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2016 Chicago CIO Executive Leadership Summit

The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL

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The CIO Executive Leadership Summit delivers world class thought leadership in a club-like setting where attendees will receive unique insights into best practices and will hear success stories involving leadership, management, technology and career development.

Highly interactive sessions will provide many opportunities for attendees, speakers and panelists to be engaged in both learning and discussion. The objective for the day is to deliver high quality useful information that attendees can develop into an action plan.

Key Areas of Focus Include:
• Strategy, Process Improvement and Alignment
• Innovation and Technology
• Career Management and Leadership Development


  • Thomas Anderson
    Senior Director
    Accenture

  • Ted Colbert
    President & CEO, Boeing Global Services
    Executive Vice President
    The Boeing Company

  • Mark Griesbaum
    Managing Partner
    Affinity4U, LLC

  • Daphne Jones
    Board of Directors AMN Healthcare, Barnes Group, Inc. and Masonite International
    Founder
    Destiny Transformations Group

  • Susan Malisch
    VP & CIO
    Loyola University Chicago

  • Paul Martin
    SVP & CIO
    and Board of Director, Unisys Corporation
    Baxter International

  • Hunter Muller
    President & CEO
    HMG Strategy

  • Preston Simons
    Member of the Board of Governors
    Univeristy of St. Thomas - Opus College of Business

  • Waqas Akkawi
    Global Chief Information Security Officer
    SIRVA Worldwide

    Waqas is responsible for delivering global information security and privacy protection values to clients globally by partnering with business executives focusing on global brand value, data protection and enterprise risk management. Akkawi has been instrumental in positioning SIRVA as an industry leader in information security and privacy protection through his vision for continuous innovation in risk-based enterprise management.  His principle-centered security leadership is based on the ability to execute and deliver strong business value through cybersecurity architecture, and advanced threat protection using big data analytics.  He strongly believes that data privacy and cybersecurity are key business brand differentiators, especially in the era of a global interconnected economy.

    Akkawi is a recognized thought leader in the industry of information security. Business executives and security partners alike seek his advice and opinion at roundtables and conferences for IT governance, privacy and cybersecurity strategy. He has been recognized by CSO Magazine and IDS Enterprise with the CSO50 prestigious award for security initiatives that demonstrated outstanding business value and thought leadership.. He has also received nominations for CISO of the Year Chicago 2014 by ISSA & AITP and 2014 Top 10 Breakaway Leaders in Security by Evanta. He co-authored “Protecting Critical Data in the Age of Global Mobility” for Mobility Magazine.

    Akkawi earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from National Louis University in Chicago, Illinois and holds a Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications Certification from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. He holds certifications in Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Certified Information Security Manger (CISM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). Waqas speaks fluent Arabic.

  • Patricia Anderson
    CEO & Founder
    Golden Clover, Inc.

  • Renee Arrington
    President and COO
    Pearson Partners International, Inc.

    • Renee Arrington offers clients over 20 years’ experience in retained executive search. She excels in recruiting senior executive talent for Fortune 500 companies, private-equity-backed businesses and not-for-profit organizations. She is a member of the Pearson Partners board of directors and leads the firm’s Fort Worth office and CIO and IT leadership practice with clients in technology, retail, financial services, business services, distribution and R&D. Renee conducts searches for board members, presidents and executive directors among other senior leadership positions.
    • Renee was named one of the top 40 Gatekeepers to the C-Suite by Hunt Scanlon Media, a search industry analyst. She is an active member of IIC Partners and the Association for Executive Search Consultants (AESC).
    • Renee is attentive to diversity and believes a well-run search can deliver market insight. Renee appreciates the value of using assessment instruments as part of the search.Prior to joining Pearson Partners in 2006, Renee was a vice president in the technology practice of a global retained search firm, and was previously a shareholder and partner in the technology practice of another global firm.
    • In addition to serving on Pearson Partners’ board of directors, Renee serves on the board of directors of IIC Partners, one of the world’s top 10 executive search organizations, with 50 offices in 35 countries (Pearson Partners is a member of IIC Partners). Additionally, she serves on the boards of directors of the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM), the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) North Texas Chapter and the Foundation for the Young Women’s Leadership Academy in Fort Worth, where she serves as chairman of the board. She is an executive committee member of Dallas Executive Women’s Roundtable (EWR) and a member of Fort Worth’s Women Steering Business (WSB). Renee has previously served on the board of North Texas Public Broadcasting (NPR Affiliate) and was board chairman of the YWCA of both Fort Worth and Tarrant Counties and the Fort Worth Westside YMCA.
    • Renee was honored with the Association of Executive Search & Leadership Consultants’ prestigious Commitment to the Community Award in 2018, recognizing her excellence in executive search and leadership consulting together with her strong commitment to community service and volunteerism toward charitable causes. She has been selected as a 2018 C-Suite Award Winner by the Fort Worth Business Press for her business leadership as well as the civic and social contributions she has made to the community of Fort Worth and its organizations.
    • Renee is a frequent speaker at the HMG Strategy CIO Summits around the country, and is a prolific business writer, having written a monthly column for CIO Decisions magazine and been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, CareerJournal.com, IT World, Network World and Business Process Outsourcing: The Competitive Advantage (Wiley 2005). She was honored among the finalists in D CEO’s 2016 CIO/CTO Awards in the Technology Advocate category.
    • Renee earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Trinity University and studied at Parsons School of Design in Paris. She and her husband, Michael, live in Fort Worth.

  • Ellen Barry
    Principal
    The EBarry Group

  • Bob Bruns
    Chief Information Security Officer
    Avanade

    Avanade Chief Information Officer Bob Bruns is responsible for Avanade’s internal enterprise technology, and for delivering the technology capabilities that power the company’s people and operations worldwide.

    Previously Bob was Vice President of Infrastructure Services and Global Operations, accountable for delivery of Avanade’s enterprise infrastructure services worldwide, including security, end-user enablement, collaboration, hosting and network services. Earlier in his career, he spent 14 years with Accenture, serving as Director of Unified Communications & Collaboration Services.

    Bob holds a degree in Information Decision Science from the University of Illinois, as well as advanced leadership program certifications from the Foster School of Business, University of Washington, and the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley.

  • Ted Colbert
    President & CEO, Boeing Global Services
    Executive Vice President
    The Boeing Company

    Ted Colbert is executive vice president of The Boeing Company and president and chief executive officer of Boeing Global Services. He is a member of Boeing’s Executive Council.

    Colbert was named president and chief executive officer of Global Services in October 2019. He is responsible for leading Boeing’s aerospace services development and delivery model for commercial and government customers worldwide, focused on four capability areas: Supply Chain; Engineering, Modifications and Maintenance; Digital Solutions and Analytics; and Training and Professional Services. Global Services offers customers lifecycle solutions regardless of platform manufacturer to accelerate delivery schedules, reduce operational costs and enhance operational efficiencies. Global Services has more than 300 locations in more than 70 countries. 

    Previously, Colbert was chief information officer and senior vice president of Information Technology & Data Analytics. In this role, he led all aspects of information technology, information security, data and analytics. He also supported the growth of Boeing's business through IT- and analytics-related revenue generating programs.

    Prior to his role as CIO, he led Boeing’s Information Technology Infrastructure organization where he was responsible for developing and maintaining network, computing, server, storage, collaboration and infrastructure solutions across the enterprise. Before that, he led the IT Business Systems organization where he managed the computing application systems that support Boeing Finance, Human Resources, Corporate and Commercial Capital Business Units, as well as the company’s internal systems.

    Prior to joining Boeing in 2009, Colbert was senior vice president of Enterprise Architecture at Citigroup. Before that, he spent 11 years in Ford Motor Company’s Information Technology organization where he held roles of increasing responsibility in the areas of program management, infrastructure engineering and operations, application development, portfolio management and process reengineering.

    Colbert completed the Dual Degree Engineering Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Morehouse College with degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering and Interdisciplinary Science. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC) and serves on the Board of Directors for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Georgia Tech Advisory Board and New Leaders.

    Colbert’s recent accomplishments include becoming the first recipient of the Fisher Center prize for Excellence in Driving Transformation from the Fisher Center For Business Analytics at Berkeley; winning the 2018 Forbes CIO Innovation Award; recognition as one of the Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America by Black Enterprise magazine in 2017; 2017 Morehouse College Bennie Leadership Award for Excellence in Business; recognition as the 2016 National Society of Black Engineers Golden Torch Legacy Award winner; recognition as the HMG Strategy 2016 CIO of the Year; and, being named a 2015 Ebony Power 100 honoree.

  • Jane Gilligan Hamner
    Co-Founder
    ARA

  • Laszlo Gonc
    Co-Founder & Managing Partner, CIO, CISO
    Next Era Transformation Group

  • Mark Griesbaum
    Managing Partner
    Affinity4U, LLC

    Mark Griesbaum is the Managing Partner of affinITy4U, LLC since November, 2014.  affinITy4U, LLC is focused in the following key areas:  IT Strategy/Vision Development, Operational Integration, Top Line Revenue Growth, and Executive Leadership Development. Mark was the Senior Vice President of Business Operations at TCS Education System (TCS ES) from 2010-2015. Mark oversaw marketing, admissions operations, instructional design, student management, information technology, international services, and the learning management system for online-blended programs of TCS ES affiliates, which included The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Pacific Oaks College, and The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law. Mark joined TCS ES as President of TCS Online in 2010. Prior to joining TCS ES, Mark was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Cardean Learning Group.  Prior to Cardean, Mark was Chief Information Officer at Career Education Corporation, where he engineered a world class IT that was leveraged to grow the organization from $200 million in revenue to over $2.0 Billion in a five (5) year period. Mr. Griesbaum’s award-winning leadership was acknowledged by Computerworld Magazine, where he was recognized as one of Computerworld’s “Premier 100 IT Leaders 2006.”

  • Ina Kamenz
    Former SVP & CIO
    Eli Lilly and Company

    Ina Kamenz is the former senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO) for Eli Lilly and Company.  She is responsible for leading the global Lilly IT function that drives innovation throughout the organization.  She is establishing a long-term strategic IT plan for Lilly, ensuring information technology is being optimally leveraged across the organization’s five Global Business Units plus Manufacturing, and Research and Development to improve operational efficiency globally. Before joining Lilly in May 2014, Ina was vice president and CIO at Thermo Fisher Scientific.  With responsibility for the company’s global information technology, including IT / business relationship management organizations for four groups and 14 divisions, Ina implemented a highly successful IT transformation strategy, replacing an inefficient decentralized organization with a shared services model, driving down costs 30 percent while increasing infrastructure performance for increased systems demand. Prior to joining Thermo Fisher, Ina served as vice president and CIO for Tyco International.  In that position, she provided leadership to the company’s Chief Information Officer Council and led the IT organization through the separation of a $40 billion company into three publicly traded organizations while achieving adherence to new regulatory compliance mandates. Previously, Ina was a senior vice president and chief information officer at Marriott International.  During her time at Marriott, she was the CIO for the Senior Living Services and Courtyard / Fairfield Inn divisions, where she had accountability for support of six brands in 800 hotel and senior living residential facilities.  She led the development and execution of the IT strategy and plan to support business transformation and new product innovation to create Marriott Lodging. Ina holds a bachelor of science in mathematics and biology from Wake Forest University, and an MBA from Queens University.  She has also participated in the Executive Development Program at the Colgate Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. Recognized as a thought leader in systems development methodology and program management, Ina has published articles and delivered keynote presentations at industry events.  She is currently an advisory board member with Globespan Venture Capital.

  • Bob Kress
    Managing Director, Accenture Security
    Accenture

    Bob Kress is the Managing Director of Global IT Audit in Accenture’s Internal Audit organization that supports the $32 billion company and its 375,000 employees working in 120 countries.  Bob has responsibility for identifying, evaluating, and reporting on the full range of client facing and internal technology, financial, and operational risk to Accenture senior leadership and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. 

    Prior to this Bob was the COO in Accenture’s high performance Internal IT organization responsible for leading the IT transformation and running IT like a business, including Strategy, Planning, Risk, and all IT operations.

    He has published two books, Running IT like a Business, and  IT Governance to Drive High Performance: Lessons from Accenture.  He has most recently published an article on Transforming the IT Audit Function – Taking the Digital Journey.

    Bob is a member of The Economic Club of Chicago, The Executives Club of Chicago and co-chair of the Technology Committee, Chairman of i.c.stars (non-profit) Board of Directors, and Chairman of the Advisory Board for the College of Engineering at The University of Iowa. 

    Bob holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, and a master of business administration degree from the University of Iowa.

  • Tony Leng
    Managing Director, Digital Transformation and CIO Practice Lead
    Diversified Search

    Tony Leng is a Managing Director of Diversified Search and leads the firm’s Digital Transformation and CIO practice from its San Francisco office.  Previously, Tony was Managing Partner of Hodge Partners. Tony has conducted many “C” level searches for organizations where leaders are transforming/building organizations that are taking advantage of digital technologies.  He has conducted “C” level searches conducted for organizations such as Aurora Healthcare, Axalta, Catholic Health Initiatives, Blue Shield of California, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Delta Dental, Dignity Health, Esurance, Kaiser Permanente, Novant Health, PG&E, Polycom, Sutter Health, Symmetricom, TE Connectivity, and Wellmark. 

    Prior to his executive search experience, Tony was a Board member of three public companies and CEO of a $600 million Public Company. Before that, Tony ran a $1 billion division of a telephone company focused on corporate users and had responsibility for all data services and networking products. While at the telephone company, he was founder and Chairman of its ISP and a board member of its 2 million-subscriber cell phone subsidiary. 

    Tony uses his operating experience from being a CEO, financial background as a CPA and CA, and technical knowledge from the work that he has done for Tech companies to drill down and understand at a nuanced level what his clients are seeking to achieve as they build their teams. He has written numerous papers on technology leadership and the challenges facing technology leaders today and authors a blog, ‘Resources for the Modern CIO” (www.tonyleng.com).

    The core of Tony’s consulting has been with senior leaders who are seeking to transform their organizations as they face a future of rapid change, digitization, regulation, shifting markets, and increasingly connected and informed customers.

    Tony has facilitated the Fisher CIO Forum for the past 12 years.  The Forum is a monthly venue for CIO’s and CTO’s to discuss topics of relevance in their daily lives, and has afforded these leaders the opportunity to develop a close network to discuss current challenges in a peer group environment on a confidential basis.  Participating companies have included: Blue Shield, Clorox, Cost Plus, Delta Dental, Dignity Health, Esurance, Facebook, FitBit, Franklin Templeton, Gap, Genentech, Kaiser Permanente, Levi Strauss, McKesson, Macys.com, Matson, Mulesoft, Okta, PG&E, Restoration Hardware, Ross Stores, Safeway, Salesforce.com, Schwab, Splunk, Uber, VMWare, and Williams-Sonoma among others. 

    Tony received a Bachelor of Commerce (with honors), University of Cape Town, South Africa and is a Chartered Accountant and CPA.

  • Matthew Mandich
    Vice President
    Info-Tech Research Group

    Matthew Mandich is a Vice President with Info-Tech’s Strategy & Innovation Lab with extensive experience in assisting private and public sector organizations take new approaches to managing the IT organization with a focus on data driven IT performance management.

    Matthew holds an Honors Distinction HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario with a focus on financial modeling & economics.

    Mr. Mandich brings value as a business solution architect where his unique blend of consulting and operating experience helps build pragmatic solutions to complex problems.  Combined with his depth of experience in the IT application and technology space, Mr. Mandich provides companies the critical support needed to bridge the gaps between business strategy and technology enablement - projects that deliver on their promises.

  • Greg Meyers
    Corporate VP & CIO
    Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    Greg Meyers is corporate vice president and chief information officer for Motorola Solutions. He is responsible for leading the company’s IT organization, including customer-facing digital systems, internal technology and information security.

    Before joining Motorola Solutions in 2014, Meyers led Business IT for Biogen, and before that, he held a combination of sales, marketing and IT roles at companies such as Novartis, Johnson & Johnson and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

    Meyers holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Rutgers University and a master’s degree in business administration from Temple University.

  • Hunter Muller
    President & CEO
    HMG Strategy

    Hunter Muller is a charismatic industry pioneer and a modern-day Renaissance Man. As a global C-suite advisor and coach for the past 30 years, Hunter’s insights and concepts have been successfully applied by Fortune 1000 organizations worldwide to accelerate executive performance, propel the career ascent of C-level executives, and to drive transformative innovation and create new waves of value.

    Hunter is the President and CEO of HMG Strategy, LLC, the largest independent, objective, transparent and collaborative executive network in the world. HMG focuses on innovation and breakthrough strategies for core, parallel and new markets while studying the most successful organizations eco-systems and platforms such as Amazon and Microsoft.

    HMG Strategy is the provider of thought leadership and networking events for CIOs, CISOs, and senior technology executives. HMG Strategy offers a unique, integrated model for enabling C-level executives and their companies to draw upon courageous leadership to reimagine, reinvent, and rebuild their business models to attain the genius-level thinking required in today’s dynamic business landscape to achieve competitive advantage in the digital frontier.

    Hunter's passion for the role of the technology executive in transforming the business is reflected in the 7 Pillars of Trust which embody HMG Strategy's unique business model.

    Complementing HMG Strategy’s world-renowned events is HMGNextVentures, a venture capital accelerator aimed at helping connect CIOs with the most innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley to Tel Aviv. HMG Strategy also partners with the world’s leading venture capital firms, including Amplify Partners, Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Sequoia Capital. HMG Strategy connects CEOs, CIOs, and other C-level executives with startup technologies backed by the leading VCs to identify opportunities for innovation and business transformation.

    Meanwhile, HMG Strategy’s award-winning Research Team advises the world’s technology companies such as Adobe, Nutanix, and Workday on branding, messaging, and Voice of the Customer strategies.

    Hunter has published five that draw from his extensive business experience: The Transformational CIO (Wiley, March 2011), On Top of the Cloud (Wiley, January 2012), Leading the Epic Revolution (Wiley, September 2013) and The Big Shift in IT Leadership (Wiley, July 2015) and The CEO of Technology (Wiley, January 2018). Hunter is now working on his sixth book: 'Enterprise 2025', which is slated to be published in January 2020. As a result, Hunter’s unique position of knowing the thoughts, challenges, and opportunities of the IT Leader, he is asked to speak at a variety of venues such as IBM’s Cloud Expo and on TheStreet.com.

    Hunter and HMG Strategy support a variety of charitable causes, including the American Cancer Society, Save the Children, and Year Up, and Hunter personally gives back his time and ideas as a member of the Executive Committee of the Fairfield/Westchester Chapter of the Society for Information Management.

    An intrepid international athlete, Hunter is an ardent yacht racer, a world-class skier, and an extreme fitness guru. Hunter is passionate about ocean and mountain adventures and spending time with his sons, Chase and Brice.

    Hunter earned a Bachelor of Science in the Babson College School of Management.

  • Michael Phillips
    EVP & CISO
    Rosenthal Collins Group, LLC

    Michael Phillips is the Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Rosenthal Collins Group, LLC. In this capacity, he serves as Co-Executive of the Information Technology Group and senior advisor to the Chairman / CEO, providing insights on various aspects of Operational Risk Management, including Information Assurance and Privacy.

    Owner of the consulting practice, Luminant Group, LLC he specializes as a virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) for small to medium-sized businesses that cannot afford to put someone full-time on staff to handle cyber security and regulatory compliance matters. In this capacity, advises executives to develop information security strategy, perform risk assessments, build cyber security programs, develop company-wide policies and work with on-site teams to implement remediation efforts.

    Prior to joining RCG, Michael served in several Information Security Executive roles including the Assistant Vice President & Information Security Officer (ISO) of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Director of IT Security for the Americas at UBS (formerly Swiss Bank Corp.).

    Michael received his first Technology Degree from DeVry Institute of Technology, a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications & Computer Sciences from Northwestern University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Northwestern Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

    An active member of InfraGard, High Tech Crime Consortium, Chicago Electronic Crimes Task Force, etc., Michael also holds the C|CISO, CISSP, CISA, NSA IAM Certifications and serves on the Board of Directors of the Arts & Business Council of Chicago.

  • Allison Radecki
    CIO
    Beam Suntory Inc.

    Allison Radecki was appointed Chief Information Officer at Beam Suntory Inc., the world’s third largest premium spirits company, in November 2013. In this role, she is responsible for the IT function globally, including strategic planning, project delivery, operations, security, controls and compliance.  She is charged with leading the IT team to be a competitive asset for the company by focusing resources and prioritizing initiatives that deliver the greatest opportunities for revenue growth and improved business performance.  Allison joined Beam Suntory following a two decade-long career in IT strategy, business transformation and systems integration.

    Prior to joining Beam Suntory, she served as Senior Director Information Systems, Global Integrated Supply Chain, for Mondelez International, the $35 billion global snacks company, which until 2012, was previously known as Kraft Foods. Prior to joining Kraft in 2011, Allison spent ten years at GS1 US as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.  She was responsible for building the technology strategy to align to and achieve the organization’s goals. 

    Allison began her career in management consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she spent ten years specializing in supply chain management process re-engineering and information systems implementation for the consumer products industry. 

    Allison received her Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  She lives in Chicago and enjoys running, cooking, spending time with her husband, Steve, and their three daughters, Madeline (13), Claire (11) and Isabelle (8).

  • Kurt Roemer
    Chief Security Strategist
    Citrix Systems, Inc.

    As Chief Security Strategist for Citrix, Kurt Roemer leads the security, compliance, risk and privacy strategies for Citrix products. As a member of the Citrix CTO Council, Roemer drives ideation, innovation and technical direction for products and solutions that advance business productivity while ensuring information governance.

    An information services veteran with more than 25 years experience, his credentials include the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) designation.  He also served as Commissioner for the US public-sector CLOUD2 initiative and led efforts to develop the PCI Security Standards Council Virtualization Guidance Information Supplement for the payment card industry while serving on the Board of Advisors. Roemer is an active member of the ETSI Network Function Virtualization (NFV) specification team, and is the Rapporteur for developing NFV Security and Trust Guidance.

  • Simona Rollinson
    CTO
    ISACA

     

  • Laura Sanchez
    CEO
    SWATware, LLC

    Laura Sanchez is the founder and CEO of SWATware LLC, a fullservice Information Technology (IT) firm that delivers comprehensive IT and Web solutions, with a focus in Cyber Security. With over ten years of experience as a consultant, Laura has assisted numerous businesses in improving their online presence, while at the same time improving the security and reliability of their IT infrastructure. She is one of the few existing Latina entrepreneurs in Chicago’s Technology field, combining her quality services and passion for IT by sharing her experience with small business owners in various capacities. Laura has utilized her proficiency in both English and Spanish to perform work internationally and is well recognized for her expertise in the IT field. She has spoken for the City of Chicago (BACP), the IHCC (Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce), WBDC, UNAM Chicago, HACIA, HispanicPro, Verizon and other organizations dedicated to educational and economic development that encourage the proper use of technology both professionally and personally.

    Laura received her Master’s degree in Innovation and Business Development from the Tec de Monterrey, one of the top universities in Mexico. She graduated Summa Cum Laude when receiving her undergraduate degree in International Business and Marketing. In 2013, Laura was awarded the Nueva Latina Estrella in the Technology category by Verizon, and was an honorable mention recipient for the 2013 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards by Enterprising Women Magazine that same year. These awards are meant to honor women business owners who have demonstrated high potential‐growth and stand out as leaders in their communities. In addition to this Laura has been feature on TV by Univision, Telemundo and ABC7, as well as in local radio stations and newspapers such as Hoy and Negocios Now and the national publication Latino Leaders Magazine.

  • Irwin Teodoro
    National Practice Director - Data Center Transformation
    Insight

    As the national director of Datalink’s data center transformation practice, Irwin is responsible for defining the services offering and delivery practices for data center moves, consolidations, and migrations. Under his leadership, consulting teams plan, design, and manage related efforts for mid- and large-size organizations.

    Irwin joined Datalink in 2011 and has a career’s worth of IT consulting and professional services experience. Prior to Datalink, Irwin has held executive and mid-level leadership positions at Glasshouse Technologies, Laurus Technologies, EMC, and Comdisco.

  • Howard Tullman
    Executive Director
    Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship

    Howard A. Tullman was the CEO of 1871 in Chicago – where digital startups get their start – and the General Managing Partner for the Chicago High Tech Investment Partners, LLC and for G2T3V, LLC – both Chicago-based venture capital funds, and the executive chairman of Music Dealers. He most recently was the Chairman/CEO of Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy which he co-founded in 2007. He is the former President of Kendall College in Chicago and the former Chairman/CEO of Experiencia, Inc. He is also the Chairman of the Endowment Committee of Anshe Emet Synagogue, a member of Mayor Emanuel's ChicagoNEXT and Cultural Affairs Councils, a member of Governor Quinn's Illinois Innovation and Arts Councils, a member of President Preckwinkle’s New Media Council, an Advisory Board member of HighTower Associates, Built in Chicago, The Starter School, Imerman Angels, and uBID.COM and an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern's Kellogg School as well as a regular guest lecturer at the Northwestern University School of Law. Mr. Tullman also serves as a Director of Vehcon, SnapSheet, Music Dealers, BCV Evolve, MarkITx  and PackBack Books and served as a long-time Director and Board Chairman of The Cobalt Group, a Trustee of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and of the New York Academy of Art and the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, and as the lead Director (and briefly Chairman) of The Princeton Review. Over the last 45 years, he has successfully founded more than a dozen high-tech companies.

  • Wendy White Eagle
    Founder & CEO
    Native Capital Investment, Inc.

    Wendy K. White Eagle, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Native Capital Investment, Inc., currently leads business development and fund management activities. As member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, she has first-hand knowledge of Tribal operations from strategic planning to business development. With more than 20 years of business building experience in the utility, financial, and manufacturing sectors specialization is in helping companies build high performing processes to actualize business impact.

    Ms. White Eagle is skilled at integrating various strategic approaches – from Six Sigma to Customer Relationship Management – into organizational culture. She has been intimately involved in the creation of organizational approaches that augment capital infusion and has served to bring core competencies into alignment with these strategy directions. In addition to large corporate experience, she has been involved in circles of worldwide thought leadership in SustainAble Business and mindful development. 

    Ms. White Eagle graduated from Edgewood College with a BS in Communications and has completed graduate work at the Center for Quality and Productivity, School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has also served in many Boards of Directors with most recent volunteer activity in the area of metric impact reporting in the non-profit sector.

  • Frank Yanan
    SVP, GIS Business Information Security Officer (BISO)
    Bank of America

    Frank Yanan is the Global Head of Security Operations for Zurich Insurance, one of the largest multi-line insurance carriers in the world with 55,000 people in 170 countries. Reporting to Zurich’s global CISO, Frank is responsible for setting the vision, and establishing the strategy and program to ensure information assets are adequately protected through Zurich’s security toolkit. In addition, he leads Zurich’s global identity administration services team.

    An executive with a proven track record of success, Frank had held several significant senior IT positions throughout his career. Prior to Zurich, he was the SVP / CIO for Barrington Capital, where he was responsible for defining the strategic use of technology and overseeing all aspects of IT for Barrington Capital and its primary subsidiary, Florida Family Insurance. He also led a successful consulting practice serving the needs of private equity firms and small/mid-sized businesses in the areas of IT strategy, due diligence assessments and merger integrations.

    Frank was formerly Vice-President at Hewitt Associates (Aon) in charge of Hewitt’s global applications. In addition, Mr. Yanan served as the Chief IT Delivery Officer for Sears, leading major efforts in the areas of Merchandising, Supply Chain, HR, Infrastructure Outsourcing, Retail, Home Services and Sears.com.

    Mr. Yanan began his career with Andersen Consulting (Accenture) and has also held key positions at McDonald’s and The Revere Group, an IT consulting firm. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Northwestern University and is active in a number of professional organizations, including the Association for Information Technology Professionals and the Society for Information Management.

  • Nicole Yeary
    Founder & CEO
    Ms. Tech CO.

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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Registration, Continental Breakfast and Networking

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

Welcome and Introduction

Hunter Muller, President & CEO, HMG Strategy, LLC

8:10 AM - 9:10 AM  

EXECUTIVE KEYNOTE: Rethinking the IT Function for the Next Era of the Digital Age

Don Tapscott, Digital Strategist and CEO, The Tapscott Group, and bestselling author - most recently Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World

The technology likely to have the greatest impact on the enterprise and the global economy has arrived, and it’s notable data, artificial intelligence, self-driving cars or solar energy. It’sthe Blockchain. The first generation of the digital revolution brought us the Internet of information. The second generation—powered by blockchain technology—is bringing us the Internet of value: a new, distributed platform that can help us reshape the world of business and transform the old order of human affairs for the better.

Don Tapscott, arguably the world’s leading authority on the digital age, argues that blockchain technology will transform financial services, but also the deep architecture of the corporation, animate the internet of things, recast the role of government, and fix the music industry, among others.He argues that the second era of the internet has profound implications for IT strategy and architecture, and leadership.A new kind of courageous CIO is needed and new kinds of collaborations between leaders in IT and the rest of the business.

This executive keynote will be followed by Hunter Muller interviewing Don Tapscott to uncover the key take aways from this discussion.

9:10 AM - 9:30 AM

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

9:30 AM - 10:10 AM

EXECUTIVE KEYNOTE: Accelerating Transformation… with Data

Matthew Mandich, Director, Innovation & Strategy, Info-Tech Research Group

Despite a global IT spend of over $4 Trillion, 67% of CEOs & CIOs are misaligned on how IT should be enabling the business*.. With the dramatic increase in digital technology & the business’s appetite to understand and enable their own innovations through technology, CIOs are challenged with the need to rapidly understand business inputs, stakeholder satisfaction, and assess their own teams internal capabilities. Info-Tech has found too often this is done through ad-hoc and informal processes, making improvement hard to measure, and success impossible to define. A new model is needed to enable the CIO to rapidly make decisions, prove success & analyze challenges with DATA.

In this session Info-Tech will present how CIOs can overcome these challenges, and forge a new data driven approach to rapidly accelerate decision making, as well as measure the benefits of IT with DATA. Info-Tech will share insights from Info-Tech’s 3 year Stakeholder Satisfaction Study & how IT can enable transformation at unparalleled rates.

By the Numbers:

  • 66% of CEOs don’t understand how to use IT to transform the business.
  • 84% of IT Organizations score below 80% on IT satisfaction
  • 43% of CIOs overestimate the size of their next budget.
  • 78% of CEOs/CIOs are aligned on what IT issues impede innovation BUT are Highly Misaligned on the Business Barriers that Impede Innovation
  • 72% of business leaders misjudge which services really matter to them

* Info-Tech CEO/CIO Alignment study

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM  

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

10:30 AM - 11:10 AM  

EXECUTIVE PANEL: Identifying Future Trends That Will Impact the Enterprise

Introduction: Mallory Zemelis, Comcast Business

Bob Bruns, CIO, Avanade

Daniel Fallon, COO, GFMI Metalcrafters, Inc.

Simona Rollinson, CIO, Cook County

David Stafford, Head of Enterprise Solutions, Dropbox

Irwin Teodoro, National Practice Director - Data Center Transformation, Datalink

Moderator: Mark Griesbaum, Managing Partner, Affinity4U, LLC

Innovation in enterprise IT is accelerating, driven by massive platform and technology shifts. This panel of senior executives will share discussion around emerging technology companies and the technology areas of current interest for investment.

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM  

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM  

EXECUTIVE PANEL: Strategic Leadership in a World of Accelerated Change

Renee Arrington, Senior Vice President, Pearson Partners International, Inc.

Tony Leng, Managing Director and CIO Practice Leader, Diversified Search

Mark Polansky, Senior Partner, CIO/IT Officers Practice, Korn Ferry

Moderator: Hunter Muller, President and CEO, HMG Strategy, LLC

Accelerated change in today’s markets requires a new range of performance from today’s CIO – including taking a starring role in the C-suite, becoming more customer-focused, adapting to new environments and leading innovation to create value by leveraging technologies in the new IT ecosystem model of this decade.In addition, recruiting, development and retention in the war for talent can be a huge challenge in today’s economic environment, particularly for global organizations.

12:00 PM - 1:10 PM

Luncheon

SIM Chicago News

EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: Ted Colbert, CIO & SVP, Information & Analytics, The Boeing Company

Presentation of the HMG Strategy 2016 Transformational CIO Award to Ted Colbert, CIO & SVP, Information & Analytics,The Boeing Company

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM  

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM  

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Innovation at 1871

Howard Tullman, CEO, 1871

Hunter Muller will interview Howard Tullman, CEO, 1871, who will discuss leading 1871 at a time of enormous change. The tech hub is working to attract big companies to connect with startups and it's making plans for tech incubators in new fields, including retail.

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM  

EXECUTIVE PANEL: The Emerging Entrepreneurial Opportunities and the Impact It Can Have on YOUR Career!

With support from organizations like 1871, Matter, and the Chicago Innovation Awards, the entrepreneurial community on the third coast is thriving!Understand how Chicago is driving this new gig economy with an infusion of new capital, the formation of strategic partnerships, and the development of a diverse workforce. Learn how to apply this spirt to your own situation to rapidly create new business value.

Patricia Anderson, Founder & CEO, Golden Clover, Inc.

Jane Gilligan Hamner, Co-Founder, ARA

Laura Sanchez, CEO, SWATware, LLC

Wendy White Eagle,Founder & CEO, Native Capital Investment, Inc.

Nicole Yeary, Founder & CEO, Ms. Tech Co.

Moderator: Ellen Barry, Principal, EBarry Group

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

3:00 PM - 3:40 PM

EXECUTIVE PANEL: The Challenge of Enterprise Security Today and Into the Future

Waqas Akkawi, Global Chief Information Security Officer, SIRVA Worldwide

Robert Kress, Managing Director, Global IT, Financial & Operational Audit, Accenture

Michael Phillips, EVP, CISO, Rosenthal Collins Group

Kurt Roemer, Chief Security Strategist, Citrix

Frank Yanan, Global Head of Security Operations, Zurich Insurance Group

Moderator: Laszlo Gonc, CISO Partner, MVP Advisory Group, LLC

Emerging and significant security concerns threaten the enterprise daily and are becoming more complex as you broaden the scope from internal, to supply chain, and out to the customer. Today's CISOs are expected not only to drive efficiency, transparency and strengthen information and network security, but also to implement the best technologies and practices to establish and maintain relationships with their customers. How can CISOs balance the demand for immediate, transparent access to information while maintaining security and privacy?

3:40 PM - 3:50 PM  

Transition Break

3:50 PM - 4:30 PM  

EXECUTIVE PANEL: The Future Role of the Technology Executive - Going Digital

Ina Kamenz, Former SVP & CIO, Eli Lilly and Company

Greg Meyers, Corporate VP and CIO, Motorola Solutions

Allison Radecki, CIO, Beam Suntory Inc.

Moderator: Mark Polansky, Senior Partner, CIO/IT Officers Practice, Korn Ferry

Truly successful IT leaders are advancing the traditional CIO role by stepping up with bold, game-changing strategies for growing the business, creating value, dominating markets, and delivering innovation to a new generation of empowered and demanding customers. They are taking broader and more proactive roles in enterprise-level operational functions and shared services, forming business strategy and leading execution, and winning an increasing number of Board of Director seats.

This panel of IT executives will share their leadership, innovation and transformation strategies that have earned them recognition among the most successful IT leaders of today – and take a look ahead at what the future holds for the role of the technology executive.

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM  

Raffle Prize Drawings and Executive Networking Reception






Presenting Partners

  • Info-Tech Research Group

    Info-Tech Research Group was established in 1997 and is currently the world’s fastest growing and most innovative information technology research and advisory company, proudly serving over 35,000 IT professionals. We produce unbiased and highly relevant IT research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well informed decisions. Focused on providing practical research solutions to help IT professionals implement key projects and build core processes we partner closely with IT teams to provide everything they need from actionable tools to analyst guidance. Info Tech helps CIOs and their teams drive measurable results and enhanced decision making through our data driven approach evolving the value of IT to their organization.

Platinum Partners

  • Technology Partners

    Technology Partners is an award-winning, certified Women Business Enterprise that provides premier IT staffing and solutions. With a focus on partnership, we have worked with hundreds of clients across a range of industries nationwide, and held client and consultant relationships that have lasted as long as we've been in business. Built upon a revolutionary transparent-margin business model, Technology Partners provides better value for our clients while giving our consultants higher salaries and career control. We're committed to partnerships with our clients and consultants, assessing their needs and providing them with the absolute best service.

    http://www.technologypartners.net
  • Pure Storage

    Pure Storage helps customers build a better world with data. The Pure Storage Data Platform, powered by all-flash storage, offers a simpler, more effective, and more flexible solution for cloud infrastructure and data-rich applications like artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data analytics. With Satmetrix-certified NPS performance in the top 1% of B2B companies, Pure has an ever-expanding range of customers who are some of the happiest in the world.

    https://www.purestorage.com
  • Neudesic

    Neudesic is the trusted technology partner in business innovation, delivering impactful business results to clients through digital modernization and evolution. Our consultants bring business and technology expertise together, offering a wide range of cloud and data-driven solutions, including: custom application development, comprehensive managed services, and business software products. Founded in 2002, Neudesic is a privately held company headquartered in Irvine, California, and is celebrating its 15th Anniversary in 2017.

    https://www.neudesic.com
  • MuleSoft Inc.

    MuleSoft provides the most widely used integration platform for connecting any application, data source or API, whether in the cloud or on-premises. With Anypoint Platform™ , MuleSoft delivers a complete integration experience built on proven open source technology, eliminating the pain and cost of point-to-point integration. Anypoint Platform includes CloudHub™ iPaaS, Mule ESB™, and a unified solution for API management, design and publishing.

  • MetTel

    MetTel is a leading provider of customized, integrated and managed communications solutions for enterprise customers. By converging all communications over a proprietary network, MetTel enables enterprise companies to easily deploy and manage technology-driven voice, data, wireless and cloud solutions nationwide. With one of the most comprehensive offerings, the highest quality customer care and project management and the ability to help manage, maintain and secure your communications needs, our portfolio of customer-centric solutions boosts enterprise productivity, reduces costs and simplifies operations.

  • CenturyLink

    CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company enabling millions of customers to transform their businesses and their lives through innovative technology solutions. CenturyLink offers network and data systems management, Big Data analytics and IT consulting, and operates more than 55 data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. The company provides broadband, voice, video, data and managed services over a robust 250,000-route-mile U.S. fiber network and a 300,000-route-mile international transport network.

    http://www.centurylink.com
  • Dropbox

    Dropbox keeps more than 500 million registered users on the same page with easy-to-use collaboration tools and the fastest, most-reliable file sync platform. From the smallest business to the largest enterprise, we make teamwork better.

    https://www.dropbox.com/news
  • Insight

    Insight Cloud + Data Center Transformation is a complete IT services and solution provider that helps organizations transform technology, operations, and service delivery to meet challenges and future-proof the business. As an independent integrator, we’re free to recommend the most appropriate solutions — across cloud, IT transformation, next-generation technology, and security.

    www.insightcdct.com
  • Comcast Business

    Comcast Business provides a variety of enterprise solutions for network connectivity and managed services that enable large businesses to simplify the complexity of their network in the face of dynamic innovation. Comcast Business can design, build, implement and manage the custom network solutions required for today's large, distributed enterprises. With simple, secure and reliable managed solutions available nationwide, customers receive the cost competitive voice, data and support services they need in order to meet their strategic business objectives and gain the competitive edge. Our innovative and cost saving technologies will change the way you improve, adopt and support new technology today and into the future.

    https://business.comcast.com/
  • Citrix Systems, Inc.

    Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) aims to power a world where people, organizations and things are securely connected and accessible to make the extraordinary possible. We help customers reimagine the future of work by providing the most comprehensive secure digital workspace that unifies the apps, data and services people need to be productive, and simplifies IT’s ability to adopt and manage complex cloud environments. With 2017 annual revenue of $2.82 billion, Citrix solutions are in use by more than 400,000 organizations including 99 percent of the Fortune 100 and 98 percent of the Fortune 500.

    www.citrix.com
  • Avanade

    Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital and cloud services, business solutions and design-led experiences delivered through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. Our professionals bring bold, fresh thinking combined with technology, business and industry expertise to help fuel transformation and growth for our clients and their customers. Avanade has 30,000 digitally connected people across 24 countries, bringing clients the best thinking through a collaborative culture that honors diversity and reflects the communities in which we operate. Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation.

    www.avanade.com

Strategic Partners

  • Spencer Stuart

    Founded in 1956 and privately owned, Spencer Stuart is one of the world's leading executive search consulting firms. We are the advisor of choice among top companies seeking guidance and counsel on senior leadership needs. We have unrivalled access to leading executives around the world. Our clients range across industries, from the world's largest companies to medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurial start-ups. We operate out of 51 offices in 27 countries. Last year we conducted more than 4,000 assignments around the world. Our team of more than 300 consultants possesses a unique blend of professional search experience and industry expertise. Consultants are organized in practices and work in teams, often across international boundaries that maximize sector specialization and knowledge-sharing. These client service teams are supported by first-rate associates and researchers, and backed by state-of-the-art technology. We place quality at the center of everything we do and solicit candid feedback at every opportunity in order to continually improve our service to clients. We channel our knowledge and expertise into a wide range of publications for the benefit of existing and prospective clients.

    https://www.spencerstuart.com
  • Russell Reynolds Associates

    Russell Reynolds Associates is a premier provider of senior-level executive search and assessment, serving clients globally for 40 years. We advise our clients on recruiting and retaining outstanding and impactful leaders, and help them mitigate the risks associated with senior level appointments. We are a private firm with 39 offices across North and South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific, covering all major business regions including Africa, Eastern Europe and Russia, the Middle East and the South Pacific. We leverage our collective expertise to identify and assess leaders who can support the growth and success of our client organizations. Our 300 experienced consultants are supported by a global research network We complete more than 2,000 assignments annually, across a broad range of industries and functional roles.

    http://www.russellreynolds.com
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners

    Lightspeed Ventures is a global VC firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in India, Israel, and China. With over $7 billion under management, Lightspeed invests in both enterprise and consumer tech startups from early-stage to late-stage. With over 300 active startups in the portfolio, Lightspeed has invested in companies like Brocade, Informatica, Nutanix, AppDynamics, Mulesoft, zScaler, etc. Lightspeed has also created a CIO Innovation Advisory Network to connect forward-thinking IT leaders with Silicon Valley.

    http://lsvp.com
  • Korn Ferry

    At Korn Ferry, we design, build, attract and ignite talent. Since our inception, clients have trusted us to help recruit world-class leadership. Today, we are a single source for leadership and talent consulting services to empower businesses and leaders to reach their goals. Through our vision, research and tools across 80 offices and 3,700 employees, we convert potential into greatness. Our solutions range from executive recruitment and leadership development programs, to enterprise learning, succession planning, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO). Organizations around the world trust Korn Ferry to manage their talent – a responsibility we meet every day with passion, expertise, integrity and results.

    https://www.kornferry.com
  • Heidrick & Struggles

    Heidrick & Struggles actively solves business problems for our clients every day. Through our Leadership Advisory framework, we help companies attract, develop and retain the world’s most talented individuals. For almost 60 years, we have focused on quality service and built strong leadership teams through our relationships with clients and individuals worldwide. Today, Heidrick & Struggles leadership experts operate from principal business centers in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.

    http://www.heidrick.com
  • Egon Zehnder

    Egon Zehnder was founded in 1964 with a distinctive vision and structure aimed at achieving two basic goals - to place our clients' interests first and to lead our profession in creating value for our clients through the assessment and recruitment of top-level management resources. The most fundamental expression of our client-first vision resides in our structure, which is unique to our profession. Our 390 consultants, operating from 63 wholly owned offices in 37 countries, are organized around a single-profit center partnership. This is designed to eliminate competitive barriers between our offices. It allows us to operate seamlessly when engagements call for us to mobilize across many offices in a country or a region. Large or small, local or global, our clients benefit from our structure by having access to our most relevant resources and relationships wherever they may reside. Underpinning this unique structure is our private ownership. We have chosen to operate our firm independent of any outside interests and are motivated solely by a desire to exceed our clients' expectations.

    http://www.egonzehnder.com

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Upcoming Summits

2016 Chicago CIO Executive Leadership Summit

The Palmer House Hilton, Chicago, IL

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The CIO Executive Leadership Summit delivers world class thought leadership in a club-like setting where attendees will receive unique insights into best practices and will hear success stories involving leadership, management, technology and career development.

Highly interactive sessions will provide many opportunities for attendees, speakers and panelists to be engaged in both learning and discussion. The objective for the day is to deliver high quality useful information that attendees can develop into an action plan.

Key Areas of Focus Include:
• Strategy, Process Improvement and Alignment
• Innovation and Technology
• Career Management and Leadership Development


  • Thomas Anderson
    Senior Director
    Accenture

  • Ted Colbert
    President & CEO, Boeing Global Services
    Executive Vice President
    The Boeing Company

  • Mark Griesbaum
    Managing Partner
    Affinity4U, LLC

  • Daphne Jones
    Board of Directors AMN Healthcare, Barnes Group, Inc. and Masonite International
    Founder
    Destiny Transformations Group

  • Susan Malisch
    VP & CIO
    Loyola University Chicago

  • Paul Martin
    SVP & CIO
    and Board of Director, Unisys Corporation
    Baxter International

  • Hunter Muller
    President & CEO
    HMG Strategy

  • Preston Simons
    Member of the Board of Governors
    Univeristy of St. Thomas - Opus College of Business

  • Waqas Akkawi
    Global Chief Information Security Officer
    SIRVA Worldwide

    Waqas is responsible for delivering global information security and privacy protection values to clients globally by partnering with business executives focusing on global brand value, data protection and enterprise risk management. Akkawi has been instrumental in positioning SIRVA as an industry leader in information security and privacy protection through his vision for continuous innovation in risk-based enterprise management.  His principle-centered security leadership is based on the ability to execute and deliver strong business value through cybersecurity architecture, and advanced threat protection using big data analytics.  He strongly believes that data privacy and cybersecurity are key business brand differentiators, especially in the era of a global interconnected economy.

    Akkawi is a recognized thought leader in the industry of information security. Business executives and security partners alike seek his advice and opinion at roundtables and conferences for IT governance, privacy and cybersecurity strategy. He has been recognized by CSO Magazine and IDS Enterprise with the CSO50 prestigious award for security initiatives that demonstrated outstanding business value and thought leadership.. He has also received nominations for CISO of the Year Chicago 2014 by ISSA & AITP and 2014 Top 10 Breakaway Leaders in Security by Evanta. He co-authored “Protecting Critical Data in the Age of Global Mobility” for Mobility Magazine.

    Akkawi earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management from National Louis University in Chicago, Illinois and holds a Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications Certification from DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois. He holds certifications in Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA) Certified Information Security Manger (CISM) and Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL). Waqas speaks fluent Arabic.

  • Patricia Anderson
    CEO & Founder
    Golden Clover, Inc.

  • Renee Arrington
    President and COO
    Pearson Partners International, Inc.

    • Renee Arrington offers clients over 20 years’ experience in retained executive search. She excels in recruiting senior executive talent for Fortune 500 companies, private-equity-backed businesses and not-for-profit organizations. She is a member of the Pearson Partners board of directors and leads the firm’s Fort Worth office and CIO and IT leadership practice with clients in technology, retail, financial services, business services, distribution and R&D. Renee conducts searches for board members, presidents and executive directors among other senior leadership positions.
    • Renee was named one of the top 40 Gatekeepers to the C-Suite by Hunt Scanlon Media, a search industry analyst. She is an active member of IIC Partners and the Association for Executive Search Consultants (AESC).
    • Renee is attentive to diversity and believes a well-run search can deliver market insight. Renee appreciates the value of using assessment instruments as part of the search.Prior to joining Pearson Partners in 2006, Renee was a vice president in the technology practice of a global retained search firm, and was previously a shareholder and partner in the technology practice of another global firm.
    • In addition to serving on Pearson Partners’ board of directors, Renee serves on the board of directors of IIC Partners, one of the world’s top 10 executive search organizations, with 50 offices in 35 countries (Pearson Partners is a member of IIC Partners). Additionally, she serves on the boards of directors of the Dallas/Fort Worth chapter of the Society for Information Management (SIM), the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) North Texas Chapter and the Foundation for the Young Women’s Leadership Academy in Fort Worth, where she serves as chairman of the board. She is an executive committee member of Dallas Executive Women’s Roundtable (EWR) and a member of Fort Worth’s Women Steering Business (WSB). Renee has previously served on the board of North Texas Public Broadcasting (NPR Affiliate) and was board chairman of the YWCA of both Fort Worth and Tarrant Counties and the Fort Worth Westside YMCA.
    • Renee was honored with the Association of Executive Search & Leadership Consultants’ prestigious Commitment to the Community Award in 2018, recognizing her excellence in executive search and leadership consulting together with her strong commitment to community service and volunteerism toward charitable causes. She has been selected as a 2018 C-Suite Award Winner by the Fort Worth Business Press for her business leadership as well as the civic and social contributions she has made to the community of Fort Worth and its organizations.
    • Renee is a frequent speaker at the HMG Strategy CIO Summits around the country, and is a prolific business writer, having written a monthly column for CIO Decisions magazine and been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, CareerJournal.com, IT World, Network World and Business Process Outsourcing: The Competitive Advantage (Wiley 2005). She was honored among the finalists in D CEO’s 2016 CIO/CTO Awards in the Technology Advocate category.
    • Renee earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications from Trinity University and studied at Parsons School of Design in Paris. She and her husband, Michael, live in Fort Worth.

  • Ellen Barry
    Principal
    The EBarry Group

  • Bob Bruns
    Chief Information Security Officer
    Avanade

    Avanade Chief Information Officer Bob Bruns is responsible for Avanade’s internal enterprise technology, and for delivering the technology capabilities that power the company’s people and operations worldwide.

    Previously Bob was Vice President of Infrastructure Services and Global Operations, accountable for delivery of Avanade’s enterprise infrastructure services worldwide, including security, end-user enablement, collaboration, hosting and network services. Earlier in his career, he spent 14 years with Accenture, serving as Director of Unified Communications & Collaboration Services.

    Bob holds a degree in Information Decision Science from the University of Illinois, as well as advanced leadership program certifications from the Foster School of Business, University of Washington, and the Haas School of Business, University of California Berkeley.

  • Ted Colbert
    President & CEO, Boeing Global Services
    Executive Vice President
    The Boeing Company

    Ted Colbert is executive vice president of The Boeing Company and president and chief executive officer of Boeing Global Services. He is a member of Boeing’s Executive Council.

    Colbert was named president and chief executive officer of Global Services in October 2019. He is responsible for leading Boeing’s aerospace services development and delivery model for commercial and government customers worldwide, focused on four capability areas: Supply Chain; Engineering, Modifications and Maintenance; Digital Solutions and Analytics; and Training and Professional Services. Global Services offers customers lifecycle solutions regardless of platform manufacturer to accelerate delivery schedules, reduce operational costs and enhance operational efficiencies. Global Services has more than 300 locations in more than 70 countries. 

    Previously, Colbert was chief information officer and senior vice president of Information Technology & Data Analytics. In this role, he led all aspects of information technology, information security, data and analytics. He also supported the growth of Boeing's business through IT- and analytics-related revenue generating programs.

    Prior to his role as CIO, he led Boeing’s Information Technology Infrastructure organization where he was responsible for developing and maintaining network, computing, server, storage, collaboration and infrastructure solutions across the enterprise. Before that, he led the IT Business Systems organization where he managed the computing application systems that support Boeing Finance, Human Resources, Corporate and Commercial Capital Business Units, as well as the company’s internal systems.

    Prior to joining Boeing in 2009, Colbert was senior vice president of Enterprise Architecture at Citigroup. Before that, he spent 11 years in Ford Motor Company’s Information Technology organization where he held roles of increasing responsibility in the areas of program management, infrastructure engineering and operations, application development, portfolio management and process reengineering.

    Colbert completed the Dual Degree Engineering Program at the Georgia Institute of Technology and Morehouse College with degrees in Industrial and Systems Engineering and Interdisciplinary Science. He is a member of the Executive Leadership Council (ELC) and serves on the Board of Directors for the Thurgood Marshall College Fund, Georgia Tech Advisory Board and New Leaders.

    Colbert’s recent accomplishments include becoming the first recipient of the Fisher Center prize for Excellence in Driving Transformation from the Fisher Center For Business Analytics at Berkeley; winning the 2018 Forbes CIO Innovation Award; recognition as one of the Most Powerful Executives in Corporate America by Black Enterprise magazine in 2017; 2017 Morehouse College Bennie Leadership Award for Excellence in Business; recognition as the 2016 National Society of Black Engineers Golden Torch Legacy Award winner; recognition as the HMG Strategy 2016 CIO of the Year; and, being named a 2015 Ebony Power 100 honoree.

  • Jane Gilligan Hamner
    Co-Founder
    ARA

  • Laszlo Gonc
    Co-Founder & Managing Partner, CIO, CISO
    Next Era Transformation Group

  • Mark Griesbaum
    Managing Partner
    Affinity4U, LLC

    Mark Griesbaum is the Managing Partner of affinITy4U, LLC since November, 2014.  affinITy4U, LLC is focused in the following key areas:  IT Strategy/Vision Development, Operational Integration, Top Line Revenue Growth, and Executive Leadership Development. Mark was the Senior Vice President of Business Operations at TCS Education System (TCS ES) from 2010-2015. Mark oversaw marketing, admissions operations, instructional design, student management, information technology, international services, and the learning management system for online-blended programs of TCS ES affiliates, which included The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, Pacific Oaks College, and The Santa Barbara and Ventura Colleges of Law. Mark joined TCS ES as President of TCS Online in 2010. Prior to joining TCS ES, Mark was Executive Vice President and Chief Information Officer for Cardean Learning Group.  Prior to Cardean, Mark was Chief Information Officer at Career Education Corporation, where he engineered a world class IT that was leveraged to grow the organization from $200 million in revenue to over $2.0 Billion in a five (5) year period. Mr. Griesbaum’s award-winning leadership was acknowledged by Computerworld Magazine, where he was recognized as one of Computerworld’s “Premier 100 IT Leaders 2006.”

  • Ina Kamenz
    Former SVP & CIO
    Eli Lilly and Company

    Ina Kamenz is the former senior vice president and chief information officer (CIO) for Eli Lilly and Company.  She is responsible for leading the global Lilly IT function that drives innovation throughout the organization.  She is establishing a long-term strategic IT plan for Lilly, ensuring information technology is being optimally leveraged across the organization’s five Global Business Units plus Manufacturing, and Research and Development to improve operational efficiency globally. Before joining Lilly in May 2014, Ina was vice president and CIO at Thermo Fisher Scientific.  With responsibility for the company’s global information technology, including IT / business relationship management organizations for four groups and 14 divisions, Ina implemented a highly successful IT transformation strategy, replacing an inefficient decentralized organization with a shared services model, driving down costs 30 percent while increasing infrastructure performance for increased systems demand. Prior to joining Thermo Fisher, Ina served as vice president and CIO for Tyco International.  In that position, she provided leadership to the company’s Chief Information Officer Council and led the IT organization through the separation of a $40 billion company into three publicly traded organizations while achieving adherence to new regulatory compliance mandates. Previously, Ina was a senior vice president and chief information officer at Marriott International.  During her time at Marriott, she was the CIO for the Senior Living Services and Courtyard / Fairfield Inn divisions, where she had accountability for support of six brands in 800 hotel and senior living residential facilities.  She led the development and execution of the IT strategy and plan to support business transformation and new product innovation to create Marriott Lodging. Ina holds a bachelor of science in mathematics and biology from Wake Forest University, and an MBA from Queens University.  She has also participated in the Executive Development Program at the Colgate Darden School of Business at the University of Virginia. Recognized as a thought leader in systems development methodology and program management, Ina has published articles and delivered keynote presentations at industry events.  She is currently an advisory board member with Globespan Venture Capital.

  • Bob Kress
    Managing Director, Accenture Security
    Accenture

    Bob Kress is the Managing Director of Global IT Audit in Accenture’s Internal Audit organization that supports the $32 billion company and its 375,000 employees working in 120 countries.  Bob has responsibility for identifying, evaluating, and reporting on the full range of client facing and internal technology, financial, and operational risk to Accenture senior leadership and the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors. 

    Prior to this Bob was the COO in Accenture’s high performance Internal IT organization responsible for leading the IT transformation and running IT like a business, including Strategy, Planning, Risk, and all IT operations.

    He has published two books, Running IT like a Business, and  IT Governance to Drive High Performance: Lessons from Accenture.  He has most recently published an article on Transforming the IT Audit Function – Taking the Digital Journey.

    Bob is a member of The Economic Club of Chicago, The Executives Club of Chicago and co-chair of the Technology Committee, Chairman of i.c.stars (non-profit) Board of Directors, and Chairman of the Advisory Board for the College of Engineering at The University of Iowa. 

    Bob holds a bachelor’s degree in physics from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, and a master of business administration degree from the University of Iowa.

  • Tony Leng
    Managing Director, Digital Transformation and CIO Practice Lead
    Diversified Search

    Tony Leng is a Managing Director of Diversified Search and leads the firm’s Digital Transformation and CIO practice from its San Francisco office.  Previously, Tony was Managing Partner of Hodge Partners. Tony has conducted many “C” level searches for organizations where leaders are transforming/building organizations that are taking advantage of digital technologies.  He has conducted “C” level searches conducted for organizations such as Aurora Healthcare, Axalta, Catholic Health Initiatives, Blue Shield of California, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, Delta Dental, Dignity Health, Esurance, Kaiser Permanente, Novant Health, PG&E, Polycom, Sutter Health, Symmetricom, TE Connectivity, and Wellmark. 

    Prior to his executive search experience, Tony was a Board member of three public companies and CEO of a $600 million Public Company. Before that, Tony ran a $1 billion division of a telephone company focused on corporate users and had responsibility for all data services and networking products. While at the telephone company, he was founder and Chairman of its ISP and a board member of its 2 million-subscriber cell phone subsidiary. 

    Tony uses his operating experience from being a CEO, financial background as a CPA and CA, and technical knowledge from the work that he has done for Tech companies to drill down and understand at a nuanced level what his clients are seeking to achieve as they build their teams. He has written numerous papers on technology leadership and the challenges facing technology leaders today and authors a blog, ‘Resources for the Modern CIO” (www.tonyleng.com).

    The core of Tony’s consulting has been with senior leaders who are seeking to transform their organizations as they face a future of rapid change, digitization, regulation, shifting markets, and increasingly connected and informed customers.

    Tony has facilitated the Fisher CIO Forum for the past 12 years.  The Forum is a monthly venue for CIO’s and CTO’s to discuss topics of relevance in their daily lives, and has afforded these leaders the opportunity to develop a close network to discuss current challenges in a peer group environment on a confidential basis.  Participating companies have included: Blue Shield, Clorox, Cost Plus, Delta Dental, Dignity Health, Esurance, Facebook, FitBit, Franklin Templeton, Gap, Genentech, Kaiser Permanente, Levi Strauss, McKesson, Macys.com, Matson, Mulesoft, Okta, PG&E, Restoration Hardware, Ross Stores, Safeway, Salesforce.com, Schwab, Splunk, Uber, VMWare, and Williams-Sonoma among others. 

    Tony received a Bachelor of Commerce (with honors), University of Cape Town, South Africa and is a Chartered Accountant and CPA.

  • Matthew Mandich
    Vice President
    Info-Tech Research Group

    Matthew Mandich is a Vice President with Info-Tech’s Strategy & Innovation Lab with extensive experience in assisting private and public sector organizations take new approaches to managing the IT organization with a focus on data driven IT performance management.

    Matthew holds an Honors Distinction HBA from the Richard Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario with a focus on financial modeling & economics.

    Mr. Mandich brings value as a business solution architect where his unique blend of consulting and operating experience helps build pragmatic solutions to complex problems.  Combined with his depth of experience in the IT application and technology space, Mr. Mandich provides companies the critical support needed to bridge the gaps between business strategy and technology enablement - projects that deliver on their promises.

  • Greg Meyers
    Corporate VP & CIO
    Motorola Solutions, Inc.

    Greg Meyers is corporate vice president and chief information officer for Motorola Solutions. He is responsible for leading the company’s IT organization, including customer-facing digital systems, internal technology and information security.

    Before joining Motorola Solutions in 2014, Meyers led Business IT for Biogen, and before that, he held a combination of sales, marketing and IT roles at companies such as Novartis, Johnson & Johnson and PricewaterhouseCoopers.

    Meyers holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Rutgers University and a master’s degree in business administration from Temple University.

  • Hunter Muller
    President & CEO
    HMG Strategy

    Hunter Muller is a charismatic industry pioneer and a modern-day Renaissance Man. As a global C-suite advisor and coach for the past 30 years, Hunter’s insights and concepts have been successfully applied by Fortune 1000 organizations worldwide to accelerate executive performance, propel the career ascent of C-level executives, and to drive transformative innovation and create new waves of value.

    Hunter is the President and CEO of HMG Strategy, LLC, the largest independent, objective, transparent and collaborative executive network in the world. HMG focuses on innovation and breakthrough strategies for core, parallel and new markets while studying the most successful organizations eco-systems and platforms such as Amazon and Microsoft.

    HMG Strategy is the provider of thought leadership and networking events for CIOs, CISOs, and senior technology executives. HMG Strategy offers a unique, integrated model for enabling C-level executives and their companies to draw upon courageous leadership to reimagine, reinvent, and rebuild their business models to attain the genius-level thinking required in today’s dynamic business landscape to achieve competitive advantage in the digital frontier.

    Hunter's passion for the role of the technology executive in transforming the business is reflected in the 7 Pillars of Trust which embody HMG Strategy's unique business model.

    Complementing HMG Strategy’s world-renowned events is HMGNextVentures, a venture capital accelerator aimed at helping connect CIOs with the most innovative technology companies and entrepreneurs from Silicon Valley to Tel Aviv. HMG Strategy also partners with the world’s leading venture capital firms, including Amplify Partners, Greylock Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and Sequoia Capital. HMG Strategy connects CEOs, CIOs, and other C-level executives with startup technologies backed by the leading VCs to identify opportunities for innovation and business transformation.

    Meanwhile, HMG Strategy’s award-winning Research Team advises the world’s technology companies such as Adobe, Nutanix, and Workday on branding, messaging, and Voice of the Customer strategies.

    Hunter has published five that draw from his extensive business experience: The Transformational CIO (Wiley, March 2011), On Top of the Cloud (Wiley, January 2012), Leading the Epic Revolution (Wiley, September 2013) and The Big Shift in IT Leadership (Wiley, July 2015) and The CEO of Technology (Wiley, January 2018). Hunter is now working on his sixth book: 'Enterprise 2025', which is slated to be published in January 2020. As a result, Hunter’s unique position of knowing the thoughts, challenges, and opportunities of the IT Leader, he is asked to speak at a variety of venues such as IBM’s Cloud Expo and on TheStreet.com.

    Hunter and HMG Strategy support a variety of charitable causes, including the American Cancer Society, Save the Children, and Year Up, and Hunter personally gives back his time and ideas as a member of the Executive Committee of the Fairfield/Westchester Chapter of the Society for Information Management.

    An intrepid international athlete, Hunter is an ardent yacht racer, a world-class skier, and an extreme fitness guru. Hunter is passionate about ocean and mountain adventures and spending time with his sons, Chase and Brice.

    Hunter earned a Bachelor of Science in the Babson College School of Management.

  • Michael Phillips
    EVP & CISO
    Rosenthal Collins Group, LLC

    Michael Phillips is the Executive Vice President and Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) at Rosenthal Collins Group, LLC. In this capacity, he serves as Co-Executive of the Information Technology Group and senior advisor to the Chairman / CEO, providing insights on various aspects of Operational Risk Management, including Information Assurance and Privacy.

    Owner of the consulting practice, Luminant Group, LLC he specializes as a virtual Chief Information Security Officer (vCISO) for small to medium-sized businesses that cannot afford to put someone full-time on staff to handle cyber security and regulatory compliance matters. In this capacity, advises executives to develop information security strategy, perform risk assessments, build cyber security programs, develop company-wide policies and work with on-site teams to implement remediation efforts.

    Prior to joining RCG, Michael served in several Information Security Executive roles including the Assistant Vice President & Information Security Officer (ISO) of the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Director of IT Security for the Americas at UBS (formerly Swiss Bank Corp.).

    Michael received his first Technology Degree from DeVry Institute of Technology, a Bachelor’s Degree in Communications & Computer Sciences from Northwestern University and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration from the Northwestern Kellogg Graduate School of Management.

    An active member of InfraGard, High Tech Crime Consortium, Chicago Electronic Crimes Task Force, etc., Michael also holds the C|CISO, CISSP, CISA, NSA IAM Certifications and serves on the Board of Directors of the Arts & Business Council of Chicago.

  • Allison Radecki
    CIO
    Beam Suntory Inc.

    Allison Radecki was appointed Chief Information Officer at Beam Suntory Inc., the world’s third largest premium spirits company, in November 2013. In this role, she is responsible for the IT function globally, including strategic planning, project delivery, operations, security, controls and compliance.  She is charged with leading the IT team to be a competitive asset for the company by focusing resources and prioritizing initiatives that deliver the greatest opportunities for revenue growth and improved business performance.  Allison joined Beam Suntory following a two decade-long career in IT strategy, business transformation and systems integration.

    Prior to joining Beam Suntory, she served as Senior Director Information Systems, Global Integrated Supply Chain, for Mondelez International, the $35 billion global snacks company, which until 2012, was previously known as Kraft Foods. Prior to joining Kraft in 2011, Allison spent ten years at GS1 US as Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer.  She was responsible for building the technology strategy to align to and achieve the organization’s goals. 

    Allison began her career in management consulting at PricewaterhouseCoopers where she spent ten years specializing in supply chain management process re-engineering and information systems implementation for the consumer products industry. 

    Allison received her Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  She lives in Chicago and enjoys running, cooking, spending time with her husband, Steve, and their three daughters, Madeline (13), Claire (11) and Isabelle (8).

  • Kurt Roemer
    Chief Security Strategist
    Citrix Systems, Inc.

    As Chief Security Strategist for Citrix, Kurt Roemer leads the security, compliance, risk and privacy strategies for Citrix products. As a member of the Citrix CTO Council, Roemer drives ideation, innovation and technical direction for products and solutions that advance business productivity while ensuring information governance.

    An information services veteran with more than 25 years experience, his credentials include the Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) designation.  He also served as Commissioner for the US public-sector CLOUD2 initiative and led efforts to develop the PCI Security Standards Council Virtualization Guidance Information Supplement for the payment card industry while serving on the Board of Advisors. Roemer is an active member of the ETSI Network Function Virtualization (NFV) specification team, and is the Rapporteur for developing NFV Security and Trust Guidance.

  • Simona Rollinson
    CTO
    ISACA

     

  • Laura Sanchez
    CEO
    SWATware, LLC

    Laura Sanchez is the founder and CEO of SWATware LLC, a fullservice Information Technology (IT) firm that delivers comprehensive IT and Web solutions, with a focus in Cyber Security. With over ten years of experience as a consultant, Laura has assisted numerous businesses in improving their online presence, while at the same time improving the security and reliability of their IT infrastructure. She is one of the few existing Latina entrepreneurs in Chicago’s Technology field, combining her quality services and passion for IT by sharing her experience with small business owners in various capacities. Laura has utilized her proficiency in both English and Spanish to perform work internationally and is well recognized for her expertise in the IT field. She has spoken for the City of Chicago (BACP), the IHCC (Illinois Hispanic Chamber of Commerce), WBDC, UNAM Chicago, HACIA, HispanicPro, Verizon and other organizations dedicated to educational and economic development that encourage the proper use of technology both professionally and personally.

    Laura received her Master’s degree in Innovation and Business Development from the Tec de Monterrey, one of the top universities in Mexico. She graduated Summa Cum Laude when receiving her undergraduate degree in International Business and Marketing. In 2013, Laura was awarded the Nueva Latina Estrella in the Technology category by Verizon, and was an honorable mention recipient for the 2013 Enterprising Women of the Year Awards by Enterprising Women Magazine that same year. These awards are meant to honor women business owners who have demonstrated high potential‐growth and stand out as leaders in their communities. In addition to this Laura has been feature on TV by Univision, Telemundo and ABC7, as well as in local radio stations and newspapers such as Hoy and Negocios Now and the national publication Latino Leaders Magazine.

  • Irwin Teodoro
    National Practice Director - Data Center Transformation
    Insight

    As the national director of Datalink’s data center transformation practice, Irwin is responsible for defining the services offering and delivery practices for data center moves, consolidations, and migrations. Under his leadership, consulting teams plan, design, and manage related efforts for mid- and large-size organizations.

    Irwin joined Datalink in 2011 and has a career’s worth of IT consulting and professional services experience. Prior to Datalink, Irwin has held executive and mid-level leadership positions at Glasshouse Technologies, Laurus Technologies, EMC, and Comdisco.

  • Howard Tullman
    Executive Director
    Ed Kaplan Family Institute for Innovation and Tech Entrepreneurship

    Howard A. Tullman was the CEO of 1871 in Chicago – where digital startups get their start – and the General Managing Partner for the Chicago High Tech Investment Partners, LLC and for G2T3V, LLC – both Chicago-based venture capital funds, and the executive chairman of Music Dealers. He most recently was the Chairman/CEO of Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy which he co-founded in 2007. He is the former President of Kendall College in Chicago and the former Chairman/CEO of Experiencia, Inc. He is also the Chairman of the Endowment Committee of Anshe Emet Synagogue, a member of Mayor Emanuel's ChicagoNEXT and Cultural Affairs Councils, a member of Governor Quinn's Illinois Innovation and Arts Councils, a member of President Preckwinkle’s New Media Council, an Advisory Board member of HighTower Associates, Built in Chicago, The Starter School, Imerman Angels, and uBID.COM and an Adjunct Professor at Northwestern's Kellogg School as well as a regular guest lecturer at the Northwestern University School of Law. Mr. Tullman also serves as a Director of Vehcon, SnapSheet, Music Dealers, BCV Evolve, MarkITx  and PackBack Books and served as a long-time Director and Board Chairman of The Cobalt Group, a Trustee of the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and of the New York Academy of Art and the Mary and Leigh Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University, and as the lead Director (and briefly Chairman) of The Princeton Review. Over the last 45 years, he has successfully founded more than a dozen high-tech companies.

  • Wendy White Eagle
    Founder & CEO
    Native Capital Investment, Inc.

    Wendy K. White Eagle, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Native Capital Investment, Inc., currently leads business development and fund management activities. As member of the Ho-Chunk Nation, she has first-hand knowledge of Tribal operations from strategic planning to business development. With more than 20 years of business building experience in the utility, financial, and manufacturing sectors specialization is in helping companies build high performing processes to actualize business impact.

    Ms. White Eagle is skilled at integrating various strategic approaches – from Six Sigma to Customer Relationship Management – into organizational culture. She has been intimately involved in the creation of organizational approaches that augment capital infusion and has served to bring core competencies into alignment with these strategy directions. In addition to large corporate experience, she has been involved in circles of worldwide thought leadership in SustainAble Business and mindful development. 

    Ms. White Eagle graduated from Edgewood College with a BS in Communications and has completed graduate work at the Center for Quality and Productivity, School of Business, University of Wisconsin-Madison. She has also served in many Boards of Directors with most recent volunteer activity in the area of metric impact reporting in the non-profit sector.

  • Frank Yanan
    SVP, GIS Business Information Security Officer (BISO)
    Bank of America

    Frank Yanan is the Global Head of Security Operations for Zurich Insurance, one of the largest multi-line insurance carriers in the world with 55,000 people in 170 countries. Reporting to Zurich’s global CISO, Frank is responsible for setting the vision, and establishing the strategy and program to ensure information assets are adequately protected through Zurich’s security toolkit. In addition, he leads Zurich’s global identity administration services team.

    An executive with a proven track record of success, Frank had held several significant senior IT positions throughout his career. Prior to Zurich, he was the SVP / CIO for Barrington Capital, where he was responsible for defining the strategic use of technology and overseeing all aspects of IT for Barrington Capital and its primary subsidiary, Florida Family Insurance. He also led a successful consulting practice serving the needs of private equity firms and small/mid-sized businesses in the areas of IT strategy, due diligence assessments and merger integrations.

    Frank was formerly Vice-President at Hewitt Associates (Aon) in charge of Hewitt’s global applications. In addition, Mr. Yanan served as the Chief IT Delivery Officer for Sears, leading major efforts in the areas of Merchandising, Supply Chain, HR, Infrastructure Outsourcing, Retail, Home Services and Sears.com.

    Mr. Yanan began his career with Andersen Consulting (Accenture) and has also held key positions at McDonald’s and The Revere Group, an IT consulting firm. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from Northwestern University and is active in a number of professional organizations, including the Association for Information Technology Professionals and the Society for Information Management.

  • Nicole Yeary
    Founder & CEO
    Ms. Tech CO.

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7:00 AM - 8:00 AM

Registration, Continental Breakfast and Networking

8:00 AM - 8:10 AM

Welcome and Introduction

Hunter Muller, President & CEO, HMG Strategy, LLC

8:10 AM - 9:10 AM  

EXECUTIVE KEYNOTE: Rethinking the IT Function for the Next Era of the Digital Age

Don Tapscott, Digital Strategist and CEO, The Tapscott Group, and bestselling author - most recently Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin is Changing Money, Business, and the World

The technology likely to have the greatest impact on the enterprise and the global economy has arrived, and it’s notable data, artificial intelligence, self-driving cars or solar energy. It’sthe Blockchain. The first generation of the digital revolution brought us the Internet of information. The second generation—powered by blockchain technology—is bringing us the Internet of value: a new, distributed platform that can help us reshape the world of business and transform the old order of human affairs for the better.

Don Tapscott, arguably the world’s leading authority on the digital age, argues that blockchain technology will transform financial services, but also the deep architecture of the corporation, animate the internet of things, recast the role of government, and fix the music industry, among others.He argues that the second era of the internet has profound implications for IT strategy and architecture, and leadership.A new kind of courageous CIO is needed and new kinds of collaborations between leaders in IT and the rest of the business.

This executive keynote will be followed by Hunter Muller interviewing Don Tapscott to uncover the key take aways from this discussion.

9:10 AM - 9:30 AM

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

9:30 AM - 10:10 AM

EXECUTIVE KEYNOTE: Accelerating Transformation… with Data

Matthew Mandich, Director, Innovation & Strategy, Info-Tech Research Group

Despite a global IT spend of over $4 Trillion, 67% of CEOs & CIOs are misaligned on how IT should be enabling the business*.. With the dramatic increase in digital technology & the business’s appetite to understand and enable their own innovations through technology, CIOs are challenged with the need to rapidly understand business inputs, stakeholder satisfaction, and assess their own teams internal capabilities. Info-Tech has found too often this is done through ad-hoc and informal processes, making improvement hard to measure, and success impossible to define. A new model is needed to enable the CIO to rapidly make decisions, prove success & analyze challenges with DATA.

In this session Info-Tech will present how CIOs can overcome these challenges, and forge a new data driven approach to rapidly accelerate decision making, as well as measure the benefits of IT with DATA. Info-Tech will share insights from Info-Tech’s 3 year Stakeholder Satisfaction Study & how IT can enable transformation at unparalleled rates.

By the Numbers:

  • 66% of CEOs don’t understand how to use IT to transform the business.
  • 84% of IT Organizations score below 80% on IT satisfaction
  • 43% of CIOs overestimate the size of their next budget.
  • 78% of CEOs/CIOs are aligned on what IT issues impede innovation BUT are Highly Misaligned on the Business Barriers that Impede Innovation
  • 72% of business leaders misjudge which services really matter to them

* Info-Tech CEO/CIO Alignment study

10:10 AM - 10:30 AM  

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

10:30 AM - 11:10 AM  

EXECUTIVE PANEL: Identifying Future Trends That Will Impact the Enterprise

Introduction: Mallory Zemelis, Comcast Business

Bob Bruns, CIO, Avanade

Daniel Fallon, COO, GFMI Metalcrafters, Inc.

Simona Rollinson, CIO, Cook County

David Stafford, Head of Enterprise Solutions, Dropbox

Irwin Teodoro, National Practice Director - Data Center Transformation, Datalink

Moderator: Mark Griesbaum, Managing Partner, Affinity4U, LLC

Innovation in enterprise IT is accelerating, driven by massive platform and technology shifts. This panel of senior executives will share discussion around emerging technology companies and the technology areas of current interest for investment.

11:10 AM - 11:30 AM  

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

11:30 AM - 12:00 PM  

EXECUTIVE PANEL: Strategic Leadership in a World of Accelerated Change

Renee Arrington, Senior Vice President, Pearson Partners International, Inc.

Tony Leng, Managing Director and CIO Practice Leader, Diversified Search

Mark Polansky, Senior Partner, CIO/IT Officers Practice, Korn Ferry

Moderator: Hunter Muller, President and CEO, HMG Strategy, LLC

Accelerated change in today’s markets requires a new range of performance from today’s CIO – including taking a starring role in the C-suite, becoming more customer-focused, adapting to new environments and leading innovation to create value by leveraging technologies in the new IT ecosystem model of this decade.In addition, recruiting, development and retention in the war for talent can be a huge challenge in today’s economic environment, particularly for global organizations.

12:00 PM - 1:10 PM

Luncheon

SIM Chicago News

EXECUTIVE BRIEFING: Ted Colbert, CIO & SVP, Information & Analytics, The Boeing Company

Presentation of the HMG Strategy 2016 Transformational CIO Award to Ted Colbert, CIO & SVP, Information & Analytics,The Boeing Company

1:10 PM - 1:30 PM  

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

1:30 PM - 2:00 PM  

EXECUTIVE INTERVIEW: Innovation at 1871

Howard Tullman, CEO, 1871

Hunter Muller will interview Howard Tullman, CEO, 1871, who will discuss leading 1871 at a time of enormous change. The tech hub is working to attract big companies to connect with startups and it's making plans for tech incubators in new fields, including retail.

2:00 PM - 2:30 PM  

EXECUTIVE PANEL: The Emerging Entrepreneurial Opportunities and the Impact It Can Have on YOUR Career!

With support from organizations like 1871, Matter, and the Chicago Innovation Awards, the entrepreneurial community on the third coast is thriving!Understand how Chicago is driving this new gig economy with an infusion of new capital, the formation of strategic partnerships, and the development of a diverse workforce. Learn how to apply this spirt to your own situation to rapidly create new business value.

Patricia Anderson, Founder & CEO, Golden Clover, Inc.

Jane Gilligan Hamner, Co-Founder, ARA

Laura Sanchez, CEO, SWATware, LLC

Wendy White Eagle,Founder & CEO, Native Capital Investment, Inc.

Nicole Yeary, Founder & CEO, Ms. Tech Co.

Moderator: Ellen Barry, Principal, EBarry Group

2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Coffee Break, Networking and Meet Our Partners

3:00 PM - 3:40 PM

EXECUTIVE PANEL: The Challenge of Enterprise Security Today and Into the Future

Waqas Akkawi, Global Chief Information Security Officer, SIRVA Worldwide

Robert Kress, Managing Director, Global IT, Financial & Operational Audit, Accenture

Michael Phillips, EVP, CISO, Rosenthal Collins Group

Kurt Roemer, Chief Security Strategist, Citrix

Frank Yanan, Global Head of Security Operations, Zurich Insurance Group

Moderator: Laszlo Gonc, CISO Partner, MVP Advisory Group, LLC

Emerging and significant security concerns threaten the enterprise daily and are becoming more complex as you broaden the scope from internal, to supply chain, and out to the customer. Today's CISOs are expected not only to drive efficiency, transparency and strengthen information and network security, but also to implement the best technologies and practices to establish and maintain relationships with their customers. How can CISOs balance the demand for immediate, transparent access to information while maintaining security and privacy?

3:40 PM - 3:50 PM  

Transition Break

3:50 PM - 4:30 PM  

EXECUTIVE PANEL: The Future Role of the Technology Executive - Going Digital

Ina Kamenz, Former SVP & CIO, Eli Lilly and Company

Greg Meyers, Corporate VP and CIO, Motorola Solutions

Allison Radecki, CIO, Beam Suntory Inc.

Moderator: Mark Polansky, Senior Partner, CIO/IT Officers Practice, Korn Ferry

Truly successful IT leaders are advancing the traditional CIO role by stepping up with bold, game-changing strategies for growing the business, creating value, dominating markets, and delivering innovation to a new generation of empowered and demanding customers. They are taking broader and more proactive roles in enterprise-level operational functions and shared services, forming business strategy and leading execution, and winning an increasing number of Board of Director seats.

This panel of IT executives will share their leadership, innovation and transformation strategies that have earned them recognition among the most successful IT leaders of today – and take a look ahead at what the future holds for the role of the technology executive.

4:30 PM - 5:30 PM  

Raffle Prize Drawings and Executive Networking Reception






Presenting Partners

  • Info-Tech Research Group

    Info-Tech Research Group was established in 1997 and is currently the world’s fastest growing and most innovative information technology research and advisory company, proudly serving over 35,000 IT professionals. We produce unbiased and highly relevant IT research to help CIOs and IT leaders make strategic, timely, and well informed decisions. Focused on providing practical research solutions to help IT professionals implement key projects and build core processes we partner closely with IT teams to provide everything they need from actionable tools to analyst guidance. Info Tech helps CIOs and their teams drive measurable results and enhanced decision making through our data driven approach evolving the value of IT to their organization.

Platinum Partners

  • Technology Partners

    Technology Partners is an award-winning, certified Women Business Enterprise that provides premier IT staffing and solutions. With a focus on partnership, we have worked with hundreds of clients across a range of industries nationwide, and held client and consultant relationships that have lasted as long as we've been in business. Built upon a revolutionary transparent-margin business model, Technology Partners provides better value for our clients while giving our consultants higher salaries and career control. We're committed to partnerships with our clients and consultants, assessing their needs and providing them with the absolute best service.

    http://www.technologypartners.net
  • Pure Storage

    Pure Storage helps customers build a better world with data. The Pure Storage Data Platform, powered by all-flash storage, offers a simpler, more effective, and more flexible solution for cloud infrastructure and data-rich applications like artificial intelligence, machine learning and big data analytics. With Satmetrix-certified NPS performance in the top 1% of B2B companies, Pure has an ever-expanding range of customers who are some of the happiest in the world.

    https://www.purestorage.com
  • Neudesic

    Neudesic is the trusted technology partner in business innovation, delivering impactful business results to clients through digital modernization and evolution. Our consultants bring business and technology expertise together, offering a wide range of cloud and data-driven solutions, including: custom application development, comprehensive managed services, and business software products. Founded in 2002, Neudesic is a privately held company headquartered in Irvine, California, and is celebrating its 15th Anniversary in 2017.

    https://www.neudesic.com
  • MuleSoft Inc.

    MuleSoft provides the most widely used integration platform for connecting any application, data source or API, whether in the cloud or on-premises. With Anypoint Platform™ , MuleSoft delivers a complete integration experience built on proven open source technology, eliminating the pain and cost of point-to-point integration. Anypoint Platform includes CloudHub™ iPaaS, Mule ESB™, and a unified solution for API management, design and publishing.

  • MetTel

    MetTel is a leading provider of customized, integrated and managed communications solutions for enterprise customers. By converging all communications over a proprietary network, MetTel enables enterprise companies to easily deploy and manage technology-driven voice, data, wireless and cloud solutions nationwide. With one of the most comprehensive offerings, the highest quality customer care and project management and the ability to help manage, maintain and secure your communications needs, our portfolio of customer-centric solutions boosts enterprise productivity, reduces costs and simplifies operations.

  • CenturyLink

    CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) is a global communications, hosting, cloud and IT services company enabling millions of customers to transform their businesses and their lives through innovative technology solutions. CenturyLink offers network and data systems management, Big Data analytics and IT consulting, and operates more than 55 data centers in North America, Europe and Asia. The company provides broadband, voice, video, data and managed services over a robust 250,000-route-mile U.S. fiber network and a 300,000-route-mile international transport network.

    http://www.centurylink.com
  • Dropbox

    Dropbox keeps more than 500 million registered users on the same page with easy-to-use collaboration tools and the fastest, most-reliable file sync platform. From the smallest business to the largest enterprise, we make teamwork better.

    https://www.dropbox.com/news
  • Insight

    Insight Cloud + Data Center Transformation is a complete IT services and solution provider that helps organizations transform technology, operations, and service delivery to meet challenges and future-proof the business. As an independent integrator, we’re free to recommend the most appropriate solutions — across cloud, IT transformation, next-generation technology, and security.

    www.insightcdct.com
  • Comcast Business

    Comcast Business provides a variety of enterprise solutions for network connectivity and managed services that enable large businesses to simplify the complexity of their network in the face of dynamic innovation. Comcast Business can design, build, implement and manage the custom network solutions required for today's large, distributed enterprises. With simple, secure and reliable managed solutions available nationwide, customers receive the cost competitive voice, data and support services they need in order to meet their strategic business objectives and gain the competitive edge. Our innovative and cost saving technologies will change the way you improve, adopt and support new technology today and into the future.

    https://business.comcast.com/
  • Citrix Systems, Inc.

    Citrix (NASDAQ:CTXS) aims to power a world where people, organizations and things are securely connected and accessible to make the extraordinary possible. We help customers reimagine the future of work by providing the most comprehensive secure digital workspace that unifies the apps, data and services people need to be productive, and simplifies IT’s ability to adopt and manage complex cloud environments. With 2017 annual revenue of $2.82 billion, Citrix solutions are in use by more than 400,000 organizations including 99 percent of the Fortune 100 and 98 percent of the Fortune 500.

    www.citrix.com
  • Avanade

    Avanade is the leading provider of innovative digital and cloud services, business solutions and design-led experiences delivered through the power of people and the Microsoft ecosystem. Our professionals bring bold, fresh thinking combined with technology, business and industry expertise to help fuel transformation and growth for our clients and their customers. Avanade has 30,000 digitally connected people across 24 countries, bringing clients the best thinking through a collaborative culture that honors diversity and reflects the communities in which we operate. Majority owned by Accenture, Avanade was founded in 2000 by Accenture LLP and Microsoft Corporation.

    www.avanade.com

Strategic Partners

  • Spencer Stuart

    Founded in 1956 and privately owned, Spencer Stuart is one of the world's leading executive search consulting firms. We are the advisor of choice among top companies seeking guidance and counsel on senior leadership needs. We have unrivalled access to leading executives around the world. Our clients range across industries, from the world's largest companies to medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurial start-ups. We operate out of 51 offices in 27 countries. Last year we conducted more than 4,000 assignments around the world. Our team of more than 300 consultants possesses a unique blend of professional search experience and industry expertise. Consultants are organized in practices and work in teams, often across international boundaries that maximize sector specialization and knowledge-sharing. These client service teams are supported by first-rate associates and researchers, and backed by state-of-the-art technology. We place quality at the center of everything we do and solicit candid feedback at every opportunity in order to continually improve our service to clients. We channel our knowledge and expertise into a wide range of publications for the benefit of existing and prospective clients.

    https://www.spencerstuart.com
  • Russell Reynolds Associates

    Russell Reynolds Associates is a premier provider of senior-level executive search and assessment, serving clients globally for 40 years. We advise our clients on recruiting and retaining outstanding and impactful leaders, and help them mitigate the risks associated with senior level appointments. We are a private firm with 39 offices across North and South America, Europe and Asia/Pacific, covering all major business regions including Africa, Eastern Europe and Russia, the Middle East and the South Pacific. We leverage our collective expertise to identify and assess leaders who can support the growth and success of our client organizations. Our 300 experienced consultants are supported by a global research network We complete more than 2,000 assignments annually, across a broad range of industries and functional roles.

    http://www.russellreynolds.com
  • Lightspeed Venture Partners

    Lightspeed Ventures is a global VC firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in India, Israel, and China. With over $7 billion under management, Lightspeed invests in both enterprise and consumer tech startups from early-stage to late-stage. With over 300 active startups in the portfolio, Lightspeed has invested in companies like Brocade, Informatica, Nutanix, AppDynamics, Mulesoft, zScaler, etc. Lightspeed has also created a CIO Innovation Advisory Network to connect forward-thinking IT leaders with Silicon Valley.

    http://lsvp.com
  • Korn Ferry

    At Korn Ferry, we design, build, attract and ignite talent. Since our inception, clients have trusted us to help recruit world-class leadership. Today, we are a single source for leadership and talent consulting services to empower businesses and leaders to reach their goals. Through our vision, research and tools across 80 offices and 3,700 employees, we convert potential into greatness. Our solutions range from executive recruitment and leadership development programs, to enterprise learning, succession planning, and recruitment process outsourcing (RPO). Organizations around the world trust Korn Ferry to manage their talent – a responsibility we meet every day with passion, expertise, integrity and results.

    https://www.kornferry.com
  • Heidrick & Struggles

    Heidrick & Struggles actively solves business problems for our clients every day. Through our Leadership Advisory framework, we help companies attract, develop and retain the world’s most talented individuals. For almost 60 years, we have focused on quality service and built strong leadership teams through our relationships with clients and individuals worldwide. Today, Heidrick & Struggles leadership experts operate from principal business centers in North America, Latin America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific.

    http://www.heidrick.com
  • Egon Zehnder

    Egon Zehnder was founded in 1964 with a distinctive vision and structure aimed at achieving two basic goals - to place our clients' interests first and to lead our profession in creating value for our clients through the assessment and recruitment of top-level management resources. The most fundamental expression of our client-first vision resides in our structure, which is unique to our profession. Our 390 consultants, operating from 63 wholly owned offices in 37 countries, are organized around a single-profit center partnership. This is designed to eliminate competitive barriers between our offices. It allows us to operate seamlessly when engagements call for us to mobilize across many offices in a country or a region. Large or small, local or global, our clients benefit from our structure by having access to our most relevant resources and relationships wherever they may reside. Underpinning this unique structure is our private ownership. We have chosen to operate our firm independent of any outside interests and are motivated solely by a desire to exceed our clients' expectations.

    http://www.egonzehnder.com

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