In-Person

Denver CIO Community

Executive Summit

May 24, 2023 | The Embassy Suites Downtown Denver

May 24, 2023
The Embassy Suites Downtown Denver

Governing Body Agenda Location Sponsors Contact

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Stephen Katsirubas

Hunter Douglas
Chief Information Officer

Trent Krause

Graebel
CIO

Dolores Mears

Hensel Phelps Construction
CIO

Craig Richardville

Intermountain Health
Chief Digital & 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 Denver 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.

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Agenda

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May 23, 2023

afternoon

May 24, 2023

mid-afternoon morning afternoon

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

Governing Body Welcome Reception

Who doesn't love connecting with peers to eat and enjoy a friendly competition? Governing Body members will have the opportunity to enjoy dinner and participate in a hands-on dessert competition. Participants will form small teams and receive an assortment of toppings along with tempered chocolate to create their own unique chocolate bark. They will have 20 minutes to put the dessert together and will be judged on flavor, appearance, texture and originality. This is an evening of networking you won't want to miss!

11:00am - 11:45am Breakout Session

Pursuing Digital Dexterity in Market Redefinition

Markus Lonnquist

CIO

Coffee & Bagel Brands

Dolores Mears

CIO

Hensel Phelps Construction

Organizations must constantly reevaluate their digital evolution. Whether there are challenges or opportunities like shifting economic constraints or emerging technology (Generative AI), it can majorly impact business transformation. This often leaves CIOs asking themselves how to monetize the business without continued investment in new technologies. Tomorrow’s CIO will start thinking differently about their digital abilities to run a successful digital enterprise.

Join your CIO peers to discuss:

Creating a cultural shift to empower employees to think outside the box
Preparing the enterprise to strategically evolve and be open to change
Balancing optimization and transformation

11:00am - 11:45am Executive Boardroom

Achieving Growth and Profitability Through Optimization in Complex Times

Robert Wise

Chief Information Officer

Cognizant TriZetto Software Group, Inc.

Scott Hays

Senior Director

Rimini Street

Trent Krause

CIO

Graebel

Faced with growing economic uncertainty and budget concerns, CIOs are under more pressure than ever to keep costs under control while still supporting the company’s growth opportunities. With the right application strategies in place, they can make ROI-based decisions more confidently during these complex times.

Join this boardroom session to discuss:

Maximize the value of applications while remaining agile
Optimize through service unification
Improve efficiencies through architectures to support company 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 & CISOs).

To reserve your seat, please contact: Caroline Wharton at caroline.wharton@evanta.com

11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm Keynote

Building a Business Case for Secure Digital Transformation

Jay Chaudhry

CEO, Chairman & Founder

Zscaler

Matt Ramberg

Vice President Information Security

Sanmina

CIOs and CISOs may have different motives for pursuing digital transformation. Whether the ultimate goal is simplifying connectivity to critical business resources or protecting against cyber threats, it's important to frame discussions with boards and executives in terms of business needs.

Join this session and learn to:

Calculate hard and soft costs
Quantify risk reduction and business productivity gains
Recruit business champions for zero trust transformations

1:05pm - 1:30pm Break

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

8:30am - 9:15am Keynote

Leading Resilient Teams Through Unpredictable Adversity

Lisa Thompson

Author of "Finding Elevation: Fear and Courage on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain"

Guest Speaker

Lisa Thompson is a high-altitude mountaineer and former healthcare executive who beat cancer months before standing on the summit of Everest. Lisa later became the first all-American woman to summit K2, which is considered the deadliest mountain in the world. In her talks and book, “Finding Elevation,” Lisa shares the experience of climbing the toughest mountains in the world and the importance of teamwork, resilience and defining boundaries.

Join this keynote session to learn about the importance of:

Embracing change and overcoming challenges
Creating a supportive environment inside and outside the office
Defining clear roles and goals to build a strong, communicative team

9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

Shifting the Paradigm for Recruiting IT Talent

Chris Meyerpeter

CIO

Ardent Mills

Traditional recruitment for tech positions oftentimes shrinks the talent pool. Leaders can help bolster their teams and expand their collection of potential candidates through new talent pipelines. Creating partnerships that help underserved and career transitioning individuals break into the technology industry can expand recruitment to an unexpected hire.

In this case study, we'll discuss:

Attracting diverse talent
Building your own talent pipeline
Changing requirements to attract new candidates

9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom

Strategic AI Opportunities for IT Operations and Development

Steve Dills

SVP & CIO

Brown and Caldwell

Russell Kaurloto

CIO/Vice Chancellor of Information Technology

University of Denver

Jacob Yackenovich

Director, Product Management

IBM

Every business wants to get the most out of its resources. Apart from making more profit, companies constantly strive towards reducing overall costs. Surviving in today’s competitive world requires businesses make strategic decisions that lead to better efficiencies. AIOps seeks to do just that – ensure the delivery of highly performant digital applications and services.

Join this session to discuss:

Gathering and harnessing the data available to provide full stack and enterprise observability
Automating cloud resource allocation and management to optimize cost
Using AI in IT operations and management solutions

To reserve your seat, please contact: Caroline Wharton at caroline.wharton@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.

1:30pm - 2:15pm Breakout Session

Data and AI – Driving Value for Your Organization

Brian Hall

VP of Product Marketing

Google Cloud

Even the most successful companies face challenges harnessing the full value of a robust data and AI strategy. Technology leaders must keep abreast of data and AI trends to understand how to realize and prioritize greater potential at scale for optimal business value.

In this session, you’ll learn:

Benefits of a unified data and AI platform
Customer success insights
Five trends for an interconnected data strategy

1:30pm - 2:15pm Breakout Session

Emerging Technology — Collaboration Across the Enterprise

Craig Richardville

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Intermountain Health

To lead resilient and innovative organizations, CIOs and CISOs must stay up to date with emerging technology. How are you communicating opportunities and concerns across the enterprise when news of new trends hit the headlines?

Join this interactive session to discuss:

Strategies for communicating generative AI concerns and opportunities
How to sell the importance of innovating with sustainable technology to the board
What impacts automation can have on an organization’s future

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

Striving for Human Excellence Regardless of Work Location

Gary Sorrentino

Global CIO

Zoom Video Communications

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

2:50pm - 3:35pm Executive Boardroom

Working Smarter – Remodeling Operations for Efficiency

Sue Lapierre

Vice President, IT Governance, Information Security Officer

Prologis

John Shellenberger

VP and CIO

Johns Manville

Benjamin Partout

VP of Information Systems

Freemen Nutra

In an uncertain economy with shrinking budgets on the horizon, remodeling operations can be a cost-effective step towards simpler and more efficient enterprises. However, getting the right stakeholders on board can be a challenge to the holistic benefits of streamlining processes and procedures.

Join this session to talk with your peers about:

Analyzing market trends to identify and adopting competitive technologies
Creating compelling communication to ensure stakeholder buy-in
Reallocating and training your workforce for adapted roles

To reserve your seat, please contact: Caroline Wharton at caroline.wharton@evanta.com

3:35pm - 4:00pm Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm Keynote

Building for the Future — How CIOs and CISOs are Winning Together

Craig Buesing

Chief Information Security Officer

Gates Corporation

Diego Silva

Chief Information Officer

Gates Corporation

The relationship between the CIO and CISO is critical to an effective enterprise information security program. In some cases, the objectives of the two executives do not align on priorities and business objectives. Without a well-disciplined, integrated and communicative strategy, the likelihood of failed program delivery and greater vulnerabilities to not only system operations, but also the business as a whole, only increases.

Join this keynote to discuss how to:

Strengthen the IT-Security partnership to push business initiatives forward
Align potential risk and threats with a comprehensive IT strategy
Address combined goals into a single reporting package for board level discussions

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

11:00am - 11:45am Breakout Session

The Most Important Shift for Cybersecurity in a Generation

Bob Gilbert

VP GTM Strategy and Chief Evangelist

Netskope

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

11:00am - 11:45am Executive Boardroom

Stopping Insider Risks From Turning Into Insider Threats

Lucia Milica

Global Resident CISO

Proofpoint

Alex Wood

CISO

Uplight

Chris Ard

CISO

Newmont Corporation

Not every insider risk turns into an insider threat, but every insider threat began as an insider risk. Security leaders need an insider risk mitigation program that encompasses people, processes and technology for successful early intervention, detection and mitigation of insider threats. How can executives build out these robust defenses and strengthen internal cross-functional partnerships to tackle insider risk as a team?

Join this session to discuss:

Managing insider threats and risks in your organization
Contextualizing insider risk mitigation strategies within the framework of the larger corporate risk framework
Leveraging behavioral change, analytical insights and precise interventions to reduce human risk

To reserve your seat, please contact: Caroline Wharton at caroline.wharton@evanta.com

11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm Keynote

Building a Business Case for Secure Digital Transformation

Jay Chaudhry

CEO, Chairman & Founder

Zscaler

Matt Ramberg

Vice President Information Security

Sanmina

Join this session and learn to:

Calculate hard and soft costs
Quantify risk reduction and business productivity gains
Recruit business champions for zero trust transformations

1:05pm - 1:30pm Break

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

8:30am - 9:15am Keynote

Leading Resilient Teams Through Unpredictable Adversity

Lisa Thompson

Author of "Finding Elevation: Fear and Courage on the World's Most Dangerous Mountain"

Guest Speaker

Join this keynote session to learn about the importance of:

Embracing change and overcoming challenges
Creating a supportive environment inside and outside the office
Defining clear roles and goals to build a strong, communicative team

9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

Integrating Security and IT- Building Realistic Roadmaps

Jim Richberg

Public Sector Field CISO and VP of Information Security

Fortinet

Time and time again, ransomware attacks paralyze the operations of critical infrastructure in even well-resourced enterprises. Integrating security, whether within a single organization (across IT and OT) or between organizations, allows for a more rapid, coordinated and effective response to threats across the network. As CIOs & CISOs eye integration opportunities, how can they ensure roadmaps are realistic and achievable?

Join Jim Richberg in this interactive session to discuss:

Approaches that break the cybersecurity integration problem into actionable pieces
Common pitfalls organizations face in their integration pursuits
Key questions to consider before embarking on this journey

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

Shifting the Paradigm for Recruiting IT Talent

Chris Meyerpeter

CIO

Ardent Mills

In this case study, we'll discuss:

Attracting diverse talent
Building your own talent pipeline
Changing requirements to attract new candidates

9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom

Navigating the Cyber Risks of Cloud — Evaluating Options

Chris Boehm

Field CISO

SentinelOne

Tim Hampton

CISO

Sierra Space

Benjamin Fellows

Deputy CISO

Hitachi Vantara

The use of cloud technology has become a popular choice for businesses, providing them with numerous advantages but also introducing new threats. Cyber security risks can cause financial and reputational damage if left unmanaged, which is why it is essential to understand all the ways to protect the enterprise.

In this boardroom we will discuss:

How cyber insurance policies differ
New insights to cloud-based attacks and the impacts
Defenses to financial and reputational damage

To reserve your seat, please contact: Caroline Wharton at caroline.wharton@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.

1:30pm - 2:15pm Breakout Session

Data and AI – Driving Value for Your Organization

Brian Hall

VP of Product Marketing

Google Cloud

In this session, you’ll learn:

Benefits of a unified data and AI platform
Customer success insights
Five trends for an interconnected data strategy

1:30pm - 2:15pm Breakout Session

Emerging Technology — Collaboration Across the Enterprise

Craig Richardville

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Intermountain Health

Join this interactive session to discuss:

Strategies for communicating generative AI concerns and opportunities
How to sell the importance of innovating with sustainable technology to the board
What impacts automation can have on an organization’s future

1:30pm - 2:15pm Executive Boardroom

Strategic Pitfalls in Third-Party Risk Management

Chris McLaughlin

CISO

Johns Manville

Kelly White

CEO, RiskRecon – A Mastercard Company

RiskRecon

Andrew Parish

Sr BISO

Bank of America

Managing cyber risk across an enterprise IT infrastructure has never been harder. Remote workers, advancing attack methods, and an ever-expanding vendor network are challenging every firm, as total visibility into threats has become nearly impossible. As digital business strategy matures, more organizations are becoming dependent on the cyber posture and protection of third parties. Third-party risks present a unique challenge because you are depending on vendors and partners to operate securely to keep your data and information safe. How are you mitigating the associated risks and demonstrating this to the business to ensure effective security programs?

Join this boardroom to discuss:

Common failings across TPRM programs that led to breach events
How executives can provide strategic direction for third-party risk teams
Key practices being implemented by leading vendor risk firms to maintain strong supply chain risk management

To reserve your seat, please contact: Caroline Wharton at caroline.wharton@evanta.com

1:30pm - 2:15pm Executive Boardroom

Bringing DevSecOps to Cloud Security

Othman Doubiany

Business Information Security Officer

Bank of America

Max Anderson

Sr. Security Strategist

Fastly

The threat landscape is continuing to expand and diversify as organizations move to a multi-cloud environment. CISOs need to ensure that their DevSecOps capabilities are incorporated within their overall business strategy to guarantee that their cloud applications and code can remain secure.

Join this session to discuss:

Understanding there is no one-size-fits-all model for DevSecOps
Best practices for integrating DevSecOps into your cloud security strategy
Exploring the intersection between development, security and DevSecOps

To reserve your seat, please contact: Caroline Wharton at caroline.wharton@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

New Cybersecurity Rules and Regulations: Are you prepared?

Ram Ramadoss

System Senior Vice President - Privacy, Information Security

CommonSpirit Health

Joe McComb

CISO

Holland & Hart

Sanjeev Sah

VP & CISO

Centura Health

As cybersecurity incidents continue to impact businesses around the world, rules and regulations are constantly changing to address emerging concerns. As a leader in a quickly-changing landscape, you must balance following new regulations and educating company leaders about cybersecurity.

Join this session to discuss:

How to prepare your board
What the impacts of SEC rulings will have
How CISOs can protect themselves from liability

2:50pm - 3:35pm Executive Boardroom

Making Every Security Investment Count

Sam Masiello

Chief Information Security Officer

The Anschutz Corporation

Ravikumar Gaddam

Director, DevOps/ProdOps

The Boeing Co

Jon Hencinski

VP of Security Operations

Expel

Today’s business leaders find themselves squaring up against a two-headed monster: more attack surfaces and threats to cover than ever before and macroeconomic challenges loom. Cybersecurity isn’t something that orgs can afford to “cut down on,” so increasingly, leaders are asked to achieve even greater outcomes with the same or fewer resources — from budgets to tech to headcount. How can CISOs evaluate spend without compromising on risk?

Join this session to discuss:

Ways organizations are improving return on investment (ROI) on existing security investments
How leaders can translate risk into business outcomes for leadership and boards, enabled by security investment
How to overcome challenges security leaders face as they work to scale, grow, and innovate without sacrificing security

To reserve your seat, please contact: Caroline Wharton at caroline.wharton@evanta.com

3:35pm - 4:00pm Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm Keynote

Building for the Future — How CIOs and CISOs are Winning Together

Craig Buesing

Chief Information Security Officer

Gates Corporation

Diego Silva

Chief Information Officer

Gates Corporation

Join this keynote to discuss how to:

Strengthen the IT-Security partnership to push business initiatives forward
Align potential risk and threats with a comprehensive IT strategy
Address combined goals into a single reporting package for board level discussions

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

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A block of rooms has been reserved at the The Embassy Suites Downtown Denver at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 303-592-1000. Please mention Denver Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.

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