CIO Leadership: The Role of Technology Leaders in Driving Business Innovation Will Power the Discussion at the 2022 Charlotte IT Executive Leadership Summit in Partnership with SIM Charlotte on November 10

FedEx CIO Ken Spangler will also share his role in fostering a connected and trusting culture at FedEx


WESTPORT, Conn., Nov. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HMG Strategy, the World’s #1 digital platform for enabling technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world and recently recognized as a Top 10 Producer of Tech Events by Business Chief, is excited to be hosting its 2022 Charlotte IT Executive Leadership Summit in Partnership with SIM Charlotte at the Embassy Suites by Hilton Charlotte Ayrsley on November 10. HMG Strategy’s highly interactive events bring together the world’s most distinguished and innovative business technology and security leaders to discuss the most pressing leadership, innovation, strategic, cultural, technology and career challenges and opportunities that they face today – and into the future.

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World-class technology leaders and industry experts speaking at this popular in-person event will share how CIOs and technology executives are collaborating with fellow members of the C-suite to help craft the future state of the business.

As companies shift to digital business models, CIOs and technology executives play a critical role in helping to design and execute on these business models as well as their organization’s go-to-market strategies,” said Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO of HMG Strategy.

World-class technology executives speaking at the 2022 Charlotte IT Executive Leadership Summit in Partnership with SIM Charlotte will include:

  • Lekha Banerjee, SVP Data, Engineering Technology Executive, Truist
  • Michael Brown, Field CISO, Financial Services, Fortinet
  • Todd Carlson, VP of IT, Centene Corporation
  • Jonathan Desrochers, CISO & EVP, Red Ventures
  • Daidre Fanis, SVP & Associate Partner, M&S Consulting; SIM Charlotte Chapter – SIM Women in Tech Board Member
  • Michael Ferguson, Director of Security Transformation, Netskope
  • Angelic Gibson, CIO, AvidXchange
  • Natalie Greenwood, Sr. Principal Consultant, Advisory Services, Informatica
  • Toni Harrison-Hogan, Senior Director of Technology, Under Armour
  • Rama Kandala, CIO – Optical Communications, Life Science, Corning International
  • Michael LaVallee, Managing Partner, Jobplex
  • Tony Leng, Managing Partner, Practice Lead and OMP, Diversified Search
  • Chris Long, Director of Software Development, Centene Corporation; VP & President-Elect, SIM Charlotte
  • Jim Marascio, COO & CTO, DART Innovation; President, SIM Charlotte
  • Sean Mee, Manager, Solution Architecture|U.S. & Canada East, OutSystems
  • Steven Michaels, VP Technology Services, Intermountain Healthcare
  • John Murdock, Senior Partner, Executive Search Partners LLC
  • Raja Musunuru, CTO, TIFIN Wealth
  • Sathish Muthukrishnan, Chief Information, Data and Digital Officer, Ally Financial, Inc.
  • Jaimee Robles, SVP, Centene Corporation
  • Ken Spangler, EVP IT – CIO Global OpCo Technologies: Express, Ground, Freight, Logistics, FedEx Corporation
  • Evan Taylor, SVP, NFP
  • Chris Terhune, SVP, Technology Business Management, LPL Financial
  • Lalit Thakur, SVP & Chief Data Officer, American Tire Distributors
  • Angela Yochem, EVP Chief Transformation and Digital Officer, Novant Health

Valued Partners for the 2022 Charlotte IT Executive Leadership Summit in Partnership with SIM Charlotte include 8x8, Akamai, BetterCloud, the Charlotte Area Technology Cooperative (CATC), Darktrace, Delphix, Denodo, Fortinet, Informatica, LastPass, MongoDB, Netskope, the North Carolina Technology Association (NCTA), Nutanix, OutSystems, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, ScienceLogic, SentinelOne, SIM Charlotte Region, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

To learn more about the 2022 Charlotte IT Executive Leadership Summit in Partnership with SIM Charlotte and to register for the event, click here.

HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 2022 Denver CIO Executive Leadership Summit at the Lakewood Country Club in Lakewood, CO on November 8. CIOs, CISOs and industry executives at this in-person event will discuss the role of technology leaders in helping to foster the cultural change needed to support digital transformation.

Prominent CIOs, CISOs, technology and business executives speaking at the 2022 Denver CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Puru Amradkar, Chief Product Officer, Aisera
  • JP Batra, Interim CIO, Blue River International, Inc.
  • James Christiansen, VP and CSO, Cloud Security, Netskope
  • Stephen M.R. Covey, Global Authority on Trust, Leadership and Culture, The FranklinCovey Global Speed of Trust Practice
  • Jamey Cummings, Partner – Cybersecurity and Technology, JM Search
  • Veena Dandapani, Chief Client Services Officer, Pagaya
  • Kevin Fleet, VP, Advisory Services, Informatica
  • Ravi Gaddam, Director, DevOps/ProdOps, Jeppesen, a Boeing Company
  • Chandy Ghosh, COO & General Manager, Sinch Voice
  • Jeffrey Grayson, Chief Digital and Technology Officer, Orangetheory
  • Randy Gross, CISO, CompTIA
  • John Jacobs, Field CISO, Fortinet
  • Stephen Katsirubas, CIO, Hunter Douglas
  • Tony Leng, Managing Director, Practice Lead and OMP, Diversified Search
  • Jason L’Odense, VP, IT Infrastructure and Operations, Global Medical Response
  • Juan Lucero, SVP, CIO, DEN
  • David Mahon, Global CISO, Deloitte Global
  • Sam Masiello, CISO, The Anschutz Corporation
  • Tony Ollivier, Principal Product Marketing Manager, OutSystems
  • Ginna Raahauge, EVP, CIO, Zayo Group
  • Matthew Schwartz, CTO, Sage Hospitality
  • Purnima Wagle, Former CIO & Digital Transformation Leader, Flex LTD
  • Steve Winterfeld, Advisory CISO, Akamai
  • Denis Zerr, CIO, Radiology Partners

Valued Partners for the 2022 Denver CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8x8, Aisera, Akamai, Aryaka, Axonius, BetterCloud, Darktrace, Delphix, Fortinet, Imperva, Informatica, LastPass, Moveworks, Netskope, NPower, Nutanix, OutSystems, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, ReliaQuest, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SentinelOne, SIM Colorado, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

To learn more about the 2022 Denver CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.

HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 2022 Houston CIO Executive Leadership Summit at Champions Golf Club on November 15. Top-tier technology leaders and industry experts speaking at this popular in-person event will share insights on what it takes for technology executives to become boardroom-ready.

Prominent CIOs, CISOs and industry leaders speaking at the 2022 Houston CIO Executive Leadership Summit on November 15 will include:

  • Bhupesh Arora, VP & CIO, Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.
  • Renee Arrington, President, COO & Director, Pearson Partners International, Inc.
  • Trent Aulbaugh, Partner, Egon Zehnder
  • Mack Campbell, Senior Development Director, NPower
  • Jesse Carrillo, Chief Innovation Officer, The Howard Hughes Corporation
  • Joe Carroll, CIO, CITGO Petroleum Corporation
  • James Christiansen, VP and CSO Cloud Security, Netskope
  • George Crawford, CIO/CISO/Partner, Catapult Energy Services Group, LLP
  • Jamey Cummings, Partner – Cybersecurity and Technology, JM Search
  • Dan Durkin, Managing Director of Information Technology, YES Prep Public Schools
  • Rashmi Jain, CIO, Careington International Corporation
  • Shachella James, VP IT Infrastructure, CenterPoint Energy
  • Russell Jukes, VP Application Development, DXC Technology
  • Keith Landau, Managing Director Information Technology Services, Deloitte
  • Antonio Marin, CIO, U.S. Med-Equip, LLC
  • Jay Modh, Founder & CEO, IntuitiveVC, Intuitive.Cloud
  • Rebecca Mookerjee, Senior Director of IT, Parker Wellbore
  • Vikas Parikh, Chief Architect, LyondellBasell
  • Nicholas Parrotta, President, Digital Transformation Solutions Business, Harman International
  • Tom Peck, EVP, Chief Information and Digital Officer, Sysco
  • Ken Piddington, VP & CIO, U.S. Silica Company
  • Wayne Shurts, Former EVP & CTO, Sysco
  • Kristie Simonette, SVP, Strategic Services, Camden Living
  • Diego Fonseca de Souza, Global CISO, Cummins Inc.
  • Brendan Sullivan, SVP Intelligent Edge Solutions, Viasat
  • Mark Taylor, CEO, Society for Information Management
  • Teresa Tonthat, VP of Information Services & CISO, Texas Children’s
  • Clif Triplett, Executive Director, KEARNEY

Valued Partners for the 2022 Houston CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8x8, Akamai, BetterCloud, Box, Darktrace, Delphix, Fortinet, Genesys Works, Harman, Intuitive.Cloud, LastPass, Netskope, NPower, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SIM Houston, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

To learn more about the 2022 Houston CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.

To learn more about HMG Strategy’s upcoming CIO and CISO Summits, click here.

About HMG Strategy 

HMG Strategy is the world's leading digital platform for technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world. The HMG Strategy global network consists of more than 400,000 CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, CDOs, senior business technology executives, search industry executives, venture capitalists, industry experts and world-class thought leaders.

HMG Strategy’s global media model generates more than one million impressions per week, providing vast opportunities for business technology leaders and sponsor partners to promote themselves and their brands. 

HMG Strategy was founded in 2008 by Hunter Muller, a leadership expert who has worked side-by-side with Fortune 2000 executives with strategic planning and career ascent for the past 30+ years.

HMG Strategy’s regional and virtual 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 research services such as its CIO & CISO Executive Leadership Alliance (CELA) program 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 is a unique set of research services that are designed to keep business technology executives up to speed on the latest leadership, business, technology and global geo-economic trends that are impacting businesses and industries.

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Contact: Tom Hoffman, VP, Research, HMG Strategy: 203-221-2702 or at tomhoffman@hmgstrategy.com  

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