2023 Florida CIO Executive Summit

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Join fellow CIOs for a day of peer connections, peer perspectives and Gartner insights

The Gartner Florida CIO Community Executive Summit is the community’s signature event, bringing together CIOs for a full day of immersive, peer-driven discussions and curated networking. Connect with peers who share similar priorities, exchange real-world experiences and gain data-driven insights from Gartner analysts. Walk away with practical solutions, validated strategies and valuable connections, giving you greater confidence to lead through change.

Participate in discussions on the most critical issues impacting CIOs today:

Accelerating High Growth and Digitally-Driven Outcomes

Advancing the Business Value of Security

Thriving through Volatility - Empowering People, Resiliency and Insights

Governing Body Co-Chairs

Otto Contreras

City of Miami, FL
Deputy CIO

Jennifer Greenman

Cancer Treatment Centers of America
Chief Information Officer

Luis Suarez

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

Christine Vanderpool

Florida Crystals Corporation
VP & Chief Technology Officer

What to Expect at an Executive Summit

Gain New Perspectives from Peers

Hear from CIO practitioners and thought leaders on how they're solving critical challenges impacting your role in Keynote sessions, and participate in smaller, interactive discussions with your peers in Breakout and Boardroom sessions.

Strengthen Your Peer Network

Catch up with familiar faces and build new relationships in your Florida CIO Community through dedicated networking time in an intimate environment and curated, one-on-one conversations with peers matched based on shared priorities and interests.

Leverage Gartner Insights

Gain data-driven insights and field-tested best practices from a Gartner analyst in the opening Keynote, setting the context for peer conversations throughout the day on the most critical topics affecting your role.

Agenda

CIO Agenda CISO Agenda

June 20, 2023

afternoon

June 21, 2023

mid-afternoon morning afternoon

6:00pm - 8:30pm Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body Welcome Reception

Governing Body members can enjoy a Havana-inspired evening filled with tropical drinks, dinner and brightly colored decor as they socialize with their peers.

11:00am - 11:45am Breakout Session

Driving the Business Value of Data and Analytics

Diana Valenzuela Allen

VP Data & BI

Jazwares Holdco, Inc.

Ashish Bhatnagar

Data Technology Executive

Bank of America

Marcelo De Santis

Chief Digital Officer

ThoughtWorks

Alignment of data and analytics with measurable business outcomes should be straightforward, right? Yet articulating, tracking and capturing business value remains a challenge for IT leaders. Showing measurable value is hard, but it can be done.

Join this panel session as your peers discuss:

Tools and techniques on how to deliver on your transformational data projects
How you can ensure you are delivering data-driven transformation at pace, cost and scale in times of operational uncertainty
What you can do today to foster a data-driven culture

11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm Keynote

Building a Business Case for Secure Digital Transformation

Pamela Kubiatowski

Field CTO - Americas

Zscaler

CIOs and CISOs may have different motives for pursuing digital transformation. Whether the ultimate goal is simplifying connectivity to critical business resources or protecting against cyber threats, it's important to frame discussions with boards and executives in terms of business needs.

Join this session and learn to:

Calculate hard and soft costs
Quantify risk reduction and business productivity gains
Recruit business champions for zero trust transformations

1:05pm - 1:30pm Break

7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am Keynote

The Path to Inner Peace and Increased Productivity

Dr. Sheri Riley

Empowerment Speaker, High Performance Life Coach, Award-Winning Author

Achieving optimal health and wellness requires more than drinking enough water and taking a certain number of steps each day. As a leader, your emotional and mental well-being is vital for success. Join guest speaker Dr. Sheri Riley, as she discusses the importance of personal development in achieving professional growth.

During this keynote, you'll discover powerful strategies to:

Boost your productivity by sharpening your focus
Overcome obstacles that are impeding your progress
Fine-tune your vision for the future, so you can achieve even greater success

9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

Advancing Tomorrow’s Technology and Security Workforce

Ann Dozier

SVP & CIO

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits

As the information security profession matures, so too does the demand for security talent. Imagine if you could build a partnership now to cultivate a security workforce with the right skillsets to meet the demands of the future — and the realities of today.

Join this session to discuss:

The challenges both employers and educators face when addressing the security talent shortage
How universities are helping build a more sustainable and diverse security talent pipeline
The need for collaboration between academic institutions and organizations on cybersecurity curricula

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

CIO & CISO Leadership to Advance Customer Experience

John Poli

Industry Principal, Healthcare

RingCentral

Customer experience is a mission-critical priority for organizations to maintain a sustainable and competitive advantage. Technology and security leaders have an opportunity to play an outsized role in advancing customer experience strategy by leading with business and IT acumen. Yet, false starts, roadblocks and complexity impede progress on these goals.

Join this interactive session to discuss:

How CIOs & CISOs can lead or support customer experience initiatives
How technologies can play a pivotal role in capturing and acting on key customer data
What strategies lead to more efficient and effective customer interactions

10:25am - 11:00am Networking Break

10:30am - 10:55am Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

1:30pm - 2:15pm Breakout Session

Delivering a Digital Trust Strategy with Business Impact

Amit Sinha

Chief Executive Officer

DigiCert

Gary Eppinger

Vice President of Technology and CISO

CSX Corporation

In the era of rapid digital transformation, establishing and maintaining digital trust has become a critical challenge for businesses worldwide. As enterprises become more connected, attack surfaces are increasing and cyberthreats are rampant. How can organizations support the digital processes, interactions and transactions that drive their business, while ensuring that their digital footprint remains secure?

Join this session to discuss digital trust strategies that:

Improve business continuity by reducing the risk of business disruption from outages
Improve cyber agility by improving speed and adaptability to changes in cybersecurity standards
Support digital innovation with improved user experience, user trust, and secured identity

1:30pm - 2:15pm Executive Boardroom

Overcoming the Challenges of Technology Adoption

John Pittle

Services CTO

Riverbed Technology

Ehab Tarabay

Global Head of Workplace IT Services

TMF Group

Christine Vanderpool

VP & Chief Technology Officer

Florida Crystals Corporation

Implementing new digital technologies has the potential to improve IT Service quality, organizational effectiveness, and increase customer and internal stakeholder satisfaction. An effective technology adoption strategy is needed to ensure new capabilities are deployed with the least amount of disruption and maximum benefit to stakeholders.

In this boardroom session we’ll discuss

Hidden challenges and costs of achieving full adoption
Successful strategies that address those challenges head on
Surprises discovered during technology deployment

2:15pm - 2:50pm Networking Break

2:20pm - 2:45pm Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

2:50pm - 3:35pm Breakout Session

Emerging Technology — Collaboration Across the Enterprise

Christina Shannon

Chief Information Officer

KIK Custom Products

To lead resilient and innovative organizations, CIOs and CISOs must stay up to date with emerging technology. How are you communicating opportunities and concerns across the enterprise when news of new trends hit the headlines?

Join this interactive session to discuss:

How new technology movements will impact key stakeholders
The importance of communicating emerging trends with the board
Strategies for collaboration across the organization

2:50pm - 3:35pm Executive Boardroom

Overcoming Legacy Technology — Stuck in the Middle of Modernization

Stacey Halota

VP, IS & Privacy

Graham Holdings

Carrie Busbee

CIO

Core & Main

Digital enterprises strive for the best business outcomes, but let’s face it, legacy technology is a hurdle many organizations have yet to clear. As leaders work to prioritize investments that support high-value technology opportunities, they must balance existing resources and planning for future upgrades.

Join this interactive session to:

Identify new ways to leverage legacy technology to bring value to the customer
Strategize what to sequentially modernize using data
Discuss integration challenges CIOs can anticipate as they plan for eventual upgrades

3:35pm - 4:00pm Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm Keynote

Outcome-Driven Leadership Is About ... Well, Outcomes

Irving Tyler

Research VP

Gartner

CIO’s and CISO's opportunities and responsibilities are expanding, with a greater focus on delivering business outcomes. They need to focus and align peers, partners and the IT organization to contribute to achieving business objectives. ODL is about adopting new leadership mindsets, principles and practices to become the outcome-driven leader the organization needs.

Join this keynote to learn:

Defining outcomes in terms the enterprise will understand
Aligning IT to business value
Developing systems to manage work

4:35pm - 5:00pm Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

11:00am - 11:45am Breakout Session

The Most Important Shift for Cybersecurity in a Generation

Gerry Plaza

Field CTO - Chief Strategy Officer

Netskope

Marlon Clarke

Director Security and Compliance

Cross Country Healthcare

We live in a world where everything is hybrid and the blend between personal, corporate, private and public is ever-changing and presents us with a host of new challenges. This has increased and complicated the attack surface and the pressure to converge tools and do “more with less” is at peak levels. We must meet this watershed moment with the right team, plans, and technology.

Join this interactive session to learn:

How to build an effective plan for change without adding to the chaos
What consolidation approaches save money without sacrificing security
Use cases that deliver immediate value and efficiency while improving user experience

11:00am - 11:45am Executive Boardroom

Navigating the Cyber Risks of Cloud — Evaluating Options

Chris Boehm

Field CISO

SentinelOne

Gram Ludlow

SVP, Chief Information Security Officer

Marriott Vacations Worldwide Corporation

Preetam Sirur

Chief Information Security Officer

Global Growth

The use of cloud technology has become a popular choice for businesses, providing them with numerous advantages but also introducing new threats. Cyber security risks can cause financial and reputational damage if left unmanaged, which is why it is essential to understand all the ways to protect the enterprise.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

How cyber insurance policies differ
New insights to cloud-based attacks and the impacts
Defenses to financial and reputational damage

11:45am - 12:30pm Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm Keynote

Building a Business Case for Secure Digital Transformation

Pamela Kubiatowski

Field CTO - Americas

Zscaler

CIOs and CISOs may have different motives for pursuing digital transformation. Whether the ultimate goal is simplifying connectivity to critical business resources or protecting against cyber threats, it's important to frame discussions with boards and executives in terms of business needs.

Join this session and learn to:

Calculate hard and soft costs
Quantify risk reduction and business productivity gains
Recruit business champions for zero trust transformations

1:05pm - 1:30pm Break

7:45am - 8:30am Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am Keynote

The Path to Inner Peace and Increased Productivity

Dr. Sheri Riley

Empowerment Speaker, High Performance Life Coach, Award-Winning Author

Achieving optimal health and wellness requires more than drinking enough water and taking a certain number of steps each day. As a leader, your emotional and mental well-being is vital for success. Join guest speaker Dr. Sheri Riley, as she discusses the importance of personal development in achieving professional growth.

During this keynote, you'll discover powerful strategies to:

Boost your productivity by sharpening your focus
Overcome obstacles that are impeding your progress
Fine-tune your vision for the future, so you can achieve even greater success

9:15am - 9:40am Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

Advancing Tomorrow’s Technology and Security Workforce

Ann Dozier

SVP & CIO

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits

As the information security profession matures, so too does the demand for security talent. Imagine if you could build a partnership now to cultivate a security workforce with the right skillsets to meet the demands of the future — and the realities of today.

Join this session to discuss:

The challenges both employers and educators face when addressing the security talent shortage
How universities are helping build a more sustainable and diverse security talent pipeline
The need for collaboration between academic institutions and organizations on cybersecurity curricula

9:40am - 10:25am Breakout Session

CIO & CISO Leadership to Advance Customer Experience

John Poli

Industry Principal, Healthcare

RingCentral

Customer experience is a mission-critical priority for organizations to maintain a sustainable and competitive advantage. Technology and security leaders have an opportunity to play an outsized role in advancing customer experience strategy by leading with business and IT acumen. Yet, false starts, roadblocks and complexity impede progress on these goals.

Join this interactive session to discuss:

How CIOs & CISOs can lead or support customer experience initiatives
How technologies can play a pivotal role in capturing and acting on key customer data
What strategies lead to more efficient and effective customer interactions

9:40am - 10:25am Executive Boardroom

Building Trust in Security Operations

Todd Gaiser

Vice President, Customer Security Operations

Red Canary

Michael Calderin

Director, Information Security and Compliance

Yageo Corp

Gatha Sadhir

Global CISO

Carnival Cruise Line

Trust is at the center of what we do in cybersecurity. Trust in your team, trust in your tools and the business’ trust in you. However, security teams face challenges everyday that erode that trust: analysts get burned out and disengage, tools deliver more noise than outcomes and your security program is more likely to slow down your business rather than help it run at full speed. In this session, we will discuss why this is the case and how to reverse this dynamic.

Join this executive boardroom to discuss:

How false positives can erode trust
Building engineering principles into your SecOps process
Why a flatter SOC is a better SOC

10:25am - 11:00am Networking Break

10:30am - 10:55am Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

1:30pm - 2:15pm Executive Boardroom

Unlocking Cyber Risk Quantification

Eduardo Ortiz-Romeu

Head of Cybersecurity

Techtronic Industries North America, Inc.

Risk Quantification is not new, but it’s adoption within cybersecurity is, as organizations want to better communicate the value of cyber and improve decision making through more data-driven assessment.

IT and security leaders can use the tips outlined in this session to learn more about:

Insights on how cyber risk quantification is developing
Strategies for communicating risk across business units
Tactics for getting started on your own cyber risk quantification program

2:15pm - 2:50pm Networking Break

2:20pm - 2:45pm Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a one-on-one setting through Evanta’s Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

2:50pm - 3:35pm Breakout Session

Emerging Technology — Collaboration Across the Enterprise

Christina Shannon

Chief Information Officer

KIK Custom Products

To lead resilient and innovative organizations, CIOs and CISOs must stay up to date with emerging technology. How are you communicating opportunities and concerns across the enterprise when news of new trends hit the headlines?

Join this interactive session to discuss:

How new technology movements will impact key stakeholders
The importance of communicating emerging trends with the board
Strategies for collaboration across the organization

2:50pm - 3:35pm Executive Boardroom

Bringing DevSecOps to Cloud Security

Bobby Condon

Senior Vice President Sales, North America

Fastly

Victor Campos

Chief Information Security Officer

JM Family Enterprises

Tony Weiss

VP, FTS Cloud Product

Fiserv

The threat landscape is continuing to expand and diversify as organizations move to a multi-cloud environment. CISOs need to ensure that their DevSecOps capabilities are incorporated within their overall business strategy to guarantee that their cloud applications and code can remain secure.

Join this session to discuss:

Understanding there is no one-size-fits-all model for DevSecOps
Best practices for integrating DevSecOps into your cloud security strategy
Exploring the intersection between development, security and DevSecOps

3:35pm - 4:00pm Break

4:00pm - 4:35pm Keynote

Outcome-Driven Leadership Is About ... Well, Outcomes

Irving Tyler

Research VP

Gartner

CIO’s and CISO's opportunities and responsibilities are expanding, with a greater focus on delivering business outcomes. They need to focus and align peers, partners and the IT organization to contribute to achieving business objectives. ODL is about adopting new leadership mindsets, principles and practices to become the outcome-driven leader the organization needs.

Join this keynote to learn:

Defining outcomes in terms the enterprise will understand
Aligning IT to business value
Developing systems to manage work

4:35pm - 5:00pm Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

June 20, 2023

afternoon

June 21, 2023

mid-afternoon morning afternoon

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The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Miami

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A block of rooms has been reserved at the The Ritz-Carlton Coconut Grove, Miami 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 $299 USD (plus tax) is May 30, 2023.

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