Minneapolis CISO Community
Executive Summit
December 3, 2025 | Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
December 3, 2025
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Minneapolis'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:
Maximizing AI for Strategic Advantage
Safeguarding Business Continuity Through Cyber Resilience
Amplifying cybersecurity as a critical influence in business decisions
Minneapolis 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
Vince Aimutis
Federated Insurance
VP, Director, Information Services & CISO
Peter Christy
Patterson Companies
VP, CISO
Mary Faulkner
Thrivent
VP, CISO & IT Operations
Jeff Johnson
Digikey
Director, IT Security
Aimee Martin
Data Recognition Corporation
CISO
Greg Matthias
Agiliti
VP, CISO
Tina Meeker
Sleep Number
VP, Information Security & Enterprise Architecture
Michael Rogers
Hormel Foods
CISO & Director Information Security & Compliance
Param Vig
Solventum
SVP, CISO
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 Minneapolis 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
Executive Boardroom Sessions
Reducing Application Delivery Tech Debt from the Inside Out
With high volumes of sensitive data now flowing through web browsers, three in five organizations say data leakage is likely given current IT and security infrastructures. Stop playing catch-up. Discover new approaches to enterprise operations to reduce risk while simplifying operations.
Join this session to discover:
- How disparate IT and security solutions create technical debt
- What challenges impact internal and end user stakeholders
- How simplifying IT can strengthen security, and boost productivity
Looking to the FUTURE — What's Next and Where Will We Get Left Behind?
As we look toward 2026 and 2027, the futurist landscape extends beyond AI, with breakthroughs in areas like synthetic biology, quantum computing, and climate adaptation reshaping business possibilities. However, we’ve given less thought to challenges such as ethical governance, psychological impacts of technology, and the resilience of global supply chains. To stay ahead, organizations must expand their foresight, anticipate overlooked trends, and foster adaptability. By thinking broadly and planning proactively, businesses can better navigate uncertainty and seize emerging opportunities.
Join this discussion to:
- Identify underexplored trends and technologies that could disrupt your industry in the next 2-3 years
- Learn strategies for building organizational resilience and adaptability amid rapid change
- Explore actionable foresight tools to future-proof your business across operations, talent, and innovation
Keynote Session
The ROI of Creativity
The World Economic Forum named creativity one of the top must-have skills for success in all industries. It is the key to thriving in this era of rapid innovation and change. But very few organizations have truly invested in the development of this essential capability. Why? Because creativity is considered too intangible to measure, too messy to fit into a strategic plan or simply something that is only for a few specially talented people. In this engaging presentation, Artist/Author Noah Scalin pulls back the curtain on his own creative practice to explain the real ROI of creativity.
In this session, we will learn:
- Why creativity is a crucial skill for fostering innovation at your organization
- How to use creativity strategically for long-term impact
- Simple strategies that anyone can use to innovate, grow and inspire others
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Minneapolis 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.
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