CISO, Uplight

Top-tier speakers lined up for the Houston CIO summit will include:

• Bhupesh Arora, VP & CIO, Magellan Midstream Partners L.P.
• Josh Bauman, Senior Director, FinOps and Cloud, Apptio
• Jerich Beason, CISO, Waste Management
• Puneet Bhasin, EVP, Global Chief Information and Digital Officer, Unum
• Shane Coleman, VP, Sales Engineering, Cyera
• George Crawford, CIO/CISO/Partner, Catapult Energy Services Group LLC
• Dan Durkin, Managing Director of IT, YES Prep Public Schools
• Eric Ensminger, CIO, City Brewing
• Stephanie Franklin-Thomas, SVP, CISO, ABM
• Pat Furr, AVP Infrastructure & Healthcare Technologies, Texas Children’s
• Darnell Jackson, President and CEO, MyKrill
• Timothy Jackson, CIO, Diamond Offshore
• Al Lindseth, Principal, C150 Advisory Services LLC
• Michael McNeil, SVP & Global CISO, McKesson Corporation
• Julie O’Brien, CMO, Dazz
• Hellmut Ometzberger, Senior Director of IT, MRC Global
• Subash Chandra Pakhrin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering Technology, University of Houston – Downtown
• Mike Phelan, SVP, Worldwide Solutions, Nutanix
• Brian Slepko, EVP, Corporate Development, Rimini Street
• Brendan Sullivan, SVP, Intelligent Edge Solutions, Viasat
• Teresa Tonthat, VP & Associate CIO, Texas Children’s
• Clif Triplett, Executive Director, KEARNEY
• Sudhakar Virupakshi, SVP & CIO, Buckeye Partners
• Joy Wangdi, Cybersecurity Trust Officer, LyondellBasell
• Denis Zerr, CIO, Radiology Partners

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

• Bhupesh Arora, VP & CIO, Magellan Midstream Partners L.P.
• Puneet Bhasin, EVP, Global Chief Information and Digital Officer, Unum
• George Crawford, CIO/CISO/Partner, Catapult Energy Services Group LLC
• Stephanie Franklin-Thomas, SVP, CISO, ABM
• Clif Triplett, Executive Director, KEARNEY

To learn more about the Denver CIO Summit and to register for the event, click here.

To learn more about the Houston CIO Summit and to register for this event, click here.

You’ll be glad you attended!