
Dallas CIO Community
Inner Circle
December 8, 2021 | La Cima Club
December 8, 2021
La Cima Club
Collaborate with your peers
Join Dallas's top CIOs for an intimate networking dinner and facilitated discussion on key business challenges. Enjoy a relaxed evening of dinner and drinks with your peers to share best practices, make new connections and build professional relationships.
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 discussion topics and agenda, ensuring that all content is driven By CIOs, For CIOs®.
Governing Body Co-Chairs

Sumit Anand
At Home
Chief Information Officer & Head of Strategy

Mike Anderson
Netskope
Chief Digital & Information Officer

Madhuri Andrews
Jacobs
EVP, Chief Digital and Information Officer

Paola Arbour
Tenet Health
Executive VP & Chief Information Officer

Nellson Burns
Daltile
VP of Information Services

Vipin Gupta
Toyota Financial Services
Chief Information Officer
Agenda
December 8, 2021
4:00pm - 5:00pm Executive Networking Reception
5:00pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
Generating and Demonstrating Value With Data & Analytics

Jo Ramos
Director & Distinguished Engineer
IBM
Advancing digital initiatives, building new processes, and ensuring every decision is value-driven are key objectives for today’s CIO – they also rely on a clear data and analytics strategy for success. Though the CIO’s role in managing information and data assets hasn’t significantly changed in terms of accountability and responsibility, their role in driving insights, decision-making and business outcomes has taken a dramatic shift, compelling CIOs to take a more deliberate approach.
In this engaging dinner conversation among peers, CIOs will discuss the shifts they’ve made to advance a data and analytics strategy, how they’ve positioned IT as an outcome-enabler, and how they’ve generated the greatest value across the enterprise.
Data & Analytics Strategy, Implementation and Value Creation
What are the biggest obstacles or skill deficiencies you have identified on the D&A journey, and how is your organization investing in developing critical skills and capabilities for the digital business?
How are you working across functions to find ways in which D&A can make an immediate impact? Who are your strongest partners and advocates across the business?
Measuring Business Outcomes, Impact and Collective Results
How can we align our D&A strategy to enterprise goals and demonstrate measurable outcomes from D&A investments?
Especially in today’s economic environment, the business often needs quick and meaningful returns on investments. How are you measuring and communicating the immediate and long-term value of D&A investments?
What complexities do you face when formulating an understanding of the cross-functional impact of an analytics initiative?
6:30pm - 7:00pm Networking Break
7:00pm - 8:00pm Summary Discussion & Dinner
8:00pm - 9:00pm Social Hour
Apply to Participate
Apply to participate in the Dallas CIO Community Inner Circle.
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
La Cima ClubMore Information
Parking & Transportation
- The East and West Garages located at the Towers at Williams Square are available for attendee parking.
- La Cima Club is located in the Central Tower.
- Parking will be validated by La Cima Club for anyone that arrives before 5pm.
Community Program Manager
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