STAMFORD, Conn., Sept. 19, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- As company leaders
look to transform their businesses to better attune to the
preferences and needs of its customers, CIOs and technology
executives play a critical role in identifying how technology can
be used to deliver differentiated customer experiences along with
opportunities for creating new customer-centric business models.
The skills and attributes required by CIOs to pivot the
organization for future business success will be the focus for the
upcoming 2018 Greenwich CIO Executive Leadership Summit, produced
by HMG Strategy, to be held on October 11,
2018 at the Crowne Plaza Stamford Hotel in Stamford, CT.
"CIOs and technology executives are in prime position to
lead, reimagine and reinvent the enterprise into the next wave of
digital transformation," said Hunter
Muller, HMG Strategy's President & CEO. "By leveraging
digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, data
analytics and the Internet of Things – and by applying a fresh
mindset for how people and processes can be applied to digital
transformation efforts – business technology leaders can accelerate
customer-focused innovation and power the organization for future
success."
The Greenwich CIO Summit will kick-off with an executive keynote
from Stuart McGuigan, VP & CIO,
Johnson & Johnson, who will share the steps that he and the IT
team have taken to enable Agile at J&J and how it is decreasing
its customers' time to value. Additional morning keynotes will
include Michelle Wilson,
Co-President, WWE and an executive from Lenovo.
Other captivating sessions will include an executive panel of
top business technology executives who will share the secret sauce
that seasons a high-impact, customer-centric culture from the
inside out; an executive panel that will assess emerging
technologies that are driving speed to market and a competitive
edge; an executive panel that will examine the role of diversity
and inclusion in fostering innovation and a culture of genius; a
panel of top executives who will share successful practices for
balancing innovation, data and security in the customer-centric
enterprise; a panel of Silicon Alley venture capitalists who will
share the types of technology companies they are investing in and
the rationale behind these investments; a set of executive
roundtable workgroups that allow attendees to collaborate on the
top opportunities for applying cutting-edge technologies such as
AI, analytics, the Internet of Things, augmented and virtual
reality and digital technologies along with an examination of the
future role of the CIO; an executive briefing from Accenture; and a
closing keynote address from Ken
Venner, former CIO at SpaceX, who will share an exciting
presentation on rapid innovation and the path to producing
breakthroughs.
Prominent speakers at the Greenwich Summit will include:
- Karen Beebe, CIO, Vineyard
Vines
- Ursuline Foley, Corporate Platform Officer, AXA XL
- Lesley Ma, Global CIO, Cadillac
General Motors
- Tom McCurley, CIO, The Chefs'
Warehouse
- Rafi Mohamed, VP IT &
Digital Strategy, ASSA ABLOY
- Jim Panos, CIO, Central
National-Gottesman Inc.
Presenting Partners at the Greenwich Summit include Lenovo.
Platinum Partners include Imperva, Magenic, and SecurityScorecard.
Gold Partners include Accenture, CenturyLink, Citrix and Zendesk.
Supporting Partners include AutonomIQ. The Lunch Partner is
Benchmark IT. The Digital Partner of the Year is Adobe. The Digital
Cybersecurity Partner of the Year is SecurityScorecard. Strategic
Partners include Egon Zehnder,
Heidrick & Struggles, Korn
Ferry, Russell Reynolds Associates, and Spencer Stuart. Alliance Partners include
Amplify Partners, Glynn Capital, Greylock Partners, Lightspeed
Venture Partners, and Sequoia. The Association Partner is the
Fairfield/Westchester Chapter of
SIM.
To visit the Greenwich Summit website and register for the
event, click here.
About HMG Strategy
HMG Strategy is the world's largest independent and most trusted
provider of executive networking events and thought leadership to
support the 360-degree needs of technology leaders. Our
regional CIO and CISO Executive Leadership Series, newsletters,
authored books, and digital Resource Center deliver proprietary
research on leadership, innovation, transformation, and career
ascent.
The HMG Strategy global network consists of over 300,000 senior
IT executives, industry experts and world-class thought
leaders.
There are 6 primary components to HMG Strategy's unique business
model:
- HMG Strategy's Thought Leadership and Digital Research Platform
is unlike any other in the industry, providing technology
executives with unparalleled peer-driven insights and practical
advice on the leadership, innovation, and transformation strategies
needed to succeed in business today and tomorrow.
- HMG Strategy's Media Model provides technology executives with
fresh perspectives on the top business, leadership and customer
trends that are defining the industry today and tomorrow. Our vast
collection of research articles, videos, blog posts, white papers,
and research reports generate more than 1 million impressions per
week.
- HMG Strategy's Research Advisory Services embrace the 'No
Analyst' model, delivering peer-led, forward-looking insights and
trends to watch to both Fortune 2000 technology executives and
industry partners. HMG Strategy's exclusive CIO and CISO Executive
Leadership Alliance (CELA) program provides top-tier
technology executives with unparalleled peer-to-peer off-the-record
straight talk to strengthen their decision-making capabilities and
accelerate their career ascent. The CELA program is complemented by
the CELA Executive Decision Support services (EDS) which
connects enterprise technology executives with their contemporaries
who are able to offer their expertise, practical experience, and
insights in disciplines ranging from effective C-suite
communication strategies to crafting successful 1-3-5-year
technology roadmaps. These service offerings are complemented by
HMG Strategy's CIO Bootcamp, a hands-on IT leadership development
program for rising VPs and IT Directors who receive 1-to-1 expert
coaching, practical webinars and custom research focused on
enhancing skill sets and harnessing innovative leadership
capabilities.
- HMG Strategy's Executive Leadership Summits provide
unparalleled networking between top-tier technology executives with
leading search executives, executives at enterprise technology
companies and leading venture capitalists to nurture fruitful
relationships.
- HMG Strategy is a career accelerator for technology leaders,
inspiring tech executives to lead, recruit and retain tech talent
while powering their own career trajectories.
- HMG's Next Ventures business enables HMG Strategy to invest
side-by-side with leading VCs such as Blumberg Capital, Greylock
Partners and Lightspeed Venture Partners, connecting members of the
HMG community with cutting-edge tech startups that deliver real
business value.
The HMG Strategy CIO Executive Leadership
Series offers a completely unique experience for IT
executives to gain the latest insights and best practices for
driving increased business value through the use of IT, and build
invaluable relationships with peers and industry experts. The HMG
Strategy CISO Executive Leadership Series is
designed to provide information security leaders with the insights
and best practices they need to tackle the most pressing cyber
security challenges facing the enterprise today and going
forward.
Additionally, our partnerships with the world's leading search
firms provide vital insights into the evolving roles of the CIO and
CISO.
For more information on joining the strongest executive
leadership network and exploring our independent, forward-thinking
thought leadership platform, please
visit www.hmgstrategy.com.
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