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Allen Fazio
Houlihan Lokey
CIO
Chad Hamilton
Fremantle
VP, Technology
Kelly Hamilton
Sony Pictures Entertainment
CIO
Greg Moore
KB Home
VP & CIO
Anthony Moses
Yamaha Motor Finance Corporation
Global Chief Strategy and Innovation Officer and CIO
Thomas Phelps
Laserfiche
CIO & Innovate@UCLA Past Executive Chair
Anand Radhakrishnan
KIND
Chief Information Officer
Howard Hughes Corporation
Chief Technology Officer
University of Southern California
CIO, Marshall School of Business
Catalyst Brands
SVP, Digital Technology, Engineering & Data
Kaiser Permanente
Area Chief Information Officer
Hoag Health System
VP & CIO
California State University
CIO
McGraw Hill
Chief Digital Information Officer
Kilroy Realty
CTO
City of Long Beach
Director of Technology & Innovation / CIO
The Hain Celestial Group, Inc.
VP, Information Technology for North America
PacSun
Chief Digital & Information Officer
SCAN Health Plan
SVP & CIO
Los Angeles County Probation Department
CIO
Zenith National Insurance
SVP & CIO
The University of California, Riverside
CIO
AMN Healthcare Services
Chief Information and Digital Officer
Los Angeles Clippers
Chief Technology and Digital Officer
Endeavor
EVP & CIO
East West Bank
Senior Vice President - Director of Information Technology
Southern California Edison Company
Vice President & CIO
Veritiv
OPS Vice President and CIO
Harman International Industries
Divisional CIO, Digital Leadership, Lifestyle Audio Division
West Coast University
Chief Information Officer
LA Times
EVP, CIO & CISO
Los Angeles Unified School District
Chief Information Officer
United Talent Agency
Former CIO
Kia America
CIO & Director, Digital Technology
DIRECTV
VP, IT Architecture & Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture
The CAR Group (Norm Reeves)
CIO
City of Pasadena, CA
CIO
Los Angeles County, CA
CIO
AltaMed Health Services
SVP & CIO
Port of Long Beach
CIO
The Meruelo Group
CIO
Hot Topic
CTO
Western Dental
Chief Information Officer
Liberty Dental Plan
Chief Information Officer
City of Santa Monica, CA
CIO
UCLA Anderson School of Management
CIO
Chapman University
VP & CIO
UST Global
CIO & Chief Strategy Officer
Bragg Companies
CTO
City of Los Angeles, CA
CIO
Cetera Financial Group
SVP & Head of Infrastructure and Cloud Services
King's Hawaiian
Chief Information & Technology Officer
Alphatec Spine
Global VP, IT
Cathay Bank
SVP, Chief Technology Officer
PwC US
Global CIO
California Pizza Kitchen
Vice President, Information Technology (CIO)
Allied Universal
CIO
AIDS Healthcare Foundation
CIO
Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
Senior Vice President, Global IT
Ventura Foods
EVP & CIO
Epson America
Chief Information & Digital Officer
AMETEK
Chief Information Officer
General Atomics
VP & CIO
Kelly Spicers
CIO
The Boeing Co
CIO, Spectrolab, IT Business Success Leader, Boeing Exploration Systems
BODi
SVP Enterprise Technology and Security
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Marriott Long Beach Downtown
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Ranch Restaurant and Saloon, 6th Floor Hospitality Suite
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IN-PERSON
Marriott Long Beach Downtown
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Rapid data creation and escalating needs for storage and processing may lead to strain on legacy infrastructure across an organisation. Recently, CIOs and CISOs in our Sydney communities discussed how to navigate the explosive growth of data and identify the solutions needed for an AI-ready infrastructure – these are their takeaways.
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