IN-PERSON

Minneapolis CIO Executive Summit

June 28, 2023 | Hyatt Regency Minneapolis

June 28, 2023
Hyatt Regency Minneapolis

Collaborate with your peers

Get together with Minneapolis'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:

Boosting Efficiencies by Scaling Data and Analytics Access Across the Enterprise

Optimizing Costs to Increase Revenue and Drive Growth

Influencing Change and Adaptability Across the Enterprise

Minneapolis 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

Tammylynne Jonas

Donaldson
Global CIO

Mike Neill

C.H. Robinson
Chief Technology Officer

Carissa Rollins

Illumina
CIO

Tarek Tomes

State of Minnesota
CIO & Commissioner

What to Expect

Interactive Sessions

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

Community Networking

Make new connections and catch up with old friends in casual conversations during dedicated time for networking designed to better acquaint you with your Minneapolis CIO community.

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Connect with like-minded peers in a private, 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.

Agenda


June 27, 2023

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

Governing Body Welcome Reception

Join the Minneapolis CIO Governing Body and invited guests for dinner and drinks as we kick off this year's summit. Along with a night of peer networking, we’re partnering with the non-profit "Foster Love" to pack STEM Boxes that will be delivered to local children in foster care. The interactive kits allow kids to experience projects centered around science, technology, engineering and math.

11:00am - 11:45am  Breakout Session

How CIOs Can Become Super Allies

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Tori Paulman

Senior Director Analyst

Gartner

CIOs have an outsized opportunity to contribute to improved DEI (diversity, equity, and inclusion) by acting as an ally to people in marginalized or underrepresented groups. However, many opportunities are missed because they are unsure exactly what to do, or are afraid their actions might make things worse.

Join this session as Gartner Analyst Tori Paulman shares how you can:

  • Show Up - Understand what being an ally means and what prevents us from taking action
  • Make a Move - Identify ways we can take meaningful action
  • Pass it On - Become a force multiplier by creating an environment where you inspire your team and colleagues to take action

11:00am - 11:45am  Executive Boardroom

Achieving Growth and Profitability Through Optimization in Complex Times

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Eric Helmer

Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer

Rimini Street

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TK Balaji

CIO

Post Consumer Brands

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Ryan Hawkins

CTO

Thrivent Bank (In Formation)

Faced with growing economic uncertainty and budget concerns, CIOs are under more pressure than ever to keep costs under control while still supporting the company’s growth opportunities. With the right application strategies in place, they can make ROI-based decisions more confidently during these complex times.

Join this boardroom session to discuss:

  • Maximize the value of applications while remaining agile
  • Optimize through service unification
  • Improve efficiencies through architectures to support company growth

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: Tori Herson at tori.herson@evanta.com

11:00am - 11:45am  Executive Boardroom

Aligning With the Business — IT’s Game Plan

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Christopher Davis

CIO

The Tile Shop

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Ken Smith

Director, IT

Daktronics

Getting total buy-in from leadership isn’t easy but can accelerate your initiatives and increase success and adoption. If you can learn to communicate with your board by leveraging data to tell a compelling story, IT’s effectiveness will be recognized — inspiring trust and future buy-in across the enterprise.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Best practices for communicating with your board
  • Using data to tell IT’s story
  • Building relationships with stakeholders

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: Tori Herson at tori.herson@evanta.com

11:45am - 12:30pm  Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm  Keynote

Making Security a Core Company Value

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Patrick Foxhoven

Chief Innovation Officer

Zscaler

Don’t make the mistake of separating cyber risk from business risk. Cyber risk is often viewed as something for IT departments to worry about, while business risk is a shared concern. Of course, any company that has suffered a serious breach knows cyberattacks can be as devastating as lawsuits, legislative non-compliance, and fraud. This session offers board members, executives, and technology leaders ideas for cultivating a strong security mindset throughout their organization.

Join this session to learn:

  • How to include everyone in conversations on cybersecurity by framing issues in terms of business risk
  • Ways that software-defined solutions can securely transform your business into a supercharged connectivity engine
  • How to demystify zero trust architecture while recruiting business champions for transformation

1:05pm - 1:30pm  Break

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

8:30am - 9:15am  Keynote

The Magic of Empathetic Leadership

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Nash Fung

Innovation Keynote Speaker

Magician

More than 15 years of experience as a crisis line volunteer taught Nash Fung the value of empathy and how it can be used to empower others. Now, using his background as a magician, he’s passing those communication techniques on to you.

Join this magical, interactive keynote as Fung shares:

  • The importance of leading with empathy and authenticity
  • How to ensure your teammates feel heard, understood and valued
  • How empathy leads to empowerment

9:15am - 9:40am  Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am  Breakout Session

Emerging Technology — Collaboration Across the Enterprise

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Billie Chock

Director, Cybersecurity

General Mills

To lead resilient and innovative organizations, CIOs must stay up to date with emerging technology. How are you communicating opportunities and concerns across the enterprise when 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

9:40am - 10:25am  Breakout Session

M&A — The CIO as a Strategic Driver

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Eric Hanson

CIO

Starkey Laboratories

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Dan Abdul

SVP, CTO

Medica

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Radha Chavali

Global CIO, VP Technical Services

Digi International

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Don Knutson

VP/CIO

Entegris

IT is often an afterthought when it comes to mergers and acquisitions processes, but technology leaders have the power to leverage these changes into positive, permanent growth within an organization. How are you preparing now to thoughtfully execute the next business integration in a way that unlocks new potential for your organization?

Join this session as your peers discuss:

  • Lessons learned from past mergers and acquisitions
  • How to leverage the potential influx of funding and talent
  • Why empathetic leadership is crucial during times of change

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Optimizing Decision Making with Advanced Analytics

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Luke Anderson

CIO

Cub Foods

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Brian Walsh

Director, IT Product Delivery

National Grid

The term "data-driven" is often used as a coveted descriptor for business excellence. But does this description hit the mark? A data-driven enterprise must convert trusted data while leaning heavily into predictive analytics to inform decision-making.

Join this interactive roundtable discussion as CIOs discuss:

  • Ensuring data quality standards truly benefit from analytical insights
  • Empowering the enterprise to make more data informed decisions
  • Troubleshooting to drive business value

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: Tori Herson at tori.herson@evanta.com

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

Buzzers Over Buzzwords

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George McNulty

Interim Chief Information Officer

CGS, Inc.

What's your community's top priority? What do your C-Level peers consider the largest hurdle when it comes to accomplishing their goals? In this fun, highly-interactive, game-show-style session, we'll put your knowledge to the test. 

Come on down to:

  • Compete in a data-driven, community-specific quiz game
  • Learn more about the struggles and opportunities reported by members of your governing body
  • Share and expand on these reported goals and challenges

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Applications Integration for Business Acceleration

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Ravi Krishnan

Director, Systems Engineering

Boomi

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Michael Arulfo

Principal Architect (Director)

Boston Scientific

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Zach Hughes

VP, Information Technology

CHS

Integrating applications allows companies to use their existing technologies, in combination, to their fullest potential, to provide seamless experiences to internal and external users. As CIOs take stock of their sprawling applications portfolio, how can they cut through the complexity to create integrated experiences underpinned by a modern IT foundation that connects data and technologies?

Join this session to discuss:

  • Leveraging low-code/no-code capabilities to free up valuable resources
  • Gaining insight into technical debt and maximize the value of applications
  • Creating architectures that evolve with ever-changing business requirements and accelerate transformation

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: Tori Herson at tori.herson@evanta.com

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Driving a Digital Enterprise – A Strategic Mindset Shift

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Anandh Asokan

VP, Head of Enterprise Integration Engineering and Services

Thrivent

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José Blanco

SVP of Information Technology

Wells Fargo

Digital transformation goes beyond technology and must include a culture and mindset shift across the enterprise. Today's CIOs must start thinking differently about the digital capabilities across the organization to drive a successful digital enterprise into the future.

Join your peers to discuss:

  • Upskilling leaders (business and technology) to bring digital strategy into all aspects of the organization
  • Improving processes within product management, design and technology
  • Balancing optimization and transformation and uncovering the role of data in digital transformation

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 Tori Herson at tori.herson@evanta.com

2:15pm - 3:00pm  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.

3:00pm - 3:35pm  Keynote

The Art of Optimization

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Kellie Christensen

CIO

Gray

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Jim Jones

VP & CIO

Great River Energy

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Kelly Runkle

Vice President Information Technology

Taylor

Today’s CIOs are being asked to do more with less. Some are tasked with driving innovation as they work to cut costs, and others are expected to improve processes and efficiencies while equipped with only legacy technology. All working toward the same goal — optimization and winning leadership buy-in along the way.

Grab a seat, and have your questions ready, as your peers discuss:

  • Aligning IT investments to the organization’s strategic business aspirations
  • Managing and retaining a team that’s already too small
  • Leveraging AI to optimize over time

3:35pm - 4:00pm  Closing Reception & Prize Drawing

June 27, 2023

We look forward to seeing you at an upcoming in-person gathering


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Location


Venue & Accommodation

Hyatt Regency Minneapolis
MORE INFORMATION

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 612-370-1234. Please mention G-EV23 to ensure the appropriate room rate.

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $189 USD (plus tax) is June 4, 2023.

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For inquiries related to this community, please reach out to your dedicated contact.

Tori Herson

Community Program Manager

(972) 983-1485

tori.herson@evanta.com