Executive Summit

Despite recent progress, the idea persists that IT is still somehow not an equal player in the business. In reality, IT and security professionals are the ones who can drive game-changing outcomes and inspire crazy loyalty in the communities they serve. CIOs and CISOs must embrace a fundamental mind shift to evolve not only their roles, but the perception of their roles, build a powerful brand for themselves and become transformative change leaders. In this keynote, Chris Laping will challenge you to consider:

• Aligning expectations of IT and security with the overall business strategy
• How CIOs and CISOs can rebrand their role to have a seat at the table
• Shifting IT and security to be seen not as a function, but as an experience

Despite having access to a wealth of data, enterprises still struggle to effectively deliver trusted insights to the entire workforce—preventing them from realizing the full value of their data investments. Overcoming this challenge takes pervasive adoption of trusted analytics.

This session will cover:

• Mastering the next wave of Enterprise Intelligence with zero-click analytics
• Empowering your workforce to get more from tools they use, every day
• Using mobile productivity apps to impact every business role and function

As technology continues to be the primary driver of business capability, CIOs have stopped being looked to as simply providers of internal technical support. IT executives must modernize the enterprise to move to value-based, iterative approaches to technology implementation and utilization while also driving cultural change. This session explores:

• Enterprise platform strategy vs. siloed, single-purpose technology stack
• How do CIOs align IT investments to business top priorities?
• How does IT make smarter decisions with real-time analytics across the entire IT value chain?

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 Jacob Higdon at jacob.higdon@evanta.com or 503-972-4442.

Transforming technology is just as much a people change as it is a business one. That's why Mike Kalac of Western Union took his technology-centric organization and created a product aligned organization focused on creating end to end accountability that enables modernization.

In this session, Mike will share how he:

• Approached creating an organization with end to end product focused accountability
• Restructured and realigned his team based on skill set and job function 
• Created a Cloud Center of Excellence
• Ensured security was embedded and supported along the way

Enterprises aspire to maximize their return on investment from data, and to quickly take advantage of the latest innovations in analytics, mobility, cloud, and AI/machine learning. Yet too many organizations struggle with disparate data systems, inconsistent data, closed architectures, and tools that only empower a fraction of the workforce. In this peer-driven discussion, discover:

• What industry leaders are doing to overcome these challenges and transform their businesses
• How to apply the right tools and structure to balance counteractive forces, such as agility vs. governance
• How to empower individuals and teams with access to those tools, while establishing a single version of truth

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 Jacob Higdon at jacob.higdon@evanta.com or 503-972-4442.