CIO Leadership: Tapping Innovative Technologies and Partnerships to Drive Cost Containment and Power Business Growth Will Fuel the Dialogue at the 2023 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit on May 18

Business technology leaders attending this event will also hear lessons learned from AIG EVP & CIO John Repko on leading an organization in uncertain times


WESTPORT, Conn., April 06, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HMG Strategy, the World’s #1 digital platform for enabling technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world, is excited to be hosting its 2023 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit at The Madison Hotel on May 18.

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Speakers and attendees at HMG Strategy’s 2023 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit will explore the role of business technology executives in providing visionary leadership to help navigate their teams through an uncertain economy.

“When times are tough, CIOs and business technology executives need to demonstrate visionary leadership to lead the way forward for the organization,” says Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO of HMG Strategy.

Global business technology executives speaking at the 2023 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Jason Cooper, CTO, Technology, Data & Analytics Group, Paradigm
  • Rocco Grillo, Managing Director – Global Cyber Risk Services & Incident Response Investigation, Alvarez & Marsal
  • Jon Harding, SVP & Global CIO, Conair LLC
  • Dutt Kalluri, Chief Digital Officer, Celsior Technologies
  • Gurdeep Kaur, Managing Director, CISO, PSEG
  • Warren Kudman, VP & CIO, Turner Construction Company
  • Ajoy Kumar, Managing Director & CISO, The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation
  • Adam Noble, Operating Partner – Information Technology/CIO/CTO, Littlejohn & Company
  • David Plotzker, Senior Project Portfolio Director, Transformational Initiatives, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey
  • Joseph Puglisi, Chairman & Co-Manager, North Andover Investors Collaborative, LLC
  • Mandar Rege, Managing Director, Operational Risk Management – Technology and Cybersecurity, Citigroup
  • John Repko, EVP & CIO, AIG
  • Scott Strickland, EVP & CIO, Wyndham Hotels and Resorts
  • Valerian (Val) Thomas, SVP & CIO, Lincoln Educational Services; President, SIM New Jersey
  • Dan Turchin, CEO, PeopleReign
  • Gabrielle Wolfson, CIO & CDO, Quest Diagnostics

Valued Partners for the 2023 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8x8, Akamai, Aryaka, BetterCloud, Box, Darktrace, Delphix, Denodo, Fortinet, Intuitive.Cloud, LastPass, Netskope, Nutanix, OutSystems, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SIM New Jersey, Tangoe, Tanium, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

To learn more about the 2023 New Jersey CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.

HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 2023 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit at the Margaritaville Resort Orlando on May 11. Speakers and attendees at HMG Strategy’s 2023 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit will explore opportunities for leveraging technologies such as ChatGPT and Generative AI to help contain costs in today’s cost-focused environment.

Top-tier business technology executives speaking at the 2023 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Saqib E. Awan, Founder & Managing Director, GTM Capital
  • Lee Bailey, Senior Director, Information Security, Unilever
  • Elizabeth Decker, VP IT, INSPYR Solutions; Treasurer, SIM South Florida
  • Michelle Garcia, Director, Information Security and Compliance, Carnival Cruise Lines
  • Shawn Harrs, CIO, Red Lobster
  • Skip Kimpel, Principal of Independent & SMB Consulting, ConStrata Technology Consulting
  • Dilip Krishna, Managing Director, Deloitte
  • Josh Lazar, Founder and Chief Everything Officer, TechThinkTank LLC
  • Tano Maenza, CIO, National Air Cargo
  • Quintin McGrath, Chair, ReThink Everything!, SIM Tampa Bay
  • James McQuiggan, Security Awareness Advocate, Knowbe4
  • Louis Muniz, VP, Cyber Risk, Kroll
  • Marcus Session, VP of IT Services, Tampa International Airport; Past President, SIM Tampa Bay
  • Shehzad Siddique, Senior IT Manager, SOA, Wyndham Destinations
  • Paul Teodorescu, VP, Head of IT Service Delivery and Operations, Morgan & Morgan, P.A.
  • Mike Theis, Information Security Manager, ABC Fine Wines & Spirits
  • Vyom Upadhya, Executive Director for Digital, MDVIP; President, SIM South Florida
  • Jennifer Wesson Greenman, CIO, City of Hope Chicago, Atlanta & Phoenix
  • Paul Wilner, VP IT, CIO, Pall Corporation

Valued Partners for the 2023 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8x8, Akamai, Aptum, Aryaka, BetterCloud, Box, Darktrace, Delphix, Denodo, Fortinet, GTM Capital, LastPass, Netskope, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SIM Central Florida, SIM South Florida, SIM Tampa Bay, Tangoe, Tanium, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

Recipients of HMG Strategy’s 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards being recognized at the 2023 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Quintin McGrath, Former Global Senior Managing Director, Deloitte
  • Marcus Session, VP of IT Services, Tampa International Airport
  • Jennifer Wesson Greenman, CIO, City of Hope Chicago, Atlanta & Phoenix

To learn more about the 2023 Florida CIO Executive Leadership Summit and to register for the event, click here.

HMG Strategy will be hosting its first in-person Global Women in Technology Summit in association with the 2023 New York CIO Summit of America on April 13 at the Harvard Club of New York City.

Business technology executives attending this event will explore the role of female technology leaders as enterprise change agents to enable a digital business.
Preeminent business technology executives speaking at the 2023 Global Women in Technology Summit include:

  • Beena Ammanath, Executive Director, Global AI Institute, Deloitte
  • Renee Arrington, President, COO & Director, Pearson Partners International, Inc.
  • Marianne Bachynski, CIO, Investments & Enterprise Systems, Corebridge Financial
  • Robin Brown, CIO, Protein Group North America, Cargill
  • Ann Dozier, SVP, CIO, Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits
  • Cindy Finkelman, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
  • Lesley Ma, VP, CIO and Chief Data Officer, NSF International
  • Asha Saxena, Founder and CEO, Women Leaders in Data & AI
  • Cindy Taibi, SVP & CIO, The New York Times
  • Cindy Warner, CEO/Founder, 360ofme; Strategic Board Member, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
  • Angela Yochem, EVP Chief Transformation and Digital Officer, Novant Health

To learn more about the 2023 Global Women in Technology Summit and to register for the event, click here.

Elite business technology leaders speaking at the 2023 New York CIO Summit of America with the Global Women in Technology Summit will include:

  • Don Anderson, CIO, Tiger Global Management
  • Andrew Campbell, CIO, Terex Corporation
  • Bertina Ceccarelli, CEO, NPower
  • Cindy Finkelman, Managing Director, Alvarez & Marsal
  • Denise Russell Fleming, CIO and EVP of Technology and Global Services, Becton, Dickinson and Company
  • Michael Frankel, Managing Partner, Trajectory Capital Partners
  • Tsvi Gal, CTO, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center; Board Member, Israel Discount Bank
  • Kostas Georgakopoulos, Global CTO & CISO, Mondelez International
  • Ken Grady, CVP & CIO, IDEXX Laboratories
  • Rocco Grillo, Managing Director – Global Cyber Risk Services & Incident Response Investigation, Alvarez & Marsal
  • Jamie Head, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Ocean Spray
  • Cate Heaman, Founder and CEO, Prelude Solutions
  • Tony Leng, Managing Partner, CIO and CTO Global Functional Head, H.I. Executive Consulting
  • Gala Lyne, GVP, Regional GM, Americas – East, Rimini Street
  • David Mahon, Global CISO, Deloitte Global
  • Vipul Nagrath, SVP Product Development, ADP
  • Murali Nemani, CMO, Aisera
  • Rusty Patel, Former SVP & CIO, Tenneco
  • Manik Patil, VP, Modernization, AIG Life & Retirement
  • Mark Polansky, Executive-in-Residence, HMG Strategy; Former Senior Partner, Korn Ferry
  • John Poli, Industry Principal for Healthcare, RingCentral
  • Frank Price, SVP & Chief Information Risk Officer, Labcorp
  • Ramesh Razdan, Global CIO, Bain & Company
  • John Repko, EVP & CIO, AIG
  • Dr. Kenneth Russell, Chief Information & Innovation Officer, New College Institute, Commonwealth of Virginia
  • Ken Spangler, EVP IT - CIO Global OpCo Technologies: Express, Ground, Freight, Logistics, FedEx Services
  • Mark Taylor, CEO, Society for Information Management
  • Mark Troller, CIO, Tangoe
  • Dan Turchin, CEO, PeopleReign
  • Patricia Walsh, SVP and Global Head Data, Digital and IT for Innovative Medicines, Novartis
  • Gabrielle Wolfson, CDO and CIO, Quest Diagnostics
  • Robyn Wright, CISO, John Wiley & Sons
  • Angela Yochem, EVP, Chief Transformation and Digital Officer, Novant Health
  • Gregory Zelo, CIO, Veeco Instruments

Recipients of HMG Strategy’s 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the 2023 New York CIO Summit of America with the Global Women in Technology Summit will include:

  • Jamie Head, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Ocean Spray
  • David Mahon, Global CISO, Deloitte Global
  • Ramesh Razdan, Global CIO, Bain & Company
  • John Repko, EVP & CIO, AIG
  • Ken Spangler, EVP IT - CIO Global OpCo Technologies: Express, Ground, Freight, Logistics, FedEx
  • Angela Yochem, EVP, Chief Transformation and Digital Officer, Novant Health

Valued Partners for the 2023 New York CIO Summit of America with the Global Women in Technology Summit include 8x8, Aisera, Akamai, Amazon Web Services, BetterCloud, Box, Darktrace, Delphix, Fortinet, Intuitive.Cloud, LastPass, Moveworks, Netskope, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, Prelude Solutions, Pure Storage, Rimini Street, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SIM New York Metro, Tangoe, Tanium, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

To learn more about the 2023 New York CIO Summit of America with the Global Women in Technology Summit and to register for the event, 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 leading digital platform for technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world. The HMG Strategy global network consists of more than 500,000 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 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.

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

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