IN-PERSON

Boston CIO Inner Circle

September 24, 2024 | UMass Club

September 24, 2024
UMass Club

Collaborate with your peers

Join Boston's top CIOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.

Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:

Partnering Across the C-Suite for Digital Acceleration

Co-leading Secure Modernization Efforts

Creating Shared Responsibility of IT Strategy Success

Boston CIO Governing Body


The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the discussion topics and 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

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

Agenda


September 24, 2024

4:30pm - 5:30pm  Executive Networking Reception

5:30pm - 6:45pm  Discussion Topics

Strengthening Partnerships Across the C-Suite to Accelerate Digital Business

Imtiaz Iqbal headshot

Imtiaz Iqbal

CIO

Mercury Systems

David Gerstle headshot

David Gerstle

Chief Digital Officer

Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority

Nathan Rogers headshot

Nathan Rogers

CIO

SAIC

Greg Swope headshot

Greg Swope

VP of IT, CIO

Care Forth

Juan Menendez headshot

Juan Menendez

Senior Director of Sales, Emerging Products

SentinelOne

David Vidoni headshot

David Vidoni

VP, Information Technology

Pegasystems

Abhijeet Bhandare headshot

Abhijeet Bhandare

CIO

Entegris

Jim Bilotta headshot

Jim Bilotta

SVP, CIO

Alnylam Pharmaceuticals

CIOs find themselves striking a challenging balance of budget constraints and increasing demands from the organization. This, combined with an ongoing pressure for greater efficiency and security, means that IT leaders must focus on transparency and communication across the C-suite to provide real outcomes through digital technology investments that drive value. But with the ever-increasing complexity of digital business and AI innovation, scaling governance and enabling consistent ways of working can be tough to deliver.

To be successful, CIOs must show their business partners that secure modernization is a shared responsibility. With collaborative business goals and agile ways of working, executives can co-deliver initiatives that grow the bottom line while modernizing the organization.

Join your peers to discuss how to drive value and true collaboration for sustained success.

Topic 1: Engaging the C-Suite and Driving Secure Modernization

  • How are you currently working across your C-suite to overcome budget, talent and capacity constraints? How does this change in the face of resource scarcity?

  • What strategies are you employing to communicate risk? What do you say to colleagues with low risk-tolerance when it comes to technology investments?

  • How are you collaborating with fellow leaders to optimize operating models to better manage and deliver digital capabilities? What still needs to be improved?

Topic 2: Scaling Best Practices Through a Shared Responsibility of IT and Security

  • How do you work with non-technical C-suite counterparts to scale the IT strategy and enable consistent ways of working?

  • How are you adapting your approach to advise on safe and secure practices across the enterprise, especially in a business landscape that demands rapid solution innovation and modernization?

  • In an age of constant advancement, what is your data governance strategy? How are you communicating that strategy across the business and driving organizational adoption of new processes?

6:45pm - 7:15pm  Networking Break

7:15pm - 8:30pm  Summary Discussion & Dinner

8:30pm - 9:30pm  Social Hour

We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering


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Location


Venue

UMass Club

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$8 discounted self parking located at One Beacon Garage - 1 Beacon St # 800, Boston, MA 02108. 

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