
New York CIO Community
Inner Circle
August 13, 2025 | The Standard Highline
August 13, 2025
The Standard Highline
Collaborate with your peers
Join New York'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:
Driving innovation while bracing for potential budget cuts
Fostering innovation and collaboration with an eye on the bottom line
Collaborating with peers to align technology initiatives
New York 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

Kenneth Corriveau
Tinuiti
iCIO

Warren Kudman
Turner Construction
SVP & Chief Information Officer

Anna Ransley
Quaker Houghton
CDIO

Eswar Veluri
Equinox
EVP & CTO
Agenda
August 13, 2025
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
Balancing Budget and Technological Advancements Amidst Global Uncertainty

James Tsai
Senior Principal, Cloud Value Advisory
Google Cloud

Caroline Carney
CIO & Deputy Commissioner
NYC Department of Finance

Richard Martin
Senior IT Director, Global Commercial, Consumer, Customer, Communications & PEP Foundation
PepsiCo
In today's unpredictable economic environment, enterprise CIOs are tasked with driving technological innovation while managing financial constraints. The pressure to deliver cutting-edge solutions that drive competitive advantage is greater than ever. However, this must be balanced with prudent financial stewardship as budgets tighten due to economic fluctuations.
Technology leaders are already leveraging advancements in AI, cloud and data analytics to optimize business processes and create value while maintaining a keen focus on cost. But they must also foster a culture of collaboration across departments to ensure that technology initiatives are strategically aligned with broader business objectives.
This session will delve into strategies that CIOs can employ to advance technology initiatives without compromising fiscal responsibility, ensuring that their organizations remain agile and resilient.
Has the global economy caused you to reprioritize your technology initiatives? If so, what is staying at the forefront and what are the first items to go?
How are you balancing the demand for innovation with the necessity of cost control in technology deployment?
What role do you play in driving technology innovation and highly productive teams while ensuring fiscal responsibility across the enterprise?
What resources are you leveraging to keep pace with shifts in regulation?
What best practices have you uncovered for communicating the associated impact on technology strategy with the broader business?
How are you collaborating with your CFO to align technology initiatives with financial strategies for shared success?
What role do your existing vendors play in how you (re)prioritize new technology initiatives?
6:30pm - 7:00pm Networking Break
7:00pm - 8:00pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the New York CIO Community Inner Circle.
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
Venue
The Standard HighlineMore Information
Parking:
The Standard, High Line partners with Icon Parking Garage located at 111 Eighth Avenue. The entrance is located at 385 W 15th St or 386 W 16th St (between 8th & 9th Ave). This is a self-parking garage and tickets are validated at the front desk of the hotel with no in and out privileges.
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