
Southern California CIO Community
Inner Circle
February 19, 2025 | Jonathan Club (Florentine Lounge, 3rd Floor)
February 19, 2025
Jonathan Club (Florentine Lounge, 3rd Floor)
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:
Creating user-friendly platforms that inspire the co-leadership of digital initiatives
Overcoming common interdepartmental challenges to derive maximum value from technology investments
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

Chad Hamilton
Fremantle
VP, Technology

Kelly Hamilton
Sony Pictures Entertainment
CIO

Greg Moore
KB Home
VP & CIO

Anthony Moses
Yamaha Motor Corporation
Global Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer

Thomas Phelps
Laserfiche
Executive Chair and Laserfiche CIO

Anand Radhakrishnan
KIND
Chief Information Officer
Agenda
February 19, 2025
4:30pm - 5:30pm Executive Networking Reception
5:30pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
Strategic Leadership – Maximizing Digital Investments Amid Unprecedented Advancements

Robin Alkeine
AVP, Solutions Engineering
RingCentral

Anthony Moses
Global Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer
Yamaha Motor Corporation

Mohandoss Tychicus
CIO
AIDS Healthcare Foundation

Kristine Sheu
SVP, Chief Technology Officer
Cathay Bank

Alvin Joseph
CIO & VP, IT, Packaging Solutions
Orora Group

Louis Zhan
SVP Enterprise Technology
Beachbody

Helen Norris
VP & CIO
Chapman University

Cathy Bindewald
CIO, Marshall School of Business
University of Southern California
Rapid innovation and widespread AI implementation in the past 18 months is presenting unmapped opportunities and hitherto unseen challenges for organizations across industry and geography. Determining digital priorities to drive the business forward is complex, and the pressure on technology leaders to maximize their digital investments is higher than ever.
Gartner's 2025 CIO survey reveals that so-called “digital vanguard” CIOs drive growth by enabling their peers across the C-suite to co-lead digital initiatives and facilitate collaboration between IT and business staff to build digital capabilities that work. This approach maximizes the value of digital investments, gives direction to digital priorities and enhances organizational effectiveness.
Join this conversation to discuss strategic approaches for leveraging partnerships to ensure the best ROI on technology investments.
Discussion Questions:
- Do you consider yourself a “digital vanguard?” How can CIOs create inclusive, user-friendly platforms that encourage IT and non-IT collaboration for secure solutions?
- What challenges do you face in getting the rest of the organization to understand the technology roadmap, especially when it comes to setting realistic expectations around AI use cases?
- How do you envision capturing the maximum value from your AI strategy? What role will other stakeholders play in making sure you are successful?
- How are you approaching developing business and IT skills, ensuring accurate tech skills forecasting?
- Based on tonight’s conversation, how well equipped do you feel your department and you, as a leader, are to act on these insights?
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 valet parking available at venue. Please pull into private garage next to the main entrance and valet will greet you inside.
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