
Dallas CIO Executive Summit
June 25, 2019 | Renaissance Dallas
June 25, 2019
Renaissance Dallas
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with your peers to tackle top business challenges through peer-driven content and discussions at the Dallas CIO Executive Summit.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:
Investing in your people and the right technologies
Innovating with advanced technologies and new delivery models
Influencing business stakeholders and enterprise outcomes
Dallas CIO Governing Body
The Governing Body Co-Chairs shape the summit agenda, ensuring that all content is driven by CIOs, for CIOs.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Mike Anderson
Schneider Electric
SVP, CIO & Digital Leader, North America

Ellen Barker
Texas Instruments
SVP, CIO

Chris Boult
Chuck E. Cheese's
CIO

Nellson Burns
Dal-Tile Group Inc.
VP of Information Services

Chandra Dhandapani
CBRE, Inc.
Chief Digital & Technology Officer

Gregory Ericson
Essilor of America
SVP, CIO

Ravi Malick
Vistra Energy
SVP & CIO

Rajesh Nagarajan
Celanese Corporation
VP & CIO
Agenda
June 25, 2019
7:30am - 8:15am Registration & Breakfast
8:15am - 9:00am Keynote
Executive Order — A Technology-Driven Business Strategy
Hosted by Allata
Carol Clements
Chief Information Officer
Pizza Hut U.S.
Artie Starrs
President
Pizza Hut U.S.
Create product, initiate service — then bolt on the technology to make it all work. Scratch that outdated recipe. Today, digital capabilities are foundational ingredients to enable business growth. This keynote reveals how Pizza Hut has integrated technology into every element of its business strategy. Artie Starrs, President of Pizza Hut U.S., joins CIO Carol Clements to discuss this tightly-coupled IT/business partnership. They detail:
- How to play offense with technology — building a digital mindset into every strategic initiative
- How Pizza Hut has benefitted from executive leadership viewing opportunity through a technology lens
- How to raise technology’s impact to measure up to heightened expectations
9:00am - 9:10am Networking Break
9:10am - 10:00am Breakout Session
Intelligent Automation and Difference-Making Digital Enablers
Hosted by Claro Enterprise Solutions
Manoj Kumbhat
Global CIO
Kimberly-Clark
Whether your company growth strategy measures in the millions or billions, your effectiveness as a C-suite leader will be measured by a profound ability to execute the game plan. At Kimberly-Clark, digital transformation is the driving force and foundational enablers are the primary vehicle, as Manoj Kumbhat lays out in a session focused on:
- Digital transformation’s crucial role in supply chain, marketing and growth strategy
- Intelligent automation – robotics, machine learning and cognitive – as a key digital enabler
- Talent needed to navigate the digital roadmap
9:10am - 10:00am Breakout Session
Enhancing Digital Capabilities — An Interactive Workshop

Mike Anderson
SVP, CIO & Digital Leader, North America
Schneider Electric

Steve McLaurin
CIO
Denbury
Acceleration isn’t just something you experience – it’s something you create. But even the fastest cars hit speed bumps that keep them from achieving peak performance. To seize the digital moment, CIOs must clear the road and open up the engine across the enterprise. In this workshop, you and your peers will strategize solutions to the three biggest barriers to digital excellence:
- Digital Talent: How do you ensure you have the right skills, the right training, and the right leadership for the digital economy?
- Operational Excellence: What can you as CIO do to reimagine the way your organization works – and overcome resistance to change at the process level?
- Innovation Friction: How can you close the distance between what technology says is possible and what large organizations can execute?
9:10am - 10:00am Executive Boardroom
The CIO’s Digital Playbook
Hosted by Softtek

Zubair Faiz
Chief Information Officer
Healthcare Highways

Mark Overton
SVP & CIO
Greyhound
Vince Chapa
SVP
Softtek
While many dread the very mention of technology’s catch-all “D” word, digital is here to stay as an infinitely flexible, adaptive way of doing business. This roundtable CIO discussion is a deep dive into the digital possibilities, including:
- Specific examples of what digital thinking looks like in your business, and ways to refine your perspective
- A mission statement for the Digital CIO, and what success means for the role’s future
- Fundamental challenges to comprehensive digital strategy and how to overcome them
Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact: Lucy Putnam at 971-222-2398, or lucy.putnam@evanta.com.
10:00am - 10:30am Networking Break
10:30am - 11:20am Breakout Session
Executive Presence for Lasting Leadership

Chris Ulrich
Body Language Expert & Political Consultant
Author & Thought Leader
Any given gesture - a nod, a point of the finger - unconsciously communicates powerful ideas and feelings that have tangible consequences. Top executives are generally proficient in their ability to interact with others, but the stakes are raised during high-level negotiations, reporting to the board, inspiring and empowering senior managers or dealing with tricky internal matters. Join body language expert Chris Ulrich as he shares:
- Why every movement and action is magnified in high-level situations
- Tools and techniques to build rapport quickly
- How executives can communicate more effectively
10:30am - 11:20am Breakout Session
Technology and Marketing — True Digital Partnership
Hosted by Smartsheet

Wade Allen
SVP CDO/CIO
Brinker International

Chris Andrews
Chief Information Officer
Smoothie King

Dave Reiseman
Chief Marketing Officer
Gold's Gym

Adam Zeitsiff
President & CEO
Gold's Gym
As technology leaders seek to expand their influence across the business, we’ve assembled a CIO/CMO panel to weigh-in on a vital C-suite partnership in the digital age. Moderated by former CIO – now Gold’s Gym CEO Adam Zeitsiff – our panel explores modern marketing and how the quest for the next gen experience creates new opportunities for technology and marketing synergy. Among the key talking points:
- Marketing’s perspective on technology, technology leadership and effective partnership
- The importance of aligning marketing and technology roadmaps – what success looks like
- Data collaboration to drive the digital customer experience
10:30am - 11:20am Executive Boardroom
Speeding Up the Digital Business with Content in the Cloud
Hosted by Box

Chris Holm
CIO
The Perot Companies
Niall Wall
SVP, Business Development & Channel
Box
Still encumbered by legacy business processes? Struggling to speed up onboarding, improve customer experience, and secure collaboration across the extended enterprise? Business processes need to keep up with the digitization of your enterprise. Join a group of your peers to discuss how to:
- Identify opportunities for improving outdated processes
- Unlock new customer experiences with digital practices
- Empower your workplace with seamless business processes
Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact: Lucy Putnam at 971-222-2398, or lucy.putnam@evanta.com.
10:30am - 11:20am Executive Boardroom
Mobile — Backbone of the Digital Business
Hosted by T-Mobile for Business

Rusty Kennington
CIO
Corsicana Mattress Company

Neelu Sethi
Chief Information Officer
Reddy Ice Holdings, Inc.

Walter Wilinsky
VP & CIO
DRS Technologies
Douglas Wadkins
Vice President
T-Mobile for Business
Successful digital transformation hinges on the right partnerships, channels, and ecosystems, and the evolving mobile network is primed to connect the dots like never before. Join this informative roundtable discussion on the transforming capabilities of next generation wireless where CIO’s will explore:
- New network capabilities can create flexibility and spark innovation
- Enterprise connectivity to boost their transformation initiatives
- Implementing private and public networks, SD WAN and edge computing
Executive boardrooms are intimate and interactive sessions designed to foster dynamic dialogue around a specific, strategic topic. These private, closed-door discussions encourage attendee participation and are limited to 15 attendees (seating priority is given to C-level executives). To reserve your seat, please contact your event Program Manager.
11:10am - 11:40am Networking Break
June 25, 2019
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