Florida CISO Community
Executive Summit
December 7, 2023 | Loews Miami Beach Hotel
December 7, 2023
Loews Miami Beach Hotel
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Florida's top CISOs 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 CISOs today:
Aligning technology with the entire organization to improve business outcomes
Creating a culture of innovation to improve processes and efficiencies
Building a Culture of Security and Enabling Smart, Secure Decision Making
Florida CISO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CISOs, For CISOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs
Shawn Bowen
World Fuel Services
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
Gary Eppinger
CSX Corporation
Vice President of Technology and CISO
Juan Gomez-Sanchez
Whirlpool Corporation
Global CISO
Gram Ludlow
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation
SVP, Chief Information Security Officer
Marcos Marrero
H.I.G. Capital
Chief Information Security Officer
Eduardo Ortiz-Romeu
Techtronic Industries North America, Inc.
Global Head of Cybersecurity
What to Expect
Interactive Sessions
Hear from CISO 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 Florida CISO community.
Peer-to-Peer Meetings
Connect with like-minded peers in a private, one-on-one setting through Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.
Agenda
7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote
You Speak, They Swarm — The Power of Story in Reaching Your Audience
Hosted by Tanium
Arthur Zards
Thought Leader, TED/TEDx Speaker, Coach & Producer
Guest Speaker
Speakers want action, not just applause. But busy executives don’t have time to learn complex communication models or esoteric storytelling processes — they need a simple, effective speaking framework that can help them not only connect with any audience, but also elicit real change. Enter the "Swarm Effect."
Join this session with Arthur Zards — a thought leader, TEDster and provocateur — to:
- Hone your skills in executive influence
- Adopt a more authentic and engaging approach to speaking
- Take your next presentation from “understandable” to “compelling"
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
Achieving Organizational Transformation with Emerging Technologies
Hosted by Island
Scott Montgomery
VP, Strategic Accounts
Island
As CIOs look for ways to bolster productivity and efficiencies across the enterprise, they are more and more reliant on emerging technologies, such as the enterprise browser. According to recent Gartner research, "Enterprise browsers will evolve to become the core platform for almost all of the day-to-day enterprise productivity and security software used by the workforce."
Join this presentation to understand how tech leaders can leverage emerging applications to transform the enterprise. In this session, we will share:
- Creating an employee experience centered on productivity and flexibility
- Reimagining how IT leaders can enable users while creating unique business value
- Benefits and possibilities for critical application protection
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
The Evolution of Identity Access Management
Elvis Clemetson
Chief Information & Technology Officer
SBA Communications
Eduardo Ortiz-Romeu
Global Head of Cybersecurity
Techtronic Industries North America, Inc.
As an organization’s security strategy matures, so does the complexities associated with ensuring the proper authorization for accessing systems and application resources. Security leaders must have the right tools and processes in place to make certain that the right people have the right access – nothing more. How can leaders propel the organization into the next generation of IAM and fraud detection strategies that protects business outcomes while enables identity-first security?
Join this session to discuss:
- Looking at the business and technology changes driving the most significant trends in the evolution of access management
- Making a business case for investing in the next generation of tools that have a demonstrated ROI
- Creating more efficient processes that allows for employee buy-in
10:25am - 11:00am 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.
11:00am - 11:45am Breakout Session
Leading with Digital Sustainability — A Strategy Led by Technology
Hosted by ChromeOS
Loren Hudziak
Sr Customer Engineer Manager
Google Chrome Enterprise
Enterprises are under pressure to address multiple challenges impacting the planet, their people and profitability. This is all happening while a recession is looming, quiet quitting is real and climate change is a top concern. Now is the time to position technology leaders as key partners in tackling these issues maximizes sustainable value across the business.
Join this session to explore sustainable strategies for:
- Reducing efforts in the negative impact your company and products have on the planet (environmental sustainability)
- How to best champion and manage the impact on your people (social sustainability)
- Managing the business' fiscal health and future profitability (financial sustainability)
11:00am - 11:45am Executive Boardroom
Crisis Planning – Flip the Asymmetry with Attackers
Hosted by Sygnia
Oren Wortman
VP, Client Leadership | NA
Sygnia
Prashant Cherukuri
CIO
Qualfon
Preetam Sirur
Chief Information Security Officer- EyeCare Leaders Division
Global Growth
Preparing for a cyber crisis is imperative and can determine whether it becomes a major catastrophe or a manageable incident. Whether you have experience navigating a crisis or are preparing for the inevitable attack to come, come together with your peers to leverage the wisdom in the room to tackle complex challenges and get ahead of the attackers.
Join this session to discuss:
- Evaluating common options, dilemmas, and pitfalls in crisis planning
- Understanding the impact of technical and stakeholder management decisions on the business
- Identifying key gaps and vulnerabilities often overlooked by security teams
11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch Service
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Florida CISO Community Executive Summit.
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 & Accommodation
Loews Miami Beach HotelIMPORTANT - Loews Miami Beach - Room Block Cancellation Policy:
- Any cancellations made after the Cutoff Date (November 5, 2023) are subject to a cancellation fee of one (1) night room charge plus tax. The cancellations after the Cutoff date are payable to the Venue by the attendees and will be the Venue’s responsibility to collect.
Parking:
Hotel Valet: $41
Public Parking Garage (across the street): $20/day
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Loews Miami Beach Hotel at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 1-888-879-0462. Please mention EFS123 to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $599 USD (plus tax) is November 5, 2023.
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