IN-PERSON

New Jersey CIO Community
Executive Summit

October 29, 2025 | Hilton Parsippany

October 29, 2025
Hilton Parsippany

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Collaborate with your peers

Get together with New Jersey'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:

Aligning IT and Security for Business Impact

Bridging Risk and Resilience at Scale

Leading with Purpose for Resilient and Empowered Organizations

New Jersey 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

Roota Almeida

Kyowa Kirin
Global CISO

Lookman Fazal

NJ Transit
Chief Information & Digital Officer

Zouhair Guelzim

L'Oréal
VP & CISO

Hussein Syed

RWJBarnabas Health
CISO

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 New Jersey 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


Breakout Session

Scaling Leadership — Lessons from Wyndham Hotels & Resorts

The most impactful leaders continually evolve their roles, pushing beyond traditional boundaries. At Wyndham Hotels & Resorts, elevating technology leadership has not only reshaped the business but also redefined career trajectories across the organization. Recent changes at the C-suite level demonstrate a powerful model for succession planning, strategic growth, and cross-functional collaboration.

Join this fireside chat to discover:

  • Strategically evolve leadership roles to amplify influence and drive business outcomes
  • Practical approaches to succession planning that foster growth and seamless transitions
  • Eliminating barriers between Business and IT to drive business innovation through technology


Executive Boardroom Sessions

The Impact of Geopolitical Shifts

 IT and Security Leaders must play a pivotal role in assessing corporate risk and taking action as necessary. The current state of geopolitical uncertainty leaves many variables for enterprise risk, including vendor reliability, supply chain consistency, and cyber threats.

Join this roundtable session to discuss:

  • Understanding the latest geopolitical tensions and regulations affecting the threat landscape
  • Evaluating operations in high-risk geographies to strategize resiliency
  • Planning disaster recovery in the event of a geopolitical disruption

Optimizing Data for Strategic Impact

Up to 80% of enterprise data remains unorganized—slowing decisions, inflating costs, and increasing risk. Data optimization isn’t just an IT priority; it’s a strategic advantage that drives trusted insights, AI readiness, and enterprise resilience. Are you unlocking the full value of your data—or falling behind?

Join this roundtable to explore how to:

  • Unlock value from untapped enterprise data assets
  • Strengthen decision-making through analytics utilizing clean, optimized data
  • Accelerate AI with trusted data foundations

Future-Proofing IAM — Strategies for Enhanced Security

As organizations advance their security strategies, they face increasing complexities in ensuring proper authorization for accessing systems and application resources. Security leaders must implement the right tools and processes to guarantee that the appropriate individuals have access. Identity-first strategies are focused equally on security and business enablement.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

  • Ensuring consistent access policies
  • Balancing innovation with security to protect organizational assets
  • Evolving strategies to address the growing sophistication of cyber threats


Keynote Session

Gartner Expert Keynote Session

Gain expert guidance from Gartner on the latest tech insights and the unfolding of the future through predictions, trends and evolving digital business cycles. Gartner Experts give you the clarity you need to move your priorities forward.


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


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Hilton Parsippany

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For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Alex Shimrat

Community Program Manager

315-857-5945

alex.shimrat@gartner.com