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Phoenix CIO Executive Summit

November 7, 2024 | The Phoenician

November 7, 2024
The Phoenician

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Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Phoenix'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:

Prioritizing risk mitigation within cybersecurity strategies is paramount

Optimizing customer experience to move digital business initiatives forward

Ensuring risk mitigation is top of mind within the cloud security strategy

Phoenix 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

Gary Desai

Discount Tire
CIO

Ed Dzadovsky

Circle K
CTO

Arun Kumar Bhaskara-Baba

Honeywell Aerospace
Chief Digital & Information Officer

Raghu Santanam Ph.D.

Arizona State University
Sr Associate Dean, W. P. Carey School of Business

J.R. Sloan

State of Arizona
CIO

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 Phoenix CIO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, 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.

Agenda


November 7, 2024

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

8:30am - 9:15am  Keynote

Organizational Velocity in the Workforce

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Hope Timberlake

Founder, Forté Consulting

Guest Speaker

To navigate change and uncertainty, companies need to be agile. During this keynote, audience members will learn and practice the key components needed to become a nimble organization with a growth mindset.

Join this keynote session to learn:

  • Better decision-making practices
  • Strategies to embrace change
  • The importance of cross-functional collaboration

9:15am - 9:40am  Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am  Breakout Session

Navigating Cyber Insurance and Personal Liability

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Dina Mathers

CISO

Carvana

Leaders from organizations big and small are questioning the value of cyber insurance. Additionally, the increasing focus on personal liability for CISOs has added another layer of complexity and urgency to securing adequate coverage. During this session, Dina Mathers, CISO, Carvana, will share the importance of protecting both the organization and its leaders from cyber-related risks.

Join this session to discuss:

  • The evolving landscape of cyber insurance and its implications for personal liability
  • Best practices for integrating cyber insurance into your overall risk management strategy
  • Struggles and benefits of investing in cyber insurance and D&O insurance

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Securing the Everywhere World — Building Cyber Resilience through a “Connectivity Cloud”

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Trey Guinn

Field Chief Technologist

Cloudflare

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Bianca Lochner

CIO

City of Scottsdale, AZ

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Keith Stocks

VP, Third Party Cyber Risk Management

State Street

When users are everywhere and digital operations span cloud, SaaS, and on-premises environments, achieving cyber resilience becomes paramount. The challenge lies in navigating this complexity and maintaining visibility and control to ensure continuous operation despite cyber threats.

Join this interactive roundtable to discuss:

  • Optimizing costs and improving security across diverse cloud environments
  • Adopting Zero Trust philosophies to protect users, data, and applications
  • Innovating with AI while addressing global regulatory and data privacy requirements

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

The Critical CFO-CIO Partnership for Realizing IT Value

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Keith Siegfried

GVP, Unified Service Experience

Rimini Street

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Theo Gibson

IT Vice President & CIO

TPI Composites

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Steen Hambric

CIO

City of Phoenix, AZ

In today’s dynamic business landscape, the synergy between CFOs and CIOs is crucial for shaping enterprise technology investments and driving innovation. Collaboration is essential for aligning financial strategies with technological advancements.

Join this session to explore:

  • Strengthening the CFO-CIO relationship to make data-driven decisions on emerging technologies and ROI
  • Harmonizing views on IT investments and driving results-driven projects
  • Communicating business and technology priorities

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  Executive Boardroom

AI Vs AI — How Adversaries and Security Teams Use AI

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Mani Keerthi Nagothu

Americas Field CISO Associate Director

SentinelOne

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Ryan Murray

CISO

State of Arizona

With the explosion of Generative AI into widespread use over the past year, there are rising indications that threat actors are exploiting AI to launch cyberattacks. Tackling the evolving threat landscape means getting ahead of the threat - cyber defenders need to be prepared, using the power of AI to defend their organizations.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Analyzing how threat actors use AI offensively in their attack methods
  • Turning the tables on attackers by leveraging emerging technologies to bolster cybersecurity defense
  • Deploying AI for maximum impact to build capabilities and improve incident response

11:05am - 11:50am  Executive Boardroom

Securing Non-Human Identities — Current Issues and Future Directions

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Rich Dandliker

Chief Strategist

Veza

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Gary Chan

CISO

SSM Health

Existing identity security tools mainly focus on human identities. However, NHIs (such as service accounts) often pose a greater risk and are harder to manage. They outnumber human identities, have high privileges, can't use MFA, and are challenging to find across the infrastructure.

Join this interactive roundtable to discuss:

  • Challenges in finding NHI accounts, credentials and owners
  • Existing tool successes and gaps
  • Envisioning the ideal management of NHIs

11:05am - 11:50am  Breakout Session

Interactive Session — Bridging The Public and Private Sector Gap 2.0

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Nathan Ramachandran

EVP, CTO

Boeing Employees Credit Union

It might seem simple to point out key differences within the public and private sectors, especially when choosing a career or networking. For today's technology leader, it's important to also understand the similarities within these two areas of business. Who knows, there might be a process worth adapting across industries.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Modernizing and transforming business structures in different sectors
  • Handling data privacy concerns across industries
  • Breaking down stereotypes to enable smooth transitions between public and private companies

11:50am - 12:35pm  Lunch Service

12:35pm - 1:10pm  Keynote

Optimizing for Agility — Network and Security Convergence

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Steve Riley

VP & Field CTO

Netskope

Integrating a complex ecosystem across all security areas can optimize defenses without simplifying adversaries’ challenges. This approach balances robust security with efficiency, crucial for navigating generative AI and tech advancements. Achieving this requires strategic selection and consolidation of platforms to enhance agility, reduce risk, and maintain cost-effectiveness.

In this session, you’ll learn:

  • The composition of an effective security architecture
  • Value you can derive from a converged networking and security platform
  • Common consolidation mistakes people make and how to avoid them

1:10pm - 1:35pm  Break

1:35pm - 2:20pm  Executive Boardroom

Risk to the Nth-Party Degree

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Austin Starowicz

Director, Solutions Consulting

RiskRecon - A MasterCard Company

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Shannon Lawson

CISO

City of Phoenix, AZ

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Robert Wahl

CISO

Harley-Davidson

Third party relationships are closest and may prove to be the most tangible risks to your business, yet the whole supply chain of your business partners still pose a substantial threat. Most organizations’ vendor relationships extend to the 8th party. CISOs need to understand this web of connectedness in order to better manage and communicate enterprise risk.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Gaining visibility into risk across the whole supply chain
  • Strategies for effective risk management and monitoring business partners
  • Overcoming resource challenges to prioritize third-party and extended supply chain risk

1:35pm - 2:20pm  Breakout Session

Mike Drop — Third Party Strategy And More

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Michael Manrod

CISO

Grand Canyon University

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Michael Moore

CISO at Arizona Secretary of State

State of Arizona

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Mike Lettman

SR Information Security Analyst

Tri Counties Bank

While this might not be your traditional "mic drop," this play on words is sure to bring in an interesting conversation. In this security-focused session, Mike Lettman, Senior information security analyst Tri County Banks, Mike Manrod, CISO, Grand Canyon University and Mike Moore, CISO, Arizona Secretary of State will lead an open-ended, interactive session focusing on third-party strategy and AI, before opening the floor to audience members to ask pressing questions.

Join this session to:

  • Hear how others have improved third-party resiliency
  • Discuss strategies for third-party data protection
  • Learn how Mike's in different sectors tackle AI challenges

2:20pm - 3:00pm  Networking Break

2:25pm - 2:50pm  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.

3:00pm - 3:35pm  Keynote

Upskilling for GenAI Success

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Arun Kumar Bhaskara-Baba

Chief Digital & Information Officer

Honeywell Aerospace

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Raghu Santanam Ph.D.

Sr Associate Dean, W. P. Carey School of Business

Arizona State University

For CIOs and CISOs, the challenge extends beyond implementing GenAI to ensuring that the workforce is adequately upskilled to harness its full potential. By prioritizing workforce education and skill development, organizations can unlock the true value of GenAI and maintain a competitive edge.

Join this keynote to discuss:

  • Upskilling employees to effectively use and maximize value from GenAI
  • Rethinking business strategy, models and internal operations to leverage AI
  • Leveraging industry, academia and ecosystem partnerships to accelerate AI innovation

3:35pm - 3:45pm  Closing Comments and Prize Drawing

3:45pm - 5:00pm  Governing Body Reception

Governing Body Reception

Governing Body members host this reception for executives to close out the event with an evening of peer networking, food and drinks.

November 7, 2024

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Location


Venue & Accommodation

The Phoenician

A block of rooms has been reserved at the The Phoenician at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 888-627-9046.

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $459 USD (plus tax) is October 8, 2024.

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

Aldana Almuna

Community Program Manager

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aldana.almuna2@evanta.com