Atlanta CIO Community
Town Hall
April 11, 2024 | 1:00pm EDT
April 11, 2024
1:00pm EDT
Optimize IT’s Bottom Line to Drive Top Line Growth
Participate with your CIO peers in the Atlanta community in small, breakout discussions on a mission-critical priority for IT leaders. These informal discussions allow you to share your insights and learn from the lessons, approaches and experiences of a diverse group of peers in virtual breakout rooms.
Join fellow CIOs in the Atlanta community to discuss:
Shaping the Efficient Enterprise with AI & Automation
Strengthening Partnerships for Wider Business Impact
Illustrating IT’s Value through Business-first Initiatives
Discussion Leaders
Members of the Atlanta CIO community will lead the interactive discussion and share lessons learned.

Joe Vidal
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
CTO, HPE GreenLake
Presenter

Eduard de Vries Sands
Eversana
CIO
Discussion Leader

Mike Whitmer
RGF Staffing
Global Chief Digital Officer
Discussion Leader

Jeff Caplan
Hooters of America, LLC
SVP/CIO
Discussion Leader

DeWayne Griffin
Insight Global
Chief Digital & Information Officer
Discussion Leader

Rajeev Kapur
Mativ
CIO
Discussion Leader

Dorothy Parks
Gwinnett County
Chief Information Officer
Discussion Leader
Agenda
April 11, 2024
1:00pm - 2:00pm EDT
Optimize IT’s Bottom Line to Drive Top Line Growth
Hosted by Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Achieving competitive advantage and stimulating business growth from IT increasingly hinges on fusing business and IT and breaking down silos between them. However, legacy IT infrastructure planning, set-up and management and duplicative technologies can hinder efforts to turn IT into a cost-optimized business accelerator. How can CIOs prove that IT — when structured appropriately and delivered through multidisciplinary business-IT teams — is a pivotal engine for growth, innovation, agility and differentiation?
Join this session to discuss:
- Evolving CIOs’ engagement tactics to become a driver of strategy
- Modernizing multi-gen IT to support current and future strategic objectives with speed and flexibility
- Shifting the role of IT from service provider to strategic partner
Apply to Participate
Each application is carefully vetted to ensure members meet established criteria, preserving the quality of the network and enabling meaningful, peer‑level discussions among leaders from the world’s leading organizations.
Once you submit your application, a Community Program Manager will schedule a conversation to understand your priorities and interests and complete onboarding, including access to year‑round community events.
Community Program Manager
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