
Florida CIO Executive Summit
November 2, 2021 | Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove
November 2, 2021
Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove
Collaborate with your peers
Get together with Florida's top CIOs to tackle shared business challenges and critical priorities facing your role today. Participate in this one-day, local program with peer-driven topics and interactive discussions with your true C-level peers.
Join your peers to discuss the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:
Seizing momentum – influencing and leading the enterprise
Thriving through uncertainty - empowering people and delivering value
Advancing and scaling strategic, outcome-based technologies
Florida 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

Shawn Bowen
World Fuel Services
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer

Otto Contreras
City of Miami, FL
Deputy CIO

Gary Eppinger
CSX Corporation
Vice President of Technology and CISO

Juan Gomez-Sanchez
Lennar
Chief Security Officer

Kevin Grayling
Florida Crystals Corporation
Vice President & Chief Information Officer

Gram Ludlow
Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation
SVP, Global Information Security

Marcos Marrero
H.I.G. Capital
Chief Information Security Officer

Dave Pearson
Sykes Enterprises
Executive VP & Chief Information Officer

Luis Suarez
H.I.G. Capital
Senior VP & Chief Information Officer

Christine Vanderpool
Florida Crystals Corporation
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
What to Expect
Agenda
November 1, 2021
November 2, 2021
7:30am - 8:15am Registration & Breakfast
8:15am - 8:30am Opening Comments
8:30am - 9:00am Keynote
Employee Engagement — The Competitive Advantage for Tech Talent
Hosted by Zscaler

Susy Bobenrieth
CHRO, EVP
Millicom

Christine Vanderpool
Vice President & Chief Information Security Officer
Florida Crystals Corporation
The world has changed; so has your workforce. 2020 shattered the 9-to-5, on-site work paradigm and this is an opportunity for the enterprise to re-imagine the way they approach the traditional employment deal. Technology and security leaders are competing against organizations across the world for talent and boosting employee engagement can be the competitive advantage needed to recruit and retain the strongest performers.
Join this fireside chat to discuss:
- How to manage the employer-employee social contract to increase retention
- Strategies to improve employee engagement and performance to future-proof your hybrid workforce
- Working with HR partners to develop a compelling employment value proposition for attracting and recruiting top talent
9:00am - 9:15am Break
9:15am - 10:00am Breakout Session
The Business Value of a SASE, Zero-Trust Journey
Hosted by Netskope

Shamla Naidoo
CISO, Head of Cloud Strategy & Innovation
Netskope
With people working remotely and most user traffic destined for SaaS and cloud, network security requires transformation. It’s no longer efficient or cost-effective to route traffic through the corporate network to apply security controls. Adopting a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Architecture while focusing on Zero-Trust principles ensures that your employees can be productive and secure working from anywhere.
In this session, we will discuss:
- The economics and business case for a SASE journey
- Best practices for implementing Zero Trust within a SASE architecture
- The importance of granular Cloud and SaaS visibility in a SASE architecture
9:15am - 10:00am Executive Boardroom
Application-First Architecture for the Digital Core

Carrie Busbee
CIO
Core & Main
With the rapid pace of change set to continue through the second half of 2021, CIOs are asking if they can achieve organizational goals with their current digital transformation projects. CIOs need to enable an intelligent core to be digitally agile with a hybrid cloud strategy, yet ongoing operational complexity and security implications can slow the full impact of an application-first strategy.
Join this boardroom to discuss:
- Designing a cloud strategy to enable resilience and innovation across the enterprise
- Modernizing applications to deliver a more simplified application-first infrastructure
- Utilizing emerging technology to re-imagine a secure infrastructure that breaks down organizational silos
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.
10:00am - 10:30am Networking Break
10:30am - 11:15am Breakout Session
Bolster Your Incident Response Plan

Travis Jones
Special Agent
Federal Bureau of Investigation
In today’s evolving risk environment, you can’t always predict where and when cybercriminals will strike, but you can control how you and your company will respond. Crafting a robust incident response plan allows your organization to ramp up resources and teams needed to quickly resolve issues without any frenzy or panicked decision-making.
Join Special Agent Travis Jones for this interactive discussion on:
- Strategies to defend against the ever-changing threat landscape
- Best practices for creating a well-rounded response plan that includes internal and external partners
- Using cyber drills and other methods to strengthen your crisis management plan and instill cybersecurity awareness across the enterprise
10:30am - 11:15am Executive Boardroom
Taking Data Governance to Data Enablement

Victor Campos
Chief Information Security Officer
JM Family Enterprises
The diversity and pace of business demand for data and analytics far exceeds the ability to meet it through existing governance capabilities. Initiatives must be connected to business strategy and organizational workflow in order to be successful.
Join this session to discuss:
- Components of an effective data governance program
- Successful governance business cases that influence key stakeholders
- How to establish an end-to-end data governance strategy to meet evolving global standards
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.
11:15am - 11:25am Break
November 1, 2021
November 2, 2021
Location
Venue & Accommodation
Ritz-Carlton Coconut GroveA block of rooms has been reserved at the Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 1-800-241-3333. Please mention Florida Executive Summit to ensure the appropriate room rate.
Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $249 USD (plus tax) is October 22, 2021.
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