Detroit CIO Community
Inner Circle
April 10, 2018 | General Motors Heritage Center
April 10, 2018
General Motors Heritage Center
Collaborate with your peers
Join Detroit'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
Detroit 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

Mamatha Chamarthi
ZF
Senior Vice President ZF AG - Chief Digital Officer

Jamal Farhat
BorgWarner
VP & CIO

Richard Hook
Penske Corporation
SVP & CIO

Jeff Lemmer
Ford Motor Company
Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, IT

Randy Mott
General Motors Company
SVP Global IT & CIO
Agenda
April 10, 2018
4:00pm - 5:00pm Registration & Opening Reception
5:00pm - 6:30pm Discussion Topics
Leading Through Uncertainty
Scott Bennett
CIO
International Automotive Components
Jamal Farhat
VP & CIO
BorgWarner
Ash Goel
SVP/CIO
Bronson Healthcare
Bill Isaacs
CIO
Detroit Medical Center
Diane Jones
Executive Director of Administration, Office of the AVP/CIO
University of Michigan
Michael Paulin
Corporate Vice President and CIO
H.W. Kaufman Financial Group
Dan Rainey
CIO
Detroit Water & Sewerage Department
Aaron Rajda
Director, MS&S Solution Delivery
Ford Motor Company
Viren Shah
CIO & VP
MASCO Cabinetry
Doug Wiescinski
Partner
Plante & Moran
In today’s environment of constant technology upheaval, traditional change management techniques fall short. Digital initiatives, executive expectations and an evolving marketplace necessitate change at a rapid pace. In order to adapt their business and their teams at this speed, C-level leaders must adopt an alternate approach. At this dinner, compare your most pressing disruptions with peers and discuss innovative ways to guide your change leadership efforts and reduce uncertainty in the enterprise.
Topic 1: Addressing the current challenges
- What barriers to high performance are you currently experiencing at your organization?
- In what ways is your team expected to respond to competitive threats with creative solutions?
- What technologies are creating the biggest disruptions to your business currently? Which ones are on the horizon?
Topic 2: Abandoning the old approach to change leadership
- How can we get rid of the traditional “burning platform” approach, where businesses adapt to change when forced with a crisis, rather than anticipating change?
- What (if any) new change management techniques have you adopted or would like to adopt?
- What support or resources do you need to adopt newer models?
Topic 3: Creating a culture of adaptation
- How can IT leaders create an environment of comfort, confidence and control for their teams?
- How do you provide space for your team to innovate?
- How can we better communicate the likelihood and magnitude of change to our teams?
- How can we work better across the C-suite to create a culture of adaptation and innovation?
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 Detroit CIO Community Inner Circle.
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