In-Person

Chicago CIO Community

Executive Summit

December 12, 2023 | Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile

December 12, 2023
Chicago Marriott Downtown Magnificent Mile

Governing Body Agenda Location Sponsors Contact

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Corrado Azzarita

The Kraft Heinz Company
Global CIO

Deb Hall Lefevre

Starbucks
CTO

Rajeev Khanna

Aon
Chief Information Officer

Laura Kohl

Morningstar
CIO

Mike Parisi

ITW
VP CIO

Ashley Pettit

State Farm
Senior Vice President & CIO

Jane Possell

CNA
EVP, Chief Information Officer, Analytics, Operations

Gagan Singh

Ascension
Chief Information Officer

Tom South

Northern Trust
Executive VP & Chief Information Officer

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

Hear from CIO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role today in Keynote sessions, and join smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Chicago CIO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda

December 11, 2023

evening

December 12, 2023

morning afternoon

6:00pm - 8:30pm Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body members host this dinner at Chicago Winery for attendees to launch the event with an evening of peer networking.

7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am Keynote

Infonomics — Capitalizing on the New Economics of Information

Douglas Laney

Author

Guest Speaker

IT and business executives talk about information as one of their most important assets, but few behave as if it is. Executives report to the board on the health of their workforce, their financials, their customers and their partnerships, but rarely the health of their information assets. And corporations typically exhibit greater discipline in managing and accounting for their office furniture than their data.

Grab a chair as Infonomics author Doug Laney shares how organizations can treat information as an actual enterprise asset by:

Monetizing information assets, including real-world examples
Measuring information’s potential and realized value
Applying classic microeconomic concepts to information

9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

Where You Stand — The Evolving Role of the CIO

Susan Malisch

SVP & CIO

American Medical Association

Allison Radecki

CIO

HAVI

Raj Sampoornam

SVP & CIO

Byline Bank

Increased digitization over the past 50 years turned CIOs from technical leaders to business executives leveraging technology to achieve enterprise value. As today’s leaders promote the establishment of optimal technology responsibilities and accountabilities, they must also evolve their own role to deal with evolving obligations and opportunities.

Join this peer chat to explore:

What business outcomes you’re trying to drive
How you are strategically approaching those drivers
Ways to elevate the CIO role for influence across the C-suite and beyond

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

Striving for Human Excellence Regardless of Work Location

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 Executive Boardroom

Accelerating Innovation with Migration of Enterprise Applications

Rebecca Cowen

Digital & App Innovation Lead

Microsoft Corporation

Adam Garey

Senior Vice President & CIO

COUNTRY Financial

Janet Zelenka

EVP, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Information Officer

Stericycle

As CIOs seek to drive innovation and reduce costs, it is imperative that Apps migration initiatives need to improve time to market by providing support for applications using the framework language of choice to help achieve greater agility and scale in the cloud and be empowered to take advantage of low code, containers, DevOps, and AI. Join this boardroom/session to discuss:

Challenges with the process of migrating enterprise applications
Ways application migration can control costs and improve time to market for new customer experiences
Take advantage of modern app dev practices without rearchitecting or recoding existing apps

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: Katherine Williams at katherine.williams@evanta.com

9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom

Generative AI Changes Everything — Best Practices for Business, Process and Technology Changes

Philippe Deblois

VP, Solutions Engineers

Dynatrace

Erik Andersen

Senior VP, Information Technology

Misumi Group

Praveen Moturu

Vice President – Chief Enterprise Architect

Mars

Generative AI ("Gen AI") has created an unprecedented wave of investment, and any organization who moves too slowly, or not at all, stands to be left behind as the AI boom takes shape. In this session, we will share how early adopters are formulating strategies and prioritizing investments for their Gen AI initiatives

Join this boardroom for a discussion on how leaders are:

Establishing Centers of Excellence for responsible Gen AI programs and oversight
Prioritizing technology investment areas targeted at fast early results
Making Gen AI a foundational element of business planning and maximizing productivity improvements

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at katherine.williams@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

10-Minute Wins

Praveen Moturu

Vice President – Chief Enterprise Architect

Mars

Ann Madea

CIO & EVP

Simmons Bank

Tom South

Executive VP & Chief Information Officer

Northern Trust

Why learn from one peer when you can learn from two? In this unorthodox, but effective, breakout session you’ll hear from multiple members of your community — each taking the floor for 10 minutes to share what they’ve gleaned from their time in leadership.

Join this session as:

Ann Madea, CIO & EVP, Simmons Bank shares how she builds trust with her team and the business
Tom South, CIO & EVP, Northern Trust breaks down his process for cultivating next-generation IT culture

11:00am - 11:45am Executive Boardroom

Leading with Digital Sustainability — A Strategy Led by Technology

Jai Kuchimanchi

SVP of Technology

Equitrust Life Insurance Company Inc

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 boardroom to discuss:

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)

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at katherine.williams@evanta.com

11:00am - 11:45am Executive Boardroom

Preparing Your Infrastructure for the Future of AI

Aly Farooqui

VP Industry Solutions & Chief Risk Officer, Financial Services Cloud

IBM

Shawkat Bhuiyan

Head of Technology Strategy & Architecture

Bank of Montreal

Shawn Ellis

International CIO

TransUnion

It is no secret that 2023 has been a revolutionary time for AI. These advances are driving enterprises to leverage generative AI capabilities to improve business performance and create stakeholder value. With the push to implement AI, how do you modernize your infrastructure to realize it’s full value? The answer goes beyond legacy infrastructure.

In this session, we will explore:

Strategies for modernizing systems and architectures
The data foundation for extending AI deep into the business
Modernization with resiliency, performance, security, sustainability, and compliance in mind

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at katherine.williams@evanta.com

11:00am - 11:45am Executive Boardroom

The Most Important Shift for Cybersecurity in a Generation

Gerry Plaza

Field CTO - Chief Strategy Officer

Netskope

Kevin Boyd

Associate Vice President and CIO

University of Chicago

Nelson Imana

CIO

U.S. Renal Care, Inc

We live in a world where everything is hybrid and the blend between personal, corporate, private and public is ever-changing and presents us with a host of new challenges. This has increased and complicated the attack surface and the pressure to converge tools and do “more with less” is at peak levels. We must meet this watershed moment with the right team, plans, and technology.

Join this interactive session to learn:

How to build an effective plan for change without adding to the chaos
What consolidation approaches save money without sacrificing security
Use cases that deliver immediate value and efficiency while improving user experience

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at katherine.williams@evanta.com

11:45am - 12:15pm Networking

Rising Together — Empowered Women, Empower Women

Aparna Misra

VP- Head of strategy planning and Risk Management

Aon

This will be an intimate, informal space for women in leadership roles and their allies to freely discuss best practices, key challenges, and mission-critical priorities. Come prepared to share ideas and forge new connections that can help empower each other to make an impact in your organizations and communities.

(A lunch buffet will be available in this room during this session)

This session is aimed at, but not limited to, women who are head of function at their organizations (CIO or equivalent) and those reporting directly to the CIO/equivalent. Priority access will be reserved for these groups.

11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm Keynote

Accelerate Secure Digital Modernization with AI/ML and Zero Trust Architecture

Jay Chaudhry

CEO, Chairman & Founder

Zscaler

Brad Skibitzki

CISO

Zebra Technologies

New, special demands constantly arise for decision-makers who steer the fortunes of companies. Recently, business success has become linked to IT infrastructure. Seamless and secure connectivity is the key to unlocking innovation and accelerating business outcomes. To reach this state, enterprises are transforming their networks and security to a zero trust architecture augmented by AI/ML capabilities, thereby reducing risk, eliminating cost and complexity and increasing agility.

Join this session and learn:

How zero trust architecture secures users, workloads, IoT/OT devices, and your business partners by addressing critical security shortcomings of legacy network architecture
How to reduce network complexity without exposing your organization to new risks
How AI/ML adds defensive and business analytics capabilities that have the power to turn IT into the engine propelling business success forward

1:05pm - 1:30pm Break

1:30pm - 2:15pm Breakout Session

What’s Your Take? Real-World AI Implementation Strategies

Sunder Pappu

Senior Vice President, Head of Technology & Strategy

Inland

Samir Shah

Senior Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Fortune Brands Innovations

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

1:30pm - 2:15pm Breakout Session

Personalizing the Customer Experience with Real-Time Data

Jeff Burlin

Senior Director, Executive Engagement Programs

Twilio

AI is changing how we think about the B2B and B2C experience and the ways we can interact with them. What if implementing real-time data can help us customize their experiences even further? What can the future hold to improve business outcomes and optimize the customer experience?

Join this session to learn:

How to drive communication strategies by incorporating behavioral, engagement and pricing data
How quickly adapting your customer experiences can drive revenue
How the customer profile can be supported through the entire engagement cycle

1:30pm - 2:15pm Executive Boardroom

Applications and Strategic Partners – Levers for Enterprise Innovation

Christopher Cameron

Managing Director

PwC US

Kalan Comba

CTO – North America

Workday

Sandeep Pulavarty

CIO

Paper Transport

CIOs face a multitude of internal challenges and competing priorities: responding to requests for applications and software to meet different business unit needs; keeping costs down to remain within budget; and driving a holistic IT strategy forward. To innovate with existing resources, making the most of your current applications is critical.

Join this session to discuss:

Maximizing the effectiveness of your current applications
Implementing emerging technologies within your overall IT roadmap
Prioritizing investments on business impact while satisfying internal customer base

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at katherine.williams@evanta.com

1:30pm - 2:15pm Executive Boardroom

Weaving Innovation into the Core of Everything

Satya Pandey

CTO - Head of Investment Banking Technology

William Blair & Company

Kader Sakkaria

Head of Global Data Technology

Gallagher

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

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at katherine.williams@evanta.com

2:15pm - 2:50pm Networking Break

2:20pm - 2:45pm 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.

2:50pm - 3:35pm Breakout Session

Who's Minding the Keys to Your Kingdom?

Anudeep Parhar

Chief Operating Officer | Digital

Entrust

As an organization’s security strategy matures, so do the complexities associated with ensuring the proper authorization for accessing systems and application resources. Technology leaders must have the right tools and processes in place to make certain only the right people have the right access. How well are you guarding the enterprise’s most precious assets?

Join this session to discuss:

Building a zero trust enterprise architecture
Exploring the business and technology changes driving the most significant trends in the evolution of access management
Making a business case for investing in the next generation of tools to secure your enterprise

2:50pm - 3:35pm Executive Boardroom

Applications Integration for AI Readiness

Lee Sobotkin

Principal Solutions Architect

Boomi

Joe McNamara

Head of IT Strategy & Architecture

The Kraft Heinz Company

Vinod Sisodiya

Chief Information Officer, Community Bank

Old National

Integrating applications allows companies to use their existing technologies, in combination, to their fullest potential, to provide seamless experiences to internal and external users. As CIOs take stock of their sprawling applications portfolio, how can they cut through the complexity to create integrated experiences underpinned by a modern IT foundation that connects data and technologies?

Join this session to discuss:

Leveraging low-code/no-code capabilities to free up valuable resources
Gaining insight into technical debt and maximize the value of applications
Creating architectures that evolve with ever-changing business requirements and accelerate transformation

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at katherine.williams@evanta.com

2:50pm - 3:35pm Executive Boardroom

Aligning With the Business — IT’s Game Plan (Option A)

Jeff Douglas

SVP, CIO

Potbelly Sandwich Works

Getting total buy-in from leadership isn’t easy but can accelerate your initiatives and increase success and adoption. If you can learn to communicate with your board by leveraging data to tell a compelling story, IT’s effectiveness will be recognized — inspiring trust and future buy-in across the enterprise.

Join this session to discuss:

Best practices for communicating with your board
Using data to tell IT’s story
Building relationships with stakeholders

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at katherine.williams@evanta.com

2:50pm - 3:35pm Executive Boardroom

Aligning With the Business — IT’s Game Plan (Option B)

Tom Kirkham

CIO

Primient

Michele White

VP, IT & CIO

Lee Enterprises

Join this session to discuss:

Best practices for communicating with your board
Using data to tell IT’s story
Building relationships with stakeholders

To reserve your seat, please contact: Katherine Williams at katherine.williams@evanta.com

3:35pm - 4:00pm Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm Keynote

What Good Looks Like — Stories of CIO Allyship

Tori Paulman

Senior Director Analyst

Gartner

Stories of allyship range from the uncomfortable, the embarrassing, the learning moment and sometimes even success. CIOs have an outsized opportunity to contribute to improved DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) by acting as an ally to people in marginalized or underrepresented groups. This session will help you become an allyship champion by highlighting the stories of your peers on their journey.

Join this session as Gartner Analyst Tori Paulman shares:

What allyship is and why it’s important
Why allyship is a critical executive leadership skill for the CIO
How the best allies recover from mistakes

4:35pm - 5:00pm Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

December 11, 2023

evening

December 12, 2023

morning afternoon

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