
New Jersey CISO Community
Executive Summit
October 30, 2024 | Westin Governor Morris
October 30, 2024
Westin Governor Morris
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with New Jersey'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:
Delivering and defining value through generative and traditional AI
Prioritizing risk mitigation within cybersecurity strategies is paramount
Improving cloud security metrics and KPIs while enhancing processes and efficiencies
New Jersey 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

Roota Almeida
Amazon
Head of Security Governance, Amazon Stores

Lookman Fazal
NJ Transit
Chief Information & Digital Officer

Zouhair Guelzim
L'Oreal Americas
VP & CISO

Hussein Syed
RWJBarnabas Health
CISO

Gabrielle Wolfson
Quest Diagnostics Inc
Senior VP & Chief Information & Chief Digital Officer
What to Expect
Agenda
7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast
8:30am - 9:15am Keynote
The Alchemy of Talent — Teams that Thrive in the Face of Uncertainty
Hosted by Netskope

Vijay Pendakur, Ph.D.
Team Effectiveness Coach
Guest Speaker
Disruption, change, and extended uncertainty are hallmarks of our time, but can lead even strong teams to fail. How can some teams outperform consistently in these conditions? The Alchemy of Talent is Dr. Pendakur’s proven model for high performing teams, backed by extensive research and his own experience leading teams across numerous complex organizations. This high-energy keynote will focus on the science and skills of trust and team connection, along with the innovation potential of harnessing team complexity.
Audience members will learn:
- How to harness team complexity as a driver for innovation
- A new toolkit for using trust to unlock team performance
- Innovative new approaches to increasing team connection and resilience
9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break
9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session
From Familiar to Future — Breaking the Barriers to IT Innovation
Hosted by ChromeOS

Jeff Jagoda
Senior Customer Engineer, ChromeOS
IT leaders are under pressure to innovate their organization’s tech stack to meet the demands of modern business. While web-based apps, AI and other modern solutions offer a better user experience, advanced security and simpler management, many businesses are still critically dependent on legacy apps and systems. How can IT teams innovate their infrastructure without disrupting operations and end users? This session breaks down some common misconceptions about modernization and reveals a direct path for IT leaders towards more efficient, secure, and cost-effective endpoint management.
Join this session and breakout-style conversation with ChromeOS and your peers to discuss:
- What the modern endpoint looks like for enterprises today
- How modernization unlocks the power of AI and sharpens your competitive edge
- How to continue using legacy apps while you innovation
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Reducing Cloud Complexity and Risk
Hosted by CrowdStrike and AWS

Zlatko Saric
Tech Strategist, CTO Americas
CrowdStrike

Anthony DiMarco
CISO
ITT

Vivek Kumar
Global Deputy CISO
Cboe Global Markets Inc

Nick Dimtchev
Principal PDM – Security ISVs, Global Financial Services
Amazon Web Services
Security consistency, performance and visibility across on-premises, hybrid, and multi-cloud environments is the desired end state for enterprise CISOs. However, challenges including siloed security tools, increasing numbers of adversary attacks on cloud, limited runtime protection, and the lack of visibility while trying to enforce compliance can stand in the way of getting there.
Join this session to discuss how to:
- Build attainable goals for a mature and effective cloud security model
- Implement proven strategies to improve cloud security posture
- Minimize risks to help achieve desired business outcomes
9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom
Delivering an Analytics Strategy that Packs a Punch

Scott Bourne
IT Risk Management/ Attack Surface Reduction
Merck & Co.

David Johnston
CIO, VP IT
Messer

Jason McKay
CIO & VP Business Process
Riggs Distler
As leaders seek to drive business value from data and analytics initiatives, they face both cultural and technical challenges. CIOs must partner with the business in creating a long-term analytics strategy that enables the organization to make data driven decisions.
Join this session to hear perspectives on:
- Evolving data governance efforts to power accuracy in reporting and analytics
- Overcoming technical obstacles and cost pressure to ensure analytics programs get prioritized
- Building a business case to create a strategy that has measurable outcomes and results
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 Breakout Session
Leading Ethical and Responsible GenAI Adoption
Hosted by Fastly

Raman Kaur
Senior Director, UM Technology
Evernorth
CIOs and CISOs can harness GenAI's potential by identifying high-impact initiatives that align with business goals. However, as they adopt GenAI in a way that drives innovation to create a competitive advantage, they must take a methodical approach that ensures responsible and innovative use of the technology.
Join this interactive session to:
- Examine guardrails and principals to gain confidence and responsibly use AI
- Determine high-value high-return use cases
- Implement GenAI using strategic frameworks
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
Securing the Future of Work — Challenges and Strategies for the Hybrid Landscape
Hosted by Palo Alto Networks

Jason Georgi
Global Field Chief Technology Officer for Prisma Access
Palo Alto Networks

Michael Iwanoff
SVP & CIO
iconectiv

Chris Lindvay
Director, Cyber Risk
Collins Aerospace
The rise of unmanaged devices, dispersed teams, and sophisticated AI-powered attacks demands a comprehensive rethinking of security architectures. Organizations must examine the critical challenges facing the modern workplace and explore emerging strategies to future-proof security.
Join this discussion to learn:
- How organizations can maintain control and visibility in a BYOD and contractor-driven environment
- How AI and LLMs are reshaping data protection and proactively identifying risks as well as how to safely enable GenAI in your organization
- Today’s emerging technologies that can deliver seamless application experiences, even across distributed workforces
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
Securing the New Frontier — Human and Non-Human Identities
Hosted by Obsidian

Brian Murphy
CRO
Obsidian Security

Adam Noble
Operating Partner - CIO
Littlejohn & Co. LLC

Mical Solomon
Acting CISO
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Businesses move faster with SaaS but so do attackers. With 85% of SaaS breaches now targeting identities, security teams face the critical challenge of enabling growth while protecting their most valuable assets.
Join this boardroom to discuss:
- Protecting both human and non-human identities from today’s threats
- Combating the limitations of traditional SSPM solutions
- Examining the dual-edged impact of artificial intelligence on SaaS security
11:05am - 11:50am Executive Boardroom
CIOs Impact on Digital Business Strategy

Roopesh Das
SVP Program Director, End-to-End Orchestration
Wallenius Wilhelmsen

John Kavak
CIO
County of Chester

Manik Patil
SVP, Head of Cloud Enablement
U.S. Bank
In today's rapidly evolving digital landscape, technology is the driving factor of business strategy and organizational success. But for CIOs to deliver digital, the technology must have a meaningful impact. Otherwise, the dollars are not worth spending.
In this session:
- Directly correlate technology needs with business objectives
- Gain enterprise-wide agreement on AI and tech investment goals
- Drive successful technology adoption to maximize ROI
11:50am - 12:35pm Lunch Service
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the New Jersey CISO Community Executive Summit.
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Our selective approach maintains the high quality of the network and ensures top-level discussions with peers from the world’s leading organizations.
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Location
Venue & Accommodation
Westin Governor MorrisParking:
Complimentary Self Parking available at the Westin Governor Morristown
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Westin Governor Morris at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 1-888-627-8419. Please mention New Jersey Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $249 USD (plus tax) is October 8, 2024.
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