
Milwaukee CIO Community
Executive Summit
October 9, 2024 | Hyatt Regency Milwaukee
October 9, 2024
Hyatt Regency Milwaukee
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Milwaukee'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:
Delivering Digital Innovation to Drive Value Across the Enterprise
Maximizing Existing Resources to Optimize Emerging Costs
Securing the Organization Through Advanced Technology Adoption
Milwaukee 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

Jeremy Bauer
Molson Coors Beverage Company
CISO

David Hotchkiss
Medical College of Wisconsin
VP & CIO

Rick Sackett
ProAmpac
Global Director, Information Security & Privacy
What to Expect
Agenda
7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
7:55am - 8:00am Social Experience
Executive Portrait Studio
Hosted by Illumio
Ready for a new professional headshot or LinkedIn profile picture? We've got you covered. Let our professional portrait photographer guide you through striking whatever pose best represents your unique, executive brand. All you have to do is join us outside the keynote space and look sharp (as if you weren't planning to already). They'll be taking pictures from 8am-3:45pm.
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote
Body Language Secrets for Enhanced Executive Presence
Hosted by Cloudflare

Chris Ulrich
Body Language Expert
Guest Speaker
Uncovering the mysteries of body language — how people communicate their thoughts and feelings without saying a word — is a decisive first step toward mastering any business and social situation. Top executives know that detecting split-second signals from your team and leadership then taking immediate action is crucial to being a persuasive communicator and problem-solver especially during tricky internal matters or high-level negotiations.
During this session you will learn how to:
- Move beyond the vacuum of artificial body language to a behavioral approach based on YOU
- Strengthen interpersonal relationships, be a more decisive leader and manage your nerves better
- Uncover the less obvious needs of others and improve your team’s confidence and competence
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Embracing Real-World GenAI Use Cases
Hosted by SentinelOne

Jagan Kolli
Information Security Officer
Great Lakes Cheese
The present moment offers an opportunity to unlock GenAI's transformative power, but maturity across organizations varies. Business leaders recognize this technology is a catalyst for innovation. By understanding real-world case studies with lessons learned, those leaders can create real movement forward inside of their own organizations.
Bring your questions to this session as you hear from executives who have:
- Implemented practical GenAI use cases and identified opportunities
- Compared and measured platforms and solutions for value outcomes
- Balanced approach to value and risk
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Applications Overload ― Strategies to Simplify, Optimize, and Mitigate
Hosted by IBM

David Coffey
VP, Product Management, Software Network & Chief Product Officer
IBM

John Mandli
Senior Director, Global Information Security
S C Johnson & Son Inc

Chris Zimmerman
Head of IT
Fleet Farm
Business today runs on an ever-growing landscape of enterprise technology across multiple cloud environments. The average enterprise uses 1,000 applications, multiple clouds, and thousands of physical assets. As generative AI improves developer productivity by almost 40%, an explosion of new applications will be created with AI embedded in the next few years. All this complexity creates operational inefficiency and exposure to vulnerabilities.
Join this session to learn about:
- Creating visibility across disparate systems to resolve the right issues at the right time
- Simplifying ecosystems to improve efficiencies and optimize costs
- Mitigate security vulnerabilities in your applications
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
New SEC Rules ― Going Beyond Checking the Box

Nick Watson
Executive Director of Information Security & Compliance
Quad

Chris Merkel
Senior Director, Cybersecurity Operations
Northwestern Mutual
Cybersecurity is no longer an objective reserved only for IT, it’s mission critical for senior executives and all board members. 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
- Partnering with legal
- Changes to risk management, strategy and governance
10:25am - 11:05am 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.
11:05am - 11:50am Breakout Session
Risk Driven Cybersecurity ― Measuring What Matters
Hosted by Wiz

Jeremy Bauer
CISO
Molson Coors Beverage Company

Mike Waldrop
Sr. Director, Information Security
Schneider National
With ever-evolving cyber threats, IT and security leaders must adopt a risk-driven approach. Rather than chasing compliance, they should focus on metrics that communicate business risk trajectory, like patching cadence and incident closure times.
Join this conversation to discuss:
- Advantages of prioritizing risk reduction over compliance
- Benchmarks that demonstrate cybersecurity's business value by lowering risk
- Transparency between security leaders and their organizations
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
User Access ― Leveraging the Right Technologies

Ray Farrell
VP, Enterprise Security & Infrastructure
Milwaukee Tool

Dave Schaibly
Director, IT Security & BCM
Uline
The path to a stronger IAM strategy lies within an agile digital system. CISOs are often challenged with keeping an entire company up to date, as well as identity-related breaches and core business operations being interrupted - but easy to use technology (when leveraged correctly) can be a game changer.
Join this boardroom to discuss:
- What the essentials are for building an efficient IAM system
- The challenges faced when protecting remote workers’ environments
- Optimizing user experience when adopting a user access program
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
Are We Still Talking About the Cloud?

Steve Hannan
Chief Information & Risk Officer
Landmark Credit Union

Michael Reineck
Senior Vice President, IT Security
RW Baird
Almost every organization uses cloud computing, but many do so without a documented strategy that answers what the organization does in the cloud and why. Without that, leaders can’t maximize the benefits of working in the cloud and find their costs skyrocketing out of control.
Join this session to discuss:
- Aligning cloud objectives across the enterprise
- Optimizing cloud scale and execution
- Preparing the organization for what’s next
11:50am - 12:35pm Lunch Service
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Milwaukee 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
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Regency Milwaukee at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 414-276-1234. Please mention Reference "Evanta Executive Summit" to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $155 USD (plus tax) is September 16, 2024.
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