CIO Leadership: The CIO as the CEO of Technology Will Power the Discussion at the 2023 Washington, D.C. CIO Executive Leadership Summit on September 26

Other hot topics to be explored at this event include leveraging technologies to lower costs and drive business growth


WESTPORT, Conn., Aug. 03, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- HMG Strategy, the World’s #1 platform for enabling technology executives to reimagine the enterprise and reshape the business world, is excited to be hosting its 2023 Washington, D.C. CIO Executive Leadership Summit on September 26.

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Hot topics to be explored at the summit will include the role of the CIO as the CEO of Technology to help foretell what’s coming next.

“The world and the business community has experienced more turbulence in the past 3 years than we’ve seen in a century – a global pandemic, massive supply-chain disruptions, the War in Ukraine, an international recession and other geo-political shockwaves,” says Hunter Muller, Founder and CEO of HMG Strategy. “As the CEO of Technology, CIOs need the ability to peer around the corner and to anticipate what might be coming next to enable the business to succeed.”

Top-tier CIOs and business technology executives speaking at the 2023 Washington, D.C. CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Edward Amoroso, Founder & CEO, TAG InfoSphere
  • Judith Apshago, VP, Chief Digital Officer, Amtrak
  • Gary Brown, Chief Privacy Officer, Westinghouse Electric Company
  • Lee Caswell, SVP, Product & Solutions Marketing, Nutanix
  • Matt Conner, CISO, Westinghouse Electric Company
  • Wanda Jones-Heath, Principal Cyber Advisor, United States Air Force
  • Lauren Heyndrickx, VP, Chief Security Officer, Chief Privacy Officer, Ralph Lauren
  • Stuart Kippelman, CIO & Commercial Cybersecurity Business Leader, Parsons Corporation
  • Wayne McGurk, CIO and SVP, IT, NRECA; Chapter President, SIM Capital Area
  • Andre Mendes, CIO, U.S. Department of Commerce
  • Tunde Oni-Daniel, Head of Technology Operations and Engineering, OneMain Financial
  • Pavan Pidugu, Chief Technology Officer, FMCSA, Department of Transportation
  • Boyden Rohner, Associate Director for Vulnerability Management, U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA)
  • Hanan Szwarcbord, VP, Chief Security Officer, Micron Technology
  • Melissa Vice, Director of the Vulnerability Disclosure Program at the Department of Defense Cyber Crime Center
  • Myles Weber, CIO, Appian
  • Jesse Whaley, VP & CISO, Amtrak
  • Swathi Young, Chief Technology Officer, SustainChain

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

  • Ed Amoroso, Founder & CEO, TAG InfoSphere
  • Judith Apshago, VP, Chief Digital Officer, Amtrak
  • Stuart Kippelman, CIO & Commercial Cybersecurity Business Leader, Parsons Corporation
  • Andre Mendes, Chief Information Officer, U.S. Department of Commerce

Valued Partners for the 2023 Washington, D.C. CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8x8, Akamai, Aisera, Barco, BetterCloud, Box, Darktrace, Delphix, Denodo, Fortinet, GTM Capital, Lakeside, LastPass, Moveworks, Netskope, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SIM Capital Area, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

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

HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 2023 Chicago CIO Executive Leadership Summit on September 19 at the University Club of Chicago.

Topics to be explored at the 2023 Chicago CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include effective techniques for communicating the impact of AI to the C-suite and the Board.

Pre-eminent CIOs and business technology executives speaking at the 2023 Chicago CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Saqib E. Awan, Founder & Managing Director, GTM Capital
  • Andrew Ballema, CIO, Tangoe
  • Jesse Bociek, CISO, Tenneco
  • David Bruskin, SVP, Cyber Operations Leader, Synchrony
  • Wayne Bulmahn, President, SIM Chicago
  • Manish Chawla, EVP, CTO, IAT Insurance Group
  • Kostas Georgakopoulos, Global CTO & CISO, Mondelez International
  • Tom Gerdes, EVP & CIO, The Heico Companies LLC
  • Rocco Grillo, Managing Director – Global Cyber Risk Services & Incident Response Investigation, Alvarez & Marsal
  • Emily Heath, General Partner, Cyberstarts
  • Geoff Hooper, Director, N.A. Enterprise Solutions Engineering, RingCentral
  • Mahmood Kahn, EVP, Global CISO, CNA
  • Ricardo Lafosse, CISO, The Kraft Heinz Company
  • Kristy Lapidus, Director of Digital Strategy, Gagen MacDonald
  • Tony Leng, Managing Partner, CIO & CTO Global Functional Head, H.I.E.C.
  • Talvis Love, SVP & CIO, Baxter International
  • Jean Luber, VP IT, MYR Group
  • Rick Merrick, President, SIM Chicago; CIO, TCS Education System
  • Venugopal Pai, Chief Evangelist & Customer Experience Officer, Nutanix
  • Rusty Patel, Former SVP & CIO, Tenneco
  • Mark Polansky, Lead Principal & Management Consultant, Outcome Solutions LLC
  • Madhu Reddy, EVP & CIO, Republic Bank of Chicago
  • Brian Slepko, EVP, Corporate Development, Rimini Street
  • Edward Wagoner, CIO – Digital, JLL
  • Frank Yanan, SVP, GIS Business Information Security Officer (BISO), Bank of America
  • Michael Zachman, VP & CSO, Zebra Technologies Corp.

Esteemed CIOs and business technology executives being recognized for 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards at the 2023 Chicago CIO Executive Leadership Summit include:

  • Wayne Bulmahn, President, SIM Chicago
  • Mahmood Khan, EVP, Global CISO, CNA
  • Rick Merrick, Chairman, SIM Chicago
  • Talvis Love, SVP & CIO, Baxter International
  • Rusty Patel, Former SVP & CIO, Tenneco
  • Mike Zachman, VP & CSO, Zebra Technologies Corp.

Valued Partners for the 2023 Chicago CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8x8, Aisera, Akamai, Apptio, BetterCloud, Bluewave Technology Group, Box, Darktrace, Delphix, Fortinet, GTM Capital, Lakeside, LastPass, Netskope, Nutanix, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, Proofpoint, Rimini Street, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SIM Chicago, Tangoe, Tonkean, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

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

HMG Strategy will also be hosting its 2023 Boston CIO Executive Leadership Summit on September 6 at The Harvard Club of Boston. Timely topics to be discussed at the summit will include successful use cases for applying Generative AI to the business.

Prominent CIOs and business technology executives speaking at the 2023 Boston CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Wolfgang Bauriedel, Executive Director, Technology & Digital, Russell Reynolds Associates
  • Vic Bhagat, Global Advisor & Senior Partner, Kyndryl
  • Monica Caldas, EVP Global CIO, Liberty Mutual Insurance
  • Lee Caswell, SVP, Product & Solutions Marketing, Nutanix
  • Jim Chilton, EVP & CIO, Cengage Group
  • Brook Colangelo, CIO, Waters Corporation
  • Jason Cooper, CTO, Technology, Data & Analytics Group, Paradigm
  • Martin Davis, CIO, Managing Partner, DUNELM Associates, Ltd.
  • Patrick Ford, CISO, Americas Region, Schneider Electric
  • Santiago Garces, CIO, The City of Boston
  • Shannon Gath, CIO, Teradyne
  • David Gerstle, Chief Digital Officer, MBTA
  • Danielle Goulet, VP & CISO, The Hanover Insurance Group
  • Ken Grady, SVP & CIO, IDEXX Laboratories
  • Rocco Grillo, Managing Director – Global Cyber Risk Services & Incident Response Investigation, Alvarez & Marsal
  • Elizabeth Hackenson, CIO, Schneider Electric
  • Anjana Harve, SVP & CIO, Fresenius Medical Care
  • Jamie Head, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Ocean Spray
  • Emily Heath, General Partner, Cyberstarts
  • Eric Helmer, SVP & CTO, Rimini Street
  • Michael Israel, CIO, The Kraft Group
  • Peter Marcotte, AVP, Americas Solution Consulting, Apptio
  • Todd Mazza, CTO, FM Global
  • Professor Kevin Powers, J.D., Director, MS in Cybersecurity Policy & Governance, Assistant Professor of the Practice, Business Law and Society Department, Boston College
  • Ramesh Razdan, Global CIO, Bain & Company
  • Brian Shield, SVP/CTO, The Boston Red Sox
  • Ken Spangler, EVP IT – CIO Global OpCo Technologies: Express, Ground, Freight, Logistics, FedEx Services
  • Mike Towers, Chief Digital Trust Officer, Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.
  • Mark Troller, CIO, Tangoe

Luminary CIOs and business technology executives who will be recognized under HMG Strategy’s 2023 Global Leadership Institute Awards program at the 2023 Boston CIO Executive Leadership Summit will include:

  • Vic Bhagat, Global Advisor & Senior Partner, Kyndryl
  • Brook Colangelo, VP & CIO, Waters Corporation
  • Shannon Gath, CIO, Teradyne
  • Ken Grady, SVP & CIO, IDEXX Laboratories
  • Anjana Harve, SVP & CIO, Fresenius Medical Care
  • Elizabeth Hackenson, CIO, Schneider Electric
  • Jamie Head, Chief Digital & Technology Officer, Ocean Spray
  • Patty Patria, CIO, Babson College

Valued Partners for the 2023 Boston CIO Executive Leadership Summit include 8x8, Akamai, Apptio, Aryaka, BetterCloud, Box, Darktrace, Delphix, Fortinet, Illumio, Lakeside, LastPass, Nasuni, Netskope, Nutanix, OutSystems, Palo Alto Networks, Ping Identity, Rimini Street, RingCentral, SafeGuard Cyber, SAP, SentinelOne, Tangoe, Tanium, Tonkean, Trustmi, Upwork, Zoom, and Zscaler.

To learn more about the 2023 Boston CIO Executive Leadership Summit, 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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