Philadelphia CIO Community
Inner Circle
December 10, 2025 | Museum of American Revolution
December 10, 2025
Museum of American Revolution
Collaborate with your peers
Join Philadelphia'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:
Empowering resilience through aligned cybersecurity strategy and operational excellence
Driving innovation securely by connecting intelligence, collaboration and compliance
Philadelphia 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

Joshua Beeman
University of Pennsylvania
Interim VP of IT & CIO

Tricia Blair
Aon Corporation US
Chief Digital Officer and CIO, Affinity and Specialty Insurance

Vishi Viswanathan
Day & Zimmermann Group
SVP & CIO
Agenda
December 10, 2025
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
From Insight to Impact — Aligning Cybersecurity Strategy and Operations
Hosted by Recorded Future
Chris Holden
Head of Intelligence Collections
Recorded Future
Silas Adams
CISO
Pep Boys
Michael DaGrossa
VP Information Security, CISO
Genesis HealthCare
Jason McKay
CIO & VP, Business Process
Riggs Distler
Ed Maule
CIO
AdvoCare
Shayn Spingler
CIO
BrightView
Organizations today face expanding attack surfaces, rising regulatory scrutiny, and resource constraints—all while needing to accelerate business initiatives. CIOs and CISOs share a common challenge: mitigating risk and improving resilience without slowing innovation. Intelligence-driven insights can help leaders anticipate threats, prioritize investments, and align security operations with enterprise objectives—but success also depends on collaboration, efficiency, and clear communication of value.
For CISOs, improving processes and KPIs within security operations is critical to demonstrate impact. For CIOs, embedding cybersecurity into IT strategy ensures compliance and resilience. Together, these priorities shape a security posture that protects the business while enabling growth.
Join your peers for a conversation on how leaders can align strategies, optimize resources, and turn insights into actionable steps that deliver measurable outcomes.
Key Discussion Areas Include:
- Balancing Priorities: How do you manage the tension between strengthening security operations and meeting demands for faster business innovation? What trade-offs have you had to make?
- Strategic Alignment: What practical steps have helped CIO and CISO teams align cybersecurity priorities with IT strategy—especially when regulatory compliance and business agility compete for attention?
- Communicating Value: How do you frame risk and resilience in business terms that resonate with the board? What metrics or narratives have proven most effective in securing investment?
- Resource Optimization: With limited budgets and talent, where have you found the most impactful ways to improve efficiency—whether through automation, process redesign, or smarter prioritization?
- Intelligence as a Catalyst: How are you using threat intelligence or external risk insights to anticipate emerging threats and guide decisions? Have you seen success in integrating these insights into operational workflows?
- Actionable Next Steps: Looking ahead, what one or two actions could CIOs and CISOs take immediately to strengthen resilience and demonstrate measurable impact without significant new investment?
6:30pm - 7:00pm Networking Break
7:00pm - 8:00pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Each application is carefully vetted to ensure members meet established criteria, preserving the quality of the network and enabling meaningful, peer‑level discussions among leaders from the world’s leading organizations.
Once you submit your application, a Community Program Manager will schedule a conversation to understand your priorities and interests and complete onboarding, including access to year‑round community events.
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