Houston CIO Community
Town Hall
August 20, 2024 | 11:00am CDT
August 20, 2024
11:00am CDT
Application Rationalization
Participate with your CIO peers in the Houston community in small, breakout discussions on a mission-critical priority for IT leaders. These informal discussions allow you to share your insights and learn from the lessons, approaches and experiences of a diverse group of peers in virtual breakout rooms.
Join fellow CIOs in the Houston community to discuss:
Incorporating effective contract management to avoid vendor lock-in
Creating architectures that evolve with ever-changing business requirements
Discontinuing legacy systems, modernizing and shifting to agile solutions
Discussion Leaders
Members of the Houston CIO community will lead the interactive discussion and share lessons learned.

Aparna Mathur
Nabors Industries
VP IT
Governing Body Host

Sam Jain
American Century Investments
Head of Data Science & Machine Learning
Discussion Leader

Hellmut Ometzberger
MRC Global
Senior Director Information Technology
Discussion Leader

Michael Thompson
Gulfport Energy Corporation
VP & CIO
Discussion Leader
Agenda
August 20, 2024
11:00am - 12:00pm CDT
Application Rationalization
With an ever-increasing number of service providers, CIOs are focused on creating a strong vendor and application rationalization strategy. How can leaders evolve their application strategies to optimize cost, increase operational efficiencies and remain agile in the face of constant change?
Join this session to discuss:
- Incorporating effective contract management to avoid vendor lock-in
- Creating architectures that evolve with ever-changing business requirements
- Discontinuing legacy systems, modernizing and shifting to agile solutions
Apply to Participate
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