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Minneapolis CIO Community

Executive Summit

December 2, 2025 | Sheraton Bloomington Hotel

December 2, 2025
Sheraton Bloomington Hotel

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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:

Modernizing The IT Operating Model to Enable Business Agility

Connecting IT Investments to Business Outcomes Through Strategic Alignment

Enhancing Leadership Capabilities to Build a Culture Rooted in Trust and Accountability

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

Marc Carlson

Land O'Lakes
CIO

Melissa Flicek

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota
CIO

Tammylynne Jonas

Donaldson
Global CIO

Amy Landucci

Solventum
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 Peer-to-Peer Meetings. You will be matched with peers in your community based on your shared interests and priorities.

Agenda

December 2, 2025

morning afternoon

8:00am - 8:30am  Registration & Breakfast

8:30am - 9:15am  Gartner Keynote

AI Economics — Quantifying Cost, Risk & Value

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Frances Karamouzis

Distinguished VP Analyst

Gartner

CIOs need to demonstrate value. CFOs need to calculate value. Everyone in the C-Suite needs to collaborate to CREATE Value. The level of AI spending is so significant that the C-Suite must ensure a rigorous, repeatable approach to the economics of AI initiatives. This is often called financial operations (FinOps) of AI. Join Frances Karamouzis, Distinguished VP Analyst at Gartner as she shares insights into how CIOs can strengthen their approach to communicating the value of AI, while executing at speed and scale.

Join this keynote to:

  • Explore a FinOps-driven approach to manage AI, GenAI and agentic AI investments
  • Understand the full economic picture of value, cost and risk
  • Gain a shared approach the entire c-suite can use to align around AI investments

9:15am - 9:40am  Networking Break

9:40am - 10:25am  Executive Boardroom

Navigating Cost Management in Unpredictable Economies

During times of economic uncertainty, organizations often cut costs without fully realizing the potential risks and consequences. As IT and technology departments face increasing budgetary pressures, leaders will need to balance short-term efficiency with long-term growth strategy.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Evaluating cost-saving initiatives while fully utilizing existing resources
  • Meeting cost targets without compromising progress toward broader business objectives
  • Fostering stakeholder trust on the value of IT and cybersecurity investments

10:25am - 11:10am  Networking Break

10:35am - 11:00am  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

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

11:10am - 11:55am  Breakout Session

Fusion Teams — Winning with Cross-Functional Integration

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Marc Carlson

CIO

Land O'Lakes

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Ananth Krishnan

Director - Digital Transformation and Process Excellence

Land O'Lakes

Discover how Land O’Lakes is reimagining the role of technology by embedding multidisciplinary Fusion Teams within business units — breaking down silos, accelerating value delivery and transforming IT into a strategic enabler.

Join this session to learn how they:

  • Secured buy-in through shared ownership between business and technology leaders
  • Established modular, composable technology aligned to business strategy
  • Refined team structures, reporting and decision-making through real-world pilots and continuous learning

11:10am - 11:55am  Executive Boardroom

Upskilling for an AI-Integrated World

According to Gartner, by 2026, AI will augment 50% of office workers in global enterprises. When IT talent demand outweighs supply, CIOs must face skills gaps head on and create a future-proof talent strategy.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Preparing your workforce for AI Implementation
  • Identifying employee skills to build upon
  • Prioritizing talent planning for long term success

11:55am - 12:30pm  Lunch Service

12:30pm - 1:05pm  Keynote

A Resilient Path Through Emerging Agentic AI Risks

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John Murphy

CISO-in-Residence

Rubrik

By 2028, Gartner predicts that 15% of daily business decisions will be made autonomously by AI agents — creating new risk surfaces with direct operational impact. CIOs must extend resilience practices to agentic AI by quantifying agent risk, capturing and monitoring agent activity, and preparing recovery playbooks that reverse unauthorized or harmful agent actions. This holistic approach ensures workflows remain intact, data integrity is preserved and business continuity is upheld — even when AI agents misstep.

Join this session to learn:

  • How to set resilience standards for AI agents to align with enterprise risk
  • Proven strategies for detecting and containing rogue or unintended AI behavior
  • Playbooks for rapid rollback and business continuity when AI disrupts workflows

1:05pm - 1:30pm  Break

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Breakout Session

The Quantum Shift — Are You Ready?

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José Blanco

Officer - Head of Reliability Engineering

Securian Financial

Quantum computing, a paradigm shift in computational power and problem solving, is rapidly emerging as a transformative force. Yet, many organizations remain unprepared for the implications and opportunities it presents. CIOs must keep informed about the strategic considerations and potential of this emerging technology.

Join this future-focused session to:

  • Gain high-level insight into quantum computing principles
  • Explore quantum’s impact on cybersecurity, optimization and business resilience
  • Assess risks and opportunities to guide organizational strategy

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Change as a Constant — Ensuring Workforce Adaptability

Organizational change is no longer a single event as IT leaders navigate simultaneous initiatives that challenge readiness and employee trust. How can CIOs develop a clear sense of purpose to steer their workforce through transitions and achieve business goals?

Join this session to discuss:

  • Designing an effective change management process
  • Fostering organizational readiness for change
  • Ensuring alignment with business goals through change

1:30pm - 2:15pm  Executive Boardroom

Data & Analytics Strategies that Improve Organizational Outcomes

In the quest to leverage data and analytics for business growth, IT leaders face both cultural and technical challenges. To succeed, they must collaborate closely with business leaders to develop a powerful, long-term analytics strategy that drives data-driven decision making across the organization.

Join this session to explore:

  • Ensuring data quality standards and ownership
  • Utilizing analytics to allow for better decision making across the business and measurable outcomes
  • Building a foundation for successful innovation including AI

2:15pm - 3:00pm  Networking Break

2:25pm - 2:50pm  Peer-to-Peer Meetings

Peer-to-Peer Meetings

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

3:00pm - 3:45pm  Executive Boardroom

Building a Strong AI Governance Plan

As AI adoption accelerates, CIOs must lead with clarity on risk and compliance. Many organizations struggle to define where to begin, but foundational governance decisions are critical for long-term success.

Join this session to discuss:

  • Establishing clear roles and responsibilities for AI oversight
  • Mapping existing policies to regulatory and business risks
  • Operationalizing compliance across the enterprise to ensure future-ready governance

3:45pm - 4:00pm  Networking Break

4:35pm - 4:45pm  Closing Comments and Prize Drawing

4:45pm - 6:00pm  Governing Body Reception

Governing Body Reception

Finish the day sharing lessons learned with your peers over light fare and drinks at this closing reception hosted by your governing body members.

December 2, 2025

morning afternoon

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- C-level or senior most executive for respective function

- Organization revenue of $500M+

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A block of rooms has been reserved at the Sheraton Bloomington Hotel at a reduced conference rate. Reservations should be made online or by calling 952-656-5920.

Deadline to book using the discounted room rate of $133 USD (plus tax) is November 10, 2025.

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