San Francisco CIO Executive Summit

Boards and CEOs expect greater investment in digital business, including having their CIOs step up to help lead business strategy. Often, this involves a shift toward becoming a composable business, an organization that is architected for real-time adaptability and resilience in the face of uncertainty.  In present times, we’re seeing a large-scale change in enterprise architectures that are built around a slimming core (systems of record) and incorporate expanding layers of new data fabrics, systems of engagement and micro applications.

 Led by Sanjay Srivastava, CDO of Genpact, this session will explore:

• Why enterprise architectures are changing
• The increasingly critical role of data in enterprise architectural development
• The emergence of the composable enterprise

With people working remotely and most user traffic destined for SaaS and cloud, network security requires transformation. It’s no longer efficient or cost-effective to route traffic through the corporate network to apply security controls. Adopting a Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) Architecture while focusing on Zero-Trust principles ensures that your employees can be productive and secure working from anywhere. 

In this session, we will discuss: 

• The economics and business case for a SASE journey
• Best practices for implementing Zero Trust within a SASE architecture
• The importance of granular Cloud and SaaS visibility in a SASE architecture

Smart organizations are fueling their operations with the power of data and AI. Through integrated technologies, a data fabric architecture enables dynamic and intelligent data flows and orchestration across any enterprise to create a network of instantly available information, empower people to do higher-value work, and hyper-personalized digital experiences. However, only 2 of 10 firms have scaled their transformation and technology solutions.

Join this boardroom to discuss:

• Preparing your workforce for a data-first world
• Improving business outcomes through data-driven decisions and innovation
• How data and AI can deliver instant benefits to your organization today

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 your program manager.

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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.

One of the biggest challenges facing the modern CIO is balance. When it comes to business transformation, the sky is the limit…until you run into budget, time and resource constraints. How can CIOs balance these real limitations while encouraging their teams to dream big and come up with outside the box solutions? 

Join this session to discuss:

• Crafting a technology and cultural transformational strategy 
• Successful frameworks that allow space for a “test fast, learn quick” environment
• Strategies for enabling and securing a hybrid WFH workforce

Maybe you've served as the leader of your IT organization for years — implementing and overseeing transformation and change across the business. Or maybe you're just getting started. Regardless of tenure, the question still exists — what's next? Leading IT might not be the final stop.

 Yousuf Khan, Technology Investor, Advisor and CIO, will take you through his journey of leveraging a technology leadership position and discuss:

• Challenges facing CIOs as they make decisions that profoundly impact the business
• How to market successes
• Moving into an investor/advisor or even CIO role at an early-stage firm

As more employees express a post-pandemic desire for flexible work arrangements, IT organizations must adapt to these shifting priorities. Creating new hybrid work environments require an agile, flexible, resilient approach to improving digital experiences – while maintaining employee productivity and future growth. In this session, Muddu Sudhakar, Co-Founder and CEO of Aisera will discuss: 

• How to mitigate IT challenges that accompany the shift to a hybrid workforce model
• How AI/advanced technologies ease the burden of work-from-anywhere user demands
• How to scale employee self-service experience to support business growth

In a fast changing environment, you want to move faster, be more resilient, and become a magnet for top talent. It is now more important than ever to understand your digital capabilities and how to use them to create a winning culture.

In this session, we will discuss: 

• What has changed about talent?
• Is remote working here to stay?
• How some of the best companies in the world are winning the battle for digital talent.

The CIO’s Roadmap — Security at the Center

Heightened cybersecurity risks of the last two years have proven security initiatives and business continuity planning must be ingrained in every enterprise’s corporate culture. CIOs must set an example, demonstrating a commitment to security, positioning it at the core of IT and enterprise roadmaps. 

Join Maria Shaw, VP & CISO at Varian, as she shares her perspectives and insights on:

• Building robust cybersecurity strategies that align with new business objectives and hybrid workforce models
• Reconceptualizing cyber roadmaps to enable digital business rather than inhibit innovation
• Tackle growing security threats against infrastructure through security awareness and threat intelligence

Tech salaries increased by 3.6% in 2020 and quit rates for companies without a flexible work model are predicted to rise as high as 2.5% in 2022. Local engineers working from home have more options now than ever before. If remote is here to stay, is the current status quo still working for everyone? The truth is, when hiring locally is no longer sustainable, emerging markets hold a wealth of tech talent to tap into.

Moderated by Chris Chilton, Head of Data Practice at Andela, this panel will cover: 

• How to scale a tech team with global talent
• What’s ahead for the future of remote work
• How investing in remote drives growth

The role of an enterprise CIO has historically included a large focus on the administration, operation and management of all employee systems. However, this is evolving. Zylo data shows that IT’s ownership of software budgets is now less than 25% of all software spend across the enterprise as software purchasing and administration becomes decentralized. 

 Join this executive roundtable discussion to learn how CIOs are:

• Evolving the software management ecosystem to enable and empower employees
• Balancing software controls and governance with the freedom and flexibility of a SaaS environment
• Modernizing SaaS governance models – pivoting with the shifting 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: 

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As women increase their footprint across the IT workforce, there are still challenges to entry, the need to create and support a pipeline of girls in STEM, and barriers that stall advancement and career growth. Join us for an in-depth and candid conversation, led by Lisa Davis, CIO of Blue Shield of California, and other leaders across industry, as they discuss how we can collectively breakdown these barriers, create opportunities, and drive meaningful change in the IT industry.

This inspiring executive panel will discuss: 

• Setting a vision and architecting the diverse IT workforce of the future 
• Building inclusive teams to increase diversity of thought to respond to market needs 
• Creating a culture that provides opportunities for growth