WESTPORT, Conn., March 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HMG Strategy, the World’s #1 platform for enabling technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world, is thrilled to announce that its 13th Annual Washington, D.C. C-Level Technology Leadership Summit will be held on April 18 at the Ronald Reagan Building.
World-class business technology executives attending the 13th Annual Washington, D.C. C-Level Technology Leadership Summit will explore why cybersecurity strategies need to be reimagined and reinvented to successfully defend against AI-driven attacks and other emerging threats generated by bad actors.
“In order for CISOs to obtain the resources necessary to take their cybersecurity strategies to the next level, the role of the CISO needs to be elevated to a true C-suite position where they have greater clout, influence and air cover – especially now that they’re under the lens of the SEC and other regulators,” said HMG Strategy Founder and CEO Hunter Muller.
Top-tier business technology executives and industry experts speaking at the 13th Annual Washington, D.C. C-Level Technology Leadership Summit will include:
- Judith Apshago, VP, Chief Digital Officer, Amtrak
- Michael Cannon, Former CTO, Stafford County, VA
- Amy Jean Doherty, CIO, World Bank
- Jamie Holcombe, CIO, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Rob Hornbuckle, CIO and Operations Officer, Innovative Defense Technologies
- Amit Khosla, BISO, Fannie Mae
- Dean Lane, SVP, Cyber Intelligence & CIO, The Institute of World Politics
- Joseph Malfesi, Former VP, Infrastructure Services, TNS
- Wayne McGurk, CIO and SVP, IT, NRECA; President, SIM Capital Area Chapter
- Chris Nelson, EVP, CTO, Beacon Building Products
- Tunde Oni-Daniel, Head of Technology, Operations and Engineering, OneMain Financial
- Madhu Reddy, EVP & CIO, Republic Bank of Chicago
- David Tamayo, CIO, DCS Corp.
- Melissa Vice, Director of the Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP), Department of Defense (DoD) Cyber Crime Center
- Jesse Whaley, VP & CISO, Amtrak
HMG Strategy’s 2024-2025 Global Leadership Institute Awards recognize the industry’s premier business technology executives who are making a difference in their organizations and their respective vertical market.
Distinguished CIOs and business technology executives being recognized for HMG Strategy 2024-2025 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the 13th Annual Washington, D.C. C-Level Technology Leadership Summit will include:
- Jamie Holcombe, CIO, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
- Wayne McGurk, CIO and SVP, IT, NRECA; President, SIM Capital Area Chapter
- Jesse Whaley, VP & CISO, Aramark
Valued Partners for the 13th Annual Washington, D.C. C-Level Technology Executive Summit include Akamai, Appian, BetterCloud, Box, Cyberstarts, Darktrace, Delphix, Denodo, Fortinet, GTM Capital, LastPass, Netskope, Nutanix, Oasis, Palo Alto Networks, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Proofpoint, Rimini Street, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SIM Capital Area Chapter, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.
To learn more about the 13th Annual Washington, D.C. C-Level Technology Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.
HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 17th Annual New York CIO Summit of America at The Harvard Club of New York on April 11.
World-class executives speaking at the 17th Annual New York CIO Summit of America will include:
- Wolfgang Bauriedel, Senior Client Partner, Technology and Digital, Korn Ferry
- Anil Cheriyan, Board Member & Advisor, Retired Executive
- Michael Coden, Associate Director, Cybersecurity, MIT Sloan School of Management
- Mark Coggin, VP, Portfolio Marketing, Rimini Street
- Mike Crowe, Retired CIO, Board Member and Advisor, Colgate-Palmolive
- Sunil Dadlani, EVP, Chief Information & Digital Officer & Chief Cyber Security Officer, Atlantic Health System
- Rich Dolce, VP, IT & Americas Information Systems Officer, FUJIFILM Holdings America Corp.
- Eric Driscoll, Director of FinOps, Apptio
- Richard M. Entrup, Managing Director and Head of Emerging Solutions – Enterprise Innovation, KPMG
- Cindy Finkelman, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
- Elizabeth Hackenson, SVP & CIO, Schneider Electric
- Gary Harbison, Global CISO, Johnson & Johnson
- Emily Heath, General Partner, Cyberstarts
- Aaron Katz, Head of Security Driven Infrastructure, The TCW Group
- Gary King, Board Member & Advisor, Retired CIO, T-Mobile
- Stuart Kippelman, CIO & Commercial Cybersecurity Business Leader, Parsons Corp.
- Tony Leng, Managing Partner, CIO & CTO Global Functional Head, H.I.E.C.
- Patrick Maroney, Best Practices Advisor, High Tech Industry, SAP
- Georgia Papathomas, Venture Capital Advisor, Board Member
- Mark Polansky, Founder & Managing Director, Outcome Solutions, LLC
- Leo Rajapakse, Global Head of Platform Infrastructure, Digital & Advanced Technologies, Bimbo Bakeries
- Florin Rotar, Chief AI Officer, Avanade
- Bernadette Rotolo, SVP, Global Technology Enablement COO, Warner Music Group
- Steven Wallstedt, CISO, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, NY
- Angela Yochem, Global CIO, Krispy Kreme
Distinguished CIOs and business technology executives being recognized for HMG Strategy 2024-2025 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the 17th Annual New York CIO Summit of America will include:
- Sunil Dadlani, EVP, Chief Information & Digital Officer & Chief Cyber Security Officer, Atlantic Health System
- Rich Dolce, VP, IT & Americas Information Systems Officer, FUJIFILM Holdings America Corp.
- Aaron Katz, Head of Security Driven Infrastructure, The TCW Group
- Florin Rotar, Chief AI Officer, Avanade
Valued Partners for the 17th Annual New York CIO Summit of America include Akamai, Appian, Apptio, BetterCloud, Box, Cyberstarts, Darktrace, Delphix, Fortinet, GTM Capital, LastPass, Leena AI, LINX Security, Moveworks, Netskope, NPower, Nutanix, Oasis, Palo Alto Networks, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Rimini Street, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, Schneider Electric, SIM New York Metro, Upwork, Zluri, Zoom, and Zscaler.
To learn more about the 17th Annual New York CIO Summit of America and to register for the event, click here.
HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 15th Annual Dallas C-Level Technology Leadership Summit on April 2. Key topics to be explored at the event will include opportunities to leverage innovative technologies and partnerships to power business growth.
Distinguished CIOs and business technology executives being recognized for HMG Strategy 2024-2025 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the 15th Annual Dallas C-Level Technology Leadership Summit will include:
- Alain Espinosa, Global Director of Cybersecurity Operations, Upbound Group
- Todd Kackley, VP & CIO, Textron
- Jeff Kirby, CISO, Interstate Batteries
- Andy Laudato, COO, The Vitamin Shoppe
- Ravi Malick, SVP & Global CIO, Box
- Bob Rayes, CIO, Corgan
World-class speakers presenting at the 15th Annual Dallas C-Level Technology Leadership Summit will include:
- Mike Anderson, CDO & CIO, Netskope
- Renee Arrington, President & COO, Pearson Partners International
- Robin Austin, CTO/CISO, Colliers Group
- James Beeson, Executive Cybersecurity Advisor and Executive Coach, Cyber Advisors, LLC
- Harsha Bellur, EVP, CIO, James Avery
- Patrick Benoit, Global CISO, Brink’s Inc.
- Jeevan Bobbili, Global Head, Intelligent Automation & Customer Ops – Digital Tech and Data, Alcon
- Nellson Burns, Managing Partner, Destination IT
- Mark Connelly, Senior Advisor, Boston Consulting Group
- Jamey Cummings, Partner, JM Search
- Israel Duanis, CEO & Co-Founder, LINX Security
- Alain Espinosa, Global Director Security Operations, Upbound Group
- William Floyd, Chief Information and Security Officer, FUTU US
- Chris Gates, CTO, Allstate
- Mark Goodaire, Director of Automation & Transformation, Automation Anywhere
- Blake Holman, CIO, BBG
- Christophe Jacquet, SVP, CISO, Unisys
- Todd Kackley, VP & CIO, Textron
- Jeff Kirby, CISO, Interstate Batteries
- Andy Laudato, COO, The Vitamin Shoppe
- Satyaki Lodh, SVP & CIO, Utz Brands, Inc.
- Ravi Malick, SVP & Global CIO, Box
- Dalia Powers, SVP & CIO, Humana
- Bob Rayes, CIO, Corgan
- Ed Robben, Managing Partner & Founder, Robben Advisory, LLC
- Drew Simonis, CISO, Juniper Networks
- Mark Szkudlarek, VP, IT Operations, SanMar
- Dan Turchin, CEO, PeopleReign
- Angela Venuk, CIO, Datascan
Valued Partners for the 15th Annual Dallas C-Level Technology Leadership Summit include Akamai, Appian, Automation Anywhere, BetterCloud, Box, Cyberstarts, Darktrace, Delphix, GTM Capital, LastPass, Moveworks, Netskope, Nexthink, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Prisma Cloud by Palo Alto Networks, Rimini Street, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SIM Dallas/Fort Worth, Zoom, and Zscaler.
For more information about the 15th Annual C-Level Dallas Technology Leadership Summit and to register, click here.
To learn more about HMG Strategy’s upcoming schedule of CIO & CISO summits, click here.
About HMG Strategy
HMG Strategy is the world’s #1 trusted digital platform connecting technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world. The HMG Strategy global network consists of more than 500,000 CIOs, CDOs, CISOs, CTOs, senior business technology executives, search industry executives, venture capitalists, industry experts and world-class thought leaders.
HMG Strategy was founded in 2008 by Hunter Muller, a leadership expert who has worked side-by-side with Fortune 2000 executives on strategic planning and career ascent for the past 30+ years. Hunter has published six books on leadership, innovation and business transformation and is currently working on book 7.
In 2024, HMG Strategy will host 100 unique experiences for top-tier business technology leaders, including executive leadership summits, networking dinners and digital roundtables.
Since the inception of its Transformational CIO Awards in 2012, HMG Strategy has recognized hundreds of premier business technology executives who are making a difference in their organizations through the industry’s most distinguished and recognizable global leadership awards program.
In 2020, HMG Strategy introduced the Global Technology Executives Who Matter Awards to recognize the top-performing Chief Information Officers, Chief Information Security Officers, Senior Business Technology Leaders, Venture Capitalists and Search Executives who have demonstrated unparalleled leadership in areas such as Innovation, Business Transformation and Digital Disruption.
Now entering its 15th year of recognizing the exceptional contributions of business technology executives, HMG Strategy extended its recognition program beginning in 2021 to honor exemplary technology leaders and their teams who are making outstanding contributions to their organizations under the 2024-2025 Global Leadership Institute Awards.
HMG Strategy’s global media model generates more than one million impressions per week, providing vast opportunities for business technology leaders and sponsor partners to promote themselves and their brands.
HMG Strategy’s regional CIO and CISO Executive Leadership Series, authored books and Digital Resource Center deliver unique, peer-driven guidance from CIOs, CISOs, CTOs, CDOs and technology executives on leadership, innovation, transformation and career ascent.
HMG Strategy offers a range of peer-led advisory services such as its Global CIO & CISO Executive Leadership Alliance (CELA) service which bring together the world’s top CIOs, CISOs and technology executives to brainstorm on the top opportunities and challenges facing them in their roles.
HMG Strategy’s Global Advisory Services are a unique set of peer-driven research services that are designed to keep business technology executives up to speed on the latest leadership, business, technology and global macro-economic trends that are impacting businesses and industries.
HMG Ventures is a venture capital unit that’s designed to connect CIOs, CTOs, CISOs and other technology executives with innovative early-stage technology companies from Silicon Valley to Tel Aviv. HMG Ventures provides technology executives with a window into hot emerging technology companies that can help move the needle for their businesses while also offering these executives unparalleled personal investment opportunities. One early-stage investment in an enterprise-level AI-powered service management provider has generated a 100X return.
HMG Strategy also produces the HMG Security Innovation Accelerator Panel, a forum that’s designed to connect enterprise technology and cybersecurity leaders with the most innovative technology and cybersecurity companies from across the world.
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For more information, contact Tom Hoffman at tomhoffman@hmgstrategy.com or by calling 203-221-2702.
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