
Southern California CIO Community
Inner Circle
September 23, 2025 | Ranch Restaurant and Saloon, 6th Floor Hospitality Suite
September 23, 2025
Ranch Restaurant and Saloon, 6th Floor Hospitality Suite
Collaborate with your peers
Join Southern California'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
Southern California 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

Allen Fazio
Houlihan Lokey
Chief Information Officer

Kelly Hamilton
Sony Pictures Entertainment
CIO

Chad Hamilton
Fremantle
VP, Technology

Greg Moore
KB Home
VP & CIO

Thomas Phelps
Laserfiche
Executive Chair and Laserfiche CIO

Anand Radhakrishnan
KIND
Chief Information Officer
Agenda
September 23, 2025
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
Balancing Budget and Technological Advancements Amidst Global Uncertainty
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 Southern California 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
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Parking
- Complimentary Self-Parking onsite
- The Events Center/Extron entrance is located around right side of building
- Once inside guests will be greeted by a hostess and shown up to the 6th floor of the building
Community Program Manager
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