
Boston CIO Community
Executive Summit
December 7, 2023 | The Westin Boston Seaport District
December 7, 2023
The Westin Boston Seaport District
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Boston's top CIOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:
Innovating to Improve Business Processes and Remain Competitive
Cyber Resiliency and Communicating Risk Effectively to the Business
Improving Business Outcomes Through Data Accessibility and Literacy
Boston CIO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CIOs, For CIOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Abha Dogra
CAE Inc
Chief Technology and Product Officer

Adolph DuBose
LabCorp
SVP, CIO, Diagnostics

Arthur Harvey
Boston Medical Center
SVP & CIO

Katrina Jagroop-Gomes
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
CIO - Gaming Commission

Chuck LoCurto
Bryant University
VP & CIO

Nathan Rogers
SAIC
CIO

Mike Tirozzi
Vertex Pharmaceuticals
Chief Information & Data Officer
What to Expect
Agenda
7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote
Words That Work — Executive Power Language
Hosted by Tanium

Val Wright
Global Leadership & Innovation Expert, Author
Guest Speaker
For CIOs, the stakes are extraordinary in every conversation. Revenue of millions or billions is in jeopardy during board meetings, investor calls, media interviews, customer interactions, and employee conversations. The most successful executives realize this and prepare what to say and when to say it with precision. Val Wright shares new ways to approach common business conversations.
Join this keynote to learn:
- The power of the written word to boost productivity and customer focus
- How to cultivate a dynamic relationship with your board and get positioned for board roles
- Powerful retorts and feedback that overcome resistance every time and consistently delivers results
*This session will be recorded
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Striving for Human Excellence Regardless of Work Location
Hosted by Zoom Video Communications

Gary Sorrentino
Global CIO
Zoom
Now that the pandemic is behind us, how do we make people better moving forward? Regardless of whether they are working remotely, in office or hybrid, we need to continue to create a culture of collaboration and innovation. Please join Zoom’s Global CIO, Gary Sorrentino for an in-depth discussion on unleashing human excellence.
Topics of conversation will include:
- How to upskill our employees to be the best that they can be - striving for human excellence
- Trends to shape UCaaS and CCaaS
- Predictions for the future of work
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Better Outcomes — They All Start, and End, With You!

Steve Wrenn
Managing Partner
TWG
To be a successful leader, it is important to have a mental roadmap to help you get there; one that starts with understanding yourself, and all the complexity that entails around your characteristics, capabilities and commitment, and ends with understanding and serving the people in the domain you are entrusted to lead. Steve Wrenn, Managing Partner at TWG and former CIO of J&J and CTO of CVS, will dive into practical and applicable leadership and self-growth lessons that will help leaders in all stages of their careers become more effective and deliver better outcomes.
Join this session to learn:
- The 3 C's and the need for honesty in your Accurate Self Assessment (ASA)
- The Guiding Eight leadership characteristics for success
- The importance of Balance and Empathy to be a true "Servant" Leader
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Weaving Innovation into the Core of Everything

Ravi Shankavaram
SVP of IT - Global Head of Technology
New Balance

Craig Holbrook
VP, Northeast
Centric Consulting, Llc

Michael Saitow
CTO
M.S. Walker
The intersection of digital business and advanced technologies has inevitably brought life to continuous innovation. But when faced with economic instability and fiscal responsibility, how can CIOs maintain a constant innovative mindset and culture?
Join this boardroom to discuss:
- Encouraging experimentation, ideation and failure in order to succeed
- Cultivating an innovation-rich culture
- Communicating and quantifying the value of innovation for long-term growth
Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).
To reserve your seat, please contact: Brooke Cordova at Brooke.Cordova@evanta.com
10:25am - 11:00am Networking Break
10:30am - 10:55am Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.
11:00am - 11:45am Breakout Session
Leading with Digital Sustainability — A Strategy Led by Technology
Hosted by ChromeOS

Andy Rollo
Sr. Chrome Enterprise Customer Engineer
Google Chrome Enterprise
Enterprises are under pressure to address multiple challenges impacting the planet, their people and profitability. This is all happening while a recession is looming, quiet quitting is real and climate change is a top concern. Now is the time to position technology leaders as key partners in tackling these issues maximizes sustainable value across the business.
Join this session to explore sustainable strategies for:
- Reducing efforts in the negative impact your company and products have on the planet (environmental sustainability)
- How to best champion and manage the impact on your people (social sustainability)
- Managing the business' fiscal health and future profitability (financial sustainability)
11:00am - 11:45am Breakout Session
What's Your Take? — Real-World AI Implementation Strategies

Jean Olive
Chief Information Officer
John Hancock
As the hype around generative AI continues to build, being a reluctant adopter is no longer an option. Maybe you already dove in headfirst; maybe you’re still testing the waters as your team contemplates governance or ethical concerns. No matter which approach your organization is taking to AI implementation, come to this interactive session ready to share, ask questions, collaborate and get inspired.
Pull up a seat to discuss:
- Practical AI use cases
- Strategies for creating governance and managing risk around AI
- How companies are keeping up with the changing AI landscape
11:00am - 11:45am Executive Boardroom
Insights Rich – Outcome Driven Decision Making

Dan Inbar
CIO
iRobot

Joshua Glastein
Chief Information and Technology Officer
Berkshire Residential Investments
Despite the proven benefits of data, many organizations struggle to think beyond the dashboard to effectively use data to guide their decision-making. This data rich but insights poor approach leads to ineffective strategies and lost revenue opportunities. As organizations collect more information, it’s crucial to empower the enterprise to rely on meaningful data for better outcomes.
Join this session to discuss:
- Aligning business strategy with data strategy
- Creating and managing meaningful data as a single source of truth
- Identifying key partnership and skillset areas for CIOs and CDAOs
Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to CIOs).
To reserve your seat, please contact: Brooke Cordova at Brooke.Cordova@evanta.com
11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch Service
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Boston CIO Community Executive Summit.
Gartner facilitates exclusive, C-level communities by personally qualifying and understanding the priorities, challenges and interests of each member.
Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
Each application will be reviewed, and once your participation is confirmed, you will have access to year-round community programs.
Location
Venue & Accommodation
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Self Parking: $34.50 Daily
Valet Parking: $54 Daily
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