Milwaukee CIO Executive Summit

Name: Milwaukee CIO Executive Summit
Start: 2019-11-14
End: 2019-11-14
Location: The Hyatt Regency Milwaukee

November 14, 2019 | The Hyatt Regency Milwaukee

November 14, 2019
The Hyatt Regency Milwaukee

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Co-Chairs

Richard Flahaven

Harley-Davidson
Chief Information Security Officer & Data Privacy Officer

Eric Hanson

HUSCO
Global VP, Information Services

Michael Kahler

Old Republic Surety Company
CIO & VP of Information Services

Vicki Leinbach

Ariens Company
CIO

John Paape

Roehl Transport Inc.
CIO

Fawaz Rasheed

Northwestern Mutual
CISO

Tim Van Ryzin

Milliman, Inc.
Director, Information Security

Agenda

CIO AGENDA CISO AGENDA

November 13, 2019

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

The New Reality — Make Change Your Competitive Advantage

Karl Schoemer

Author, "Change Is Your Competitive Advantage"

Like a school of fish, an adaptive organization must move rapidly and in unison toward new opportunities. From navigating the uncertainty of today’s tight talent markets to responding to evolving employee expectations, leaders and employees alike must embrace the power of change to make it a part of their individual and organizational competitive advantage.

Karl Schoemer will draw on his 20 years’ experience studying change to share:

Insights on how leadership behaviors facilitate change
Strategies to help change contribute to culture
Tactics for creating change-adaptive individuals

November 14, 2019 - morning

7:00am - 7:45am Registration & Breakfast

7:45am - 8:00am Opening Comments

8:00am - 8:30am Keynote

The Next Evolution of Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Hans Mumm

Author & Thought Leader on Future of Artificial Intelligence

IT Thought Leader

Open any newspaper or watch any news station — autonomous systems and AI are everywhere. What is your place in the new autonomous world? Are you ready to lead and govern in this uncertain future?

In this keynote, you’ll hear how:

Social normative behaviors are being redefined
New technology impacts opportunities, provocations, and threats on and off Wall Street
Planned change keeps leaders from becoming obsolete

8:30am - 9:00am Networking Break

9:00am - 9:50am CIO Featured Session

The Cloud Made Me Do It

Michael Lehman

CIO

Batteries Plus

Cloud technology has proven to optimize performance, yet it is still a challenge to ensure you are making the right service decisions for your organization. Michael Lehman will share how Batteries Plus discovered ways to drive innovation and efficiency in the cloud while battling a tight labor market.

Join this session to:

Explore the stages of cloud adoption and transition
Review the potential performance and cost benefits of cloud
Consider the future of innovating in the cloud

9:00am - 9:50am CIO & CISO Featured Session

Cybersecurity Governance in an Era of Convergence

Rick Peters

Director, Operational Technology Global Enablement

Fortinet, Inc.

With the advancement of technology used to support industrial control systems (ICS) organizations are facing an expanding threat landscape. However, convergence is blurring the lines between IT and OT creating opportunities to improve the visibility, control, and situational awareness necessary for cybersecurity governance.

During this session, you’ll discuss:

Trends driving physical and digital convergence
Ways to manage cyber governance expectations
Pathways for visibility, control and situational awareness

9:00am - 9:50am CIO Executive Boardroom

Creating a Digitally Enhanced Customer Experience

Ken Garfinkel

CIO

Broan-NuTone LLC

Robert Cordova

CTO

Milwaukee Bucks

As emerging technologies like AI reshape the digital landscape, businesses are exploring new ways to create smart and engaging digital customer experiences. Carve out some valuable face-to-face time with technology peers innovating around exciting new developments in this space. In this boardroom dicuss:

What investments your peers are making
Early success stories in digitally enhancing the customer experience
Benefits of connecting your enterprise

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 CIOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Jenn St. John at jenn.stjohn@evanta.com.

9:50am - 10:20am Networking Break

10:20am - 11:10am CIO Featured Session

Telecom and Mobility Management at the Center of Digital Modernization

Myron Braun

Vice President, Sales

Renodis

Ross Gilbertson

SVP & CIO

Northern Tool & Equipment

Since divestiture, telecom has spawned countless innovative technologies. Despite being the backbone of modern digitization, managing telecom remains a source of frustration for many IT leaders.

This session will cover:

Integrative approaches and real peer-to-peer examples of solving telecom pain points
How to leverage recent telecom innovations to differentiate the business
Telecom’s future and maximizing potential benefits

10:20am - 11:10am CIO Executive Boardroom

Lead, Don't Follow — Getting Ahead in the Data Game

Murali Balakrishnan

VP & CIO

TIDI Products

Kathy Lang

CIO

Cielo

CIOs have endless data at their fingertips, but these leaders understand that leveraging data requires meaningful information, not just lots of information. A data strategy must have clearly defined priorities, the right technological foundation, sound governance, business alignment – and an eye toward the future. Tomorrow’s data-driven organization can’t simply ride the wave; it must direct the wave.

Join this interactive conversation to:

Create a shared vision among peers for the next steps in your data journey – wherever you are along the path
Outline the challenges and possible solutions for generating truly predictive analytics
Tackle the data challenge holistically by building the data-first mindset into your entire organization

11:10am - 11:40am Networking Break

November 14, 2019 - mid-afternoon

11:40am - 12:20pm Lunch & Comments

12:20pm - 12:50pm Keynote

Networking Lunch

Join your peers for lunch and an interactive networking session.

12:50pm - 1:20pm Networking Break

1:20pm - 2:10pm CIO & CISO Featured Session

The Talent Challenge

Molly Mulroy

VP & CIO

WEC Energy Group

Joe Smits

CISO

Associated Bank-Corp

With rapid digital transformation both in recent years and moving forward into the foreseeable future, there is a need to profoundly address the tech talent shortage. This session will confront the challenges of building out a workforce with the right skills that will translate across decades of transformation.

In this interactive brainstorming session, we’ll explore:

Attracting and retaining top tech talent
Educating the next generation of IT professionals
Innovating internal development strategies

1:20pm - 2:10pm CIO Executive Boardroom

Closing the Gap — DevOps Transformation

Vicki Leinbach

CIO

Ariens Company

Barb Streubel

CIO

Krueger International, Inc.

Eric Pawlyshyn

Regional Sales Lead

Nutanix

DevOps increasingly plays an important role in transforming today’s digital landscape and driving business revenue. To quickly deliver new customer-centric services or simply just to fail fast, IT teams are transitioning to DevOps models that close the gap between development and operations while drastically increasing their business relevance.

During this boardroom discussion, we’ll unpack:

Defining DevOps and envisioning an outcome
Successes in transforming your delivery model
Common pitfalls in driving DevOps in organizations

November 14, 2019 - afternoon

2:10pm - 2:30pm Networking Break

2:30pm - 3:20pm CIO Featured Session

Facing the Challenges of a Global ERP Implementation

Todd Mackay

VP & CIO

Briggs & Stratton

Todd MacKay, CIO, Briggs & Stratton will share the highlights of their global ERP implementation and transformation. Hear how their team achieved a smooth go-live at the end of a four-year journey that was not without its challenges.

This session will cover how to successfully:

Collaborate and partner with vendors
Implement new process ownership and organizational change management
Educate and engage senior leadership

2:30pm - 3:20pm CIO Executive Boardroom

What’s Next — A Nuts-and-Bolts Roadmap to Innovation

John Paape

CIO

Roehl Transport Inc.

Elaine Stephens

Vice President, Technology & Data Science

Breakthrough

In an increasingly competitive landscape, new thinking, new technology and new ways of doing business are essential. But to fully embrace and leverage innovation, CIOs must be fully aligned to the strategy and execution of the organization – not reacting to disruption, but a critical part of disrupting. Take this opportunity to remove the wishful thinking from emerging technology and share your strategies for embedding innovation into the core of your business.

This conversation will focus on:

Evaluating new and emerging technologies and building sound business cases for their implementation
Methodology for defining new business opportunities through technology
Creating a comprehensive culture of innovation rooted in practical, measurable outcomes

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 CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Jenn St. John at jenn.stjohn@evanta.com.

3:20pm - 3:40pm Networking Break

3:40pm - 3:50pm Closing Comments

3:50pm - 4:20pm Keynote

The Legal and Ethical Implications of Data Privacy

Steve Thomas

EVP, Chief Risk and Compliance Officer

Kohl's Corporation

Eric Hanson

Global VP, Information Services

HUSCO

Earlier this year, the Business Roundtable CEOs announced new standards for corporate responsibility — to push for an economy that serves all stakeholders including investors, customers and employees. What role does data privacy play in this mandate? This keynote addresses the growing concerns surrounding data, its uses and the movement towards a more regulated marketplace and the essential role corporations and their leaders have in enforcing privacy laws to maintain long-term value for the communities we serve.

This fireside chat addresses:

Putting customers and employees first
Looking at privacy regulations holistically
Partnering across the C-level to drive privacy changes

4:20pm - 5:00pm Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

November 14, 2019 - morning

7:00am - 7:45am Registration & Breakfast

7:45am - 8:00am Opening Comments

8:00am - 8:30am Keynote

The Next Evolution of Artificial Intelligence

Dr. Hans Mumm

Author & Thought Leader on Future of Artificial Intelligence

IT Thought Leader

Open any newspaper or watch any news station — autonomous systems and AI are everywhere. What is your place in the new autonomous world? Are you ready to lead and govern in this uncertain future?

In this keynote, you’ll hear how:

Social normative behaviors are being redefined
New technology impacts opportunities, provocations, and threats on and off Wall Street
Planned change keeps leaders from becoming obsolete

8:30am - 9:00am Networking Break

9:00am - 9:50am CIO & CISO Featured Session

Cybersecurity Governance in an Era of Convergence

Rick Peters

Director, Operational Technology Global Enablement

Fortinet, Inc.

During this session, you’ll discuss:

Trends driving physical and digital convergence
Ways to manage cyber governance expectations
Pathways for visibility, control and situational awareness

9:00am - 9:50am CISO Executive Boardroom

Communicating Risk — Translating Insight Into Action

Fawaz Rasheed

CISO

Northwestern Mutual

Riad Amro

Global CISO

Grant Thornton

Unlike the CISO role of just a few years ago – where many could still focus heavily on the bits and bytes – today’s security leader is also expected to be a business leader. Uncover strategies with your peers to help you become fluent in the languages of risk, finance and strategy, and to effectively convey your message, including:

How to educate your board on cybersecurity so they become champions for security in your company
What the board really wants to hear from CISOs
Which metrics will help you craft a compelling story that inspires action

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 CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Jenn St. John at jenn.stjohn@evanta.com.

9:50am - 10:20am Networking Break

10:20am - 11:10am CISO Featured Session

An Inside Look at a Leading Email Threat Protection Program

Shawn Button

Information Technology Security Manager

Harley-Davidson

Richard Flahaven

Chief Information Security Officer & Data Privacy Officer

Harley-Davidson

Regardless of the types of protections in place, most cyberattacks are initiated with an email targeting your end users. Join Richard Flahaven and Shawn Button to hear how Harley-Davidson has taken a holistic approach to significantly mitigate email threats and create a security-minded workforce.

In this session you’ll learn about:

Implementing an effective email authentication process (including DMARC)
Developing and measuring action plans to respond to fraud and insider threats
Empowering employees to make better decisions to reduce phishing risk

10:20am - 11:10am CISO Executive Boardroom

Cyber-Risk Management — New Approaches for Reducing Your Cyber-Exposure

Tim Van Ryzin

Director, Information Security

Milliman, Inc.

Laurie Panella

CIO

Marquette University

Kevin Flynn

Senior Product Manager

Tenable

When it comes to reducing cyber exposure, overcoming vulnerability overload is critical. Find out how to improve your vulnerability management efforts so you can close your cyber exposure gap and focus on what matters most to your business.

During this peer discussion, you will explore how to:

Translate raw vulnerability and threat intelligence data into business insights
Benchmark your organization’s cyber exposure to guide decision making
Use threat intelligence to move the most dangerous vulnerabilities up your priority list

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 CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Jenn St. John at jenn.stjohn@evanta.com.

11:10am - 11:40am Networking Break

November 14, 2019 - mid-afternoon

11:40am - 12:20pm Lunch & Comments

12:20pm - 12:50pm Keynote

Networking Lunch

Join your peers for lunch and an interactive networking session.

12:50pm - 1:20pm Networking Break

1:20pm - 2:10pm CIO & CISO Featured Session

The Talent Challenge

Molly Mulroy

VP & CIO

WEC Energy Group

Joe Smits

CISO

Associated Bank-Corp

In this interactive brainstorming session, we’ll explore:

Attracting and retaining top tech talent
Educating the next generation of IT professionals
Innovating internal development strategies

1:20pm - 2:10pm CISO Featured Session

Digital Risk Explosion — Managing Risk in a Hyper-Outsourcing World

Peter Kobs

EVP

RiskRecon

Digital transformation has dramatically transformed the enterprise risk surface, automating a vast array of processes while outsourcing a vast array of systems and services. Through this frenetic reshaping, few organizations truly understand the nature of their new risk reality and how to successfully manage it.

In this interactive discussion we will:

Explore the true nature of the enterprise cyber risk surface
Discuss threats and regulations driving organizations to better manage their extended enterprise
Share insights on how to better manage third-party risk (hint: good data!)

1:20pm - 2:10pm CISO Executive Boardroom

Managing the Convergence of Global Data Regulations

Reshad Alam

IT Director & CISO

Regal Beloit

Shawn Lewis

Director, Information Security

Spectrum Brands, Inc.

Miller Newton

President and CEO

PKWARE

GDPR caused organizations to scramble to meet data protection directives and reassess risk management. Now California has its own Privacy Act set to come into effect, and it’s one of many forthcoming regulations and policies. Join this boardroom to discuss how organizations can create a unified data protection and compliance strategy that meets conflicting requirements.

In this boardroom, discuss:

Best practices for managing risk associated with data protection frameworks
Standards and metrics for measuring data protection risk
Data classification strategies to aid compliance, regardless of regulation

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 CISOs). To reserve your seat, please contact Jenn St. John at jenn.stjohn@evanta.com.

November 14, 2019 - afternoon

2:10pm - 2:30pm Networking Break

2:30pm - 3:20pm CISO Featured Session

Trust and Transformation — Employing a Cybersecurity Framework

Mandy Huth

VP, Cybersecurity

Kohler Co.

As organizations continue to evolve, cybersecurity is oftentimes viewed as a barrier to innovation. Join Mandy Huth as she shares how she implemented the framework for a consistent cybersecurity program and changed the way Kohler perceives security.

In this session, you’ll learn how to: